Difference between revisions of "Rashek"

|image=The Lord Ruler by AriNevena IbarraJevtic.jpg

|titles=Lord Ruler, Sliver of Infinity, the Father, the Conqueror,{{book ref|mb2|37}} First Emperor{{book ref|mb5mb6|3}}

|abilities={{tag+|Feruchemist}}, {{tag+|mistbornsliver}}, {{tag+|hemalurgistmistborn}}, {{tag+|sliverhemalurgist}}

|died={{date|1022|fe}}{{book ref|mb1|38}}

|booksfirst appeared=[[Mistborn: The EraFinal 1Empire]]

'''Rashek''' is a [[Terrisman]] from [[Scadrial]]. Known as the '''Lord Ruler''', the '''Sliver of Infinity''' and the '''Father''', he has access to the full range of abilities of both a [[Feruchemist]] and an [[Allomancer]], and has [[Hemalurgic]] spikes in his body. As a result, he is an extremely powerful [[Compounding|Compounder]], and he was able to unify much of the world into an empire that lasted for around one thousand years.

Rashek is incredibly tall, handsome and handsome.charismatic, He haswith pale skin and has black hair. He wears black and white clothing that resembles an exaggerated nobleman's suit, with a coat that runs down to his feet and trails behind him and a black vest accented with white markings. He also wears several rings, both as show of his strengthwealth and as [[Feruchemical]] storage.{{book ref|mb1|34}}

Rashek iswas born with the powers of a full [[Feruchemist]]. DuringWhen he used the first[[Well of Ascension]], he rebuiltbecame himselfa [[Sliver]] of [[Preservation]] and also used its power to bemake himself an extremely powerfulstrong [[Mistborn]].{{wob ref|4499}}{{wob ref|685}} In addition to this, he has [[Hemalurgic]] spikes, charged with unknown attributes.{{wob ref|5865}} With a combination of all three [[Metallic Arts]], he is able to [[Compounding|Compound]] allany sixteenmetal metalsthat andhe has a metalmind made of, which he uses to pull off his most impressive abilitiesfeats. Rashek has used his metals enough to become nearly a [[savant]], if not a full savant, in every area.{{wob ref|4070}}{{wob ref|13393}}

By Compounding steel, tin, and pewter, he possesses unparalleled speed, strength and enhanced senses. He can influence the emotions of over ten thousand people with zinc and brass. Withand hiscan compoundedSoothe copper,individuals hewith hasenough aforce flawlessto memoryinduce an effect similar to depression.{{book ref|mb1|14}}{{book ref|mb1|26}} His power allows him to easily pierce copperclouds and to Push and Pull on metal in human bodies.{{book ref|mb1|38}} He couldcan further increase the Powerpower of his ironpulling and steelpushing by increasing his weight with his ironminds. He also has a flawless memory, likely either inherited from his uncle, [[Kwaan]], or a result of Compounding copper.{{book ref|mb1|6}}{{wob ref|2303}} He can detect that a person is lying with his Allomantic senses.{{book ref|mb1|36}}

By Compounding Feruchemical gold and Feruchemical atium, heRashek effectively made himself immortal.{{book ref|mb1|epilogue}} However, as he aged, he required more and more stored youth to keep himself alive, andoften hekeeping himself in a weakened state within a hut inside his palace to recharge his bands. He would have eventually had to resort to other means to retain his immortality.{{wob Usingref|5504}} theHe Wellcan ofheal Ascensionquickly alsoand madecannot Rashekbe killed by conventional means while using his stored health making him difficult to kill; as a Sliverresult he has survived decapitation, burnings, dismemberment, and flaying.{{book ref|mb1|15}} As a result of Preservationhis age and experience, it is nearly impossible to deceive him.{{wob ref|2465}}

{{image|TheFalse DeepnessHero by creativityinajarHinumay.jpgpng|side=rightleft|width=300px|[[Vin]]Betraying flyingAlendi in front of a stained-glass window depictingat the LordWell Ruler and theof [[Deepness]]Ascension}}

Rashek was part of a growing number of young [[Terris]] who had more violent attitudes than was seen as typical of their people. They believed that their [[Feruchemy]] should have been put to greater use than it was as a tool for simple labour. [[Alendi]] believed Rashek and his fellows to be dangerous, given the opportunity.{{epigraph ref|mb1|11}}

Rashek believed that [[Alendi]] was not the true [[Hero of Ages]], and was resentful of him.{{epigraph ref|mb1|21}} He thought that an outsider -- someone not pure Terris, as well as an oppressor of Terris -- could not be the Hero, and that Alendi had tricked the Terris philosophers.{{epigraph ref|mb1|27}}{{epigraph ref|mb2|50}} He led Alendi to the [[Well of Ascension]] and killed him, under instructions from his uncle, [[Kwaan]]. He was ignored by [[Ruin]] up until the moment he murdered Alendi.{{wob ref|5767}} He then took and used the power of [[Preservation]], ascendingAscending to become the Lord Ruler.

