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{{character
|image=Sazed by Diego López.
|abilities={{tag+|feruchemist}}{{nosnippet|, {{tag+|shard|Harmony}}}}
|profession=[[Keeper]], Steward
|titles=[[Hero of Ages]], Rabzeen, The Anamnesor, Master Vaht,{{book ref|tfe|9}}
|aliases= Saze
|groups={{tag|Kelsier's crew}}, {{tag+|army|Venture}}
|nation=Terris
|world=Scadrial
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
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}}
{{notice|style=background-color: #F55;
|This page has '''extensive''' spoilers for all of the Mistborn books and short stories, particularly the ending of ''[[The Hero of Ages]]''.
}}
{{update|mb7}}
{{quote
|The religions in my portfolio weren't useless after all. None of them were. They weren't all true. But they all had truth.
}}
'''Sazed''' is a [[Terris]]man steward from [[Scadrial]].{{book ref|mb1|8}} He is part of [[Kelsier's crew]]. He is a [[Keeper]], considered something of a rebel by the others of his kind. {{nosnippet|He is the current Vessel of the [[Shard]]
== Appearance and Personality ==
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=== Appearence ===
Tall and long-limbed, Sazed has the build of a scholar.{{book ref|mb2|4}} His arms and legs are a bit to long for his body, 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 had 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 were 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 almost with a melodic accent.{{book ref|mb1|8}} ▼
==== Human ====
▲Tall and long-limbed, Sazed has the build of a scholar.{{book ref|mb2|4}} His arms and legs are a bit
==== Vessel ====
When feeling confident, Sazed is the person who—without raising his voice, without seeming to make demands—can control a group and get the information he desires. He's always claimed 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}}▼
His description varies as a Vessel. At times he is described as wearing a Terris garb, with a cloak of timelessness trailing behind him, made of storms and winds, clouds and rain, deserts and forests. His robe was the Terris V pattern, where each V reflected an entire age, akin to a strata of time.{{book ref|mb6|28}} Other times, he is described as being at the centre of two wings, one white and one black, mixing together in the middle with their edges reaching out to infinity.{{book ref|mb7|19}}
Around {{date|348|FA}}, he is described by being trailed by a shadowy reflection of himself.{{book ref|mb7|26}}{{book ref|mb7|71}}
Sazed is kindly, peaceful and respectful but with a smart tongue, which is unusual for a steward. 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 had to stop wearing much of the jewelry to avoid tempting the bandits.{{book ref|mb2|4}}▼
=== Personality ===
▲When feeling confident, Sazed is
▲Sazed is kindly, peaceful, and respectful, but with a smart tongue, which is unusual for a steward.
He believed in all religions, embracing their contradictions, but respecting what he considered the truth behind them all.{{book ref|mb1|11}} This changed after the loss of Tindwyl, where he lost all his faith and decided to read each religion in detail and discard them if there was any contradiction. This left him hopeless.{{book ref|mb3|10}} Again, this changed after his last battle in Urteau where with the help of Spook, he found his way back to faith. This found peace stayed with him until he became [[Harmony]].▼
▲He
Sazed enjoys researching and working on texts or engineering, and he keeps his workspace orderly and structured.{{book ref|mb2|34}} As a Terris man, he has specific speech patterns that are also recognizable in the sentence constructions of Tindwyl, [[Kwaan]], the Lord Ruler and [[Alendi]].
