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{{quote|There's always another secret|Kelsier's mantra}}
 
'''Kelsier''' is a half-[[skaa]] [[Allomancy#Mistborn|Mistborn]] from [[Scadrial]].{{book ref|b|mb1|c|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 results in him being unable to see good in any of the nobility. His wife [[Mare]] collected pre-Ascension memorabilia, he keeps one piece, a [[Flower picture|flower]]{{book ref|b|mb1|c|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 begins the [[skaa rebellion]]. He always keeps a smile on his face, believing that is the best way to fight.
 
== Appearance and Personality ==
Kelsier is tall and hawk-faced and has light-blonde hair{{book ref|b|mb1|c|3}}; he has a multitude of large scars crossing both arms from his time in the Pits.{{book ref|b|mb1|c|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 any gatherings, which he attributes to always having somewhere better to be{{book ref|b|mb1|c|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|b|mb1|c|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.
 
== History ==
=== Early Life ===
Born to a [[noble]] father and skaa mother{{book ref|b|mb1|c|8}}, his mother kept both Kelsier and Marsh alive by pretending that she was a noble to their father so that their children would be considered merely illegitimate noblemen instead of half-breeds; however, their father eventually found out. 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|b|mb1|c|4}}. There, the night of the death of his wife, he "Snapped", becoming a [[Allomancy#Mistborn|Mistborn]]{{book ref|b|mb1|c|17}}. Using Allomancy he was able to escape the Pits. Kelsier was then trained by a mistborn named [[Gemmel]]{{book ref|b|11m}} and they travelled to the far north of the [[Western Dominance]] to a city called [[Mantiz]] where Kelsier heard rumours 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|b|11m}}
 
=== The Skaa Rebellion ===
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 and 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|b|mb1|c|3}}. While pulling off the plan Kelsier himself takes on many roles, acting as a beacon to the repressed skaa he assists in recruitment{{book ref|b|mb1|c|10}}, he attacks many Noblemen to increase the tensions between the Great Houses{{book ref|b|mb1|c|5}}, he collects information by purchasing it from informants and also poses as an informant himself in order to provide misinformation to Noblemen.{{book ref|b|mb1|c|19}} Though they suffer many setback, Kelsiers leadership allows the rebellion to attain an army of sufficient size to hold Luthadel.
 
=== Death ===
When several skaa from the rebellion are about to be executed, Kelsier attempts to save them. He is confronted by a Steel Inquisitor which he eventually manages to defeat. However, Kelsier is then confronted by the Lord Ruler, who stabs him in the chest with a spear, killing him.{{book ref|b|mb1|c|34}} Kelsier later reveals in his letter to Vin that he had intended to use the Eleventh Metal to destroy the Lord Ruler but could not discover how to use it in his fight.{{book ref|b|mb1|c|35}} His death results in the founding of the Church of the Survivor, who call him "Lord of the Mists". As a result of this Vin also becomes a major religious figure.
 
=== Appearances After Death ===
Kelsiers body is used by the [[Kandra]] [[OreSeur]]{{book ref|b|mb1|c|35}} and later by [[TenSoon]]{{book ref|b|mb3|c|52}} after his death to make appearances to and inspire his followers.
 
An apparition with Kelsier's features appears to [[Spook]], giving him the ability to burn pewter, but this is later revealed to be [[Ruin]], who is using Kelsier as a guise.
Kelsier 'looked after' [[Preservation]] between [[Leras]]'s death and [[Vin]]'s ''ascension''.{{qa ref|727|50|Hero of Ages Q&A - TWG}}
 
{{quote|From the Well of Ascension, of course. It's the same power, after all. Solid in the metal you fed to Elend. Liquid in the pool you burned. And vapor in the air, confined to night. Hiding you. Protecting you.<br>Giving you power!|Kelsier speaks to [[Vin]] before she ascends?{{book ref|b|mb3|c|72}}}}
 
After the [[Final Ascension]] Kelsier is with Harmony having not "gone towards the light" and is still hanging around causing trouble.{{qa ref|428|10|Barnes&Noble Bookclub Q&A}}
== Attributes and Abilities ==
=== Allomancy ===
Kelsier is a Mistborn, and so he can burn every Allomantic metal, although he is particularly proficient with the external physical metals; [[iron]] and [[steel]]{{book ref|b|mb1|c|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 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]].{{book ref|b|mb1|c|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|b|mb1|c|25}}
 
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