History Characters / WaxAndWayne

--> The brute smiled. Doors still rattled around him -- he was a [[MindOverMatter Coinshot]], obviously, Pushing out with a bubble like the one Wax used. It even pressed a little on the metalminds Wax wore on his upper arms, which were resistant to Allomancy.

** The confrontation with Telsin in ''The Lost Metal'' takes this to a whole nother level. So many zealots fall to Wax's ascent that Wayne simply asks the guards at the top if they want to go home or fight two men who just killed over a hundred heavily armed soldiers...and the guards pick the former, to a man.

* TraumaCongaLine: The accidental death of his wife Lessie is barely the beginning of personal tragedy for Wax, he also has to deal with [[spoiler: Lessie dying in his arms AGAIN]].

For characters from the other worlds of The Cosmere, see ''Characters/{{Elantris}}'', ''Characters/{{Warbreaker}}'', and ''Characters/TheStormlightArchive''. See [[Characters/TheCosmere here]] for characters from the greater Cosmere, including characters that appear in ''Mistborn'' itself.

* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: He's behind the plots in all three books, and manages to outplay Wax on multiple occasions, always staying out of reach.]]

* DemotedToDragon: [[spoiler:Turns out to be subordinate to his own niece in ''The Bands of Mourning.'']]

* EvilUncle: [[spoiler:To Wax, as his name is Edwarn Ladrian.]]
* FantasticRacism: He hates everyone who doesn't fit into his narrow view of what is right and proper. He hates poor people, non-nobles, people from outside Elendel, Terrisfolk... He even refers to the [[spoiler:southerners]] as savages despite the fact that he is stealing their superior technology. [[spoiler:His dislike towards Terrisfolk bites him back during his final confrontation with his nephew: he Leeches Wax's Allomantic reserves, but fails to consider that the latter can also use Feruchemy.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: The one pulling the strings of The Vanishers. The hunt to catch him in particular picks up after that first encounter. Turns out his plots take place over ''centuries'', and involve [[spoiler:immortal servants of another Shard entirely]].
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Escapes the first book unscathed, and is a recurring villain for two more. And even after his death, he's apparently been made a spiritual servant of his god.]]

* TheManBehindTheMan: Though he in turn is part of a larger conspiracy, and actually is only in the middle ranks.
* NervesOfSteel: He qualifies through the entire series for his willingness to stare down armed men while unarmed himself. But what really cinches it is his standing up to [[spoiler: Wax when he has the powers of a PhysicalGod]].

!!Operatives

[[folder:Bleeder]]
!!Paalm/Bleeder

The ArcVillain of the second book, an insane kandra who removed one of her Hemalurgic spikes so that Harmony couldn't control her.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Steris' role gradually increases over the course of the series, until finally be promoted to a viewpoint character in ''The Lost Metal''.

* SupervillainLair: The central skyscraper of her city. It even includes the traditional superweapon. [[spoiler: It's actually a decoy.]]
* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Wax realizes that he doesn't stand a chance in a fair fight against an avatar of Autonomy, so he has Harmony incapacitate Telsin while he stops her plan. She dies when Autonomy withdraws her power as punishment for failure.]]

[[folder:The organization as a whole]]

* MysteriousBacker: What Trell even is is one of the running mysteries of ''Wax and Wayne''. The Lost Metal reveals Trell is an identity of Autonomy/Bavadin.

[[folder:Trell '''(Spoilers for ''The Lost Metal'')''']]
!!Trell

Trell is a mysterious figure backing the Set, and a rival god to Harmony. ''The Lost Metal'' reveals it's an identity created by the god Autonomy, who intends to have her chosen avatar of Scadrial, Telsin Ladrian, inherit the identity when the ascend to godhood.

For more details on Telsin see her folder below under "Sequence", for more details on Autonomy see her folder [[Characters/TheCosmere here]].

* AmbiguousSituation: While Autonomy/Bavadin clarifies it's a created identity in ''The Lost Metal'', much of the mythos around Trell is still unclear, particularly why Autonomy uses it in the first place, why they tried to insert the mythos into Ancient Scadrial, what is Trell's brother Nalt that was in that version of the mythos, and what, if any, connection does the foreman on Taldain, the planet Bavadin directly rules, has to the mythos.
* LegacyCharacter: Autonomy/Bavadin used the identity when first contacting the Set, and they intend to give it to Telsin Ladrian who will use it once they become a god and rule Scadrial for Autonomy.
* MysteriousBacker: What Trell even is is one of the running mysteries of ''Wax and Wayne''. The Lost Metal reveals Trell is an identity of Autonomy/Bavadin.

