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|image=The Ascendant Warrior.jpg
|family=[[House Tekiel]]
|titles=Heir to the Survivor, Empress of the [[New Empire]], Ascendant Warrior, Hero of Ages, Lady Mistborn, Mother, [[Preservation]]
|abilities={{tag+|Mistborn}}, {{tag+|Hemalurgist}}, {{tag+|Sliver}}, {{tag+|shard|Preservation}}
|parents=[[Tevidian Tekiel]], [[Vin's mother|mother]]
|siblings=[[Reen]], [[Vin's sister|sister]]
|aliases=Valette Renoux
|groups=[[Camon's crew]] <small>(former)</small>, {{tag|Kelsier's crew}}, {{tag+|army|Venture}}
|born={{date|1005|fe}}{{book ref|mb1|1}}<!-- she's 16 -->
|died={{date|1025|fe}}{{book ref|mb3|81}}
|ethnicity=Skaa
|world=Scadrial
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
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}}
{{for|Valette Entrone|the post-[[Catacendre]] noblewoman|pre=Valette redirects here}}
{{quote
|That was an illusion, a dream. I am that child who grew up in the shadows.
|Vin.{{book ref|mb1|epilogue}}
}}
'''Vin Venture''' is a half-[[skaa]] [[Allomancy|Mistborn]] from the [[Final Empire]] on [[Scadrial]]. She later becomes known as '''Heir to the Survivor''', the '''Ascendant Warrior''' and the '''Lady Mistborn''',{{book ref|mb6|2}}{{book ref|mb6|3}}
Vin trains in and works with [[Kelsier]]'s [[Kelsier's crew|crew]] after he prevents Camon from beating her to death, and infiltrates the nobility under the guise of Valette Renoux, eventually helping to save the survivors of the [[skaa rebellion]]'s army and killing [[Shan Elariel]] before fighting the [[Lord Ruler]] and killing him. After the Collapse, she marries [[Elend Venture]] and sets herself and Elend up as the '''empress''' and emperor of the [[New Empire]], respectively, during the [[Siege of Luthadel]], wherein she kills [[Zane]] and [[Straff Venture]], saves the city from rampaging [[koloss]] and forces [[Ashweather Cett|Lord Cett]] to swear his allegiance to them. In the aftermath of the siege, she inadvertently frees [[Ruin]] from its prison at the [[Well of Ascension]].
{{image|Mistborn by Manuel Castanon.jpg|side=right|width=300px}}
=== Allomancy ===
Being a Mistborn, Vin has the ability to access and burn all of the Allomantic metals. She [[snapping|Snapped]] during her difficult birth process, which is one reason why she has great affinity with Allomancy.{{
Vin demonstrated varying proficiencies in her allomantic usage. This is primarily caused by Vin’s predilection toward combat oriented metals, and her being a full [[Allomancy|Mistborn]]. If she could not immediately see how a particular metal could aid in a fight, Vin would often consider them less useful. However for the time period, Vin developed a deep understanding of allomantic theory. She was considered the most powerful Mistborn of her time even with [[Elend Venture]] consuming Lerasium directly, and therefore not suffering a dilution of power from genetic transfer.
'''[[Electrum]]-''' The “poor man’s atium” Vin uses electrum to fight Steel Inquisitors when it appeared the supply of atium had depleted.
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=== Weapons and Combat ===
{{image|Vin in the mists by Steve argyle.jpg|side=right|height=300px}}
=== Disguises ===
Vin has also shown herself to be skilled in disguising herself as seen when she inserted herself into the court lifestyle under the guise of Valette Renoux. She used this alias to help Kelsier spy on the nobility, as well as plant lies among them.{{expand}}
=== Ascension ===
=== Weaknesses ===
Despite Vin's amazing displays of allomancy and melee prowess, she is still extremely small in stature. When deprived of allomantic metals, Vin is left weak and nearly defenseless. When forced to burn aluminum, she was unable to achieve any reasonable resistance against her captors. Additionally, due to her small size, she is very vulnerable in a steelpushing match, and when she tried pushing against Kelsier, he warned her that it could be catastrophic if she did.{{book ref|mb1|9}}
Additionally Vin's friends can be used against her. Her desire to protect them pushes Vin into situations where she is disadvantaged. This is more evident when Elend is concerned. Fearing assassination attempts Vin used pewter and tin to allow her to remain awake for extreme lengths. This could have bordered on pewter dragging had she not been convinced to rest occasionally. The fatigue caused her to naturally be in a weakened state.
