Vin Is Out of Metals

Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Fifty-Three Beldre is a Normal Person The point Spook makes about Beldre being normal is an important one in this book. I think that readers might be overly harsh on her for her innocence and the way she ended up getting captured. (Though there is more going on there than the…

Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Fifty-Two This Book’s Epigraphs The epigraphs from this book are quite a bit different from the ones in the previous two volumes. These are a much more scientific, and—unlike the first two sets—are not from the past, but from the future. (Though, like the other two, they’re from a written record…

Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Fifty-One Elend Fights the Koloss in the Village This chapter gets my next award for favorite chapters in this book. (I think this is number four.) The next few Elend chapters run him through the ringer—and yet at the same time let him shine. He’s alone, forced to work through his…

Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Fifty Vin Tries to Defeat the Sedative That’s our dear, impulsive Vin. Drinking the drugged wine before five minutes had passed. Elend would have stewed in the cavern for days before making that same decision. I went back and forth on how difficult it might be to open those cans. I…

The Canal Genius

Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Forty-Nine Sazed’s Memorization Skills Okay, long chapter here. I’ll bet I have to split this annotation in two. But, let’s launch into it. First off, you should know that Sazed tends to gloss over just how hard he had to work to memorize those copperminds of his in the first place.…

The Lord Ruler’s Final Message

Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Forty-Seven The Death of Bilg You may not recognize a cameo appearance by Bilg in this chapter. He was the soldier who punched Demoux. Who is Bilg? Well, if you go read book one, you’ll find a scene where Kelsier visits the caves where his army is training. He picks a…

Sazed Agrees to Put On the Metalminds