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===The Bands of Mourning===
Wax unholstered Vindication and downed a new vial of metals as he returned to Ladrian mansion, later that day; the telltale clues of intrusion in his own home had quickly brought him to high alert. Discovering that this newest threat turned out to be nothing more than the same Kandra as before, seated in Wax’s own study, had done little to encourage him to lower his pistol.
Later the same day Wax is joined by VenDell, Melaan, Wayne, and Marasi, Vendell shows them a few images using an evanoscope and tries to inform them about the nature of investiture, identity, and the myths surrounding the [[Bands of Mourning]]. Vendell then reveals to them that she needs Wax's help in retrieving a spike that belonged to a Kandra named ReLuur. To encourage Wax to help VenDell shows Wax a picture of his sister being held hostage by his uncle, this spurs Wax into going to New Seran.{{book ref|mb6|3}} Wax's group immediately made preparations to go to New Seran and Steris joins the group and they board the train. On the train Wax and Steris engage in conversation where Wax finds out about the political situation in New Seran and that he is partially responsible for it.{{book ref|mb6|5}} The train that Wax and his group is riding on gets robbed, Wax and the others fight back.▼
The Kandra, [[VenDell]], of the sixth generation, had successfully ensnared Marasi and Wayne in his appeal for assistance, but Wax knew that VenDell had done so simply as another way to entangle him into the affair, while ignoring his earlier refusal. Pouncing on Wax’s curiosity, VenDell produced an [[evanoscope]], which he used to engage him in a presentation on the nature of [[Investiture]], [[Identity]], as well as the myth of the [[Bands of Mourning]].
Wax’s patience wearing thin, VenDell explained that these evanotype images had been taken by another Kandra, [[ReLuur]], who was obsessed with the Bands and convinced they were Identity-less [[Metalminds], which held the potential to grant anyone Metalborn powers to rival those of the [[Lord Ruler]]. Dismissing the idea outright, Wax was shocked to see another evanotype impressed with an image of his sister [[Telsin]], who was being dragged somewhere against her will. VenDell informed him that ReLuur had been accosted by the same thugs in [[New Seran]], where one of his spikes had been stolen. Convinced of the danger and worried for his sister, Wax agreed to help.{{book ref|mb6|3}}
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In the ensuing fight, Wax works his way up to the courier cars at the front of the train, taking out most of the robbers on the train. Eventually, Wax reaches the courier cars and encounters a group of robbers that have thrown bottles of a noxious gas into the courier cars and have stolen the money in the cars. Wax heads into the courier car upon hearing that the robbers have a metalborn with them and then realizes that his metal reserves have vanished. He then fights a brute first in the car then on the roof of the train. Steris steps up on to the roof of the train and tries to shoot the brute with a shotgun but the kickback knocks her back off of the train and Wax jumps off to save her.{{book ref|mb6|7}} After saving Steris, Wax goes to clean up the remaining thieves and the brute. Wax dispatches the brute by using a sphere device from Ranette, wrapping the cord around the brute's leg and throwing it into some trees, yanking him off the train; the other bandits are frozen in a cadmium bubble until they reached Ironstand station.{{book ref|mb6|8}} At Ironstand station Wax gets his wounds treated and then catches a freight train to New Seran With his group.
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