Difference between revisions of "Telden Hasting"

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=== Elend ===
{{quote|I thought that [[Kelsier's crew|they]] had picked you as a puppet, El. I thought . . . well, I’m sorry. I guess I just didn’t have much faith in you.|Telden to Elend on his coronation{{book ref|mb3|32}}}}
Telden and Elend had a strong friendship in their youth, although they were very different people.{{book ref|mb1|23}} Telden's concerns were with women, and all of his attempts to give Elend relationship advice went nowhere.{{book ref|mb3|32}} Telden could not understand his friends odd love of books{{book ref|mb1|23}} and the skaa.{{book ref|mb3|50}} He was a little dismissive of Elend believing that he and his scholarly habits were a little bit boring{{book ref|mb1|23}} and that Elend would never end up married.{{book ref|mb3|32}} He agreed with some of Elend's idealsmore practical beliefs though, hoping the nobility could regain political power they had lost to the Lord Ruler through a united front.{{book ref|mb1|23}} Elend for his part often had to work hard to convince Telden of his beliefs.{{book ref|mb3|32}} Telden also had little faith in Elend as a politician, believing that he was a puppet of Kelsier crew and never would be able to actual rule a nation.
 
After Elend's [[New Empire]] began to absorb the other nascent nations, Telden realized that Elend was seriously considering taking Fadrex City by force.{{book ref|mb3|32}} He did not understand what had happened to his idealist friend. He believed that Elend had betrayed all that he had once stood for. By this point, Telden and Elend had grown distant, they merely had memories of friendship. Elend was also afraid to tell Telden that he had executed their mutual friend Jastes Lekal. Telden treated Elend differently as well, bowing to him when he withdrew from Elend's presence. Elend had grown into a realist, while Telden remained the carefree man that he always had been.{{book ref|mb3|32}}{{book ref|mb3|50}}
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