!!Leadership
[[folder:Mister Suit]]
!!Mister Suit / [[spoiler: Edwarn Ladrian]]

The man who helped finance the Vanishers, he is somewhat put off by the Masked Man's theatrics, but goes along regardless.

* AmbitionIsEvil: She may have been a decent person at one point, but her own ambitions for power have completely consumed her. By the time she's [[spoiler:trying to nuke a whole city]] for her own gain, it is clear her actions have gone beyond the pale.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Has some affection for Wax, as she has some reservations about shooting Wax, and he warns Wax away from her plans in ''The Lost Metal'', claiming that she still cares for him and wants him to survive. While Wax does call her out as more just wanting him out of the equation, she does still give him a warning and opportunity to leave. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope At least]] until Wax keeping goign, and in their final confrontation, she snaps and admits that she's [[HiddenDisdainReveal hated him for decades]].]]

!Ghostbloods (Spoilers for ''The Lost Metal'')

!!Kelsier

Kelsier appears to have survived his apparent death in the original trilogy. See also ''[[Characters/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy Kelsier]]''

* AmplifierArtifact: [[spoiler: Crafted a spearhead that lets the user become a PhysicalGod.]]

* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Uses a single hemalurgic eye spike, like those of the Steel Inquisitors]].

* MessianicArchetype: He is this for [[spoiler:Southern Scadrians, having taught them how to create unsealed brassminds and thus allowing them to survive the freezing temperatures that the Catecendre inadvertedly brought to their lands.]]

* VillainOfAnotherStory: He's a hero to Scadrial and a major ally in the fight against Trell/Autonomy, but as [[spoiler:Thaidakar]] he's this in ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''.

[[folder:Push and Pull]]
!!Push and Pull

Two bodyguards on loan to the Masked Man from Mr. Suit.

* EliteMooks: Basically what they boil down to.
* MeaningfulName: Push is a Coinshot, Pull is a Lurcher.
* NoNameGiven: No one ever refers to them by their names.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: They are only called Push and Pull

!!The New Crew

!!Allies

!!Elendel

!!The Roughs

[[folder:Bloody Tan]]
!!Bloody Tan

The villain of the prologue. A former mortician who turned to gruesome murders to create displays of "art" out in the Roughs. He was the last outlaw Wax brought in before returning to Elendel.

* AxeCrazy: Extremely violent and dangerous.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: His M.O. Given his use of spikes, he could very likely be aware of [[BloodMagic Hemalurgy]].
* SerialKiller: Kills people and hangs them up in his lair.
* StarterVillain: Not exactly Wax's first, but rather the first one the audience is introduced to.

!!The Vanishers

[[folder:The Masked Man]]
!!Miles "Hundredlives" Dagouter
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miles_8.jpg]]

The leader of the Vanishers, he hates nobles and everything they stand for.

