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|Kelsier really wasn't kidding when he said that. Be '''very''' wary of spoilers for all of the Mistborn books and short stories.

In the second generation of the series, the cultcults which started after Kelsier's deception with [[OreSeur]] directly following his death has become a fully-formed religion. The [[Church of the Survivor]], or Survivorism, is possibly the most organized of [[Scadrial]]'s religions in this period, as well as being the clear favorite among the social elite and downtrodden alike. [[Steris]] and [[Marasi]] are both members of this religion, though Marasi at least 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]]. The "Survior's Statemark" is one of the symbols of the faith. When [[Father Bin]] was killed by Bleeder, reference is made to the mockery of the Survivor's Statemark in how he was killed.{{book ref|mb5|12}} The Statemark may have reference to an eye or eyes pierced with a [[Hemalurgy|hemalurgic]] spike.

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}}