Shadows of Self
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Characters (17)
| Name | Aliases | Role |
|---|---|---|
Marasi Colms A brilliant detective and Pulser (Cadmium Allomancy). Starts as a constable student and rises to prominence. | Protagonist | |
Steris Harms Wax's fiancée and later wife. A meticulous planner with no magical abilities but sharp intellect. | Lady Ladrian | Protagonist |
Waxillium Ladrian A Twinborn lawman-turned-noble. Coinshot (Steel Allomancy) and Skimmer (Iron Feruchemy). Lord of House Ladrian and later Senator. | Wax | Protagonist |
| Protagonist | ||
| Trell, Bavadin | Antagonist | |
Edwarn Ladrian Waxillium Ladrian's uncle and a noble of House Ladrian. A cunning and ruthless man who operates in the criminal underworld of Elendel. | Suit, Uncle Edwarn | Antagonist |
Miles Hundredlives A corrupt lawman and Twinborn with gold Compounding, making him nearly immortal. Leader of the Vanishers. | Miles Dagouter | Antagonist |
| Bleeder, Lessie | Antagonist | |
| Antagonist | ||
Harmony The god of Scadrial, holding both Ruin and Preservation. Formerly the Terris Keeper Sazed from Era 1. | Sazed | Supporting |
Kelsier A half-skaa Mistborn and charismatic rebel leader who plans to overthrow the thousand-year reign of the Lord Ruler. Scarred from a year of brutal labour in the Pits of Hathsin, he channels grief and ambition into revolution, assembling a crew of Allomantic thieves for the most audacious heist in history - stealing an empire. | The Survivor of Hathsin, The Survivor | Major |
Marsh 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. | Ironeyes | Supporting |
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Winsting Innate Governor of Elendel who is assassinated in the opening of Shadows of Self. | Minor |
Groups (3)
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Elendel Constabulary | Organisation |
| House Ladrian | Family |
| Kandra | Species |
History
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
6 October 2015 | Publication | Received strong reviews, with particular praise for the emotional depth of the central mystery and its consequences for Wax. Critics noted the darker register relative to The Alloy of Law and the development of the series' Cosmere connections. Regarded as the strongest volume of the Wax and Wayne era. |
Publication6 October 2015
Received strong reviews, with particular praise for the emotional depth of the central mystery and its consequences for Wax. Critics noted the darker register relative to The Alloy of Law and the development of the series' Cosmere connections. Regarded as the strongest volume of the Wax and Wayne era.