Mistborn

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The Mistborn, or allomancers, are a fictional group of people from Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy. They have the ability to "burn" (or use) ingested metals, thereby enhancing various physical and mental capacities. A person with only one of the abilities listed below is known as a Misting. If someone has more than one of the abilities below, they have all of them, though their capabilities with each may vary.

There are 12 known metals or alloys, linked to 12 different abilities, which are used by allomancers as listed below. The metals and alloys must be pure when ingested, or the allomancer could become very ill or possibly die.

[edit] Types of Misting

[edit] Coinshot

Coinshots have the ability to burn steel, which allows them to "push" on nearby metals. This can allow them to make metallic objects that weigh less than they do to fly through the air away from them (using coins, for instance, as weapons). For metallic objects which weigh more than they do, this can cause them to be pushed away from the object.

[edit] Lurcher

Lurchers have the ability to burn iron, which allows them to "pull" on nearby metals. This can allow them to make metallic objects that weigh less than they do to fly through the air toward them. For metallic objects which wiegh more than they do, this can cause them to be pulled toward the object.

[edit] Rioter

Rioters burn brass in order to inflame the emotions of those nearby. This can be used to set off a riot (hence the name) or to build up courage.

[edit] Seeker

Seekers can determine if someone is using allomancy in the immediate area by burning bronze. With practice, some of them can even determine the type of allomancy being used.

[edit] Smoker

Smokers burn copper in order to mask the active use of any allomancy in a specific area. Groups of them can effectively mask an entire building.

[edit] Soother

A Soother burns zinc, giving the ability to soothe or guide emotions in a particular direction. A group of soothers can affect all the individuals in a particular area.

[edit] Thug

Thugs, or Pewterarms, receive greatly enhanced strength and endurance by burning pewter. This can allow them to fight or run for hours without collapsing, even if they receive wounds that might normally kill a person. The danger with this is that if a thug runs out of pewter to burn before receiving the proper medical attention, they may die suddenly from the shock.

[edit] Tineye

Tineyes burn tin in order to enhance all of their senses. This can be overwhelming in the case of bright light, strong odors, and loud noises. The sense of touch is also enhanced. This allows the allomancers to see through the mist that is everywhere at night.

[edit] Additional metals

[edit] Atium

Atium is the most valuable metal in the world, and is only found in the Hathsin mines. This metal allows the Mistborn to see a few seconds into the future, thereby allowing them to anticipate the moves of an opponent.

[edit] Gold

Gold allows a Mistborn to see what they might have been if they had made different choices in the past.

[edit] Titles in the series

• Mistborn: The Final Empire (2006)
• Mistborn: The Well of Ascension (2007)
• Mistborn: The Hero of Ages (2008)