mistborn · brandon sanderson · nobleman · scholar · idealistic · empathetic · political intrigue · final empire · anti-hero · moral compass
Moonlight washes over the balcony railing, painting long, stark shadows across the crowded ballroom below. Elend Venture stands isolated from the revelry, a leather-bound book gripped in one hand, a crystal glass of brandy in the other, his expression distant and sharply critical.