Difference between revisions of "Elend Venture"

|died={{date|1025|fe}}

|groups={{tag|Kelsier's crew}}, {{tag+|army|Venture}}

|ethnicity=Noble

|residence=Luthadel

|world=Scadrial

|universe=[[Cosmere]]

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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 [[lerasium]], he becomes [[Allomancy|Mistborn]]. He is married to [[Vin]].

 

== Appearance and Personality ==

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=== Appearance ===

|Elend before the vote for king.{{book ref|mb2|37}}

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In his early life, Elend was an idealist. He was curious about the conditions of the skaa and their intelligence{{book ref|mb1|18}}{{book ref|mb1|23}} and believed in creating a coalition of houses to exert pressure on the [[Lord Ruler]].{{book ref|mb1|23}} However, he struggled to be forceful and to impose his will in others.{{book ref|mb2|20}} He saw himself as a friendly and a comfortable man, but also a bit of a fool.{{book ref|mb2|16}} He considered running an empire mostly as an academic exercise.{{book ref|mb3|51}} However, he had a buried desire to lead, and the skills to become a king, if he learned to use them.{{wob ref|5449}} After Tindwyl's coaching, Elend became more forceful and realistic. He still wants to follow his ideals of freedom, but he also knows sometimes he must impose his rule on others, for their own good. He tries to find a balance between the man he thinks he should be and the man he needs to be,{{wob ref|7500}} but he considers himself a hypocrite for speaking of democracy, but taking the throne by force.{{book ref|mb3|36}} Even after becoming Emperor, he considers himself a scholar rather than a king.{{book ref|mb3|32}} Eventually, Elend comes to terms with his choices, recognizing himself to be an amalgamation of scholar, nobleman and soldier.{{book ref|mb3|70}} Elend is the type of person who is always preparing, up until the last minute.{{wob ref|2363}}

 

 

== Attributes and Abilities ==

 

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}}

== History ==

=== Early History ===

 

{{image|Lord Elend Venture by Stephanie McCrea Rainosek.jpg|side=left|height=260px}}

=== Pre-Collapse ===

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}}

=== The Siege of Luthadel ===

==== King of the Central Dominance ====

 

A year after the Collapse, [[Straff Venture]] lay siege to the town with an army of fifty thousand soldiers.{{book ref|mb2|1}} Elend passed a proposal for the Assembly to wait to decide anything about the future of the city until he had parlayed with Straff, and they accepted it.{{book ref|mb1|10}} Soon later, a second army with forty thousand{{book ref|mb2|32}} arrived at the city, led by [[Ashweather Cett]]. Breeze had persuaded Cett to march on Luthadel so that a [[wikipedia:Mexican Standoff|three-way standoff]] was created; if either Straff or Cett attacked Luthadel, he would be weakened enough that the other could beat him easily.{{book ref|mb2|11}} Afterward, [[Tindwyl]] arrived and (forcefully) started coaching Elend in the art of leadership. Later, a third army of twenty thousand [[koloss]] led by [[Jastes Lekal]] arrives to the city.

 

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 emotional 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}}

 

==== The Elections for King ====

 

 

==== The Trip for Terris ====

 

 

 

==== The Well of Ascension ====

{{image|The_Well_of_Ascension_by_Eleonor_Piteira.jpg|Vin at the [[Well of Ascension]]|side=right|height=200px}}

 

=== The New Empire ===

==== The Siege of Fadrex City ====

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At a suggestion from Cett, Elend ordered the wells of Fadrex City poisoned, and warned the city's people so that they wouldn't get hurt by it.{{book ref|mb3|36}} Yomen sent a raid on the camp, but it was a distraction; simultaneously, his men threw rocks at the koloss, driving them to a rage that caused them to start killing each other, and half the twenty thousand koloss died.{{book ref|mb3|37}} He and Vin went to another ball at the Canton of Resource. There, Elend distracted Yomen to gain time for Vin to search for the cache.{{book ref|mb3|43}} However, Yomen believed he was the one distracting Elend, while Vin got trapped in the cache building.{{book ref|mb3|44}} Fearing that Yomen might manipulate him again, instead of negotiating Elend decided to go searching for more koloss as a threat to use against Yomen.{{book ref|mb3|52}} He took control of thirty thousand additional koloss.{{book ref|mb3|53}}

 

 

 

==== The Battle of Hathsin ====

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=== Legacy ===

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=== Kelsier ===

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 ===

== Notes ==

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