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| Name | Aliases | Role |
|---|---|---|
Breeze A Soother in Kelsier's crew who manipulates emotions with Allomancy. Cultured and self-important, he uses his abilities to soothe skaa crowds into joining the rebellion. Secretly of noble birth. | Edgard Ladrian | Supporting |
Clubs A Smoker (coppercloud Misting) whose shop serves as the crew's base of operations in Luthadel. Grim, pessimistic, and pragmatic. Uncle to Spook. | Supporting | |
Elend Venture Heir to House Venture, the most powerful noble house in Luthadel. A bookish idealist who reads political theory at balls and quietly advocates for skaa rights. Falls in love with Vin while she is disguised as Valette Renoux. | Emperor Elend Venture | Major |
Gemmel Kelsier's Mistborn tutor. An unstable and erratic man who teaches Kelsier the basics of Allomancy shortly after his escape from the Pits of Hathsin. | Supporting | |
Hammond 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. | Ham | 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 |
Marasi Colms A brilliant detective and Pulser (Cadmium Allomancy). Starts as a constable student and rises to prominence. | Protagonist | |
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 |
Miles Hundredlives A corrupt lawman and Twinborn with gold Compounding, making him nearly immortal. Leader of the Vanishers. | Miles Dagouter | Antagonist |
Spook A young Tineye (tin Misting) and Clubs' nephew. Speaks in heavy eastern street slang that others struggle to understand. Hero-worships Kelsier. | Lestibournes, Lord Mistborn | Minor |
Steris Harms Wax's fiancée and later wife. A meticulous planner with no magical abilities but sharp intellect. | Lady Ladrian | Protagonist |
The Lord Ruler The immortal god-emperor who has ruled the Final Empire for a thousand years. Believed to be the Hero of Ages who saved the world, he controls all Allomancy, Feruchemy, and the nobility through an iron grip of terror and religion. His true nature and origins are among the deepest mysteries of the series. | Rashek, The Sliver of Infinity | Antagonist |
Vin A half-skaa street urchin from the slums of Luthadel. Shaped by a harsh life with her brother Reen and a constantly-moving series of thieving crews, she has learned to survive by staying distrustful and unnoticed. When Kelsier spots something unusual in her, she is pulled out of the underworld and into a far larger plan against the Lord Ruler's Final Empire - including a new identity as the young noblewoman Valette Renoux. | Valette Renoux, Lady Heir, Ascendant Warrior | Protagonist |
Waxillium Ladrian A Twinborn lawman-turned-noble. Coinshot (Steel Allomancy) and Skimmer (Iron Feruchemy). Lord of House Ladrian and later Senator. | Wax | Protagonist |
Wayne Wax's eccentric partner and master of disguise. Slider (Bendalloy Allomancy) and Bloodmaker (Gold Feruchemy). Former criminal turned lawman. | Protagonist | |
Zane Straff Venture's Mistborn son, mentally unstable | Antagonist |