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{{character
|image=Spook-STA by lazifyre.pngwebp
|parents=[[Jedal]], [[Margel]]
|relatives=[[Clubs]]
|descendants=[[Elendel]] noble houses{{book ref|mb4|7}}
|abilities={{tag+|Tineye}}, {{tag+|Mistborn}}, {{tag+|Hemalurgist}}
|abilities={{tag+|Tineye}} <small>({{tag+|Savant}}, formerly)</small>, {{tag+|Mistborn}}, {{tag+|Hemalurgist}}
|titles=Survivor of the Flames, Lord Mistborn
|aliases=Jedal, Lestibournes
|ethnicity=Skaa
|'birthplace=[[Eastern Dominance]]
|'residence={{tag|Luthadel|cat=Residents of Luthadel}} <small>(formerly)</small>, {{tag|Elendel|cat=Residents of Elendel}}
|residence=Luthadel
|world=Scadrial
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|booksfirst appeared=[[Mistborn: The EraFinal 1Empire]]
}}
'''Spook''', or '''Lestibournes''', is a [[skaa]] [[tin]] [[Misting]] (aka a [[Tineye]]) on [[Scadrial]]. He was a member of [[Kelsier's crew]] and worked for [[Elend Venture]] after the [[Collapse]]. After the [[Catacendre]], he became known as the Lord Mistborn and ruled the [[Elendel Basin]] for a hundred years before stepping down.{{book ref|mb6|5}}
 
'''Spook''' is a skaa Misting on [[Scadrial]]. Served on Kelsier’s crew and later for Elend and Vin Venture. He eventually became Emperor and ruled for many years.
 
== Appearance and Personality ==
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Spook portrait.png | <center><small>by [[Coppermind:Artists/Laura MacMahon|Laura MacMahon]]</small></center>Portrait
{{quote
Spook-STA.png | Spook by [[Ben McSweeney]]
|Lestibournes. Lefting I'm born.<br>
Spook color.jpg | Spook by [[User: Botanicaxu]]
Street slang for "I’ve been abandoned."</br>
Vin Spook.jpg | With Vin by [[User: Botanicaxu]]
|Spook on his full name{{book ref|mb3|23}}
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}}
 
In early {{date|1021|fe}}, as Kelsier's plan to overthrow the [[Final Empire]] was getting started, he was fifteen.{{book ref|mb1|22}} Spook was initially very shy after joining [[Kelsier's crew]], as he still spoke in Eastern street slang, which made it hard for the rest of the crew to fully understand him.{{book ref|mb1|24}}
He is a [[Tin]]eye, and [[Clubs]]' nephew.{{book ref|mb1|6}} He is fifteen years old during the [[Collapse]].{{book ref|mb2|6}}
Spook started as a shy boy. The main reason was that he talks “High Imperial”, which is an ancient and important language, this causes him not to be fully understood with the rest of the crew.{{wob ref|9696}}
 
OneAfter yearthe later[[Collapse]], he was much more confident. He had grown out ofstopped using his street cant, justand as he’d managedgrew to grow out of most of his clothing. Well over six feet tall, the sixteen-year-old young man hardlybarely resembledresembling the gangly boy ofhe a yearwas before. HeOn at least one occasion, he wore a beard as a disguise.{{book ref|mb2|6}}
Around this time he started to show his like for women, almost any type. He didn't get much response, but he liked to flirt a lot.{{book ref|mb2|25}}
 
His confidence was not constant, and he had a feeling of inferiority, of being invisible, dismissible and ignored.{{book ref|mb1|49}} Clubs' death added to his a sense of guilt for leaving the crew and trying to escape Luthadel while taking Vin and Elend. The greatest consequence for him was his insistence on flaring Tin for several months, turning him into a Tin Savant. This enhanced his senses to an unmanageable degree, forcing him to wear a blindfold at all times. He had a huge desire to feel useful and being recognized for it.{{book ref|mb2|14}}
It is around this time that he starts to show his like for women, almost any type. He doesn’t get much response, but he likes to flirt a lot.{{book ref|mb2|25}}
 
