I'm talking, of course, about Straff Venture. Guy is... well, he's a little guy. Who likes to pretend to be strong.

There are two ways for people to be big. Either they make themselves bigger, or make everyone around them feel smaller. Elend is the first one. Straff is the second one.

A friend accidentally spoiled me that Straff got someone physically similar to Vin and that he abused her after their first meeting. I thought he'd do that in anger because Elend and Vin somehow outmaneuvered him politically. The reality was much, much more pathetic. Straff is just terrified of Vin and needed to pretend like he could dominate her in a fight, when he knows that she could kill him in the blink of an eye. She just doesn't because, ironically enough, his son is a much better man than he is (no thanks to Straff either) and doesn't want her to kill him.

"Oh, the little man is scawed? The little man is angy? The little man is scawed and angy because his son, which is a third of his age, is triple the man he will ever be? Is the little man scawed and angy because his son's future wife could break him like a twig? Is the little man scawed and angy and the only way he has to exert control over his life is to take it out on an innocent girl that is literally helpless against you, in a desperate attempt to fantasize that he is cucking his own son?"

He is absolutely a threat, don't get me wrong, as long as Zane doesn't break free from his thousand and one layers of trauma, Straff IS extremely dangerous. But as soon as he does... what? His army obeys him, sure. But I feel like if Vin and Zane were to team up, that army, even those misting bastard children that straff has, wouldn't last a day.

Straff is only as dangerous as people think he is. And he knows this. That's why he drank Zane's poison, which almost killed him, just to pretend to be badass in front of his son. He knows that the SECOND Zane realizes he is not powerful, Zane is gonna stab him repeatedly in the head.

And don't get me STARTED on his harem. Straff knows those women only go to bed with him because otherwise he would kill them. He knows how pathetic he is. Its just that he tries to keep them too scared to rebel.

Straff thinks of himself as strong because he uses violence, and of Elend as weak because he doesn't. In reality, its the other way around. Straff is weak because violence is his only resource, while Elend is so strong he can give himself the luxury of not using it.

I’ve been playing final fantasy resonance and the city of Zoldaad looks awfully familiar to Luthadel to me! Not sure if there is a crossover between fans of final fantasy and mistborn, but I thought i’d share!

Recentemente chegou ao Brasil a segunda e estou no terceiro livro Braceletes da perdição e nesse caminho até o terceiro livro uma coisa me fez amar muito a segunda era que é o Wayne um personagem complexo cheio de camadas e completamente apaixonante e engraçado não tirado nunca o mérito e a qualidade dos outros personagens como a Steris,Marasi e diversos outros com desenvolvimentos lindos e divertidos de acompanhar. Gostaria de saber como foi a recuperação dos demais leitores ou receber esses novos personagens, essas dinâmicas diferentes, o que vcs acharam dessa nova era e seus personagens.

Apologies for the clickbait, this is actually Part 5 of my Luthadel at Night series, where Im messing around with both VR and flatscreen Mistborn videogame mechanics.

Previously: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4.

It's been a few weeks since the last update, and I have replaced the low poly characters with some higher poly Victorian Era Characters.

The movement animations are smoother now, the combat however still needs a lot of work.

A lot of optimization went into the mist lighting which supports a large number of lights lighting up the mist at the same time on higher end hardware. The interior lighting needs some better lightmapping, coming soon hopefully.

The Inquisitor voice is my own through a very heavy filter. For the stained glass I have a helper tool where I can cut shapes and color parts, including an image overlay and some others helpers.

Credits to (I Think by paladincreative?) Worldhopper Ball 2025, I used some of their absolutely amazing stained glass designs.

If you are interested in more, be welcome to join the Discord

So that the blue thread is appreciated. I was suggested in my previous video to use a black thread so that it becomes more invisible and it seems as I just "thelepathically" (allomantically) pull it (as another person would see it besides the individual pulling on the coin).

I like the idea but also the blue thread I think has its charm, I don't know. What do you suggest?

Mistborn Era 1 (TFE, WoA, and HoA only, no novellas) is the only series I have finished so far... Currently reading The Way of Kings. No spoilers beyond anything from Mistborn Era 1 please.

As I have been seeing online, Cosmere will enter a Space Age... and that there is a certain direction that people have been saying for Cosmere, with the book called Isles of Emberdark, that is implying Brandon Sanderson is shifting towards a more sci-fi genre, well sci-fi in the context of Cosmere.

I have not read that book, nor will I read it in a very long time (Stormlight Archive will consume most of my slowass reading time) but considering this conceived notion about that book, and the direction Cosmere might be heading, I have a theory regarding Feruchemy and Metalminds...

What if in the future, people will harness the power of Feruchemy in a way that is very sci-fi-esque, like too much memories having been stored in some central metalmind (I have been spoiled as to what some metalminds do beyond Era 1 so... spoilers) I know that you can "open" a metalmind, allowing other people to also access its content... and I'm not sure about this, I'm basing on hemalurgy, you can also store "identity" or whatever inside metalminds.

