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This page contains a chapter by chapter summary of '''''[[The Alloy of Law]]'''''. We hope this summary will make it easier to find specific areas of the book, as well as providing a quick plot refresher for anyone who doesn't want to take the time to reread the entire book.
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;Characters
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* [[Waxillium Ladrian]] (point of view)
* [[Lessie]]
* [[Bloody Tan]]
* [[Miles Dagouter]] (mentioned only)
* [[Wayne]] (mentioned only)
* [[Donal]] (mentioned only)
* [[Geormin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Annarel]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kelsier]] (mentioned only)
* [[Harmony]] (mentioned only)
* [[Marsh]] (mentioned only)
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;Plot Summary
▲It is discovered later that Wax is actually a [[Twinborn]] - a [[Feruchemist]] as well as an [[Allomancer]] - and can also decrease his weight by storing it in his iron metalmind. Eventually, Wax finds Bloody Tan's hideout and finds that Lessie has been captured by Tan. Unprovoked by Tan using her against him as a hostage, Wax fires his Sterrion revolver at Tan who yanks Lessie into the path of the bullet. Lessie is killed instantly and Wax, horrified, shoots Tan in the head.
*[http://www.tor.com/2011/06/15/the-alloy-of-law-excerpt/ Prologue Excerpt]
== Chapter 1 ==
;Characters
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* [[Waxillium Ladrian]] (point of view)
* [[Aving Cett]]
* [[Tillaume]]
* [[Harmony]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lessie]] (mentioned only)
* [[Edwarn Ladrian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Ranette]] (mentioned only)
* [[Kelsier]] (mentioned only)
* [[Vin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Wayne]] (mentioned only)
* [[Stagin]] (mentioned only)
* [[Stanton]] (mentioned only)
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;Plot Summary
Ashamed,
▲Ashamed, he returns to Ladrian Mansion where he renounces his guns to [[Tillaume]] - Wax's butler - asking that they be stored in a safe place, and devotes himself to becoming Lord Waxillium Ladrian in the public eye.
*[http://www.tor.com/2011/06/15/the-alloy-of-law-excerpt/ Chapter 1 Excerpt]
== Chapter 2 ==
;Characters
Six months later.▼
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* [[Waxillium Ladrian]] (point of view)
* [[Tillaume]]
* [[Miss Grimes]]
* [[Kip]]
* [[Limmi]]
* [[Wayne]]
* [[Jackstom Harms]]
* [[Steris Harms]]
* [[Marasi Colms]]
* [[Edwarn Ladrian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Telsin Ladrian]] (mentioned only)
* [[Ranette]] (mentioned only)
* [[Valette Entrone]] (mentioned only)
* [[Lessie]] (mentioned only)
* [[Barl]] (mentioned only)
* [[Miles Dagouter]] (mentioned only)
* [[Harmony]] (mentioned only)
* [[Armal]] (mentioned only)
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;Plot Summary
Wax has an appointment with [[Jackstom Harms]] to settle a marriage agreement between himself and Harms' daughter, [[Steris]]. In his hesitation to appear eager Wax inquires into house matters where Miss Grimes informs him their second shipment of steel was stolen. House Tekiel is also having similar problems, losing five shipments. Making his way to the sitting room expecting to find Lord Harms and his daughter, Wax instead encounters his old friend and partner [[Wayne]]. As they discuss where Wayne should be--in [[Weathering]], not Wax's sitting room--the door chimes again and Wax attempts to usher Wayne from the room; Wayne in his Roughs attire would give the wrong impression. Unable to get him from the room before Lord Harms barges in, Wax prepares to introduce Wayne as an old friend when Wayne, having put on a disguise, proclaims to be Wax's uncle. Lord Harms introduces his daughter and her cousin, [[Marasi]]. While Wayne and Lord Harms exchange small talk, Steris aims to get to the point of the meeting. Their arrangement, she describes, is to benefit both their houses--Wax's, which is failing financially and Steris', which could benefit from the notoriety of House Ladrian. During the meeting, Wayne erects a speed bubble and hands Wax a bullet that Wax later discovers is made from [[aluminum]]. Once Lord Harms leaves, Wayne tells Wax more of the [[Coolerim Playhouse]] robbery where one of the thieves dropped
*[http://www.tor.com/2011/06/29/the-alloy-of-law-excerpt-2/ Chapter 2 Excerpt]
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