== Attributes and Abilities ==
His confidence is however not constant, and he has a feeling of inferiority, of being invisible, dismissible and ignored. {{book ref|mb1|49}} After Club’s death he adds to this a sense of guilt for leaving he crew and trying to escape Luthadel taking Vin and Elend. The greatest consequence was for him to keep burning tin for a year and sensing it all. He had a huge desire to feel useful and being recognized for it.{{book ref|mb2|14}}
{{image|Spook-STA.png|side=right|width=300px}}
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{{quote
|Tin burning ... Notting about the seeing. Wasing about the not seeing.
|Spook to Vin giving advice on burning Tin{{book ref|mb1|32}}
}}
Spook's grandfather had noble blood;{{book ref|mb3|53}} it is likely this was his maternal grandfather as [[Cladent|his mother's brother]] was also an [[Allomancer]]. As a result, Spook is a [[Tineye]]. He is the best one on Kelsier's crew, and so usually gets the most important watches.{{book ref|mb1|32}} After Clubs' death, he begins constantly flaring his tin because he thinks it will make him more useful, turning himself into a tin [[savant]]. As a result of this, he can feel disturbances in the air, sense tremors in the floor, and could know where people were simply by how close their heartbeats sounded. However, it also leaves him very vulnerable to sudden and strong stimuli, and he often keeps his ears partially plugged and his eyes covered.{{book ref|mb3|16}}
 
While working in Urteau, Spook gets stabbed with a [[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgic]] spike that turns him into a [[Pewterarm]].{{book ref|mb3|16}}{{book ref|mb3|26}} He later rips the spike out after realizing it leaves him open to [[Ruin]]'s influence.{{book ref|mb3|58}}
 
During the Final Ascension, [[Kelsier]] convinces [[Sazed]] to turn Spook into a [[Allomancy|Mistborn]],{{msh ref|6|9}} though Sazed only makes him a regular-strength Mistborn, not a [[lerasium]]-empowered one.{{wob ref|5265}} After that [[Catacendre]], Kelsier's [[Cognitive Shadow]] visits him and convinces him to start studying [[Hemalurgy]].{{msh ref|epilogue}}
 
== History ==
=== Childhood ===
Named Jedal after his father, he was born and raised in the Eastern Lands, near the wastelands of grit and sand. It was many years before the Collapse, and the Lord Ruler still lived. He was a dirty, ragged thing—like most other skaa children in the Final Empire. He snapped at five years old as Tineye and was physical and mentally mistreated by his father and other Skaa. His mother [[Margel]] called for his brother Clubs asking him to come and save him. He did and in exchange for his nephew he gave a bag of coins to his father. When leaving the house, and asked the boy for his name, and due to his hatred of his father, he used the name ''Lestibournes''' as reference to the Eastern street slang phrase, 'lefting I'm born', which means 'I've been abandoned'. He would later be renamed Spook by Kelsier.{{book ref|mb3|23}}
Named '''Jedal''' after [[Jedal|his father]],{{wob ref|6098}} Spook was born and raised in the Eastern Lands, a wasteland known for its sand and grit.{{book ref|mb3|23}} Spook lived with his mother and father in a dirty shack with several other skaa and often ducked out to run around with skaa children in some of the street gangs, where he learned [[High Imperial|Eastern street slang]]. Jedal blamed Spook's lack of discipline on [[Margel|his mother]] allowing him to spend so much time with the street gangs.{{book ref|mb3|23}}
In his family it had been his grandfather who had had noble blood. Although it is not mentioned explicitly it is likely that it was his grandfather on his mother's side, as [[Clubs]] was also an [[Allomancer]]. He also mentions that he never knew his grandfather, having grown up on the streets.{{book ref|mb3|53}}
 
