House Hasting

House Hasting is a noble house on Scadrial. It is the second most powerful house in the Final Empire right before the Collapse. After the Catacendre, House Hasting settled in Elendel, and after three centuries they were still a large and powerful noble house.
== Holdings ==
=== Wealth and Trade ===
During the Final Empire, House Hasting was one of the wealthiest noble houses. They were a mercantile house, which means that it depended a great deal upon its contracts to survive. A house with such an obvious, dominating source of income also had an obvious weakness though, and this ended up being the cause for its fall as well. They were large players in the arms trade, and had their own steel mills and smithies. As a great noble house, the Hastings had access to Mistborn, and were allowed to legally buy Atium from the Lord Ruler.
=== Keep Hasting ===
House Hasting owns a large keep in Luthadel. This keep is the location of a number of balls. It consists of a tall, wide tower, with six other towers connecting to this central one via walltop walkways. All seven towers are decorated with curling patterns of stained glass. At the top level of the main tower is a grand ball room -- a square chamber with stained glass running around perimeter and vaulted ceilings. Guests reach this chamber through a system of skaa-operated pulley platforms. Balconies line the outside of the central tower's top level.
After House Hasting fell, the keep was empty for a time, until Ashweather Cett settled there during the Siege of Luthadel. Keep Hasting is located near the middle of Luthadel, just west of the River Channerel.
== History ==
House Hasting was founded by an unknown person at an unknown period of time during the Final Empire. It is known however, that by , it had become a great House. During this time, House Hasting had a political rivalry with House Venture. Additionally, House Hasting was connected to House Aime, although it is unclear how or what exactly this means. During the time of the Final Empire, it had a reputation for extreme subterfuge. House Hasting also took part in the last House War of the Final Empire. During this conflict, House Renoux (under guidance from Kelsier) began spreading rumours that House Hasting was making preparations for a withdrawal from the city. In truth, they were making no such preparations, but, with forged documents proving otherwise, House Renoux hoped to weaken Hasting’s position. Their allies began planning for a Hasting withdrawal, and some even began to withdraw themselves while people seeking to buy weapons looked to other houses, fearing that Hasting wouldn’t be able to make good on contracts once it left. During Venture and Elariel’s attempt to assassinate Venture heir Elend, the assassins saw a chance to rid themselves of a Hasting as well, although their attempt was foiled by Vin. During the conflict, Keep Hasting was attacked more then a dozen times, with six times taking place in a single week, and with its allies withdrawing and its finances wrecked, it eventually fell.
Following the fall of their house and the death of the Lord Ruler, most surviving members moved to BasMardin, a city far from Luthadel. They stayed here during the Collapse, and after Yomen’s coup a few members, including Telden, moved to Fadrex City. Hasting’s relationship with Yomen was excellent, and members were present during the Siege of Fadrex City. The House recovered after the Catacendre, and once again became one of the most powerful. Seeing its strength and importance, House Hasting presumably got a seat on the Elendel Senate.
== Members ==
; Telden Hasting: Second son of the Hasting House Leader.
== Notes ==