So, using this aspect of Feruchemy, what if in the future, Feruchemy accidentally creates a conscious metalmind, but by being a metalmind, it cannot do anything... it knows it exists, that it is living, that it is conscious, but it can not do anything. The metalmind essentially becomes an artificial intelligence, who holds great disdain towards Feruchemists... so it becomes like AM from I have no mouth and I must speak. What if metalminds become "computers" they are put inside spaceships to do calculations, what if this conscious metalmind through these ship metalminds gain the ability to spread throughout Cosmere...

I am glad that the Atium bead apparently looks exactly as what I did for my prop :3. I know it is really not that hard to get it right but I was still wondeeing

Okay, so I was diagnosed with ADD(/ADHD, but this was 1992).

So as I grew up I gained the tools to concentrate on important things like tasks at work, but if I'm at home, I cannot JUST concentrate on a game, movie, or show unless expressly asked to pay attention. I can do multiple things and still pick up all of the information, even though it doesn't seem like I am. If it's important to you, I know to put everything away and pay direct attention.

This thought occured to me right now because I have the NFL Commanders at Giants on, waiting for a loading screen on Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and I was replying to people on Reddit on my phone. I'm by myself tonight, so I'm just cruising full speed!

So what would metal would a allomancer burn for this?

I posit lithium or sodium, but have at it, friends!

Got my iron symbol tattooed today. Ghostbloods is next. I think I’m gonna get it super small on my ankle or hidden in a piece somewhere. Fuck it maybe just on my knuckle.

Title. Basically, what I am looking for is a similar fan art design/pic that the one attached, but focused on Mistborn Era 2. I found this Era 1 a few years ago and made a personalized puzzle with it, now I want a mouse pad with the 4 covers of era 2 together and no title letters. If anyone have seen it or knows about it, it would be amazing. If not, I will try to make it with Photoshop. Thanks in advance everybody!

With the big reveal of Marsh it opens up some questions that never really get answered but I guess are implied. When they thought the dead guy was him they figured he broke and that's how they got the intel on Renoux and the entirety of their plan. But we now know it wasn't him. Which begs the question he must have sold them out still to become the Inquisitor right? how else could they garner that information? it seems like they had the perfect excuse before but with the reveal it muddies everything. Unless I missed something?

As the title states, I am developing a minecraft server based off of the Mistborn book series. It's something I've been wanting to do for a while since I read the books 3 years ago.

I am wondering what other (and more involved & dedicated) readers think of this idea, and I am also looking for advice concerning how you guys imagine the alomancy abilities/powers to actually be like since we don't have visuals of it like in a movie 🤔

I'm looking forward for all advice, suggestions and ideas 😁

I enjoyed the book a lot! The ending with the Kelsier reveal, althought I was kinda expecting that since I read Secret History and knew the man that helped the southern Scadrians was not Rashek, was still very cool.

I'm eager to see what will happen in the next book with the whole Trell thing. The red mist over Scadrial is very scary, more so considering Harmony don't know anything about it. I think it's a Shard probably. Let's see where this goes.

However, I will say I had this theory that I thought was pretty awesome but didn't come to pass.

When Wax was struggling in the tunnels after the Telsin betrayal, I was pretty sure he would use the (now I know they were fake) Bands of Mourning to heal. It was kinda obvious. But them, he died and went to the Cognitive Realm. I was shocked. It happened, Wax, the main character, was dead for good. Brandon didn't take the easy and obvious route. This was it. I was devastated, but at the same time, very interested in what was going to happen.

As he talked with Harmony, I thought "Wait... is Wax going to become a Cognitive Shadow?". I've read Warbreaker and there is the whole Returned concept, and we learn more about Cognitive Shadows in Secret History.

I thought Harmony was going to give Wax a chance to come back as a Cognitive Shadow. To really embody his duty as Harmony's Sword.

This would have major implications for the story, I know. And it would be kinda bittersweet, since Wax would not be the same person. And I am really hoping for a happy ending between him and Steris, so I'm not entirely unhappy with that.

But god, would it be interesting and cool.

At the end, Brandon went the safe route, which was fine. It was cool that Marasi was the one that got to save Wax tho, so there is that.

Anyway, Lost Metal next!

Whats the difference between these 2 audiobooks

Hi, everyone!

I’m about to start reading "The Hero of Ages" after a very long break since "The Well of Ascension". I generally remember the second book, especially the ending, but maybe someone could remind me of the most important plot points from the second book so I don’t have to reread it right now.

It’s just that my memory of most of the book is very hazy. I do remember the storylines involving the Dog thing, Elend’s brother and father, and the ending quite well.

No spoilers for the third book, please.

Thanks for your understanding, and I really appreciate it!

I know that Hemalurgy require specific type of metal to steal a specific type of power... Steel Spike for Physical Allomancy, and Pewter Spike for Physical Feruchemy... I also know that they require to be inserted through bind points which is where the blood flows...

My question is regarding those bind points.

1. For Stealing Allomancy, say the victim is a Pewterarm... does the Steel Spike have to go through a specific bind point in order to steal the power? say the shoulder... will it steal the pewter power if say the steel spike goes through the victim's heart?

