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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Steel Inquisitor - Number of Spikes
« on: April 08, 2010, 06:57:26 PM »That's odd, I seem to remember 11 spikes being the standard.That's partially true. In fact, Marsh had in the beginning 11 spikes (when the Lord Ruler was still alive).
But the standard set is:
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Two through the eyes and one through the shoulders: all steel. Six through the ribs: two steel, four bronze.
(hero of Ages, p. 45 - Vin and Elend discuss the standard set and a new spike of a dead Inquisitor)
Atium mistings actually were known, just not by anyone outside The Lord Ruler, his Inquisitors, and a few trusted Obligators. It's mentioned somewhere, maybe in one of the annotations, that the Inquisitors or their minions would secretly spike drinks at some of the balls with tiny amounts of Atium, then use their Seeker powers to watch for short pulses of Atium-burning as the unwitting Atium mistings unconsciously burned the Atium in a fraction of a second.That's very interesting, I didn't know this.
@Czanos:
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In most cases, however, Inquisitors were created from Misting. It appears that Seekers, like Marsh, were the favored recruits. (Hero of Ages, p. 324)
An Inquisitor, who was a Seeker before his transformation would therefore have an enhanced ability to use bronze. This simple fact explains how many Inquisitors were able to pierce copperclouds. (Hero of Ages, p. 401)