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=== Chapter 18 ===
;Characters
Marasi and MeLaan creep around and find some finished rooms. They speculate on where the spike could be. MeLaan thinks the Set still has it somewhere because they would want to study it. Marasi sees the limping guy from the train. She suggests they go inside the ship.
{{columns|
* [[Marasi Colms]] (point of view)
* [[Waxillium Ladrian]] (point of view)
* [[Irich]] (point of view)
* [[MeLaan]]
* [[Wayne]]
* [[Stanoux]]
* [[Stansi]]
* [[Javie]]
* [[Telsin]]
* [[Edwarn Ladrian]] (mentioned only)
* [[ReLuur]] (mentioned only)
* [[Miles Dagouter]] (mentioned only)
* The [[Marksman]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kelesina Shores]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
Wax and Wayne decide to climb up onto the construction catwalks to get a birds-eye view of the place. They climb a ladder because Wax figures there is a Seeker there, so he can't just Push up. They run into an engineer, and Wayne knocks him out.
 
'''Marasi'''
Professor Irich shuffles along in the ship, feeling himself die. He thinks of Suit and [[Telsin|"Sequence"]] desiring weapons, but he wants a miracle. His muscles are growing weaker and weaker. He walks through the ship, discussing its secrets with the academics brought in by the Set. The main problem is they don't know how the ship moves. The crew has been tortured, but they haven't revealed anything. He hears a voice call for him, and searches in vain to find the source. He happens upon a cube device that has apparently fallen out of storage compartment. He can now claim that he had recovered the lost cube and get in better standing with Suit. He leaves the ship.
 
Marasi and MeLaan creep around and find some finished rooms. They speculate on where the spike could be. Marasi thinks the Set still has it somewhere because they would want to study it. She sees the limping guy from the train and suggests they follow him inside the ship.
Marasi watches as Irich leaves the ship and enters a room. They wait to see if he comes back out.
 
'''Wax'''
Wax wonders about the ship. It doesn't have a mast. How does it move? He sees the limping man come back out of the ship, looking anxious about something. Wax wonders what the girls did in there. He figures that the limping man is an important underling of Suit and will lead them to him. He goes into a different room, set apart from the rest, and sees his sister in there. Wayne restrains Wax, who wants to recklessly go after her, and suggests another disguise using the engineer's clothing.
 
Wax and Wayne decide to climb up onto the construction catwalks to get a bird's-eye view of the place. They climb a ladder because Wax figures there is a Seeker there, so he can't just Push up. They run into an engineer, and Wayne knocks him out.
 
'''Irich'''
 
Professor Irich shuffles along in the ship, feeling himself die. He thinks of Suit and [[Telsin|Sequence]] desiring weapons, but he wants a miracle. His muscles are growing weaker and weaker. He walks through the ship, discussing its secrets with the academics brought in by the Set. The main problem is they don't know how the ship moves. The crew has been tortured, but they haven't revealed anything. He hears a voice call for him, and searches in vain to find the source. He happens upon a cube device that has apparently fallen out of storage compartment. He can now claim that he had recovered the lost cube and get in better standing with Suit. He leaves the ship.
 
'''Marasi'''
 
Marasi watches as Irich leaves the ship and enters a room. She and MeLaan wait to see if he comes back out.
 
'''Wax'''
 
Wax wonders about the ship. It doesn't have a mast. How does it move? He sees the limping man come back out of the ship, looking anxious about something. Wax wonders what the girls did in there. He figures that the limping man is an important underling of Suit and will eventually lead them to him. He goes into a different room, set apart from the rest, and Wax sees his sister in there. Wayne restrains Wax, who wants to go recklessly after her, and suggests another disguise using the engineer's clothing.
 
