a question about chapter headers in final empire

[somelamename]

So I was rereading final empire and was wondering if the chapter heading were edited by ruin or the prophecies were edited and the headings were accurate samples from his diary?

thanks

[Deus Ex Biotica]

I wondered that, too. It's hard to say whether Alendi's logbook contained anything which Ruin would feel the need to tweak - certainly, if it described more exactly what prophecies exactly made him the Hero Of Ages, those would have to go, since Ruin wants to be able to make anyone it chooses be the "Hero". It might have made the Deepness more vague, or given more clues about Rashek's identity, too.

The book did have a metal cover - I am unsure whether Ruin could alter it while it was closed, though once Kelsier and Sazed start going through it, this is no longer a factor.

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[Aradel he/him]

I remember in the WoA that the headings would sometimes repeat, but with ruin's changes included. I don't think that any of the FE were repeated, much less changed.

I doubt ruin would find a reason to tamper with the logbook. He needed it to be as authentic as possible so that Vin might be able to figure it out. If he even cared about the logbook it was because it helped Vin kill the Lord Ruler.

[darniil he/him]

The book did have a metal cover - I am unsure whether Ruin could alter it while it was closed, though once Kelsier and Sazed start going through it, this is no longer a factor.

Actually, it was leather.

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[Zas678 he/him]

Plus the fact that Ruin's mind was still imprisoned. I think he was focusing all his available mental energy on making sure that Kelsier and the crew overthrew TLR. Plus, as has been said, there doesn't seem to be a bunch that he could change easily to make it so Vin was more likely to think herself the HoA.