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After a moment of silence, she told him that she would be leaving that day -- she would offer knowledge to the armies besieging Luthadel, as she had to Elend, though she doubted that they would listen to her as Elend had. When Sazed offered no objection to her leaving, she noted that he again refused to argue. Sazed asked what the point would be, for she had made up her mind already. Tindwyl implied that she would be amenable to staying; Sazed, confused, asked about her duties as a Keeper. Tindwyl admitted that while her duties were important, ‘occasional exceptions’ could be allowed -- a direct reflection of what she had told Elend before, about love. She went on to say his rubbing could perhaps benefit from further study. The deeper meaning to her words -- that she wanted to be with Sazed -- was made apparent to him, and he ruefully told her that he could not be what she wished, for he thought himself to not be a man. Tindwyl brushed this aside, telling him that she had had enough of men, and childbearing. She admitted that she partially resented the Terris people for what they had put her through in the breeding program, and wished for some distance from them. She went on further, confessing that she had often been frustrated at the Synod’s lack of initiative and passiveness. Only he, Sazed, had pushed for change.
{{quote|I only ever saw one man pushing the Synod toward active measures. While they planned how to keep themselves hidden, one man wanted to attack. While they decided the best ways to foil the Breeders, one man wanted to plot the downfall of the Final Empire. When I rejoined my people, I found that man still fighting. Alone. Condemned for fraternizing with thieves and rebels, he quietly accepted his punishment. [.
Taking his hand, Tindwyl explained that the men she had read about in her biographies were men who brought about change rather than planned how to hide -- men like Sazed. Anxious and apprehensive, she quietly asked him to give her an excuse to remain in Luthadel with him. Sazed asked her to stay. She agreed, and they resumed their study.{{book ref|mb2|37}}
=== The Synod ===
Tindwyl is somewhat resentful towards the Synod for the things she had to endure in the Breeding program. While she is a member of their order and fulfills her obligations dutifully, she was also often exasperated by their unwillingness to take any action against the Lord Ruler before the Collapse. When given the opportunity to remain in Luthadel with Sazed under the guise of studying the rubbing with him, she takes it.{{book ref|mb2|37}}
== Development ==
Tindwyl came about from Brandon's desire to have another 'strong female character' in the Mistborn books. He also wanted a mentor-figure for Elend in the Well of Ascension, and she fit this role. Additionally, she gives some more insight into the Terris people.{{bws ref|/annotation-mistborn-2-chapter-fourteen/|Well of Ascension Annotation Chapter 14|date=Dec. 1, 2007}} Her realism and resoluteness is something the crew needs, and she voices many of Brandon's own worries.{{bws ref|/annotation-mistborn-2-chapter-30|Well of Ascension Annotation Chapter 30|date=April 17, 2008}}
== Quotes ==
{{quote|A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them.|Tindwyl to Elend during their first meeting{{book ref|mb2|14}}}}
{{quote|The men I read about, Sazed, [...] these were not men who sat and planned the best ways to hide. They fought; they sought victory. Sometimes, they were reckless—and other men called them fools. Yet, when the dice were cast and the bodies counted, they were men who changed things.|Tindwyl to Sazed{{book ref|mb2|37}}}}
{{quote|If you perpetuate the dreams of the past, then you stifle your own dreams of the future.|Tindwyl{{book ref|mb2|45}}}}
== Trivia ==
* Despite having become [[Harmony]], Sazed has not yet learned to reach where Tindwyl is and so they are still separated.{{wob ref|4444 |Barnes and Noble Book Club Q&A |date= July 8, 2009}}
* At least one of Tindwyl's daughters survived the [[Catacendre]], though we do not know yet whether Sazed met them after his Ascension.{{wob ref|390 |#SandersonChat Twitter Q&A with Audible.com |date=Feb. 4, 2016}}
== Notes ==
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