=== Chapter 19 ===
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Marasi Colms]] (point of view)
* [[Wayne]] (point of view)
* [[Waxillium Ladrian]] (point of view)
* [[MeLaan]]
* [[Allik Neverfar]]
* [[Telsin Ladrian]]
* [[Irich]]
* [[Edwarn Ladrian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Spook]] (mentioned only)
* [[Edgard Ladrian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Hammond]] (mentioned only)
* [[Allrianne Cett]] (mentioned only)
* [[ReLuur]] (mentioned only)
* [[TenSoon]] (mentioned only)
* [[Maurin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Harmony]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
 
'''Marasi'''
 
Marasi watches Irich, hoping that he put the cube with the spike. After he leaves, they simply walk to the door he came out of, pretending they belong to the project. Marasi is extremely nervous and can't understand how everyone else can remain so calm. They walk down a hallway and find a locked door. MeLaan picks the lock with some metal picks hidden in her hand. It appears to be Irich's room because the furniture accommodates his disability. Marasi finds a safe, and MeLaan works on opening it. Marasi explores a bit and opens another door. She smells an odor of filth like a slum and sees some cages. Something in one of the cages slams against the bars, and Marasi sees one of the "monsters" from ReLuur's drawing. It holds out a human hand and says, "please."
 
'''Wayne'''
Wayne walks out in his engineer's outfit, going over his role. He walks up to a guard and starts barking gibberish at him to get him to stand aside. He passes into the room with Telsin and finds Irich and the Coinshot brute with her. He bluffs them with more gibberish, and they leave. Wax knocks out the guard.
 
Wayne walks out in his engineer's outfit, going over his role. He walks up to a guard and starts barking gibberish at him to get him to stand aside. He passes into the room with Telsin and finds Irich and the Coinshot brute with her. He bluffs them with more gibberish, and they leave with him. Wax knocks out the guard.
Marasi realizes that the strange face is a mask. MeLaan reports that she got the safe open. Marasi leaves the "creature" and recovers the spike and cube. Kandras won't touch another Kandra's spike, and it's clear that she disapproves of the one instance in which it happened.{{book ref|mb3|39}} Marasi grabs some keys and lets out the [[Allik Neverfar|person]] in the cage. He opens another door and they go into a room with blood stains all over the place.
 
'''Marasi'''
 
Marasi realizes that the strange face is a mask. MeLaan reports that she got the safe open. Marasi leaves the "creature" and recovers the spike and cube. Kandras won't touch another Kandra's spike, and it's clear that she disapproves of the one instance in which it happened. Marasi grabs some keys and lets out the [[Allik Neverfar|person]] in the cage. He opens another door and they go into a room with blood stains all over the place and more masks hanging on the wall.
 
'''Wax'''
 
Wax reunites with his sister, and she hugs him, weeping softly. She asks for a gun, and Wax hands her a spare. The Coinshot enters the room, and Telsin promptly shoots him.
 
'''Marasi'''
Marasi insists on taking the masked man with them. She's concluded that the ship is from some other people away from the Basin. He goes over to the safe and retrieves a disc with a cloth strip. He ties it on and looks relieved. Marasi worries how they'll be able to sneak him out with the mask and odd clothing, but then she hears gunshots.
 
Marasi insists on taking the masked man with them. She's concluded that the ship is from some other people away from the Basin. The man goes over to the safe and retrieves a disc with a cloth strip. He ties it on and looks relieved. Marasi worries how they'll be able to sneak him out with the mask and odd clothing, but then she hears gunshots.
 
=== Chapter 20 ===
;Characters
Telsin is thirsty for revenge against her captors. Wax grabs her and Pushes to the top of the ship, which is sheltered almost like a fort. Then he meets back up with Wayne. There's a lot of shooting going on, and Wayne throws up a speed bubble so they can plan. They see MeLaan peeking out a door and Telsin climbing down the ship. Wax sends Wayne for Telsin while he gets the other two. Wayne gets caught by gunfire, and they keep shooting him as he tries to heal and get away. Wax goes on an Allomantic frenzy, getting hit by an aluminum bullet, but manages to rescue him. They are safe in the ship for now, but they are besieged by the heavy gunfire outside. Three Allomancers in fancy suits show up, and Wax dispatches one of them with the Thug-killer shotgun. Wax is in serious trouble, but luckily Marasi throws up a speed bubble on one guy, allowing Wax to avoid getting shot. He steps to the side, waits for the bubble to drop, then shoots him.
{{columns|
* [[Waxillium Ladrian]] (point of view)
* [[Marasi Colms]] (point of view)
* [[Telsin Ladrian]]
* [[Wayne]]
* [[MeLaan]]
* [[Allik Neverfar]]
* [[Edwarn Ladrian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Ranette]] (mentioned only)
* [[Irich]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
Marasi watches as Wax now makes use of the cube, and she gives supporting fire. The masked man keeps pointing at the ship, indicating they should go there, but Wax tells them to take cover back in the hallway. Marasi is shot in the side. She's in shock -- the masked man takes the initiative and they head toward the ship.
 
