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The '''Vanishers''' are a criminal gang on [[Scadrial]].
 
They wereare employed by the [[Set]] to defraud [[House Tekiel]]{{book ref|mb4|epilogue}} and to kidnap women with [[Allomancy|Allomantic]] heritage.{{book ref|mb4|7}}{{book ref|mb4|3}}
 
They wereare lead by [[Miles Dagouter]].{{book ref|mb4|11}} [[Tarson]] is secondthe inmost commandtrusted member,{{book ref|mb4|15}} although he isn't anyone's boss, preferring to hit things.{{citebook ref|mb4|8}}
 
They carriedcarry out a series of seemingly impossible train robberies, stealing cargo and kidnapping women.{{book ref|mb4|3}} They also robbedrob a couple of high society gatherings, taking valuables and hostages.{{book ref|mb4|2}}{{book ref|mb4|5}}
 
== History ==
 
=== Early Robberies ===
They began train robberies on the 14th of Vinuarch {{date|341|FA}} (early summer).{{book ref|mb4|3}} They first stole a shipment of [[aluminum]] from [[House Tekiel]] before going to ground for four months, presumably to smelt the aluminum into bullets and guns.{{book ref|mb4|3}}{{cite}} Afterwards, they robbed six more trains, including two from [[House Ladrian]].{{book ref|mb4|2}} The first and second shipments stolen after resurfacing were [[steel]]. Next they stole food, followed by more metals, including [[pewter]], [[iron]], [[zinc]], [[brass]], [[bendalloy]], and [[tin]].{{book ref|mb4|3}} The first three were only cargo robberies, but they quickly progressed to also robbing a passenger car for valuables and one of their Allomancy-blooded targets. Three women were kidnapped in this manner.{{book ref|mb4|2}}{{book ref|mb4|3}} However, as the high-class Allomancy-blooded targets the Set laid out for them stopped riding trains due to safety concerns,{{book ref|mb4|4}} they were forced to rob the [[Coolerim Playhouse]] to get their next target.{{book ref|mb4|2}}
 
=== Yomen-Ostlin Wedding Dinner ===
The next target was the [[Yomen-Ostlin wedding dinner]], with [[Steris]] and [[Marasi]] to be taken as the Allomancy-blooded captives. The Vanishers burst into the room as the meal was underway and systematically robbed each person of their valuable belongings. Afterwards, they loudly took the two predetermined captives. [[Peterus|Lord Peterus]], a retired constable, was vocal about his distaste for their actions, and Miles shot him. Shooting Lord Peterus provoked [[Wax]] and [[Wayne]] to intervene.{{book ref|mb4|5}} In the firefight that followed, Wax and Wayne rescued Marasi, killed 25 bandits, and temporarily incapacitated six others. Those six were later captured by the constables. Wax shot both Tarson and Miles but neither suffered significant damage from it and both escaped. No civilians died, although some suffered as badly as broken bones. The few remaining Vanishers got away with Steris.{{book ref|mb4|6}}
 
=== Recovering ===
The six bandits captured by the constables were kept at the [[Fourth Octant|Fourth Octant's]] constabulary precinct offices. The constables failed to get any useful information out of them, but Wayne (disguised as a constable) was more successful. After learning important information from [[Sindren]], Wayne told him to tell the cops everything he knew at nightfall.{{book ref|mb4|8}}
 
Once the Vanishers had some of their number taken captive they quickly evacuated their previous base of operations, a foundry in [[Longard]].{{book ref|mb4|8}}{{book ref|mb4|10}} They set a few explosive traps as they left in the hopes of catching Wax and Wayne in them, which [[Clamps]] assured Miles were foolproof,{{book ref|mb4|11}} but the pair of lawmen easily disarmed them all.{{book ref|mb4|10}} They took all of the forging equipment with them to their new underground base of operations, leavng behind only the explosives, some furniture, an empty box of cigars, and some nudes.{{book ref|mb4|10}}{{book ref|mb4|11}}
 
As they unloaded their aluminum and forging equipment to the new hideout, Miles met with [[Suit]]. Suit was disappointed that Miles provoked Wax by shooting Peterus. Suit unveiled plans to rob Tekiel's new [[Breaknaught]] train car, and Miles promised to kill Wax.{{book ref|mb4|11}} Miles attempted to kill Wax as he was riding a train back to [[Elendel]] from the site of one of the earlier Vanisher robberies, but failed.{{book ref|mb4|12}}{{book ref|mb4|13}}
 
After this failure, Miles once again met with Suit. Suit revealed that the robbery of the Breaknaught was to be the last before the Vanishers went to ground for six months for recruitment. He directed Miles to kill Wax during the robbery, as both men expected Wax to interfere. Steris was to be kept at the new base as bait, while the other captives were presumably moved elsewhere by the Set. Suit assigned [[Push]] and [[Pull]], two Set Allomancers, to Miles to ensure he carried out the operation successfully. Half the aluminum from the Tekiel robbery was to be taken by the Set to fund their own operations, with the rest being kept by the Vanishers. After this conversation, Suit left the city.{{book ref|mb4|15}}
 
== Methods ==
The Vanishers would first stop the target train by obstructing its tracks.{{book ref|mb4|3}} This always occurred at a position where the rail line came close to the canal it was built next to.{{citebook ref|mb4|11}} Earlier robberies accomplished this with a fallen tree, later they employed a ghostly train coming the opposite direction.{{book ref|mb4|3}} That particular illusion relied on a hand-powered train carriage with a false front and a powerful light attached to appear as the headlight. This light may have been battery powered. Once the train was stopped, they would use a barge-mounted crane in the neighboring canal to swap the target car for an empty replica.{{book ref|mb4|17}} In this way, they wereare able to steal the cargo without leaving forced locks or dead guards on the train once it arrived at its destination.{{book ref|mb4|2}}
 
The Vanishers, except for Miles, diddo not mask their faces. They worewear loose buttoned shirts, slacks, and vests. Wax describes them as not particularly well dressed.{{book ref|mb4|5}} They useduse a mix of rifles and pistols,{{book ref|mb4|5}} including aluminum ones with matching aluminum bullets.{{book ref|mb4|15}}{{book ref|mb4|6}}
 
== Media Coverage ==
The Vanishers wereare extensively covered in [[Elendel|Elendel's]] broadsheets,{{book ref|mb4|3}} and Miles consideredconsideres the resulting publicity essential to ensuring the incompetence of the constabulary, as well as serving his cause.{{citebook ref|mb4|11}} Some sheets speculatedspeculate that the phantom railcar used by the Vanishers was truly supernatural in origin.{{file ref|Elendel_Daily_broadsheet.png}} Some put forward theories on the method of robbery involving [[Slider]]s or [[Brute]]s. Many papers interviewedinterview eyewitnesses and experts, however, they still lackedlack solid information.{{book ref|mb4|3}}{{file ref|Elendel_Daily_broadsheet.png}}
 
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