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The Steel Ministry is organized into subsections named Cantons. The priests are called obligators and the [[Steel Inquisitors]] are obligators who have been [[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgically]] granted all the powers of a [[Mistborn]]. Each Canton of the Ministry runs a specific part of the Empire's government.

The Canton of Finance's headquarters is housed in an imposing building in [[Luthadel]]. It is tall and blocky with a massive rose window in the front, with two red banners hanging down beside the window, proclaiming praises to the [[Lord Ruler]]. Inside the building, one would find a desk at the end of an extended entryway, with an obligator manning the desk. Decorations within the building are sparse. It is often described as austere, bearing only necessary furniture and simple grey carpeting, the walls also lacking adornments. An exception to that rule is the waiting room; with plush chairs and lavish décor, the room clearly caters to the tastes of visiting noblemen. Snacks, such as small cakes, are also provided for those waiting.{{book ref|mb1|2}}

The national headquarters of the Canton of Resource is in [[Luthadel]] while one of the [[Western Dominance]]'s regional headquarters is in [[Fadrex City]]{{book ref|mb3|27}} and houses the fifth, and final, of the [[Lord Ruler]]'s [[storage cache]]s.{{book ref|mb3|44}} The single story building housing the regional headquarters in Fadrex City is blocky and utilitarian with sharp, flat walls and small windows.{{book ref|mb3|43}} It is the largest of any Ministry buildings in the city because it acts as a way station between Luthadel and more important cities (such as [[Tremredare]]) to the west. This gives this Canton influence in Fadrex City, which makes [[Aradan Yomen|Prelan Aradan Yomen]], the head of the Canton locally, the top religious authority in the city.{{book ref|mb3|27}}

The Inquisitors themselves didn't belong to the regular chain of command in the Steel Ministry, but were ranked below the Lord Prelan. Through [[Kar]]'s revelation that [[Vin]] was the daughter of the Lord Prelan [[Tevidian Tekiel]], shortly before the death of the [[Lord Ruler]], the Canton of Inquisition gained dominance over the other Cantons in the final days of the Empire.{{book ref|mb1|36}}

The [[Conventical of Seran]] is a fortress inside a crater to the south of Luthadel. The fortress belongs to the Canton of Inquisition and may be the place where new inquisitors are created. [[Kwaan's inscription]] is in a chamber of this building in addition to various torture chambers.{{book ref|mb2|12}} The Inquistitors' torture chambers are [[Hemalurgic]] laboratories, intended to discover new creations, but few know of these chambers' true purpose.{{epigraph ref|mb3|44}} After the [[Collapse]], the Conventical is used as a haven for Inquisitors and high ranking obligators.{{book ref|mb2|7}}

The Canton of Inquisition building in [[Urteau]], above one of the Lord Ruler's supply caches, is broad and imposing. Typical for buildings in Urteau, it was built of wood instead of stone. While more austere than most Ministry buildings, there is still a variety of decor in the form of tapestries, metal trim, red rugs, and hearths in every room. {{book ref|mb3|29}}

In addition to their bureaucratic functions, the obligators serve as the [[Lord Ruler]]'s religious leaders. They teach the [[Lord Ruler]]'s religion to [[skaa]] and noblemen alike.{{wob ref|5422}} The obligators determine who the nobility is allowed to marry as part of their religious duties.{{book ref|mb1|23}} Obligators are allowed to be married.{{wob ref|1077}} The Lord Ruler requires more devotion from the obligators; they practice religious worship and have to maintain a religious air that is unnecessary for nobles. Some of the religious practices for the Steel Ministry include daily prayers and ceremonies to the Lord Ruler.{{wob ref|7695}}

The Steel Ministry developed out of the bureaucratic mercantile system of the [[Hallant]] people. The Hallant were a people focused on systems of measurements.{{epigraph ref|mb3|27}} The Lord Ruler used the Ministry in many additional, secretive ways, beyond their bureaucratic duties, including discovering new Allomantic metals and their uses and searching for [[Terris]] bloodlines that bred pure.{{book ref|mb3|5}} Aluminum's Allomantic ability was a secret that the Ministry kept from others in the Empire.{{book ref|mb2|5}}

The Steel Ministry banned political and historical literature that contested or expressed dissidence to the Lord Ruler's reign.{{book ref|mb2|5}} Certain obligators were trusted to stock the [[storage cache]]scaches beneath various Ministry buildings. There were also assassins in the Steel Ministry who kill any who are outspoken or too successful.{{book ref|mb1|23}} The Ministry had its own soldiers and torturers.{{book ref|mb1|37}} The obligators were even the Lord Ruler's spy network throughout his Empire.{{book ref|mb2|part=ars}}

Each year, new Ministry acolytes were transported from a training facility in the northern part of the Empire to Luthadel. This was also when they would transfer large amounts of funds, including atium, to Luthadel.{{book ref|mb1|2}} During the last days of the Final Empire, a skaa crewleader named [[Camon]] tried to scam this convoy. The goal of the scam was to steal the Ministry funds, which would've had atium hidden inside. During the operation, one of his crewmembers, [[Vin]], unknowingly revealed herself as a Misting, and later a full Mistborn. This was the event that led [[Kelsier]] to recruit Vin to his crew. High Prelan Arriev's discovery of Vin's Allomantic abilities foiled the scam, which kept [[Ruin]] from discovering the atium cache, keeping him at bay for a few more years.{{wob ref|8027}} This convoy was also the one Marsh joined to infiltrate the Ministry.