'''Wax'''
Wax uses Ranette's ball and cord device to deal with riflemen in the rafters and kill another Allomancer. He sees Marasi being dragged to the ship. He charges his cube and throws it toward a bunch of soldiers, disarming them, and Wayne attacks. Wax kills three more guys with aluminum guns, then he hears a horn sound. Dozens more soldiers are coming from the village nearby. Wax retreats to the ship.
 
Telsin is thirsty for revenge against her captors. Wax grabs her and Pushes to the top of the ship, where he leaves her. Then he meets back up with Wayne. There's a lot of shooting going on, and Wayne throws up a speed bubble so they can plan. They see MeLaan peeking out a door and Telsin climbing down the ship. Wax sends Wayne for Telsin while he gets the other two. Wayne gets caught by gunfire, and they keep shooting him as he tries to heal. Wax goes on an Allomantic frenzy, getting hit by an aluminum bullet, but manages to rescue him. They are safe in the ship for now, but they are besieged by the heavy gunfire outside. Three Allomancers in fancy suits show up, and Wax dispatches one of them with the Thug-killer shotgun. Wax finds more enemies coming up behind him, but luckily Marasi throws up a speed bubble on one guy using the cube, allowing Wax to avoid getting shot. He steps to the side, waits for the bubble to drop, then shoots him.
Marasi fights the pain that has now blossomed from her gunshot wound. Wax and Wayne make a desperate plan to escape the building, but in the meantime, Marasi is going off with the masked man. He pulls on something behind a panel in the wall and a rope ladder falls. They all get up the ladder into another compartment with bolted down chairs. The masked man puts on a different medallion and can suddenly speak their language. He gives each of them a medallion to strap on. It consists of an [[iron]] metalmind that anyone can fill. Then he instructs Wax to grip some straps and Push. The room is actually a separate boat. Wax's Push lifts it into the sky.
 
'''Marasi'''
 
Marasi watches as Wax now makes use of the cube, and she gives supporting fire. The masked man keeps pointing at the ship, indicating they should go there, but Wax tells them to take cover back in the hallway. Marasi is shot in the side. As she goes into shock, the masked man takes the initiative, and they head toward the ship.
 
'''Wax'''
 
Wax uses Ranette's ball and cord device to deal with riflemen in the rafters and kill another Allomancer. He sees Marasi being dragged to the ship. He charges his cube and throws it to Wayne, who in turn tosses it at a bunch of soldiers. This disarms them, and Wayne attacks. Wax kills three more guys with aluminum guns, then he hears a horn sound. Dozens more soldiers are coming from the village nearby. Wax and Wayne retreat to the ship.
 
'''Marasi'''
 
Marasi fights the pain that has now blossomed from her gunshot wound. Wax and Wayne make a desperate plan to escape the building, but in the meantime, Marasi is going off with the masked man. He pulls on something behind a panel in the wall and a rope ladder falls. They all get up the ladder into another compartment with bolted down chairs. The masked man puts on a different medallion and can suddenly speak their language. He gives each of them a medallion to strap on. It consists of an [[iron]] metalmind that anyone can fill. Then he instructs Wax to grip some straps and Push. The room is actually a separate boat, and Wax's Push lifts it into the sky.
 
=== Chapter 21 ===
;Characters
{{columns|
* [[Waxillium Ladrian]] (point of view)
* [[Marasi Colms]] (point of view)
* [[Allik Neverfar]]
* [[Wayne]]
* [[MeLaan]]
* [[Steris Harms]]
* [[Telsin Ladrian]]
* [[Edwarn Ladrian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Claude Aradel]] (mentioned only)
* [[Rashek]] (mentioned only)
* [[Harmony]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kelsier]] (mentioned only)
* [[ReLuur]] (mentioned only)
* [[Marsh]] (mentioned only)
* [[Spook]] (mentioned only)
* [[Irich]] (mentioned only)
* [[Miles Dagouter]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
 
'''Wax'''
 
Wax Pushes against a metal plate on the main ship, raising the smaller craft into the air as he holds onto the straps. The masked man bears a solemn farewell to the ship. He gets the "primer cube" from Wayne and touches it to Wax's skin, activating it. Then he puts the cube in place and activates "wings" and fans for control. He tells Wax he can stop Pushing. He addresses him with divine titles since he is [[metalborn]]. Wax retrieves Steris and some more supplies and lets the horses go. Back on the flying boat, Wax is again blown away by how much the world is changing due to advances in conventional and Allomantic technology. Wax wants to go to Elendel, but Telsin wants to beat Edwarn to the "weapon" he may be close to finding. Wax wants to check on Marasi before he decides.
 
