Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Forty-Three

Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Forty-Three The Ball at the Canton of Resource I didn’t want this chapter to be a repeat of the previous ball scene, so I kept the nostalgia to a minimum and focused on the plan. I hope I’ve established why Vin and Elend are willing to take this risk—a mixture of…

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Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Forty-Two

Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Forty-Two Marsh Visits Penrod in Luthadel This chapter didn’t exist in the initial draft of the book; I added it in revisions. I originally liked the idea of the characters happening upon Luthadel later in the book and having to piece together what happened to Penrod from the aftermath of his…

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Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Forty-One

Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Forty-One Sazed and Breeze Discuss the New Survivor I’m not sure whether this is an appropriate use of the term ostention or not. I guess Dr. Thursby, my folklore professor at college, will have to read the book and let me know. Seemed like it worked for me. For a lot…

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Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Thirty-Eight

Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Thirty-Eight Preservation’s Power All right, so maybe I lied about there only being three magic systems in this book. It comes down to how you term the powers of Preservation and Ruin, who kind of blanket the entire system. There are a lot of things going on here, and—well, the truth…

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Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Thirty-Seven Part 2

Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Thirty-Seven Part 2 Human Tries to Make a New Koloss Yes, koloss are people. I assume that many of you guessed this. Then, again, many of you probably didn’t. The clues are there, if you care to look—including the fact that small spikes were found in the koloss bodies after the…

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Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Thirty-Five

Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Thirty-Five The following is commentary, written by Brandon, about one of the chapters of MISTBORN: THE HERO OF AGES. If you haven’t read this book, know that the following will contain major spoilers. We suggest reading the sample chapters from book one instead. You can also go to this book’s introduction…

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