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'''Kelsier''' is a half-[[skaa]] [[Allomancy|Mistborn]] from [[Scadrial]].{{book ref|mb1|2}} He is stern and intense, but always smiling; another act of rebellion against the Lord Ruler's oppression. He hates injustice and takes this hatred to the extreme, which originally resulted in him being unable to see good in any of the nobility. This was changed by [[Vin]] who fell in love with [[Elend Venture]]. Kelsier went on to save Elend's life from an [[inquisitor]]. His late wife [[Mare]] collected pre-Ascension memorabilia, and he keeps one piece, a drawing of a [[Flower picture|flower]],{{book ref|mb1|17}} to inspire his crew. Kelsier is the younger brother of [[Marsh]], who is disappointed at Kelsier's apparent lack of direction or purpose until Kelsier leads the [[skaa rebellion]]. He always keeps a smile on his face, because that is the one thing the Lord Ruler can't take from him.

He is almost always late to gatherings, which he attributes to always having somewhere better to be.{{book ref|mb1|27}} He always smiles and projects an excited and positive attitude, which is particularly unusual in the skaa underground. He does this in order to fight the Lord Ruler's oppression of all the skaa, wanting to have one thing which cannot be taken away from him.{{book ref|mb1|prologue}} He hates all of the nobility and tends to believe that all of them are to blame for the plight of the skaa, although near the end of his life this attitude changes due to Vin's insistence that [[Elend]] is different and that not all the nobles should be fought, although his views did not fully change, and he retained his prejudice and distrust. He has an imposing presence and is a natural leader, easily taking charge and swaying even the downtrodden skaa of Luthadel into joining the rebellion with his charming personality. If Kelsier orders a person around, it is a sign of affection.{{wob ref|9634}}

Kelsier is a psychopath,{{wob ref|4103}} or at least has some psychopathic tendencies.{{wob ref|8700}} He shows little empathy or fear, as well as a high ego,{{wob ref|4103}} and is frequently quick to resort to using violence&mdash;often lethal violence&mdash;to solve problems,{{book ref|mb1|5}}{{wob ref|2375}}{{book ref|mb2|54}}{{msh ref|6|7}} even when doing so clearly won't actually help the people he is supposedly trying to help.{{msh ref|2|3}} He is arrogant and very driven which, combined with his power, makes him incredibly dangerous;{{wob ref|14601}} he is willing to go extremely far to achieve his goals&mdash;for example, he would be willing to use [[Hemalurgy]] on a large scale to create powerful Allomancers if ultimately necessary to protect Scadrial from other forces in the cosmere&mdash;though is not quite as utilitarian as [[Taravangian]].{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|4}}{{wob ref|14537}} Perhaps as a result of his egotism and arrogance, several of his plans involve setting himself up as a powerful, mysterious, or even divine figure.{{book ref|mb1|35}}{{book ref|mb6|21}}{{book ref|sa4|115}}{{wob ref|14641}} He is a great agent of chaos and is very good at tearing things down and messing with what other people want.{{wob ref|14601}} There is a darkness to him that other heroes, such as [[Kaladin]], would fight but that Kelsier instead embraces and is so ruthless that, in a fight with other notable people from the [[cosmere]], he would be the most likely to win;{{wob ref|9702}}{{wob ref|1779}} even [[Hoid]] considers him incredibly dangerous.{{book ref|sa4|64}} Had his life gone differently, he could have been an outright evil person and, outside the context of the [[Final Empire]], would likely be a villain.{{wob ref|4103}}{{wob ref|14601}}{{wob ref|9702}}

Kelsier has an unknown [[Seon]] which he uses to commmunicatecommunicate with his [[Ghostbloods]] on Scadrial.{{book ref|mb7|40}}

