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  1. I recently read Mistborn prime and figured id do a review on it. Let me start this off by saying, I really enjoyed the book. there was so much more world-building and thought put into this book than I had expected. Brandon tried writing Mistborn Prime to be shorter than other novels he wrote before. The whole book felt kind of rushed and had pacing issues. And the characters and plot are definitely the weak point of this novel. But the Magic, action scenes and worldbuilding really make up for it, in my opinion. The Plot: The main character, Kathin, is the son of Ivel - a "Ward of Alondin" - who are Mistborn who work for the Empire and its people. The Prologue(which is available on Brandons website) begins with Kathin's parents being found and killed by Vlen, an Ex-Ward who has joined a dark Sect of Mistborn who believe they should have control of "The Valley";The area which the Empire rules. Kathin, himself, is a Mistborn like his father, so after Vlen kills his parents, he decides to take Kathin and raise him as his own and train him to be a powerful Mistborn Assassin. Flash-forward 19-20 years and Kathin has already "accomplished" many things in his time, like assassinating the Emperor and hunting down the remaining Wards; for they were the only ones who stood a chance at stopping him. In the present, Kathin and two other mistborn are on a mission to kill the king of one of the many kingdoms that formed after the collapse of the Empire(reminiscent of how The Final Empire was after the death of The Lord Ruler) Only, Kathin is betrayed by one of his fellow Mistborn and barely escapes into the country side, extremely wounded. He ends up being found and taken in by a family who lives in a small farming village. Eventually Kathin notices that the village residents seem to be healthier than the state of their village and crops(that aren't being taken as "tributes" by the areas "king") imply. There turns out to be a second unknown Plator(Atium) mine nearby that some of the town residents have been mining the plator to sell to feed the town. Kathin spends his time recuperating and planning on how he's going to get revenge on the Mistborn who betrayed him and get back his position of power, as well as secure the mine for himself. Slowly Kathin starts to develop feelings for the family(Specifically Rosela) and the other villagers who took him in; he’s completely clueless as to why he is feeling what he's feeling because he never got anything like that from his adoptive father Vlen- who was always more of a Commander,a tutor, a teacher,etc... he needs the Plator before he can confront the Mistborn who betrayed him. He could just kill the villagers and take it like he was taught, but something is holding him back, a feeling he doesn't quite understand. So instead he agrees to teach the villagers to defend themselves in exchange for the Plator. Eventually Kathin realizes that there is Love and Trust and all these other things in the world(pretty cliche). the book ends with Kathin and Rosela getting married and Kathin deciding to rebuild the empire he himself had destroyed. The Magic: Allomancy functions practically the same as it does in the published books and seems to be the only magic of this world besides Kandra and the Mist, which if you read the Prologue, was still a worldbuilding/magic element connected to Allomancy. Mistings were not a thing in this novel; only Mistborn existed. There were a couple weird abilites that this versions Mistborn had. The first ability being that, using their hands, Mistborn were capable of shaping and manipulating metal as if it were clay. This is much like the Surge of Cohesion in the Stormlight Archive, but its a passive effect. This allows for them to always have easy access to metals when they need them. The second ability is being to burn metals in their own bodies as well as someone else's body(even if they aren't an Allomancer) that person just has to ingest the metal or have it in their blood. The Mistborn then just has to touch the other person with the intent of burning the metals in them. Savantism was not a thing, though there was a side effect to burning metals in this version of Allomancy, though not as severe or dramatic as savantism(Hello Spook). Years of burning metals would eventually darken the Mistborns skin and leave it a almost metallic gray color that, by those who knew, could be used to identify one as a Mistborn. The Mist is still Connected to Mistborn/Allomancy in this version, though there are 2 types of Mist. there's the thicker Nightmist, and the thinner Dayfog. The main and only religion we see in the novel states that regular people were born/created from the Dayfog, while some Mistborn believed(as their name implies) that they were born of the Mist. Allomancy, it seems, when being used for bad or evil purposes attracted the Nightmist(like it does in the published books) and repelled the Dayfog(like an Allomancer who has a hemalurgic spike) but it seems that when using Allomancy for good or to save people, the user would attract the Dayfog and repell the Nightmist. There are nine “Prime Metals" that the Mistborn use There is a "tenth" metal that isn't actually a metal, but.. My Thoughts: Overall, I thought this was a pretty solid book. Maybe even better than Aether Of Night(in my opinion). It had quite a few good fight scenes-including a scene with a mistwraith. The main characters casual thoughts about murdering the family that took him in were interesting, as was his complete lack of understanding of why he was developing feelings for them. I loved the nomenclature used, especially in the names. For example- “Vlen Korvleshor” & “Ivel/Kathin Shardesk- these are just such commanding names and it fits with the theme of the book. I thought Oresoor was a much better character in this book than he was in the published works. i guess a lot of people felt the same way and in one of the annotations for The Final Empire, Brandon mentions that he really had to tone down Oreseur's character because people liked him to much in this version. He generally wasn't afraid to state how he felt and his opinions on things. After Kathin made him turn into a dog he was kinda passive aggressive with Kathin which i found entertaining. The lifestyle/training of the Kandra was also explored a little more in the Prime, which i really liked reading as we didnt get as much of that in the published works(certain aspects anyway) Transplants: - Sebruki from Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell seems to have originated in this novel with the same name and somewhat similar story and personality - "Anyone will betray you" is the "Primary Tenet of the Mistborn" in this novel, which is what i noticed "Reen" would whisper to Vin in The Final Empire and Hero of Ages - Oresoor/Oreseur is the only character to make it into the published books. - Pilevines seem to have been transplanted straight onto Roshar(mention in Rhythm of War) Edit 2021: if you dont mind the lacking plot and pretty uninteresting characters, i would definitely give this novel a read. The Worldbuilding is surprisingly well developed and the magic/fights are pretty storming great.(Brandon lifted a number of elements from fight scenes, straight from the prime and used them in either TFE or WoA) Even over a year later and im still shocked by the level of worldbuilding in this novel. Its a pretty boring story, but i think the Worldbuilding makes up for it and think that it couldve been published with a little work.(still do think)
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