Mistborn #03 The Hero of Ages

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PATRESEN, LADY : A noblewoman in Fadrex known for her proofreading abilities.
PENROD, FERSON : One of the most prominent noblemen who remained in Luthadel after the Collapse, Penrod made a play for the throne, eventually succeeding in taking it away from Elend via a democratic process. He later accepted Elend as his emperor, and now rules Luthadel.
PEWTERARM : Another term for a Thug, a Misting who can burn pewter.
PITS OF HATHSIN, THE : A network of caverns and crevasses that were 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. Now home to the Terris refugees.
PRESERVATION : An ancient Terris god, Preservation was Ruin's opposite—the force for stability, stasis, and continuity. He gave up most of his mental force to imprison Ruin at the Well of Ascension.
PULL (ALLOMANTIC) : Using Allomancy to Pull on something—either on people's emotions with zinc, or on metals with iron.
PUSH (ALLOMANTIC) : Using Allomancy to Push on something—either on people's emotions with brass, or on metals with steel.
QUELLION : Ruler of Urteau, Quellion considers himself a pure follower of the Survivor, and tries to uphold Kelsier's injunction to overthrow and execute the nobility. Beldre is his sister.
RASHEK : A Terris packman before the Ascension, Rashek was hired by Alendi to help him make the trek to the Well of Ascension. Rashek deeply resented Alendi, and eventually killed him. He took the power at the Well himself, and became the Lord Ruler.
REEN : Vin's half-brother, who protected her and trained her as a thief. Reen was brutal and unforgiving, but he did save Vin from their insane mother, then protect her during her childhood. He was killed by the Inquisitors when he refused to give them Vin's location. Sometimes, Vin hears the words of his lessons in her memory, and he has come to represent the more brutal side of life in Vin's mind.
RELEASE (FERUCHEMICAL) : When a Feruchemist stops tapping a metalmind, no longer drawing forth its power.
RENOUX, LORD : A nobleman whom Kelsier killed, then hired the kandra OreSeur to impersonate. Before the Collapse, 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.
RUIN : An ancient Terris god, Ruin is the force of destruction, entropy, and decay in the world. Once imprisoned near the Well of Ascension, Ruin was accidentally released by Vin. Ruin's power is not yet complete, and he mostly affects the world subtly, by whispering in the ears of his servants and by changing the text of documents. He cannot change things written in metal.
SATREN : A city in the East that has a storage cavern.
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. He was romantically involved with Tindwyl, and her death has pushed him into a long bout of depression. He now serves as chief ambassador in Elend's empire, and has been named by Elend third in line for the throne, should Elend and Vin both die.
SEEKER (ALLOMANTIC) : A Misting who can burn bronze.
SHANE LARIEL : Elend's former fiancée, a Mistborn whom Vin killed.
SIEGE OF LUTHADEL : The term used to refer to the month-long attack upon the Central Dominance by Ashweather Cett, Straff Venture, and Jastes Lekal. It ended with Jastes losing control of his koloss army, which attacked Luthadel. Vin managed to stop this army, then turn it against Straff. At the last minute, Cett joined her.
SKAA : The peasantry of the Final Empire. They were once of different races and nationalities. 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. Elend freed them when he took over Luthadel. Many of them have now joined the Church of the Survivor.
SLOWSWIFT : The nickname of a certain nobleman in Fadrex. He bears a striking resemblance to a well-known storyteller.
SMOKER (ALLOMANTIC) : Misting 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 from Kelsier's crew. The youngest