Kelesina contacts Wax's uncle Edwarn, who has Kelesina killed and frames Wax. At New Seran, Wax attends a party held by prominent noblewoman Lady Kelesina Shores, after acquiring a strange coin and partially uncovering a conspiracy Kelesina is involved in. Marasi acquires a strange cubic device from bandits after she and Wax foil a train robbery. Tensions have grown between Elendel and the outer cities, with a war possibly imminent. Wax, Marasi, Wayne, Steris, and MeLaan make their way to New Seran under the guise of a diplomatic mission. VenDell also says that Harmony has been preoccupied with something big lately. Marasi agrees to hunt the spike, and Wax agrees to tag along when a picture reveals that his sister may be in New Seran, where ReLuur was ambushed.

However, ReLuur was attacked by the Set and lost one of his spikes. Wax listens in as VenDell explains how another kandra, ReLuur, found evidence of the existence of the Bands of Mourning: the Lord Ruler's arm braces, which may be able to grant anyone the powers of an allomancer and a feruchemist. However, Wayne secretly sabotages the wedding so that it is unfinished.Ī kandra named VenDell makes contact with Wax, seeking help on a mission, but when Wax refuses, VenDell recruits Marasi instead. Years later, Wax has mostly emotionally recovered from Lessie's death, and is about to marry Steris. Unlike his sister Telsin, he struggles to adapt to their ways, and when he discovers and kills a Terris murderer whom the Terris failed to apprehend, he decides to depart the village.

In a flashback, Waxillium Ladrian is spending a year in the Terris Village while he is a teenager. It is preceded by Shadows of Self in 2015 and followed by The Lost Metal in 2022. It was published on January 26, 2016, by Tor Books and is the third book in the Wax and Wayne series and sixth in the Mistborn series. Mistborn: The Bands of Mourning is a steampunk fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson.

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