Difference between revisions of "Kelsier"

|titles=Survivor of [[Pits of Hathsin|Hathsin]]{{nosnippet|, Survivor of Mists,{{book ref|mb4|19}}, Survivor of Death,{{msh ref|4|4}}, Survivor, Lord of the Mists, Sovereign, [[Thaidakar|Lord of Scars]]{{book ref|sa4|115}}{{book ref|sa4|82}}}}

Kelsier is tall and hawk-faced and has light-blonde hair and hazel eyes;{{book ref|mb1|3}}{{wob ref|9216}}; he has a multitude of large scars crossing both arms from his time in the [[Pits of Hathsin]].{{book ref|mb1|prologue}} He usually wears a nobleman's suit (a colored vest with dark trousers and a coat), and for night time activities his [[mistcloak]].

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. 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. However, he is not above using this personality to manipulate those around him to his own ends, as can be viewed through his spreading of the rumors of the "eleventh metal". Kelsier is very utilitarian, willing to go extremely far to achieve his goals, though not as far as [[Taravangian]].{{wob ref|14537}} If Kelsier orders a person around, it is a sign of affection.{{wob ref|9634}}

Kelsier is a Mistborn, so he can burn every Allomantic metal, although he is particularly proficient with the external physical metals [[iron]] and [[steel]].{{book ref|mb1|34}}. He is capable of using them with a high degree of precision to control the momentum and rotation of dozens of pieces of metal simultaneously. He once used them in his fight with a [[Steel Inquisitor]], so the metals acted like they were alive, twitching and flying through the air to cut and distract the Steel Inquisitor. He lacks finesse in the external mental abilities of [[zinc]] and [[brass]] as he tends to create large changes in emotional states as opposed to the more subtle Soothing abilities of [[Breeze]], although he can affect a relatively large mass of people.{{book ref|mb1|10}} He is quite proficient at pewter dragging and has enough practice to maintain it for hours and still maintain a fair amount of clarity afterwards.{{book ref|mb1|25}}

Born to a [[noble]] father and skaa mother,{{book ref|mb1|8}}, his mother kept both Kelsier and Marsh alive by pretending that she was noble to their father so that their children would be considered merely illegitimate noblemen instead of half-breeds; however, their father eventually found out. Thus Kelsier's mother was killed, and because of this, the brothers have a deep hatred of noblemen. Kelsier then made his living as a thief, becoming famous throughout [[Luthadel]]. However, after a failed attempt at stealing from the Lord Ruler himself in his secret room inside [[Kredik Shaw]], he was sent to the [[atium]] mines in the [[Pits of Hathsin]].{{book ref|mb1|4}}. There he spent his time believing that his wife Mare had betrayed him to the Lord Ruler until he witnessed his wife being beaten to death by guards after she gifted her Atium bead to him. He then "Snapped", becoming a [[Allomancy|Mistborn]].{{book ref|mb1|17}}. Using Allomancy he was able to escape the Pits. Kelsier was then trained by a Mistborn named [[Gemmel]]{{book ref|11m}} and they traveled to the far north of the [[Western Dominance]] to a city called [[Mantiz]] where Kelsier heard rumors of the [[malatium|Eleventh metal]] from the skaa in [[Keep Shezler]]. Kelsier sought and eventually found the Eleventh metal as he believed it would help him to defeat the Lord Ruler.{{book ref|11m}}

After discovering the [[malatium|Eleventh Metal]] Kelsier travels back to Luthadel and takes a job from the skaa rebellion to bring down the Final Empire. After gathering a team of some of the best (and Kelsier believed, the kindest) thieves in the city, including skilled [[misting]]s, he sets in motion a plan to destroy the [[Final Empire]] and kill the [[Lord Ruler]]. After saving her from her former crew, he takes on [[Vin]] as a student after confirming his suspicions about her being a Mistborn and saving her from [[Camon]].{{book ref|mb1|3}}. While pulling off the plan, Kelsier himself takes on many roles, acting as a beacon to the repressed skaa, assisting in recruitment,{{book ref|mb1|10}}, attacking many noblemen to increase the tensions between the Great Houses,{{book ref|mb1|5}}, collecting information by purchasing it from informants, and even poses as an informant himself in order to provide misinformation to noblemen.{{book ref|mb1|19}} Though they suffer many setbacks, Kelsier's leadership allows the rebellion to attain an army of sufficient size to hold Luthadel.

The "Survivor's Statemark" is one of the symbols of the faith. When [[Bleeder]] killed [[Father Bin]] by nailing him to a wall, it is described as a parody of the Survivor's Statemark,{{book ref|mb5|12}}, implying that the Statemark depicts the way Kelsier died, impaled by a spear.