Difference between revisions of "The Well of Ascension"

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|cover=Mistborn 2.jpg

|series=[[Mistborn trilogy]]

|prequel=Mistborn: The Final Empire|sequel=The Hero of Ages

|publisher=Tor Books

|ISBN=978-0-7653-1688-2

'''The Well of Ascension''' is the second volume of the [[Mistborn trilogy]] by [[Brandon Sanderson]]. It is preceded by [[The Final Empire]] and followed by [[The Hero of Ages]]. The book follows the remaining members of [[Kelsier|Kelsier's]] crew as they try to bring stability to [[Luthadel]] and the rest of the [[Final Empire]] in the chaos following the death of [[The Lord Ruler]]. Faced with armies laying seige to the city outside the walls, political factions and unrest among the newly-freed skaa within, and a new, sinister change in behaviour from the mists themselves, [[Vin]], and the rest of the crew, along with the newly crowned King [[Elend Venture]], must find a way to protect the fledgling empire they have created.

 

 

They did the impossible, deposing the godlike being whose brutal rule had lasted a thousand years. Now Vin, the street urchin who has grown into the most powerful Mistborn in the land, and Elend Venture, the idealistic young nobleman who loves her, must build a healthy new society in the ashes of an empire.

Almost a year has passed since the revolution that deposed the Lord Ruler. Elend Venture has transformed the ancient empire's capital city into a democratic kingdom over which he presides. Elend's own father, [[Straff Venture]] has brought an army from the north to take control of the city, but the arrival of another army led out of the west by [[Ashweather Cett]] — tricked into coming by [[Breeze]] forces the city into an extended seige. Elend and the crew decide to play a dangerous game, trying to incite the two armies to attack one another by convincing each that Luthadel will ally with them in the battle. The later arrival of a third, even more dangerous army of [[koloss]] led by Elend's once-friend [[Jastes Lekal]] strains the tensions in the city even farther. In addition to this, Vin and Elend find that a kandra—most likely sent by one of the armies—has killed and replaced someone within the walls, though they have no idea who it might be.

 

 

 

Outside of Luthadel, [[Sazed]] travels the land, trying to teach the skaa the knowledge he has carried for a time such as this, though he is disheartened by their apathy for it. [[Marsh]] finds him and the two travel to the [[Conventical of Seran]], an abandoned Inquisitor stronghold. There, Sazed finds a large metal plaque written in ancient Terris and takes a rubbing of it to study. Concerned with the importance of this work, Sazed decides to return to Luthadel to work on the project, though on the way Marsh mysteriously disappears one night, and he begins encountering skaa who tell of the mists coming in the daytime and killing people.

; [[Vin]] : She struggles with her love of Elend whilst she protects him from enemy Allomancers, fighting with [[Zane]] until finally choosing to believe she is the [[Hero of Ages]], she finds the [[Well of Ascension]] and lets the powers contained there dissipate, releasing [[Ruin]].

; [[Elend]] : He attempts to rule his new kingdom fairly, by the constitution he created. He is eventually deposed.

 

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