The Trust

The First Generation's hidden charge, kept under the Trustwarren's central dais since the founding: a vault containing thousands of beads of atium — most of the empire's thousand-year output. The Lord Ruler gave the kandra the task of gathering and hiding it because, as the focused body of Ruin, it could not be allowed to fall into his hands when he escaped his prison. MB1:HoA:Ch 71

An object the First Generation keep hidden in a small chamber beneath the Trustwarren's central steel platform, accessible only through a hole cut in the platform's floor. Its identity is not explained at TenSoon's trial. Even members of the Third Generation are rarely permitted close enough to stand over it. MB1:HoA:Ch 9