Difference between revisions of "Steel Inquisitor"

 

== Description and Physiology ==

The most notable feature is the large steel spikes where their eyes should be. These spikes fill the eye socket and protrude out the back of the head by several inches. Steel Inquisitors, like the obligators from which they were created, are bald with a large number of tattoos spreading from their eye sockets across their heads. These tattoos indicate many things, including rank and what kind of [[Allomancer]] the obligator was before recruitment. The Lord Ruler's Steel Inquisitors have eleven spikes in all: two through the eye sockets, one in the middle of the spine on the back, and eight--one for each known Allomantic power--in the torso.

 

Although created from humans, they are physiologically and mentally distinct.{{wob ref|7713}}{{wob ref|2615}} They can, however, still mate with humans.{{wob ref|5530}} Children from Steel Inquisitors are more likely to be Allomancers compared to children from two humans, but the strength of Allomancy and Feruchemy would still weaken over time.{{wob ref|4148}}{{wob ref|12858}} There are also complications that can happen with the children of an Inquisitor.{{wob ref|4148}} Steel Inquisitors have slightly longer lifespans compared to humans.{{wob ref|5532}}

 

== Creation ==

According to [[Aradan Yomen]], one of the ways in which the number 16 made itself known in their time was that the [[Lord Ruler]] had originally made 16 Steel Inquisitors.{{book ref|mb3|70}} The number 16 in relation to the Inquisitors showed up once again, as [[Ruin]] created or otherwise used 16 Inquisitors to further his goals during the time after the [[Collapse]] (as there were 13 during the final battle, while [[Elend]] and [[Vin]] had already dispatched 3 previously).{{book ref|mb3|55}}{{book ref|mb3|73}}

 

 

== Powers ==

All Inquisitors exhibit a high tolerance to pain and most forms of physical damage. Depending on which Hemalurgic spikes the Inquisitor had, their abilities could vary immensely. The number of spikes varied; Marsh had eleven pre-Collapse, and after the Collapse an Inquisitor at Vetitan had a new one. After Ruin took control of them, Marsh was given 10 more spikes, making him the most powerful Inquisitor.{{book ref|mb3|13}}