Sazed (Mistborn)

"I am, unfortunately, the Hero of Ages"

- Sazed’s first words as Harmony in the book left after the Final Ascension

Summary
Sazed, also known as Harmony, is a Terrisman steward from Scadrial, and the Vessel of Harmony.

History
As a Terrisman born during the Final Empire, he was castrated (or more accurately emasculated) as a boy to prevent him from being able to have children.

As he was born a Feruchemist, he was raised to be a Keeper, and member of an organization of Feruchemists which try to collect all the information they can about the world and the societies within it, and store all the information that they collect in their Metalminds. He listened to a Keeper recite all the information he had stored, and stored them all in his own Metalminds for later retrieval.

He decided to focus his learning upon old religions from the world before the advent of the Lord Ruler, ammasing five hundred and sixty-two different religions: their prayers, their beliefs, and their mythologies, into his metalminds.

Though he would soon grow discontent with feigned subservience to the Lord Ruler, and decided that he wanted to join in the rebellion against him instead of remaining quiet. This led to him joining Kelsier's Crew. Serving as the steward to Lord Renoux, and later to Lady Valette, assisting her in how to hide as a noblewoman in order to better collect information.

He was a majour figure in translating Alendi's journal and collecting information about the world before the Ascension and the leadup to it. And later in reading over the Terris Prophecies and Kwaan's Inscription. A process he underwent with the help of Tindwyl, and during which he fell in love with her, leading to him being greatly hurt during her death during the Siege of Luthadel, which brought about his depression and his losing faith in any religion.

After the death of Vin, who had taken up Preservation, and  Ati during the Battle of Hathsin, he came to the realization that he was the Hero of Ages spoken about in legend, and he took up both Shards and ascended, becoming Harmony, and he used his knowledge of religion and other information to re-craft the world, in a state much like how it used to be, but with majour changes to make it even more suitable for life, most notably creating the Elendel Basin.

He would watch over and protect mankind for the following centuries, but would be faced with the danger of a Shard he did not recognize approaching on Scadrial, Trell. He would write letters to Hoid speaking about this threat and his plans to create somebody who would protect and destroy, a Sword, which would turn out to be  Waxillium Ladrian who he groomed in a sense to be a weapon to fight against the oncoming attack.

The Lost Metal (Unreleased)

 * Note:This is based upon the summary given for the currently unreleased novel, The Lost Metal, and as such it should not be taken as canon as of yet, but rather as a note for the sake of completion

Months after the events of Bands of Mourning, Trell blocked off his influence in Bilming. Along with this, his visions of the future became blocked off, coming to an abrupt halt the next day.

Human
He is tall and long-limbed, with his skin being on the darker end compared non-Terris Scadrians. Along with this, his arms and legs are a too long for his body because of a medical condition caused by his being castrated as a boy. His head is shaven, and his earlobes have been stretched out, the ears themselves contain studs that run around their perimeter. He wears the lavish, colorful robes of a Terris steward—the garments are made of embroidered, overlapping V shapes, alternating among the three colors of his master’s house.

As a Keeper, he has many earrings, bracelets, and bands that he uses as Metalminds.

He is soft spoken, with a higher pitch and an almost melodic accent. This fits in line with the concept of a castrato voice, held by those castrated before puberty. Following from this, as a eunuch, his penis and scroutum has been cut off since childhood, and is not present on his current self. The area was described as a "simple, empty scar where his manhood should have been".

Vessel
He is described as towing behind him a cloak of timelessness, with Storms and winds, clouds and rain, deserts and forests, all reflected in his wake. He wears a robe in a Terris V Pattern, however, each V in the robe was not a colour, but a strata of time, like those of a deep rock uncovered.

Personality
He is known to be kind, peaceful, and respectful, in a way that puts all those around him at ease. This, mixed with his intelligence and ability to stay calm under pressure, makes him a great leader when he puts his mind to it. Even if he himself believes he is not suited towards being in a position of leadership.

He enjoys researching and learning more about the world, in particular he is fascinated by, and sees great importance in, all information about the world before the Lord Ruler. Such as the countless religions that have died due to his oppression.

Religiously, he, in a sense, believes in all religions, believing that they all, despite their contradictions, hold an universal truth behind them all. This, amongst with knowing the comfort many, himself included, find in faith, leads him to often preaching of myriad faiths to those he cares about, hoping that they might choose to follow one.

Vin
Sazed was appointed to coach Vin to play the part of Valette Renoux, a noblewoman. Taking care that her hair, makeup, and dress were appropriate. He also offered information on religions to see if Vin would find one interesting. He often accompanied her to balls and took care of her, helping her to recover, after she was severely wounded during her impromptu raid on Keridik Shaw.

