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|titles=[[Hero of Ages]], Master Vaht,{{book ref|tfe|9}}, First Holy Witness, Chief Ambassador of the [[New Empire]], [[Harmony]]

Tall and long-limbed, Sazed has the build of a scholar.{{book ref|mb2|4}} His arms and legs are a bit totoo long for his body, because of a medical condition caused by his being castrated as a boy.{{book ref|mb2|12}} He has a shaven head,{{book ref|mb1|22}} his earlobes hadhave been stretched out, and the ears themselves contain studs that run around their perimeter. He wears the lavish, colorful robes of a Terris steward—the garments wereare made of embroidered, overlapping V shapes, alternating among the three colors of his master’s house. He is soft spoken, with a higher pitch and an almost with a melodic accent.{{book ref|mb1|8}}

When feeling confident, Sazed is thea person who—without raising his voice, without seeming to make demands—can control a group and get the information he desires. He's always claimedclaims that he's no leader, but he's actually a fantastic one when he puts his mind to it. His calm sense of purpose puts people at ease, and makes them do as he requests.{{wob ref|8022}}

Sazed is kindly, peaceful, and respectful, but with a smart tongue, which is unusual for a steward. AAs a [[Keeper]];, he has many earrings, bracelets, and bands that act as his [[Feruchemical]] [[metalmind]]s.{{book ref|mb1|22}} However, for a time after the death of the [[Lord Ruler]], he hadhas to stop wearing much of the jewelry to avoid tempting the bandits.{{book ref|mb2|4}} As a Keeper, he is also necessarily secretive, for the Lord Ruler has hunted them practically since the Day of Ascension itself.{{book ref|mb1|22}}

A Terrisman Keeper, Sazed is a [[Feruchemist]]. This grants him the ability to store certain physical attributes inside bits of metal.{{book ref|mb1|22}} He holds mostly the information of old and current religions. This includes five hundred and sixty-two different religions: their prayers, their beliefs, and their mythologies.{{book ref|mb1|9}}

Religious rites wereare not the only things that Keepers storedstore in their uncanny memories; his metalminds containscontain a vast wealth of information on culture, philosophy, and science. With this, Sazed has the knowledgecapacity to be knowledgeable and skilled at several other things, likesuch as healing, sanitation practices, or farming.{{book ref|mb1|13}}{{book ref|mb2|7}} He stores many other abilities in his metals that allow him to be a better help in the rebellion, from strength to speed and better vision.{{book ref|mb1|22}} After fighting several times with these powers, Sazed actually becomes a very good warrior.{{book ref|mb3|79}}

Sazed grew up as a Terrisman and became a Keeper due to his Feruchemist abilities. He had listened to another Keeper recite his entire collection of histories, facts, and stories. Sazed had memorized each sentence, then shoved those memories into thea coppermind for later retrieval. Sazed remembered very little of the actual experience—butexperience, but so long as he had the bracers on he could draw forth any of the books or essays he wished, placing them back into his mind, and gaining the ability to recollect them as crisply as when he’d first memorized them. He just had to have the bracers on.{{book ref|mb2|12}} He wasn’t content with feigned subservience and wanted to get in involved in the rebellion, even if the other keeper said that was madness.{{book ref|mb2|7}} He became a rebellious Terrisman, though this was still considered docile for a normal person; he wanted to be part of a change to make the world better.{{book ref|mb2|9}}

The only Terrisman to actively support the [[skaa rebellion]]., HisSazed's main task was to gather information. andHe iswas used as messenger several times.{{book ref|mb1|29}}

Sazed found Vin missing after she followed Kelsier to [[Kredik Shaw]] and went after her. He managed to get there just in time to retrieve her, though she was severely wounded, and he also took a book they found there.{{book ref|mb1|15}} After that event, he spent most of his time translating the book, which turned out to be [[Alendi]]’s journal but; at the time, he believed it was fromwritten by the Lord Ruler itselfhimself. He spent long hours in the library, poring over its pages with an uncharacteristically excited air.{{book ref|mb1|17}}

Sazed was fascinated with the information from the journal, mostly onwith the information from his people (Terris) and fromwith how the land looked (green).{{book ref|mb1|22}} He and Vin also tried having her use some of his stored powers by burning his metals, but they found the feeling was similar to what it feels to recover information from the metal of a different Feruchemy ownerFeruchemist. This was the key to understandunderstanding the immortality of the Lord Ruler.{{book ref|mb1|29}}

After Kelsier’s death, heSazed continued to believe in thetheir cause and explained to Vin and the crew that his death might have been just part of his plan. With this, he inspiresinspired Vin to goreturn to the highly secured chamber of the palace complex.{{book ref|mb1|35}} True to his vow to protect Vin, Sazed followed her. When she was captured and imprisoned, he left himself get weak, captured and beaten. He was placed in very bad shape into the cell next to her. However, he was able to use his metals to grow strong and force open the cells. He almost got her out before his strength ended, but in the end [[Elend]] came with some of his men to save them. With that support, Vin was able to find the cloak they had taken from her that contained her vials. They defeated the guards, and Sazed took Elend out into safety so Vin could go and fight the Lord Ruler.{{book ref|mb1|37}}

After seeing to hisElend's safety, Sazed came back for Vin. She had beaten the Lord Ruler, but had not fully killed him. TheyThe weretwo allof presentthem whenheard hethe Lord Ruler explainedexplain that by killing him they had doomed themselves, and then Vin finally killed him with a spear.{{book ref|mb1|38}}

HeSazed figured out that the Lord Ruler was both a Feruchemist and an Allomancer., Andthereby understoodunderstanding how thehe Lord Rulerhad kept himself young and powerful. This also explained the Terris breeding program and histhe hateLord Ruler's hatred oftowards the Terris and Keepers.: Hehe had thea fear ofthat someone that could havegain his same powers.{{book ref|mb1|epilogue}}