'''Marasi'''
Marasi contemplates death, and she's embarrassed by her near nudity as Wax stops by to check on her. MeLaan heals the wound, ingesting and replicating Marasi's flesh so the patch would take. Wax and Marasi discuss what to do next. They have retrieved the spike and Telsin, but the real goal of the trip was to stop Suit. Marasi shows a map of the "second site" from the book she lifted from the desk in the building. Wax heard his uncle say he was headed there when he was eavesdropping at the party. Wax asks Marasi to talk to Allik and see what he knows. Allik recognizes the location (which he calls the "Sovereign's temple"), and they suspect that Suit took crewmates along to help find it. Allik wants to go find them. Wax questions him about this Sovereign. He came to them about 10 years after the Ice Death (that occurred the same time as Harmony's Ascension) and taught them how to make the medallions. Marasi is convinced the Sovereign was the Lord Ruler even though the timeline doesn't jibe -- the records must be flawed. Wax and Allik discuss how the medallions work. They all have [[Nicrosil]] so that the wearer can be Invested and therefore use the other metal. Medallions with four or more metals don't work, and strapping on multiple medallions doesn't work either. Allik's people have some other enemy he refers to as "Deniers of Masks." Wax decides to head for the temple.
 
Marasi contemplates death, and she's embarrassed by her near nudity as Wax stops by to check on her. MeLaan heals the wound, ingesting and replicating Marasi's flesh so the patch will take. Wax and Marasi discuss what to do next. They have retrieved the spike and Telsin, but the real goal of the trip was to stop Suit. Marasi shows a map of the "second site" from the book she lifted from Irich's desk. Wax heard his uncle say he was headed there when he was eavesdropping at the party. He asks Marasi to talk to Allik and see what he knows. Allik recognizes the location (which he calls the "Sovereign's temple"), and they suspect that Suit took Allik's crewmates along to help find it. Allik wants to go find them. Wax questions him about this Sovereign. He came to them about ten years after the Ice Death (which occurred at the same time as Harmony's Ascension) and taught them how to make the medallions. Marasi is convinced the Sovereign was the Lord Ruler even though the timeline doesn't fit; she thinks the records must be flawed. Wax and Allik discuss how the medallions work. They all have [[Nicrosil]] so that the wearer can be Invested and therefore use the other metal. Medallions with four or more metals don't work, and strapping on multiple medallions doesn't work either. Allik's people have some other enemy he refers to as "Deniers of Masks." Wax decides to head for the temple.
 
=== Chapter 22 ===
;Characters
Marasi talks with Allik while the others sleep. He uses wind currents to make their flying more efficient. The Bands of Mourning allow someone to draw forth all Feruchemical attributes. Allik explains their customs with masks. Some called "Hunters" grow into their masks. The Hunters come from the time before the freezing and are trying to destroy the Bands. The "Fallen" wear unpainted masks because they have offended "Jaggenmire," which is apparently their name for Ruin and Preservation. He says that "[[ettmetal]]" supports the ship and is also found in the cube. He also tells Marasi that some people from his land find the Basin an attractive target for invasion. Marasi lets Allik put back on a warming medallion, and she tries the Connection one, hoping to speak to Allik in his language. It doesn't work. The visitor must be the one wearing the band. Wax perks up at that, and he sees a light in the mountains: Suit's expedition.
{{columns|
* [[Marasi Colms]] (point of view)
* [[Allik Neverfar]]
* [[Wayne]]
* [[Waxillium Ladrian]]
* [[MeLaan]]
* [[Steris Harms]]
* [[Telsin Ladrian]]
* [[Rashek]] (mentioned only)
* [[Ruin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Preservation]] (mentioned only)
* [[Harmony]] (mentioned only)
* [[Svel]] (mentioned only)
* [[Edwarn Ladrian]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
 