* BornInTheWrongCentury: [[spoiler:According to Wax, he would have been a hero if he'd been born in the Final Empire, somewhat like Kelsier.]]
* DragonWithAnAgenda: To Mister Suit.
* FallenHero: Was once a heroic lawman until he decides the nobility are the real criminals.
* FeelNoPain: He's survived so many wounds that would kill an ordinary person that nothing hurts him anymore. This is because he's Miles Hundredlives, famous Gold Compounder.
* GloryHound: Claims his over the top theatrical heists are meant to obscure the real purpose of the robberies. But he's clearly bitter about not being better regarded as a lawman, and feels a particular thrill at peoples awe at his crimes.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Pretty much everything he does relies on him being able to heal from almost anything. This includes jumping from a high building [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou and instantly reknitting his bones upon contact with the ground]], and detonating dynamite [[ActionBomb in his own hand]] to try to kill people.
* HealingFactor: Due to his ability to Allomantically burn his Feruchemical stores of health, he has a truly ridiculous one. He doesn't need strong bones because they've already started healing before they've even finished breaking. He even shoot himself in the face to demonstrate his power to his men, using a ''shotgun''. However, the power is also given a {{deconstruction}}. Since he needs to use gold to burn in order to use his abilities, he needs to have a job that is extremely high paying in order to keep himself alive, something that Wax is aware of and uses as his way of realizing that Miles is working for someone of exceptional wealth.
* TheHeavy: He's the main villain of ''The Alloy of Law''. Though Mr. Suit/[[spoiler:Edwarn Ladrian]] is the ultimate string-puller, The Masked Man is the one the protagonists are most concerned about dealing with in ''The Alloy of Law''.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: While the nobles he opposes aren't the best of people, he and his gang are a lot worse.
* HonorBeforeReason: Or so he claims. His actions don't quite match up with that.
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: Still looks down on Wax for showing mercy on [[TheAtoner repentant murderer Wayne]], despite operating an entire gang of mercenary trigger happy cutthroats.]]
* ImplacableMan: Because he's Miles Dagouter.
* JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope: Became a criminal because being a lawman didn't stop criminals from existing.
* KnightTemplar: Left no survivors when he worked as a lawkeeper.
* LawmanGoneBad: Miles was once a good, if KnightTemplar -ish, lawman but turned to evil when he decided that the political figures he worked for were the real criminals.
* LogicalWeakness: His HealingFactor makes him virtually invulnerable to harm, but it doesn't make him any physically stronger. He can be trapped by ropes or nets, [[CrazyPrepared which he is generally prepared for.]] [[spoiler: He is eventually brought down by being swarmed by over a hundred constables who manage to wrestle him down until they can tie him up and remove his metalminds.]]
* MakeSureHesDead: [[spoiler:Shot three times in the head postmortem by one of the constables who was among his executioners on the firing line, just to be sure. A JustifiedTrope due to his reputation and [[HealingFactor abilities]].]]
* NighInvulnerable: With his healing powers active he can shrug off gunshot wounds to the head and dynamite wounds almost immediately.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: [[spoiler:Miles is a more brutal version of Kelsier. Wax even admits that Miles probably would have been considered a hero had he been born during the time of the Final Empire]].
* ObfuscatingDisability: He fakes a gunshot wound so that Wax won't suspect him of being Miles, renowned Gold Compounder.
* RasputinianDeath: Considering his nature, this is inevitable: [[spoiler:the firing squad had to lay into him with five volleys before he finally died]]. But what makes it particularly impressive is that [[spoiler:they stripped him of his goldminds first]], meaning that [[spoiler:he survived getting shot dozens of times at once, five times, ''using only his remaining reserves of ingested gold'']].
* RedBaron: His alias in the Roughs is Miles Hundredlives, attributed to the fact that his compounded HealingFactor has allowed him to survive countless injuries that would be fatal to a normal human.
* ShadowArchetype: Miles is what Wax could become if he let his drive to right wrongs convince him to be JudgeJuryAndExecutioner regardless of the law. Both of them are aware of it, too.

[[folder:Tarson]]
!!Tarson

A koloss-blooded pewterarm who is one of the top enforcers of the gang.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Has gray skin on account of being koloss-blooded.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Due to Wax opting to ShootTheBullet when he is about to kill Marasi.]]
* DumbMuscle: If only in comparison to those around him. He's smarter than the average {{mook}}, but can't keep up with the gambits going on.
%%* LightningBruiser
* SuperStrength: He's got koloss-blood and he's a pewterarm.

[[folder:Push and Pull]]
!!Push and Pull

Two bodyguards on loan to the Masked Man from Mr. Suit.

* EliteMooks: Basically what they boil down to.
* MeaningfulName: Push is a Coinshot, Pull is a Lurcher.
* NoNameGiven: No one ever refers to them by their names.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: They are only called Push and Pull
[[/folder]]

!!The Set

[[folder:Trell '''(Spoilers for ''The Lost Metal'')''']]
!!Trell

Trell is a mysterious figure backing the Set, and a rival god to Harmony. ''The Lost Metal'' reveals it's an identity created by the god Autonomy, who intends to have her chosen avatar of Scadrial, Telsin Ladrian, inherit the identity when the ascend to godhood.

