Difference between revisions of "Elend Venture"

Sazed and the rest of Kelsier's crew convince Elend and Vin to leave Luthadel in order to seek the [[Well of Ascension]]{{book ref|mb2|49}}. While they travel north towards the [[Terris Mountains]] with [[Spook]], they realise the truth, that their friends had lied in order to get them out of the city and save their lives. Elend and Vin come across [[Jastes Lekal]] fleeing Luthadel because his koloss army had turned on him. Elend beheads Jastes for leading the koloss army to Luthadel and then leaving them to attack the city{{book ref|mb2|51}}. Upon their return, Vin defeats the armies, forcing them to swear fealty to Elend as the emperor of the New Empire{{book ref|mb2|55}}.

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}}.

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}}.