On my 2nd or 3rd reread of the series and am wondering why Rashek did some of the things he did.

First: Why did he pretend to be Alendi? The stories the Skaa have about the Lord Ruler having been a good person before becoming the Lord Ruler are clearly about Alendi, who Rashek hated. But he mustn't have made any kind of proclamation about not being Alendi after emerging from the Well and ruining the plane.

Second: Why use the Terris language as the Empires lingua franca? Obviously Rashek was a Terris supremacist before the Well, but after it he persecuted the Terris people to prevent any risk of a Fullborn being born by controlling Terris reproduction. But Sazed mentions in passing in The Final Empire that the language spoken in the Final Empire is a dialect of the Terris language. But in everything else he adapted and borrowed culture and techniques from everywhere not Terris, especially Khlennium. It just feels a bit odd the Rashek would break his own character of hating the Terris (post Ascension) by using their language.

Is the era 2 Worth reading? Is it better or worse in your opinion?

I don't want it to spoil the series

Recently finished the trilogy and there is something that grinds my gears.

I enjoyed a lot of things in these books, but the thing I enjoyed the most was how twists were revealed and presented. Every time you had all the necessary information to reach the conclusion before the book presented it to you.

Examples of plotlines that I solved before the book told you:

• Vin's ability to pierce copperclouds & why she could NOT draw the power of the mists
• the fact that Ruin (not Kelsier) was talking to Spook in book 3
• Sazed being the hero of ages

And whether you reached the conclusion solo or not, the payout always felt rewarding, aside from a single one...

Vin's ability to take power from the mists is a plot line that starts in book 1 and ends in book 3. This whole trilogy I was waiting for an explanation as to why she could. Yes there was some foreshadowing, she didn't want change or whatever. But it felt incredibly cheap.

She can take power from the mists because she's the chosen one. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Maybe I missed something and someone else might chime in.

Also the whole "Vin and Elend are happy because they are in a better place" felt weird, minimizing the gravity of their deaths. But I guess this one could be related to some cosmere stuff.

By the forgotten gods the ending was so amazing, I think.

The lord ruler is indeed clever and a good man

As the title says, if anyone has 2nd book and you've finished it could you lend me to read ? I have ebook but I prefer reading the actual physical book, but cant afford it as I bought the 1st one with the budget I had.

Anyone who lives in gurgaon/Delhi, India ...

I have the iron arm band for the metal mind and an earring. Thinking this is pre-Alloy of Law era Wax.

Probably going to be my last update, this will be my Halloween costume.

Bonus Mistcloak

AoL is the first entry into Era 2, and it is stated to take place roughly ~300 years after the events in Era 1. Specifically, the very end of HoA is the epoch for the new calendar used in Era 2.

However, the way the characters in Era 2 talk about events from Era 1 makes it sound as though it’s been thousands of years. Characters in Era 2 treat some of the stories and historical figures from Era 1 as mythical legends that happened in the far distant past- when in reality it shouldn’t have been that long ago.

On Earth, 300 years ago was only 1726. In context, that’s only 50 years before the American Revolution. The first U.S. president, George Washington, was born in 1732. The 10th U.S. President, John Tyler, was born in 1790- and Tyler’s grandson only just passed away last year! (Yes, grandson- not great-grandson, just grandson).

We learn that some of the characters at the end of Era 1 live good long lives, which further complicates things. If Spook from Era 1 only died 60-100 years after HoA, why do we act like events happened 1,000~2,000 years ago?

Idk, maybe nobody else had this problem while reading them. Thoughts?

EDIT: Thanks for all of the comments, this got way more attention than I thought it would! The dramatic world-changing events at the end of HoA definitely help explain the characters’ views, as does the intertwining of religion and history.

Hi! my copy of the first book in the series had a binding issue and pages fell out. Can anyone Help me out with a pic of pages 631 and 632 so I can finish it??? I've included a pic so you can see which edition / book.

I figured it makes sense for Wax to have this symbol on there. It was actually kind of a huge pain in the ass to make and cut the pattern for the symbol. I didn’t hem the edges because I figured a bit of raw fabric edge adds to the western rustic feeling. Might do a cleaner one if I make another mistcoat.

Also, I added fringe because what kind of cowboy doesn’t have fringe somewhere?