For more details on Telsin see her folder below under "Sequence", for more details on Autonomy see her folder [[Characters/TheCosmere here]].
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* AmbiguousSituation: While Autonomy/Bavadin clarifies it's a created identity in ''The Lost Metal'', much of the mythos around Trell is still unclear, particularly why Autonomy uses it in the first place, why they tried to insert the mythos into Ancient Scadrial, what is Trell's brother Nalt that was in that version of the mythos, and what, if any, connection does the foreman on Taldain, the planet Bavadin directly rules, has to the mythos.
* LegacyCharacter: Autonomy/Bavadin used the identity when first contacting the Set, and they intend to give it to Telsin Ladrian who will use it once they become a god and rule Scadrial for Autonomy.
* MysteriousBacker: What Trell even is is one of the running mysteries of ''Wax and Wayne''. The Lost Metal reveals Trell is an identity of Autonomy/Bavadin.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mister Suit]]
!!Mister Suit / [[spoiler: Edwarn Ladrian]]

The man who helped finance the Vanishers, he is somewhat put off by the Masked Man's theatrics, but goes along regardless.
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[[folder:The Council]]
!!The Council

Mentioned by Mr. Suit, implied to be the larger conspiracy behind the Vanishers.

* TheManBehindTheMan: Through Mr. Suit, they hired the Vanishers.
* OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: Initially, though over time we learn more and more about their goals.

!!Original Trilogy Characters
[[folder:Ironeyes]]
!!Ironeyes[=/=]Marsh

Death himself. Named for the iron spikes still smashed into his eyes.

* AscendedDemon: He's still the most powerful Steel Inquisitor ever made, and was the primary weapon of Ruin during the events of the original trilogy. Now he works for a far more benevolent God and is no longer under mind control.
* TheAtoner: He works with Harmony in the protection of Scadrial to make up for the damage he did as Ruin's pawn.
* ComboPlatterPowers: Due to his resistance against Ruin, he was given more spikes to control him more easily, more than 20 including at least the powers Allomantic steel, iron, pewter, tin, brass, zinc, duralumin, and atium, as well as granting him at least the abilities of Feruchemical pewter, steel, gold, and atium. Because Ferrings were unknown before the Catacendre, he likely has the full Feruchemist power set in addition, allowing him compounding for a great number of abilities.
* CreepyGood: Works with Harmony, but is extremely off-putting. It's bad enough that he has railroad spikes where his eyes should be, and dozens of other spikes all over his body if you were in a position to look. He also uses emotional allomancy to interact with people without causing panic, and is VERY heavy-handed about it. For example, he first draws Marassi in with irresistible curiosity and then deadens all her emotions to stop her from panicking. She would have found it terrifying except she COULDN'T at the time...
* DontFearTheReaper: While he's really creepy, he's working with Harmony on behalf of the people of Scadrial. In fact, he's technically not even the reaper at all.
* TheDreaded: As one would expect. [[spoiler: He uses his reputation in ''Literature/TheLostMetal'' to get Wax and friends out of jail and avoid all of the political drama. ]]
* FriendlyAddressPrivileges: After [[spoiler:bailing them out of jail]] in ''The Lost Metal'', he tells Wax and friends to call him Marsh, saying that it's nice to hear his old name sometimes.
* TheGrimReaper: Scadrian legend portrays him as the personification of Death, and by ''The Lost Metal'' [[spoiler:the stories are spreading to other worlds]].
* InPlaceOfAnEye: Like all Steel Inquisitors, he has hemalurgic spikes through his eye sockets, granting some of his powers. The effect is magnified by being ShroudedInMyth as one of the last relics of the previous age.
* LastOfHisKind: He's the last of the Steel Inquisitors, and due to the changes in Ruin following Harmony's ascension Khriss suspects that the human body simply isn't capable of holding that many spikes in it so none will follow after him.
* OutOfContinues: He is still alive due to manipulation of atium to change his age via Feruchemy, much like the Lord Ruler. Unlike the Lord Ruler, his supply of atium is very limited, due to it needing to be from the existing amount before Ruin was merged into Harmony, especially without Ruin's Shardpool. [[spoiler:By ''The Lost Metal'', roughly 300 years after that fall, he finally runs out, until Harmony learns of Wax's experiment in splitting Harmonium.]]
* {{Psychopomp}}: Apparently, Harmony liked the [[TheGrimReaper mythology]] that developed around Marsh enough that he sometimes invests Ironeyes with the ability to greet souls as they pass through Shadesmar into the Beyond.
* RuleAbidingRebel: Ironeyes disagrees with [[PhysicalGod Harmony]] on how to solve the problems of the future, but also notes that Harmony's own rules mean that he won't stop him from interfering. Which is good for him, since (as we saw in [[Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy Era 1]]) if Harmony really feels like stopping him there's nothing he can do about it.
* ScarsAreForever: Still has the scars on his face from his last fight with [[spoiler:the Preservation-infused Vin]], particularly the damage to one of his eye spikes.

