Difference between revisions of "Quellion"

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Also known as the '''Citizen''', Quellion is in charge of [[Urteau]] after the death of the [[Lord Ruler]]. [[Spook]] is sent by [[Elend Venture]] and [[Vin]] to gain intelligence on the CitizenQuellion.{{book ref|mb3|14}} As a government officer in the city of Urteau, he wears red-dyed skaa trousers and work shirts.{{book ref|mb3|16}}

Both Quellion and his sister [[Beldre]] were half-skaa. This is due to the fact that their noble father had married a noble womannoblewoman who was barren. As she could not conceive children of her own she instead agreed that Quellion's father could father his children with a [[skaa]] maidservant. This was discovered by [[Obligator|Obligators]]s around the same time that the [[Lord Ruler]] was killed by [[Vin]] and due to the chaos surrounding the event, the two half-skaa managed to slip away from their execution.{{book ref|mb3|53}}

WhileQuellion holdingwasn't powerjust searching for skaa with noble blood in [[Urteau]]order to kill them, hehowever. He was looking for Allomancers. He would find Allomancers, take thetheir families of allomancers as hostages and keep them as leverage, thus forcing themthe Mistings to work for him as his soldiers by threatening their families,. althoughAlthough, this was kept highly confidential. He would organiseorganize his public executions to take place in noble houses whichthat had secret escape routes, so that the chosen allomancersAllomancers could escape the fire and join his ranks.{{book ref|mb3|41}}

He had genealogists catalog everyone's ancestry. Those who have pure [[skaa]] blood five generations back are allowed to serve in his government, while others were barred from office. While he had his scribes check the lineage of everyone five generations back, he only killed those who had noble blood two generations back or earlierlater, which was leading to a divide in the skaa population.{{book ref|mb3|26}}

He also keepskept the peace by allowing his people the freedom to spend their nights drinking fine wine, which would normally have cost a small fortune in gold, for the price of a fraction of a copper clip, thus keeping the populace drunk and content.{{book ref|mb3|26}}

The Citizen's government notably disdained decoration and ornamentation. At first, he makesmade it a law that as all men are equal they must all wear the same drab grey clothing. This iswas later changed so that government officials must wear red, as it will make them easily recognized and those in need will be able to quickly find them. As an official himself he thus also wearswore regular skaa work clothing which has been dyed red.{{book ref|mb3|16}} Later, he decided to approve blue solely for himself to wear and wore a costume which is dyed a deep blue, with the rest of his officials still wearing bright red.{{book ref|mb3|41}}