Editing Sazed

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|titles=[[Hero of Ages]], Rabzeen, The Anamnesor, Master Vaht,{{book ref|tfe|9}} Holy First Witness, The Announcer, Chief Ambassador of the [[New Empire]], [[Harmony]], God

|aliases= Saze

|introduced=[[Mistborn: The Final Empire]]

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'''Sazed''' is a [[Terris]]man steward from [[Scadrial]] {{nosnippet|and the current Vessel of the [[Shard]] [[Harmony]]|}}.{{book ref|mb1|8}} He is part of [[Kelsier's crew]] and is a [[Keeper]], considered something of a rebel by the others of his kind.

=== Appearence ===

==== Mortal ====

Tall and long-limbed, Sazed has the build of a scholar.{{book ref|mb2|4}} His arms and legs are a bit too long for his body because of a medical condition caused by his being castrated as a boy.{{book ref|mb2|12}} He has a shaven head,{{book ref|mb1|22}} his earlobes have been stretched out, and the ears themselves contain studs that run around their perimeter. He wears the lavish, colorful robes of a Terris steward—the garments are made of embroidered, overlapping V shapes, alternating among the three colors of his master’s house. He is soft spoken, with a higher pitch and an almost melodic accent.{{book ref|mb1|8}}

==== Vessel ====

His description varies as a Vessel. At times he is described as wearing a Terris garb, with a cloak of timelessness trailing behind him, made of storms and winds, clouds and rain, deserts and forests. His robe was the Terris V pattern, where each V reflected an entire age, akin to a strata of time.{{book ref|mb6|28}} Other times, he is described as being at the centre of two wings, one white and one black, mixing together in the middle with their edges reaching out to infinity.{{book ref|mb7|19}}

Around {{date|348|FA}}, he is described by being trailed by a shadowy reflection of himself.{{book ref|mb7|26}}{{book ref|mb7|71}}

=== Personality ===

==== Mortal ====

Sazed enjoys researching and working on texts or engineering, and he keeps his workspace orderly and structured.{{book ref|mb2|34}} As a Terrisman, he has specific speech patterns that are also recognizable in the sentence constructions of Tindwyl, [[Kwaan]], and the Lord Ruler.

==== Vessel of Harmony ====

As Harmony, his personality was warped by the powers that he took up. Though he ultimately remained a calm and kindly individual, who deeply cares about the good of mankind.{{book ref|mb4|3}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|53}} He is very formal to those that he has not met, and often apologizes for his formality.{{epigraph ref|sa4|20}}

He does not enjoy being worshipped, and encourages his followers to not worship him, for he considers doing good in the world as worship enough.{{book ref|mb4|3}} Even as Harmony, he continues to hold his omnist worldview, that all faiths as holding a grain of truth, and encourages his followers to study the religions recorded in the [[Words of Founding]] to learn from their moral codes.{{book ref|mb4|3}} This, alongside his humility and belief in the free-will of all people, likely plays a role in his acceptance of people following religions other than his own.{{cite}}

He sees even human flaws as strengths, and encourages his followers to find strength in all of their flaws.{{book ref|mb4|3}} He also appears to not look down on people for their flaws, no matter how severe, considered even the Lord Ruler to have been a fundamentally good person. This also shows that he is a deeply forgiving person, even towards his former oppressors.{{book ref|mb3|epilogue}}

He professes to find the idea of forced breeding to create perfect people, that is to say, eugenics, to be nauseating.{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|4}}

Despite his ability to manifest however he wishes, he still manifests as a Terrisman in Terris garb, displaying a lingering connection to his old body.{{book ref|mb6|28}}{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|4}} He also appears to still consider himself Terris.{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|4}}

He believes in an afterlife in the [[Beyond]]. Though professes a lack of objective knowledge on whether or not an afterlife truly exists, he also openly admits that he is not truly omniscient. As such does not attempt to put up pretenses of omniscience or omnipotence, admitting to his limitations.{{book ref|mb6|28}}{{book ref|mb7|74}} He even admits his own naïveté.{{epigraph ref|sa3|54}} As a man open to sharing his limitations, he is even willing to admit his growing difficulty in taking action.{{epigraph ref|sa3|55}} Much like other aspects of his personality, this can be seen rooted in his humility.

