Does anyone know non-crossover Mistborn stories?

[AleStaar he/him]

I’m currently reading The Alloy of Law. Once I get to The Bands of Mourning and Secret History, I may like to write a slightly higher tech Mistborn AU that substantially expands on whatever Mistborn lore and worldbuilding I can think of. Currently I think Scadrial’s history has a lot of untapped potential Sanderson hasn’t used yet - workings of the southern islands and outer Dominances, Rashek and his allies creating the Final Empire, the psychology of the Terris and kandra cultures, the workings of the Keepers and the Synod, Ruin and Preservation’s webs of scheming and manipulation, Ruin’s schemes and the gray area of whether he used precognition, the empire and kingdoms of Alendi’s era, the very unknown times that preceded Alendi etc…

 

Who were the previous Ascendants and how did the Shards guide them? How did the Hero of Ages get words like Anamnesor and the Rabzeen? Did Preservation used to be have more freedom as the God of Stasis? Why are Allomancy and Hemalurgy such modern systems when Ol’ Stasis and Death were scheming for millennia? For that matter, how do Terris become Feruchemists? What existed outside the Empire’s continent?

These are questions I would love to answer a long-form AU. But I need writing experience and inspiration. Does anyone have writing advice or know any good Mistborn fan stories? Do you have your own ideas on how to expand Scadrial’s lore?

 

Edited September 6, 2023 by Ale the Metallic Conjurer

[AleStaar he/him]

I would also love to hear about good fanfiction from other fandoms, especially if they expand on lore and worldbuilding. 

[The flying spider he/him]

I think the mistborn adventure game will tell you some stuff but it isn't cannon. It also has an 150 page story called a house of ashes but also that isn't cannon.

Edited September 6, 2023 by Awakened rock stacker

[AleStaar he/him]

14 hours ago, Awakened rock stacker said:

I think the mistborn adventure game will tell you some stuff but it isn't cannon. It also has an 150 page story called a house of ashes but also that isn't cannon.

I need more

[JustQuestin2004 he/him]

21 hours ago, Ale the Metallic Conjurer said:

Who were the previous Ascendants and how did the Shards guide them? How did the Hero of Ages get words like Anamnesor and the Rabzeen? Did Preservation used to be have more freedom as the God of Stasis? Why are Allomancy and Hemalurgy such modern systems when Ol’ Stasis and Death were scheming for millennia? For that matter, how do Terris become Feruchemists? What existed outside the Empire’s continent?

Funny enough, I have an idea for a story of my own, called The Hero of Ages Past.

I haven't really gotten around to it, maybe in the future, but the outline is that it's about the time over 1000 years before Rashek, during a time that Hemalurgy was far more common before all knowledge of it was nearly erased.

It follows a man who would become the first Feruchemist, the first Terris. The Hero of an Age before Rashek.

And that's pretty much all I wrote down in my notes for it. I have other stories I'm trying to work on before I get around to that though.

[AleStaar he/him]

1 hour ago, JustQuestin2004 said:

Funny enough, I have an idea for a story of my own, called The Hero of Ages Past.

I haven't really gotten around to it, maybe in the future, but the outline is that it's about the time over 1000 years before Rashek, during a time that Hemalurgy was far more common before all knowledge of it was nearly erased.

It follows a man who would become the first Feruchemist, the first Terris. The Hero of an Age before Rashek.

And that's pretty much all I wrote down in my notes for it. I have other stories I'm trying to work on before I get around to that though.

I really, really hope you get around to this story sometime soon. The Mistborn fandom really needs a story like this. And I would love to read it. 

[JustQuestin2004 he/him]

2 hours ago, Ale the Metallic Conjurer said:

I really, really hope you get around to this story sometime soon. The Mistborn fandom really needs a story like this. And I would love to read it. 

I'm working on a bunch of practice snippets to get better at writing out stories instead of just planning and outlining them into oblivion.

Should have the first one-shot done within a week or two. 

[AleStaar he/him]

On 9/7/2023 at 2:58 AM, JustQuestin2004 said:

Funny enough, I have an idea for a story of my own, called The Hero of Ages Past.

I haven't really gotten around to it, maybe in the future, but the outline is that it's about the time over 1000 years before Rashek, during a time that Hemalurgy was far more common before all knowledge of it was nearly erased.

It follows a man who would become the first Feruchemist, the first Terris. The Hero of an Age before Rashek.

And that's pretty much all I wrote down in my notes for it. I have other stories I'm trying to work on before I get around to that though.

I just thought about this timeline. I thought the Terris and Feruchemy existed for thousands of years, but a timeline like this probably makes more sense. Do you think Preservation gave the original Prophecies to Terris ancestors or other ancient cultures?

[JustQuestin2004 he/him]

On 09/09/2023 at 11:13 AM, Ale the Metallic Conjurer said:

I just thought about this timeline. I thought the Terris and Feruchemy existed for thousands of years, but a timeline like this probably makes more sense. Do you think Preservation gave the original Prophecies to Terris ancestors or other ancient cultures?

I think that the Terris were likely the only ones who remembered perfectly it thanks to Copperminds. Only the Original Feruchemist never realized that Ruin had backdoor admin privileges to Feruchemy and could tamper with them.

Edit:

I also like to think that each Metallic Art had their own 'Age' so to speak.

Before Rashek was the Age of Feruchemy, it was the most prevalent though only among the Terris, with Allomancy and Hemalurgy being nearly completely unheard of.

Before Vin was the Age of Allomancy, with Hemalurgy being kept a secret by the Lord Ruler and with Feruchemists being hunted. Allomancy was common among nobility.

So I like to believe that the Age before all of that was the Age of Hemalurgy, with Feruchemy and Allomancy being both extremely rare. With the sudden advent of Feruchemy being a deliberate ploy by Preservation to counteract Ruin.

Edited September 12, 2023 by JustQuestin2004

[AleStaar he/him]

On 9/9/2023 at 1:01 AM, JustQuestin2004 said:

I think that the Terris were likely the only ones who remembered perfectly it thanks to Copperminds. Only the Original Feruchemist never realized that Ruin had backdoor admin privileges to Feruchemy and could tamper with them.

Edit:

I also like to think that each Metallic Art had their own 'Age' so to speak.

Before Rashek was the Age of Feruchemy, it was the most prevalent though only among the Terris, with Allomancy and Hemalurgy being nearly completely unheard of.

Before Vin was the Age of Allomancy, with Hemalurgy being kept a secret by the Lord Ruler and with Feruchemists being hunted. Allomancy was common among nobility.

So I like to believe that the Age before all of that was the Age of Hemalurgy, with Feruchemy and Allomancy being both extremely rare. With the sudden advent of Feruchemy being a deliberate ploy by Preservation to counteract Ruin.

Okay dude, I absolutely love this idea and really hope it goes somewhere. I love an idea of an Age of Hemalurgy, and have recently had the same thought as you on the advent of Feruchemy. Much like how the advent of Allomancy was absolutely a deliberate ploy as well, probably to burn the atium. Harmony would have a field “day” analyzing these bits of the divine chess games. 

I think that even without Ruin’s alterations the Terris weren’t remembering their prophecy perfectly, for a multiple of reasons tbh. My theory is that Kwaan’s spiel was one of Preservation’s ploys, and that the original Terris Prophecies were spread out throughout many cultures of Scadrial’s Stone and Bronze Age people.

 

A friend of mine is trying to rewrite a Mistborn AU of his that delves into this stuff.