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|image=Vin portrait.png
|image-artist=[http://reiyeka.deviantart.com/art/Vin-483946868 Reiyeka]
|titles=Heir to the Survivor,<br> Empress <small>(of the [[New Empire]])</small>,<br> Ascendant Warrior <small>(after death)</small>,<br> Lady Mistborn <small>(after death)</small>,<br> Mother <small>(of the [[Kandra]])</small>
|abilities={{tag+|Mistborn}}, {{tag|Shard|cat=Shardholders}}
|parents=[[Tevidian Tekiel]], [[Vin's mother|mother]]|siblings=[[Reen]], [[Vin's sister|sister]]|spouse=[[Elend Venture]]
|world=Scadrial|ethnicity=Skaa|birthplace=Luthadel
|books=[[Mistborn (series)]]
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{{quote
| Vin.{{book ref|mb1|epilogue}}
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'''Vin''' is a half-[[skaa]] [[Allomancer|Mistborn]] from the [[Final Empire]] on [[Scadrial]]. She later becomes known as '''Heir to the Survivor'''
Vin trains in and works with [[Kelsier]]'s [[Kelsier's crew|crew]] after he prevents Camon from beating her to death, and as 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]] 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 it's prison at the [[Well of Ascension]].
Following Ruin's release, Vin helps to secure her and Elend's empire; locating the Lord Ruler's storage caverns, participating in the [[Siege of Fadrex City]], and takes up the [[Shard]] [[Preservation]] shortly prior to the [[Battle of Hathsin]], wherein she gives her life to kill Ruin. In the years following the [[Final Ascension]], she becomes a mythical figure to the descendants of the survivors, known as the Ascendant Warrior. In the [[Words of Founding]], it is said that she became the guardian of the mists and now watches over people in the night.{{book ref|mb5|11}}
== Appearance and Personality ==
In his [[Sazed's note|letter]] to [[Spook]], Sazed reveals that he had spoken with Vin and she was happy where she was, Sazed also tries to bring her back to life but reveals that merely healing a body does not return souls.{{book ref|mb3|82}}{{book ref|mb3|epilogue}}
=== Post-Catacendre ===
In the world remade by [[Harmony]], Vin becomes mythologised as the Ascendant Warrior, and is rarely referred to by name. The myths tell of her slaying the Lord Ruler, carrying the world upon her arms, able to kill with a glare alone, able to discover secrets no others knew, and capable of defeating entire armies of enraged koloss on her own.{{book ref|mb4|1}}{{book ref|mb5|11}}{{book ref|mb6|13}} It is believed that she merged with the mists, becoming their guardian and watching over those in the night.{{book ref|mb5|11}} Additionally, she is a historical model for modern women in the [[Elendel Basin]], her example creating more egalitarian views about women in the Basin's society. Her legacy in this regard is also written into law.{{book ref|mb4|9}}{{book ref|mb5|14}} However, the way in which she is mythologised leave a staggering reputation for other women in the Basin to live up to.{{book ref|mb6|13}}
Large statues of her and Elend stand atop their tomb in the [[Field of Rebirth]] and dominate the area.{{book ref|mb4|10}} In [[New Seran]], an old, sunken statue, eight feet tall and made of black marble, resides in a graveyard among the graves of the impoverished.{{book ref|mb6|13}} [[Ranette]] created a gun which she named [[Vindication]], after Vin.{{book ref|mb4|14}} Vin is depicted ripping out the Lord Ruler's insides in several illustrated religious texts.{{book ref|mb6|2}} In some artwork of her, such as the murals in [[Kelesina Shores]]' mansion in New Seran, she is depicted rising above a flock of ravens, symbolic of Steel Inquisitors.{{book ref|mb6|12}}
== Power & Abilities ==
|Vin to Ruin during the Battle of Hathsin.{{book ref|mb3|81}}
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{{quote
|She was strong and vulnerable all at once. She was my last master, and my greatest. She had a way of pouring everything of herself into what she did. When she fought, she was the blade. When she loved, she was the kiss. In that regard, she was far more . . . human than any I have known.
|TenSoon speaking of Vin to Waxillium Ladrian.{{book ref|mb5|20}}}}
== Trivia ==
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