Difference between revisions of "Telden Hasting"
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| I thought that [[Kelsier's crew|they]] had picked you as a puppet, El. I thought . . . well, I’m sorry. I guess I just didn’t have much faith in you.
| Telden to Elend
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Telden and Elend had a strong friendship in their youth, although they were very different people.{{book ref|mb1|23}} Telden's concerns were with women, and all of his attempts to give Elend relationship advice went nowhere.{{book ref|mb3|32}} Telden could not understand his friends odd love of books{{book ref|mb1|23}} and the skaa.{{book ref|mb3|50}} He was a little dismissive of Elend believing that he and his scholarly habits were a little bit boring{{book ref|mb1|23}} and that Elend would never end up married.{{book ref|mb3|32}} He agreed with some of Elend's more practical beliefs though, hoping the nobility could regain political power they had lost to the Lord Ruler through a united front.{{book ref|mb1|23}} Elend for his part often had to work hard to convince Telden of his beliefs.{{book ref|mb3|32}} Telden also had little faith in Elend as a politician, believing that he was a puppet of Kelsier's crew and never would be able to actual rule a nation.
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