Inheriting [[noble]] blood from his grandfather, Spook [[Snapping|Snapped]] at the age of five, becoming a [[Tineye]].{{book ref|mb1|32}}{{book ref|mb3|53}} After learning of his [[Allomancy]], [[Jedal]] and his family were prepared to have him killed in order to hide the family's noble blood from the [[Steel Ministry]]. [[Margel]], however, had known about Spook's Allomancy for some time, and sent word to her brother [[Cladent]], who knew having another Tineye would be useful. Cladent arrived before Jedal could kill Spook and traded coins for Spook's freedom, promising to take the young boy back to [[Luthadel]]. When Cladent asked for his name, Spook decided he did not want to be called by the same name as his father. He told Cladent his name was now '''Lestibournes''', an Eastern street slang contraction of "lefting I'm born," which means "I've been abandoned."{{book ref|mb3|23}} Kelsier later gave him the nickname "Spook".{{book ref|mb3|23}}
{{image|Spook by Egilde Art.jpg|side=left|width=300px}}
 
=== Kelsier's Crew ===
During his time on [[Kelsier's crew]], Spook was mainly involved as a sentry of key locations; watching the area around Clubs' shop from a six-story tenement two streets over.{{book ref|mb1|32}} He participated in the crew's planning sessions, but rarely contributed to them other than serving drinks or getting things.{{book ref|mb1|32}}
 
After the crew thought [[Marsh]] had been captured by the Ministry, they sent Spook with the [[House Renoux]] canal procession that left Luthadel, as he was their best Tineye.{{book ref|mb1|33}} The [[Steel Inquisitor]]s, however, had just tracked [[Vin]] to her Valette Renoux alias, and attacked the caravan to try to find her. When they didn't find her in the convoy, they brought Spook, [[OreSeur]], and the Renoux servants back to Luthadel, ostensibly to be executed, but actually as a trap for [[Kelsier]].{{wob ref|2437}} Kelsier fell right into the trap and attacked the prison cart guards as they passed by. With help from [[Hammond]], some skaa rebels, and the rest of the crew, he managed to rescue Spook and the rest of the prisoners, before being killed by the [[Lord Ruler]].{{book ref|mb1|33}}{{book ref|mb1|34}} After that, during the [[Collapse]], [[Dockson]] sent him to fetch some of Clubs' apprentices to run messages.{{book ref|mb1|35}}
=== The Skaa rebellion ===
During the skaa rebellion Spook is mainly involved as a sentry with important watches, or lookout for the crew's hideout. He participates in the crew's planning sessions, but rarely contributes to them other than serving drinks or getting things.{{book ref|mb1|32}} He is captured along with [[Renoux|OreSeur]] and were being taken to the square for execution in the first cart of a caravan,{{book ref|mb1|33}} but were saved by Kelsier, Ham and the rest of the crew.{{book ref|mb1|34}} After that, during the last battle with the Lord Ruler, he fetched the apprentices and led them to be messengers.{{book ref|mb1|35}}
 
=== Siege of Luthadel ===
HeDuring didthe not[[Siege haveof relevantLuthadel]] he was rarely given any important tasks. duringWhen this[[Tindwyl]] timecaught otherhim thanwith “packman”nothing to do, she enlisted him to serve as a "packman" for [[Vin]] and [[Allrianne]]'s dress-shopping trip; he also occasionally worked as a coachman, or honor guard to [[Elend]] or went on a spying, mission.{{book ref|mb2|35}} untilAs the crewsituation asksgrew himdesperate, tohowever, helpand themthe leadcrew Elendplanned andto send Vin awayand fromElend Luthadelout soof thatthe theycity wouldto not be killed insurvive the [[SiegeBattle of Luthadel|siege]], they enlisted Spook to be their guide. HeSpook leadsagreed, and led them away to the Terris mountains, underwhere the[[Sazed]] pretensesaid ofthey showingwould Vin tofind the [[Well of Ascension]]. Vin and Elend eventually realize that they have been tricked, and Vin israced ableahead to returnLuthadel andin time to save Luthadelthe city.{{book ref|mb2|51}} Spook returned with Elend a few days later, and used his tin to enhance his eyes and inform Elend that his flag still flew from the city gates, indicating that it has not been conquered.{{book ref|mb2|57}}
 
