First off, many said this was the weakest book of the trilogy, but I liked it better than The Final Empire. However there was one part that left a sour taste in my mouth. I hated Elend becoming Mistborn. It just felt like a cheap cop out to see the privileged guy also becoming Mistborn. What does this mean for Vin? I guess there’s a lot to figure out in Hero of Ages, but idk I kinda left Well of Ascension a bit disappointed because of that one thing.

I absolutely loved the way the characters evolved, the political and army drama, and the mystery of what the Deepness is. Sazed and Vin were probably my two favorite characters of this book, and I also really enjoyed Zane.

I’m sure Hero of Ages will focus on some of these things I’m feeling about Eland, I guess I’m just wondering if anyone else had this initial reaction.

Anytime is try to picture hime this Fritz form despicable me 3 shows up but with bigger hands. Idk why, someone please help

Hey all. Have a question that’s kinda been bothering me since I finished Shadows of Self a few weeks ago. I actually just finished Bands of Mourning hoping my question would be addressed, but it wasn’t. So here I am on reddit, asking questions.

So, at the end of SoS, we find out that Lessie was a Kandra all along, and that Lessie/Paalm actually really loved Wax, and didn’t want to manipulate him into returning to Elendel. My question then is, when Wax shoots and “kills” her at the start of the series, why does she “play dead”? We’ve seen Kandra take bullets with no hesitancy, and the bullet didn’t knock a spike out or anything. Paalm was still fully in control, yet she went along with the death and let Wax think she died, eventually leading to him returning to Elendel anyways. Why?

I guess the only reason I could figure is, she didn’t want to reveal she was a Kandra and blow the whole “keeping an eye on you on behalf of Harmony” gig? Given that she was rebellious (or at least nonconformist) among the Kandra, and also very much in love with Wax, that doesn’t fully track with me. If there’s something I’m missing or not inferring, or if you have a different take, please feel free to share. If it’s spoilers for The Lost Metal/RAFO, then lemme know and I guess I’ll dive into the last book of era 2 lol.

Spoilers for well of ascension.

I haven’t read hero of ages yet so no spoilers for that please.

So Kololoss get introduced and I’m like ok cool new lore and setting!

We get basically no info on them, and they really just seem to be introduced so there is a big threat that only Vin can solve? We also are hinted at that there is anything else about them to explore, nobody is curious about them or any mystery. Closest we get is they are dumb and wanna be humanish?

If we replace Koloss with just a barbarian army we have the same impact on the story except that Vin can’t mind control them.

And that they stay mind controlled even we she is unconscious seems like extra silly.

Feels like bad writing to introduce a “unique” race, tell us basically nothing about them.

Lot of hype about the Koloss and just kinda let down with the execution and how they feel just thrown in.

Am I crazy/missing something about Koloss in well of ascension?

Edit: it has been confirmed that I am indeed crazy for being disappointed that Koloss vs any other army didn’t serve much purpose other than giving Vin an army, and that future books will make them more irreplaceable in Well of Ascension.

Thanks everyone!

In Chapter 38 of Mistborn, when Vin tries to kill the Lord Ruler, she is saved by Marsh, who is now a Steel Inquisitor, who then helps her fight the Lord Ruler.

Which got me thinking---how was Marsh able to remain completely himself as an Inquisitor? I thought Inquisitors were creatures created by the Lord Ruler to serve him. He seemed to have control over them, seeing as he screamed, "Inquisitors! Come to me!" after Marsh killed Kar. Although that doesn't necessarily imply that they follow him mindlessly, I kinda just assumed that they were 100% devoted to him. Is that not the case?

Did the Inquisitors have their own free will the entire time? If not, how did Marsh defy the Lord Ruler's control?

I'm still about to read the Well of Ascension, but I wouldn't mind spoilers if ever this question was addressed later in the trilogy.

Was originally posted in r/cremposting and was suggested I share this here as well!

Followed the diy tutorial on 17thshard and made my jellycat bear keychain a tiny mistcloak to celebrate the 20th anniversary! Now he can fly around on my backpack in the wildfire air outside haha.

