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{{epigraph|It is a distant hope. Alendi has survived assassins, wars, and catastrophes. And yet, I hope that in the frozen mountains of Terris, he may finally be exposed. I hope for a miracle.}}
'''Point of View: Sazed, Elend, Vin
Sazed listens in as Penrod, Cett and Janarle impatiently debate on their future courses of action, while they await Elend's arrival and Vin's return to consciousness.
Elend and Spook arrive at Luthadel and join a group of refugees entering the city.
Sazed reviews the journal that he wrote along with Tindwyl, and reminisces. He reads their notes on the Hero of Ages, and has a premonition that something doesn't seem right. He notices the phrase "Holy First Witness" and realizes this is what the skaa called him, but never made the connection before. Vin appears and tells Sazed that the Well of Ascension is in Luthadel and that she feels it pulling on her. She also speaks of how she pulled on the mists to defeat the Lord Ruler. Sazed counters that the Well was in the Terris Mountains but Vin says that the Lord Ruler changed the world's geography. They are interrupted by shouts that the King has returned.
Elend, Hammond and Spook walk through a crowd in the Luthadel streets and meet with Vin, who informs Elend that he is now Emperor, and he sheds his previous misgivings about governing.
Sazed notices a ripped piece of paper with his handwriting that says "Alendi must not reach the Well of Ascension for he must not be allowed to take the power for himself" and wonders why Kwaan thought this since it seems to contradict what he knows of Kwaan's opinion.
Vin leads Elend, Hammond and Spook towards Kredik Shaw, where she believes the Well of Ascension is located. Elend observes that the mists seem to be pulling away from Vin. Vin thinks the Well is pulsing more strongly now that its power has reached its maximum capacity. They enter the keep, and Vin finds a secret allomantic door, using a duralumin pull to open it.
Sazed reads Kwaan's notes and observations that he was incorrect in proclaiming Alendi as the Hero of Ages. Sazed is confused by an apparent contradiction that he can't pinpoint. The mist spirit appears suddenly, startling Sazed, and points toward the center of the city. Sazed deduces that it may not be a good thing for Vin to find the Well, and starts heading toward Kredik Shaw as people start screaming in terror outside.
Vin, Elend, Hammond and Spook find a storage cache of food and a map of the Final Empire etched in metal with [[Statlin City]] circled. They continue their search for the Well.
Sazed finds the body of a skaa who died painfully as he follows the mist spirit which is urging him toward Kredik Shaw. The spirit denies killing the skaa. Sazed enters the keep as the spirit stays outside in the mists. Sazed encounters Marsh, who says that Sazed should not have come there and that he wishes he knew why he had to kill Sazed. Marsh then allomantically pushes on Sazed's arm bracers, causing him to slam into the wall.
===Chapter 58===
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