atium: (Nicrosil)
NAME: Vin Venture
SERIES: Misborn - The Final Empire/Well of Ascension/Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
AGE: Depends on canon point. The trilogy follows her from when she is
BIRTHDAY: ???
GENDER: Female
RACE/SPECIES: Human
OCCUPATION: Spy, Assassin/Bodyguard, Queen of Luthadel
HEIGHT: Tiny. Prob around five feet???
BUILD: Scrawny, petite, slim.

HAIR: Dark, short hair.
EYES: Prob dark brown?
APPEARANCE: Usually wearing her Mistcloak. Often with her glass dagger and coin purse.

NOTABLE TRAITS:


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Vin is an ex-street kid who lost her family and ended up being taken in by a Mistborn (someone who can ingest metals and use them to varying effects - see the allomancy post!) named Kelsier and his gang when she was sixteen. She joined their group in attempting to take down the Lord Ruler and topple his Empire, getting the supply of atium (again, see the allomancy post, but this basically allows someone to see the future in reading what someone will do, useful in a fight!) She joins to help them spy on the nobles by overhearing gossip to pass along to the crew, and in being thus able to spread their own rumors at the gatherings the balls she attends. She ends up later assisting in running the kingdom in a more bodyguard/assassin sort of role as things go on, as she has been trained in being a Mistborn herself with Kelsier.

Personality-wise, initially, she is very cautious and quieter. She takes time to trust, to open up to Kelsier and his crew. Takes time to figure out the contrasting identities as she works as a spy, as she becomes a Mistborn, as a woman, and as she gets older. She has no qualms about killing if it comes down to it, having experienced a lot of death while living on the streets. She loves Elend, a noble she met during her time as a spy, and feels bad for lying to him during that period. She is very fiercely protective of those in the crew that she has opened up to over time. She is, however, more cautious and realistic in comparison to Elend, being far more idealistic and more of a dreamer in comparison, due to their differing upbringings and all. She hates reading and only does so for research if it is important, never understanding how Sazed and Elend can do so for hours on end, for pleasure even.

Allomancy

Jan. 11th, 2020 03:34 pm
atium: (Will have the power)
Allomancers in the Mistborn series have the ability to ingest metals (usually flakes of metal in an alcohol solution in vials they prepare themselves or buy from specialists that know to use pure metals for this specific purpose for Mistborns and Mistings, and carry these vials with them on their person) which they can then ingest and 'burn' inside themselves to activate for different outcomes, essentially. Different metals have different effects.

There's a handy table here at the wiki with links/descriptions of each. As a Mistborn, Vin has access to all of these, while most Allomancers are usually specialized in one particular metal/ability (people with access to just one metal are called Mistings, with particular nicknames depending on the metal they specialize in).

But here is a basic list.

Steel (Coinshot) - Pushes on nearby metals. This basically means that Vin can burn Steel to push metals away from her, dependent on weight.
Iron (Lurcher) - Pulls on nearby metals, so it is essentially the opposite of Steel. Also still dependent on weight, so she can either pull something towards her (smaller, like a coin) or use this to push herself away from metal bigger than her, such as a car for example.
Pewter (Thug) - Increases physical abilities (strength, speed, balance. Can keep one more alert/awake and ease fatigue. There is a limit to this though and if one runs out of Pewter after doing something particularly strenuous, it can wear them out!)
Tin (Tineye) - Increases senses (sight, hearing)

Zinc (Rioter) - Enflames (riots) emotions (makes someone more angry, for example)
Brass (Soother) - Dampens (soothes) emotions (makes someone less upset or furious, for example, making them calmer, more suggestive.)
Copper (Smoker) - Hides Allomantic pulses (means others cannot sense an Allomancer, hides them from being noticed by others)
Bronze (Seeker) - Can hear Allomantic pulses (this is basically the people hired to try find Allomancers, hence the need for Smokers!)

Gold (Augur) - Reveals your past self
Duralumin (Duralumin Gnat) - Enhances Current Metal Burned (Basically like going full throttle with the other metal, burns the entire other metal but gives a huge boost to it in the process for a period of time.)

The following are probably the most powerful/important (so called God Metals) of her series.

Atium - Atium is a very powerful and precious resource for Mistborns. It allows someone to basically see a few seconds ahead in the future because this metal produces something like shadows of what is about to happen, what someone is about to do. Because of this, obviously, it gives the Mistborn a huge advantage in combat. The only way to combat this is through Electrum or the other Mistborn also burning Atium, basically, or if someone were able to see the future even without these. Burning atium or electrum splits the burner's atium shadows. The mind adjusts to be able to handle seeing the future.

Malatium - This one is the alloy of Atium and Gold. When Vin uses this in the books, she is able to see who the Lord Ruler could have been if for other choices being made though. So it's sort of like it can help someone see possible paths someone could have taken? The exact use for this one is unclear, but it does link to Gold's abilities.

Lerasium - This is a metal that when ingested and burned by a normal person, can produce a Mistborn as a result. If someone with allomancy, Mistborn or Misting, burns this metal it dramatically increases their power. Burning alloys of Lerasium will turn someone into a Misting of that alloy (for example, if you burned an alloy of lerasium and pewter, you would become a Thug Misting). This is about all we know on this particular one, though there might well be more to it.

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