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Ranette is tall, long-legged, and lean, with dark hair which she wears in a shoulder-length ponytail. While Wax, Wayne and [[Marasi]] are staying in her house, she wears boots, brown trousers, a white laced shirt and a long Roughs-style leather coat.{{book ref|mb4|14}}{{book ref|mb4|15}}
Ranette is quick to threaten to shoot people who annoy her -- as well as Wax and particularly [[Wayne]] -- but she doesn't shoot anyone she allows inside her home. She keeps a shotgun in a basket next to her front door.{{book ref|mb4|14}}{{book ref|mb5|19}} Though she excels at gunsmithing, she prefers to keep to herself and doesn't want to be bothered by people. As such, she doesn't sell or patent her inventions. She also hates people sensing her [[Allomancy]] and hires [[Smoker]]s to cover her house.{{book ref|mb4|14}} She is
Ranette is a lesbian, and has been out for 15 years.{{wob ref|667}}{{book ref|mb6|2}} She
== Attributes & Abilities ==
Ranette seems to only use her abilities as a Lurcher for simple convenience (i.e., pulling items out of reach toward her, et cetera) and to use devices of her own creation that only a Lurcher can use.
As a gunsmith, Ranette is highly skilled and is responsible for the creation of numerous guns as well as various other contraptions and innovations. She has a symbol that can be used to identify her work.{{book ref|mb7|58}} She can competently identify a gun's creator.
== History ==
Ranette moved to [[Elendel]] sometime before Waxillium's return due to the city providing access to electricity which the Roughs lacked. She has her workshop in the [[Elendel|Third Octant]].{{book ref|aol|10}}
Wax, [[Wayne]], and [[Marasi]] visit Ranette after Wax's study gets destroyed in an explosion. At first, she tries to chase them away by pointing a shotgun at them but decides to let them in after Wayne offers her the aluminum gun Wax had taken from the [[Vanishers]]. Once inside, Ranette starts working on pulling apart the gun and discovers it was made by a gunsmith called [[Nouxil]], with whom she had been corresponding until his disappearance a year ago.{{book ref|aol|14}} Wax explains Ranette his need of a new gun but she refuses to give him anything. Wax then proceeds to explain how [[Miles Hundredlives]] has been trying to kill him and his companions. Ranette has a hard time believing Miles would do that, but decides to lend Wax [[Vindication]] and [[hazekiller]] rounds for field testing after she hears Miles has been taking hostages whose lives are now in danger. She also lets Wax use a room in her house for planning and lends Marasi a rifle and a pair of trousers.
=== Dealing with Bleeder ===
Ranette sends Wax new equipment for testing purposes. The equipment package contains
Wax sends Ranette a note via an errand boy asking her to make him a special bullet to take down a [[kandra]] named [[Bleeder]]. Within hours Ranette arrives to Governor [[Replar Innate]]'s mansion to deliver the special bullet she made out of Wax's [[Pathian]] earring. She hands the bullet over to Wayne who later gives it to Wax. Ranette talks about the current situation of things with Wayne and seems very worried about the people gathering outside which makes Wayne go check things out and Ranette leaves. {{book ref|sos|19}}
** [[Pewterarm]] rounds that are larger and packed with more gunpowder, intended to overpower the resilience of a Pewterarm.
** [[Hemalurgic]] bullet: A bullet made from Wax's Hemalurgic earring for use with Vindication.{{book ref|mb5|23}} It is used to give [[Bleeder]] a second spike so that [[Harmony]] could regain control of her. {{book ref|mb5|25}}
** Hemalurgist rounds made of aluminum, with a secondary explosion that creates enough force to remove limbs from a target's body.
* Grappling hook: A portable grappling hook given to Waxillium to field test, allowing the [[Coinshot]] to pull himself towards a building he's veering away from.{{book ref|mb5|8}} It also serves as a makeshift weapon.{{book ref|mb5|11}}
* Hidden shoe compartment: A hidden compartment for Allomantic metals hidden inside a shoe. Allomancer [[Jak]] name-drops Ranette when scolding the compartments tendency to come loose.{{bws ref|allomancer-jak-and-the-pits-of-eltania|Allomancer Jak|date=2014-08-07}}
* Vindication II: A large-caliber gun made entirely of aluminum. It has two extra chambers that hold oversized hazekiller rounds specifically designed to fight Hemalurgists.{{book ref|mb7|19}}
* Steel Survivor: An aluminum mid-caliber pistol, which has an elongated barrel to fire precision rounds.{{book ref|mb7|19}}
* Big Gun: A very large gun resembling a stocky single-barrel shotgun. Its barrel is four inches across, and it has a central wheel like a revolver, but much larger. It shoots slugs larger than shot glasses. It is carried in a wooden box in multiple parts that must be assembled.{{book ref|mb7|58}}
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