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'''Elend Venture''' is a [[noble]] in [[Scadrial]]. After the [[Collapse]], he becomes King of the [[Central Dominance]], and later, High Emperor of the [[New Empire]]. After swallowing a bead of [[Lerasiumlerasium]], he becomes [[Allomancy|Mistborn]]. He is married to [[Vin]].

Elend was born with no Allomantic abillities. After swallowing a bead of [[Lerasiumlerasium]] at the [[Well of Ascension]], he becomes [[Allomancy|Mistborn]]. His Allomantic power, not weakened by interbreeding, is stronger than that of contemporary Allomancers.{{epigraph ref|mb3|21}} Though his raw power is bigger than Vin's, she is more skilled in its use.{{book ref|mb3|5}} He is more comfortable with Emotionalemotional Allomancy than with Physicalphysical Allomancy.{{book ref|mb3|3}} He could learn how to pierce weaker copperclouds, though he does not do so in the books.{{wob ref|4303}}

Though his roots are in philosophy,{{book ref|mb2|37}}, Elend has extensive knowledge on many different subjects. He is proficient in political theory, economics{{book ref|mb2|3}}, and military theory.{{book ref|mb3|12}} He claims to be no statistician, but he has worked with numbers in his research.{{book ref|mb3|21}}

Elend met [[Vin]] (disguised as Valette) at a ball at [[Keep Venture]]. After returning from getting a drink, he found she was in his reading spot.{{book ref|mb1|12}} He began a casual friendship with her, often sitting with her at balls and reading. Vin spread the rumor that he's a friend of her family, showing her the ways of the court, so that potential dancing partners aren't intimidated by her.{{book ref|mb1|18}} When the house war is imminent, Elend decided that "Valette" had to leave Luthadel, because the war would be too dangerous for a little house with no allies.{{book ref|mb1|28}} When she ignored him, he broke off the relationship, hoping that it would encourage her to leave the city.{{book ref|mb1|31}}

|But…But... the things he said, Mistress…Mistress... his dreams of a new government, his condemnation of bloodshedand chaos…chaos... Well, Mistress, I fear that I cannot repeat it. I wish I’d had my metalminds, so that I could have memorized his exact words.

Afterward, when seeking help for Vin, Elend and Sazed found skaa rebels slaughtering palace soldiers. The soldiers would try to surrender, but the rebels ignored it and kept slaughtering them. Elend, revolted by the sight of the mass slaughtering, stood up and started his speech. He spoke of the dangers of bloodshed and chaos as a basis for a nation, of the need for a stable system, and of his dreams for a new, fairer nation in the Central Dominance. Instead of killing him, the rebels listened to him and stopped fighting, acknowlegingacknowledging that the bloodshed wouldn't accomplish anything. This speech was ultimately the reason Elend was crowned king. [[Breeze]] also helped by Soothing away the skaa's anger.{{book ref|mb1|epilogue}}

After the Collapse, Elend established himself as Kingking of the Central Dominance. He drafted a law code that applied the philosophies of his books, but had also a strong element of realism.{{book ref|mb1|epilogue}}{{book ref|mb2|34}} The law code established a parliamentary council called the [[Assembly]], which was composed of twenty-four Assemblymen, including Elend himself: eight noblemen, eight skaa workers, and eight skaa merchants.{{book ref|mb2|10}} A few months later, Elend proposed Vin in marriage, but she refused, feeling that he deserved a better woman.{{book ref|mb2|25}} Unfortunately, their army was relatively small and weak,{{book ref|mb2|5}} with only about twenty thousand soldiers,{{book ref|mb2|1}} and peace didn't last long.

A few days later, Elend went with Vin inside Straff's camp to parlay. Elend offers an alliance against Cett's army and bluffs, saying they have the atium cache.{{book ref|mb2|26}} Elend argues Straff can't win without his help, but Straff says he already has a treaty with Cett, and he'll only agree to the alliance if Elend goes to the city's walls and surrenders the city. Elend says that if Straff killed him, Vin would kill Straff, and they demonstrate Vin's powerful Emotionalemotional Allomancy, ending with Vin burning [[brass]] with [[duralumin]] and soothing away all of his emotion. Straff is frightened and agrees to let Elend return to the city.{{book ref|mb2|27}} However, during the meeting with Straff, the Assembly had invoked a no-confidence clause, deposing Elend from the position of king.{{book ref|mb2|27}}

