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{{epigraph|I consider myself to be a man of principle. But, what man does not? Even the cutthroat, I have noticed, considers his actions "moral" after a fashion.<br><br>

 

 

I guess it all comes down to one fact: In the end, I’m the one with the armies.}}

 

'''Characters:''' [[Vin]], [[Ulef]], [[Camon]], [[Theron]], Prelan [[Laird]]

'''Other Notes:''' Lord Tresting's first name mentioned: Themos.

 

{{epigraph|If men read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains. The [[Terris]] [[Terris prophecies|prophecies]] say that I will have the power to save the world.<br><br>

 

They hint, however, that I will have the power to destroy it as well.}}

 

'''Characters:''' [[Kelsier]], [[Dockson]], [[Vin]], [[Camon]], High Prelan [[Arriev]]

'''Other Notes:''' None.

 

{{epigraph|We arrived in [[Terris]] earlier this week, and, I have to say, I find the countryside beautiful. The great mountains to the north - with their bald snowcaps and forested mantles - stand like watchful gods over this land of green fertility. My own [[Khlennium|lands]] to the south are mostly flat; I think that they might look less dreary if there were a few mountains to vary the terrain.<br><br>

 

The people here are mostly herdsmen - though timber harvesters and farmers are not uncommon. It is a pastoral land, certainly. It seems odd that a place so remarkably agrarian could have produced the [[Terris prophecies|prophecies]] and theologies upon which the entire world now relies.}}

 

'''Characters:''' [[Camon]], [[Vin]], [[Ulef]], [[Kelsier]], [[Dockson]], [[Millev]]

'''Other Notes:''' Vin subconsciously burns [[pewter]] after Camon hits her with a thrown stool.

 

{{epigraph|Apparently, the next stage of my quest will take us up into the highlands of [[Terris]]. This is said to be a cold, unforgiving place - a land where the mountains themselves are made of ice.<br><br>

 

Our normal attendants will not do for such a trip. We should probably hire some Terris packmen to carry our gear.}}

 

'''Characters:''' [[Ulef]], Disten (a head pointman in <del>Camon’s</del>[[Millev]]’s crew), [[Vin]], Harmon (a scraggly-bearded burglar), Hrud (a flat-faced, quiet thug), [[Hammond]], [[Breeze]], [[Clubs]], [[Yeden]], [[Kelsier]], [[Dockson]]

'''Other Notes:''' [[Mare]] mentioned by thieving crew, but not by name.

 

{{epigraph|I don’t even understand what I’m supposed to do. The [[Terris]] philosophers claim that I’ll know my duty when the time comes, but that’s a small comfort.<br><br>

 

The [[Deepness]] must be destroyed, and apparently I’m the only one who can do so. It ravages the world even now. If I don’t stop it soon, there will be nothing left of this land but bones and dust.}}

 

'''Characters:''' [[Kelsier]], [[Dockson]], [[Vin]], [[Clubs]], [[Spook]]

'''Other Notes:''' First mention of [[OreSeur]] by name. Spook isn’t identified at all. [[Mare]] mentioned as a [[Tin]]eye. First mention of [[Gemmel]]. First mention of [[feruchemist]]s (but not by name) as Kelsier remembers some of Gemmel’s advice.

 

{{epigraph|I never wanted this, true. But somebody has to stop the [[Deepness]]. And, apparently, [[Terris]] is the only place this can be done.<br><br>

 

On this fact, however, I don’t have to take the word of the philosophers. I can feel [[Well of Ascension|our goal]] now, sense it, though the others cannot. It... [[Bronze#Allomantic_Use|pulses]], in my mind, far off in the mountains.}}

 

'''Characters:''' [[Vin]], [[Dockson]], [[Clubs]], [[Hammond]], [[Spook]], [[Kelsier]], [[Breeze]], [[Yeden]], [[Marsh]]

Spook named by Clubs’ as his nephew; Spook identifies himself as Lestibournes, speaking in Eastern street slang.

 

{{epigraph|[[Rashek]] is a tall man - of course, most of these [[Terrisman|Terrismen]] are tall. He is young to receive so much respect from the other packmen. He has charisma, and the women of court would probably describe him as handsome, in a rugged sort of way.<br><br>

 

Yet, it amazes me that anyone would give heed to a man that speaks such hatred. He has never seen [[Khlennium]], yet he curses the city. He does not know me, yet I can already see the anger and hostility in his eyes.}}

 

'''Characters:''' [[Kelsier]], [[Marsh]], [[Vin]], [[Dockson]], [[Breeze]], [[Hammond]], [[Clubs]]

'''Other Notes:''' First mention of odd things happening when an Allomancer [[Allomancy#Allomantic_savants|flares metals for too long]].

 

{{epigraph|"[[Hero of Ages|He]] shall defend [[Terris|their]] ways, yet shall violate them. He will be their savior; yet they shall call him heretic. His name shall be Discord, yet they shall love him for it.”}}

 

'''Characters:''' [[Vin]], [[Kelsier]], [[Sazed]], [[Renoux|Lord Renoux]]

 

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{{epigraph|In the end, I worry that my arrogance shall destroy us all.}}

 

'''Characters:''' [[Vin]], [[Kelsier]], [[Sazed]], Cosahn (a [[skaa]] servant/hair stylist at [[Renoux]]’s estate)

'''Other Notes:''' This chapter begins in late autumn; a comment by Kelsier confirms that the Prologue was only a few months earlier. Sazed referred to as “Master Vaht” by Cosahn; it is the proper title for a Terrisman steward. First mention of [[Keeper]]s. The ten Great Houses of [[Luthadel]] are named in order of power: Venture, Hasting, Elariel, Tekiel, Lekal, Erikeller, Erikell, Haught, Urbain, Buvidas.