[[folder:Harmony]]
!!Harmony
->See Characters/TheCosmere

[[/folder]]

[[folder:[=TenSoon=]]]
!![=TenSoon=]
->See Kandra
[[/folder]]

[[folder: [=MeLaan=]]]
->See The New Crew
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Survivor]]
!!Kelsier

Kelsier appears to have survived his apparent death in the original trilogy. See also ''[[Characters/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy Kelsier]]''

* AmplifierArtifact: [[spoiler: Crafted a spearhead that lets the user become a PhysicalGod.]]
* BackFromTheDead: After his physical death, Preservation allowed him to persist in the Cognitive Realm rather than be drawn into the Beyond, and he and Spook later got him back into a physical body through unknown means involving Hemalurgy.
* BloodMagic: Appears to have come back to life with an unknown application of Hemalurgy, binding his spirit to a physical body.
* BroughtDownToNormal: His return to life didn't bring his Mistborn powers with it, and Hemalurgy doesn't work on him beyond keeping him alive.
* CoveredInScars: Still has the scars on his arms from the Pits of Hathsin.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Uses a single hemalurgic eye spike, like those of the Steel Inquisitors]].
* HiddenAgendaHero: For a given measure of "hero", anyways. He is apparently looking to get his Allomancy back and find a way to mass-produce lerasium so that [[MassEmpoweringEvent everyone on Scadrial will get access to Allomancy.]]
* MessianicArchetype: He is this for [[spoiler:Southern Scadrians, having taught them how to create unsealed brassminds and thus allowing them to survive the freezing temperatures that the Catecendre inadvertedly brought to their lands.]]
* PalsWithJesus: They're still friendly enough to meet up, but their relationship has been strained by their differing philosophies. As of ''Literature/TheLostMetal'', they're both keeping secrets from each other.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He happily lends his aid to Marasi to help stop the Set. [[spoiler: When she rejects membership to the Ghostbloods, he orders that she is not to be harmed, but complains that he might need to move their Elendel base.]]
* VillainOfAnotherStory: He's a hero to Scadrial and a major ally in the fight against Trell/Autonomy, but as [[spoiler:Thaidakar]] he's this in ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''.

!!Kandra
[[folder: Kandra in General]]

Shapeshifting hemalurgic creations of the Lord Ruler who require bones as a foundation to hold any reasonable shape. They serve Harmony now as his "Faceless Immortals."

* BloodMagic: Created by it, using Mistwraiths as a base rather than humans.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Kandra that have managed to find their identity tend towards this in various ways, since the centuries give you plenty of time to accumulate eccentricities.
* CannibalismSuperpower: For a loose definition of cannibalism, since Kandra consider themselves a different species. Kandra can perfectly mimic any body they've eaten.
* FaceStealer: Kandra typically use people's corpses to assume their forms, unless they're using a True Body.
* GenderBender: Although kandra identify themselves as male or female, their True Bodies often reflect this and others refer to them as "he" or "she", they are unable to reproduce and they can change their sex at will. Sometimes it is necessary (when they need to impersonate someone), but some do it on a whim, to try something new, as [=MeLaan=] explains to Marasi.
* {{Immortality}}: Kandra live forever until they are killed, though truly ancient kandra beginning to look opaque implies there may be a top end. But whatever that is, it's long enough that in well over a thousand years no kandra has died of old age.
* ImmuneToBullets: They can just reform their bodies around any wound, though they can still be inconvenienced.
* NonActionGuy: Many Kandra have a religious taboo, dating to their days under the Lord Ruler, against harming or killing any living thing.
* KryptoniteFactor: Kandra can be killed by acid, and there is a chemical that paralyzes them while forcing them to revert to their natural semi-gelatinous state. Also, while their bodies are largely impervious to harm they are vulnerable to having their bones broken.
* LossOfIdentity: Kandra (especially older ones) often have trouble finding an identity for themselves when they aren't impersonating someone.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Harmony uses them as his hands among the people. They cover most angel tropes, except for the part where they were created through a dark art that requires bloody murder. The people of the Elendel basin are aware of this, but still revere them as "Faceless Immortals."
* StrongerWithAge: Not due to increasing powers per se, but shapeshifting is a skill that requires centuries of practice to really master.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: While skill varies on an individual level, they all have a lot of control of their anatomy. More skilled Kandra can design bodies at will, less skilled must replicate a body they've eaten.

