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It could be she could see any age with Malatium, I think

I would assume that Rashek appears the age he ascended as the lord ruler, which likely puts him in his mid-early 20's, describing him as tall and young, but not as a boy. Kel being in his mid-late 30's would likely have not pegged him as young if he were in his early 30's. Alendi I believe was around 16 when he met Kwaan and spent "decades" leading armies before going to the well. This would charitably put Alendi around Kel's age at the well. Does this seem accurate?

I believe it is implied that at least one individual before Rashek took up the power. Ruin tells Kelsier that Preservation spent thousands of years suffering after his sacrifice, and the Well of Ascension wasn't full until Rashek ascended. This implies at least one other ascension happened. So then the question is what did this individual do with the power? My theory is this was the source of the Terris prophecies. Preservation hasn't had the ability to speak to individuals outside of the cognative realm, so he likely would take the opportunity to explain the situation to whoever ascended. My guess is this individual likely chose to have the Well be placed high in the Terris mountains to limit accessibility, then may have given the people of Terris an environment similar to the Basin that Harmony creates. This would foster a peaceful agrarian society which wouldn't be very technologically advanced.

In regards to the Terris Religion: Is there evidence anyone took up the power from the well before Rashek? Preservation's plan was to have a steward for mankind and planted the prophesies before sacrificing himself, but surely mankind was around for more than just 1000 years after creation? Or were the people of Scadrial only 1000 years old by the time of Rashek's ascension? Do we have evidence that the Religion of Terris had ideas of Ruin AND Preservation? Or one? Or neither? Terris Culture: Are we to assume the Kandra likely have the closest naming convention to old Terris? I would assume Rashek, Haddek, and Kwaan are the only true old-terris names we get, but the Kandra seem to emulate the names phonetically with creative vowels. Terris On Scadrian wild life: I was trying to piece together what wild life there was on Scadrial. Horses are present, but there's a throw-away line by Preservation in secret history "One can admire the lion while empathizing with the lamb?" And Kelsier doesn't question what he's talking about, implying there's some analog of lions and sheep available? Edit: sorry, when can we post links?

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