The Mistborn Trilogy (160 page)

IRONPULL:
Pulling on a metal when Allomantically burning iron. This Pull exerts a force on the metal item, yanking it directly toward the Allomancer. If the metallic item, known as an anchor, is heavier than the Allomancer, he or she will instead be Pulled toward the metal source.

JANARLE:
Straff Venture’s second-in-command.

JASTES LEKAL:
Heir to the Lekal house title, one of Elend’s former friends. He and Elend often talked politics and philosophy together with Telden.

KANDRA:
A race of strange creatures who can ingest the dead body of a person, then reproduce that body with their own flesh. They keep the bones of the person they imitate, using them, as kandra themselves have no bones. They serve Contracts with mankind—which must be bought with atium—and are relatives of mistwraiths.

KEEPER (TERRIS):
“Keeper” is often used as simply another term for a Feruchemist. The Keepers are actually an organization of Feruchemists dedicated to discovering, then memorizing, all of the knowledge and religions that existed before the Ascension. The Lord Ruler hunted them to near extinction, forcing them to remain hidden.

KELL:
Kelsier’s nickname.

KELSIER:
The most famous thieving crewleader in the Final Empire, Kelsier raised a rebellion of skaa and overthrew the Lord Ruler, but was killed in the process. He was Mistborn, and was Vin’s teacher.

KHLENNIUM:
An ancient kingdom that existed before the rise of the Final Empire. It was Alendi’s homeland.

KLISS:
A woman whom Vin knew in the court at Luthadel. She eventually turned out to be an informant for hire.

KOLOSS:
A race of bestial warriors created by the Lord Ruler during his Ascension, then used by him to conquer the world.

KREDIK SHAW:
The Lord Ruler’s palace in Luthadel. It means “the Hill of a Thousand Spires” in the old Terris language.

KWAAN:
A Terris scholar before the Collapse. He was a Worldbringer, and was the first to mistakenly think that Alendi was the Hero of Ages. He later changed his mind, betraying his former friend.

LADRIAN:
Breeze’s real name.

LESTIBOURNES:
Spook’s real name.

LLAMAS, MISTBORN:
Brandon’s writing group. Mistborn Llamas burn various kinds of plants to gain super-llaman powers. T-shirts can be found on the Web site.

LORD RULER:
The emperor who ruled the Final Empire for a thousand years. He was once named Rashek, and was a Terris servant who was hired by Alendi. He killed Alendi, however, and went to the Well of Ascension in his place, and there took the power and Ascended. He was finally killed by Vin.

LURCHER:
A Misting who can burn steel.

LUTHADEL:
Capital of the Final Empire, and largest city in the land. Luthadel is known for its textiles, its forges, and its majestic noble keeps.

MALATIUM:
The metal discovered by Kelsier, often dubbed the Eleventh Metal. Nobody knows where he found it, or why he thought it could kill the Lord Ruler. It did, however, eventually lead Vin to the clue she needed to defeat the emperor.

MARDRA:
Ham’s wife. She doesn’t like to be involved in his thieving practices, or exposing their children to the danger of his lifestyle, and generally keeps her distance from the members of the crew.

METALMIND:
A piece of metal that a Feruchemist uses as a kind of battery, filling it with certain attributes that he or she can later withdraw. Specific metalminds are named after the different metals: tinmind, steelmind, etc.

MIST:
The strange, omnipresent fog that falls on the Final Empire every night. Thicker than a regular fog, it swirls and churns about, almost as if it were alive.

MISTBORN:
An Allomancer who can burn all of the Allomantic metals.

MISTCLOAK:
A garment worn by many Mistborn as a mark of their station. It is constructed from dozens of thick ribbons of cloth that are sewn together at the top, but allowed to spread free from the shoulders down.

MISTING:
An Allomancer who can burn only one metal. They are much more common than Mistborn. (Note: In Allomancy, an Allomancer has either one power or all of them. There are no in-betweens with two or three.)

MISTWRAITH:
A nonsentient relative of the kandra people. Mistwraiths are globs of boneless flesh that scavenge the land at night, eating bodies they find, then using the skeletons for their own bodies.

MOORDEN:
One of the only obligators who chose to stay in Luthadel and serve Elend.

OBLIGATOR:
A member of the Lord Ruler’s priesthood. Obligators were more than just religious figures, however; they were civil bureaucrats, and even a spy network. A business deal or promise that wasn’t witnessed by an obligator was not considered legally or morally binding.

