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He is almost always late to any 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, he wants 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. 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.
 
Kelsier is a psychopath;, though this is debatable due to the intense anger he exhibits when innocents are harmed, which is a very empathic trait. Nevertheless, Sanderson states that Kelsier derives pleasure from killing people, but only allows that part of his personality to surface occasionally, when he is fighting noblemen, and he tries to channel this aspect of his personality into a good cause.{{qa ref|1009|04|Kelsier is actually a psychopath.|date=Jul 9, 2013}}
 
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