In a later meeting, Elend nominates [[Ferson Penrod]] to be Chancellorchancellor to preside over the meetings on the absence of a king, and the motion passes. Nominations for king are held; one of the skaa workers nominates Penrod. After Elend nominated him for Chancellor, Penrod feels obligated to nominate Elend as king, and he does so. Finally, [[Philen Frandeu]] nominates Cett, who turns out to be hidden within the crowd.{{book ref|mb2|31}} Cett takes residence in Keep Hasting with a thousand soldiers.{{book ref|mb2|32}}{{book ref|mb2|35}} After a week, Elend meets with Cett in his keep to parlay. Elend says he hasn't found the atium cache.{{book ref|mb2|35}}

In the day of the election for king, Elend announces his conversion to the Church of the Survivor. He hopes to convince some of the skaa workers to vote for him, in order to create a deadlock so that he keeps the position. However, half a dozen of Straff's half -skaa mistingMisting children attack Elend and Cett, and Vin fights them. After that, the election is held on the same day in Penrod's mansion, because it's the last day in a 30thirty-day deadline to choose the new king. There are 15fifteen votes for Penrod, 2two to Cett, and 7seven to Elend; that would create a deadlock that would cause Elend to remain king. However, after being asked, Elend revealed that Assemblymen can change their votes. Then, the two who voted for Cett changed their votes to Penrod, making it 17seventeen votes for him, enough to win the election and become Kingking.{{book ref|mb2|38}} It is later revealed that Straff had bribed the skaa merchants with the promises of titles if they voted for Penrod, and convinced Penrod to ally with him against Cett. However, he doesn't march onto Luthadel immediately for fear of Vin.{{book ref|mb2|39}}

A group follows them,{{book ref|mb2|50}} and they discover it is led by Jastes, who is fleeing from Luthadel.{{book ref|mb2|51}} Enraged that Jastes left an uncontrolled group of koloss outside Luthadel, Elend executes him.{{book ref|mb2|51}} Then, Spook reveals that Sazed had tricked Elend and Vin to get them to safety.{{book ref|mb2|51}} Vin realizes the Well is in Luthadel,{{book ref|mb2|51}} and they immediately return, with Vin going ahead on a pewter drag and later by Pulling and Pushing on horsheshoeshorseshoes and Elend and Spook following on horses.{{book ref|mb2|52}} Elend and Spook encounter a group of Terris refugees on their way to Luthadel{{book ref|mb2|56}}. They only arrive after the [[Battle of Luthadel]] is over, and Vin informs Elend he is Emperor.{{book ref|mb2|57}}

After discovering the cache's location, Elend marched on Fadrex City with forty thousand soldiers, twenty thousand [[koloss]], and a contingent of allomancersAllomancers.{{book ref|mb3|30}} Because of the city's fortifications, and of a reluctance to loose the koloss upon people, he decided to lay siege to the city, and try to negotiate with Yomen.{{book ref|mb3|12}} So, Elend and Vin went to a ball in [[Keep Orielle]], inside the city, to talk with the obligator.{{book ref|mb3|30}} Elend discusses about philosophy with Yomen, and is impressed by the man's arguments, that called him a hypocrite for taking the throne by force.{{book ref|mb3|32}}{{book ref|mb3|36}} After that, Elend and Vin dance, though he teases her by picking up a copy of [[Trials of Monument]] — --the book he was reading when the two first met — --and starting to read it.{{book ref|mb3|32}}

In his trip back, feeling burdened by his responsabilitiesresponsibilities, he kneels down in the ash, and almost gives up. However, Leras appears to him. They communicated with Elend asking yes/no questions, and Leras answering by waving his arms to indicate a positive answer. He said Elend shouldn't attack Fadrex City, and pointed at Elend's metal vials. Elend asked whether Ruin can be beaten, and Leras waved his arms hesitantly, indicating "maybe".{{book ref|mb3|55}} He had used his last bits of life to talk with Elend, and he died soon after.{{epigraph ref|mb3|54}}

