![]() ![]() “Kelsier was always the one with the vision.”“But you helped him plan,” Elend said. As it was, Elend’s rule was in serious danger of economic disaster.“What do you think?” Elend asked.“I don’t know, El,” Ham said quietly. If they’d been able to find the Lord Ruler’s atium, perhaps things would be different. Maintaining even that small number was straining his resources. Despite heavy recruitment, Elend barely had twenty thousand men under his command-and they were peasants with less than a year of training. Like everything in the city, the wall had been stained black by countless years of ashfalls.“Fifty thousand soldiers.” Elend said, trailing off. ![]() It backlit the army that had come to take Elend’s kingdom from him.“How many?” Elend asked quietly.“Fifty thousand, we think,” Ham said, leaning against the parapet, beefy arms folded on the stone. In the distance, the bloody red sun was close to setting. The Ashmounts had been particularly active lately.Elend felt the ash dust his face and clothing, but he ignored it. ![]() It wasn’t the burnt white ash that one saw in dead coals this was a deeper, harsher black ash. Around him, ash fell from the sky in fat, lazy flakes. ![]() Chapter 1The army crept like a dark stain across the horizon.King Elend Venture stood motionless upon the Luthadel city wall, looking out at the enemy troops. ![]()
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