In the Mistborn series, Mistwraiths are strange, semi-intelligent beasts who use the bones of those they ingest to add to their bodies. They are cousins to the kandra, and they have the most utterly bizarre appearance. Appearance Mistwraiths have smoky, translucent skin as well as translucent muscles, through which you can see their bones. One … Continue reading Mistwraiths Explained | Mistborn

In the Mistborn series, obligators are minor functionaries, serving the Lord Ruler to keep watch over the nobility. They are the most common official in the Steel Ministry, the Lord Ruler’s government. Essentially, they function as the Lord Ruler’s bureaucracy, approving contracts, collecting taxes, and running public works projects in the Final Empire.  Appearance Obligators … Continue reading Obligators Explained | Mistborn

Appearance In the Mistborn series, the Steel Inquisitors are described as having thick metal spikes that have been pounded, tip-first, through each of their eyes. They are described as tall, lean, and bald, wearing black robes, and sporting intricate tattoos around their eyes.  They also have a “horrifying, unnatural gaze” (1.250), and a distinctive air … Continue reading Steel Inquisitors Explained | Mistborn

In the Mistborn series, the kandra are amorphous beings that can mold their appearance to look like any person or animal. Because of this ability, they make for great spies, and some of the noble houses hire them on occasion for this reason. History Creation The Lord Ruler created the kandra many years before the … Continue reading Kandra Explained | Mistborn

How Hemalurgy Works Hemalurgy is the practice of using metals to draw power from someone else’s body. While Allomancy allows you to draw powers from metals, and Feruchemy allows you to draw power from your own body, Hemalurgy allows you to draw power from someone else’s body.l To use Hemalurgy, a metal spike must be … Continue reading Hemalurgy Explained | Mistborn

What Feruchemy Is Feruchemy grants its users the ability to store physical attributes inside of an allomantic metal. Feruchemists save up an attribute, then draw upon that reserve at a later time. Rather than burning metals like Allomancers, Feruchemists use them as storage. Each piece of metal, dependent upon its size and alloy, can store … Continue reading Feruchemy Explained | Mistborn

Below is an Allomancy chart of the metals used throughout Brandon Ssanderson’s Mistborn series. Metal NameAlloyTypePush or PullMisting UserAllomancyFeruchemyHemalurgyIronSteelPhysicalPullLurcherPulls on nearby metalsStores physical weightSteals strengthSteelIronPhysicalPushCoinshotPushes on nearby metalsStores physical speedSteals physical allomancyTinPewterPhyscialPullTineyeIncreases sensesStores sensesSteals sensesPewterTinPhysicalPushThug or PewterarmIncreases physical abilitiesStores physical strengthSteals physical feruchemyZincBrassMentalPullRioterRiots emotionsStores mental speedSteals emotional fortitudeBrassZincMentalPushSootherSoothes emotionsStores warmthSteals cognitive feruchemyCopperBronzeMentalPullSmokerHides allomantic pulsesStores memoriesSteals … Continue reading Allomancy Chart | Mistborn Metals Explained

Below is a chapter summary of The Hero of Ages, the third and final book in Brandon Sanderson’s original Mistborn series. Prologue Marsh struggles to kill himself, trying to pull the spike from his back to end his life. He is torturing a Terris prisoner, struggling against Ruin, which controls his mind. Eventually, Ruin wins … Continue reading The Hero of Ages | Chapter Summary

Below is a chapter summary of The Well of Ascension, the second book in Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn series. Chapter 1 Elend is now the King of Luthadel. His father, Straff Venture, brings an army to the walls of the city, intending to attack. He is preparing to meet with his council on what to do … Continue reading The Well of Ascension | Chapter Summary