Marsh and Elend fought, with Marsh using the atium he got from a kandra. Marsh was winning, because Elend doesn't have any metals other than atium. However, suddenly, his metal reserves were filled again. He looked up, and saw a white figure: Vin, helping him fight.{{book ref|mb3|81}} Then, Elend burned atium with duralumin. Suddenly, he saw Preservation's plan—heplan--he knew he had to die, to help to drive Vin to kill Ruin.{{wob ref|5667}} He told Marsh that Ruin's body—thebody--the atium—wasatium--was gone, and that Ruin had lost.{{book ref|mb3|81}}

|[[Vin]] during the trip towards [[Terris]].{{book ref|mb2|51}}

At the beginning, [[Vin]] loved Elend{{book ref|mb2|2}}, but she believed he deserved someone better, someone who shared his interests{{book ref|mb2|20}} and ideals{{book ref|mb2|47}}, someone who saw nobility in his decision of giving up the throne.{{book ref|mb2|47}} She also thought she hurt his pride by being Mistborn while he was just a common man, that he deserved a woman he could protect.{{book ref|mb2|20}} She thought she didn't deserve because she thought she didn't deserve to be happy at all.{{book ref|mb2|28}}

When [[Zane]] called Vin to run away with him, she finally realized she had to stay with Elend, because he trusted and loved her; even if she didn't deserve him, she could be there to support him{{book ref|mb2|47}} After they got married, she started trusting in him inconditionallyunconditionally, depending on him.{{book ref|mb2|51}} At the [[Well of Ascension]], however, she knew that Elend would want her to sacrifice him to save his people, and she loved him enough to trust his wishes and give up the power instead of saving him.{{book ref|mb2|58}}

|Elend talking to the crew about [[Kelsier]]{{book ref|mb3|12}}

In the battle before [[Kelsier]]'s death, despite his hate of noblemen, he saved Elend's life because he knew Vin loved the nobleman.{{book ref|mb1|34}} But when he found out that Elend was king, he was angry for days.{{msh ref|2|2}} However, when Elend came to him in the Well, he wasn't angry, because he considered not Elend's fault that he became king, considering him "too oblivious to be dangerous".{{msh ref|2|3}}

|[[Tindwyl]] to Elend.{{book ref|mb2|14}}

[[Tindwyl]] came to [[Luthadel]] to instruct Elend on how to be a king.{{book ref|mb2|14}} She thinks that he is slovenly{{book ref|mb2|14}} and needs to be more forceful — --that as a king, he should impose his will on others and impose respect on his subjects.{{book ref|mb2|20}} She believes he should be more self-confident — --feel that his actions are the best for the kingdom.{{book ref|mb2|20}} She is mean and harsh to him, because she believes that after growing up as a pampered son of a lord, he needs some harsh truth.{{book ref|mb2|25}}

|That’s what his books had done to him — --they had changed him from rebellious fop into would-be philosopher. Unfortunately, he’d been a fool for so long. Was it any wonder that Straff hadn’t noticed the change in his son?

|Elend to [[Straff]].{{book ref|mb1|28}}

In his youth, Elend rebelled against his father, [[Straff Venture|Straff]], and acted to distinguish himself from the man. However, he only did it in small ways, that didn't matter much, such as wearing his clothes dishevelled and reading during balls.{{book ref|mb2|26}} He ended up earning a reputation for being eccentric and arrogant.{{book ref|mb1|13}}{{book ref|mb1|18}} However, his books changed him; he stopped acting against his father's wishes to annoy him, and started doing it because they were unethical. His father didn't notice the change, and kept treating Elend like a rebellious child.{{book ref|mb1|28}} Straff thinks Elend is childish and weak, and believes Vin didn't kill the Lord Ruler because he thinks it implausible that Elend has earned the trust of someone so powerful.{{book ref|mb2|18}} Straff thinks he can control Elend, and that he can make Elend give him control of the city.{{book ref|mb2|20}} Elend knows Straff well, and is confident he can manipulate his father.{{book ref|mb2|20}}

|[[Dockson]] to Vin.{{book ref|mb2|33}}

[[Dockson]] and Elend dislike each other; however, they're willing to work with one another for the good of the kingdom.{{book ref|mb2|5}} Dockson acknowledges that Elend is a decent man and treats the skaa fairly, but he has resented noblemen for a long time, and he thinks Kelsier would be mad at him for letting a nobleman take the throne.{{book ref|mb2|33}} Dockson also resents Elend because Dockson assumed he would be the leader of the crew once Kelsier was dead, but Elend became king instead.{{book ref|mb2|46}} Elend knows Dockson is a good man, but he finds it hard to get along with Dockson because of his dislike of the king.{{book ref|mb2|5}}