Some of us have been picking books that have some mystery to them. We have stopping points in the books where we discuss what we have read, any questions we have, then try to speculate ahead for what is to come. Your books have worked extremely well for these, along with completely enjoying the readings. But, we had a few questions we were still a little curious about. So, I am going to be a little on the specific side for just a few things.
Needless to say, this will have some major spoilers for the Mistborn series. So turn back now if you don’t want to read them.
In Mistborn: There was mention of a man named Adonalsium. We were wondering if this man may have been Preservation, who “died” before Vin took over. Is that who he was or was he someone else?
The man who died before Vin took over was named Leras. (I’ve occasionally written it as Laras. I’ve said the names in my head for years, but I’m only now writing them down as people ask me on forums.) Leras, like Ati (aka Ruin), were NOT Adonalsium. (Sorry about the typo on that one in Mistborn 3. I wrote it down on the manuscript, and it didn’t get put in quite right. We’ll get it fixed.)
Adonalsium was something or someone else. You will find out more. There are clues in Warbreaker and The Way of Kings .
Marsh survived. (He’ll show up in the Mistborn sequel series.) The Kandra were restored, and have taken a vow to live only in animal bodies. There will never be any more of them, but they are functionally immortal. So you’ll see them again. The Koloss who were in the cavern at the time survived, and were changed to become a race that breeds true, rather than Hemalurgic monsters. More below.
Also, We just took for granted that Sazed is with Tindwyl now. Is that so?
Well, here’s the thing. What Sazed is right now is something of a god in the classic Greek sense—a superpowered human being, elevated to a new stage of existence. Not GOD of all time and space. In a like manner, there are things that Sazed does not have power over. For instance, he couldn’t bring Vin and Elend back.
Where Tindwyl exists is beyond space and time, in a place Sazed hasn’t learned to touch yet. He might yet. If you want to add in your heads him working through that, feel free. But as it stands at the end of the book, he isn’t yet with Tindwyl. (He is, however, with Kelsier—who refused to “Go toward the light” so to speak, and has been hanging around making trouble ever since he died. You can find hints of him in Mistborn 3 at the right moments.
Of the people that were sick for the 16 days in comparison to just the one day, it is mentioned that they would be able to burn more precious metals (atium). Could it also be possible they are/were Mistborn—with the ability to burn all 16 metals?
Well, what was going on here was a clue established and set by Leras before he died. He wanted something to indicate—should he be unable to inform mankind—that what was happening wasn’t natural, but instead something intentional. He worried that men wouldn’t be able to realize they were being made into Allomancers.
And so, the mist was set to do something very specific, as has to do with the interaction between the human soul, Allomancy, and the sixteen metals.
Each of the ‘Shardworlds’ I’ve written in (Mistborn, Elantris , Warbreaker , Way of Kings ) exists with the same cosmology. All things exist on three realms—the spiritual, the cognitive, and the physical. What’s going on here is an interaction between the three realms. I don’t want to bore you with my made up philosophy, but I do have a cohesive metaphysical reasoning for how my worlds and magic works. And there is a single plane of existence—called Shadesmar, the Cognative Realm—which connects them all.
You will never need to know any of this to read and enjoy my books, but there is an overarching story behind all of them, going on in the background. Adonalsium, Hoid, the origin of Ati, Leras, the Dor, and the Voice (from Warbreaker ) are all tied up in this.
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