He was the one to marry her and Elend.

After he lost Twyndl, and went into depression, Vin was one of the few people who noticed his state and tried to help him with his mental health and loss of faith.

Her deeply cared for her and mourned at her passing.

Elend
He immensely distrusted Elend at first, but later came to admit he was wrong, and considered Elend to be a good man. He came to help him with lawmaking and the formation of a new government after the death of the Lord Ruler and collapse of the Steel Ministry. He also became a vocal supporter of him.

He later married him and Vin before the Siege of Luthadel.

Powers and Stats
Name: Sazed, Saze, Master Vaht, Hero of Ages, Rabzeen, Anamnesor | Harmony, The Jaggenmire, God

Age: Unknown | At least 340

Gender: Male | Male, possibly Non-Binary

Classification: Human, Terrisman, Keeper, Steward, Feruchemist, Chief Ambassador of the New Empire, Hero of Ages | Shard of Adonalsium, Vessel of Harmony,

Powers and Abilities: Human = Memory Manipulation via Copper, Mass Manipulation and Limited Quantum Manipulation via Iron Feruchemy, Enhanced Senses via Tin Feruchemy, Superhuman Physical Characteristics via Pewter Feruchemy, Regeneration via Gold Feruchemy, Temperature Manipulation via Brass, Statistics Amplification via Zinc and Steel, Age Manipulation via Atium,

Resitance to Pain Manipulation via Tin

Harmony = Immortality, Limited Omnipresence, Bilocation, Teleportation, Time Manipulation (Type 1, possibly Type 2) (All Vessels are capable of manipulating time to a degree, able to slow it down and speed it up, even to a near stop), Precognition (Type 2) (As a Vessel he is capable of seeing far into the future, seeing all the different paths of which it can take. As he contains Preservation, his future sight is amongst the best in the Cosmere), Telepathy (Type 1 and 2) (He is capable of projecting his thoughts into the minds of those who have a form of "hole" in their soul, such as that formed by Hemalurgy. He is also capable of reading the thoughts of all beings), Soul Manipulation, Limited Information Manipulation (He is capable of altering any text not engraved in metal, this should also be able to include text stored in electronics), Avatar Creation (All Vessels are capable of creating Avatars), Power Bestowal (He is capable of Initiating individuals into Allomancy, granting them the ability to use the arte.), Geology Manipulation, Biology Manipulation (He was capable of completely rearranging the biology of Scadrians in order to return them to their original state before Rashek's intervention. He was also capable of changing plants and returning extinct species on a global scale) etc

Attack Potency: Average normally, but by pulling upon Pewter he is capable of greatly enhancing his strength to a superhuman degree. | Far higher as Harmony, he was capable of moving Scadrial through space to be a far safer distance from the sun, and was capable of completely reforming the geography of the planet. The amount of Investiture he holds is far beyond that of any other Shard, said beings having enough power to reduce planets to ash, be compared to the heat of a thousand stars, and seem infinite compared to mankind's limited perceptions. Although he finds great difficulty in actually using the strength that he holds.

Speed: Average normally, much higher through Steel Feruchemy (By pulling upon the Speed stored in Steel, he is capable of increasing his speed to superhuman degrees, to the extent of moving like a blur), Below Average when Storing Speed (when storing Speed into a Metalmind he moves far slower, it is described as being like moving through molasses) | His Speed is far higher than anything that he had in his past, capable of teleporting anywhere throughout Scadrial with ease. He is also capable of manifesting himself in multiple places at one time. His Investiture is omnipresent throughout all of the Cosmere, and is particularly focused on Scadrial, with his Investiture being spread all throughout the planet, making it up.

Intelligence: He is an extremely intelligent individual, with his Copperminds having information in countless different topics stored within it. Including in-depth knowledge of five-hundred and sixty-two different religions, including their prayers, their beliefs, and their mythologies. Other subjects he has stored in his Copperminds include culture, philosophy, and science. This is accumulated over a lifetime of study, and the passing down of the entirety of knowledge of multiple generations of Keepers. | As the Vessel of Harmony his understanding of the world and its metaphysics, and the great extent to which it expands past anything he knew. He also gained a deep knowledge of the history of Scadrial and its people, flora, and fauna. His knowledge was enough that he could write over eighty thick volumes over countless topics in order to grant to humanity in order to help they refound themselves after the Catacendre. This shows his knowledge over electricity, powered flight, radios, and far more technological ideas that were far more advanced than anything seen before by mankind, born from his greater understanding of science and metaphysics. He can also see far into the future, seeing all possibilities, as he contains Preservation, this should be able to reach into thousands of years into the future, and also holds the ability to take in and process the veritable infinitude of information flowing through his mind, not just from all of the possibilities, but from everything across Scadrial.