== Attributes and Abilities ==
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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}} His most important power is the ability to store his memories in copperminds giving him access to a huge amount of knowledge. 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}}
{{for|Scadrial#Portfolio_of_Religions|more information on his Portfolio of Religions|here}}
Religious rites
== History ==
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 the coppermind for later retrieval. Sazed remembered very little of the actual experience—but he could draw forth any of the books or essays he wished, placing them back into his mind, 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}}▼
▲Sazed grew up as a Terrisman and became a Keeper due to his Feruchemist abilities. He
=== The Skaa Rebellion ===
{{for|skaa rebellion|more information}}
The only Terrisman to actively support the [[skaa rebellion]]
Sazed is [[Kelsier]]´s steward appointed to serve Lord [[Renoux]] and later [[Vin]] who he prepared to play the part of a noble woman.{{book ref|mb1|8}} He helped her memorize the names of powerful families, practice dinners, gone over conversational etiquette, memorized gossip and later dancing among other things.{{book ref|mb1|9}}{{book ref|mb1|18}}▼
He accompanied Vin to Luthadel balls, at the start of them he stayed as close as possible giving advice and support, but later moved to the steward’s dinner to gain intelligence{{book ref|mb1|12}} He would later report all details including the people who asked Vin to dance.{{book ref|mb1|13}} ▼
▲Sazed
▲He accompanied Vin to [[Luthadel]] balls
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
Sazed was fascinated with the information from the journal, mostly
After Kelsier’s death,
After seeing to
=== The Siege of Luthadel ===
{{for|Siege of Luthadel|more information}}
▲{{image|Sazed portrait.jpg|side=left|height=300px|A portrait of Sazed}}
After the Lord Ruler's death, Sazed left [[Luthadel]]
He saw the land was full of chaos, death, hatred, and disorder now that the Lord Ruler’s no longer patrolled those places. Sazed was disappointed to understand that the people were hoping for him to come back and didn’t understand or care enough to learn a new religion, thus he decided to teach them more practical things. After the year passed and the dispassion of the people and the rejection
He was then found by [[Marsh]],{{book ref|mb2|7}} who led him to the [[Conventical of Seran]] where the Inquisitors had left after slaughtering all servants. He found spikes and started to ask
On his way back, he found a village where the people had died inside their homes from starvation and dehydration. One surviving man explained the people did not go out scared of the mists that came during the day. They found that from the people that did go into the mists, some people fled, but some had died. Sazed got the person to a safe place and left him there hoping he could manage and left in a hurry to Luthadel, understanding that the wrongness in the world was more than bandits and chaos.{{book ref|mb2|15}}
Before arriving
When Sazed finally reached Luthadel, he found the city had been sieged by two other armies (one from [[House Cett|Cett]] and the other was [[Straff]]'s) so the Koloss army he brought added to the complexity of the situation. He also let them know of the
He spent much of his time translating and studying the writings of Kwaan, comparing it to his previous knowledge and the writings in Alendi’s journal.{{book ref|mb2|30}} He also supported Elend on his research to find lawful ways to keep his throne.{{book ref|mb2|34}}
Sazed also took the time to take care of the
When he was sure that Luthadel would fall to the enemy armies and koloss, he pulled together the old crew except for Elend, Vin, and Spook
{{image|Sazed vs. Koloss by Lara Sarmiento.jpg|side=left|width=350px|Sazed defends the city from the koloss}}Just before the [[Battle of Luthadel]] and under [[Dockson]]’s command, he moved to defend the Steel Gate, which was the farthest the koloss were likely to reach and should send messengers to Keep Venture in case of attack.