 

{{epigraph|It amazes me how many nations have united behind our purpose. There are still dissenters, of course - and some kingdoms, regrettably, have fallen to wars that I could not stop.<br><br>

 

Still, this general unity is glorious, even humbling, to contemplate. I wish that the nations of mankind hadn’t required such a dire threat to make them see the value of peace and cooperation.}}

 

'''Characters:''' [[Vin]], [[Breeze]], Rudd (a [[Skaa rebellion|sympathetic]] [[skaa]] guard), Cobble (one of Clubs’ apprentices, a [[Copper|Smoker]]), [[Hammond]], [[Yeden]], [[Kelsier]], [[Sazed]], [[Marsh]], [[Spook]], [[Dockson]], [[Clubs]]

'''Other Notes:''' Possible additional unnamed character - Demoux. Breeze clarifies the meaning of “[[Sliver of Infinity]]”. Kelsier, on Clubs’ rooftop, looks towards the northern horizon, towards the [[Pits of Hathsin]]. Sazed (erroneously) believes the [[Lord Ruler]] fears [[Keeper]]s, believing they are something unknown to him. Marsh’s nickname mentioned (Ironeyes); also mentioned that people stopped using it because it was too reminiscent of [[Steel Inquisitors]].

 

{{epigraph|It seems [[Rashek]] represents a growing faction in [[Terris]] culture. A large number of the youths think that their [[feruchemy|unusual powers]] should be used for more than just fieldwork, husbandry, and stonecarving. They are rowdy, even violent - far different from the quiet, discerning Terris philosophers and holy men that I have known.<br><br>

 

They will have to be watched carefully, these Terrismen. They could be very dangerous, if given the opportunity and the motivation.}}

 

'''Characters:''' [[Kelsier]], [[Vin]], [[Dockson]], [[Sazed]], [[Hammond]]

'''Other Notes:''' Another reference to feruchemy without using the term (in the epigraph).

 

{{epigraph|What would it be like if every nation - from the isles in the South to the [[Terris]] hills in the North - were united under a single government? What wonders could be achieved, what progress could be made, if mankind were to permanently set aside its squabblings and join together?<br><br>

 

It is too much, I suppose, to even hope for. A single, unified empire of man? It could never happen.}}

 

'''Characters:''' [[Vin]], [[Sazed]], [[Kelsier]], Rian Strobe (a young noble), [[Tevidian Tekiel|Tevidian]] (Vin's father), [[Elend]]

'''Other Notes:''' [[Talk:Mistborn:_The_Final_Empire/Summary#Chapter_12_-_Deepness_Thoughts|Deepness Thoughts]]

 

{{epigraph|I know that I shouldn’t let a simple packman perturb me. However, he is from [[Terris]], where the prophecies originated. If anyone could spot a fraud, would it not be he?<br><br>

 

Nevertheless, I continue my trek, going where the scribbled [[Terris prophecies|auguries]] proclaim that I will meet my destiny - walking, feeling [[Rashek]]’s eyes on my back. Jealous. Mocking. Hating.}}

 

'''Characters:''' [[Vin]], [[Sazed]], [[Kelsier]], [[Renoux|Lord Renoux]]

'''Other Notes:''' House Erikeller mentioned as a major supplier of armaments. Vin’s description of atium: “[a] tiny, silvery ball of metal. It was so reflective and bright that it almost seemed to be a drop of liquid, yet it was solid to the touch.”

 

{{epigraph|Sometimes I wonder if I’m going mad.<br><br>

 

 

Either way, I sometimes see [[Ruin|shadows]] following me. Dark creatures that I don’t understand, nor wish to understand. Are they, perhaps, some figment of my overtaxed mind?}}

 

'''Characters:''' [[Vin]], [[Kelsier]], unnamed soldiers, three [[Steel Inquisitor]]s, [[Sazed]]

'''Other Notes:''' A room that Vin stumbled into during her escape from Kredik Shaw contained a golden altar and “other religious paraphernalia” - likely remnants of the original [[Terris]] religion. Also, [[Talk:Mistborn:_The_Final_Empire/Summary#Chapter_14_-_Inquisitor_Sight|Inquisitor Sight]].

 

{{epigraph|I don’t know why [[Kwaan]] betrayed me. Even still, this event haunts my thoughts. He was the one who discovered me; he was the [[Terris]] philosopher who first called me the [[Hero of Ages]]. It seems ironically surreal that now - after his long struggle to convince his colleagues - he is the only major Terris holy man to preach against my reign.}}

 

'''Characters:''' [[Dockson]], [[Kelsier]], [[Clubs]], [[Hammond]], [[Spook]], [[Sazed]], [[Vin]]

 

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{{epigraph|Many think that my journey started in [[Khlennium]], that great city of wonder. They forget that I was no king when my quest began. Far from it.<br><br>

 

 

It began with me.}}

 

'''Characters:''' [[Vin]], [[Spook]], [[Dockson]], [[Kelsier]], [[Renoux]], [[Sazed]]