Difference between revisions of "Koloss"

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The '''koloss''' were a bestial race of creatures on [[Scadrial]], featured in the [[Mistborn trilogy]], created by the [[Lord Ruler]] through the use of [[Hemalurgy]].{{book ref|mb3|37}}{{book ref|mb3|40}} During the time of the Lord Ruler, koloss served as a powerful, fiercely loyal army to him, thanks in no small part to the fact that they could be controlled through the use of [[Allomancy]] by any powerful [[Allomancy#Mistborn|Mistborn]] or group of [[brass]] [[misting]]s. {{book ref|mb2|54}}{{book ref|mb3|3}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|21}}.

 

The koloss were physically very large and very powerful. A full sized koloss could grow to be as tall as twelve feet. A young koloss had as much skin as it would come to have in its later life. Because of this, the younger a koloss was, the fatter they looked due to having too much baggy skin covering themselves. The skin itself didn't hold terribly firmly to the koloss' body.{{book ref|mb2|19}} As the koloss grew taller, their skin would tear and fit tightly to them. When a koloss reached about twelve feet, their hearts could no longer sustain their bodies, and they would die shortly thereafter.

 

After Harmony's Ascension, however, the koloss were transformed into a tribal race that could breed, which lived in the [[Roughs]]. {{qa ref|428|10|What happened to the koloss?|date=2009-07}}

As a true breeding race, Koloss turn their koloss-blooded children into full koloss by holding a coming-of-age ritual where they choose to accept the requisite spikes or not. Those who do not accept the spikes leave. Additionally, outsiders can choose to become koloss through this ritual.{{ref|name=WoRbeaverton}}

 

== Notable Koloss ==