History Literature / MistbornSecretHistory

* NecessaryEvil: Ruin makes the argument that the change, entropy and death he brings is necessary, as without it Preservation would keep the world in eternal stasis, and no one would be able to experience death's release. While he has a point, him wanting to destroy the world is, as Kelsier points out, going too far.

* PoorCommunicationKills:
** Kelsier learns about Vin's earring early on, but is unable to communicate the knowledge to anyone.

* WhatTheHellHero / RageAgainstTheHeavens: The ''first thing'' Kelsier does after finding there is a "God" ([[PiecesOfGod Leras as Preservation]]) and that he is talking to him, is '''punch him in the face''', knocking him to the ground, and yell at him for standing by and letting the Lord Ruler run rampant. Leras, impressed, just comments that [[RefugeInAudacity nobody had ever punched him after their death before]].

* GuileHero: Kelsier was equal parts this and ActionHero in ''[[Literature/MistbornTheFinalEmpire Mistborn: The Final Empire]]''. Now, with no body and no Allomancy, guile is pretty much all he has left.

Released just after ''Literature/TheBandsOfMourning'', ''Mistborn: Secret History'' is, as the name implies, a ''secret'' {{Franchise/Mistborn}} book. [[WordOfGod According to the author]], its ''very existence'' is a bit of a spoiler, and in the foreward he begs new readers not to read it if they haven't read ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy'' yet, as it completely spoils the major plot points of the trilogy. It also contains a minor spoiler for ''Literature/TheBandsOfMourning''. If you haven't read these books, please don't read this article yet. '''You have been warned.'''

* WhatTheHellHero / RageAgainstTheHeavens: The ''first thing'' Kelsier does after finding there is a "God" [[Pieces of God Leras as Preservation]] and that he is talking to him, is '''punch him in the face''', knocking him to the ground, and yell at him for standing by and letting the Lord Ruler run rampant. Leras, impressed, just comments that [[RefugeInAudacity nobody had ever punched him after their death before]].

* WhatTheHellHero / RageAgainstTheHeavens: The ''first thing'' Kelsier does after finding there is a "God" ( [[Pieces of God Leras as Preservation]] ) and that he is talking to him, is '''punch him in the face''', knocking him to the ground, and yell at him for standing by and letting the Lord Ruler run rampant. Leras, impressed, just comments that [[RefugeInAudacity nobody had ever punched him after their death before]].

* WhatTheHellHero / RageAgainstTheHeavens: The ''first thing'' Kelsier does after finding there is a "God" [[Pieces of God (Leras as Preservation) ]] and that he is talking to him, is '''punch him in the face''', knocking him to the ground, and yell at him for standing by and letting the Lord Ruler run rampant. Leras, impressed, just comments that [[RefugeInAudacity nobody had ever punched him after their death before]].

* WhatTheHellHero / RageAgainstTheHeavens: The ''first thing'' Kelsier does after finding there is a "God" [[Pieces of God (Leras as Preservation)]] and that he is talking to him, is '''punch him in the face''', knocking him to the ground, and yell at him for standing by and letting the Lord Ruler run rampant. Leras, impressed, just comments that [[RefugeInAudacity nobody had ever punched him after their death before]].

* WhatTheHellHero / RageAgainstTheHeavens: The ''first thing'' Kelsier does after finding there is a "God" [[(Pieces of God Leras as Preservation)]] and that he is talking to him, is '''punch him in the face''', knocking him to the ground, and yell at him for standing by and letting the Lord Ruler run rampant. Leras, impressed, just comments that [[RefugeInAudacity nobody had ever punched him after their death before]].

* WhatTheHellHero / RageAgainstTheHeavens: The ''first thing'' Kelsier does after finding there is a "God" ([[Pieces of God Leras as Preservation]]) and that he is talking to him, is '''punch him in the face''', knocking him to the ground, and yell at him for standing by and letting the Lord Ruler run rampant. Leras, impressed, just comments that [[RefugeInAudacity nobody had ever punched him after their death before]].

* WhatTheHellHero / RageAgainstTheHeavens: The ''first thing'' Kelsier does after finding there is a "God" (Leras as Preservation) and that he is talking to him, is '''punch him in the face''', knocking him to the ground, and yell at him for standing by and letting the Lord Ruler run rampant. Leras, impressed, just comments that [[RefugeInAudacity nobody had ever punched him after their death before]].

* WhatTheHellHero/RageAgainstTheHeavens: The ''first thing'' Kelsier does after finding there is a "God" (Leras as Preservation) and that he is talking to him, is '''punch him in the face''', knocking him to the ground, and yell at him for standing by and letting the Lord Ruler run rampant. Leras, impressed, just comments that [[RefugeInAudacity nobody had ever punched him after their death before]].

* ExtraDimensionalShortcut: Worldhoppers use the Cognitive Realm for this. As the Cognitive representation of outer space is vastly compressed, a worldhopper is able to _walk_ from one planet to another, then use a [[PortalPool Perpendicularity]] to return to the Physical Realm.

* IntangibleMan: Kelsier is, with a bit of effort, able to pass through structures in the physical realm. He puts the ability to sink into the ground to great use against the Ire; first he whispers ominously from just out of sight, and after they're all paranoid, he fakes their leader's disintegration by wearing her cloak and [[EmptyPilesOfClothing slipping through the ground, leaving it on the surface]].

* WhatTheHellHero: The first thing Kelsier does after realizing he's talking to "God" (Leras as Preservation) is deck him in the face and call him out on standing by and letting the Lord Ruler run rampant. Leras, impressed, just comments that [[RefugeInAudacity nobody had ever punched him after their death before]].

* ExtraDimensionalShortcut: Worldhoppers use the Cognitive Realm for this. As the Cognitive representation of outer space is vastly compressed, a worldhopper is able to _walk_ from one planet to another, then use a [[DimensionalPortal Perpendicularity]] to return to the Physical Realm.

* {{Deicide}}: Khriss says that [[spoiler:the original sixteen Vessels worked together to murder Adonalsium. Their reasons varied, from naked lust for power to a simple belief that it was the only option left]]. And, of course, Ruin is slowly killing Preservation over the course of the story.

* ItIsPronouncedTropay: InUniverse, when Kelsier has trouble pronouncing something, [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall it is explained to him and the audience]]. The Ire is pronounced I-ree. [[spoiler:Turns out the name is [[{{Literature/Elantris}} the Aon for "Time".]]]]

'''''WARNING: {{Late Arrival Spoiler}}s abound for [[Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy Mistborn: The Original Trilogy]].'''''

* ClippedWingAngel: Kelsier is able to take up the power of Preservation to keep Ruin from splintering the Shard, but he can't use it properly. Not only is he weaker because he has no connection to the physical realm, his soul is so tied to Ruin that the Shard actively fights against him. As a result he is barely able to slow down Ruin's attempts to destroy the world.

* GoIntoTheLight: When a person dies on Scadrial, the Cognitive Realm acts like an AfterlifeAntechamber where their soul is greeted by Preservation and resides briefly before being drawn to the Beyond automatically. Those with power, like Metalborn (especially powerful ones), can stay a bit longer, and Slivers could stay forever in theory. Kelsier himself stays by binding himself to the Well. No one knows what the Beyond is like, even the gods, and they cannot bring someone who goes there back.