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The Bands of Mourning
Book 3 of 4 in Mistborn: Wax and Wayne · by Brandon Sanderson
Spoilers for books 1-2 of Mistborn: Wax and Wayne.
This page assumes you have read The Alloy of Law and Shadows of Self. The opening below goes no further than chapters 1 and 2 of The Bands of Mourning.How it opens and who you meet earlySpoils books 1-2. Nothing past chapters 1 and 2 of The Bands of Mourning.ShowHide
How it opens
Waxillium Ladrian flies from a constable raid to his wedding with Steris at a Survivorist church in Elendel. During the ceremony a water tower tips over and floods the church, and the wedding is delayed. Wayne tells Marasi that he had friends see to the flood. A kandra in a brown suit asks Wax for help, saying Harmony has been distracted, and when Wax refuses he turns to Marasi.
Who you meet early
- Waxillium LadrianWaxillium Ladrian is about to marry Steris. Six months ago he shot Lessie after she went mad, and he wants nothing to do with the kandra, who he feels lied to him.
- SterisSteris is about to marry Waxillium, a union she calls beneficial to her house, and she has planned for disruptions down to spare wedding pendants.
- WayneWayne is Wax's closest friend, and Wax thinks of him as the only real family he has. He does not want Wax to marry Steris.
- Marasi ColmsMarasi is a constable and Steris's half sister. She tells Wayne she has moved on from Wax.
- DrewtonDrewton is Wax's valet, who dresses and shaves him for the wedding.
Where it sits
The Bands of Mourning is book 3 of 4. Read The Alloy of Law and Shadows of Self first, in that order.
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