Kelsier
| Kelsier | |||||||
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| Born | c. 997 FE | ||||||
| Died | 1022 FE | ||||||
| Abilities | Mistborn, Sliver | ||||||
| Residence | Luthadel | ||||||
| Ethnicity | Skaa | ||||||
| Homeworld | Scadrial | ||||||
Kelsier was a half-skaa Mistborn from Scadrial.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content He was stern and intense but always smiling; another act of rebellion against the Lord Ruler's oppression. He hated injustice and took this hatred to the extreme, which resulted in him being unable to see good in any of the nobility. His wife Mare collected pre-Ascension memorabilia, he kept one piece, a flowerCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content, to inspire his crew. Kelsier was the younger brother of Marsh, who was disappointed at Kelsier's apparent lack of direction or purpose until Kelsier began the skaa rebellion. He always kept a smile on his face, believing that was the best way to fight.
“There's always another secret”
—Kelsier's mantra
History
Born to a noble father and skaa motherCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content, his mother kept both Kelsier and Marsh alive by pretending that she was a noble to their father so that their children would be considered merely illegitimate noblemen instead of half-breeds however their father eventually found out. Kelsier then made his living as a thief, becoming famous throughout Luthadel. However, after a failed attempt at stealing from the Lord Ruler himself in his secret room inside Kredik Shaw, he was sent to the atium mines in the Pits of HathsinCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content. There, the night of the death of his wife, he "Snapped", becoming a MistbornCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content. Using Allomancy he was able to escape the Pits. Kelsier was then trained by a mistborn named GemmelCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content and they travelled to the far north of the Western Dominance to a city called Mantiz where Kelsier heard rumours of the Eleventh metal from the skaa in Keep Shezler. Kelsier sought and eventually found the Eleventh metal as he believed it would help him to defeat the Lord Ruler.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
The Skaa Rebellion
After discovering the Eleventh metal Kelsier travelled back to Luthadel and took a job from the skaa rebellion to bring down the final empire. After gathering a team of some of the best (and Kelsier believed, the kindest) thieves in the city, including skilled mistings, he set in motion a plan to destroy the Final Empire and kill the Lord Ruler. After saving her and her former crew, he took on Vin as a student after confirming his suspicions about her being a Mistborn and saving her from CamonCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content. While pulling off the plan Kelsier himself took on many roles, acting as a beacon to the repressed skaa he assisted in recruitmentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content, he attacked many Noblemen to increase the tensions between the Great HousesCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content, he collected information by purchasing it from informants and also posed as an informant himself in order to provide misinformation to Noblemen.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content Though they suffered many setback Kelsiers leadership allowed the rebellion to attain an army of sufficient size to hold Luthadel.
Death
When several skaa from the rebellion were about to be exectued, Kelsier attempted to save them, he was confronted by a Steel Inquisitor which he eventually managed to defeat however Kelsier was then confronted by the Lord Ruler who stabbed him in the chest with a spear, killing him.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content Kelsier later revealed in his letter to Vin that he had intended to use the Eleventh Metal to destroy the Lord Ruler but could not discover how to use it in his fight.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content His death resulted in the founding of the Church of the Survivor, who called him "Lord of the Mists". As a result of this Vin also became a major religious figure.
Appearances after death
Kelsiers body was used by the Kandra OreSeurCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content and later by TenSoonCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content after his death to make appearances to and inspire his followers.
An apparation with the appearance of Kelsier appeared to Spook, giving him the ability to burn pewter, but this was later revealed to be Ruin, who was using Kelsier as a guise.
Kelsier 'looked after' Preservation between Leras's death and Vin's ascension.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
“From the Well of Ascension, of course. It's the same power, after all. Solid in the metal you fed to Elend. Liquid in the pool you burned. And vapor in the air, confined to night. Hiding you. Protecting you.
Giving you power!”—Kelsier speaks to Vin before she ascends?Cite error: Invalid<ref>tag; refs with no name must have content
After the Final Ascension Kelsier is with Harmony having not "gone towards the light" and is still hanging around causing trouble.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Appearance and Personality
Kelsier was tall and hawk-faced and had light-blonde hairCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content, he had a multitude of large scars crossing both arms from his time in the Pits.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content He usually wore a nobleman's suit (A colored vest with dark trousers and a coat) and for night time activities his mistcloak.
He was almost always late to any gatherings which he attributed to always having somewhere better to be{ref|b|mb1|c|27}}. He always smiled and projected an excited and positive attitude, which was particularly unusual in the skaa underground, he did this in order to fight the lord rulers oppression of all the skaa, he wanted to have one thing which could not be taken away from him.{ref|b|mb1|c|prologue}} He hated all of the nobility and tended to believe that all of them were to blame for the plight of the skaa although near the end of his life this attitude changed due to Vin's insistence that Elend was different and that not all the nobles should be fought. He had an imposing presence and was a natural leader, easily taking charge and swaying even the downtrodden skaa of Luthadel into joining the rebellion with his charming personality.
Abilities
Kelsier was a Mistborn, and so he could burn every Allomantic metal, although was particularly proficient with the external physical metals; iron and steelCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content, he was capable of using them with a high degree of precision to control the momentum and rotation of dozens of pieces of metal simultaneously. He lacked finesse in the external mental abilities of zinc and brass as he tended to create large changes in emotional states as opposed to the more subtle Soothing abilities of Breeze.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content He was quite proficient at pewterdragging and had enough practice to maintain it for hours and still maintain a relative amount of clarity afterwards.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Quotes
“I decided that I’d see her dream fulfilled. I’d make a world where flowers returned, a world with green plants, a world where no soot fell from the sky...." He trailed off, then sighed. "I know. I’m insane.”
—Kelsier to Vin, after showing her the picture of a Marewill flower.
“If you’re always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing.”
—Kelsier to Dox on his constant tardiness.