=== Urteau ===
{{image|Spook by Bernardo Curvello.jpg|side=right|height=300px|Escaping from the burning building}}
Elend and Vin sent him to Urteau to gather as much information as he could about the Citizen and his government there.{{book ref|mb3|14}}
He was a very good at sneaking into the Citizen’s house, where he went not only to listen to important information of the city, and confirming the [[Quellion]]’s (the Citizen) ideology and concerns on Elend as a tyrant; but to watch his sister [[Beldre]]. Spook liked her for her beauty and her sadness.{{book ref|mb3|14}} He becomes so sensitive to light that he has to wear a blind fold; however, his other sharpened senses are able to make up for the inconvenience.{{book ref|mb3|16}}
 
During this time, and due to the excess use of his powers, he became so sensitive to light that he had to wear a blindfold; however his other sharpened senses were able to make up for the inconvenience.{{book ref|mb3|16}}
He scouted the city and understood the mood of the people. He was horrified with the killings of not only nobles but their descendants and all other inhuman practices in the City. Spook hired a thief lord [[Durn]] who helped him get some news from the City, he took him to the execution of 10 skaa with noble blood but asked him to count the skulls.
 
He scouted the city and understood the mood of the people. He was horrified with the killings of not only nobles but their descendants and all other inhuman practices in the city. Spook hired a thief lord [[Durn]] who helped him get some news from the City, he took him to the execution of ten skaa with noble blood but asked him to count the skulls.
During the speech after the execution, Spook got infuriated and when he got close to [[Beldre]] he spoke to her, fist asking if she agreed with the executions, later letting her know he was the man who would kill his brother. He was so into the conversation he failed to notice he was exposed and [[Quellion]]´s men went after him. He understood they were Allomancers when they used their power and he lost the fight.{{book ref|mb3|16}}
 
During the speech after the execution, Spook got infuriated and when he got close to [[Beldre]] he spoke to her, first asking if she agreed with the executions, later letting her know he was the man who would kill her brother. He was so into the conversation he failed to notice he was exposed and Quellion's men went after him. He understood they were Allomancers when they used their power and he lost the fight.{{book ref|mb3|16}}
During the fight, Spook was stabbed with a sword that also pierced a [[pewter]]arm. The tip of the sword became a [[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgic]] spike and granted him the ability to burn [[pewter]]. The spike also gave Ruin access to Spook and got into his mind using [[Kelsier]]´s voice. So when he wakes up from the lost fight inside the burning building and hears Kelsier asking him to move on, find vials and burn pewter, he obeys, thus finding his new ability (which he doesn’t recognize as Hemalurgy) and thus trusting the voice in his head.{{book ref|mb3|16}}{{book ref|mb3|26}}
 
During the fight, Spook was stabbed with a sword that also pierced a [[pewterarm]]. The tip of the sword broke off with his body and became a [[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgic]] spike which granted him the ability to burn [[pewter]]. The spike also gave Kelsier accsess to Spook's mind, letting him eventually talk to Spook.{{msh ref|6|5}} Initially, it was only Ruin using this new access to Spook's mind using [[Kelsier]]'s voice to persuade him to use his new powers. When he woke up from the lost fight inside the burning building and heard Kelsier's voice asking him to move on, he finds vials and burns pewter. He obeys finding his new ability (which he doesn’t recognize as Hemalurgy) and thus trusting the voice in his head convinced it was the real Kelsier.{{book ref|mb3|16}}{{book ref|mb3|26}}
Spook receives [[Breeze]], [[Allrianne]] and [[Sazed]] into the city and helps them hide providing them with intel. He shows them the cave where the Lord Ruler’s cache was and suggested it as their base.{{book ref|mb3|29}} He tried to talk to Sazed about Kelsier’s voice but with Sazed doubting his beliefs, Spook didn’t fully confide and just trusted they were being protected by the Survivor.{{book ref|mb3|31}}
 
