kelsier mistborn death

He hid the artifact away somewhere in the north and then disappeared. And, if you can, dont get all rage monster with ma boy Ishar. Allegedly dead as of the end of TheBands of Mourning, but heyits a Cosmere novel, who knows? Back at the city gates Kelsier introduced Vin to Sazed. I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. Please help The Coppermind by, Kelsier really wasn't kidding when he said that. Thankfully, a certain someone found them (see Kelsiers section below) and helped them to survive. He infiltrated the Steel Inquisitors, and is one of the few remaining characters from the original trilogy who is alive. He also appears to be the only remaining Mistborn thanks to Hemalurgy. Kelsier held Preservation for a short time but was bad at using it because he was a Cognitive Shadow at the time and did not match well with Preservation's Intent. People tell me I can be downright frustrating! The Well of Ascension: The impossible task has been accomplished. Which is kind of how Id always imagined it. [45] They question him on Preservation's appearance after learning he has spoken directly with the Shard, and then continue their discussion onto other topics. To withdraw your consent, see Your Choices. Here is where Vin comes in. With the spike removed, Kelsier encouraged her to take up the power, relinquishing it so that she can do so. Vin trains in and works with Kelsier's crew after he prevents Camon from beating her to death, and infiltrates the nobility under the guise of Valette Renoux, eventually helping to save the survivors of the skaa rebellion's army and killing Shan Elariel before fighting the Lord Ruler and killing him. Kelsier is also highly impulsive, on one occasion attempting to attack an entire army single-handed. But was that truly the end of his tale? He overcomes this character flaw eventually (demonstrated by saving the noblemen Elend Venture from certain death) when Vin convinces him that there are good people among the nobility. It gains its Hemalurgic charge as soon as it touches moving blood. TheManKnownAsHoid, August 2, 2018. The issue with a spear is if the metal head is all the way out of the body, and only the wooden haft is actually touching. In Bands of Mourning, we were introduced to the Malwish, a culture from Southern Scadrial. With the garrison gone and the nobility weakened by the war, the rest of the army then could take over Luthadel. Kelsier did get metal as a Cognitive Shadow in the form of the bolt from Nazh and Khriss' chair. Kelsier would understand, but still disapprove of. The mists curled around him, blending into the tassels of his mistcloak. With his newly awakened Mistborn powers, Kelsier killed the guards and escaped the Pits of Hathsin, murdering all the nobility and skaa who had chosen to become guards he encountered in his vicinity. [44] He walks past Luthadel towards the lake of the same name, near which he finds Khriss and Nazh. He helped the people there survive using his knowledge of the Metallic Arts, showing them how to make unsealed metalminds to store attributes like heat in a way that could be shared with anyone. Mistborn (Series) Personality Type: ENTP - 8w7 - so/sx - 873 - EIE - SCOEI - Sanguine-Choleric - EF (N) One of the most legendary men known to the Skaa. Like a way to copy that little bit of spiritweb, so the spike can be removed or, god forbid, reused. He offered to teach her about gold and atium, gave her the money he took from Camon, and allowed her to leave, as he didn't want to force anybody into his crew. The newly installed king of Luthadel, Elend Venture, often inquires about Kelsier's traits and skills, hoping that he can learn to lead as effectively as the Survivor once did. His name and deeds passed into legend. He accomplished a lot, and died facing down the Lord Ruler himself. He feels guilty for abandoning her but does his best to help her. His near invincibility as a Mistborn warrior fuels his reckless nature. Despite their strained relationship, Kelsier is still grieved and angry when they find evidence of Marshs death. In the meantime, keep an eye out for a non-spoiler review of The Lost Metal coming up next week. Personally I don't think that Ruin had left a mark. Kelsier fell in love with a Tineye crewmember of Dockson's retinue named Mare, whom he later married. Even with the Eleventh Metal, Kelsier proved no match for the emperor and was quickly killed by a spear through the heart. Protecting you.Giving you power!, When Leras died and Ruin began to Splinter the Shard of Preservation, Kelsier used the Ire's orb to Connect with Preservation and Ascend, allowing him to protect the power and hold it until Vin could take it. Kelsier often kills nobility and the skaa who serve them with absolutely no qualms. [3] He appears to be using the Ghostbloods to find a way for him to leave Scadrial and is very interested in learning from the Heralds, particularly Kalak, as they are subject to a similar restriction. [48] He ultimately only took a glass orb from them after thwarting their plan to take over become the Vessel of Preservation after Leras' death. Vin decided to stay in order to see if he told the truth about trusting others.