Facts about Mistborn

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   Vin, the protagonist of the original trilogy, discovers she possesses both allomantic and feruchemical abilities, making her exceptionally rare among the population of Scadrial.

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   Koloss and kandra, two artificial races in Mistborn, were created by the Lord Ruler through combinations of human DNA and other biological materials to serve as his supernatural soldiers and servants.

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   The Final Empire, the first Mistborn book, is set approximately 1024 years after the Lord Ruler rose to power in a world covered by constant ashfall and perpetual mist.

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   Allomancy, the magic system in Mistborn, requires users to ingest and burn metals internally to access 16 different supernatural abilities based on which metal is consumed.

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   Brandon Sanderson published the first Mistborn novel in 2006 and completed the original trilogy by 2008, establishing the interconnected cosmology shared across his fantasy works.

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