Character from Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
The Terris scholar who discovered the prophecy was altered — a man whose desperate warning went unheeded, preserved only as words etched in metal that could not be changed by Ruin.
Kwaan speaks through his inscription — metal plates etched with his testimony, the only record Ruin could not alter. His words are careful, precise, the writing of a scholar who knows this is his last chance to tell the truth. He discovered that the prophecies about the Hero of Ages had been subtly changed by Ruin, transforming instructions for imprisoning Ruin into instructions for releasing him. He tried to warn everyone but was not believed. His nephew Rashek — whom Kwaan sent as a packman to serve Alendi — killed Alendi and took the power himself, becoming the Lord Ruler. Kwaan's tragedy is being right about everything and being believed by no one. His inscription becomes the key to understanding the true nature of the Hero of Ages.
An elderly Terris man with the long features and dark skin of his people. Wears simple scholar's robes. Has the look of someone consumed by a terrible knowledge he cannot share — haunted eyes, thin from worry rather than deprivation.