Preservation

Character from Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

The Shard of stasis and protection — a dying god who sacrificed its own mind to imprison Ruin, leaving behind the mists and Allomancy as final weapons for the champion it knew would come.

Also known as: Leras, The Mist Spirit

What They Know

• One of the sixteen Shards of Adonalsium
• Its intent is preservation and stasis
• Created Allomancy as a weapon system to fight Ruin
• Sacrificed much of its power to imprison Ruin at the Well of Ascension
• The mists are its physical body
• Chose Vin as its successor
• Was once a man named Leras
• Created humanity on Scadrial with Ruin — each invested part of themselves
• Dying throughout the series, barely able to communicate

Connections

• opposed_by — ruin
• chose — vin
• chose — kelsier
• succeeded_by — sazed
• created_prison_for — ruin
• used — lord_ruler

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