Mistborn #02 The Well of Ascension

Kelsier. He once played the part of Lord Renoux, Vin's uncle. Vin now holds his Contract.

    PENROD, FERSON: One of the most prominent noblemen left in Luthadel. A member of Elend's Assembly.

    PEWTERARM: Another term for a Thug, a Misting who can burn pewter.

    PHILEN: A prominent merchant in Luthadel and a member of Elend's Assembly.

    PITS OF HATHSIN, THE: A network of caverns that were once the only place in the Final Empire that produced atium. The Lord Ruler used prisoners to work them. Kelsier destroyed their ability to produce atium shortly before he died.

    PULL (ALLOMANTIC): Using Allomancy to Pull on something—either people's emotions with zinc, or metals with iron.

    PUSH (ALLOMANTIC): Using Allomancy to Push on something—either people's emotions with brass, or metals with steel.

    RASHEK: A Terris packman before the Ascension, Rashek was hired by Alendi to help him make the trek to the Well of Ascension. Rashek never got along well with Alendi, and eventually killed him. He took the power himself, and became the Lord Ruler.

    REEN: Vin's brother, the one who protected her and trained her as a thief. Reen was brutal and unforgiving, but he did save Vin from their insane mother, then protected her during her childhood.

    RELEASE (FERUCHEMICAL): When a Feruchemist stops tapping a metalmind, no longer drawing forth its power.

    RENOUX, LORD: A nobleman that Kelsier killed, then hired the kandra OreSeur to imitate. Vin played the part of his niece, Valette Renoux.

    RIOT (ALLOMANTIC): When an Allomancer burns zinc and Pulls on a person's emotions, enflaming them.

    RIOTER (ALLOMANTIC): A Misting who can burn zinc.

    SAZE: Sazed's nickname on the crew.

    SAZED: A Terris Keeper who joined Kelsier's crew against the wishes of his people, then helped overthrow the Final Empire.

    SEEKER (ALLOMANTIC): A Misting who can burn bronze.

    SHAN ELARIEL: Elend's former fiancee, a Mistborn whom Vin killed.

    SKAA: The peasantry of the Final Empire. They were once of different races and nationalities, but over the thousand-year span of the empire the Lord Ruler worked hard to stamp out any sense of identity in the people, eventually succeeding in creating a single, homogeneous race of slave workers.

    SMOKER (ALLOMANTIC): An Allomancer who can burn copper. Also known as a Coppercloud.

    SOOTHE (ALLOMANTIC): When an Allomancer burns brass and Pushes on a person's emotions, dampening them.

    SOOTHER: A Misting who can burn brass.

    SPOOK: A Tineye on Kelsier's crew. The youngest member of the crew, Spook was only fifteen when the Lord Ruler was overthrown. He is Clubs's nephew, and was once known for his use of garbled street slang.

    STEEL MINISTRY: The Lord Ruler's priesthood, consisting of a small number of Steel Inquisitors and a larger body of priests called obligators. The Steel Ministry was more than just a religious organization; it was the civic framework of the Final Empire as well.

    STRAFF VENTURE: Elend's father, king of the Northern Dominance. He makes his home in Urteau.

    SURVIVOR OF SATHSIN: A cognomen of Kelsier, referring to the fact that he is the only known prisoner to ever escape the prison camps at the Pits of Hathsin.

    SYNOD (TERRIS): The elite leaders of the Terris Keeper organization.

    TAP (FERUCHEMICAL): Drawing power from within a Feruchemist's metalminds. It is parallel to the term "burn" used by Allomancers.

    TATHINGDWEN: Capital of the Terris Dominance.

    TELDEN: One of Elend's old friends, with whom he would talk politics and philosophy.

    TENSOON: Straff Venture's kandra.

    TERRIS: The dominance in the far north of the Final Empire. It is the only dominance to retain the name of the kingdom it used to be, perhaps a sign of the Lord Ruler's fondness for his homeland.

    THUG (ALLOMANTIC): A Misting who can burn pewter.

    TINDWYL: A Terris Keeper and a member of the Synod.

    TINEYE: A Misting who can burn tin.

    URTEAU: Capital of the Northern Dominance, and seat of House Venture.

    VALETTE RENOUX: The alias that Vin used when infiltrating noble society during the days before the Collapse.

    WELL OF ASCENSION: A mythological center of power from Terris lore. The Well of Ascension was said to hold a magical reserve of power that could be drawn upon by one who made the trek to visit it at the right time.

    WORLDBRINGER: A sect of scholarly Terris Feruchemists before the Collapse. The subsequent Order of Keepers was based on the Worldbringers.

    YEDEN: A member of Kelsier's crew and the skaa