Feruchemist Warrior

[Tglassy]

I've been pondering this for a few days now.  Feruchemists were usually portrayed as Stewards and Scholars, but we've not actually seen what a Feruchemist Warrior would have looked like.  Surely they had them.  Sazed was untrained, and took on a squad of Koloss by himself.  Imagine what a Feruchemist who was actually trained in battle, and to use his Feruchemy in battle, could do. 

 

I'm imagining them wearing something like Plate Armor, with each part made of a different metal.  Steel, mostly, but potentially with some parts made of Iron or one of the other metals, if they're strong enough.  Bracers and whatnot under the armor for the metals, like Pewter, which just aren't good for Armor.  

 

I imagine them training day in and day out, lifting weights, making themselves naturally strong as bodybuilders, so much so that when they half their strength, they become as strong as a regular man and still are able to move around with their armor on.  That would be their natural state, just constantly filling their Pewter Minds, and potentially even their Iron Minds, if at least a little, but without suffering the drawbacks.  Every day, for an hour, they'd undergo the same kind of ritual Rashek's men did, growing weaker, but it wouldn't just be weaker, it would be to store every attribute they could; health, physical and mental speed, all five senses, weight, Warmth, and if they have access to the Hybrid abilities, even things like Breath and Determination.  They'd be allowed to eat twice as much as a regular soldier at meal times, storing the extra food and liquids in Bendalloy Minds.  

 

During battle, their armor would be made to expand, allowing them to draw on their strength.  They'd have a massive amount of every attribute to draw on, but of course wouldn't use it all at once.  They'd be like a Pewterarm, only using what they needed as they needed it.  

 

Most soldiers don't go through more than one real battle every few weeks or months, or even longer, and a dedicated training regiment could make a Feruchemist Warrior veteran intensely hard to kill or defeat.  Given enough time, they could take on nearly any enemy, be they Mistborn or Knight Radiant.  The main downside is the recharge time.  

 

On that note, utilizing Unkeyed Metalminds and the Medallions, you could a Full Feruchemist in modern times could have an entire squad as "Support", where THEY store all the attributes for you into an unkeyed metal mind.  You can only wear up to three medalions at once, but a full Feruchemist wouldn't have that problem.  Just have one person for each of the metals, each with one medallion that allows to them to store Identity and one that allows them to store another metal, and the Feruchemist could wind up with Lord Ruler levels of power in a short amount of time.  Yeah, it's not permanent, or infinite, but it would be fairly close.

 

I'm thinking with the advent of Medallions, a full feruchemist is likely the most powerful person in the Cosmere...

[GoWibble he/him]

18 minutes ago, Tglassy said:

I'm thinking with the advent of Medallions, a full feruchemist is likely the most powerful person in the Cosmere...

although very similar to Mistborn in power

[Karger he/him]

1 hour ago, Tglassy said:

I'm imagining them wearing something like Plate Armor

Saze mentions that they have special bracers for combat.  On scadrial I think wearing less metal is a good idea.

[Bigmikey357 he/him]

A Full Feruchemist would be much better equipped to fight a KR than a Mistborn imo. Armor doubling as metalminds so as to resist a Shardblade in a limited way, increased mental and physical speed and weight to dodge surges, increased strength and healing for close range combat,  I imagine they'd be a nasty surprise for any Radiant for as long as their metal stores held out. The only issue is fuel. They cannot easily replenish their stores.

[SirWolfe]

Their schedule and use might be similar to what we see in the Steel Inquisitors, brutally effective and strong, but needing to sleep/rest for very long periods of time.