Rashek

Rashek
by Ben McSweeney
Died	1022 FE
Abilities	Feruchemist, Allomancer, Sliver
Titles	Lord Ruler, Sliver of Infinity, the Father
Nationality	Terris
Homeworld	Scadrial

“I did not make a mistake. I have never made a mistake. However, it is time for a change.”

—The Lord Ruler's words after lord prelan Tevidian Tekiel's death.

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. As a result, he is an extremely powerful Compounder, and he was able to unify the world into an empire that lasted for one thousand years.

Appearance and Personality

Rashek is incredibly tall and handsome. He has 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 strength and as Feruchemical storage.

He is charismatic.

Prior to his Ascension, he disliked the people of Khlennium, and was hostile and angry towards them, despite never having been to the state, because of their oppression of the Terris people. Though he hated them, he also envied several aspects of their culture, later incorporating them into the culture of the Final Empire.

History

Pre-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.

Rashek believed that Alendi was not the true Hero of Ages, and was resentful of him. 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. He led Alendi to the Well of Ascension and killed him, under instructions from his uncle, Kwaan. He then took and used the power of Preservation, ascending to become the Lord Ruler.

Ascension

As he was using the power of the Well, he changed many aspects of life on Scadrial.

• He moved the planet closer to its star in order to burn the mist away.
• As a result of the new orbit, he added a number of active volcanoes to the planet, which allowed him to cool the world down a bit.
• The new climate of the planet needed drastically different plants to be created.
• He created or changed microbes to break down the ash as part of their metabolic functions.
• He altered mankind so that they would survive the continuous ashfall.
• He transformed all living Feruchemists into mistwraiths, creating the first of the species.
• He changed his most favoured allies to be taller, stronger, more intelligent and less fertile to create the nobles.
• He changed his enemies into the skaa, making them shorter, hardier, and more fertile.
• He converted all the Terris Worldbringers to kandra.
• He flattened the original Terris homeland, where the Well of Ascension was and built Kredik Shaw on top of it .
• He raised mountains in the North and named the location Terris.
• He became functionally immortal, compounding both gold and atium.
• He gained knowledge of all three Metallic Arts on Scadrial, allowing him to develop the three hemalurgic constructs that existed in the Final Empire.

The Final Empire

The Lord Ruler, by Ben McSweeney

He formed the Final Empire, partly as a means of revenge against the people he viewed as encroaching on Terris land, and conquered the whole of the world. He was obsessed with order, and he subjugated all but ten foreign kings, who he made Mistborn and allowed them to rule over the masses.Template:Annotation ref He made use of both Allomantic and Feruchemical powers in order to Compound to keep himself alive, and even had Hemalurgic piercings to produce some of his most dramatic powers. The Lord Ruler was also called Sliver of Infinity by the people of the Final Empire.

The Lord Ruler said his empire lasted a thousand years. More specifically, it had lasted 1024 years.

He has had at least one child, who had some relation to his attempt to end the Final Empire.

He was killed by Vin during the skaa rebellion that led to the Collapse.

“He suffered much beneath Ruin's hand, but he was a good man, who ultimately had honorable intentions.”

—Sazed on Rashek's corruption by Ruin. A note on the reverse of the flower picture in a book written by Sazed after his ascension.

Quotes

“Let the executions begin.”

—The Lord Ruler, after killing Kelsier.

“"My lord," Tevidian said, turning away from her. "Look outside your window! Do we not have better things to discuss? The entire city is in rebellion! Skaa torches light up the night, and they dare go out into the mists. They blaspheme in riots, attacking the keeps of the nobility!" "Let them," the Lord Ruler said in an uncaring voice.”

—Tevidian and the Lord Ruler arguing about the skaa rebels

“God cannot be killed. God cannot be overthrown. Your rebellion—you think I haven't seen its like before? You think I haven't destroyed entire armies on my own? What will it take before you people stop questioning? How many centuries must I prove myself before you idiot skaa see the truth? How many of you must I kill!”

—The Lord Ruler

“You don't know what I do for mankind. I was your god, even if you couldn't see it. By killing me, you have doomed yourselves...”

—The Lord Ruler's final words

Trivia

He is aware of the possibility of life on other planets in the cosmere, but has no interest or experience in leaving Scadrial. If he so wished, he could have left Scadrial during his Ascension.

He has a swivel chair.

Over the course of his life, he has tried his hand at many hobbies. He is most fond of playing and listening to music.

Rashek will almost definitely be the only Fullborn(Mistborn and Feruchemist) ever to exist.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

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