Weaknesses: While storing attributes in Metalminds he has to deal with said attribute expressing itself in a far lesser way, such as becoming nearly blind while storing eyesight in Tin and having to wear glasses, or becoming extremely slow when storing speed in a Steel Metalmind. After the death of Twindyl he dealt with depression and found himself unwilling to do anything. | Due to the contrasting powers held within him, he is left unable to act without great difficulty. This leaves him unable to fully take advantage of the power granted to him. Along with this, due to being so deeply Invested into Scadrial, he is incapable of leaving the planet, finding himself bound to it.

Human =

Feruchemy
Sazed is a Full Feruchemist, capable of using all Feruchemically viable metals.

Feruchemy is the art of being able to store various aspects from yourself into a metal known as a Metalmind by converting it into Investiture, in order to pull upon for later use. This is especially useful as one can pull upon it at an increased rate in order to, in essence, get out a greater magnitude than what you put in, albeit for a greatly shortened degree of time.

When one stores an attribute, they would slowly return to the same amount they were at before storing even without Tapping into the Metal, so that it does not bring about a permanent loss of said attribute.

Over time, in using all of these metals to alter speed, strength, vision, mental speed, amongst other things, he became a very good warrior.

Despite being able to use all Metals, he does not have access to or knowledge of Cadmium, Bendalloy, Chromium, Nicrosil, or Electrum. Furthermore, he lacks the knowledge of how to properly use Duralumin, Aluminium, or Malatium, despite having access to them.

Steel
Steel Feruchemy stores ones speed. When storing it, one moves far slower, compared to moving through molasses. When pulling upon it one experiences a great burst of speed. While he can take the G's experienced by these speeds, he still has to worry about wind resistance and friction, which serve as a strict limiter of how fast he can go.

He sees this as one of the hardest Metalminds to fill.

Iron
Iron Feruchemy stores ones mass through manipulating their interaction with the Higgs Field. While Conservation of Momentum does apply to changes in mass via Iron Feruchemy, he can still use this in order to reduce his mass and take advantage of wind resistance to slow his fall from high distances.

Mathematically speaking, this can also change his terminal velocity, for a body with a lower mass has a lower terminal velocity than that with a higher mass.

Pewter
Pewter Feruchemy stores physical strength and muscle mass, so that, upon pulling upon it, one undergoes a brief yet dramatic increase in muscle mass, becoming larger and more muscular in the process and becoming significantly stronger.

Tin
Tin Feruchemy allows one to store a particular sense to pull upon for later, when storing the particular sense one is storing is far duller and less sharp. For instance, when storing eyesight he needed to wear glasses in order to see effectively.

Tapping sight causes the edge of the Windwhisperer's vision to blur, and sacrifices immediate field of vision in favor of a more distant, binocular view. . This cannot let him see that which was once invisible, it only compounds and increases what they could already see.

This can also store more than just the five main senses, for instance it could store the ability to feel pain.

Every Tinmind can only store one sense at a time, therefore to store and tap multiple senses one needs multiple Tinminds.

Zinc
Zinc Feruchemy stores mental speed, allowing one to think at a far faster rate than an ordinary human.

Brass
Brass Feruchemy allows him to store warmth and heat. He is immune to the heat produced by his own body by using this, but he is not immune to high temperatures in general. However, by carefully regulating his body temperature through effective use of storing and tapping, he could become effectively immune to flames.

Copper
Copper Feruchemy stores ones memories into a Metalmind for later use. This allows one to create large archives of memories which do not decay or become corrupted by the human mind. Therefore creating an essentially permanent archive of information. These are stored as countless different individual memories rather than a single large memory.

As a Keeper, he has many Copperminds stored with massive amounts of information concerning countless different topics.

When one stores a memory, they forget it. But can pull upon it in order to recall it. When the memory is in their head it is prone to undergoing decay or changes, but it would once again become permanent when stored back into the Coppermind.

Bronze
Bronze Feruchemy works to store ones wakefullness. It allows him to stay awake for extended periods of time, or to heighten awareness. When storing it induces a state of drowsiness.

Gold
Gold Feruchemy allows him to store health, leaving him sickly and weak while storing, but when tapping it, gains the ability to quickly heal from injuries, expel poisons, cure diseases, and has even shown the ability to cure cellular damage at the higher levels.

