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== History ==
Both Quellion and his sister [[Beldre]] were half-skaa. This is due to the fact that their noble father had married a
After escaping, Quellion built a coalition of Ska workers and took power in [[Urteau]], elevating himself to the rank of Citizen. His government took inspiration from Kelsier's teachings, claiming strict adherence to his doctrine, and soon exterminated everyone of pure noble blood still living in Urteau for crimes against the skaa people.{{book ref|mb3|26}}
While holding power in [[Urteau]], he would take the families of Allomancers as hostages and keep them as leverage, thus forcing them to work for him as his soldiers by threatening their families, although this was kept highly confidential. He would organise his public executions to take place in noble houses which had secret escape routes, so that the chosen Allomancers could escape the fire and join his ranks.{{book ref|mb3|41}} ▼
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He had genealogists catalog everyone's ancestry. Those who have pure [[skaa]] blood five generations back are allowed to serve in his government, while others were barred from office. While he had his scribes check the lineage of everyone five generations back, he only killed those who had noble blood two generations back or later, which was leading to a divide in the skaa population.{{book ref|mb3|26}}
Due to the economic collapse surrounding his ascent to power, Quellion had a new coin minted, to be worth only a fraction of a clip and be called a "pek".{{book ref|mb3|26}}
The Citizen's government notably disdained decoration and ornamentation. At first, he made it a law that as all men are equal they must all wear the same drab grey clothing. This was later changed so that government officials must wear red, as it will make them easily recognized and those in need will be able to quickly find them. As an official himself he thus also wore regular skaa work clothing which has been dyed red.{{book ref|mb3|16}}
Later
== Relationships ==
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