Difference between revisions of "Summary:The Hero of Ages"

In those days, an Allomancer didn't need duralumin to take control of a kandra or koloss. A simple Push or Pull on the emotions was enough. In fact, this ability was one of the main reasons that the kandra devised their Contracts with the humans—for, at that time, not only Mistborn, but Soothers and Rioters could take control of them at the merest of whims.}}

 

 

Demoux survives his sickness.

 

The Lord Ruler was one of these ancient Allomancers, his power pure and unadulterated by time and breeding. That is part of why he was so mighty compared to other Mistborn—though, admittedly, his ability to mix Feruchemy and Allomancy was what produced many of his most spectacular abilities. Still, it is interesting to me that one of his "divine" powers—his essential Allomantic strength—was something every one of the original nine Allomancers possessed.}}

 

 

Sazed meets with the Terris elders, giving them advice, telling them he cannot stay to be their leader since he isn't worthy, and that he will be leaving the following morning. He inquires about mist deaths, and is informed that none of the Terris people have been stricken with this illness, a fact that he dwells upon.

 

Nobody really knew what Kelsier did in the years between his escape from the Pits of Hathsin and his return to Luthadel. When pressed, he simply said that he had been in "the West." Somehow in his wanderings he discovered stories that no Keeper had ever heard. Most of the crew didn't know what to make of the legends he spoke of. This might have been the first seed that made even his oldest friends begin to question his leadership.}}

 

 

Spook explores his past in a fever-dream, reliving the day he was taken in by [[Clubs]].

=== Chapter 24 ===

That secret was indeed crucial. Kelsier's Eleventh Metal provided the very clue we needed to defeat the Lord Ruler. However, even in this, we were manipulated. The Lord Ruler knew Ruin's goals, and would never have released him from the Well of Ascension. So, Ruin needed other pawns—and for that to happen, the Lord Ruler needed to die. Even our greatest victory was shaped by Ruin's subtle fingers.}}

 

 

TenSoon deliberates whether he should accept his punishment or try to escape to help Vin. VarSell and other kandra appear, ordering TenSoon to consume his wolfhound body to wear as punishment for his sentencing, since they believe that TenSoon despises the dog's body because that is what he said to MeLaan while they were eavesdropping, not realizing that this was actually TenSoon's desired result.

 

The changes were slight, however, and after a thousand years of interbreeding, the differences had largely been erased.}}

 

 

Elend's army reaches Fadrex City. Elend and Hammond note the natural rock formations around the city, the lack of trees to conceal invaders, and the canyon like entrance to the city will make it difficult to conquer.

 

I suspect that despite his hatred of the Khlenni people—of whom Alendi was one—Rashek had a deep-seated envy of them as well. The Terris of the time were pastoral herdsmen, the Khlenni cultured cosmopolitans. However ironic, it is logical that Rashek's new empire would mimic the high culture of the people he hated.}}

 

 

Spook marvels at his survival and newfound Thug ability. He notices a metal sliver in his skin from the sword he was stabbed with and prepares to remove it, but Kelsier's voice tells him to leave it as a sign of his survival. He leaves his lair late at night and goes to a tavern to drink and get the pulse of the population. Spook daydreams about his past but notices several people talking about him being a member of Kelsier's crew, and wishing to avoid attention, leaves the bar.

 

The imperial religion, with its obligators, actually appears to have arisen from the bureaucratic mercantile system of the Hallant, a people who were very focused on weights, measures, and permissions. The fact that the Lord Ruler would base his Church on a financial institution shows—in my opinion—that he worried less about true faith in his followers, and more about stability, loyalty, and quantifiable measures of devotion.}}

 

 

Vin sneaks into Fadrex City. She scouts the city then visits an informant that Cett recommended named [[Slowswift]], who is a longtime associate of his. Slowswift says that Yomen is ruling well, providing stability and familiarity. Slowswift also mentions that a ball is being held that evening despite the pending siege, and says that he won't provide information to help the invasion of the city at the cost of his soul. Vin counters that the stability won't last due to the increasing ash and killer mists. Slowswift relents at this and speaks of Yomen's weaknesses and Vin departs after paying the informant.

 

Vin then goes to seek a second informant, a [[Hoid|beggar known to hum to himself]], but when Vin finds him, she feels uncomfortable and decides to not meet him. She scouts Yomen's palace, for former Canton of Resources building, and sees that is where the evening's ball is being held. She senses allomantic pulses indicating a possible mistborn but they vanish suddenly when she tries to locate their source. Vin returns to the army.

