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|religion=[[Trellism]]

|world=Scadrial|residence=Elendel

|books=[[Mistborn Era 2]]

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'''Miles Dagouter''', also known as '''Miles Hundredlives''',{{book ref|mb4|10}} was the former lawman of [[True Madil]] in the [[Roughs]] of [[Scadrial]] and leader of the gang of thieves and kidnappers known as the [[Vanishers]].{{book ref|mb4|11}} Miles was determined to bring the government of the Elendel to its knees in his quest to get justice for its perceived mistreatment of the people of the Roughs.

== History ==

=== Early Years in the Roughs ===

 

Little of Miles Dagouter's early life is known. As an adult, he worked as the lawman of True Madil. Miles spent his time hunting down criminals, often migrants from the city. Miles' methods were brutal and he killed all men he hunted down if he got the chance.{{book ref|mb4|18}} It was there in the Roughs that Miles first met Waxillium Ladrian. The two men did not get along well, but still they managed to become allies, if not friends.{{book ref|mb4|11}} Wax and Miles occasionally worked together to enforce the law,{{book ref|mb4|2}} along with [[Jon Deadfinger]] of [[Far Dorest]], and Miles saved Wax's life on multiple occasions,{{book ref|mb4|2}} and helped Wax in his capture of [[Pars]] the Deadman.{{book ref|mb4|13}} During this time, Miles' legend grew, he became known as Miles Hundredlives for his incredible healing abilities, and tales of his heroics reached even Elendel.{{book ref|mb4|10}}

 

Miles began to design the concept of the Vanishers, an idea that he developed as time went on. Miles wanted the robberies to be fantastic and confusing, to befuddle any and all who investigated as to how the crimes were taking place. He designed a barge called the [[Machine]] that had a crane capable of lifting train cars.{{book ref|mb4|17}} The core of his robberies were all the same. Miles and his men would create a disturbance to stop the train nearby a canal and while the train's engineers were distracted, Miles' barge would pick up the target train car off of the tracks and replace it with an identical but empty train car. The Vanishers would retreat and the car would proceed onward, none the wiser.

 

The robberies began with a fraudulent shipment of aluminum, disguised as wool, belonging to [[House Tekiel]]. However, as the robberies continued, Miles' visions of the Vanishers began to take shape. For the first robbery, a downed tree brought the train to a halt. Later, to increase mystery, Miles would set up a hand-crank car with a false front, which would appear to be an oncoming train. When the panicked engineers stopped their train to investigate, the phantom train, as well as their cargo, would already be gone. The Set then began asking Miles to take women on the train cars hostage. These women were specific, always of certain bloodlines connected back to [[Spook]], the Lord Mistborn. Miles and his men also stole jewelry from the passengers to further fund themselves. However, the nobility of Elendel grew more cautious and stopped traveling by railway.{{book ref|mb4|4}} In order to continue kidnapping the women the Set required, the Vanishers had to expand the scope of their raids. After several robberies, they hit the [[Coolerim Playhouse]], robbing the nobility and kidnapping Lady [[Armal]].{{book ref|mb4|2}}

 

After the robbery at the Coolerim Playhouse, Miles chose the [[Yomen-Ostlin wedding dinner]], attended by High Lord [[Waxillium Ladrian]] and [[Wayne]], as his next target.{{book ref|mb4|5}} He personally took part in the robbery, wearing a knit mask over his face to hide his identity. During the robbery he ranted about the injustices of the City and the mistreatment of the Roughs. When Lord [[Peterus]] protested the robbery and challenged Miles, he hit Peterus, cutting his head. Miles ordered the valuables of the partygoers seized and attempted to have his men take Lady [[Steris Harms]] and Lady [[Marasi Colms]] as hostages to be turned over to Edwarn Ladrian. This action enraged Peterus once again, who called Miles a coward and demanded to be taken as a hostage himself in their place. Losing his temper, Miles shot Peterus in the head to silence him, and told the Vanishers that they were allowed to have some fun with the guests now.

