History Literature / WaxAndWayne

* FunctionalMagic: Same magic system from [[Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy the original trilogy]], though Feruchemy has been broken up into one power per person, and Twinborn are people with one Allomantic and one Feruchemic power. Notably Twinborn are repeatedly said to be extremely rare, but Wax and Wayne are both Twinborn...

** [[spoiler: the epilogue of ''The Lost Metal'' shows one of Wayne. Appropriately, it has swappable hats and two plaques: one inspirational, one rude.]]

* ThemeNaming: The heroes are Wax and Wayne, referring to opposite phases of the moon. This shows their status as {{Foil}}s to one another.

** Played straight to a degree, in that Harmony made conditions so good in the Basin while remaking the world at the end of the original trilogy, they fear it has stagnated human development. Although things have progressed beyond the pre-UsefulNotes/IndustrialRevolution level of the original trilogy to a [[TheWildWest Wild West]]/[[TheGildedAge Gilded Age]]-era (with trains, firearms, and skyscrapers), it has taken 300 years to do so. Harmony thinks humanity should be at a early/mid-20th century level at least (having invented the radio a century ago and be well on the way to aviation and television), and has ignored some areas of development entirely, like agriculture. Why put any effort into learning to more efficiently grow food, when the Basin is so ridiculously fertile the main problem come harvest time is that you ''literally can't harvest fast enough''.

** Played straight to a degree, in that Harmony made conditions so good in the Basin while remaking the world at the end of the original trilogy, they fear it has stagnated human development. Although things have progressed beyond the pre-UsefulNotes/IndustrialRevolution level of the original trilogy to a [[TheWildWest Wild West]]/[[TheGildedAge Gilded Age]]-era (with trains, firearms, and skyscrapers), it has taken 300 years to do so. Harmony thinks humanity should be at a early/mid-20th century level at least (having invented the radio a century ago and be well on the way to aviation and television), and has ignored some areas of development entirely, like agriculture.

* FiveManBand: One of these begin to form in the second book, as [=MeLaan=] joins the group and Steris starts to become more involved in the story after having been a DamselInDistress in the first one.
** TheHero: Wax, legendary lawman and [[TheChosenOne chosen champion of Harmony.]]
** TheLancer: Wayne, who's as cheerful and silly as Wax is straight-laced and somber, [[TheAtoner has a shameful past]] whereas Wax suffered from ChronicHeroSyndrome from an early age, and DoesntLikeGuns while Wax is a master gunslinger.
** TheBigGuy: [=MeLaan=], HardDrinkingPartyGirl with [[TheLadette limited manners]] and supreme fighting prowess that is aided by her being {{Nigh Invulnerab|ility}}le.
** TheSmartGuy[=/=]TheChick: Marasi and Steris share these two roles between them, as both are traditionally feminine to some extent, are less experienced in combat/physically dangerous than the other three, and make up for a relative lack of combat skills [[note]]- Marasi is a good shot with a rifle, but limited in actual combat experience; Steris never learned to fight at all and is the only one who isn't an Allomancer/Feruchemist or Kandra -[[/note]] through AwesomenessByAnalysis and being CrazyPrepared, respectively.

** InUniverse, women seem to have the same career opportunities as men do, including the ability to occupy high offices and are generally granted equal rights. However, culturally there is still some unease with them working in some fields (like law enforcements), and there is a slightly schizophrenic attitude whereby [[ActionGirl Vin]] is considered the ideal of empowered womanhood but at the same time feminine standards are heavily influenced by the ideas of [[TheChick Allrianne]] - in other words, professional women are expected to be {{tomboy}}s ''and'' [[GirlyGirl girly-girls]], ''at the same time''! Much of Marasi's character arc consists of trying to find her way between those conflicting expectations and figure out what ''she'' actually wants.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: While it sounds fantastical, there actually is an alloy of Cadmium that's sometimes called "bendalloy." It's more commonly known in the real world as "Wood's metal," named after its discoverer, who would ''not'' be who discovered in on Scadriel.