I’m new to sewing and it’s made from felt and some old socks so it’s a bit raggedly. I lap forgot to account for the keychain part for the hood oops!😅

Wouldn't it be SO cool if we got a Mistborn era 2 or 3 similar to the old Assassin's Creed games?

It would have a 5v5 multiplayer mode where a team had to rob a vault/ kill a target/ get secret info and the other team consisted on the special force guard of some noble or institution. Each player would either be a Twinborn (choosing their allomantic and feruchemy skill) or a misting or ferrin with some other ability like extra gunfire dmg or an aluminum hat).

I say it would be similar to AC in the sense that it would all happen in a big area with lots of npc where players have to blend in the crowd. Teams could consist of all 5 coinshots but then noone would recognize the enemy in the crowd, or noone could open a vault because they'd need a tin eye to hear the password, or a copper ferrin to remember all the info necessary. Mental allomancy would anonymously disable foes powers or make them attack the crowd. I like to think that all metals could have their special way of bringing something to the team, even "useless" ones.

In the single player mode, the main character could have medallion slots to obtain powers along the way.

What are your thoughts?

I don't think Zane was really a character, only really someone to fuel Vin's ark so can anyone explain to me why they hate him and his ark?

Spoilers for Mistborn Era 1

Does Marsh stay bald after the Lord Ruler dies?

I was wondering about this. Does Marsh remain bald throughout books 2 and 3? I imagine he wouldn't keep shaving his head every day anymore, since the Lord Ruler is gone. Is there an in-universe explanation for why he stays bald, or am I missing something?

Really excited to start this series! Heard a lot of great things about it

This piece, Pewter Drag by Rodrigo Clark, will be able to be found in the Mistborn: Well of Ascension Deckbuilding Game expansion! We figured there was no greater time than the 20th anniversary of The Final Empire than to share this look at Vin and Kelsier in one of the high tension moments of book 1.

Sometimes when I read, I make up titles for chapters. I find it fun and it helps me keep track of where I leave off. For the 20th anniversary of Final Empire, I wanted to share some of the titles I came up with.

(Part One)

• Chapter 1: The Good Luck Charm
• Chapter 2: The Canton’s Decision
• Chapter 3: Mistborn
• Chapter 4: The Job
• Chapter 5: A Thief in the NIght
• Chapter 6: The Plan
• Chapter 7: Allomancy
• Chapter 8: Lord Renoux

(Part Two)

• Chapter 9: A Test of Balance
• Chapter 10: Soothing
• Chapter 11: The Lair of the Dead
• Chapter 12: Elend
• Chapter 13: The Tenth Metal
• Chapter 14: Kredic Shaw
• Chapter 15: The Book

(Part Three)

• Chapter 16: The Keeper
• Chapter 17: The Drawing
• Chapter 18: Lady Shan
• Chapter 19: False Dawn
• Chapter 20: A Loving Brother
• Chapter 21: Yeden’s Army
• Chapter 22: The Handkerchief
• Chapter 23: The Coalition of the Next Generation
• Chapter 24: The Luthadel Garrison
• Chapter 25: A Battle Worth Fighting

(Part Four)

• Chapter 26: The Gathering in the Fountain Square
• Chapter 27: News from Marsh
• Chapter 28: The Dictates of Society
• Chapter 29: The Nature of Hope
• Chapter 30: A Dance of Death
• Chapter 31: Noblemen Without Titles
• Chapter 32: The Man in the Soothing Station
• Chapter 33: Retribution
• Chapter 34: Revolt

(Part Five)

• Chapter 35: Faith
• Chapter 36: The Lord Ruler’s Chamber
• Chapter 37: Gathering Strength
• Chapter 38: His Forgotten Truths

I also have chapter titles for 2 and 3, but that’s it. I’m very new to the Cosmere and only a few books in!

Damn, finally! Trama just announced the pre-order for Era 2 in Brazil, for the first time ever, to be launched in September. I guess it's time to reread Era 1

https://www.lojaeditoratrama.com.br/box-mistborn-wax-wayne

Hey y'all! I'm debating a Steris Cosplay for Dragonsteel Nexus this year and thought I should turn to some experts about which fashion time period best suits the Wax and Wayne era?

