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'''Gemmel''' is a [[Allomancy|Mistborn]] who trains [[Kelsier]] in the [[Allomantic]] arts.{{book ref|11m}}▼
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|I'm here to teach you how to fight. Not how to talk.
|Gemmel about his teaching to Kelsier{{book ref|11m}}
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▲'''Gemmel''' is
== Appearance and Personality ==
Gemmel is scrawny, and has a ragged gray beard and unkempt hair. Like most [[Mistborn]], he wears a [[mistcloak]] on nightly escapades.{{book ref|11m}}
The aging man isn't completely sane, mutters to himself, and sometimes seems more beast than man.
He likely is a [[skaa]] halfblood.{{ref|text=When Kelsier first meets [[Vin]], he tells her that he'd known only a single skaa Mistborn before her. This likely refers to Gemmel.{{book ref|mb1|3}}|group=note}}
== Attributes and Abilities ==
Gemmel is a decently skilled [[Mistborn]], who prefers to use [[steel]] Pushes and other physical [[Allomantic]] attacks. He dislikes using other metals as much, such as [[zinc]] and [[brass]].{{book ref|11m}}
== History ==
=== Keep Shezler ===
Only three months after [[Kelsier]] escaped from the [[Pits of Hathsin]], he and Gemmel visit [[Mantiz]] to infiltrate [[Keep Shezler]]. Along their way to the keep, they talk a little about Kelsier’s past, and all the while Gemmel keeps training his student,
Upon reaching the keep, Gemmel goes up the roof to have a better view,
In the basement, Kelsier starts sneaking through the room, but Gemmel comes in without any attempt at stealth. In the next room, they find half a dozen bound up [[skaa]] and Kelsier begins tending to them, but is interrupted when [[Antillius Shezler]], the keep’s [[Noble|nobleman]] and also a [[Mistborn]], shouts and shoots a coin at him. Kelsier manages to kill Shezler without any help from Gemmel, who
== Relationships ==
=== Kelsier ===
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Gemmel is [[Kelsier]]'s mentor in the Allomantic arts. His training primarily focuses on the Pushing and Pulling metals, [[steel]] and [[iron]] respectively, but he also helps Kelsier to think like an Allomancer, for example by pressing him to have all eight basic metals burning constantly. He once tried getting Kelsier to pierce a coppercloud, sitting with him for hours, Kelsier focused on nothing but him, and his own bronze.{{cite}} He frequently places his pupil in life or death scenarios, like pushing him off a city wall. Although he often grumbles at Kelsier, Gemmel likes him more than his previous three apprentices, sometimes even showing some sign of respect for him.{{book ref|mb1|5}}{{book ref|mb1|8}}{{book ref|11m}}▼
|I wonder what I’ve unleashed upon the world by teaching you Allomancy. Of course, my trainer said the same thing about me.
|Kelsier to Vin{{book ref|mb1|27}}
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▲Gemmel is [[Kelsier]]'s mentor in the Allomantic arts. His training primarily focuses on the Pushing and Pulling metals, [[steel]] and [[iron]] respectively, but he also helps Kelsier to think like an Allomancer, for example by pressing him to have all eight basic metals burning constantly.
=== Ruin ===
▲It is very likely that Gemmel is [[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgically]] spiked. The two main reasons to assume this are that Gemmel hears a voice no one else hears ([[Ruin]]'s voice specifically), and that the [[Mist]]s aren't attracted to him like they are drawn to most Allomancers.{{book ref|11m}}{{wob ref|712}}
Through Ruin, Gemmel knew things he probably couldn't have figured out by himself, like certain aspects about Kelsier's past or where to find the [[Malatium|Eleventh Metal]]. Ruin's influence also affects Gemmel's personality. At first sight, he just seems a madman, but a lot of what he says to Kelsier is very similar to Ruin's sayings. This applies especially to his answer on Kelsier's sarcastic question about the meaning of life.{{book ref|11m}}{{book ref|mb3|57}}
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== Trivia ==
* Gemmel met [[Zane Venture]] once, but that meeting wasn't necessarily relevant.{{wob ref|3613}}
* Gemmel was directed to find Kelsier, likely by Ruin.{{wob ref|7860}}
* Fighting Kelsier to the death as a final piece of training seems like something Gemmel would do.{{wob ref|3619}}
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