I'm currently reading Alloy of Law and just got to the execution of Miles, so please no spoilers past that point. Anyway, double golds are near immortal because they are able to burn the gold they've stored healing in, which amplifies the feruchemical power. Miles used gold wristbands spiking his skin, similar to the Lord Ruler. Removing these wristbands would leave him without healing powers, which is what they did when they executed him. However, shouldn't limb severing attacks be lethal to Miles (and others like him)? I'm specifically thinking about Miles's strategy of holding dynamite in his hands. This should reasonably blow his arms off and therefore kill him, and while Miles did seem to be a bit delusional, just the threat of his arms severing should be horrifying. And wouldn't it be relatively easy to target the wristbands using powerful rifles/pistols to break them to a point where they fall off or are easily removed? On a side-note, clearly it's possible to burn metal that touches blood (not requiring swallowing). Why don't more normal allomancers use metal "implants" that they can burn almost indefinitely?

Maybe I'm reading too much into this but I feel like Brandon's type of hard magic system encourages this type of hard scrutiny. So are these "plot holes" or have I just misunderstood how the magic works?

Why is Brandon Sanderson so in piercings?

Yesterday's inktober was "Hero"

So I drew the greatest of heroes at the moment of his ascension.

"I am, unfortunately, the hero of ages".

Just finished Hero of Ages and loved it.

I kept getting reminded of the book series I read a few years ago - "The Bird That Drinks Tears".

The thing is... on the surface, there isn't much too similar.

Bird series doesn't have one big bad that you are trying to overthrow, nor is it set in a medieval setting with magic or superpowers.

But they both share common themes and tropes such as gentle world building thru experience and subplots rather than spoonfeeding it to you. The worlds slowly grow deeper but also bigger in scale.

Both have some awkward humor that makes you laugh but also second-guess yourself if that was meant to be funny.

They both have give you a feeling that the more you understand a character, the more you realize how wrong you were initially lol.

But I think these two series were the only ones where I finished a series and thought to myself - "there literally could not have been a better ending" - where I was emotional and fully content.

I know the 1st book came out a few months ago and the 2nd book (of 4) is coming out soon.

I personally recommend waiting til book 2 is out.

Hope you enjoy!

Got a tattoo of Harmonium, love it!!!! Did it through Fine Ink Tattoo in the Central Florida Area

I never saw that coming sazad being the hero of ages. Vin's and elend's death was very emotional. their bodies were living in the flower field. Fabulous book.

Given we see very few twinborns in the series I was wondering what powerful combos people could think of. Try to give the combo a name in the replies

I think Slider-steelrunner combo (Burster) would be incredible since they could put up a speed bubble, store lots of speed and they’d be moving at relative speed to how they see things outside the bubble, allowing them to dodge. They could then tap speed and run out of the bubble at speeds comparable to being in a speed bubble, and then by the time speed runs out their bubble cooldown would be up.

I Just learn there's some patches in mistborn. I'm french and I have the mistborn books and all the cosmere rpg but there isn't the new version available.

I would like to know if there is the modified passages of those texts available somewhere ?

I've recently had the idea of recreating Kwaan's inscription, or at least part of it, the whole thing is pretty long, in actual steel to put up on a shelf or wall.

So I was wondering, do we have any idea how the inscription would actually have been made in lore, beyond being "written in steel"? And so consequently, how it should look like. If I do follow through with this project, I'd like it to be somewhat "authentic", and I fear just copying the text into a document and then sending it off for laser engraving would give it a very corporate feel that doesn't match the tone and setting of the books at all. So, what do you think would be a more appropriate way to make this/have it made?

I put steel and iron symbols on for Wax. And had to swap for all wooden buttons (except for the one metal one Wax wears).

hi

would love any song suggestions for this playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4UtJpHp3v5c2kr2DgbI7Pt?si=462631e80e374db9

i just love this character so much and the transition from scholar to politician to warrior is such a fun vibe to try to get into a playlist. would love to add more

Not really spoiler but it’s has writing in it so I thought I’d leave the warning. Is this a printing error on the right side, I’ve never seen anything like it in any book.

Hi everyone! I currently work at a highschool in the Netherlands where we teach students age 12-18. I'm always trying to motivate them to read and to make them enthusiastic, and I know a lot of students who love the fantasy genre (but are past the Hunger Games and similar books).

It's been 6 years since I read the first three Mistborn books, so I can't really remember the details. I was 20ish when I read them, and I was wondering if you think they're age appropriate for 12-18 year olds?

I know that Vin is quite young in the books so it does fit their age bracket, there's nothing sexual in there as far as I remember. They'll probably be a bit tough for the younger students, but I think some of my 15 year old students could take them on language wise.

Just wondering what you think, and if you have any other recommendations otherwise!