He finds great discomfort in his inability to take action due to his nature as Harmony.{{cite}} He considers himself to be one with Ruin and Preservation, as they make him up, and thus he finds it difficult to separate his mind from the power he holds.{{epigraph ref|sa4|35}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|36}} He also considers the choice to not take up a Shard to be a wise one.{{epigraph ref|sa4|38}} He considers himself to be new to the role of a Shard, despite his centuries holding on to it.{{epigraph ref|sa3|54}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|20}}

===== Support of Free Will =====

He holds to the belief that humanity should discover new technologies and advancements by their own power, arguing that they are subtle consequences to helping them along too much. Alongside this, he believes that humanity should find their own path through the cosmere.{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|4}} He also believes that if he intervenes too much, mankind could become overly reliant upon him, he trusts mankind to be able to solve their problems on their own, as he believes in humanity.{{book ref|mb6|28}} Furthermore, he believes that people shouldn't have their lives controlled or moved by others, and interprets his Intent as creating a way for as many people as possible to make their own choices.{{book ref|mb4|18}}{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|7}} This is all a part of his belief in free will and self-actualization, both on an individual and societal level.

His belief in free will of all people can be seen in his aforementioned religious tolerance, and support of people forming their own moral compass based on their own thoughts and research.{{book ref|mb4|3}}

===== Manipulations and Utilitarianism =====

Due to his inability to more directly act and effect the world, as mentioned above, he is willing to manipulate people in order to groom them for the good of Scadrial. However, he does not take pleasure in it, he feels sorrow for their pain and what he made them do, but he does not feel sorrow for making them do what he felt had to be done.{{book ref|mb6|28}} He does this despite fundamentally believing in human freedom, this contradiction has been observed to cause him internal conflict and guilt.{{book ref|mb4|18}}{{book ref|mb7|19}}{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|7}}

For example, he manipulated Wax into his Sword, so that he could fight for the good of Scadrial, by sending the kandra [[Paalm]] in order to effectively groom him into said Sword.{{book ref|mb5|26}} He made Wax commit many painful actions in the furtherance of his plans for the future of Scadrial. He respected Wax's hatred of him, and even when put in peril by the encroaching threat of [[Trell]], he continued to try and stop it through other methods. This was until he began to feel that Wax was his last choice, in which he came begging.{{book ref|mb7|19}} In the end, he informed Wax that nobody controls his life, and that he is deeply sorry for making him believe otherwise.{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|7}}

This shows a degree of utilitarianism in his personality, as he is willing to go against his own moral compass, which advocates for free will for all people,{{book ref|mb4|18}}{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|7}} and manipulate individuals against their will, for the greater good of all of Scadrial. This does not, however, mean that he feels no pain at having to do this;{{book ref|mb6|28}}{{book ref|mb7|19}}{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|7}} it also does not mean that he finds any means justified by the good it could potentially do for Scadrial.{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|4}}

A Terrisman Keeper, Sazed is a [[Feruchemist]]. This grants him the ability to store certain physical attributes inside bits of metal.{{book ref|mb1|22}} His most important power is the ability to store his memories in copperminds giving him access to a huge amount of knowledge. He holds mostly the information of old and current religions. This includes five hundred and sixty-two different religions: their prayers, their beliefs, and their mythologies.{{book ref|mb1|9}}

Religious rites are not the only things that Keepers store in their uncanny memories; his metalminds contain a vast wealth of information on culture, philosophy, and science. With this, Sazed has the capacity to be knowledgeable and skilled at several other things, such as healing, sanitation practices, or farming.{{book ref|mb1|13}}{{book ref|mb2|7}} He stores many other abilities in his metalminds that allow him to be a better help in the rebellion, his body weight in [[iron]], his physical speed in [[steel]], his five Senses in [[tin]], his strength in [[pewter]], his mental speed in [[zinc]], his body warmth in [[brass]], his wakefulness in [[bronze]] and his health in [[gold]].{{book ref|mb1|22}} After fighting several times with these powers, Sazed actually becomes a very good warrior.{{book ref|mb3|79}}