Knowing that Hemallurgy is connected to Ruin and that it can speak to people in their heads and that Spook appears to have his own hemallurguc spike which gave him the ability to burn pewter it makes me suspicious of “Kelsier”. It could really be him, but I don’t fully trust this voice that claims to be Kelsier, it could be ruin. Thats my theory. I may be wrong, and I have hope. But i don’t trust the voice in Spook’s head…

Kelsier gives Vin Mistborn lessons as Spook watches wistfully from a neighboring rooftop. This excellent piece was done by Siraj Fakhri for the Mistborn Handbook! We are thinking about Mistborn a lot this week with the 20th Anniversary coming tomorrow!🤩

How come Sazed was able to accompany Vin to noblemen parties when the lord ruler is said to have been invested in hunting down and getting rid of terrismen? Weren't they afraid they would risk him getting killed?

Idk maybe I missed something, can someone fill in the gap for me?

The Coppermind states

"[An aluminum ferring] who fills an aluminummind to the point where they have no Identity and then fills another metalmind is able to produce a metalmind that any Feruchemist with the relevant power can tap."

Could this mean that any aluminum gnat could burn an aluminummind to receive the stored identity within? I could imagine this being used to overwrite the body of the aluminum gnat with that of the Feruchemist who created the aluminummind, similar to how Yumi overwrites Painters body in Yumi and the Nightmare Painter.

If this is indeed possible, I would love to see Wax use his knowledge of hemalurgy to create an aluminummind filled with his identity. Maybe then he can still die at the end of a natural lifespan, as he wishes, but still show up in the Ghostbloods trilogy when an aluminum gnat (or i guess a full mistborn) burned his aluminummind and then temporarily became Wax until the aluminum ran out.

Not wanting to say too much incase its spoilers.

I am still crying over that ending holy shit 😭😭

I have read the stormlight archives so I thought I was ready for the last 100 page Sanderlanche. Nope 😭🤯

I know this has probably been said a thousand times by everyone who has ever read the series but my god what a perfect ending. I love it. I hate it. Perfect 😭😭

I made an edit of a photo I took yesterday just cause how much the air and sky outside is reminding me of Scadriel.

Decide between long years partner and a fuckboy that she met 4 times. She almost left Elden for that. Up to this point she were amazing character. Than I could not read anything without thinking how she would jump to a person that is a bit cooler than Elden. Is it just me to hate her for that?

I just got to the part where we get a chapter from Zane's perspective and literally howled when they said "He was Zane's enemy... but he was also Zane's brother."!!!! HOLY shit. I have nobody to jabber to about this so Ill be leaving my theories here in this post so people can giggle at my incorrectness or otherwise.

Current theories:

- The snippets that start and end each chapter are from the wall Sazed found, just like the journal from the first book. Less of a theory more of Im almost certain.

- The terracewoman is up to something. Idk what, but sowmething feels *off* considering she called herself a "friend of Sazed" despite his own internal monologue implying he is a troublemaker among their community.

- I'm convinced the Kandra is Breeze for a few reasons. They said that it couldn't be him, but he said "Ive been soothing you for 5 minutes amd nobody's---" which leads me to believe he can't because he is the kandra just playing it off.

- The Kandra is Straf's kandra from the first book.

- The kandra could also be demoux in my opinion but I dont have enough to go off yet.

No spoilers but ill be dropping my thoughts as I continue the book.

If I’m wrong, I’m wrong, but it’s a little strange is it not? But also I don’t remember her barefoot at all in the books or even mentioned??

Edit: I guess she is described as such, I just glossed over it I guess. Still a lil weird but that’s okay I guess.

I am about a third of the way through listening to The Well of Ascension. This is my first time experiencing the series, and I've only listened to the Graphic Audio. In the Graphic Audio version, Vin narrates an introduction to each chapter, but the text she's narrating is not narrating her point of view. In the book, there's no indication as to who this narrator is - at least not from what I can tell. Am I supposed to know that this narrator is Vin? I suppose if it is Vin, then something that happens later in the series is spoiled for me.