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=== 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}}{{
=== Yomen-Ostlin Wedding Dinner ===
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. Preparations for the Breaknaught robbery continued.{{book ref|mb4|15}}
=== Robbing the Breaknaught ===
The Vanishers used their now-standard ghostly train illusion to stop the train hauling the Breaknaught. This time, however, Tekiel guards jumped out to inspect the phantom railcar. The false front was dropped and the Vanishers used a [[wikipedia:Rotary_cannon|rotary gun]] to kill the guards. They then used their barge-mounted crane to swap the Breaknaught with the Set's replica. Additional guards and engineers were killed with handguns. The barge, now carrying the real Breaknaught with Wax and the aluminum cargo inside, headed back to the Vanishers' base near the [[Ironspine Building|Ironspine]]. They unload using the Ironspine's crane and descend into the underground portion of their hideout. Miles is expecting Wax to be inside the train car, and he is. However, he does not expect that Wax has rigged the door with explosives, and this allows enough of a distraction for Wax to get out of the car and begin taking down the Vanishers a few at a time.{{book ref|mb4|17}}
Wayne and Marasi arrive by horse not long after. During the course of the fight, the three manage to take out every Vanisher except Miles, free the captured gunsmith [[Nouxil]], and send Steris to get the constables. Marasi uses her powers as a [[Pulser]] to trap Miles in a speed bubble, giving the constables time to arrive and accost Miles.{{book ref|mb4|18}}{{book ref|mb4|19}}
=== Aftermath ===
Miles is prosecuted by [[Daius]] and Marasi and sentenced to death. His metalminds are forcibly removed from him and he is killed by a firing squad. Wax finds Suit, who is his uncle Edwarn. Edwarn reveals that the stolen goods were only temporarily stolen to defraud House Tekiel so that the Set could purchase shares in them. He intends to return the goods once the operation is complete. The Set still has four of the captives they intended to take, and they do not intend to return them.{{book ref|mb4|epilogue}}
== 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.{{book 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
The Vanishers, except for Miles, do not mask their faces. They wear loose buttoned shirts, slacks, and vests. Wax describes them as not particularly well dressed.{{book ref|mb4|5}} They use 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}}
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