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Spook
Spook portrait.png
by Laura MacMahon
Family
Parents Jedal, Margel
Relatives Clubs
Born 1007[1]
Abilities Tineye, Mistborn, Hemalurgist
Titles Survivor of the Flames, Lord Mistborn
Aliases Jedal, Lestibournes
Groups Kelsier's crew, Venture army
Birthplace Eastern Dominance
Residence Luthadel
Ethnicity Skaa
Homeworld Scadrial
Universe Cosmere

Spook is a skaa Misting on Scadrial. His original name is Jedal, after his father,[2] but he abandons that name and goes by Lestibournes after being adopted by Cladent. Kelsier later gives him his nickname Spook. The name Lestibournes is a reference to the Eastern street slang phrase, 'lefting I'm born', which means 'I've been abandoned'.[3]

Appearance and Personality

Spook is a Tineye, and is Clubs' nephew.[4] He is fifteen during the Collapse.[1] He mentions to Beldre that in his family it had been his grandfather who had had noble blood. Although it is not mentioned explicitly it is likely that it was his grandfather on his mother's side, as Clubs was also an Allomancer. He also mentions that he never knew his grandfather, having grown up on the streets.[5]

Spook started as a shy boy. The main reason was that he spoke in Eastern street slang, which makes it hard fot he rest of Keslier's crew to fully understood him.[expand]

History

The Skaa rebellion

During the skaa rebellion Spook is mainly involved as a sentry with important watches, or lookout for the crew's hideout. He participates in the crew's planning sessions, but rarely contributes to them other than serving drinks or getting things.[6] He is captured along with OreSeur; they both were being taken to the square for execution in the first cart of a caravan,[7] but were saved by Kelsier, Ham and the rest of the crew.[8] After that, during the last battle with the Lord Ruler, he fetched the apprentices and led them to be messengers.[9]

Siege of Luthadel

The rest of Kelsier's crew asks Spook to help them lead Elend and Vin away from Luthadel so that they would not be killed in the siege. He leads them away to the Terris mountains under the pretense of showing Vin to the Well of Ascension. Vin and Elend eventually realize that they have been tricked, and Vin is able to return and save Luthadel.

Urteau

During his stay at Urteau, he becomes an Allomantic savant, flaring tin all the time, to spy on Quellion and Beldre. He becomes so sensitive to light that he has to wear a blind fold, however, his other sharpened senses are able to make up for the inconvenience.[10] During a fight, Spook is stabbed with a sword piercing a pewterarm. The tip of the sword become a Hemalurgic spike and grants him the ability to burn pewter.[11][12] Thus he is corrupted by Ruin, which causes him to have visions of Ruin in the appearance of Kelsier. He eventually realizes this and pulls the spike out of himself.[13] Guided by Ruin, he survived Quellion's fire execution and is later called the Survivor of the Flames.[14] When Spook realizes Ruin's plan, he diverts water back to the canals to stop the raging fire, almost dying in the process. After Spook saves the city from destruction, he awakens from his collapse and is given a message to send to Vin by Kelsier in a vision.[13][15]

The Final Ascension

After the Final Ascension, he leads the survivors into the new world created by Sazed and is given the full powers of a Mistborn.[16] However, he does not have the strength of a lerasium Mistborn, but a Mistborn of the strength of a typical Allomancer around the end of The Final Empire.[17] Sazed also heals the damage Spook had done to himself by becoming a tin Savant.

Spook was referred to as the Lord Mistborn. It is not clear what his role in that early government is, but he is clearly very prominent and powerful, judging by the fact that his Eastern street slang becomes known as High Imperial. He is also known to have engaged in philosophy and appears to be somewhat aware of the inner workings of the Shards, and is noted for asking the question, "Having the has Sazed a metal?"[18] However, Spook is confirmed to be a "stud" after the Final Ascension,[19] having over a dozen children.[20] After the Catacendre, Spook had a relationship with Beldre.[21]

He is visited at some point by the Cognitive Shadow of Kelsier, who says they should work together to unravel the mysteries of the cosmere, use the spikes from koloss to make Spook a Hemalurgist,[21] and find a way to bring Kelsier back to the Physical Realm.

Steris implies that Spook ruled as an emperor for a century before stepping down from power.[22] Marasi later refers to him as a "governor" who ruled for a century.[23]

Attributes and Abilities

“Tin burning ... Notting about the seeing. Wasing about the not seeing. ”

—Spook to Vin giving advice on burining Tin[6]

Spook is the crew’s best Tineye, so he usually got the most important watches. He snapped at 5 years old.[6]

Relationships

Vin

Vin liked Spook, though she considered him strange and young.[24] Sensing her kindness, he gave her a pink handkerchief as the traditional gift a young man gives a lady that he wishes to seriously court, she was not interested though.[25] After that, Spook was uncomfortable with Vin’s presence until they had a quick chat and she confessed she would always love Elend; he understood and even gave her good advice on using tin.[6]

Trivia

  • Spook is based very loosely on a person Brandon knew from the Timewasters Guide forums. Zack, known as Gemm on the forums, sometimes posted random gibberish that, if looked at very closely, turned out to actually be rather poetic. This inspired Brandon to write a character who spoke with a dialect that had an interesting rhythm, yet was difficult to make out.[26]

Notes

  1. ↑ a b The Well of Ascension Ars Arcanum#
  2. ↑ Hero of Ages Q&A - Time Waster's Guide
    — Arcanum - 2008-10-15#
  3. ↑ The Hero of Ages chapter 23#
  4. ↑ The Final Empire chapter 6#
  5. ↑ The Hero of Ages chapter 53#
  6. ↑ a b c d The Final Empire chapter 32#
  7. ↑ The Final Empire chapter 33#
  8. ↑ The Final Empire chapter 34#
  9. ↑ The Final Empire chapter 35#
  10. ↑ The Hero of Ages chapter 14#
  11. ↑ The Hero of Ages chapter 16#
  12. ↑ The Hero of Ages chapter 26#
  13. ↑ a b The Hero of Ages chapter 58#
  14. ↑ The Hero of Ages chapter 38#
  15. ↑ The Hero of Ages chapter 64#
  16. ↑ The Hero of Ages epilogue#
  17. ↑ Hero of Ages Q&A - Time Waster's Guide
    — Arcanum - 2008-10-15#
  18. ↑ The New Ascendancy Broadsheet
  19. ↑ 17th Shard Forum Q&A
    — Arcanum - 2012-09-26#
  20. ↑ /r/fantasy AMA 2013
    — Arcanum - 2013-04-17#
  21. ↑ a b Mistborn: Secret History Epilogue#
  22. ↑ The Bands of Mourning chapter 5#
  23. ↑ The Bands of Mourning chapter 6#
  24. ↑ The Final Empire chapter 20#
  25. ↑ The Final Empire chapter 22#
  26. ↑ Mistborn: The Final Empire Annotations
    — Arcanum - 2007-02-05#
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