Armal

Armal
House Harms Relatives Steris Harms, Marasi Colms, Jackstom Harms, Maxillium Ladrian, Tindwyl Ladrian Ancestors Spook
Abilities	Rioter
Residence	Elendel
Homeworld	Scadrial
Universe	Cosmere
First Appeared	The Lost Metal

“These seven years. Have you used them? Have you appreciated them? I spent them wishing I could have even one more day of my old life. That I could show my children a world of lights and life, instead of stone and shadow. Please. Tell me you lived those years of freedom. ”

—Armal, to Marasi

Armal Harms is a zinc Misting (aka a Rioter) on Scadrial. She is a distant cousin of Steris Harms and Marasi Colms. She was a victim of the Vanishers who disappeared for seven years before being found in Wayfarer.

Appearance and Personality

She is a blonde woman with a stately air; she typically wears fine clothing. She is well-mannered and she loves her family. She exhibits leadership qualities, including a calm demeanor, bravery, and quick decision making.

Attributes and Abilities

Armal is a Rioter and can use zinc to inflame people's emotions. She is likely somewhat untrained in the use of her powers, as even her close family members are not aware of them. She is one of only a few people who have been seen fueling their powers with purified Dor, a "hyperefficient" source of Investiture. Marasi compared the power of Armal's Dor-fueled Rioting to the strength of legendary figures from Classical Scadrial such as Vin and the Lord Ruler.

History

Armal grew up as part of House Harms and lived a relatively affluent lifestyle. She was familiar with her cousin Steris, but she did not know Marasi Colms well due to the family concealing her status as Jackstom Harms's illegitimate daughter.

In 341 PC, during Waxillium Ladrian and Wayne's investigation of the Vanishers, Armal became one of their kidnapping victims, targeted because she was a descendant of Spook who would be more likely to have Allomancer children. She was taken during a play at the Coolerim Playhouse, and her family had no idea what happened to her.

The Community

Armal and the other victims of the Vanishers had been delivered to the Set to be a part of the Community. The Set told Armal that she had been chosen by random lottery to be saved from a catastrophic ashmount eruption. The Set also used actors and projection devices to reinforce their ruse. They intended to take control of any children born to the residents that exhibited Allomantic powers.

Armal was kept in small caverns for two years before being moved to the underground town known as Wayfarer. At some point, Armal married another member of the Community and had at least two children with him. She apparently took her husband's surname, but his identity is unknown.

Meeting Marasi

When Marasi Colms snuck into Wayfarer to find the perpendicularity located there, she encountered some of the residents and soon recognized Armal. She and her friends did not like the lord mayor, Gave Entrone, and they helped conceal Marasi. Although Armal listened with interest to Marasi's explanation of their fate, it did not overcome the years of abuse and isolation she had endured. She seemed to believe that Marasi was at least partially telling the truth, but she wanted to protect her family. She did not want to participate in a revolt against Entrone, but she agreed to lead Marasi to his mansion. Before they left, Marasi remembered that she had a jar of pure Investiture (purified Dor) that she had received from Moonlight. She entrusted it to Armal and presumably explained what it could be used for in an emergency, telling her that she might need to spread it around to the other Allomancers in her group.

“We should have known. This much metal, by their own admission, would have drawn their 'mutants.' This hatch was never to lock them out, but to lock us in, so we could never visit the observation room unsupervised.”

—Armal

Armal and the other townspeople decided to linger near the mansion to see what happened to Marasi. After Marasi confronted Entrone, he attacked her. Before he could finish her off, Armal broke the jar of Investiture and Rioted both of them with a debilitating sense of shame. Entrone was not wearing his aluminum hat and he was incapacitated. Another townsperson Soothed some nearby soldiers, and Armal tied up Entrone after his metal reserves were emptied by a Leecher named Macil.

Armal, Marasi, and the Allomancers of Wayfarer then drained the perpendicularity in the mansion just before Autonomy's forces could enter Scadrial through it.

Return to Society

After resting, Marasi led Armal and a few other Allomancers out of the caverns and into Bilming. Although the townspeople now believed Marasi's story, they were in shock upon seeing that the world was not desolate. Armal regretfully noted that there were signs of the Set's deception that she had never thought to look for. Marasi then brought the group to Blantach's constabulary offices.

The plight of the residents of Wayfarer affected Marasi. Reflecting on Armal's intense words upon learning that the Set had taken away seven years of her life, Marasi realized that she wanted to pursue her passion of serving the people. She realized that she could not effectively do so if she joined the Ghostbloods, and declined their offer.

Notes

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