 

 

=== Chapter 28 ===

Apparently, Rashek found it alarming that armed with gunpowder weapons, even the most common of men could be nearly as effective as archers with years of training. And so, he favored archers. The more training-dependent military technology was, the less likely it was that the peasant population would be able to rise up and resist him. Indeed, skaa revolts always failed in part for this very reason.}}

 

 

Vin tells Elend that she thinks she saw or felt the Mist Spirit in Fadrex, and they discuss its intention to oppose Ruin. Vin states that it is much weaker than Ruin, and that she doesn't think it is related to the mist sickness. Vin talks about her destiny as the Hero of Ages but Elend says they have other priorities and that the prophecy proclaiming the Hero could have been corrupted by Ruin.

 

Until it all collapsed, of course.}}

 

 

Sazed arrives at Urteau, accompanied by Goradel, Breeze, Allrianne and an honor guard of soldiers, and they are immediately summoned to see Quellion.

 

{{epigraph|Originally, men assumed that Rashek's persecution of the Terris religion came from hatred. Yet, now that we know that Rashek was himself a Terrisman, his destruction of that religion seems odd. I suspect it had something to do with the prophecies about the Hero of Ages. Rashek knew that Preservation's power would eventually return to the Well of Ascension. If the Terris religion had been allowed to survive, then perhaps—someday—a person would find their way to the Well and take up the power, then use it to defeat Rashek and overthrow his empire. So, he obscured knowledge of the Hero and what he was supposed to do, hoping to keep the secret of the Well to himself.}}

 

 

Elend is surprised that no one objects to him and Vin placing themselves in danger by attending a ball in [[Fadrex City]]. Elend delineates the line of succession to Lord Cett.

 

This, of course, was a lie. After all, he had only touched one of the powers—and only in a very small way at that.}}

 

 

Sazed, Spook, Breeze and Allrianne discuss the rationale for diverting the Urteau water supply to the underground lake. They also discuss methods to depose or remove the Citizen without allowing him to be replaced with someone who is just as bad. Sazed plays devil's advocate in taking Quellion's position as a true follower of Kelsier's policies regarding the nobility, though Breeze and the others point out the flaws in his logic. Breeze offers to gather intelligence on the political climate so they can determine their course of action.

 

{{epigraph|Allomancy, obviously, is of Preservation. The rational mind will see this. For, in the case of Allomancy, net power is gained. It is provided by an external source—Preservation's own body.}}

 

 

Elend encounters Telden at the ball and they reminisce. Telden states that Elend is becoming a new Lord Ruler, but Elend counters he is only concerned with providing strong leadership, without the element of tyranny. Telden changes the topic to Elend and Vin's marriage, which makes Elend smile, then Elend leaves to confront Yomen, sitting to eat at Yomen's high table. Yomen wears a bead of atium tied to his forehead. Yomen ignores Elend's overtures of parlay, calling Elend flagrant and garish. Elend delivers an ultimatum to Yomen to cooperate or be deposed forcefully. Yomen debates Elend's legal basis for conquering Fadrex and calls him a hypocrite for not following his own laws in Luthadel, while Yomen claims the Lord Ruler's mandate in ruling this city. Yomen and Elend debate philosophical theory about the Lord Ruler, Vin, and divinity. Yomen asks why Elend needs to rule in his dominance and Elend states that he doesn't but he does need access to the storage cache for the greater good. Yomen refuses to give in, and Elend takes his leave of him.

 

{{epigraph|Hemalurgy is of Ruin. It destroys. By taking abilities from one person and giving them to another—in reduced amounts—power is actually lost. In line with Ruin's own appointed purpose—breaking down the universe into smaller and smaller pieces—Hemalurgy gives great gifts, but at a high cost.}}

 

;Summary

TenSoon is led to his judgment in the Trustwarren, now wearing his wolfhound bones. He interrupts KanPaar's pronouncement of judgment to address the First Generation on the state of affairs in the world outside and to advise that they may need to command acceptance of the Resolution. KanPaar is ordered to continue judgment, and he sentences TenSoon to imprisonment for Ten Generations, then death by starvation, for the crimes of rebellion and endangerment. TenSoon escapes, using the superior dexterity of his familiar wolfhound body to easily evade the aesthetically styled but impractical kandra guards, who are not able to restrain a kandra that is able to keep pace with a mistborn.