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{{quote|There weren't any other cities like Luthadel.|Luthadel{{book ref|11m}} }}

 

== Politics ==

The Lord Ruler makes dictates, and the Ministry polices his followers, but the nobility are the ones who actually force the skaa to work.{{book ref|mb1|27}}

{{for|Lord Ruler}}

Attended executions in black carriage drawn by a pair of massive white stallions.{{book ref|mb1|26}} <br>

"Then it hit. Like a cloud moving before the sun, like a sudden storm on a quiet night, like a pair of fingers snuffing a candle. An oppressive hand stifled the budding skaa emotions." Description of Lord Ruler in public.{{book ref|mb1|34}}

 

{{for|Steel Ministry}}

//soothing stations, Cantons <br>

There were thirty-four soothing stations spread throughout Luthadel. Most were in the slums, and none close to Clubs's shop. At least three Soothers per post.{{book ref|mb1|29}}

 

//Controlling the skaa <br>

House Venture was responsible for mining the Lord Ruler's atium. This made them the richest noble house, but they were vulnerable too in case they couldn't meet the Lord Ruler's quotas.{{book ref|mb1|28}} <br>

 

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Trade and transport to and from Luthadel often happened using canal boats.{{book ref|mb1|1}} <br>

Main export product is metal, hundreds of forges and refineries in Luthadel, even though the [[River Channerel]] provides excellent opportunity to mills for grinding grains and making textiles. Bells chime when skaa must get to work in the morning.{{book ref|mb1|2}} <br>

Pits of Hathsin is the only place in the Final Empire where atium was mined, so the Lord Ruler depended on it. "Atium is the foundation of the imperial economy—controlling it is one of the main ways that the Lord Ruler maintains his hold over the nobility."{{book ref|mb1|33}} <br>

 

In Luthadel, especially in the slums, there were many soup kitchens. Local skaa earned meal tokens for the time they worked, and in their short break at midday they could spend these tokens for a meal. Local lords/nobles, owners of a local forge or mill, paid these kitchens to avoid the costs of providing on-site meals. The kitchen owners was paid directly, so he saved as much as possible on ingredients, resulting in food as tasty as ashwater.{{book ref|mb1|10}} <br>

Luthadel had skaa corpse crews that took care of the disposal of dead bodies.{{book ref|mb1|11}} <br>

Executions could go on for hours. Normally there would be any kind of denunciations or explanations, but not always. The Ministry just left the corpses and bloodied water in fountains right there.{{book ref|mb1|27}} <br>

 

"The Lord Ruler and the Steel Ministry could marshal literally millions of troops if the need arose."{{book ref|mb1|19}} <br>

No one has ever attacked Luthadel.{{book ref|mb1|26}}

Luthadel had a massive wall, but that was unnecessary since the Lord Ruler controlled everything and no army would attack during his reign.{{book ref|mb1|19}} It was the only city in the Final Empire that was allowed to have a city wall.{{cite}} Luthadel's gates weren't meant to withhold a large scale attack.{{cite}}

 

{{for|Luthadel Garrison}}

The Luthadel Garrison was a standing force of twenty thousand well-armed, well-trained troops.{{book ref|mb1|6}} Its primary duty is to maintain order in [[Luthadel]]. Soldiers in the Garrison are mainly skaa who sold out to the Lord Ruler in exchange for a better life, and like all mercenaries they would fight whomever they got payed for.{{book ref|mb1|24}} One of their responsibilities was to guard Luthadel's walls and gates, and question both skaa and lesser nobles about their motives to leave the city to prevent too much travel in the Final Empire. Another of their tasks was to do (nighttime{{book ref|mb1|7}}) patrols on the streets and keep up an intimidating face while wearing full armor, especially in skaa slums, which made them not very well liked. They also had to stop rebels when needed, but hired extra part-time soldiers if such a situation would occur.{{book ref|mb1|24}} Like the Steel Ministry watched the nobility, the Garrison watched the skaa.{{book ref|mb1|12}} <br>

 

[[File: Steel Inquisitor.jpg|thumb|right|160px|<center><small>Inquisitor by [[Ben McSweeney]]</small></center>]]

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The Inquisitors are the Lord Ruler's most dedicated and powerful servants.{{book ref|mb1|32}} They are Hemalurgic creatures with spikes drives through their eyes and body, granting them the powers of a Mistborn. Nine of them used to be in Luthadel before the Collapse,{{book ref|mb1|36}} though there were around twenty Inquisitors in the entire Final Empire,{{book ref|mb1|epilogue}} and they were in charge of the Canton of Inquisition. Their main duty is to find half-breeds and kill them,{{book ref|mb1|7}} and tracking down their children as well,{{book ref|mb1|24}} to prevent skaa getting access to Allomancy because of their noble ancestry.

Every citizen of Luthadel was afraid of the Inquisitors, because of their intimidating posture and eerie nature.{{book ref|mb1|26}} They where believed to be immortal, until one was killed by beheading him.{{book ref|mb1|34}} Inquisitors eventually die of old age as well.{{book ref|mb1|27}}

 

{{for|Koloss}}

Stationed at a moderate distance from Luthadel. Lord Ruler could send for them, but have to be kept away from cities.{{book ref|mb1|6}}