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{{quote
| The land was soft and warm, and now it is harsh and broken and frozen.
| [[Allik Neverfar]] describing the events that nearly destroyed his people
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The '''Southern
== History ==
During his Ascension, the Lord Ruler moved Scadrial out of its original orbit, putting it closer to the sun. Life could only exist at the poles, where a combination of the planet's magnetic field and ferromagnetic ash shielded the land from the heat of the sun.{{annotation ref|mb3|chapter=76|link=annotation-mistborn-3-chapter-seventy-six}} The Final Empire was at the northern magnetic pole of the planet, where the genetic alterations made to the skaa allowed them to adapt to the heat and ash. However, the Lord Ruler also placed an unaltered group of people at the south pole. These people were placed there by the Lord Ruler as a reserve in case his genetic modifications of humanity failed. The Lord Ruler managed to find a way other than genetic modifications to help them survive in the world he created.{{qa ref|727|79|Southern people are genetic control|date=20 October 2008}}
The southern peoples had the seeds of the [[Metallic Arts]], though since none of them had ingested [[lerasium]],
=== The Ice Death (0 FA) ===
=== The Sovereign (12 FA) ===
The Sovereign came and gave the Southern Scadrians the [[Excisors]], which allowed them to create medallions that granted the power of Feruchemical [[Brass]]. This new technology enabled them to survive in the freezing temperatures. As their king, he started the tradition of the [[Firemothers]] and Firefathers, people who live only to fill the medallions with heat. After a period of time, the Sovereign took the [[Bands of Mourning]] and hid them in a temple in the mountains. His priests traveled with him, then returned to the south pole to pass on the legend of the Bands.{{book ref|mb6|21}}
=== Looking for the Bands (336 - 337 FA) ===
As the Southern Scadrians began scouting farther and farther north using their airships, they eventually discovered the lands of the [[Elendel Basin]]. The Hunters sent a large expedition to the north, looking for the temple where the Sovereign left the Bands of Mourning.{{book ref|mb6|21}} They intended to use an [[ettmetal]] bomb to destroy the Bands.{{book ref|mb6|22}} Though most of the expedition perished, supposedly in a blizzard, one skimmer managed to return to the south pole and tell their story. However, [[Waxillium Ladrian]] believes that some of the crew, desiring the power of the Bands, betrayed the others and attempted to take the Bands for themselves. This attempt was unsuccessful due to the traps at the temple.{{book ref|mb6|23}}
=== First Encounters with the Northern Scadrians (341 - 342 FA) ===
''Ironsights'', an exploration vessel thought lost, returned to Elendel with a refugee they picked up who told stories of "people of the oceans". The refugee claims to have encountered these people in a distant land when they attacked his ship. He described these "people of the oceans" as a violent seafaring race who have access to "Unknown Metals".{{file ref|Elendel_Daily_broadsheet.png|text=The Elendel Daily}} Soon after that, Lady [[Nicelle Sauvage]], a citizen of Southern Roughs city [[New Seran]], reported briefly glimpsing a figure in a mountain range in the [[Roughs]], describing it as having "piercing eyes, and a face like some otherwordly beast".{{file ref|House_Record_broadsheet.jpg|text=The House Record}}
The two cultures fully intersected once [[Jordis]] took a second airship,
The Set and Wax's group
== Culture ==
==== Malwish ====
The Malwish clan wear red masks that change according to their profession or their mood.{{book ref|mb6|22}} Allik Neverfar and Jordis are members of this clan. Dancing is very important to them, and they once threw a crew member overboard for getting the steps to a dance wrong.{{book ref|mb6|22}}
==== The Hunters ====
==== The Fallen ====
Another
=== Religion ===
The Southern Scadrians worship the Jaggenmire, a single being who is always one and always apart. The Jaggenmire is made up of Herr and his sister/wife Frue. The Southern Scadrians believe that Herr can make things grow and Frue can make them stop, though neither can make life on their own. Marasi believes these concepts to be analogues of Harmony, [[Preservation]], and [[Ruin]]. The Southern Scadrians believe that their kings did something to offend the Jaggenmire, causing the Ice Death.{{book ref|mb6|22}}
The Southern Scadrians also worship the Sovereign, the person who saved them following the Ice Death. He taught them to revere Metalborn, who they consider pieces of God. They believe that he created the Bands of Mourning and hid them in the mountains for him to use upon his return. Some clans believe that this warning was intended as a test and that the Southern Scadrians have to prove themselves by finding the Bands.{{book ref|mb6|21}} Others, the Hunters, believe that the Bands should be destroyed.{{book ref|mb6|22}}
The Southern Scadrians believe that hell is up in the sky.
They have stories of the kandra.{{book ref|mb6|30}}
The Southern Scadrians are more technologically advanced than the Northern Scadrians in many ways. The Sovereign gave them the Excisors, machines that allowed them to create medallions that grant the power of Feruchemical Brass.{{book ref|mb6|21}} They later reverse-engineered these medallions to grant other Feruchemical powers. Notably, they use Iron medallions to allow many people to store their weight, leading to their development of airships. The process of creating the medallions requires both Metalborn and the Excisors. The Southern Scadrians also constructed medallions with several types of metal, granting the wearer several Feruchemical powers at once. Wearing multiple medallions at once does not work, as the medallions interfere with each other. While talking to Wax, Harmony reflects on the limited progress the people of Elendel have made since the remaking of Scadrial due to the benevolent environment of the Basin, mentioning "...others, who were nearly destroyed", and implies they are significantly more advanced than those in the Basin.
They have access to a metal unknown to the northerners
== Notable People ==
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