Character from Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Wax's great love in the Roughs — a fearless woman who was actually the Kandra Paalm, making their genuine love the cruelest deception in the series.
Lessie was Wax's partner and great love during his years as a lawman in the Roughs. She was fierce, capable, and matched Wax's intensity in both gunfights and affection. Wax was forced to shoot her during a hostage situation — a trauma that drove him to abandon the Roughs for Elendel. The shattering truth revealed in Shadows of Self is that Lessie never existed as a human. She was the Kandra Paalm, assigned by Harmony to watch over Wax, who developed genuine feelings for him during the assignment. The woman Wax mourned was real in personality and love, but not in species or origin. As Lessie: fierce, warm, quick-witted, fearless. A Roughs woman through and through — skilled with guns, comfortable in danger, deeply in love with Wax. All of this was genuine emotion from Paalm, making the deception more tragic rather than less.
Weathered and attractive Roughs woman. Practical clothing, gun belt, sun-darkened skin. A face that smiled easily and aimed precisely. This was a Kandra-crafted form, but it was the only Lessie Wax ever knew.
Also known as: Lessie