A Pewterarm (Thug) in Kelsier's crew who serves as the rebellion's military commander. Physically powerful but philosophically inclined - he loves debating ethics and morality.

Kelsier's older brother and a Seeker (bronze Misting). A former leader of the skaa rebellion who has grown disillusioned. He infiltrates the Steel Ministry as a spy for the crew, at great personal risk.

A soldier in the skaa rebellion army who becomes one of Ham's most trusted men. One of the earliest members of the Church of the Survivor. His faith in Kelsier and the crew is unwavering and becomes a recurring thread through all three books.

A soldier originally assigned to kill Vin in The Final Empire who instead helped her escape. Elend later makes him a captain in his army, and Goradel's quiet loyalty becomes one of the book's small but persistent examples of people choosing to be better than they were trained to be.

The revolutionary leader of Urteau who has abolished the nobility and set up a brutal egalitarian regime in its place. A grim illustration of what happens when idealism curdles into paranoia and control. Spook's storyline in Hero of Ages is largely a reckoning with Quellion's regime.