[35]. When he reaches their base, he moved past their guards and passed the wall into their chambers. Despite his suspicion that Mare betrayed him, he decides to fulfill Mare's dream of overthrowing the Final Empire. Why would it have to be relevant to the current or future cosmere? VenDell: A kandra who often delivers messages on behalf of Harmony. Kelsier, famously known as the Survivor of Hathsin, is a powerful Mistborn and one of the main characters in Mistborn: The Final Empire. It requires the physical anchor of the spike. He teamed up with the escaped Plantation skaa Dockson and the Tineye Mare, whom he married. Kelsier had lots of plans and backup plans. He is presumably the founding member of the Ghostbloods, a secret society investigating the Cosmere and ways to travel between all the different worlds. Even with the strongest criminal team ever put together, Kel's scheme appears to be the absolute long shot. You cant discuss a theory with only the people who agree with it. The "Survivor's Statemark" is one of the symbols of the faith. So the head was likely stopped by the ground before leaving his body. Even the church of the survivor would be virtually the same. The spear head doesnt have to leave the body. Thus Kelsier's mother was killed, and because of this, the brothers have a deep hatred of noblemen. But strangely, he still loved him. Even if he had, Kelsier died after being stabbed by the spear, but a hemalurgic spike would not kill: vital organs actually move to accommodatethe spike and keep the subject alive. This was a character that I connected with and he showed true traits of a Robin Hood-hero. Repeating myself over and over because Im misunderstood gets annoyingreal quick, so I wanna make sure Im clear with what I say. Paalm (deceased): Another kandra, one who posed as Waxs wife Lessie for a time in order to groom him for Harmonys purposes. Kelsier had traveled there several years after the Catacendre, inhabiting a physical body that was spiked in the right eye, and found the Southern Scadrians slowly dying of an unexplained coldness. All Im saying is that whether or not TLR could have been hemalurgically spiked depends entirely upon whether or not the rebels stabbing him with spears only stabbed hard enough to just barely get the metal heads in, which would technically allow for hemalurgical side effects, or if the rebels stabbed him with enough force that the spear head went ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIM and stuck out the other side of his body, leaving him with only the wooden haft still inside of him and the metal heads not touching his insides. After Holding and releasing the Shard of Preservation, Kelsier became a Sliver. Kelsier then made his living as a thief, becoming famous throughout Luthadel. Many years after the Catacendre, the cult which started after Kelsier's deception with OreSeur directly following his death has become a fully-formed religion. It is assumed that, based on his experience as a Misting crew leader that staged increasingly daring heists, he had broken into the Ministry building of Urteau and discovered the secret in the storage cache). If were talking about Kelsier getting spiked though, I dunno what the point of spiking him would be. In the following months, Kelsier himself took on many roles to further the plan, acting as a beacon to the repressed skaa, assisting in recruitment,[30] attacking many noblemen to increase the tensions between the Great Houses,[16], collecting information by purchasing it from informants, and even posing as an informant in order to provide misinformation to noblemen. Kelsier was then trained by a Mistborn named Gemmel[37] and they traveled to the far north of the Western Dominance to a city called Mantiz where Kelsier fought and killed the Mistborn Antillius Shezler. At the end of TheBands of Mourning, we learn that aside from the Survivorists, there is also a whole civilization of people far to the south of Elendel that worships Kelsier, calling him the Sovereign. I dont think the head matters. Marsh, who was also in love with Mare, came to resent Kelsier for winning her love and for constantly outshadowing him with his frivolty. Before leaving them, he created the Bands of Mourning, a collection of unsealed metalminds forged together and containing all kinds of attributes in extremely large quantities. Kelsier did get