Spook received [[Breeze]], [[Allrianne]] and [[Sazed]] into the city and helped them hide providing them with information. He showed them the cave where the Lord Ruler’s cache was and suggested it as their base.{{book ref|mb3|29}} He tried to talk to Sazed about Kelsier’s voice but with Sazed doubting his beliefs, Spook didn’t fully confide and just trusted they were being protected by the Survivor.{{book ref|mb3|31}}
Ever since his unexpected survival from the flames, Spook had heard people gossiping of him and that he was part of Kelsier’s crew and that Durn was behind of it. He eventually decided to confront him and found that Durn had been plotting against Quellion and had used the event to make him look bad. He decides to trust him and asks him to find Breeze. On his way out, a man approaches him and asked to save his 7-year-old sister from the Citizen. Spook realizes he is now in a better position to make a difference and decides to help.{{book ref|mb3|35}} He asked in return for ten men to help him dig the skulls from the fire where the Citizen had burned the prisoners days before. He found only nine skulls and understood Quellion was taking the Allomancers.{{book ref|mb3|38}}
 
{{image|Spook Shuravf.jpeg|side=left|width=300px}}
He bribed people to find the place where the executions will take place. Another noble building and he understood it was built with passages like others used to take the Allomancers out. He went in to save the people and under Ruin’s influence killed the soldiers. One of them though took the child as hostage, causing Spook to ask the leaving prisoners to lock him down. Though he was able to beat the remaining soldier, even with Pewter he was unable to open the door. Thus, he had to jump out of the building, still in flames with he child in his arms. Breeze and his other friends were there and caused a riot to help him escape.{{book ref|mb3|41}}
 
Ever since his unexpected survival from the flames, Spook had heard people gossiping of him and that he was part of Kelsier’s crew and that Durn was behind these gossips. He eventually decided to confront him and found that Durn had been plotting against Quellion and had used the event to make him look bad. He decided to trust him and asked him to find Breeze. On his way out, a man approached him and asked to save his seven-year-old sister from the Citizen. Spook realized he is now in a better position to make a difference and decided to help.{{book ref|mb3|35}} He asked in return for ten men to help him dig the skulls from the fire where the Citizen had burned the prisoners days before. He found only nine skulls and understood Quellion was taking the Allomancers.{{book ref|mb3|38}}
He convinces Sazed to reverse engineer the lake built by the Lord Ruler so he can bring a miracle into the city. Along with him surviving the flames, he expects to outcast Quellion and cause the people to rebel against him.{{book ref|mb3|46}}
 
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He convinced Sazed to reverse engineer the lake built by the Lord Ruler so he could bring a miracle into the city. Along with him surviving the flames, he expected to outcast Quellion and cause the people to rebel against him.{{book ref|mb3|46}}
The city is ready for a revolt, Quellion is about to do a hate speech against Spook. The latter killed the Citizen’s guards and fought him, looking for him to shoot coins and prove himself an Allomancer to complete the city’s hatred. Beldre gets there and shoots Spook to save her brother. The City riots as they understand what she is and that their ruler had killed their noble blood family but not his sister. Spook feels betrayed and Kelsier’s voice pushes him to kill her and use her spike to get her power. The hate speech from Kelsier and the spike information helps him understand it was the spike at the first fire that had caused all this. Looking at Quellion he correctly guessed he was being affected too. He takes out Quellions spike firs and then his. He loses Pewter and is almost out of breath. He sees the city in flames but is looking forward to the water to flood the city. Beldre confirms she had killed the soldiers to escape and there is no one to flood the city. They go back along with Sazed and find the building in flames, they are about to return defeated when he heard Kelsier’s real voice, who said he had chosen him as his friend. Spook goes into the burning building and he has no more strength, he just throws his weight to the machine and collapses.{{book ref|mb3|58}}
 
