Editing Demoux

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|spouse=[[Aslydin]]{{wob ref|6493}}

|profession=Captain <small>(of the [[Skaa Rebellion]])</small>, Preacher <small>(of the [[Church of the Survivor]])</small>, General <small>(in the [[New Empire]])</small>

|groups={{tag|Kelsier's crew}}, {{tag+|army|Venture}}, {{tag|Seventeenth Shard}}

|ethnicity=Skaa

|world=Scadrial

|universe=[[Cosmere]]

|first appeared=[[Mistborn: The Final Empire]]

'''Demoux''' was originally a captain in [[Kelsier]]'s rebellion and a general in [[Elend Venture]]'s army after the [[Siege of Luthadel]]. He is an [[atium]] [[Misting]] (aka a [[Seer]]). He later becomes a worldhopper, travelling to [[Roshar]] in search of [[Hoid]].

== Appearance and Personality ==

Demoux is in his early twenties during the events leading up to the [[Catacendre]].{{book ref|mb1|21}} He is a youthful man with military decorum at first,{{book ref|mb2|41}} growing into a grizzled, callused man after a stint leading [[Elend Venture]]'s army.{{book ref|mb3|8}} He has light tan skin, and a distinctive scar across a balding scalp after he is wounded in battle against the [[koloss]]. Whether he is actually balding or the bald spot is the healed wound, is unclear due to the nature of his original injury.{{book ref|mb3|8}}{{book ref|mb3|36}}{{book ref|sa1|i|1}}

Demoux speaks honestly and formally and is an exceptionally devout believer in the [[Church of the Survivor]].{{book ref|mb3|8}}{{book ref|mb3|17}} He is thoughtful and analytical,{{book ref|mb3|36}}{{book ref|sa1|i|1}} as well as patient and prudent.{{book ref|mb1|25}}

== Attributes and Abilities ==

Demoux is an [[atium]] [[Misting]].{{book ref|mb3|81}} he is more of a leader than a warrior. He was a general in [[Elend]]'s army and commanded it quite capably.{{book ref|mb3|8}}

Demoux further has some method of slowing his age, which proves quite useful in his activities with the [[Seventeenth Shard]].{{book ref|sa1|i|1}}

== History ==

=== The Skaa Rebellion ===

Demoux was loyal to [[Kelsier]] and a terrific leader. Among the first recruits of Kelsier's rebellion, [[Hammond]] quickly promoted him to the rank of captain after Ham assumed leadership in light of Kelsier's absence. When Kelsier came to inspect the caves, it was Demoux who led him around. Immediately stepping forward to answer Kelsier's call for a man who would defend the honor of the rebellion, Demoux was singled out by Kelsier to fight the dissenter [[Bilg]].{{book ref|mb1|21}}

Before the fight, Hammond confided to Kelsier that while he was a trustworthy man, Demoux's fighting abilities were not great; Ham thought he was no match for Bilg in a fair fight. Assisted by Kelsier's [[Allomancy]], which he used to [[Steel|Push]] and [[Iron|Pull]] on Demoux's weapon, Demoux won the fight, and Kelsier seized the moment to invigorate his troops by proclaiming that Demoux had the arcane arts the [[Lord Ruler]] possessed - arts that they all might possess. Though Kelsier attempted to use him to kill Bilg, Demoux resisted, and Kelsier soon changed his mind and allowed Bilg to live.{{book ref|mb1|21}}

When [[Yeden]] decided to attack a fortified position, two thousand troops stayed back at the cave under Demoux's command, believing that the attack was not Kelsier's wish.{{book ref|mb1|25}}

=== The Siege of Luthadel ===

Demoux is suspect to the investigation of an imposter conducted by [[Vin]]. Believing he is a [[kandra]] disguised as Demoux, she follows him through the streets of [[Luthadel]] when he sneaks out of [[Keep Venture]]. Demoux is revealed to be a preacher for the [[Church of the Survivor]].{{book ref|mb2|36}}

=== The New Empire ===

Demoux was promoted to general under [[Elend]] in the [[New Empire]] some time after [[Ruin]]'s release from the [[Well of Ascension]].{{book ref|mb2|58}}{{book ref|mb3|8}}

When he ventured into the mists for the first time, he was stricken down by them, becoming one of the [[mistfallen]].{{book ref|mb3|17}} The mistfallen were sorted into their own company due to the superstition and hatred directed towards them by the other soldiers, resulting in a brawl where Bilg -the man whom Demoux fought before with the aid of Kelsier's Allomancy- punched the general and was executed for it.{{book ref|mb3|47}}

Demoux and his troops of mistfallen arrived at the [[Pits of Hathsin]] where the [[Terris]] survivors had settled.{{book ref|mb3|18}} They restored order and lent organization to the Terris people, who had been flooded with refugees. Demoux and his soldiers maintained law and order and essentially took command, though he showed a respect for the Terris elders; he became romantically involved with [[Aslydin]], the daughter of one of the elders, who fell in love with him for his honor and respectability.{{wob ref|8051}}

When Elend arrived, he discovered that the mistfallen had not been stricken down by the mists for nothing - they had been [[Snapping|Snapped]], awakening the Allomantic powers of a Seer (an [[atium]] misting) in all of them, including Demoux. Demoux and his men then charged the incoming koloss forces with Elend, fighting with the power and determination of an army of Allomancers ablaze with atium.{{book ref|mb3|81}} Although many Seers fell in the [[Battle of Hathsin]], Demoux survived the [[Final Ascension]].{{wob ref|8065}}

Demoux eventually joined the [[Seventeenth Shard]]. He interacted with the [[Ghostbloods]] at some point, and knows both [[Iyatil]] and her brother [[Dlavil]], though it's not clear if he knew them before they left [[Silverlight]] and the Seventeenth Shard to join the Ghostbloods.{{wob ref|15956}}

Demoux was searching for [[Hoid]] in the [[Purelake]] region on [[Roshar]] in the company of [[Galladon]] and [[Baon]].{{wob ref|6683}}{{book ref|sa1|i|1}} [[Ishikk]] referred to him as '''Thinker''' for his contemplative and reserved manner, and noted that he spoke the [[Selay]] language more poorly than his associates. When his companions began to argue, he noticed Ishikk listening in and directed the others to move their discussion to another language.{{book ref|sa1|i|1}} Two years later, the group had given up on finding Hoid and left Roshar.{{wob ref|14949}}

* Demoux was named for a personal friend of Brandon Sanderson's, Micah DeMoux, who also took the photographs of Brandon for the book jackets.{{wob ref|5384}} Brandon promised him that the character would survive and get a girl.{{wob ref|7538}}

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