metal as a Cognitive Shadow in the form of the bolt from Nazh and Khriss' chair. Before his death, Kelsier had tried to unlock the potential of the 11th metal, which was rumored to be the Lord Ruler's weakness. This is why I love Brandon. Except if you remove the spike, you leave the alteration because the Identity is not matched. The Lord Ruler is pierced through the chest with a spear, basically a long spike, then uses that spear to stab Kelsier. This one will be important. If you dont have time for a reread of the series before diving into the new book and need a refresher course so you can go in with your metalminds clear, were happy to help remind you of whos who, whats what, and all those other wondrous Ws! After Kelsier died, he became a Cognitive Shadow through the Well of Ascension, making him able to resist the pull of the Beyond. He hid the artifact away somewhere in the north and then disappeared. [8], Kelsier has a Hemalurgic spike in his right eye socket,[32] which he acquires sometime after the Catacendre. He strongly disapproves of the way Kelsier flippantly kills noblemen and those who serve them without a second thought. For one of them, Kelsier's crew planned to steal the Lord Ruler's atium cache, which they believed lay hidden in Kredik Shaw. Kelsier was the primary mentor of Vin and crewleader to the gang who was credited for overthrowing the Final Empire. This severely angered Kelsier and crushed morale within his crew, making them feel that they wouldn't be needed now that the army had been slaughtered. The spirit of Kelsier often appears in Spook's hallucinations, granting him the power to burn pewter and guiding him through difficult situations. Like all Southern Scadrians, he wears a red and black mask at all times. Its central tenet is simply to survive, by any means, until you cannot survive any longer. You seem to want to shut down theories that are too complex for you to understand. Proceed with caution if you have not read this book. [70], Soon afterwards, Wax accessed a coppermind contained in a coin-like Southern Scadrian medallion that Hoid had given him and saw a vision of what appeared to be Kelsier's memory of discovering the Southern Scadrians hundreds of years prior. Powers that we know of: Steelpushing (Allomantic) and Bloodmaking (Feruchemical). Gave Entrone: An amateur archeologist who insulted Steris at a party. They went to the hideout themselves just in time to save Vin from Camon. Kelsier is the younger brother of Marsh, who is disappointed at Kelsier's apparent lack of direction or purpose until Kelsier leads the skaa rebellion. Even if it weren't a viable metal, as a Mistborn he would have been able to burn it, and he wasn't able to sense it at all. [22], Kelsier has an unknown Seon which he uses to commmunicate with his Ghostbloods on Scadrial. If anything, I feel like Ruin would have tried to make the Lord Ruler take the bracers off. Kelsier locates this skaa, whose name was Vin. The reason he would fit well as an Edgedancer is mainly because of what he picked up from Mare regarding restoring the world to the time of flowers and greenery. [12] He always smiles and projects an excited and positive attitude, which is particularly unusual in the skaa underground. [63] The Ghostbloods believe Kelsier to still have his Allomantic abilities,[64] and he appears to be playing into this lie.[32]. [47] After that, he left the area of the Cognitive Realm surrounding Scadrial and moved closer to finding the Ire. [62] He has also worked together with Khriss. Taken in congruence with the events of Secret History, this man appears to be Kelsier. He didnt say anything rude. This was changed by Vin who fell in love with Elend Venture. We want to discuss this theory. Kelsier went on to save Elend's life from an inquisitor. Elend lived with the weight of not being the man the people wanted. [55], After Sazed's Ascension and Spook's rise to political power, Kelsier began to speak with Spook about finding a way to bring himself back to the Physical Realm. Here they are. Foopers. Sure, maybe it would be active for a split second when touching blood or whatever like you said,but as soon as the head passes out of his body on the other side, it wouldnt affect him anymore. Its not that difficult. Sixteen months later, when Kelsier was unable to get his weekly atium geode, Mare gave Kelsier hers, claiming that she had found two that week. He is almost always late to gatherings, which he attributes to always having somewhere better to be. Ranette: Waxs gunsmith and a Lurcher (iron-pulling). When he arrived in Luthadel, he first reunited with his old partner and best friend Dockson. [24] This results in the skaa considering him a god, leading to the founding of the Church of the Survivor, which refers to Kelsier as "Lord