Because he liked Beldre, he went to see her again, asked her to join him, but she refused and started screaming. Later, she went to their hiding place and spoke on her brother’s behalf. Under Ruin’s influence with Kelsier’s voice, Spook took her captive spreading the rumor she had escaped her brother. He expected Quellion to attack.{{book ref|mb3|49}} Spook and Beldre had another conversation later, where she confirmed her brother used to be a good man corrupted by power and Spook is bothered by the conversation, still with the encouragement of Ruin, he accepted the title of Survivor of the Flames and was happy with the attention.{{book ref|mb3|53}}
After Spook saves the city from destruction, in the middle of him waking up, he is given a message to send to Vin by Kelsier stating “Don’t trust anyone pierced by metal. Spook’s letter. Even the smallest bit can taint a man.” [[Goradel ]] offers to take it, it was written on a metal sheet.{{book ref |HOA |58}}{{book ref |HOA |64}} It was intercepted by Marsh who was being physically controlled by Ruin, but could still think on his own, upon reading it he figures out it is Vin’s earing the metal piece where Ruin is controlling her and uses his last will to take it out setting her free.{{book ref|mb3|72}}
 
{{sidequote
=== The Final Ascension ===
|We won’t abandon the city, Sazed.
After the [[Final Ascension]], goes into the ''new world'' created by [[Sazed]] who left for him to find the bodies of Vin and Elend along with the book where he explains how it all happened. There was a special note for him, explaining he tried to bring them back but couldn’t. Also that he had fully healed him and given him full Misborn powers. He finally hinted on more metals to start a research.{{book ref|mb3|epilogue}}
|Spook to Sazed in the battle of Urteau{{book ref|mb3|58}}
|side=right|size=250px
}}
 
The city was ready for a revolt, Quellion was about to do a hate speech against Spook. The latter killed the Citizen’s guards and fought him, looking for him to shoot coins and prove himself an Allomancer to complete the city’s hatred. Beldre got there and shoots Spook to save her brother. The City riots as they understood what she is and that their ruler had killed their noble blood family but not his sister. Spook felt betrayed and Kelsier’s voice pushed him to kill her and use her spike to get her power. The hate speech from Kelsier and the spike information helped him understand it was the spike at the first fire that had caused all this. Looking at Quellion, he correctly guessed he was being affected too. He took out Quellion's spike first and then his. He lost Pewter and was almost out of breath. He saw the city in flames and waited for the water to flood the city. Beldre confirmed she had killed the soldiers to escape and there was no one to flood the city. They went back along with Sazed and find the building in flames, they were about to return defeated when he heard Kelsier’s real voice, who said he had chosen him as his friend. Spook went into the burning building and as he had no more strength, he just threw his weight to the machine to get it moving and collapsed.{{book ref|mb3|58}}
Spook was referred to as the '''Lord Mistborn'''. It is not clear what his role in that early government is, but he is clearly very prominent and powerful, judging by the fact that his Eastern street slang becomes known as [[High Imperial]]. He is also known to have engaged in philosophy and appears to be somewhat aware of the inner workings of the Shards, and is noted for begging the question, "Having the has Sazed a metal?"{{file ref |New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg | The New Ascendancy Broadsheet}} However, Spook is confirmed to having been a "stud" after the Final Ascension,{{wob ref|1093}} having over a dozen children.{{wob ref|4106}} After the Catacendre, Spook had a relationship with Beldre.{{msh ref|epilogue}}
 
After Spook saved the city from destruction, while he was in a coma, Kelsier was able to communicate with him. He gave encouragement and praise, but mostly explained Vin had a spike and was hearing Ruin.{{msh ref|6|6}} Spook then wrote [[Spook's note|a message]] on a metal sheet saying "Don't trust anyone pierced by metal. Even the smallest bit can taint a man." [[Goradel]] offered to take it to Vin, but was intercepted and killed by [[Marsh]], who was under Ruin's control.{{book ref|mb3|58}}{{book ref|mb3|64}} However, just as Kelsier had intended all along,{{msh ref|6|7}} the note allowed Marsh to figure out that [[Vin's earring]] was a spike and resist Ruin's control for long enough to rip the earring out.{{book ref|mb3|72}}
He is visited at some point by the cognitive shadow of [[Kelsier]], who says they should work together to unravel the mysteries of the [[Cosmere]], use the spikes from [[Koloss]] to make Spook a [[Hemalurgic|Hemalurgist]],{{msh ref|epilogue}} and find a way to bring Kelsier back to the Physical Realm.
 