[[folder:[=TenSoon=]]]
!![=TenSoon=]

A kandra who appears at the end of book one impersonating a constable (only confirmed per WordOfGod) and is a major character in the second book.

* AnimalisticAbomination: He qualifies for this in all ways, except that he's a good guy.
* DueToTheDead: Keeps his wolfhound body in the modern era in memory of Vin.
* FamedInStory: His wolfhound body is known as "the Guardian," and young kids are given stuffed "Soonie cubs" to play with a la teddy bears on Earth. He's not amused.
* NotQuiteDead: His mind was repaired after the events of the original series.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He is repeatedly cited as ''the'' best shapeshifter among the kandra.

[[folder: [=MeLaan=]]]
->See The New Crew
[[/folder]]

[[folder:[=VenDell=]]]
!![=VenDell=]

A kandra assigned by Harmony to aid the crew at several points, particularly when [=MeLaan=] isn't available. He has a stuffy personality and a fondness for collecting skeletons

* AbortedArc: Kinda of. It is mentioned at one point that his jacket seems to have become lighter in color, which prompted a reader to ask if [=VenDell=] can use [=BioChromatic=] Breath from ''Literature/{{Warbreaker}}'' and was told by Sanderson to RAFO (read and find out), which would imply that [=VenDell=] is a [[DimensionalTraveller worldhopper]]. However a month later Sanderson stated that the kandra had simply changed his jacket.
* BritishStuffiness: Not British obviously, but he has such a characteristic posh manner that he is instantly recognizable regardless of his current body. Wayne even offers to give him tips.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: He likes skeletons, the more unusual the better, and waxes poetic about their being a sign of permanence after death.
* MasterOfDisguise: A rare aversion among the Kandra. While he tries his best, his natural stuffiness tends to bleed through.
* NonActionGuy: He holds to the usual Kandra taboo about refusing to fight or kill, in contrast to [=MeLaan=]. Though, if pressed, he is willing to be a BulletproofHumanShield.
* RunningGag: His nonchalantly offering to buy someone's skeleton. After they die, naturally.
* TheSmartGuy: He has made a detailed study of Investiture and its nature, and knows a great deal about both history and bones.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He backs away at the mere mention of acid -- one of the few ways to kill a kandra efficiently.

[[folder:Paalm]]
!!Paalm/Bleeder

The BigBad of the second book, an insane kandra who removed one of her Hemalurgic spikes so that Harmony couldn't control her.

* TheAce: She is the fastest shapeshifter alive (barring [=TenSoon=]) and was Harmony's personal agent, handpicked for her talent and devotion.
* BattleCouple: [[spoiler:With Wax, as Lessie]].
* BigBad: Of the second book. She uses Hemalurgy and the Set to try and set the entire city into rebellion, as part of [[spoiler:an attempt to kill or at least dethrone Harmony]].
* BloodMagic: Even more so than normal kandra. She removed one of her two spikes (which keeps Harmony from controlling her, but makes her a little crazy), and steals Metalborn abilities by using those spikes as her own. She even developed a new hemalurgic construct, which even the Lord Ruler never figured out how to do.
* BodyguardCrush: [[spoiler:What her relationship with Wax developed into.]]
* BodyguardingABadass: [[spoiler:She was sent to the Roughs to keep Wax safe. He definitely needed the help in the beginning, but grew into it.]]
* BoomHeadshot: Subverted twice.
** [[spoiler:In the prologue of book one, Wax apparently accidentally killed her when Tan moved her head in the way of his shot. Of course, as a kandra, it was little more than mildly annoying]].
** In the climax of book 2, [[spoiler:Wax shoots her in the head again. She's perplexed, as a bullet can't kill her... until she realizes it's a special bullet he forged out of his Pathian earring, meaning she now has a second spike in her, and Harmony can control her]].
* CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler:For Wax. Invoked by Harmony, who needed some impetus for him to return to Elendel.]]
* DiscardAndDraw: She can only use one Hemalurgic spike at a time, or Harmony could control her.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:She refuses to be controlled again, and lets her body self-destruct when Harmony tries to take her]].
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:When Wax accidentally shot her. Kandra are good at that.]]
* ItsPersonal: One of the things that confuses Wax is that she makes the case all about him for some reason, even taking on Bloody Tan's shape to draw his attention. [[spoiler:Of course, since she's Lessie, the entire thing started because she didn't want him to be Harmony's pawn]].
* MoleInCharge: [[spoiler:She took Governor Innate's place an unknown time before the events of book 2]].
* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: She was the Lord Ruler's personal kandra assassin, and served Harmony with equal loyalty. [[spoiler:Except when he ordered her to bring Wax back to Elendel. She decided that Wax would be far happier out in the Roughs, and refused. Eventually, the Bloody Tan incident happened, and she came back with a spike made from an unknown metal to tear Harmony down]].
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: [[spoiler:She repeats one of the first things Lessie says to Wax while wearing her face. Considering that Lessie was supposed to be dead, the only way Bleeder could know that is if she ''was'' Lessie.]]
* SuperSpeed: She uses a Steelrunner spike for most of the second book.
* VillainousCrush: Definitely cranks the FoeRomanceSubtext through the roof whenever interacting with Wax. [[spoiler: This is because she was his wife, and still loves him very much despite the crazy.]]
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: She's the fastest kandra shapeshifter alive, short of [=TenSoon=].
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Subverted. She apparently dies in the prologue of book one, but is the BigBad of the second book]].
* WalkingSpoiler: Amazing what one book can do.
* WrongContextMagic: She somehow managed to get [[spoiler:ahold of a godmetal made from one of the other Shards]].