In the year 1022, the Ministry was presided over by Lord Prelan [[Tevidian]]. The Canton of Orthodoxy was then the presiding Canton, but members of the Canton of Inquisition captured [[Vin]] and proved that she was the Lord Prelan's half-breed daughter. The Lord Ruler then restructured the Ministry by giving control of the Ministry to the Canton of Inquisition.{{book ref|mb1|36}}

{{image|The_Lord_Ruler_2_by_Rafael_Sousa.png|The Lord Ruler, Sliver of Infinity|side=right|width=240px250px}}

The philosophiesphilosophy taught most taughtoften by the Steel Ministry is that the skaa are cursed and the nobility are blessed.{{book ref|mb2|14}} The basic doctrine behind this philosophy is that the nobility has prestige and access to Allomancy because of their ancestors' loyaltywere loyal to the Lord Ruler, while the skaa wereare being punished for the sins of their own ancestors. The Mistborn are taught to be descendants of the only men who supported the Lord Ruler before his Ascension, in this belief system.{{book ref|mb1|3}}{{book ref|mb1|7}}

It is their belief that before his Ascension, the Lord Ruler was only a mortal man.{{book ref|mb1|17}} He is revered as the creator and savior of the world, the "Sliver of Infinity".{{book ref|mb1|8}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|6}} The Lord Ruler's status in the religion is as a piece of God, not omnipresent or omniscient. He is a physical, independent section of a greater consciousness.{{book ref|mb1|10}} Sometimes, the [[Well of Ascension]] was mentioned in teachings concerning the Lord Ruler and his Ascension.{{book ref|mb2|58}} When the Deepness, taught to be a dark monster, threatened the world, the Lord Ruler slew it and saved the world.{{book ref|mb2|56}} He punished the people's lack of faith with the ash and mists.{{book ref|mb1|6}} Not much else on the Deepness or the Lord Ruler is taught; religion is seen as something the Ministry would take care of.{{book ref|mb2|14}} Skaa aren't taught much of the Ministry's doctrine. Skaa and nobles alike were required to fulfillon their roles in the Empire and obey the Lord Ruler, but neither devotion nor faith is requestedown.{{book ref|mb1mb2|714}}

Skaa aren't taught much of the Ministry's doctrine. Skaa and nobles alike were required to fulfill their roles in the Empire and obey the Lord Ruler, but neither devotion nor faith is requested for either group.{{book ref|mb1|7}} Worship of any other god was forbidden.{{book ref|mb1|9}} For the obligators, more worship is required. Daily prayer and ceremonies to the Lord Ruler are practices of the religion.{{wob ref|7695}} There is a ritual that involves an altar made of gold. It is centered in a room with four candelabra at the corners. Near the altar, [[Alendi's journal]], written in Khlenni, was kept. Near the doorway, aA bowl of small, triangular knives was kept on a pillar nearby to be used in the ritual.{{book ref|mb1|14}} The knives were occasionally used for the worshiper to slice their own body.{{wob ref|7695}}

The Lord Ruler's status in the religion is as a piece of God, not omnipresent or omniscient. He's a physical, independent section of a consciousness.{{book ref|mb1|10}} Sometimes, the [[Well of Ascension]] was mentioned in teachings concerning the Lord Ruler and his Ascension.{{book ref|mb2|58}} Worship of any other god was forbidden.{{book ref|mb1|9}} Weddings were characterized only by the presence of an obligator to witness the fact. Sometimes additional ceremonies would be added, but there wasn't a standard; the obligator's presence was the only requirement.{{wob ref|5422}} The Ministry's position on sexuality was dependent on how much they were paid.{{wob ref|8203}}

The Steel Ministry functions similarly to being its own noble house, with contracts and agreements to gain wealth and leverage. Corruption is commonplace within its ranks;, for example,and it is notorious for taking bribes.{{wob ref|5498}} There was a long standing rivalry between the various Cantons for control of the Ministry.

Both men and women can be part of the Steel Ministry and some women even become Inquisitors.{{wob ref|5533}} Rising through the ranks of the Ministry is influenced strongly by Allomantic abilities. Those with abilities, especially with metals judged to be valuable, rise quickly and are placed in positions of power.{{wob ref|8038}} [[Seeker]]s are one of the typescommon Mistings recruited most diligently by the obligators.{{book ref|mb1|27}}

[[Atium]] Mistings are one of the most valuable type sought for by the Ministry. In order to search them out and recruit them, Inquisitors put trace amounts of Atiumatium into the drinks at balls periodically. They then cause a disturbance while burning bronze to seek out those who begin to burn the metals instinctively. When someone joins the Ministry who is not already a Misting, they are given a larger amount of atium without their knowing and

are forced through a series of rituals designed to drainexhaust the recruit physically so their body would Snap and reactively burn the metal. This is how Yomen was discovered to be a [[Seer]].{{wob ref|6119}}

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