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Wayne escapes and Wax fights Miles barehanded. Miles overpowers Wax thanks to his healing ability until it becomes apparent that it was just a delaying tactic to allow Wayne to mobilise the constabulary. Marasi has had them in a [[cadmium]] bubble (slowing down time for those inside), allowing the constabulary to get there and arrest Miles.
 
Back at the constabulary, Marasi is turned down by Wax and Wax receives a forbearance from Brettin. This surprises Wax at Brettin's sudden change in character{{17swob ref|topic|122710001}} but he is thankful. Steris shows a little vulnerability and Wax agrees that they should go ahead with their engagement, though he feels a slight regret for Marasi.
 
Marasi watches Miles' execution and Wax tracks down his uncle. Wax had suspected his uncle was still alive and playing the role of Mister Suit. [[Edwarn Ladrian]] still has possession of the kidnapped women and Wax's sister. Thinking his uncle broke, Edwarn shows Wax the broadsheet that announces Tekiel's collapse because of the robberies, explaining that they, Edwarn and his associates, bought the Tekiel's business. With no proof to incriminate his uncle Wax grows angry. He has to restrain himself from pulling out a gun but he assures his uncle that he will one day kill him.
;[[Jackstom Harms]]: The father of Steris and later revealed father of Marasi to a different woman. He accompanies Steris to her liaisons with Wax before she is kidnapped. He seems amused when Wax succeeds in shocking Steris with stories of his past. Marasi informs Wax that Harms is willing to financially back Wax in his investigation of the Vanishers.
 
== ReligionsSetting ==
Scadrial has developed significantly since the [[Catacendre]]; some of those changes are detailed below.{{expand|I'm not sure if the information below is appropriate to this page, but book pages aren't my specialty, so I didn't want to remove anything}}
=== Religions ===
;[[Pathism]]: Known adherents - Waxillium Ladrian
:Pathians pray to Harmony for 15 minutes each day in no set posture. Their one basic tenet describes:
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:Little is known of the religion except that Trell is supposed to have made metalborns. During the time of the [[Final Empire]], the [[Keepers]] collected knowledge of a religion called ''Trelagism'', whose deity was known as Trell.{{book ref|mb1|9}} It is unclear whether this is the same religion as Trellism,{{wob ref|3183}} though Miles does say that The [[Words of Founding]] are said to contain a lengthy explanation of Trellism and its teachings, whichincluding indicatesthe belief that metalborns wereare special.{{book ref|aol|11}} There[[Sazed]] aredid theories{{17snot ref|topic|1808}}mention onthis belief when explaining Trelagism to [[Vin]]; according to him, it was the originsreligion of thisthe religionNelazan people, who were said to have lived far to the North in Pre-Ascension times, who worshipped darkness, glorifying the stars as the but"Thousand mostEyes of whatTrell" isand knownmaking comesdetailed fromstar Miles'charts perspectivewhile dismissing the sun as profane.{{book ref|mb1|9}}
 
=== Notable Historical Figures ===
:In the novel ''Mistborn'', Trell is referenced as the god of the Nelazan people, who were said to have lived far to the North in Pre-Ascension times. The Nelazan worshipped darkness, glorifying the stars as the "Thousand Eyes of Trell" and dismissing the sun as profane. Their intricate star maps enabled Sazed to place Scadrial back in its proper orbit at the conclusion of ''Hero of Ages''. The connection between this ancient religion and its incarnation in ''Alloy of Law'' is unclear.
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== Notable Historical Figures ==
;''[[Harmony]]'': In the original [[Mistborn (series)|trilogy]] Sazed took up the Shards of both [[Preservation]] and [[Ruin]] to become Harmony. He is worshipped on Scadrial in the time of Alloy of Law as a god by Pathians.
 
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