Originally conceived while Sanderson was taking a break from working on the last volumes of ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' as a writing exercise, the story quickly grew beyond its planned scope, and was deemed suitable for publishing as a fully-fledged novel. Brandon Sanderson plans to write four books in this series before the release of the second ''Mistborn'' trilogy (planned to be set in a 1980s-analogous period with a female Nicroburst computer-programmer protagonist). There are currently 3 officially named books:

->''"When I found my way out to the Roughs, when I started bringing in the warranted, I started to... Well, I thought I'd found a place where I was needed. I thought I'd found a way to do something that nobody else would do. And yet, it appears that all along, the place I left behind might have needed me even more. I'd never noticed."''
-->-- '''Waxillium "Wax" Ladrian'''

# ''Literature/TheAlloyOfLaw'' (2011)

# ''Literature/TheLostMetal'' (Released on the 15th of November, 2022)

# ''Literature/TheLostMetal'' (to be released on the 15th of November, 2022)

# ''The Lost Metal'' (to be released on the 15th of November, 2022)

# ''The Lost Metal'' (to be released on the 15th of Novemeber, 2022)

# ''The Lost Metal'' (Tentative title, estimated to come out in 2022)

** A more meta example, referencing [[TheVerse the Cosmere]] itself, comes toward the end when [[spoiler:Miles is being executed]]: his FamousLastWords sound almost exactly like one of the pre-death quotes being recorded in ''Literature/TheWayOfKings''.

* PowerTrio: Wax, Wayne, and [[spoiler:Marasi]], by the first book's end, seem to be something like this.

# ''The Lost Metal'' (Tentative title, estimated to come out in 2021)

* GenderBender: All kandra are this — they can change from male to female bodies and the other way round rapidly, according to their needs and sometimes whims. They seem to have a preferred gender at any given time, but it's possible they simply do this for the comfort and convenience of nearby Humans.

* NamedWeapon: Vindication, sufficiently awesome to deserve its namesake.

* AntiMagic: Aluminum (and some alloys thereof) is allomantically inert, and can't be Pushed or Pulled allomantically like other metals. In addition, wearing an [[TinfoilHat aluminum foil hat]] (or just one lined with aluminum) protects against emotional Allomancy and WordOfGod is that aluminum in a wound prevents healing by a bloodmaker, though this isn't widely known and doesn't seem like it would be all that useful regardless.

Originally conceived while Sanderson was taking a break from working on the last volumes of ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' as a writing exercise, the story quickly grew beyond its planned scope, and was deemed suitable for publishing as a fully-fledged novel. Brandon Sanderson plans to write four books in this series before the release of the second ''Mistborn'' trilogy (planned to be set in a modern day universe with an Allomantic SWAT Team). There are currently 3 officially named books:

# ''The Lost Metal'' (Tentative title)

* AntiMagic: Aluminum (and some alloys thereof) is allomantically inert, and can't be Pushed or Pulled allomantically like other metals. In addition, wearing an [[TinfoilHat aluminum foil hat]] (or just one lined with aluminum) protects against emotional Allomancy and WordOfGod is that aluminum in a wound prevents healing by a bloodmaker, though this isn't widely known.
* BlessedWithSuck: Cadmium Mistings have the ability to slow down time around themselves, making time outside a small bubble around themselves pass very quickly. If they leave the bubble, its effect ends. The ability has such narrow application that [[spoiler: Marasi]] prefers for people to think she isn't an Allomancer, rather than know she's a Cadmium Misting.
** Aluminum and its alloy have no effect on their own, serving only to influence other metal reserves--meaning only Mistborn can actually use them. Mistings of these metals are referred to as "Gnats", since their power is utterly useless. At least so far as is known, and on Scadrial.

