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== Chapter 9 ==
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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)
;Summary
Vin and Kelsier spar in a training match, playing cat & mouse. Vin returns to the estate and gets a haircut; during the haircut, Sazed tells Vin about “another” of his religions: [[Trelagism]]. (This is the fifth he has pitched; when questioned, he admits to knowing about 562 more.) Vin is also quizzed over her noble cover. Kelsier and Sazed then talk in private about Vin’s progress, with Kelsier eventually declaring that Vin will be attending a ball held by [[Straff Venture|Lord Venture]] at the end of the week.
;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: [[House Venture|Venture]], [[House Hasting|Hasting]], [[House Elariel|Elariel]], [[House Tekiel|Tekiel]], [[House Lekal|Lekal]], Erikeller, Erikell, Haught, Urbain, Buvidas.
== Chapter 10 ==
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{{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]]
;Summary
Vin has returned to [[Luthadel]] to learn about other metals from the [[misting]]s in the [[Kelsier's crew|crew]], starting with Breeze. Hammond comes in and debates the morality of overthrowing the [[Final Empire]] as they wait for Kelsier to give a speech. During the speech, Breeze and his [[Brass|Soother]]s and [[Zinc|Rioter]]s manipulate the crowd to be more receptive to the speech. Afterward, Kelsier holds a progress meeting at Clubs’ shop. Before the meeting, Kelsier requests from Sazed to hear about a religion with power; Sazed tells Kelsier about [[Jaism]], and Kelsier asks Sazed if there is a religion that “include[s] the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty”. Also before the meeting, Vin and Spook talk about Marsh. The meeting ends when one of Hammond’s soldiers informs him that the [[Steel Ministry]] has discovered the lair previously belonging to [[Camon]].
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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 Inquisitor]]s.
== Chapter 11 ==
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{{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]]
;Summary
Some of the crew go to investigate the destroyed lair. Among the corpses, Vin notices [[Ulef]]’s corpse; it appears as if someone had ripped his rib cage apart with bare hands. Off to the side, Sazed recites a prayer of the [[Cazzi]] religion. [[Millev]]’s body is found tied to a chair, with strong evidence of having been tortured. After leaving the lair, Kelsier tries to find [[Camon]] among the beggars, to see if he was killed, too. Kelsier finds Camon’s corpse, wrists and ankles tied together, body tortured, and hung from a hook rammed through his mouth and out his neck. Vin had successfully tailed Kelsier, and they spoke briefly after Camon’s corpse was found. (His method of execution is reserved for those who abuse [[allomancy]]; likely, he knew that Vin was at least a [[misting]].)
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Another reference to feruchemy without using the term (in the epigraph).
== Chapter 12 ==
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{{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]]
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Vin heads off to a ball at [[Keep Venture]], Sazed driving the carriage. Kelsier drops in while the carriage is en route, gives Vin some advice, then jumps back out into the mists. Vin arrives at the ball, is introduced, gets scared at the initial attention, then realizes “Valette Renoux” is who the nobles are seeing, not Vin, herself. During the dinner, Vin sees her father across the room, witnessing an exchange between two young nobles - [[Reen]] had identified him to her when she was younger. Vin declines dancing invitations extended by various nobles, then takes a break and heads upstairs to the balcony over the hall. Vin has her first conversation with Elend, which shocks Sazed when he hears about it.
;Notes
[[Talk:Mistborn:_The_Final_Empire/Summary#Chapter_12_-_Deepness_Thoughts|Deepness Thoughts]]
==Chapter 13==
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{{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]]
;Summary
Sazed had questioned Vin on her interaction with [[Elend]], and Vin’s thoughts reflect the emergence of her true personality - not Lady Valette, not the timid crewmember. Kelsier learns that Vin’s father was at the ball, then heads out again. Vin feigns fatigue, retiring to her room to don her [[mistcloak]] and follow Kelsier. He returns to [[Luthadel]], and Vin discovers the metal pins in the roadway that help allomancers travel along the road - they allow her to make the trip twice as fast as a person on a horse. Kelsier lost Vin in the trip, so she went to [[Keep Venture]] - where she found Kelsier sitting and studying the keep. Kelsier tricks her, and they talk for a while after he catches her following him. Eventually, Kelsier teaches Vin about [[atium]], then takes her to [[Kredik Shaw]].
;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.”
== Chapter 14 ==
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{{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]]
;Summary
Kelsier leads Vin into [[Kredik Shaw]], and they fight their way towards the hut that the [[Lord Ruler]] visits for three hours every three days. Vin kills for the first time. She also notices that the Lord Ruler’s [[Brass|Soothing]] influences her despite her [[Copper|coppercloud]]. They make it to the building-within-a-building, but [[Bendal]] (the Steel Inquisitor from Chapter 2, still unnamed at this point), was inside. Two more Inquisitors enter the large room from side doors. To defend herself from an Inquisitor [[Steel|Pushing]] sharpened triangular pieces of metal at her, Vin grabs a random [[Mistborn:_The_Final_Empire/Epigraphs|leather-bound book]]. Burning [[atium]], Vin manages a temporary escape before the Chapter 2 Inquisitor impales her in the side with an axe made of obsidian blades. Vin escapes Kredik Shaw, still holding the book, but the Inquisitor follows. She uses the book to trick the Inquisitor temporarily, but he manages to find her again. As Vin loses consciousness, something kills the Inquisitor, taking Vin into a protective embrace. It wasn’t Kelsier.
;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]].
== Chapter 15 ==
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{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]]
;Summary
The crew argues about Kelsier’s decision to take Vin to [[Kredik Shaw]], and before they can go out to look for her, Sazed arrives with her. She is fed [[pewter]] to help her heal from her wounds. Sazed sets aside the [[Mistborn:_The_Final_Empire/Epigraphs|leather book]] that Vin had taken, then operates on her, stitching her back together, and Ham takes her up to her room to recover. Kelsier and Dockson notice the book, and Sazed tells them it is written Khlenni, the language of [[Khlennium]]. Sazed thinks he may be able to translate it, in time.
;Notes
First mention of a [[metalmind]], as Sazed admits to using an entire one up to make the trip from [[Renoux]]’s mansion.
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=Part 3: "Children of a Bleeding Sun"=
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