Difference between revisions of "Elend Venture"

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

In the day of the election for king, Elend announcesannounced his conversion to the Church of the Survivor. He hopeshoped to convince some of the skaa workers to vote for him, in order to create a deadlock so that he keepskept the position. However, half a dozen of Straff's half-skaa Misting children attack Elend and Cett, and Vin fightsfought them. After that, the election iswas held on the same day in Penrod's mansion, because it's was the last day in a thirty-day deadline to choose the new king. There arewere fifteen votes for Penrod, two to Cett, and seven to Elend; that would create a deadlock that would causehave caused Elend to remain kingon the throne. 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 seventeen votes for him, enough to win the election and become king.{{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 doesndidn't march onto Luthadel immediately for fear of Vin coming for him.{{book ref|mb2|39}}

Elend decidesdecided that even not being king anymore, he willwould keep helping the city. He worksworked on keeping the citizens from freezing, and tries to discover who had poisoned the city's water supply. He meetsmet with Jastes and warnswarned him the koloss cannot be controlled. On the way back, he attacksattacked one of the koloss and discoversdiscovered Jastes is paying the koloss with fake coins.

Believing the city willwould fall, [[Sazed]], [[Dockson]], [[Breeze]] and [[Clubs]] conspireconspired to send Elend and Vin away, along with [[Spook]] and Tindwyl.{{book ref|mb2|46}} Vin fought and killed [[Zane]],{{book ref|mb2|47}} and then asked Elend to marry her, and Sazed married them with a Larsta ceremony.{{book ref|mb2|48}} He tellstold them the [[Well of Ascension]] iswas on [[Derytatith]], in order to send them away from the city. They agreeagreed to go there with Tindwyl and Spook.{{book ref|mb2|48}} When they departdeparted, Tindwyl decidesdecided not to go, and [[Allrianne]] convincesconvinced them to take her with them. Shortly after departing, Allriane partsparted ways with them.{{book ref|mb2|49}}

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

Vin and Elend findfound the storage cache in [[Kredik Shaw]], where the Well of Ascension is located. When they enter it, [[Leras]] appears as the mist spirit, intent on dissuading them of giving up the power and freeing [[Ruin]].{{book ref|mb2|58}} [[Kelsier]] encouragesencouraged Leras to stab Elend so that Vin uses the power of the Well to save him, and since Leras, being Preservation, can't do it, Kelsier movesmoved his arm, stabbing Elend in the gut.{{msh ref|2|3}} However, Vin givesgave up the power anyway, trusting that that is what Elend would wanthave wanted for his people.{{book ref|mb2|58}} Later, Leras saved Elend by making Vin give him the [[lerasium]] bead, turning him into a Mistborn and allowing him to burn pewter.{{book ref|mb2|59}}

After the foundation of the [[New Empire]], Vin and Elend set out to recover the five storage caches of the [[Rashek|Lord Ruler]]. They findfound the second one in [[Statlin City]],{{book ref|mb2|57}} containing large amounts of lumber, and a description of [[aluminum]].{{book ref|mb3|5}} The second cache iswas in [[Urteau]], and though the city iswas in control of [[Quellion]], Vin managesmanaged to sneak into it and discover the location of the third storage cache, [[Vetitan]], as well as a description of the metal [[electrum]].{{book ref|mb3|5}} They conquered Vetitan, taking control of a group of ten thousand{{book ref|mb3|1}} [[koloss]] that were attacking the city, and took its people further towards the center of the empire, where food could still be grown.{{book ref|mb3|8}} In the cache, they discovered large quantities of the first eight Allomantic metals,{{book ref|mb3|12}} as well as a description of [[malatium]] and the location of the fifth and final cache, [[Fadrex City]], which was held by [[Yomen]].{{book ref|mb3|5}}

After discovering the cache's location, Elend marched on Fadrex City with forty thousand soldiers, twenty thousand [[koloss]], and a contingent of Allomancers.{{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 discussesdiscussed about philosophy with Yomen, and iswas 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 dancedanced, though he teasesteased 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 responsibilities, he kneelsknelt down in the ash, and almost gives up. However, Leras appearsappeared to him as the mist spirit. 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}}

Despite from what Leras told Elend, the emperor decided to launch a surprise attack on Yomen on the next morning.{{book ref|mb3|61}} However, he realized Vin wouldn't have done this, and decided to pull back. However, Ruin took control of the koloss and made them start attacking Elend's army. Ordering her koloss to attack Yomen's army, Vin managesmanaged to convince the obligator to retreat and let Elend's army enter Fadrex.{{book ref|mb3|65}} An enormous army of koloss beginsbegan to gather outside the city.{{book ref|mb3|67}} Seeing a boy being taken by the mistsickness, he realizesrealized the mists are snapping the skaa, and the mistfallen are in fact Allomancers.{{book ref|mb3|70}} Even with the new Allomancers, the koloss army iswas too big for Elend's and Yomen's army to face. However, the koloss retreatretreated, going toward Luthadel.{{book ref|mb3|73}} Yomen givesgave Elend his last atium bead, and Elend goes toward Luthadel to find Vin.{{book ref|mb3|74}}

In Luthadel, Elend findsfound Penrod's corpse, with a note saying that Elend's people went to the Terris Dominance. After hearing a whisper from Vin, he realizesrealized Ruin must have changed the text, and deduces that they might have gone to the Terris people instead.{{book ref|mb3|77}} Arriving at the [[Pits of Hathsin]], he seessaw [[Demoux]] with a few soldiers he had sent back to help Penrod.{{book ref|mb3|79}} Elend discoversdiscovered that the people who stayed sick for longer were Seers, atium mistings, and gathersgathered them to fight the koloss army, using the atium cache at the Pits. They fightfought the koloss for hours, until the atium in the atium cache beginsbegan to run out. Then, Marsh appearsappeared in front of Elend.{{book ref|mb3|81}}

Marsh and Elend fought, with Marsh using the atium he got from a kandra[[KanPaar]]. Marsh was winning, because Elend doesndidn'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--he knew he had to die, to help to drive Vin to kill Ruin.{{wob ref|5667}} He told Marsh that Ruin's body--the atium--was gone, and that Ruin had lost.{{book ref|mb3|81}}