!!Ghostbloods (Spoilers for ''The Lost Metal'')

[[folder:The organization as a whole]]

A secret society of worldhoppers, led by Thaidakar, also known as Kelsier. They recruit talent from across the Cosmere, and their primary goals involve development and research into technologies and uses for Investiture, as well as the protection of Scadrial from existential threats.

Notably several members are characters seen before in the Cosmere, or who have direct connections to things introduced previously.

* CovertGroup: The Ghostbloods are heavily secretive with their activities and membership, only showing themselves to people they are trying to recruit. This actually pushes away one potential, Marasi, as she disagrees with how many secrets they keep, not finding it beneficial to the common good.
* DimensionalTraveller: All of the organization's members are capable Worldhoppers who can travel through Shadesmar to other planets.
* FantasticRacism: Downplayed to Fantastic Nationalism. They don't have any ideology stating that people from Scadrial are better than anyone else. But their ultimate agenda is keeping ''Scadrial'' safe, and everything else is secondary. On other worlds this means they're likely to appear as villains.
* PowersAsPrograms: One of their goals is to democratize Investiture-based powers, finding a way to allow ''anyone'' to use any ability. Any breakthrough in storing Investiture, or decoupling powers from Identity or a Shard's intentions is of great interest to them. Hemallurgy in its current state isn't enough. In addition to being cruel, the method is also profoundly wasteful; the Ghostbloods want the option to create Metalborn among the population in great numbers, without needing to sacrifice a person each time. This goal has led them to research the Investiture of other worlds, such as the Highstorms of Roshar. This is presumably all part of their goal to protect Scadrial; the more Metalborn the world has, and the more easily they can use their power, the more ready they will be when another Shard's world attacks.
* TranslatorMicrobes: They have a way to manipulate their Connection so that they can speak the language of the planet they are on.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Of the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor variety, mostly because of context. If you're Scadrian then they're a powerful alliance of secretive superheroes keeping you safe from otherworldly threats. If you are, for example, Rosharan, then they're a secretive alliance of otherworldly supervillains willing to do almost anything to further their own ends.
* WrongContextMagic: When certain members use Investiture or other power sources on worlds that are not their native ones, it comes across as completely foreign to the native inhabitants, who have never seen such a thing. Notably what they do is actually gets ''called'' magic, as Cosmere magic systems are generally referred to by the proper names of the magic system, those who live with them considering them normal. Moonlight directly points out how what's normal to one person comes off as magic to another, and vice-versa.

[[folder:Moonlight]]

A member of the Ghostbloods who introduces herself to Marasi to try and recruit her. She acts under on outward identity of "Kim".

She is Wan [=ShaiLu=] the protagonist of ''Literature/TheEmperorsSoul'', for details on her appearance there see [[Characters/TheEmperorsSoul here]].

* AmbiguouslyBrown: On Scadrial, because it is not her own world, although she is less brown and closer to a real-world Asian (small stature, epicanthic folds and high cheekbones).
* DeathOfPersonality: Her [[spoiler: Elantrian Essence Mark]] can stick permanently, effectively killing Wan Shai Lu as a person.
* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: When she becomes an Elantrian she views herself as a divinity.]]
* SplitPersonality: Her Essence Marks grant her a weaponized version of this.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: It is mentioned in the epilogue of ''The Lost Metal'' that she vanished after using her Essence Mark and that the Ghostbloods is trying to track her. While she is definitely still alive, in some form, it is unclear is she's suffered a DeathOfPersonality from using her Elantrian Essence Mark.]]

