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The first cavern discovered is beneath [[Luthadel]] itself.{{book ref|mb2|57}}
The other caverns are in [[Statlin City]],{{book ref|mb2|57}} [[Urteau]],{{book ref|mb3|12}} [[Vetitan]],{{book ref|mb3|5}} and [[Fadrex City]]{{book ref|mb3|5}} and discovered in this order.
Each cavern is in a rocky area, near metal mines, beneath a building of the [[Steel Ministry]]. The metal underground shields the caches from [[Ruin]], to prevent him from discovering them.{{book ref|mb3|63}}
▲Each cavern is in a rocky area, near metal mines, beneath a building of the [[Steel Ministry]]. The metal underground shields the caches from [[Ruin]], to prevent him from discovering them.{{book ref|mb3|63}} <br>
All caches are in or near the Central Dominance, with Luthadel's cavern in the center and the other four forming a box around it.{{book ref|mb3|63}}
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|The plan is simple. When the power returns to the Well, I will take it and make certain the thing remains trapped.
And still I worry. It has proven far more clever than I had assumed, infecting my thoughts, making me see and feel things I do not wish to. It is so subtle, so careful. I cannot see how it could cause my death, but still I worry.
If I am dead, then these caches will provide some measure of protection for my people. I fear what is coming. What might be. If you read this now, and I am gone, then I fear for you. Still, I will try to leave what help I can.
There are metals of Allomancy which I have shared with none. If you are a priest of mine, working this cavern and reading these words, know that you will incur my wrath if you share this knowledge. However, if it is true that the force has returned and I am unable to deal with it, then perhaps knowledge of electrum will give you some aid. My researchers have discovered that mixing an alloy of forty-five percent gold and fifty-five percent silver creates a new Allomantic metal. Burning it will not give you the power of atium, but will provide some help against those who themselves burn it.
|The inscription in Urteau{{book ref|mb3|31}}
=== Fadrex City ===
The fifth and last cavern is situated in [[Fadrex City]].{{book ref|mb3|63}} Notably, no useful information is left here, besides the Lord Ruler's words "I have hidden his body well",{{book ref|mb3|48}} referring to the [[atium]], Ruin's godmetal, that is stored in the [[Trustwarren]].{{book ref|mb3|81}} In the place of a map pointing to the next cavern, it had a circle with a dot at the center.{{book ref|mb3|48}} Together, the size of this circle in relation to the text and some numerical clues written along the perimeter of the circle, indicate what size map the plate should be overlayed with. If done correctly, the dot would have pointed to the [[Pits of Hathsin]].{{wob ref|7793}}
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|I have failed you.
I have planned these caverns, knowing a calamity is coming, hoping that I might find some secret that might be of use should I fall to the thing’s scheming. Yet, I have nothing. I do not know how to defeat it. The only thing I can think of is to keep it at bay by taking the power at the Well for myself when it returns.
However, if you are reading this, I have failed. That means I am dead. As I write this, I find that prospect to be less tragic than I might previously have assumed. I would rather not deal with the thing. It has been my constant companion, the voice that whispers to me always, telling me to destroy, begging me to give it freedom.
I fear that it has corrupted my thoughts. It cannot sense what I think, but it can speak inside of my head. Eight hundred years of this has made it difficult to trust my own mind. Sometimes, I hear the voices, and simply assume that I am mad.
That would certainly be preferable.
I do know that these words must be written in steel to be preserved. I have written them in a steel sheet, then ordered them scribed into a plate, knowing that in doing so, I reveal my weakness to my own priests. The thing has whispered to me that I am a fool to expose myself by writing this and letting others see it.
That is primarily why I decided to go through with the creation of this plate. Doing so seemed to make the thing angry. That is reason enough, I think. It is good that some few of my loyal priests know of my weakness, if only for the good of the empire, should I somehow fall.
I have tried to be a good ruler. At first, I was too young, too angry. I made mistakes. Yet, I have tried so hard. I nearly destroyed the world with my arrogance, and yet I fear I have nearly destroyed it again through my rule. I can do better. I will do better. I will create a land of order.
The thoughts in my mind, however, make me wonder just how much of what I do has been twisted from my original intentions. At times, my empire seems a place of peace and justice. Yet, if that is so, why can I not stop the rebellions? They cannot defeat me, and I must order them slaughtered each time they rise up. Can they not see the perfection of my system?
Regardless, this is not the place for justification. I need no justification, for I am —after a form —God. Yet, I know there is something greater than I. If I can be destroyed, It will be the cause of that destruction.
I have no advice to give. It is more powerful than I am. It is more powerful than this world. It claims to have created this world, in fact. It will destroy us all eventually.
Perhaps these stores will let mankind survive a little longer. Perhaps not. I am dead. I doubt that I should care.
Still, I do. For you are my people. I am the Hero of Ages. That is what it must mean: Hero of Ages, a hero that lives through the ages, as I do.
Know that the thing’s power is not complete. Fortunately, I have hidden his body well.
|The inscription in Fadrex City{{book ref|mb3|48}}
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