Tindwyl died in battle,
Completely torn from the last events, Sazed left Luthadel and went to the Conventical. There he realized the words of what he read had been changed and understood that only words in metal could be trusted. The last of his faith left him.{{book ref|mb2|epilogue}}
=== The New Empire ===
Sazed was named Chief Ambassador of the New Empire and was sent to
A year had passed since he had lost Tindwyl and it not only hurt but he had
He is appointed to lead the team to control Urteau. He accepted reluctantly as he didn’t feel strong in his faith and understanding of the world.{{book ref|mb3|12}} On his way he separated from the group to visit his people who now lived in the Pits of Hathsin. There he was received as a noble, with people calling him Lord or even Majesty.{{book ref|mb3|18}}
His short stay was enough to understand the mists did not affect the Terris people
=== Urteau and last battles ===
Breeze and Sazed along with around 200 people reached Urteau to bring their rebellion down and find the cache to continue feeding their population. His first conversation with [[Quellion]] who ruled the city under the name “The Citizen” did receive them but made sure they understood Elend and his rule was not welcomed. They left his building but stayed in the city where they found Spook. He took them to their
During his time in this city, he took time to talk to the people and find ways to bring
He enjoyed this task and
Sazed finished the engineering to flood again the canals, they had everything ready, but the riots got out of hand and the city started to burn. The captive Beldre shoot coins
With Spook deeply wounded and the city saved, Sazed turned to finish his religion review and despaired as he finished the last one without the answers he was looking for. Meeting with [[TenSoon]] who called him “the announcer” got them talking into the realization that the first generation of Kandra were Rasheks Terris companions and that his religion was not really lost. Sazed accompanied him to their homeland to speak to them.{{book ref|mb3|62}} He talked all the way to meeting with the first generation. There he learned all about Ruin and Preservation, their creation of the world and the betrayal. Finally he understood the atium was Ruin’s body and it was all there at the Pits in the Kandra’s homeland.{{book ref|mb3|71}}▼
▲With Spook deeply wounded and the city saved, Sazed turned to finish his religion review and despaired as he finished the last one without the answers he was looking for. Meeting with [[TenSoon]], who called him
Their prophecy also said that at the end they will have to kill themselves, by taking out their spikes and becoming mistwraiths, they called it “the resolution”. Because of this, KanPaar a second generation Kandra decided to betray them and take control, taking Sazed and the first generations as prisoners.{{book ref|mb3|75}} TenSoon and [[MeLaan]] freed Sazed but they all had to fight their way through. They found the first generation again and helped them regenerate.{{book ref|mb3|78}} They turned against Sazed forced by Ruins spikes and almost killed him, but [[Haddek]] from the first generation called for the “Resolution” and they became mistwraiths again. Sazed fully recovered his faith and believed Vin was the Hero of Ages.{{book ref|mb3|79}}▼
▲Their prophecy also said that
He was found by Elend and Demoux. Sazed, a full believer and confident now in Vin as the Hero of Ages offered faith to continue fighting. He also showed them the atium the kandra had cared for, and they burned it for their last fight.{{book ref|mb3|81}}
|Sazed’s first words as Harmony in the book left after the final Ascension{{book ref|mb3|epilogue}}
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{{image|Sazed's Ascension by Petar Penev.jpeg|side=right|width=300px|Harmony Ascending}}
Vin defeated [[Ati]]; both died and Sazed was the one to find her lifeless body. After a moment of despair, he understood, he was the Hero of Ages. “The Hero would be rejected of his people, Sazed thought. Yet, he would save them. Not a warrior, though he would fight. Not born a king, but would become one anyway.” He took the power of both
After the [[Final Ascension]], the ''new world'' was created by
▲Vin defeated [[Ati]]; both died and Sazed was the one to find her lifeless body. After a moment of despair, he understood, he was the Hero of Ages. “The Hero would be rejected of his people, Sazed thought. Yet, he would save them. Not a warrior, though he would fight. Not born a king, but would become one anyway.” He took the power of both, Ruin and Preservation. He used all his knowledge of religion and other information to re-craft the world, mostly how it used to be, but with some changes. He became a God; [[Harmony]].{{book ref|mb3|82}}
{{for|Harmony#History|the subsequent events}}
▲After the [[Final Ascension]], the ''new world'' was created by [[Sazed]]. He also left for Spook to find, the complete but lifeless bodies of Vin and Elend along with the book where he explains how it all happened.{{book ref|mb3|epilogue}}
== Relationships ==
{{image|Kelsier's Crew by Katie Payne.jpg|side=left|width=300px|With [[Kelsier]] and the other members of his [[Kelsier's crew|crew]]}}
=== Kelsier ===
{{quote
|A very good man, Mistress. One of the best I’ve known.