Her half-brother Reen saved Vin from their mother and after the death of her mother and sister, she lived on the road with
him. At times, she had lived like a beggar, sleeping in exposed alleys.{{book ref|mb3|27}} Reen's lessons and attempts to strengthen her -- like taking her on burglaries to teach her to steal{{book ref|mb1|13}} and teaching her to survive the skaa underground -- were abusive. He beat her for things such as being too friendly with other crewmembers or making a foolish comment and drawing unwanted negative attention{{book ref|mb1|16}}. This abuse had a profound effect on Vin's ability to trust, but was successful in instilling the lessons he believed she needed to learn to survive and work the thieving crews in [[Luthadel]]
=== The Skaa Rebellion ===
{{image|Vin and Kelsier by ephermeres.jpg|side=right|width=300|Studying [[Allomancy]] with [[Kelsier]]}}
For six months after Reen left, Vin continues to work in
==== Kelsier's Crew ====
During the meeting, Ham interrupts, reporting that the Ministry found Camon's lair, where Milev and his crew had continued to operate. The crew move to investigate the lair, wherein Vin's old crew mates has been butchered by an Inquisitor. Finding the former crewleader hung from a hook in the streets, the crew realize that the Inquisitors must still be on Vin's trail after Camon's last scam.{{book ref|mb1|11}}
{{image|Vin
==== The House War ====
{{image|Help from the Mists by Carlos C Diaz.jpg|Fighting the Lord Ruler|side=left|width=250px}}
==== The Skaa Riots & the Death of the Lord Ruler ====
Vin is imprisoned in Kredik Shaw after Kelsier's death at the hands of the Lord Ruler, and is forced to burn [[aluminum]] to destroy her metals. She is taken to be questioned by the Lord Ruler, and has her earring ripped out while battling him, allowing the [[mist]]s to
[[TenSoon]] would later argue during his judgement that as the one to kill the Lord Ruler, Vin had effectively taken his place and inherited his title, and should thus be considered the Mother of the kandra to replace their Father.{{book ref|mb3|11}}
==== The Well of Ascension ====
She finds the Well of Ascension beneath Kredik Shaw in the aftermath of the battle. Once they enter the Well's chamber, the [[Preservation|mist spirit]] attacks Elend --
==== Aftermath of the Koloss Assault ====
== Relationships ==
{{image|Vin and Elend by Ari Ibarra.jpg|side=left|width=250px|With Elend}}
=== Elend ===
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Vin first meets [[Elend]] at a ball at [[Keep Venture]], largely by accident. Elend seems to like her, and Vin returns the feelings. [[Dockson]] and the others warns her, telling her that Elend is just pretending to like her in order to annoy his father. Vin, however, is firm in her belief that Elend is different from the other nobles.{{book ref|mb1|12}}{{book ref|mb1|13}} As the house war escalates, Elend starts avoiding Vin, not wanting her to become a target for assassins. Vin realizes how much she truly cares for Elend that night, and saves Elend from an assassination attempt lead by [[Shan Elariel]], his fiancée.{{book ref|mb1|30}} At the execution in Luthadel square, Elend attempts to rescue Vin because he thinks she is in one of the cages.{{book ref|mb1|34}} When she is captured by the [[Lord Ruler]], Elend courageously leads a team of guards into [[Kredik Shaw]] to rescue her. Soon after he finds out her identity as a skaa and a Mistborn.{{book ref|mb1|37}}
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They began living together, and Vin acts as Elend’s bodyguard, keeping him safe from assassins.{{book ref|mb2|2}} Elend proposes to her at some point, but Vin denies him. They have some tension for a few months, though they don’t talk about it to each other. Vin feels that he is too good for her, and that he deserves someone better than her. Vin believes that Elend is scared of her and the way she kills so many assassins.{{book ref|mb2|38}} In turn, Elend feels that he is too boring and unimportant for one such as her. They both talk to Sazed separately, asking for advice. Sazed encourages each of them to continue with the relationship, telling them how they are good for each other.{{book ref|mb2|45}} ▼
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|I know what I want, now. I love Elend. I don’t know what kind of time we’ll have together, but I want some, at least.