=== The Final Ascension and Aftermath ===
[[Steris]] implies that Spook ruled as an emperor for a century before stepping down from power.{{book ref|bom|5}} [[Marasi]] later refers to him as a "governor" who ruled for a century.{{book ref|bom|6}}
After the [[Final Ascension]], Spook woke to the new world created by [[Sazed]], and found the bodies of Vin and Elend, along with the [[Words of Founding]]. [[Sazed]] also left a special [[Sazed's note|note]] for him, telling Spook that he had tried to bring Vin and Elend back, but couldn't. It explained that he had healed the damage Spook had done to himself by flaring tin and had made Spook a Mistborn, and hinting at the existence of more Allomantic metals.{{book ref|mb3|epilogue}}
 
Shortly after the Catacendre, Spook began receiving instruction on how to be a king from Breeze and combat training with Ham.{{msh ref|epilogue}} The other survivors insisted he have a nicer log house with two stories, which he thought of as a mansion and made him uncomfortable since everyone else has so little. Beldre also lived in that house with him.{{msh ref|epilogue}} Spook was also something of a "stud" after the Final Ascension{{wob ref|1093}} having over a dozen children.{{wob ref|4106}}
== Attributes and Abilities ==
Spook is the crew’s best Tineye, so he usually got the most important watches. He snapped at 5 years old.{{book ref|mb1|32}}
After Kelsier’s death, he worked as scout and spy.{{book ref|mb3|names and terms}}
 
{{sidequote
He had flared his tin nonstop for a year straight—never letting up, keeping his body in a constant state of super-heightened senses—and it had changed him; he became an [[Allomancy|Allomantic]] [[savant]].{{book ref|mb3|14}}
|And you? What do you get from this?
|Spook to Kelsier on working together to better understand the [[Metallic Arts]]{{msh ref|epilogue}}
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Kelsier found a way to contact Spook in a dream and told him to forge an old Inquisitor spike into an earring. Spook managed to find a smith willing to do so and, against his better judgment, placed it on his ear. After that, he was able to see Kelsier because, between his broken mind and the Hemalurgic spike, he was able to see far enough into the [[Cognitive Realm]]. Kelsier then convinced him that their ignorance of the [[cosmere]] has almost resulted in the destruction of Scadrial and that they needed to work together to learn about the principles of the cosmere. Kelsier also implied that they could try to find a way to give Spook [[Feruchemy]], and thus the same powers the Lord Ruler had through [[Compounding]], and that he wanted to find a way to return to the [[Physical Realm]].{{msh ref|epilogue}} Likely as a result of these investigations, Spook wrote a book on [[Hemalurgy]]{{book ref|sos|6}} and was later known for having asked whether [[Harmony]] had a God Metal.{{file ref|New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|''The New Ascendancy'' Broadsheet}}
 
According to [[Steris]], Spook ruled as an emperor for a century before stepping down from power, after which [[Elendel]] was no longer supposed to exercise direct authority over the rest of the [[Elendel Basin]].{{book ref|bom|5}} As a ruler, he built buildings for the poor trying to avoid the development of slums{{book ref|bom|3}} and enacted laws to give power to the common people like Elend wanted.{{book ref|bom|9}} He also exerted a personal influence on society; his Eastern street slang became known as [[High Imperial]] and was used for official documents.{{book ref|mb4|14}} It appears he did not enjoy all of the duties associated with kingship, as he had Breeze write most of his speeches for him.{{book ref|mb6|6}} In the book he wrote about Hemalurgy, he advised that creating Hemalurgic constructs is more trouble than it's worth, and argued that the old and sickly Metalborn should be used to create spikes to pass down the Metallic Arts.{{book ref|mb6|6}} By {{date|341|PC}}, his abilities as a Mistborn had transformed him into a near-mythological figure and he was known as the "Lord Mistborn."{{book ref|aol|7}} It is uncertain whether he ended up dying after his reign, as he almost certainly used [[atium]] [[Compounding]] to extend his life past that of a normal human, being at least 115 years old when he stepped down.
Because of this, he had a blurring array of sensory knowledge that his body could instinctively use. He could feel disturbances in the air, sense tremors in the floor, and could know where people were simply by how close their heartbeats sounded.{{book ref|mb3|16}}
 
