The Grumpy Elantrian Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 So my question is, what causes a person to be born as a mistborn as opposed to a misting? Is it simply random chance that you are a mistborn and not a misting? Is it influenced by the strength and purity of your noble bloodline or lineage? The potency of the bloodline has some credit since Kar makes a mention of Vin having to have very pure bloodlines to be as strong as she is (that is paraphrased from memory so I may be mistaken). And it could be possible that Kelsier had a pure bloodline on his noble side. However, this is challenged by the fact that there are many pure blood nobles who aren't mistborn. So perhaps it's a combination of the two? Or a factor I haven't considered. Anyway, I welcome your thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 (edited) It's purely bloodline and allomantic strength. Beyond a certain threshold, you're Mistborn. Below and you're weak enough that only a single power manifests. Edited August 11, 2018 by Calderis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of nowhere Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 it's basically random chance, with purer bloodline giving you best chances both of being a misting instead of a regular person, and of being a mistborn instead of a regular misting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+robardin Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 On 8/11/2018 at 3:53 PM, king of nowhere said: it's basically random chance, with purer bloodline giving you best chances both of being a misting instead of a regular person, and of being a mistborn instead of a regular misting That's how I understood it. After all, Kar gives as evidence of Vin's descent that for a half-skaa to be a Mistborn, the noble blood must come from a very pure bloodline... While looking meaningfully at Tevidian, the High Prelan, who is not an Allomancer at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlicensed Hemalurgist Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 4 hours ago, robardin said: While looking meaningfully at Tevidian, the High Prelan, who is not an Allomancer at all. Do we actually know definitively that Tevidian wasn't a Mistborn? Plenty of noble mistborn had high-placed day jobs, after all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+robardin Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Unlicensed Hemalurgist said: Do we actually know definitively that Tevidian wasn't a Mistborn? Plenty of noble mistborn had high-placed day jobs, after all. I guess it's never said one way or the other, but if he had been a Mistborn at least, he'd probably have reflexively defend himself from the onslaught of Inquistors that killed him. He could have been a Seeker or some other non-physical Misting, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlicensed Hemalurgist Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 High Prelan Tevidian was an Aluminum Gnat. This is my new headcanon. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recneps Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 It's also possible that he wasn't an Allomancer, rather an allomantic carrier. He has the sGenes for it, but they aren't expressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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