Difference between revisions of "Elend Venture"

'''Elend Venture''' is an idealistic young [[noble]] and later, a [[Allomancy#Mistborn|Mistborn]] from the [[Final Empire]] on [[Scadrial]]. Alongside [[Vin]] and the remnants of [[Kelsier's crew]], he forms the [[New Empire]] and helps to save the world from its destruction at [[Ruin]]'s hands by uniting as many people as possible, using [[Atium#Allomantic Use|Seers]] to burn the vast [[atium]] cache known as [[Kandra Homeland#The Trustwarren|the Trust]], and allowing [[Marsh]] to kill him during the [[Battle of Hathsin]], giving Vin the drive to kill Ruin.

While searching for the Well of Ascension beneath Kredik Shaw, Elend is attacked by the [[Preservation|mist spirit]] in an attempt to get Vin to use the power from the Well to save him, but she chooses to release the power, inadvertently releasing Ruin in the process{{book ref|mb2|58}}. Following this, the mist spirit directs Vin to the last remaining bead of [[lerasium]] at the Well, and she uses it to save his life, transforming him into a [[Allomancy#Mistborn|Mistborn]] and allowing him to burn [[pewter]]{{book ref|mb2|59}}.