Difference between revisions of "Kelsier"

Kelsier was met by [[Preservation]] directly after his death. He then asked Preservation if Preservation was God, and after being told yes he promptly punched Preservation in the face.{{msh ref|1|1}} Then he finds the power at the [[Well of Ascension]] and becomes trapped there with [[Ati|Ruin]], allowing him to remain in the cognitiveCognitive realmRealm.{{msh ref|1|1}} While he is in the Well, Hoid passes by and Kelsier essentially challenges him to a fight that Kelsier ultimately loses.{{msh ref|2|1}} He feels Ruin's presence during his time in the Well.

Once he is freed from the Well along with Ruin, he initially travels around through the cognitiveCognitive version of Luthadel, seeking out his friends. He finds Vin and Ham near the steps of Keep Venture and also learned that Dockson had died in the Battle of Luthadel.{{msh ref|3|1}} He walks past Luthadel towards the lake of the same name, near which he finds [[Khrissalla|Khriss]] and [[Nazrilof|Nazh]].{{msh ref|3|2}} They question him on Preservation's appearance after learning he has spoken directly with the shardShard, and then continue their discussion onto other topics. Khriss mentions the Ire which sets Kelsier onto his next quest of finding their base of operation.{{msh ref|3|3}}

When Leras died and lost power over the shardShard of Preservation, Kelsier took the power and held it for Vin on behalf of Leras.{{msh ref|6|4}} While he held the power, he found Spook and told him to send a message to Vin that any spiked person could potentially be under Ruin's control.{{msh ref|6|6}} He also continually clashed with Ruin during his time holding the shardShard Preservation.{{msh ref|6|5}}{{msh ref|6|7}} When Vin's spike is removed, Kelsier relinquished Preservation's power to her.{{msh ref|6|7}} After she and Elend are killed, Kelsier speaks with them before they pass on into a different realm.{{msh ref|6|8}}

Later on, a group of Southern Scadrians traveled north in search of the Sovereign's Bands of Mourning, but were captured by the [[Set]], who decided to seek the Bands as well. Wax and his friends became embroiled in this incident in opposition to the Set, and Wax was almost killed in an encounter with them.{{book ref|mb6|27}} After [[Marasi]] solved the riddle of the Bands and wielded it to escape the Set, she gave it to Wax, who wielded it and became incredibly powerful.{{book ref|mb6|28}} Wax then used the artifact to defeat the Set and save the Southern Scadrian prisoners, using up a lot of the investitureInvestiture stored in the Bands.{{book ref|mb6|29}}