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However, not everything went as planned. Marsh set up a meeting at a site he was supposed to inspect for suitability as a soothing station. However, when the crew arrived, they discovered only a headless corpse, butchered by [[Inquisitor]]s, and assumed Marsh dead.{{book ref|mb1|32}} They found a chair leg with a hidden message inside from Marsh, indicating that his questions about the Inquisitors had potentially exposed him, as they had been watching him, following him, and asking about him.
It was later revealed that he had been watched by the [[Canton of Inquisition]], as Seekers were particularly desired, and they had 'recruited' him, turning him into an Inquisitor using [[Hemalurgy]]. This caused his innate Seeker abilities to be heightened even further, an ability which was of great use to the Inquisitors. It's quite likely that this allowed Marsh to pierce [[coppercloud]]s, similar to [[Vin's earring]]. Despite it all, he continued to aid the rebellion behind the scenes, and when Vin confronted the Lord Ruler following Kelsier's death, he quietly removed the linchpin spikes from all of the other Inquisitors in Luthadel, most of which had gone to recuperate and refill their [[gold]]minds. Without the support of his Inquisitors, Vin was able to focus and finally succeed in killing the Lord Ruler.{{book ref|mb1|38}}
Following the downfall of the Final Empire and the beginning of [[Elend]]'s rule in Luthadel, Marsh would lead [[Sazed]] to the [[Conventical of Seran]], though he exhibited strange behavior, unlike the Marsh of old.{{book ref|mb2|7}} Doing so allowed Sazed to discover [[Kwaan's inscription]], but Marsh prevented him from translating it on the spot and instead forced him to make a rubbing, fleeing the Conventical, after which he promptly disappeared.{{book ref|mb2|12}} Left to his own devices, Sazed was motivated to bring his discovery back to Luthadel for research.{{book ref|mb2|15}} However, it is likely that Marsh was already under [[Ruin]]'s influence, forcing Sazed to make a copy of the metal inscription so that Ruin could alter its message without anyone realizing it had been changed.
After Ruin was freed from the Well, it took total control of Marsh. During this time he had no physical control over his body. In the horrifying prison of his mind, he held out hope that he could remove a crucial spike and end his life when Ruin's attention was diverted.{{book ref|mb3|6}} However, he was never able to accomplish much more than twitching a finger before Ruin asserted total control and brought him back in line. As Ruin was undoubtedly aware of Marsh's continuing resistance, though it could not read his thoughts, Marsh was implanted with many additional Hermalurgic spikes, further increasing Ruin's hold over him and granting him the greatest set of [[Allomancy|Allomantic]] and [[Feruchemy|Feruchemic]] abilities of all the Inquisitors through the deaths of many [[Terris]] [[Keeper]]s.{{book ref|mb3|72}}
For most of his existence under Ruin, he was unable to aid Vin and Elend in any way, allowing his mind to drift into the insanity of Ruin, where destruction turned to bliss, giving his last vestige of rebellion the relief it needed to stay alive in the dark corners of his mind.{{book ref|mb3|34}}{{book ref|mb3|42}} This last burst of Marsh's incredible willpower finally emerged during Vin's battle against the Inquisitors at [[Kredik Shaw]]. With the support of Kelsier, directing Preservation's power to distract Ruin and bolstering Marsh's ability to resist, he
Ruin reasserted his control, eventually sending Marsh to the [[Battle of Hathsin]], where he would behead an exhausted Elend in Ruin's rage - who had burned through all of his metals, including the secret [[atium]] stash within the [[Trustwarren]]. However, this act took the only thing Vin had to live for, so she then sacrificed her life in order to destroy [[Ati|Ruin's Vessel]] and prompt the [[Catacendre]].{{book ref|mb3|81}}
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