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.

A Smoker (coppercloud Misting) whose shop serves as the crew's base of operations in Luthadel. Grim, pessimistic, and pragmatic. Uncle to Spook.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A brilliant detective and Pulser (Cadmium Allomancy). Starts as a constable student and rises to prominence.

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 corrupt lawman and Twinborn with gold Compounding, making him nearly immortal. Leader of the Vanishers.

A young Tineye (tin Misting) and Clubs' nephew. Speaks in heavy eastern street slang that others struggle to understand. Hero-worships Kelsier.

Wax's fiancée and later wife. A meticulous planner with no magical abilities but sharp intellect.

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.

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.

A Twinborn lawman-turned-noble. Coinshot (Steel Allomancy) and Skimmer (Iron Feruchemy). Lord of House Ladrian and later Senator.

Wax's eccentric partner and master of disguise. Slider (Bendalloy Allomancy) and Bloodmaker (Gold Feruchemy). Former criminal turned lawman.

Straff Venture's Mistborn son, mentally unstable