Marasi talks with Allik while the others sleep, and he explains their customs with masks. Some called "Hunters" grow into their masks. The Hunters come from the time before the freezing and are trying to destroy the Bands. The "Fallen" wear unpainted masks because they have offended "Jaggenmire," which is their name for Ruin and Preservation. He says that [[ettmetal]] is what supports the ship and is also found in the cube. He also tells Marasi that some people from his land might find the Basin an attractive target for invasion. Marasi lets Allik put back on a warming medallion, and she tries the Connection one, hoping to speak to Allik in his language. It doesn't work, as the visitor must be the one to wear the medallion. Wax perks up at that information, and he notices a light ahead in the mountains: Suit's expedition.
 
=== Chapter 23 ===
;Characters
They pass over Edwarn's expedition, and Telsin really wants to shoot him. Wax decides that it would be better to interrogate and prosecute him rather than just kill him out of revenge. Wayne somehow gets tangled with Telsin and he accidentally kicks a pack overboard, hitting one of the men below. Wax tells Allik to head in the direction they're hiking. Wax spots something on the ground and Allik lands the craft. They stumble out into the snow and see a one-story, black castle. Wax pushes the boat back into the snow until it's buried. Wayne tries to talk to Allik, hinting that he should call him by exalted names as well since he is metalborn, but Allik isn't wearing the translator anymore. Wayne then finds a large ship nearby with a bunch of corpses -- the expedition from Allik's people, come to destroy the temple. They continue up to the temple entrance where there is a statue of a man with one eyed spiked, like the image on Wax's strange coin. Wax wonders why the Lord Ruler would make a statue of himself with one spiked eye. As the others move on, Wayne hangs back and removes the metal spearhead from the statue, thinking it's a big chunk of valuable aluminum. Inside the temple, they confirm that this is where ReLuur had been. Allik lights the hallway by using the cube, and they all notice a pile of bodies and pools of blood ahead. Wax notices that Wayne has lifted the spearhead. They approach the bodies, and they have Hunter masks on. Wax theorizes that some of the Hunters wanted to recover the Bands, murdered those who didn't want to, and gave up and went home after some were killed by the traps. Wax, MeLaan, and Allik proceed down the hall, MeLaan triggering and enduring the various traps. Telsin insists on going in as well.
{{columns|
* [[Wayne]] (point of view)
* [[Telsin Ladrian]]
* [[Allik Neverfar]]
* [[Waxillium Ladrian]]
* [[Marasi Colms]]
* [[Steris Harms]]
* [[MeLaan]]
* [[Edwarn Ladrian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Harmony]] (mentioned only)
* [[Rashek]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kelsier]] (mentioned only)
* [[Spook]] (mentioned only)
* [[Sophi Tarcsel]] (mentioned only)
* [[VenDell]] (mentioned only)
* [[ReLuur]] (mentioned only)
}}
 
;Plot Summary
 
They pass over Edwarn's expedition; Telsin really wants to shoot him, but Wax decides against it. Wayne somehow gets tangled with Telsin and accidentally kicks a pack overboard, hitting one of the men below. Wax tells Allik to head in the direction they're hiking. Wax spots something on the ground, and Allik lands the craft. They stumble out into the snow and see a one-story, black castle. Wax Pushes the boat back into the snow until it's buried. Wayne finds a large ship nearby with a bunch of corpses--the expedition from Allik's people, come to destroy the temple. They continue up to the temple entrance, where there is a statue of a man with one eye spiked, like the image on Wax's strange coin. Wax wonders why the Lord Ruler would make a statue of himself with one spiked eye. As the others move on, Wayne hangs back and removes the metal spearhead from the statue, thinking it's a big chunk of valuable aluminum. Inside the temple, they confirm that this is where ReLuur had been. Allik lights the hallway by using the cube, and they all notice a pile of bodies and pools of blood ahead. They approach the bodies and see that they have Hunter masks on. Wax theorizes that some of the Hunters wanted to recover the Bands, murdered those who didn't want to, and gave up and went home after some were killed by the traps. Wax, MeLaan, and Allik proceed down the hall, MeLaan triggering and enduring the various traps. Telsin insists on going in as well.
 
=== Chapter 24 ===
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