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The '''Vanishers''' are a criminal gang on [[Scadrial]].
The Vanishers would first stop the target train by obstructing its tracks.{{book ref|mb4|3}} This would always occur at a position where the rail line came close to the canal it was built next to.{{book ref|mb4|11}} Earlier robberies would accomplish this with a fallen tree, later they would employ a ghostly train coming the opposite direction.{{book ref|mb4|3}} That particular illusion relied on a hand-powered train carriage with a wooden train engine facade and a powerful light attached. This light may have been battery powered. [[Mist]]s would help obscure the fake engine to aid the illusion. Once the train is stopped, they wold use a barge-mounted crane in the neighboring canal to swap the target car for an empty replica.{{book ref|mb4|17}} In this way, they are able to steal the cargo without leaving forced locks or dead guards on the train once it arrived at its destination.{{book ref|mb4|2}}
When they rob high society gatherings, they do so methodically, even making people speak to check for jewelry hidden inside of their mouth. Tarson and Miles give instructions. They attempt to conduct the robbery without provoking violence, but they take a
The Vanishers, except for Miles, do not mask their faces. They wear loose buttoned shirts, slacks, and vests. Wax describes them as not particularly well dressed.{{book ref|mb4|5}} They use a mix of rifles and pistols,{{book ref|mb4|5}} including aluminum ones with matching aluminum bullets.{{book ref|mb4|15}}{{book ref|mb4|6}}
=== Early Robberies ===
They began train robberies on the 14th of Vinuarch {{date|341|FA}} (early summer).{{book ref|mb4|3}} They first stole a shipment of [[aluminum]] from
=== Yomen-Ostlin Wedding Dinner ===
Once the Vanishers had some of their number taken captive they quickly evacuated their previous base of operations, a foundry in [[Longard]].{{book ref|mb4|8}}{{book ref|mb4|10}} They set a few explosive traps as they left in the hopes of catching Wax and Wayne in them, which [[Clamps]] assured Miles were foolproof,{{book ref|mb4|11}} but the pair of lawmen easily disarmed them all.{{book ref|mb4|10}} They took all of the forging equipment with them to their new underground base of operations, leavng behind only the explosives, some furniture, an empty box of cigars, and some nudes.{{book ref|mb4|10}}{{book ref|mb4|11}}
As
After this failure, Miles once again met with Suit. Suit revealed that the robbery of the Breaknaught was to be the last before the Vanishers went to ground for six months for recruitment. He directed Miles to kill Wax during the robbery, as both men expected Wax to interfere. Steris was to be kept at the new base as bait, while the other captives were presumably moved elsewhere by the Set. Suit assigned [[Push]] and [[Pull]], two Set Allomancers, to Miles to ensure he carried out the operation successfully. Half the aluminum from the Tekiel robbery was to be taken by the Set to fund their own operations, with the rest being kept by the Vanishers. After this conversation, Suit left the city. Preparations for the Breaknaught robbery continued.{{book ref|mb4|15}}
=== Robbing the Breaknaught ===
The Vanishers used their now-standard ghostly train illusion to stop the train hauling the Breaknaught. This time, however, Tekiel guards jumped out to inspect the phantom railcar. The false front was dropped and the Vanishers used a [[wikipedia:Rotary_cannon|rotary gun]] to kill the guards. They then used their barge-mounted crane to swap the Breaknaught with the Set's replica. Additional guards and engineers were killed with handguns. The barge, now carrying the real Breaknaught with Wax and the aluminum cargo inside, headed back to the Vanishers' base near the [[Ironspine Building
Wayne and Marasi arrive by horse not long after. During the course of the fight, the three manage to take out every Vanisher except Miles, free the captured gunsmith [[Nouxil]], and send Steris to get the constables. Marasi uses her powers as a [[Pulser]] to trap Miles in a speed bubble, giving the constables time to arrive and accost Miles.{{book ref|mb4|18}}{{book ref|mb4|19}}
Wax is debriefed by the constables. They decide not to charge Wayne for impersonating an officer and furthermore to give Wax citywide deputized forbearance, due to how useful he was in the Vanishers case. This forbearance request was backdated so that it would appear to have covered Wax's actions during the case.{{book ref|mb4|20}}
Miles was prosecuted by [[Daius]] and Marasi and sentenced to death. His
Wax found Suit, who is his uncle Edwarn. Edwarn revealed that the stolen goods were only temporarily stolen to defraud House Tekiel so that the Set could purchase shares in them. He intends to return the goods once the operation is complete. The Set still has several of the captives they intended to take, and they do not intend to return them.{{book ref|mb4|epilogue}}
Wax and his team received a monetary reward for their work on the Vanishers case.{{book ref|mb5|6}}
== Media Coverage ==
The Vanishers are extensively covered in Elendel's broadsheets,{{book ref|mb4|3}} and Miles
Augustin Tekiel wrote a letter about the first robbery to a broadsheet that ran with the headline "Constables Incompetent, Tekiel Slams". This letter was written three months after the first robbery, presumably to avoid drawing attention to their aluminum that was being smuggled as wool.{{book ref|mb4|3}} Later, the [[Elendel Daily]] ran an article praising Tekiel's new Breaknaught cargo car.{{file ref|Elendel_Daily_broadsheet.png}}
== Known Members ==
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