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The '''Vanishers''' are a criminal gang on [[Scadrial]].
 
They are employed by the [[Set]] to defraudsteal shipments of goods insured by [[House Tekiel]]{{book ref|mb4|epilogue}} and to kidnap women with [[Allomancy|Allomantic]] heritage.{{book ref|mb4|7}}{{book ref|mb4|3}}
 
They are lead by [[Miles Dagouter]].{{book ref|mb4|11}} [[Tarson]] is the most trusted member,{{book ref|mb4|15}} although he isn't anyone's boss, preferring to hit things.{{book ref|mb4|8}}
 
== Methods ==
The Vanishers would first stop the target train by obstructing its tracks.{{book ref|mb4|3}} This would always occurredoccur at a position where the rail line came close to the canal it was built next to.{{book ref|mb4|11}} Earlier robberies accomplishedwould accomplish this with a fallen tree, later they employedwould employ a ghostly train coming the opposite direction.{{book ref|mb4|3}} That particular illusion relied on a hand-powered train carriage with a wooden train engine facade and a powerful light attached. This light may have been battery powered. [[Mist]]s helpedwould help obscure the fake engine to aid the illusion. Once the train wasis stopped, they wouldwold 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 are 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}}
 
When they rob high society gatherings, they do so methodically, even making people speak to check for jewelry hidden inside of their mouth. Tarson and Miles give instructions. They attempt to conduct the robbery without provoking violence, but they take a women captive and threaten to kill her if any follow. They attempt to make it seem as if they pick their target(s) at random, while in truth they are taking a specific captive as directed by the Set. It is likely they carry out the passenger car robberies in similar fashion.{{book ref|mb4|5}}{{book ref|mb4|2}}
 
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}}
 
=== 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}}{{book ref|mb4|15}} Afterwards, they robbed six more trains, including two from [[House Ladrian]] and four more from House Tekiel.{{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 after coming back were only cargo robberies, but they quickly progressed to also robbing a passenger car for valuables and onesome of their Allomancy-blooded targets. ThreeThey womentook weretwo captives on their kidnappedseventh inoverall thistrain mannerrobbery.{{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 ===
Wax is debriefed by the constables. They decide not to charge Wayne for impersonating an officer and furthermore to give Wax citywide deputized forbearance, due to how useful he was in the Vanishers case. This forbearance request was backdated so that it would appear to have covered Wax's actions during the case.{{book ref|mb4|20}}
 
Miles iswas prosecuted by [[Daius]] and Marasi and sentenced to death. His metalminds arewere forcibly removed from him and he iswas 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}}
 
Wax found Suit, who is his uncle Edwarn. Edwarn revealed 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 several of the captives they intended to take, and they do not intend to return them.{{book ref|mb4|epilogue}}
 
Wax and his team received a reward for their work on the Vanishers case.{{book ref|mb5|6}}
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