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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}}.
When a fellow koloss dies, other koloss in the vicinity would attempt to collect and reuse the spikes from the dead one. This resulted in the koloss being able to reproduce in a manner of speaking, provided that they had someone to stick the spikes into. The koloss were periodically supplied with fresh spikes and skaa captives to produce more koloss, but after the death of the Lord Ruler, they learned how to reproduce on their own, via harvesting the spikes from their dead brethren and re-using them.{{epigraph ref|mb3|42}}
Most of the killing within a tribe was done solely on a whim, usually to get something the other koloss owned, or because some random glance or act had enraged one of the koloss.{{book ref|mb2|19}}
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}}
After Harmony's Ascension, koloss were physically changed to become 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}}▼
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Humans who are koloss-blooded have a mottled granite-like complexion.{{book ref|mb4|5}} Furthermore they continue to grow taller throughout their lives. [[Wax]] estimates [[Tarson]] to be young purely by his short but stocky frame.{{book ref|mb4|19}}
== Notable Koloss ==
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