The Lost Metal: A Mistborn Novel

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Especially you.” She kissed him on the forehead. “You are whatever you want to be, Wayne. You’re the wind. You’re the stars. You are all endless things.” Way one,” he said, sliding to the next outcropping. “When they take off clothes, they get hotter. Strange, eh? Normal folks, they get colder when they take off—” This thread is for discussion of The Lost Metal (and therefore for the entire series) through the end of the book.

The second problem was far closer to home. It was the parts of the Basin that were outside the capital, the people in what were collectively known as the Outer Cities. For years, maybe decades, tensions had been building between the city of Elendel and everyone else. Cryptically Unhelpful Answer: Lampshaded and averted by Harmony towards Wax about Trell, or rather Auto nomy. Harmony notes he's trying to be a bit more straightforward about things now. Nah, just mostly bad ones,” he said. “I asked Jammi Walls what she thought I should do—You know her? She’s at the tavern most nights.” His gut said that if the vote happened today, the bill would pass. So, he hadn’t come here to repeat his arguments. He’d come with a bullet loaded in the chamber, ready to fire.She consulted the map, marked with the construction notes—and older annotations indicating a nearby oddity that the sewer builders had found years ago, but which had never been properly investigated. The government of Elendel thinks the best way to squash a rebellion is to make the governor legal authority of the entire Basin. Wax points out that this will do nothing but piss off everyone else, especially since no one outside Elendel gets to vote. Memorial Statue: For Wayne, in the final epilogue. They include a hat that can be switched out, and a couple plaques of quotes; one profound, one rude. Wax's sister Telsin, the leader of the Set, a terrorist group working for Trell (actually a Shard of Adonalsium called Autonomy), plots to smuggle a magical equivalent of an atomic bomb into Elendel. Marasi goes on a mission with a mysterious group known as the Ghostbloods, led by Kelsier, to stop Autonomy's forces from invading the world. Meanwhile, Wax and Wayne go to confront Telsin at the Set's base, killing several Set members, but discover that the bomb is not there, and instead is on a ship headed for the city. Marasi stops enemies in time and disables their portal, preventing the invasion, while Wax reaches the boat with Wayne. The duo discover that the bomb can be defused, but the defuser will die in the process. Wayne sacrifices himself to both defuse the bomb and save Wax. Telsin's overloaded body dies upon Autonomy removing her influence.

He dimmed the lantern again and they continued along the tunnel. People at the constabulary offices gave her sympathetic looks on occasion for putting up with Wayne—but the truth was, he could be a really good constable when he wanted to. And he usually did want to. So who gets stronger?” Ma asked. “The fellow what does the easy thing, or what does the hard thing?” And so Gud lined up a shot and Jak did likewise—but Jak shot first, hitting Gud straight through the sights into the eye! Right, Ma!”

Wax hugged his son, then put the sheets away reverently with the others. The boy’s sister—Tindwyl, as Steris liked traditional names—babbled in the corner, where Kath, the governess, was watching her. While he doesn't fully cut his strings, he does jump at the chance to help the people of Elendel when the rest of the government evacuates in the face of the coming disaster. He basically just stands nearby while Steris does all the work, but his presence lends her quite a bit of authority, and he is hailed as a hero for it. After the disaster, he promptly fires his vice-governor and offers Steris a job in disaster preparation.

It was bad enough to be facing threats from another continent. But to Wax, that was a more distant danger. The immediate one, the one that gave him the most stress, was the prospect of a civil war among his own people. He and Steris had been working for years to prevent that. A rare oversight,” he said, then gave her a lingering kiss. “You should be the one going out there today, Steris. You did more preparation than I.” Marsh / Ironeyes / Death: Kelsier's Inquisitor brother, who has become a mythical figure associated with death. Ironically, his Atium stash is all but gone and without it his life would end. The worst part was, someone was pushing for it in secret. Wax was certain the Set was again interfering in Elendel politics. His… sister was involved. He wasn’t certain why they wanted a civil war, but they’d been trying for years now. And if he let this proceed, playing into the hands of their real enemies, both the elite around him now and the revolutionaries in the cities outside would have cause to mourn.

She couldn’t help wondering if they would stumble across the mythical Survivor’s Cradle—the Pits of Hathsin—though she knew that was foolish. Wax said he had been to them, and had found no magical metals of lore. They eventually hit a particularly deep shaft down; it was essentially vertical, though with a lot of obstructions and clefts in the stone to climb on. Wayne brightened their lantern again, looking doubtful. With all due respect, Lord Ladrian,” Melstrom said. “You are a new parent, and obviously don’t understand how to raise a child. You don’t give in to their demands; you hold firm, knowing that your decisions are best for them. They will eventually see reason. As a father is to a son, Elendel is to the Outer Cities.” Well-Intentioned Extremist: Some members of the Set turn out to be this, wishing to take over the world by any means necessary on Autonomy's behalf, so she will not just destroy the planet outright. Moving the mask is like… emphasis to the Malwish. It’s not wrong to let people see under the mask, though they pretend it’s taboo—and maybe it was once upon a time. Now they like the way they can use it to express themselves.”