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'''Mistborn: ''The Hero of Ages''''' is the third and final volume of the [[Mistborn trilogy]] by [[Brandon Sanderson]]. It is preceededpreceded by ''[[The Final Empire]],'' and ''[[The Well of Ascension]]''.

== Plot Summary ==

At the end of the previous book, Vin released the power in the [[Well of Ascension]] in order to achieve what she believed was protecting the world, at the expense of losing [[Elend Venture]], her husband. It is revealed that Vin was tricked into releasing the power at the Well, rather than using it, and unleashed [[Ruin]] who had been imprisoned there. Before Vin killed the [[Lord Ruler]] he warned her she was dooming the world and Vin now realises the [[Terris prophecies]] were falsified. An apparition helped her locate a bead of [[Lerasiumlerasium]] - the condensed form of [[Preservation]] - in the Well's chamber, turning Elend into a Mistborn when he ate it and subsequently, with the ability to burn pewter, saved his life.

As the world begins to succumb to Ruin's influence, earthquakes shake the land in ever greater frequencies, the ash falls from the sky constantly and [[Inquisitor]]s and [[koloss]], no longer controlled by the Lord Ruler, rampage across the world. The mists are appearing in daylight now and even worse, killing those foolish enough to venture out into it. Elend holds a tenuous grip as Emperor as he and Vin search for the storage caches and [[Atiumatium]] stash the Lord Ruler hid in the event Ruin was freed.

[[Sazed]] continues to struggle with his faith, trying and failing to find a religion that makes sense, while he, along with [[Breeze]], try to help Elend take over the rebel city of [[Urteau]]. Sent as a spy, [[Spook]] attempts to uproot the Urteau rebellion and incidentlyincidentally gains strange abilities. He is referred to as the "Survivor of the Flames" for his near miraculous actions followed by his involvement in the rebellion in Urteau.

[[TenSoon]] returns to the kandra homelandHomeland in the hopes to convince his kind to work with the humans to fight Ruin. Instead he is called a liar, imprisoned for his numerous crimes and stripped of his bones, to beand placed in a pit as punishment. Later in the book, TenSoon is called for sentencesentencing, where they give him a set of dog bones he had kept, imagining this would be degrading to TenSoon. Instead, TenSoon uses the agility of the bones and his experience with them to dodge his captors and escape from the homeworldHomeland.

Vin and Elend attempt to conquer [[Fadrex City]] and its rebel king, [[Aradan Yomen]]. Along the way they discover patterns to the mist killings and the secrets of [[Hemalurgy]]. Fearing to discuss their plans openly in case Ruin could overhear, Vin is captured by Yomen when she attempts a solo mission to get into the storage cache and find the Atiumatium stash. Yomen uses her as ransom while Elend's koloss army succumbs to the will of Ruin. Turning against him, Elend and his human army are granted sanctitysanctuary inside the walls of Fadrex City. Meanwhile, Vin escapes and heads towards Luthadel where she confronts the last of the [[Inquisitors]].

In the ensuing battle, [[Vin's earring]] is torn out of her ear, finally allowing her to absorb the power of the mists. In a devastating show of power, Vin levels most of the[[Kredik cityShaw]] and kills the Inquisitors, but is vaporized herself as she ascends to take up the [[Shard]] Preservation and attempted to right the world but failed in almost the same way as [[Rashek]].

With the knowledge of the Atiumatium stashesstash's location, Elend sets out for the kandra homeworldHomeland. On his journey he is left wondering why so many people had gotten sick longer than others when they had been exposed to the mists. Upon arriving at the kandra homeworldHomeland, he discovers the Atiumatium in the [[Trustwarren]] and comes to the realisationrealization that those sick for longer had become Atiumatium [[Misting]]s. Using this powerful force, they meet the approaching koloss army on the fields outside the homeworldHomeland. Fighting until their Atiumatium is used up, Elend confronts a Ruin -controlled Marsh.

Watching the fight between Elend and Marsh, fueling the former with mist-power, Vin witnesses her husband die and, with nothing left to lose, she hurls herself at the form of Ruin, destroying them both and leaving Sazed to pick up the two Shards. As the new shardShard of [[Harmony]], he setsuses outall toof workthe onknowledge rightingfrom his copperminds to bring the world throughback trialto its pre-Rashek state -- the orbit is corrected and errorgreen plants and colorful flowers return. As [[Scadrial]] is now safe, Sazed, as Harmony, leaves Spook a note, explaining how Elend and Vin are happy together and he makes Spook a Mistborn.

== Main Characters ==

;[[Spook]]: A Tineye Savant working as a spy in Urteau. He inadvertantlyinadvertently gains the title of "SuriviorSurvivor of the Flames" and instigates a rebellion against the government of Urteau. He is made into a Mistborn by Sazed.

==Sequels Series ==