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'''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}}

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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 Mothermother and Fatherfather in a dirty shack with several other Skaaskaa and often ducked out to run around with Skaaskaa children in some of the street gangs, where he learned [[High Imperial|Eastern street slang]]. Jedal blamed SpooksSpook's lack of discipline on [[Margel|his mother]] allowing him to spend so much time with the street gangs.{{book ref|mb3|23}}

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 familiesfamily'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}}

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 a 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}}

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}} DuringIn histhe reign,book he madewrote foraysabout intoHemalurgy, both philosophy and scholarship,he arguingadvised that oldcreating orHemalurgic sicklyconstructs membersis ofmore thetrouble populationthan shouldit's beworth, spikedand beforeargued death to allow forthat the creation of kandraold and koloss,sickly alongMetalborn withshould keepingbe anyused Allomanticto orcreate Feruchemicspikes powersto thatpass they might have had accessible. He also speculated aboutdown the possibleMetallic existence of [[harmonium]], saying, "Hasing the has Sazed a metal?", a line that would be widely quoted by Allomantic scholarsArts.{{citebook 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.

Elend and Spook had a cautious relationship in the beginning as the former could sense the latter liked Vin,{{book ref|mb2|6}} but they continue to grow fond of each other as they spend more and more time together.{{book ref|mb2|27}} Elend later 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}}