As a result, he has both regular vision and the steelsight that Inquisitors used, allowing him to see via both normal light and trace metals. Kelsier has a Hemalurgic spike in his right eye socket, which he acquires sometime after the Catacendre. Kelsier held Preservation for a short time but was bad at using it because he was a Cognitive Shadow at the time and did not match well with Preservation's Intent.

After Holding and releasing the Shard of Preservation, Kelsier became a Sliver. Sliver Īfter Kelsier died, he became a Cognitive Shadow through the Well of Ascension, making him able to resist the pull of the Beyond. He lost these abilities in death and has not recovered them. He is quite proficient at pewter dragging and has enough practice to maintain it for hours and still maintain a fair amount of clarity afterwards. He lacks finesse in the external mental abilities of zinc and brass as he tends to create large changes in emotional states as opposed to the more subtle Soothing abilities of Breeze, although he can affect a relatively large mass of people. He once used them in his fight with a Steel Inquisitor, so the metals acted like they were alive, twitching and flying through the air to cut and distract the Steel Inquisitor. He is capable of using them with a high degree of precision to control the momentum and rotation of dozens of pieces of metal simultaneously. Kelsier is a Mistborn, so he can burn every Allomantic metal, although he is particularly proficient with the external physical metals iron and steel. Had his life gone differently, he could have been an outright evil person and, outside the context of the Final Empire, would likely be a villain. There is a darkness to him that other heroes, such as Kaladin, would fight but that Kelsier instead embraces and is so ruthless that, in a fight with other notable people from the cosmere, he would be the most likely to win even Hoid considers him incredibly dangerous.

He is a great agent of chaos and is very good at tearing things down and messing with what other people want. Perhaps as a result of his egotism and arrogance, several of his plans involve setting himself up as a powerful, mysterious, or even divine figure. He is arrogant and very driven which, combined with his power, makes him incredibly dangerous he is willing to go extremely far to achieve his goals-for example, he would be willing to use Hemalurgy on a large scale to create powerful Allomancers if ultimately necessary to protect Scadrial from other forces in the cosmere-though is not quite as utilitarian as Taravangian. He shows little empathy or fear, as well as a high ego, and is frequently quick to resort to using violence-often lethal violence-to solve problems, even when doing so clearly won't actually help the people he is supposedly trying to help. Kelsier is a psychopath, or at least has some psychopathic tendencies. If Kelsier orders a person around, it is a sign of affection. He has an imposing presence and is a natural leader, easily taking charge and swaying even the downtrodden skaa of Luthadel into joining the rebellion with his charming personality. He hates all of the nobility and tends to believe that all of them are to blame for the plight of the skaa, although near the end of his life this attitude changes due to Vin's insistence that Elend is different and that not all the nobles should be fought, although his views did not fully change, and he retained his prejudice and distrust. He does this in order to fight the Lord Ruler's oppression of all the skaa, wanting to have one thing which cannot be taken away from him. He always smiles and projects an excited and positive attitude, which is particularly unusual in the skaa underground. He is almost always late to gatherings, which he attributes to always having somewhere better to be. He usually wears a nobleman's suit (a colored vest with dark trousers and a coat), and during the night he wears his mistcloak. Kelsier is tall and hawk-faced and has light-blonde hair and hazel eyes he has a multitude of scars crossing both arms from his time in the Pits of Hathsin.

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