As Rashek was using the power of the Well, he changed many aspects of life on [[Scadrial]], in order to save the world from the [[Deepness]]. Many of his changes, however, created even more problems that needed to be addressed. He moved the planet closer to its sun in an attempt to burn the mists away. The new orbit was too close to the sun, and he created active volcanoes to produce large amounts of ash and smoke to cool down the world.{{epigraph ref|mb3|4}} The climate of ceaseless ashfalls required some mechanism to break down the ash, that the world did not suffocate on it, so Rashek altered the plant life to be able to survive the ash and created microbes to break it down. However, that was still not enough to save humanity. Rashek altered the physiology of humans on Scadrial to be able to survive the ashfall.{{epigraph ref|mb3|5}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|15}}

Further alterations to the world and humanity were made to secure his rule over the world. The original Terris mountains were flattened, and new mountains were raised in the north in an area which he renamed Terris in order to hide the location of the Well of Ascension.{{epigraph ref|mb3|12}} While he had adapted humanity to the ash, he made other changes, creating the [[Noble|nobility]] and the [[skaa]] of the [[Final Empire]] with slight alterations to their physiology. The nobility he made taller, stronger and more intelligent, but less fertile. The skaa he made more fertile, shorter and hardier.{{epigraph ref|mb3|25}}

He offered his friends a choice to make on behalf of all living Feruchemists, to transform them into mistwraiths[[mistwraith]]s. His friends he further transformed into [[kandra]] to allow them to retain their minds and their memories. In this process, he failed to account for Feruchemy genes still dormant in the Terris population, an oversight which allowed more Feruchemists to be born into following generations.{{epigraph ref|mb3|68}}

Though he had already created the kandra in his Terris friends, he gained much knowledge of the three [[Metallic Arts]] in the brief moments he held the power of the Well. With his knowledge of [[Hemalurgy]], he was able to create [[koloss]] and [[Steel Inquisitors]]. Despite all the knowledge gained from his holding the power of the Well, in a thousand years he was unable to create more than the three Hemalurgic constructs which he had already created.{{epigraph ref|mb3|9}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|44}}

Finally, he rebuilt himself to be a [[Mistborn]], rather than ingesting one of the beads of [[Lerasiumlerasium]] at the Well of Ascension.{{wob ref|9889}} He was aware of the possibility of life on other planets in the [[cosmere]], but had no interest or experience in leaving Scadrial. If he so wished, he could have left Scadrial during his Ascension.{{wob ref|955}}

With the last of his power, Rashek created a replica of his old hut within [[Kredik Shaw]] over the Well itself as a place of retreat for himself.{{epigraph ref|mb3|12}}

{{image|Vin vs the Lord Ruler by Luna Guardiola.jpg|side=leftright|width=300px400px|Fighting [[Vin]]}}

He formed the [[Final Empire]], partly as a means of revenge against the people he viewed as encroaching on Terris land,{{wob ref|10043}} and conquered the whole of the world. He was obsessed with order, and he subjugated all but eight foreign kings, whom he made [[Allomancy|Mistborn]] and allowed to rule over the masses.{{wob ref|8001}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|22}} In his early reign, he erased all knowledge of the religion of Terris. He also destroyed technologies that he considered dangerous, like gunpowder.{{epigraph ref|mb3|28}} He made use of both Allomantic and Feruchemical powers in order to [[Compounding|Compound]] to keep himself alive. Rashek was also called ''Sliver of Infinity'' by the people of the Final Empire.{{book ref|mb1|4}}{{book ref|mb1|8}}{{book ref|mb1|10}} This was due to worldhoppers recognizing him as a [[Sliver]].{{wob ref|13150}} Rashek formed the [[Steel Ministry]], a religion that worshipped him as a god and banned all other religions. The followers of the religions who did not voluntarily dissolve were hunted down and destroyed. The last religionreligions waswere destroyed about five hundred years after Rashek's Ascension.{{citebook ref|mb1|11}}

Rashek said his empire lasted a thousand years. More specifically, it had lasted 1024until yearshis death in {{date|1022|FE}}.{{wobbook ref|5511mb1|38}} During this time, he allowed almost no technological progress.{{epigraph ref|mb3|29}} He once gave up and tried to end the Final Empire.{{wob ref|5505}}

As a result of the revelations from the Well of Ascension, Rashek gained a profound understanding of the Deepness, as well as Scadrial's Shards[[Shard]]s, Ruin and Preservation. This led him to have [[storage cache]]s constructed throughout the Final Empire, five in total, each containing a large supply of food and basic necessities as well as information about Allomancy and the weaknesses of his Hemalurgic constructs. The text was inscribed on metal plaques to prevent their alteration by Ruin. It is from these storage sites that Vin and Elend learn about [[electrum]] and [[malatium]], although they had already discovered and utilized aluminum and duralumin.{{book ref|mb3|5}}{{book ref|mb3|31}}{{book ref|mb2|5}}{{book ref|mb1|36}}

Only a fewcouple of years before the Well of Ascension was due to refill, [[Vin]] killed him using the power of the mists, after his own powerful steel push ripped her Hemalurgic [[Vin's earring|earring]] free, allowing her to access Preservation's power and use her newfound strength to remove his [[atium]] bracers. His death led to the [[Collapse]], and the end of the [[skaa rebellion]].{{book ref|mb1|35}}

A [[Sliver]] of Preservation due to his time holding the power of the Well, Rashek did not immediately pass on to the [[Beyond]] after his death. Once his spirit manifested in the [[Cognitive Realm]], he went to the location of the Well where he found [[Kelsier]] and the remnants of [[Leras]]. He spoke briefly to Kelsier, dismissing him and Leras as impotent annoyances. Rashek was annoyed that he had been killed before he had been able to collect the power of the Well a second time. Kelsier attempted to confront him about the source of his powers, while Rashek touched the power emanating from the Well, examining it before disdainfully stating that he would not remain behind in their company and departing for the Beyond.{{msh ref|1|2}}

|[[Tevidian Tekiel|Tevidian]] arguing against Rashek about the skaa rebels{{book ref|mb1|36}}

* He didn't destroy [[Alendi's logbook]] because Ruin manipulated his nostalgia in order to keep the book around.{{wob ref|4416}}