Difference between revisions of "Elend Venture"

== History ==

He was the only legitimate son of [[Straff Venture]], and heir to [[House Venture]]. When he was a child, he was beaten to near death to determine whether he was an Allomancer or not. His father made him sleep with a [[skaa]] woman in a brothel to make him a "real man."{{book ref|mb1|28}} He was later horrified to learn that the woman would be executed to prevent half-breed children{{book ref|mb1|23}}. Throughout his childhood, he was known for disobeying his father purposely to get a response out of him. This included ignoring guests at parties, and disobeying his father's orders. Elend was predominately a scholar and was well versed in many areas including politics and history. He is extremely idealistic and meets with a group of other idealistic nobles after balls to discuss contraband philosophy.

[[File: Lord Elend Venture by Stephanie McCrea Rainosek.jpg|thumb|right|x250px|<center><small>by [[Coppermind:Artists/Stephanie McCrea Rainosek|Stephanie McCrea Rainosek]]</small></center>]]

 

Elend is saved by Vin from [[Shan Elariel]]'s assassination attempt{{book ref|mb1|30}}, but believes Vin to be a spy for another noble house and refuses to speak with her. He later discovers that she is in fact a skaa and tries to find her.

 

He is saved from being killed by an [[Inquisitor]] by [[Kelsier]] who protects him for Vin{{book ref|mb1|33}}. Elend eventually mounts a rescue for Vin in [[Kredik Shaw]], where she has been imprisoned, only to find that [[Sazed]] has already released her{{book ref|mb1|37}}.

 

==== The Luthadel Assembly ====

After the Fall of the [[Lord Ruler]], Elend is made king over the Luthadel Assembly. He attempts to introduce all the political ideas he has formulated from his studies and meeting with other nobles over the years. His rule is destabilized when Straff Venture and [[Ashweather Cett]] besiege [[Luthadel]] in the hopes of securing the atium cache that they believe to be hidden there. During the siege, he is deposed as king by the Luthadel Assembly, under a clause he wrote himself{{book ref|mb2|27}}. Elend begins to receive training from [[Tindwyl]] in how to be a more effective leader, which allows him to effectively try to be re-elected as king. However, he loses the vote to [[Penrod]].

 

=== The New Empire ===

Elend and Vin decide to take their armies and besiege Fadrex City in the hopes of gaining the contents of their atium stores{{book ref|mb3|5}}. They take many koloss soldiers whose control they had previously wrenched from several Inquisitors. While in Fadrex, He and Vin attended balls thrown by the proposed king, [[Aradan Yomen]]{{book ref|mb3|30}}. Late in the siege, he and Vin lose control of their koloss, leading to the koloss wreaking havoc on their soldiers, before running off into the night{{book ref|mb3|73}}. After this happens, Yomen allows Elend into Fadrex and seems to seek his help due to the disappearance of the mists, but Elend leaves Fadrex shortly after these events transpire, taking with him some atium Yomen gives him {{book ref|mb3|74}}.

 

[[File: Elend and Vin by Korina Hunjak.jpg|thumb|right|x200px|<center><small>by [[Coppermind:Artists/Korina Hunjak|Korina Hunjak]]</small></center>]]

 

Elend eventually realises the meaning of the pattern of the mist-sickness which snaps allomancers, and also discovers the Seers in his army were those who were sick the longest. He uses this knowledge to lead the Seers in battle against the [[koloss]] armies under Ruin's control, depleting all of the [[Atium]] stored in the [[kandra]] Trust. He fuels the last of his Atium with duralumin, seeing the ultimate outcome of his actions. With the knowledge gained from this, he allows Marsh to kill him, giving Vin the drive to attack Ruin directly{{book ref|mb3|81}}, resulting in both of their deaths and Sazed's [[Final Ascension]]{{book ref|mb3|82}}.