** Wax's last name, Ladrian, ties him directly to Breeze (Ladrian was [[OnlyKnownByHisNickname Breeze's real name]]). In ''Literature/ShadowsOfSelf'' he even mentions he's a distant descendant of Edgard Ladrian (Breeze) and Allriane.
** The following map features are named after characters from the original series: Elendel, Rashekin, Doxonar, Vindiel, Alendel, Sea of Yomend, Hammondar Bay, Demoux Promenade, Tindwyl Promenade.
** Certain characters from the original trilogy are referenced as quasi-religious figures:

*** Through various means a couple are still around throughout the series. Harmony is obviously still around, although largely hands-off as far as interaction goes. [[spoiler: Marsh actually survived through use of Atium Feruchemy]], and [[spoiler: Kelsier managed to come back from being dead, although specifics are not totally clear yet. See ''Literature/MistbornSecretHistory'' for more details.]]

* DepletedPhlebotinumShells: Ranette, the gunsmith who makes all sorts of specialized ammo, specifically made some for killing various types of Allomancers.

** TheSmartGuy[=/=]TheChick: Marasi and Steris share these two roles between them, as both are traditionally feminine to some extent, are less experienced, confident and physically powerful than the other three, and try to make up for a relative lack of combat skills [[note]]- Marasi can hold her own in a fight, but she's nothing special; Steris never learned to fight at all -[[/note]] through AwesomenessByAnalysis and being CrazyPrepared, respectively.
* FunctionalMagic: Same magic system from [[Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy the original trilogy]], though Feruchemy has been broken up into one power per person, and Twinborn are people with one Allomantic and one Feruchemic power. Notable in that Twinborn are repeatedly said to be extremely rare, while Wax and Wayne are both Twinborn...

* GameBreaker: [[invoked]] [[spoiler:Miles]] is a double-gold Twinborn, letting him get more health than he started with out of a metalmind. Although he still ages, he's functionally immortal. All the Compounders (Twinborn with matching metals) are overpowered, but a double-gold is a particularly dangerous variety. Notably, this is the trick the [[Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy Lord Ruler]] pulled back during the days of the Final Empire, burning Atiumminds (and presumably Goldminds) to release the youth (and health) stored within at a vastly increased rate.
* GenderBender: All kandra are this — they can change from male to female bodies and the other way round rapidly, according to their needs and sometimes whims.
* TheGrimReaper: [[spoiler:Former Steel Inquisitor Marsh]] (now called "Ironeyes") is believed to be this by most people.

** [[spoiler:Miles]] is a twinborn whose Allomantic and Feruchemic metals are the same — gold. This allows his powers to interact in a fashion called Compounding, where the energy stored in a metalmind can be accessed by Allomancy, and which releases considerably more Feruchemical energy when burned, allowing the Compounder to bypass the sum-zero limitation of normal Feruchemy, as long as there is a supply of the metal available for burning. In this case, it allows the regeneration of all but the most fatal wounds in seconds and renders the user functionally immortal. The only time an injury actually inconvenienced him was when Wax shot him in the eye, and his mask got stuck when it tried to heal.

* SuperStrength: Pewterarms again, especially anyone who is a Pewter Savant. Anybody with koloss blood as well. [[OhCrap One of the bad guys is a koloss-blooded Pewter Savant.]]

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: {{Justified}} by Wayne's time-bubbles, which speed up time in a small bubble. When the duo need a moment to plan during a big fight ([[VitriolicBestBuds or just snark at each other]]), they duck inside a bubble and hold long conversations.

* TerminallyDependentSociety: Somewhat. While society in Scadrial is capable of innovating on a technological path not entirely unlike that of Earth, it's shown (and outright admitted by [[spoiler:Harmony]]) that the job of remaking the world and creating the Elendel Basin may have been done a little too well, as innovation has happened slowly, and the Elendel Basin is such a perfectly fertile ecosystem and habitat that there's little incentive to leave.

** Aluminium and duralumin Mistings are referred to as "Aluminum/Duralumin Gnats" due to their powers having no practical uses at all. Both their metals have no effect except on other metals that the user is burning; aluminum instantly depletes a Mistborn's reserves of all metals, and duralumin works as a "super-flare" for any other metals being burned at the time. Since there are no Mistborn anymore, these powers do nothing. However, according to Creator/BrandonSanderson, these powers don't do exactly what they're believed to do and [[ScienceMarchesOn Allomancy Marches On]]. It's possible that an application will be revealed at a later date.