Difference between revisions of "Rashek"

He formed the [[Final Empire]], partly as a means of revenge against the people he viewed as encroaching on Terris land,{{wob ref|10043}} and conquered the whole of the world. He was obsessed with order, and he subjugated all but ten foreign kings, whowhom he made [[Allomancy|Mistborn]] and allowed them to rule over the masses.{{wob ref|8001}} In his early reign, he erased all knowledge aboutof the religion of Terris. He also destroyed technologies that he considered dangerous, like gunpowder.{{epigraph ref|mb3|28}} He made use of both Allomantic and Feruchemical powers in order to Compound to keep himself alive. Rashek was also called ''Sliver of Infinity'' by the people of the Final Empire.{{book ref|mb1|4}}{{book ref|mb1|8}}{{book ref|mb1|10}} This was due to worldhoppers recognizing him as a Sliver.{{wob ref|13150}} Rashek formed the Steel Ministry, a religion that worshipped him as a god and banned all other religions. The followers of the religions who did not voluntarily dissolve were hunted down and destroyed. The last religion was destroyed about five hundred years after Rashek's Ascension.{{cite}}

Rashek said his empire lasted a thousand years. More specifically, it had lasted 1024 years. {{wob ref|5511}} During this time, he allowed almost no technological progress. He once gave up and tried to end the Final Empire.{{wob ref|5505}}

He has had several children, who had some relation to his attempt to end the Final Empire. His children mixed among the population, and post-[[Catacendre]], he still hashad living descendants.{{wob ref|2005}}{{wob ref|3434}}{{wob ref|4868}}{{wob ref|2624}}

As a result of the revelations from the Well of Ascension, Rashek gained a profound understanding of the Deepness, as well as Scadrial's Shards, Ruin and Preservation. This led him to have [[storage cache]]s constructed throughout the Final Empire, five in total, each containing a large supply of food and basic necessities as well as information about Allomancy and the weaknesses of his Hemalurgic constructs. The text was inscribed on metal plaques to prevent their alteration by Ruin. It is from these storage sites that Vin and Elend learn about electrum, although malatium, aluminum, and duralumin they had already discovered and utilized.{{cite}}

Only a few years before the Well of Ascension was due to refill, [[Vin]] killskilled him using the power of the mists, after his own powerful steel push ripped her Hemalurgic [[Vin's earring|earring]] free, allowing her to access Preservation's power and use her new foundnewfound strength to remove his atium bracers. His death leadsled to the [[Collapse]], and the end of the [[skaa rebellion]].{{cite}}