Atium
Atium Feruchemy allows him to store age, in order to become younger for a short amount of time. When storing he becomes older. This ultimately cannot last long as the soul wishes to return the body to its true age.

Knowledge
Due to his use of Copperminds, he is incredibly knowledgeable on a wide range of topics.

Most notably, he has knowledge on five hundred and sixty-two different religions from before the Ascension, memorizing their prayers, their beliefs, and their mythologies. And he holds that all faiths hold truth and value, and often preaches various religions to his friends and allies.

While his focus is on religion, he also holds knowledge on other things, such as healing, sanitation practices, or farming.

Harmony = As Harmony he gained an unimaginable degree of knowledge and power, however, he finds it difficult to act due to a mixture of his own ideals regarding mankind's autonomy, and due to the two contradicting Shards inside of him making any sort of action difficult.

Planetary Manipulation
He is capable of manipulating the geology of Scadrial on a planetary scale, changing the landscape greatly to make it more amicable to human life, and ending the constant streams of ash from the various volcanos littered across the continent. He also used this to form the Elendel Basin and the mountains surrounding it, which he made extremely fertile and luscious.

His manipulation of the planet works to such an extent he was able to alter the orbit of the planet to put it into a more comfortable and habitable orbit.

Investiture
He has access to a effectively infinite supply of Investiture. As with all Investiture, whenever it is used it would be filtered back to the Spiritual Realm for him to use once again. However, it is finite

Biological Manipulation
He was capable of changing the biology of humans, plants, and animals on a planetary scale. Returning them all to what they once were before the changes made by Rashek during his Ascension.

Along with this, he was capable of reversing the damages caused by becoming a Savant, shown in how he was capable of curing Spook of his Savantism.

Power Bestowal
He is capable of turning individuals into Mistborn, as shown by how he made Spook into a Mistborn shortly after he fixed the world.

Telepathy
As he holds both Ruin and Preservation, he also holds the ability to simultaneously talk to people telepathically, and to be able to telepathically hear their thoughts. Allowing for a more complete form of communication.

However, he still holds the limitation of only being able to do this to those with some sort of spiritual damage, primarily those using Hemalurgic Spikes. This is why he had Wax be given a Hemalurgic earing, so that he could communicate with him. And it is due to this that, when praying, Pathians use an earing meant to symbolize a Hemalurgic Spike giving them a closer connection to Harmony.

Those that hold enough Hemalurgic Spikes are capable of being completely controlled by him. However, he respects people's free will enough to not impede so heavily upon it.

Knowledge
After ascending to Harmony his knowledge of and understanding of the world, its history, and underlying mechanics increased tremendously. Gaining an understanding far beyond what any human could even hope to attain. However, there are forces pushing to limit his knowledge.

Splinter Creation
He is capable of breaking off parts of himself and making powerful sentient constructs out of them known as Splinters

Avatar Creation
All Shards are capable of creating Avatars

These Avatars can be spread throughout the Cosmere, but unlike Splinters lack full autonomy

Time Manipulation
All Shards are capable of bending and stretching time to their whims, minutes being described as years from the point of view of a god.

Future Sight
Shards are capable of seeing far into the future, well enough to make The Diagram look meagre in comparison.

The future is hard to see for Shards, or for any version of future sight, when faced with another being capable of seeing the future, and that the further one looks the harder it is to make out the future.

Information Manipulation
As a result of him being Invested throughout all of Scadrial, he is capable of fully manipulating text and information written down. This also allows him to manipulate the memories within Copperminds during the short period of time that they are within the mind of an individual.

However it does have a limitation in that it cannot effect the minds of anyone, and that it cannot change text that is written into metal.

Omnipresence
He has Limited Omnipresence throughout all of the Cosmere, with particular focus upon Scadrial, where Preservation is deeply Invested into every single piece of it. Despite the Power itself permeating all things, his body and mind itself can only be in a limited amount of places at one time.

Mists
Mists are the gaseous form of his Investiture, spreading all across the world. This Mist can be programmed by Preservation to preform certain tasks, such as to out at night and seek out potential Allomancers, then Snap them to awaken their power. However, he has made it so that this does not actually occur.

They can also use them to empower the Allomancy of certain individuals. He can also manifest in these Mists as a "Mist Spirit", however this only has a very limited ability to effect the Physical Realm.

He is also capable of summoning the black Mists of Ruin.

He made the Mists become a more localized phenomenon, rather than one that appears on a global scale.