of the Mists". Marsh decided to give Wax a book explaining Hemalurgy because he believed Wax was doing Kelsier's work. Now we are two Books deep into the Second Era and maybe i need to re-read them with more cosmere awareness but i cant remember any hints of a Cognitiv/Cosmereaware Kelsier . Kelsier also convinces Breeze, Ham and Clubs to join the conspiracy by offering a share of the Lord Ruler's stash of valuable atium as loot. Yet, his death isn't truly that sad to me. [65] As a Pathian, Wax did not worship Kelsier, but his life has nonetheless been drastically affected by the Survivor. Kelsier is a former thief from the capital city of Luthadel. Kelsier authorizes the engagement of all agents in Elendel to help in any way possible, and has Twinsoul and Moonlight accompany Marasi to Autonomy's army from marching into Scadrial. Though, in my opinion, I dunno if Ruin would try to forcethe Lord Ruler to kill Kelsier. Mistborn was the first Brandon Sanderson book I read, and Kelsier's death shocked me. [34] This spike pins his soul to his bones. However, this apparition of Kelsier is eventually revealed to be Ruin in disguise. My bad. He lacks finesse in the external mental abilities of zinc and brass as he tends to create large changes in emotional states as opposed to the more subtle Soothing abilities of Breeze, although he can affect a relatively large mass of people. Kelsier discovered that Mare had given him her only geode, and was forced to watch Mare being beaten to death by the guards. He wasn't Kelsier, and he didn't need to be but it was hard to believe so when people kept reminding him of how different Kelsier would have . However, he is then confronted by the Lord Ruler himself. Vin didn't trust him but agreed in order to learn how to use Allomancy. The Lord Ruler openly thanked Mare for helping his forces find the thieves, and from this, Kelsier was led to the false conclusion that Mare had purposefully betrayed him. The Southern Scadrians had existed with no interaction with the Final Empire, but when Harmony changed the world, they could not adapt and began to die off. Killing Kelsier in a specific way wouldnt have changed or accomplished anything that he would care about. Throughout the course of the series, weve been following the underhanded machinations of a group called the Set. In Alloy of Law, we learned that the Set (through Mister Suit, Waxs uncle) was responsible for funding the Vanishers, a group who was kidnapping female descendants of the Lord Mistborn (aka Spook). Community Software by Invision Power Services, Inc. On 8/3/2018 at 9:16 PM, TheManKnownAsHoid said: On 8/2/2018 at 3:22 PM, TheManKnownAsHoid said. The Skaa still would have rebelled, Vin still wouldve gone after TLR, and they still wouldve won. if TLR was spiked? Wax, Wayne, and Marasi work together to take down Miles Hundredlives, a compound bloodmaker who has been kidnapping women and stealing aluminum for a shadowy organization called The Set. At the end of the book, the kidnapped women are still missing, Miles is executed, and Wax discovers that his uncle Edwarn, whod been presumed dead, is actually alive and a member of the Set. Proceed with caution.). So i just finished Mistborn: Secret History and in the Postscribtum Brandon mentions that he as a very clear idea what Kelsier is doing and will be dropping hints again. After his apprentice Vin kills the Lord Ruler, OreSeur lays Kelsier's bones to rest. We dont haveto do this. Throughout the course of the original Mistborn trilogy, he was been working behind the scenes to try to help Vins cause. His best friend, Dockson, helps him follow up on Marsh's reports of a skaa with known Allomantic powers. He also knew at that point he'd been too much of a problem for the Lord Ruler. TLR is like the sacrifices, while Kelsier is like the Inquisitor. Wax thinks that he might have connections to the Set. The skaa react to Kelsier's death by rising up and overthrowing the city with the help of Kelsier's army. It reacts explosively to water. Dockson once again became Kelsier's organizer and right hand man. TenSoon wears Kelsier's bones to glean information about Vin from Luthadel guards. A lawman through and through, Wax is now semi-retired as High Lord of his House. He was unable to do so and leaves the bit of metal for Vin, asking her in a note to figure it out. If Kelsier orders a person around, it is a sign of affection. On Kelsier's way back to Luthadel, he made a stop at the farm of Lord Themos Tresting to talk with the farm skaa. Kelsier: The famed Survivor of Hathsin, a half-skaa mistborn who led a revolution against the Lord Ruler. First released in 2006, Mistborn currently emcompasses six books, the most recent one having been released in 2016. 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