[[folder:Prasanva and Silajana]]

Silajana is an Aether, a crystalline entity that is claimed to predate Adonalsium, and Prasanva is their Aetherbound, an elderly gentleman. Their reason for joining the Ghostbloods is to gather allies to defeat the "dark Aether" that is infesting their world.

Notably, unlike his comrades, Prasanva is a newly introduced character.

* CrystalWeapon: They can [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation create]] roseite weapons at will. Or, with enough investiture on hand, [[spoiler:a massive roseite golem with Prasanva embedded inside.]]
* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: Prasanva can use his Aether to create constructs of roseite, although this draws on his body's water reserves. On Scadrial, which lacks an innate Investiture field, these constructs quickly disintegrate when not in contact with his body.
* MartialPacifist: Given the option, they prefer not to fight, and try to give enemies a chance to stand down peacefully. If that chance isn't taken, they're a force to be reckoned with.
* MundaneUtility: Silajana can create cups, spectacles and maps.
* SymbioticPossession: Prasanva and Silajana seem to be in a healthy and friendly relationship.
* TouchedByVorlons: He has a bud of roseite planted in his hand.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: His homeworld has been taken over by a dark aether and he cannot go back to it. His reason for joining the Ghostbloods is to gather enough allies to try and defeat the aether.

[[folder:Codenames]]

A rather hyperactive agent working with Moonlight. While called Codenames, it's a shortened version of her full name, Codenames Are Stupid.

She is Kaise who intially appeared in ''Literature/{{Elantris}}''

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: [[WordOfGod Word of God]] is that she has ADHD.
* ContinuityNod: She is described by Marasi as "somewhat plump." In ''Elantris'' several characters comment on her being a big eater, and she constantly pesters Kiin for cooking, so it would make sense that she is on the chubbier side.
* CunningLinguist: She speaks at least six languages and considers Connection-based translation cheating.
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: In-universe. She curses in foreign languages when she loses an argument.
* MissionControl: Her role for the Bilming cell.
* NoodleIncident: Her codename is Codenames Are Stupid, shortened to Codenames. According to her, it's a long story.

* DimensionalTraveller: Its members are this.
* FantasticRacism: Downplayed to Fantastic Nationalism. They don't have any ideology stating that people from Scadriel are better than anyone else. But their ultimate agenda is keeping ''Scadriel'' safe, and everything else is secondary. On other worlds this means they're likely to appear as villains.

* WrongContextMagic: It can happen when the members are using Investiture or other power sources on worlds that are not their native ones.

* MysteriousBacker: What Trell even is is one of the running mysterious of ''Wax and Wayne''. The Lost Metal reveals it is Autonomy.

!!Ghostblood

* CanonImmigrant: She is Wan [=ShaiLu=], the protagonist of ''Literature/TheEmperorsSoul''.
* DeathOfPersonality: Her Elantrian Essence Mark can stick permanently, effectively killing Wan Shai Lu as a person.
* AGodAmI: When she becomes an Elantrian she views herself as a divinity.

* UncertainDoom: It is mentioned in the epilogue of ''The Lost Metal'' that she vanished after using her Essence Mark and that the Ghostbloods is trying to track her.

* CanonImmigrant: She has already appeared in ''{{Literature/Elantris}}'' as the child Kaise.

[[folder:Trell]]

Autonomy's avatar on Scadrial.

* AnthropomorphicPersonification; As the avatar of Autonomy, he values individualism, talent and the capacity to think with one's own head, which is why he begrudgingly respects Waxilium.
* BadBoss: His subordinates are scared of him and of what he will do should he choose to invade Scadrial. Considering that he kills [[spoiler: Telsin]] when she [[YouHaveFailedMe fails]] and [[spoiler: Edwarn]] when he [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness gets captured]], it seems to be justified.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the original trilogy Sazed mentions Trelagism, a religion that worshipped Trell and his brother Nalt. It was in fact Autonomy's way to plant their seed in Scadrial.
* TheGhost: He never appears in person. [[WordOfGod Word of God]] is that he will have a much more prominent role in the Era 3 books.
* PhysicalGod: He is an avatar of Bavadin, which is the bearer of Autonomy.

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