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{{character
|merge-family=y
|relatives=[[Kwaan]]{{epigraph ref|mb2|53}}
|image=The Lord Ruler by
|titles=Lord Ruler, Sliver of Infinity, the Father, the Conqueror,{{book ref|mb2|37}} First Emperor{{book ref|
|abilities={{tag+|Feruchemist}}, {{tag+|sliver}}, {{tag+|mistborn}}, {{tag|twinborn}}, {{tag+|hemalurgist}}, {{tag+|
|born=[[Classical Scadrial]]{{epigraph ref|mb1|11}}
|died={{date|1022|fe}}{{book ref|mb1|38}}
|nation=Terris
|world=Scadrial
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
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}}
{{quote
|Rashek's words after Lord Prelan [[Tevidian Tekiel]]'s death.{{book ref|mb1|36}}
}}
'''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.
== Appearance and Personality ==
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Rashek is
He enjoys playing and listening to music and keeps a small wooden flute among his [[Terris]] relics.{{wob ref|3606}}{{book ref|mb2|46}}▼
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.{{epigraph ref|mb1|7}}{{epigraph ref|mb2|50}} Though he hated them, he also envied several aspects of their culture, later incorporating them into the culture of the [[Final Empire]].{{epigraph ref|mb1|32}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|26}}▼
▲He enjoys playing and listening to music and keeps a small wooden flute among his Terris relics.{{wob ref|3606}}{{book ref|mb2|46}}
▲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.{{epigraph ref|mb1|7}}{{epigraph ref|mb2|50}} Though he hated them, he also envied several aspects of their culture, later incorporating them into the culture of the Final Empire.{{epigraph ref|mb1|32}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|26}}
Towards the end of his life he grew extremely weary of the world and appeared resigned in almost every interaction he had with others, likely due to his immense age rendering every experience trivial and taxing.{{wob ref|15290}} Rashek treated those who stood against him with disdain and was unconcerned when a rebellion was approaching his palace, instead finding it annoying that he would have to go through the trouble of killing hundreds of skaa personally.
== Attributes and Abilities ==
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Rashek
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
By Compounding Feruchemical gold and Feruchemical atium,
Rashek has musical abilities and plays the flute.{{wob ref|3606}}
== History ==
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=== 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.{{epigraph ref|mb1|11}}
Rashek believed that
=== Ascension ===
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
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
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}}▼
▲Further alterations to the world and humanity were made to secure his rule over the world. The Terris mountains were flattened, and new mountains were raised in the north 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 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}}
Finally, he rebuilt himself to be a [[Mistborn]], rather than ingesting one of the beads of [[
▲He offered his friends a choice to make on behalf of all living Feruchemists, to transform them into mistwraiths. 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}}
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}}
▲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 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}}
{{image|Vin vs the Lord Ruler by Luna Guardiola.jpg|side=right|width=400px|Fighting [[Vin]]}}
▲Finally, he rebuilt himself to be a Mistborn, rather than ingesting one of the beads of [[Lerasium]] 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}}
▲{{image|Help from the Mists by Carlos C Diaz.jpg|side=left|width=250px|Fighting [[Vin]]}}
=== The Final Empire ===
He formed the
Rashek said his empire lasted a thousand years. More specifically, it
He had several children, who had some relation to his attempt to end the Final Empire. His children mixed among the population, and post-[[Catacendre]], he still had living descendants.{{wob ref|2005}}{{wob ref|3434}}{{wob ref|4868}}{{wob ref|2624}}
As a result of the revelations from the Well of Ascension, Rashek gained a profound understanding of the Deepness, as well as Scadrial's
Only a
=== Time In the Cognitive Realm ===
|Rashek to Kelsier and Leras{{msh ref|1|2}}
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A
== Quotes ==
{{image|TLR by Gar leyva.jpeg|side=right|width=300px|The Lord Ruler}}
{{quote
|Let the executions begin.
{{quote
|My lord, 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!
|[[
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== Trivia ==
* If he had joined the [[Knights Radiant]], he would most likely have been in the [[Order of Skybreakers]].{{wob ref|2705}}
* He didn't destroy [[Alendi's logbook]] because Ruin manipulated his nostalgia in order to keep the book around.{{wob ref|4416}}
* Although it wasn't necessary for the process of atium Compounding, Rashek intentionally stayed aged at times in spite of that fact.{{wob ref|4534}}
* Rand from The Wheel of Time (Post Memory of Light) would win in a fight against the Lord Ruler.{{wob ref|1027}}
* There is a city in the [[Elendel Basin]] named [[Rashekin]], presumably named after him.
* It is not clear if there is any connection between Rashek's flute and the [[Trailman's flute|flute]] that [[Hoid]] gifted [[Kaladin]].{{wob ref|3606}}
== Notes ==
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