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=== The Siege of Luthadel ===
==== King of the Central Dominance ====
After the Collapse, Elend established himself as king of the Central Dominance. He drafted a law code that applied the philosophies of his books, but had also a strong element of realism.{{book ref|mb1|epilogue}}{{book ref|mb2|34}} The law code established a parliamentary council called the [[Luthadel Assembly]], which was composed of twenty-four Assemblymen, including Elend himself: eight noblemen, eight skaa workers, and eight skaa merchants.{{book ref|mb2|10}} A few months later, Elend proposed Vin in marriage, but she refused, feeling that he deserved a better woman.{{book ref|mb2|25}} Unfortunately, their army was relatively small and weak,{{book ref|mb2|5}} with only about twenty thousand soldiers,{{book ref|mb2|1}} and peace didn't last long.
A year after the Collapse, [[Straff Venture]] lay siege to the town with an army of fifty thousand soldiers.{{book ref|mb2|1}} Elend passed a proposal for the Assembly to wait to decide anything about the future of the city until he had parlayed with Straff, and they accepted it.{{book ref|mb1|10}} Soon later, a second army with forty thousand{{book ref|mb2|32}} arrived at the city, led by [[Ashweather Cett]]. Breeze had persuaded Cett to march on Luthadel so that a [[wikipedia:Mexican Standoff|three-way standoff]] was created; if either Straff or Cett attacked Luthadel, he would be weakened enough that the other could beat him easily.{{book ref|mb2|11}} Afterward, [[Tindwyl]] arrived and (forcefully) started coaching Elend in the art of leadership. Later, a third army of twenty thousand [[koloss]] led by [[Jastes Lekal]] arrives to the city.
=== The New Empire ===
After the foundation of the [[New Empire]], Vin and Elend set out to recover the five storage caches of the [[Rashek|Lord Ruler]]. They found the second one in [[Statlin City]],{{book ref|mb2|57}} containing large amounts of lumber, and a description of [[aluminum]].{{book ref|mb3|5}} The second cache was in [[Urteau]], and though the city was in control of [[Quellion]], Vin managed to sneak into it and discover the location of the third storage cache, [[Vetitan]], as well as a description of the metal [[electrum]].{{book ref|mb3|5}} They conquered Vetitan, taking control of a group of ten thousand{{book ref|mb3|1}} [[koloss]] that were attacking the city, and took its people further towards the center of the empire, where food could still be grown.{{book ref|mb3|8}} In the cache, they discovered large quantities of the first eight Allomantic metals,{{book ref|mb3|12}} as well as a description of [[malatium]] and the location of the fifth and final cache, [[Fadrex City]], which was held by [[Aradan Yomen]].{{book ref|mb3|5}}
{{image|Vin and Elend Dancing.jpeg|Elend dancing with Vin|side=left|width=300px}}
At the beginning, [[Vin]] loved Elend{{book ref|mb2|2}}, but she believed he deserved someone better, someone who shared his interests{{book ref|mb2|20}} and ideals{{book ref|mb2|47}}, someone who saw nobility in his decision of giving up the throne.{{book ref|mb2|47}} She also thought she hurt his pride by being Mistborn while he was just a common man, that he deserved a woman he could protect.{{book ref|mb2|20}} She thought she didn't deserve because she thought she didn't deserve to be happy at all.{{book ref|mb2|28}}
However, Elend loved her; he felt he needed her genuine realism to keep him grounded,{{book ref|mb2|44}} and thought himself lucky that she needed him;{{book ref|mb2|3}} he believed she was ten times as capable as him.{{book ref|mb2|44}} He was sometimes frustrated by her idiosyncrasies, but he still loved her.{{book ref|mb2|3}} Most of all, he trusted her; he defended her actions even when she attacked
When [[Zane]] called Vin to run away with him, she finally realized she had to stay with Elend, because he trusted and loved her; even if she didn't deserve him, she could be there to support him{{book ref|mb2|47}} After they got married, she started trusting in him unconditionally, depending on him.{{book ref|mb2|51}} At the [[Well of Ascension]], however, she knew that Elend would want her to sacrifice him to save his people, and she loved him enough to trust his wishes and give up the power instead of saving him.{{book ref|mb2|58}}
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