To put the plan in motion, Kelsier first targeted [[Keep Venture]], as House Venture was the currently the most powerful house in Luthadel and an attack on it would have the greatest impact. Kelsier killed eight [[Hazekiller]]s, stole a bag of [[atium]], and made sure that it became known that a Mistborn had attacked a Great House, something forbidden by an unspoken agreement between the houses.{{book ref|mb1|5}} He gifted Vin a [[mistcloak]] and started to teach her Allomancy. Vin expected that Kelsier would use his knowledge to control her, but to her surprise, he openly explained her the eight basic metals. Kelsier let Vin jump over the city walls as an exercise for [[steel]] and [[iron]] and was surprised how voluntarily she did it, remembering his own training.{{book ref|mb1|7}} Outside the city, they saw a [[Mistwraith]]. Back at the city gates Kelsier introduced Vin to [[Sazed]]. Realizing Vin didn't trust him, he told her that in his crew they trust each other. He offered to teach her about [[gold]] and atium, gave her the money he took from Camon, and allowed her to leave, as he didn't want to force anybody into his crew. Vin decided to stay in order to see if he told the truth about trusting others.{{book ref|mb1|8}}

[[Steris]] and [[Marasi]] are both members of this religion, though Marasi admits that it is more because she was raised in it. Its central tenet is simply to survive, by any means, until you cannot survive any longer. Priests in this religion wear robes with stitching up the arms to emulate Kelsier's scars from the [[Pits of Hathsin]].

Aside from the Survivorists, there was also a whole civilization of people that worshiped Kelsier far to to the south of Elendel, calling him the '''Sovereign'''. Kelsier had traveled there several years after the [[Catacendre]], inhabiting a physical body that was spiked in the right eye, and found the [[Southern Scadrian]]s slowly dying of an unexplained coldness. He helped the people there survive using his knowledge of the Metallic Arts, showing them how to make [[Feruchemy#Unsealed_Metalminds|unsealed metalminds]] to store attributes like heat in a way that could be shared with anyone. As the Sovereign, Kelsier ruled the Southern Scadrians for a time and formed another religion that deified [[Metalborn]], and then he left.{{book ref|mb6|21}}

Kelsier is known as [[Thaidakar]]{{book ref|sa4|115}} to the [[Ghostbloods]], a secret society that operates on several planets, including [[Roshar]]. Kelsier is the leader and presumed founder of the organization, which [[Mraize]] calls "the most powerful organization in all the cosmere."{{book ref|sa4|115}} He is referred to by [[Hoid]] as "the Lord of Scars."{{book ref|sa4|115}} Kelsier is [[Iyatil]]'s master. While he is incapable of leaving Scadrial in person, he uses an "avatar" to visit the Ghostbloods on Roshar.{{book ref|sa4|115}} He appears to be using the Ghostbloods to find a way for him to leave Scadrial and is very interested in learning from the [[Heralds]], particularly [[Kalak]], as they are subject to a similar restriction.{{book ref|sa4|13}}{{book ref|sa4|82}}{{book ref|sa4|115}} When assassinated by [[Szeth]], [[Gavilar]] suspects Thaidakar of ordering his death.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} He has also worked together with Khriss.{{wob ref|14891}} The Ghostbloods believe Kelsier to still have his Allomantic abilities,{{wob ref|16002}} and he appears to be playing into this lie.{{book ref|mb7|40}}

* '''Survivor of [[Pits of Hathsin|Hathsin]]''' - A title given to him by the skaa, as he was the onlyfirst person ever to escape the Pits alive. Later used as a religious title.

* '''He Who Lived''', - A title used by Jak{{file ref|Elendel Daily broadsheet.png|''The Elendel Daily'' broadsheet}}

| [[Hoid]] to Kelsier through [[Shallan]]{{book ref|sa4|115}}

He and Gavilar were working against each other to an unknown extent. Their relationship was thesuch sort to wherethat Gavilar was quick to believe that he was the one who ordered his murder.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}}

Leras is fascinated by Kelsier due to him being the first to punch him after death, and being the first to attempt to recruit him to their schemes. Thus he decides to go along with him out of curiosity.{{msh ref|1|1}} Despite being mostly cordial with Kelsier, he does hatedisapprove of him to an extent due to how he manipulated peoples faiths during his life, playing with their hearts and treating their faith casually.{{msh ref|6|4}} He also hatesis frustrated how much Kelsier goes against his Intent, bringing about massive societal change in how he brought about the death of the Lord Ruler, who was perfectly preserved, and played into Ruin's plans.{{msh ref|1|2}}