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On his way back, he found a village where the people had died inside their homes from starvation and dehydration. One surviving man explained the people did not go out scared of the mists that came during the day. They found that from the people that did go into the mists, some people fled, but some had died. Sazed got the person to a safe place and left him there hoping he could manage and left in a hurry to Luthadel, understanding that the wrongness in the world was more than bandits and chaos.{{book ref|mb2|15}}

Before arriving at Luthadel, Sazed also encountered [[Jastes Lekal]] with an army of over twenty thousand Koloss. Sazed stood his ground and managed to talk his way out of the camp taking a message to Elend. His former friend wanted the atium and was ready to use his army to get it.{{book ref|mb2|15}}

When Sazed finally reached Luthadel, he found the city had been sieged by two other armies (one from [[House Cett|Cett]] and the other was [[Straff]]'s) so the Koloss army he brought added to the complexity of the situation. He also let them know of the mists, however, this news was not fully believed.{{book ref|mb2|23}}

Sazed also took the time to take care of the desperate people with no resources as well as the wounded, sick, and starving. They were at the warehouse, where Breeze used his soothing to help [[Tindwyl]] feel the need to listen and support Sazed with his studies, and they probably fell in love.{{book ref|mb2|36}}{{book ref|mb2|37}} Both being Keepers, their research was deep and passionate with access to much more information than anyone could have had. They found the inconsistency of Kwaans actions towards Alendi.{{book ref|mb2|41}}

{{image|Sazed vs. Koloss by Lara Sarmiento.jpg|side=left|width=350px|Sazed defends the city from the koloss}}Just before the [[Battle of Luthadel]] and under [[Dockson]]’s command, he moved to defend the Steel Gate, which was the farthest the koloss were likely to reach and should send messengers to Keep Venture in case of attack. Tindwyl decided to stay and declared her love to Sazed just before a battle.{{book ref|mb2|50}} However, as battle drew closer, his confidence flew from him, he asked to be removed from the command chain. He spotted skaa going into the city and went to them, asking to hide again. They were calling him Holy First Witness and looked up to him. Uncomfortable he kept asking them to hide but pulled in some courage and used his Feruchemy to fight a koloss, giving the order to fight. They did.{{book ref|mb2|52}} His gate was the last one to fall. He fought with his men bravely, though very few survived.{{book ref|mb2|52}} His gate fell around the time Vin came back so he moved back to the northern gate hoping koloss would have left by then. He found Breeze and moved the people to carry the wounded.{{book ref|mb2|53}} He later went to see Vin recover the city and beat Straff’s army, she asked him to secure the city and get supplies, then left. At that moment, he decided she was the Hero of Ages.{{book ref|mb2|55}}

Tindwyl died in battle, leaving Sazed to mourn her and leading him to doubt his religions. He stopped believing and entered a time of despair. In his mourning he decided to continue looking into the contradictions of the information on the well and its power, until he was attacked by Marsh.{{book ref|mb2|57}} Marsh was about to kill Sazed, but by mistake gave him his metalminds, which gave him the power to battle him until rescued by Ham.{{book ref|mb2|58}}

Sazed was named Chief Ambassador of the New Empire and was sent to King Lekal’s palace to negotiate and sign the treaty with Elend Venture, they succeeded.{{book ref|mb3|4}}

A year had passed since he had lost Tindwyl and it not only hurt but he had been unable to recover his faith. He stopped wearing his copperminds and decided to study one religion at a time trying to find truth in them, but he added “Religion not true” every time he found any contradiction.{{book ref|mb3|10}}

He is appointed to lead the team to control Urteau. He accepted reluctantly as he didn’t feel strong in his faith and understanding of the world.{{book ref|mb3|12}} On his way he separated from the group to visit his people who now lived in the Pits of Hathsin. There he was received as a noble, with people calling him Lord or even Majesty.{{book ref|mb3|18}}

His short stay was enough to understand the mists did not affect the Terris people. He also made sure important information was kept in metal. Additionally he gave them suggestions on sanitation, food, and others. The people asked him to stay and lead them, but Sazed didn’t consider himself worthy.{{book ref|mb3|22}}

Breeze and Sazed along with around 200 people reached Urteau to bring their rebellion down and find the cache to continue feeding their population. His first conversation with [[Quellion]] who ruled the city under the name “The Citizen” did receive them but made sure they understood Elend and his rule was not welcomed. They left his building but stayed in the city where they found Spook. He took them to their refuge (the Ministry Canton of Inquisition) where the "cache" was hidden, along with the water from the canals.{{book ref|mb3|29}}

