Difference between revisions of "Hammond"

== History ==▼

Ham grew up in the streets of Luthadel. Son of two skaa parents and a noble grandparent. {{book ref|mb2|42}}. When he grew up he ran general security for jobs, providing his crewleader with manpower and warriors, assuming such are necessary. {{book ref|mb1|4}}▼

He joined Kelsier on his Skaa rebellion working initially for Yeden, based on the promise of payment, including the Lord Ruler’s atium. His role was to train the Skaa army. {{book ref|mb1|4}} He did that on secure caves away from Luthadel becoming General Hammond. He would leave the crew for months to train and inspect them, {{book ref|mb1|16}} and made good progress with their skills. {{book ref|mb1|21}}▼

He was later replaced in the training camps by Yeden and sent back to Luthadel to work closer with Kelsier. {{book ref|mb1|21}}▼

He also trained [[Vin]] in using Pewter. Through doing this he gained a friendship with Vin, who accompanied him when travelling to meet the Garrison in [[Luthadel]] where they found that their army was exposed and they were marching to fight them. {{book ref|mb1|24}} Ham was asked by the Garrison to join them, and Kell asked him to do so and be the inside guy, though Ham decided he would not betray them from the inside. {{book ref|mb1|25}}▼

After most the army was lost to the Garrison killing Yeden in battle and scattering the rest, {{book ref|mb1|25}} the crew was ready to quit, but with the Lord Ruler executing random Skaa in reprisal for the army creation, Kelsier rallied the team to push further and used the fact that the Garrison was out to strike directly into Luthadel. {{book ref|mb1|26}}▼

Ham was then tasked to bring the remaining troops into Luthadel and continue recruitment to join the rebellion. They would be trained in small packs without the knowledge of each other’s existence. {{book ref|mb1|27}} He was successful at training this army as well. {{book ref|mb1|29}}▼

When [[OreSeur|Renoux]] , [[Spook]] along with his servants, staff and guards were captured, Kelsier decided to rescue them. Ham fetched one of the rebel teams and led the attack to rescue them while Kelsier fought the [[Steel Inquisitor]] {{book ref|mb1|33}} who eventually killed him as he had planned. {{book ref|mb1|34}}▼

After Kelsier’s death, he left instructions for the final assault. Ham would take care of four remaining noble houses, fetch the army and go to warehouses. The assault leader would be [[Clubs]] though. {{book ref|mb1|34}} He did manage to bring down Keep Elariel and kept fighting till the end. {{book ref|mb1|37}}▼

After the death of the Lord Ruler , he agreed to be the captain of Elend’s guard on a single condition: that he would never have to wear a uniform. {{book ref|mb2|3}}. He, along with the rest of Kelsier’s crew acted as advisors for Elend during the siege of Straff and Cett’s army. {{book ref|mb2|13}}. And had kept on being so even with the Kollos army’s threat. {{book ref|mb2|23}}▼

Due to his loyalty to Elend, he tried to help him research legal ways for him to keep his throne, however, he is not a scholar and the task proved hard for him. {{book ref|mb2|34}} He also stayed by his side when his throne was taken and helped execute several of his personal ideas. {{book ref|mb2|42}}▼

When the Koloss army finally attacked, Ham lead the defense, however his Keep fell and he lost most of his strength. He along with Breeze and Sazed were looking to evacuate as many survivors as possible. {{book ref|mb2|53}} They, however were in very bad shape, Ham was deeply wounded and could not fight anymore. When Vin came back to the city, he gave her his pewter. {{book ref|mb2|54}} He fell unconscious after that and by the time he woke up, Vin had taken back the city. He then helped Elend and later Sazed on finding Vin, the well and each other. {{book ref|mb2|57}} He found and helped with Luthadel’s storage created by the Lord Ruler. {{book ref|mb2|Epilogue}}▼

He trained and led the new army for the siege of [[Fadrex City]]. As he gets very attached to his people, he argued constantly with Elend and Vin to continue marching through the mists as their soldiers were dying to them. {{book ref|mb3|15}}▼

He still followed orders and took his army towards the siege and though he participated on the planning he did as instructed by Elend. Which in this case meant hold the siege, avoid supplies into Fadrex and wait for them to try diplomacy and sneaking in tying to find the storage cache that they were missing. {{book ref|mb3|25}}▼

He was responsible for making Elend decide not to release the [[Koloss]] on the city and followed his command to retreat.{{book ref|mb3|65 }}▼

Madra is Ham’s wife who he left behind until the death of the Lord Ruler, to protect her from his job. She is a seamstress who lives outside the city and tells people her husband works in the Garrison. He missed her as he only sees her a couple of months a year. {{book ref|mb1|24}} Together they have two children. {{book ref|mb2|42}}▼

Ham is very loyal to Kelsier, but is also worried about him and his ego. He along with Dox and Breeze try to restrain him when he goes overboard. {{book ref|mb1|24}. Kelsier on the other hand, considers Ham as prone to think about things that no sane man would consider. Still, he listened and the debate on if Skaa were made inferior was an idea Kelsier never forgot. {{book ref|mb1|21}}▼

After the death of the Lord Ruler, Ham became Elend’s captain. He respected Elend but it took him some time to believe in his capabilities as leader{{book ref|mb2|37}}. They befriended each other and Elend trusted him as a friend. {{book ref|mb2|22}} He stood by his side and helped research for Elend to keep the throne. He even encouraged him to. {{book ref|mb2|34}}{{book ref|mb2|37}}▼