 

 

=== Capture and Execution ===

The Vanishers' theft of the Breaknaught went smoothly and without incident, although Miles deduced that Wax had hidden himself in the train car itself.{{book ref|mb4|17}} The Breaknaught was carried back to the Ironspine in Elendel on the Machine, Miles' barge with a crane. Miles brought the train car to the subterranean foundry, where he used the electric lift's engines and winch to pull off the door of the Breaknaught. When the door was ripped off, Miles found that Wax had attached dynamite to the inside of the door, which he detonated in an attempt to slow Miles and kill his men. Miles and his men began to fire on Wax but were interrupted when Wayne and Marasi blew open the doors in the ceiling of the foundry leading the the lift, opening the lair to the outside. Miles and his men did their best to kill Wax and Wayne while Marasi fired down on them from above.

 

 

Miles again attempted to reason with Wax, claiming that their powers were divine and gave both men the right to rule, but Wax paid his words no attention.{{book ref|mb4|18}} Miles badly injured Wax by surprising him with a stick of dynamite, but due to aid from Harmony, Waxillium and his allies managed to rescue Steris and kill all of Miles men, including Push, Pull, and Miles' most loyal Vanisher, Tarson.{{book ref|mb4|19}} Wax quietly ordered Wayne to go get the constables while he and Marasi confronted Miles by himself. Miles fought Wax in a one-on-one fistfight, not realizing that Marasi, a Pulser, was burning [[cadmium]] and hours were passing by them outside the bubble. Wax and Marasi managed to keep Miles distracted long enough for Wayne to return at dawn with a small army of constables to overwhelm Miles with sheer numbers and arrest him.

== Appearance & Personality ==

=== Personality ===

 

Miles is not a kind or gentle man. He is full of scowls,{{book ref|mb4|prologue}} a grumpy man who would rather shoot a suspect than actually take the time to determine his guilt or innocence.{{book ref|mb4|1}} Despite his character flaws, True Madil is kept clean of any wrongdoings by Miles, so his methods, though they may be harsh, are effective. Miles never brings back a criminal alive though, he kills each and every man that he hunts down.{{book ref|mb4|18}} Miles is not afraid of change, due in part to his nature as an Augur.{{book ref|mb4|15}} Early on in his life, Miles hated all who broke the law. His punishments were harsh and he was merciless, particularly towards those that once followed the law, but turned their back on it. The severity of Miles' punishments were due to his feelings of helplessness. He did not believe that he could really make a difference in the amount of crime in the Roughs.

=== Religious Beliefs ===

:''See Also:'' [[Survivorism]] and [[Trellism]]

At one point in his life, Miles was a [[Survivorism|Survivorist]].{{book ref|mb4|19}} However, he felt that Elendel's current social and political establishment made a mockery of the religion, professing to believe in the independence and self-reliance of [[Kelsier]] but in actuality discouraging people thinking for themselves.{{book ref|mb4|17}} Once Miles came into contact with Edwarn Ladrian and the Set, his religious beliefs began to change.{{book ref|mb4|epilogue}}

 

;Compounding

:''See Also:'' [[Compounding]]

 

 

Due to the large amount of health available to Miles at all times, he can overcome many of the limits of the average Bloodmaker. Most obviously, normal Bloodmakers are limited in how many wounds or how large a wound they can heal. If their Feruchemical storages are not enough, they have to wait for a wound to heal naturally, or if the wound is severe enough, they simply die. Miles does not have to worry about conserving his Feruchemical storages, because his goldminds are more or less infinite. As a result, Miles is constantly drawing on his goldminds, even when there is no real wound to heal. This impacts him in several ways, both minor and major. Miles has not been sick in years; he never has to deal with sore muscles or headaches or feelings of tiredness.{{book ref|mb4|15}} Even when there is nothing for the gold to heal, Miles can still feel a faint sense of extra energy from the health he is drawing. By drawing even more additional health, Miles can eliminate his need to breathe.{{book ref|mb4|17}} It should be noted that this is not the same thing as [[cadmium]] [[Feruchemy]]. Gasper Ferrings have the ability to store breath in a cadmiummind.{{book ref|mb4|part=ars}} They store oxygen and then withdraw it later so they do not have to breathe. Miles cannot do that. His gold Feruchemy continually heals the damage done to his cells dying of oxygen starvation rather than provides them with oxygen. However, the power of gold is not limitless. It cannot allow Miles to stop his heartbeat{{book ref|mb4|17}} or reverse the process of aging{{book ref|mb4|11}} like the [[Lord Ruler]] managed with his atium Compounding.{{book ref|mb1|epilogue}} Additionally, after suffering the pain of thousands of wounds that should have killed him, Miles has also grown completely invulnerable to pain.{{book ref|mb4|13}} It is little but a distant memory to him.{{book ref|mb4|17}} It also potentially has an impact on Miles' stamina, allowing him to run longer and farther than a normal man, although this is uncertain.{{book ref|mb4|13}}