He enjoyed this task and engrossed himself in the research of the engine, and continued to support Spook, who he grew to respect more even if he knew he was hiding something about his abilities.{{book ref|mb3|49}}

Their prophecy also said that in the end, they would have to kill themselves by taking out their spikes and becoming mistwraiths. They called it "the Resolution." Because of this, KanPaar, a second-generation kandra, decided to betray them and take control, taking Sazed and the first generations as prisoners.{{book ref|mb3|75}} [[TenSoon]] and [[MeLaan]] freed Sazed, but they all had to fight their way through. They found the first generation again and helped them regenerate.{{book ref|mb3|78}} TenSoon turned against Sazed, forced by Ruin's spikes, and almost killed him, but [[Haddek]] from the first generation called for the “Resolution” and they became mistwraiths again. Sazed fully recovered his faith and believed Vin was the Hero of Ages.{{book ref|mb3|79}}

{{image|Sazed's Ascension by Petar Penev.jpeg|side=right|width=300px|Harmony Ascending}}

Vin defeated [[Ati]]; both died and Sazed was the one to find her lifeless body. After a moment of despair, he understood, he was the Hero of Ages. “The Hero would be rejected of his people, Sazed thought. Yet, he would save them. Not a warrior, though he would fight. Not born a king, but would become one anyway.” He took the power of both Ruin and Preservation. He used all his knowledge of religion and other information to re-craft the world, mostly how it used to be, but with some changes. He became a God; [[Harmony]].{{book ref|mb3|82}}

After the [[Final Ascension]], the ''new world'' was created by Sazed. He also left for Spook to find the complete but lifeless bodies of Vin and Elend along with the book where he explains how it all happened.{{book ref|mb3|epilogue}}

{{image|Kelsier's Crew by Katie Payne.jpg|side=left|width=300px|With [[Kelsier]] and the other members of his [[Kelsier's crew|crew]]}}

Sazed served [[Kelsier]] but did so willingly. He got to know Kelsier well and they had several religious and philosophical conversations.{{book ref|mb1|10}} They tend to talk often of different religions, which Kelsier sometimes used to keep his spirits up.{{book ref|mb1|29}}

Even after Kelsier’s death, Sazed continued to believe in him and decided to record his stories. It is implied he knew of his plan to die to become an inspiration to finish with the Lord Ruler.{{book ref|mb1|35}}

Sazed was appointed to coach [[Vin]] to play the part of Valette Renoux, a noblewoman. He saw that her hair, makeup, and clothing were appropriate, accompanied her to the balls and guided her as much as possible. During this time, he also offered information on religions to see if Vin would find one interesting.{{book ref|mb1|9}} He recovered and cared for her after she was severely wounded in Kredik Shaw,{{book ref|mb1|13}} and did so again after she was badly wounded while saving Elend from assassins.{{book ref|mb2|40}}

Sazed initially discouraged Vin to meet with Elend, believing that he only followed her to annoy his family.{{book ref|mb1|18}} He would ultimately change his mind and agreed that his initial assessment was wrong, instead coming to believe Elend was a good man.{{book ref|mb2|23}} Sazed ended up marrying them just before the fight for Luthadel.{{book ref|mb2|48}}

At the siege of Luthadel, they reconnected, this time to discuss the "Deepness" and the research of the Hero of Ages.{{book ref|mb2|30}} He would later come to believe that Vin herself might be the Hero of Ages.{{book ref|mb2|45}}

After Sazed lost Tindwyl and his faith, Vin was one of the few who noticed and was concerned about his mental health.{{book ref|mb3|12}}

Sazed did not initially trust [[Elend]]{{book ref|mb1|18}} but later changed his mind and believed him a good man.{{book ref|mb2|23}} He supported Elend with the law creation and was very vocal on his being a good man, good king and doing the right thing.{{book ref|mb2|45}}.