ORESEUR:
A kandra employed by Kelsier. He once played the part of Lord Renoux, Vin’s uncle. Vin now holds his Contract.

PENROD, FERSON:
One of the most prominent noblemen left in Luthadel. A member of Elend’s Assembly.

PEWTERARM:
Another term for a Thug, a Misting who can burn pewter.

PHILEN:
A prominent merchant in Luthadel and a member of Elend’s Assembly.

PITS OF HATHSIN, THE:
A network of caverns that were once the only place in the Final Empire that produced atium. The Lord Ruler used prisoners to work them. Kelsier destroyed their ability to produce atium shortly before he died.

PULL (ALLOMANTIC):
Using Allomancy to Pull on something—either people’s emotions with zinc, or metals with iron.

PUSH (ALLOMANTIC):
Using Allomancy to Push on something—either people’s emotions with brass, or metals with steel.

RASHEK:
A Terris packman before the Ascension, Rashek was hired by Alendi to help him make the trek to the Well of Ascension. Rashek never got along well with Alendi, and eventually killed him. He took the power himself, and became the Lord Ruler.

REEN:
Vin’s brother, the one who protected her and trained her as a thief. Reen was brutal and unforgiving, but he did save Vin from their insane mother, then protected her during her childhood.

RELEASE (FERUCHEMICAL):
When a Feruchemist stops tapping a metalmind, no longer drawing forth its power.

RENOUX, LORD:
A nobleman that Kelsier killed, then hired the kandra OreSeur to imitate. Vin played the part of his niece, Valette Renoux.

RIOT (ALLOMANTIC):
When an Allomancer burns zinc and Pulls on a person’s emotions, enflaming them.

RIOTER (ALLOMANTIC):
A Misting who can burn zinc.

SAZE:
Sazed’s nickname on the crew.

SAZED:
A Terris Keeper who joined Kelsier’s crew against the wishes of his people, then helped overthrow the Final Empire.

SEEKER (ALLOMANTIC):
A Misting who can burn bronze.

SHAN ELARIEL:
Elend’s former fiancée, a Mistborn whom Vin killed.

SKAA:
The peasantry of the Final Empire. They were once of different races and nationalities, but over the thousand-year span of the empire the Lord Ruler worked hard to stamp out any sense of identity in the people, eventually succeeding in creating a single, homogeneous race of slave workers.

SMOKER (ALLOMANTIC):
An Allomancer who can burn copper. Also known as a Coppercloud.

SOOTHE (ALLOMANTIC):
When an Allomancer burns brass and Pushes on a person’s emotions, dampening them.

SOOTHER:
A Misting who can burn brass.

SPOOK:
A Tineye on Kelsier’s crew. The youngest member of the crew, Spook was only fifteen when the Lord Ruler was overthrown. He is Clubs’s nephew, and was once known for his use of garbled street slang.

STEEL MINISTRY:
The Lord Ruler’s priesthood, consisting of a small number of Steel Inquisitors and a larger body of priests called obligators. The Steel Ministry was more than just a religious organization; it was the civic framework of the Final Empire as well.

STRAFF VENTURE:
Elend’s father, king of the Northern Dominance. He makes his home in Urteau.

SURVIVOR OF SATHSIN:
A cognomen of Kelsier, referring to the fact that he is the only known prisoner to ever escape the prison camps at the Pits of Hathsin.

SYNOD (TERRIS):
The elite leaders of the Terris Keeper organization.

TAP (FERUCHEMICAL):
Drawing power from within a Feruchemist’s metalminds. It is parallel to the term “burn” used by Allomancers.

TATHINGDWEN:
Capital of the Terris Dominance.

TELDEN:
One of Elend’s old friends, with whom he would talk politics and philosophy.

TENSOON:
Straff Venture’s kandra.

TERRIS:
The dominance in the far north of the Final Empire. It is the only dominance to retain the name of the kingdom it used to be, perhaps a sign of the Lord Ruler’s fondness for his homeland.

THUG (ALLOMANTIC):
A Misting who can burn pewter.

TINDWYL:
A Terris Keeper and a member of the Synod.

TINEYE:
A Misting who can burn tin.

URTEAU:
Capital of the Northern Dominance, and seat of House Venture.

VALETTE RENOUX:
The alias that Vin used when infiltrating noble society during the days before the Collapse.

WELL OF ASCENSION:
A mythological center of power from Terris lore. The Well of Ascension was said to hold a magical reserve of power that could be drawn upon by one who made the trek to visit it at the right time.