|Vin{{book ref|mb2|48}}
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▲They began living together, and Vin acts as Elend’s bodyguard, keeping him safe from assassins.{{book ref|mb2|2}} Elend proposes to her at some point, but Vin denies him. They have some tension for a few months, though they don’t talk about it to each other. Vin feels that he is too good for her, and that he deserves someone better than her. Vin believes that Elend is scared of her and the way she kills so many assassins.{{book ref|mb2|38}} In turn, Elend feels that he is too boring and unimportant for one such as her. They both talk to Sazed separately, asking for advice. Sazed encourages each of them to continue with the relationship, telling them how they are good for each other.{{book ref|mb2|45}}
After fighting and killing [[Zane]], Vin runs to Elend and has Sazed marry them in a quick marriage ceremony.{{book ref|mb2|48}} After Elend later becomes a Mistborn, he and Vin fight together on multiple occasions.{{book ref|mb3|3}} They work together to try and conquer [[Fadrex City]].{{book ref|mb3|30}} When Vin ascends to [[Preservation]], she watches, helpless as Elend fights [[Marsh]] at the Battle of [[Hathsin]]. When Marsh kills Elend, it takes away the only thing Vin has left to live for, enabling her to sacrifice herself to kill [[Ruin]].{{book ref|mb3|81}}
=== Reen ===
▲{{quote
|He beat me over and over and over. He swore at me, he yelled at me. He told me he’d betray me. Everyday I thought about how much I hated him. And I loved him. I still do.
|Vin{{book ref|mb1|37}}
}}
[[Reen]] is Vin's half-brother. When [[Vin's mother|their mother]] tries to kill Vin, it is Reen who rescues her. Reen raises Vin on the streets, and she accompanies him, learning how to be a thief. Reen is abusive towards her, often beating her and yelling at her. He drills into her the instinct to trust nobody, saying that anyone would betray her, including him. Eventually he does leave her, abandoning her to survive on the streets by herself.{{book ref|mb1|2}} Even though he betrays her, Vin later realizes that she still loves him.{{book ref|mb1|37}}
At some point Reen gets captured by the [[Inquisitor]]s, and is interrogated about the whereabouts of Vin. Despite the torture, he protects Vin, insisting that she died of starvation years ago.{{book ref|mb1|37}}
{{image|Kelsier's Crew by Katie Payne.jpg|side=right|width=300px|With [[Kelsier]] and the other members of his [[Kelsier's crew|crew]]}}
=== Kelsier ===
|Sazed{{book ref|mb2|45}}
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In Vin’s chaotic and confusing life, [[Sazed]] remains a constant and steady person for her to confide in. He has saved her life on more than one occasion, and Vin trusts him completely. Throughout Vin’s time in [[Kelsier]]’s crew, Sazed often suggests different religions to her from his [[coppermind]]s.{{book ref|mb1|29}} She goes to him for both advice on important current events, as well as relationship advice.{{book ref|mb2|45}} He remains calm at all times, which often has a calming affect on Vin in turn. At Vin’s request, he preforms Vin and Elend’s marriage ceremony.{{book ref|mb2|48}}
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