=== Waxillium Ladrian ===

:''See Also:'' [[Waxillium Ladrian]]

 

Miles and Wax's minds work in the same way as well. Miles deduced that Waxillium's strategy for catching the Vanishers would be to hide in the train car that they were stealing simply because he knew Wax so well.{{book ref|mb4|17}} Miles is disappointed in Wax for becoming one of the men that, in his mind, are the cause of all of the problems in the Roughs.{{book ref|mb4|13}} {{sidequote|Wax is not a friend. We were never friends—no more than two rival kings could ever be friends. We respect each other, we did similar jobs, and we worked together. It ends there.|Miles on his relationship with Waxillium{{book ref|mb4|15}}|left|250px}}He also feels that Wax wasted his potential, afraid to seize the true power that is his birthright as a Metalborn.{{book ref|mb4|19}} When fighting against Wax, Miles often becomes reckless, throwing aside his normally cautious nature in his attempts to prove that his actions are justified.{{book ref|mb4|11}}

=== Wayne ===

:''See Also:'' [[Wayne]]

Miles and Wayne have never gotten along well.{{book ref|mb4|11}} Even before Wayne knows that Miles is responsible for the Vanishers, he refers to him as a terrible human being.{{book ref|mb4|2}} Wayne has disdain for the way Miles kills people himself rather than determining their guilt or innocence. Miles for his part finds Wayne to be a petty annoyance.{{book ref|mb4|13}} Miles has quietly wanted an opportunity to shoot Wayne in the head for a long time. Wayne is unsurprised to find out that Miles is the leader of the Vanishers, recalling Miles' hatred for Elendel.{{book ref|mb4|11}} Miles' actions as the leader of the Vanishers, especially killing Lord [[Peterus]] angered Wayne greatly.{{book ref|mb4|5}}

 

=== Tarson and The Vanishers ===

:''See Also:'' [[Tarson]] and the [[Vanishers]]

Miles and Tarson's relationship was less like a friendship between equals, and more like that between a master and a servant. Tarson was the Vanisher most loyal to Miles, following Miles out of respect, instead of simply for money.{{book ref|mb4|15}} Tarson's loyalty makes Miles more fond of him than most of his men. Despite Tarson's rank as second in command of the Vanishers, he did not take much of independent initiative in his leadership role within the Vanishers. Miles kept him in an enforcement role,{{book ref|mb4|8}} keeping him around to take hostages{{book ref|mb4|5}} and hit whatever Miles wanted him to hit.{{book ref|mb4|8}} He also reported findings from the other Vanishers, as well as their general morale to Miles.{{book ref|mb4|11}} Tarson assisted Miles personally during Vanisher robberies.{{book ref|mb4|5}}{{book ref|mb4|17}} When Waxillium and his allies confronted Miles in the foundry below the Ironspine, Tarson was the last of Miles' allies to die, shot by Wax while holding Marasi at gunpoint.{{book ref|mb4|19}}

 

 

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== Development ==

 

This is also another place where Brandon wants to explore themes of how men act when they are given the powers of gods.{{bws ref|/annotation-the-alloy-of-law-chapter-eighteen/|Alloy of Law Annotation Chapter 18|date=November 30, 2015}} This is a theme that he has touched on with the [[Lord Ruler]], [[Kelsier]], [[Zane]], and [[Spook]]. In real life, there is no evidence for superior bloodlines, but on Scadrial Allomancy and Feruchemy are inherited traits, lending credence to the idea that some men are better than others. Miles, due to his invincibility, has come to think of himself as divine. Brandon one day wants to tackle this theme directly.

 

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