2. For Receiving Allomancy, say the Steel Spike is charged with pewter power... does the spike have to be inserted through the receiver's shoulder? say the left shoulder... what would happen if the charged Steel Spike was inserted through the right shoulder? what if inserted through the heart?

3. What if the power charged in the Steel Spike was of a Coinshot's, does the charged Steel Spike have to be inserted on a bind point that is different from a Pewter charged Steel Spike?

4. Or do they just have to hit a bind point? like if a Steel Spike is charged, it doesn't matter where the spike is inserted, it just needs to hit a bind point?

Lets start off by saying I've read Era 1 and Secret History thus far.

TBH, getting into this book, I saw a lot of mixed reviews and it scared me for a bit. But i was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked it. I thought It went by fast and wax and wayne were very interesting and unique duo seeing how they used their powers as twinborn.

Im gonna try and hit moments I liked first

uhm wax kills his wife first chapter, how does he miss, Miles even says wax is the best shot hes ever seen, how did that guy move lessie in time, there must be more about this like what

Found Hoid this time in the book and thought its a great easter egg to look for

the usage of guns is way better than I thought it would be

seeing hints of older characters like elend, vin, kelsier, spook, marsh, sazed is great

i really liked wax and marasi in chapter 9 talking philopshy and about the vanishers before caboom boom

i was really liking marasi and wax relationship but why is the age so different, a love interest woulda been great but i guess too similar to vin and elend? shame

I saw alot of people didn't like it but i thought wayne and wax comedy worked well. sometimes wayne was a little much but they are guys who love to joke and subconsciously know they are the best of the best

seeing sazed interact with wax (Was it because of that earring?!?! just like vin, it was mentioned alot)

Marsh at the end was awesome

the ars arcanum mentioning Sel and more about the cosmere is getting cooler - chromium seems op - wipes targets reserve metals and can add fortune

Questions and Concerns

I really enjoyed era 1 and that was in part of the mystery world - the fantasy aspect of the world , the mystical and mysterious people and species, the crazy events but none of that felt relevant at all, other than allomancy and fuerochemy, what fantasy aspects were involved in this book? like marsh i guess but hes not very involved. Im okay it not being a full world issue of Gods but something where your imagation sparks if that makes sense.

the ending is insurance fraud. are u **** kidding, i was really enjoying the whole book and that just turned me off. yes, make it as relatable to the real world as possible to ruin all the fun of fantasy books.

aluminum guns and bullets now basically make them regular guns too now (loses fantasy aspect)

i also bought the smaller physical size of the book that doesnt have the same sillhoutte artwork as the rest and my OCD hurts now

Im gonna go on to the next book in era 2 i just hope they bring back that fantasy aspect that drew me in so much in era 1. but i did actually enjoy the book alot and love to hear your thoughts.

Ive been recommended this series for a while now but have been putting it off because everyone was hyping it up so much that I felt it could never live up to everyones praises. I am proud to admit that I was wrong. The series was SOOOO good!!! I was so enthralled with the story that I didnt put together the hints about any twists or revelations until they were shoved in my face. The characters, the world building, and the magic system felt like a breath of fresh air from the fantasy books I have been reading. Im pumped to get into the rest of the Cosmere books. That's it, just wanted to share my appreciation!!

So every Scadrian is born with a Connection to Preservation due to how humans were created on Scadrial. Allomancy is just using metal to ‘code’ the connection to Preservation to send you Investiture according to the metal you burn right? What Lerasium does is give you this deep Connection to Preservation, such that you become a Mistborn, so could you use Compounding Connection to achieve the same effect?

I just finished the Hero of Ages and want to say that it's so fucking good.

Now to get to the point, the torn writings of Sazed's transcript of Kwaan's words in steel...

The writings that were torn all say one thing, "Alendi must not be allowed to reach the Well of Ascension" because of this I thought it was the work of Ruin, because he wants Vin to get to the Well, therefore he removes the detail where Kwaan says that Alendi must not get to the Well.

It is then revealed at the end that it was the Mist Spirit that did this, which we then learn to be Preservation... not Ruin.

Why did the Mist Spirit do this? Preservation don't want Vin to get to the Well, so why did he tear it, hiding the fact that Alendi/Vin must not get to the Well...

Also in Book 3, The Mist Spirit pointed Elend towards Luthadel, near the Atium, why would he do this? Did Preservation also think that Atium was in Fadrex?

Also, how does this get affected by the retcon that it was actually an alloy of Atium NOT Atium itself? We know that Atium was the body of Ruin, so if it turns out that the metal was actually an alloy... how would that work? It can't be explained that they just didn't know it's actually not pure Atium because it plays a big role in the final battle at Hatshin... since the explanation given was that the alloy needs to be processed in order to yield pure Atium, if that is so, is the Atium inside the trustwarren pure Atium?

In the Mistborn RPG Game's campaign "Mistborn Legacy" there is a room with a table with a Steel Alphabet symbol craved on it. I can't figure out what symbol it is. Help would be appreciated.