He is given full Mistborn abilities by Sazed when the latter become Harmony. However, he does not have the strength of a [[lerasium]] Mistborn, but a Mistborn of the strength of a typical Allomancer around the end of The Final Empire.{{wob ref|5265}}
 
== Relationships ==
{{image|Spook and Kelsier by paintweaver.jpg|side=right|width=300px|Spook and Kelsier post [[Catacendre]]}}
 
=== Kelsier ===
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After his death, Kelsier continued to follow Spook. In Urteau, when he almost lost himself to anger and Ruin, Kelsier sends him "Hope" messages which might have helped him get understanding and taking out his spike. Spook's exhaustion knocked him out and Kelsier held him with Preservation's power, encouraging him, and when Spook doubted his connection to Kelsier he reminded Spook on who had named him. He told Spook that if he, Spook, really wanted to be like Kelsier, to fight when he was beaten. Spook reacted at this and went to save the city.{{msh ref|6|5}} After Sazed's Ascension, Kelsier interceded for him with the Shard, asking him to fix Spook's body and make him a Mistborn.{{msh ref|6|9}} Once Spook had forged the first [[Pathian]] earring, Kelsier was able to appear to him, and they began experimenting with Hemalurgy together.{{msh ref|epilogue}}
 
=== Vin ===
Vin liked Spook, though she considered him strange and young. {{book ref|mb1|20}} Sensing her kindness, he gave her a pink handkerchief as the traditional gift a young man gives a lady that he wishes to seriously court, though she was not interested though. {{book ref|mb1|22}} After that, Spook was uncomfortable with Vin’s presence until they had a quick chat and she confessed she would always love Elend; he understood and even gave her good advice on using Tintin.{{book ref|mb1|32}}
 
=== Elend ===
Elend and Spook havehad a cautious relationship in the beginning as the firstformer one cancould sense the latter liked Vin,{{book ref|mb2|6}} Butbut they continue to grow fond of each other as they spend more and more time together.{{book ref|mb2|27}} Elend later on reinforces to Spook that he is not being dismissed and he is valued for his skills ofas a scout and Tineye.{{book ref|mb1|49}}
 
=== QuotesSazed ===
{{quote
|Faith... It means that there will always be a way
|Tin burning…Notting about the seeing. Wasing about the not seeing.
|Spook to VinSazed givingon adviceworrying onif they buriningfail Tin{{book ref|mb1mb3|3256}}
}}
 
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 mistborn powers like burning pewter, grew to respect him more and more.{{book ref|mb3|49}} Spook sought Sazed’s support with religion during the time he thought he could hear Kelsier.{{book ref|mb3|31}} Sazed, on the other hand, was inspired by Spook to find his faith back.{{book ref|mb3|56}} After Ascending, Sazed cured Spook of his tin savantism and made him a full Mistborn.{{msh ref|6|9}}
 
== Trivia ==
* Spook is based very loosely based on a person Brandon knew from the [[Timewasters Guide]] forums. Zack, usernameknown as Gemm, wason verythe goodforums, atsometimes postingposted random gibberish whichthat, if you looked at it very closely, actuallyturned readout to actually be rather poetic. BrandonThis wantedinspired Brandon to write a character who spoke with a dialect that had an interesting rhythm, yet was difficult to make out.{{wob ref|2378}}
* At one point, Spook existed in the [[Alcatraz]] universe.{{wob ref|4551}}
 
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