{{image|Sazed and Tindwyl by Eva Gutierrez.jpg|side=right|width=300px|Studying with [[Tindwyl]]}}

[[Spook]] and Sazed became closer during their time at Urteau. As Sazed became more depressed, Spook took over the leadership of the crew. Sazed, even though he suspected he was getting Mistborn powers like burning pewter, grew to respect him more and more.{{book ref|mb3|49}} Spook asked Sazed’s support with religion during the time he thought he could hear Kelsier.{{book ref|mb3|31}} Sazed, on the other hand, was inspired by Spook to find his faith back.{{book ref|mb3|56}}

Sazed asked [[Tindwyl]], a Terris member of the [[Synod]], to go to Luthadel to train Elend on being a King. She thought of him as the soul of what it means to be Terris (calm, humble, careful, and respectful), but didn’t like him defying their leaders. She didn’t believe in him at first and wanted him to continue with teaching to fulfill his keeper’s duty.{{book ref|mb2|23}} One day on the warehouse, she was soothed by Breeze into supporting Sazed with his work.{{book ref|mb2|36}} This brought them closer and they talked to each other with fondness and eventually fell in love.{{book ref|mb2|37}}{{book ref|mb2|50}}

=== Hoid ===

He appears to have known Hoid to some extent before his Ascension, or at least Hoid knew him.{{msh ref|2|1}}

Following his Ascension, he became more aware of Hoid, and knew that he hid from him. He has a benevolent feeling towards the man, and his confused by why, and how, he hides from him, and asks that he come openly.{{epigraph ref|sa3|53}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|56}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|57}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|21}} He respects him enough that he actively tried to help him upon request, reaching out to other Shards, and requesting all that would listen to heed his warnings.{{epigraph ref|sa4|22}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|30}} He also felt comfortable enough with him to open up about his own impotence, as a result of his conflicted natures.{{epigraph ref|sa3|55}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|28}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|29}}

He refers to Hoid as his friend.{{epigraph ref|sa3|53}}

=== Wax ===

{{quote

|I’ve heard distressing things, Waxillium Ladrian, that you’ve been worrying about. I would like to promise you something. With all the essence and axi of my being, I declare this.<br>No one else moves you.<br>Your life is yours.<br>And you have my deepest apologies that I had a hand in teaching you otherwise.

|Harmony to Wax{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|7}}

}}

He has a fragile relationship with Wax, with Wax being a former worshipper of him,{{book ref|mb4|3}} that came to despise him and renounce his faith, and lose respect for Harmony, due to Harmony's own actions and manipulations. He also came to hate Harmony for his inaction, and the suffering his inaction has brought about on Scadrial.{{book ref|mb6|4}}{{book ref|mb6|28}} Even after his hatred for him waned, his desire to have nothing to do with him grew stronger.{{book ref|mb7|19}}

Despite Wax's anger, Harmony continued to love him, and felt terrible for the pain that he caused him, and how his actions led him to feeling as if his life wasn't his own.{{book ref|mb7|19}}{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|7}} He also wanted to avoid calling upon Wax again to help fight off Trell; knowing that he was happy, he didn't want to pull him back into the fold. But the fear in what destruction and domination they would bring to Scadrial, he was led to requesting his help again.{{book ref|mb7|19}} He also respected his wishes to never again speak into his mind, using Marsh as a medium of communication.{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|7}}

He no longer will use Wax as his sword, promising that stopping the bombing of Elendel and arrival of Autonomy was his final request.{{book ref|mb7|19}}

=== Marsh ===

He uses Marsh as his agent in the cosmere, using him for various tasks across Scadrial. Marsh obeys his commands, and appears to hold a deep respect for him.{{book ref|mb7|28}}{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|7}}

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* The epigraphs in ''[[The Hero of Ages]]'' are taken from an in-world text, the [[Words of Founding]], which was written by Sazed and use his unique style of speaking.{{wob ref|7684}}

* Sazed wouldn't want to play video games, but would be very good at them because of his [[Feruchemy]].{{wob ref|14127}}

* Sazed's hair would be black if he didn't shave it.{{wob ref|16090}}

* When asked what his skin color or tone would be, Brandon compared him to [[wikipedia:Keegan-Michael Key| Keegan-Michael Key]], though stated he often imagines him looking like Teferi Akosa from [[wikipedia:Magic: The Gathering|Magic: The Gathering]].{{wob ref|4927}}

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