|Sazed to Vin answering if
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Sazed served [[Kelsier]] but did
Even after Kelsier’s death, Sazed
From the cognitive realm, Kelsier followed the events and was there with Sazed when he took the power. They were united thereafter.{{
=== Vin ===
Sazed was appointed to coach [[Vin]] to play the part of Valette Renoux, a noblewoman. He saw that her hair, makeup, and
Sazed
At the siege of Luthadel, they
After Sazed lost Tindwyl and his faith, Vin was one of the few
=== Elend ===
Sazed did not initially trust [[Elend
Sazed married him to Vin just before the fight for Luthadel.{{book ref|mb2|48}}
{{image|Sazed and Tindwyl by Eva Gutierrez.jpg|side=right|width=300px|Studying with [[Tindwyl]]}}
=== Spook ===
[[Spook]] and Sazed became closer during their time at Urteau. As Sazed became more depressed, Spook took over the leadership of the crew. Sazed, even though he suspected he was getting
=== Tindwyl ===
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Sazed asked [[Tindwyl]], a Terris member of the [[Synod]], to go to Luthadel to train Elend on being a King. She thought of him as the soul of what it means to be Terris (calm, humble, careful, and respectful),
=== Hoid ===
He appears to have known Hoid to some extent before his Ascension, or at least Hoid knew him.{{msh ref|2|1}}
Following his Ascension, he became more aware of Hoid, and knew that he hid from him. He has a benevolent feeling towards the man, and his confused by why, and how, he hides from him, and asks that he come openly.{{epigraph ref|sa3|53}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|56}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|57}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|21}} He respects him enough that he actively tried to help him upon request, reaching out to other Shards, and requesting all that would listen to heed his warnings.{{epigraph ref|sa4|22}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|30}} He also felt comfortable enough with him to open up about his own impotence, as a result of his conflicted natures.{{epigraph ref|sa3|55}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|28}}{{epigraph ref|sa4|29}}
He refers to Hoid as his friend.{{epigraph ref|sa3|53}}
=== Wax ===
He has a fragile relationship with Wax, with Wax being a former worshipper of him,{{book ref|mb4|3}} that came to despise him and renounce his faith, and lose respect for Harmony, due to Harmony's own actions and manipulations. He also came to hate Harmony for his inaction, and the suffering his inaction has brought about on Scadrial.{{book ref|mb6|4}}{{book ref|mb6|28}} Even after his hatred for him waned, his desire to have nothing to do with him grew stronger.{{book ref|mb7|19}}
Despite Wax's anger, Harmony continued to love him, and felt terrible for the pain that he caused him, and how his actions led him to feeling as if his life wasn't his own.{{book ref|mb7|19}}{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|7}} He also wanted to avoid calling upon Wax again to help fight off Trell; knowing that he was happy, he didn't want to pull him back into the fold. But the fear in what destruction and domination they would bring to Scadrial, he was led to requesting his help again.{{book ref|mb7|19}} He also respected his wishes to never again speak into his mind, using Marsh as a medium of communication.{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|7}}
He no longer will use Wax as his sword, promising that stopping the bombing of Elendel and arrival of Autonomy was his final request.{{book ref|mb7|19}}
=== Marsh ===
He uses Marsh as his agent in the cosmere, using him for various tasks across Scadrial. Marsh obeys his commands, and appears to hold a deep respect for him.{{book ref|mb7|28}}{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|7}}
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== Trivia ==
* Each Keeper carries several bracers like this, filled with knowledge—songs, stories, prayers, histories, and languages.{{book ref|mb1|22}}
* Sazed's character was inspired by “The Mummy”. At the moment when the oily little thief character gets confronted by the mummy, and pulls out a whole pile of holy symbols. He goes through each one, praying to each god, looking for one that would help him.{{wob ref|2323}} He was also inspired by a Buddhist monk Brandon met in Korea.{{wob ref|4405}}
*
* Sazed wouldn't want to play video games, but would be very good at them because of his [[Feruchemy]].{{wob ref|14127}}
* Sazed's hair would be black if he didn't shave it.{{wob ref|16090}}
== Notes ==
{{holder
|title= Vessel of<br>[[Preservation]]
|prev=[[Vin]]
|this=
|next=Incumbent
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{{holder
|title= Vessel of<br>[[Ruin]]
|prev=[[Ati]]
|this=
|next=Incumbent
}}
{{holder
|title= Vessel of<br>[[Harmony]]
|prev=None
|this=
|next=Incumbent
}}
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