Books (4)
Characters (15)
| 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 |
| Wayne Wax's eccentric partner and master of disguise. Slider (Bendalloy Allomancy) and Bloodmaker (Gold Feruchemy). Former criminal turned lawman. | Protagonist | |
| Autonomy A Shard from another world seeking to interfere with Scadrial. The true power behind The Set. | Trell, Bavadin | Antagonist |
| Edwarn Ladrian Wax's corrupt uncle and high-ranking member of The Set. Believed dead but secretly leading criminal operations. | 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 |
| Paalm A rogue kandra who was once Wax's wife Lessie. Seeks to free humanity from Harmony's influence. | Bleeder, Lessie | Antagonist |
| Telsin Ladrian Wax's sister who becomes involved with The Set. | 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 the Pits of Hathsin where his wife died, he channels grief into revolution. He assembles a crew of Allomantic thieves for the most ambitious 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 |
| MeLaan A kandra who aids Wax and his team. Known for her irreverent attitude and combat skills. | Supporting | |
| Ranette A brilliant gunsmith and inventor who creates specialized weapons for Wax. | Supporting | |
| VenDell A kandra scholar who provides information and assistance to the protagonists. | Supporting |
Groups (4)
| Name | Type | Appears In |
|---|---|---|
| Elendel Constabulary | Organisation | The Alloy of Law |
| House Ladrian | Family | The Alloy of Law, The Bands of Mourning |