Study Guide - Mistborn: The Well of Ascension (Book Two)

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Brandon Sanderson's "Mistborn" trilogy has been called one of the greatest fantasies of all time--but it is massive! There are dozens of characters, plots, and settings. This study guide is a companion to the second book in the series: The Well of Ascension. It's the perfect guide to someone who wants extra help keeping up with all the twist and characters, or who just wants a refresher while reading the rest of the books in the series.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: BookCaps
• Release date: Jan 4, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301006151

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Brandon Sanderson‘s

Mistborn: The Well of Ascension

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Table of Contents

Introduction

About Brandon Sanderson

Previously in the Mistborn Saga

Plot Summary

Characters

Elend Venture

Vin

Sazed

OreSeur/TenSoon

Tindwyl

Straff

Cett

Allrianne

Zane

Dockson

Clubs

Clubs, another member of Kelsier's original crew, is now a general in Luthadel's army. He is a

Breeze

Ham

Spook

Jastes

Marsh

Kwaan

Alendi

The Koloss

Kandra

Setting

Magic System

Allomancy

Feruchemy

When Combined

Other Magic: The Well of Ascension

Themes

To Believe in Something

The Untraceable Past

Love and Marriage

Being Used By Others

How to Be a King

Chapter Summaries

Part One: Heir of the Survivor

Chapter 01

Chapter 02

Chapter 03

Chapter 04

Chapter 05

Chapter 06

Chapter 07

Chapter 08

Chapter 09

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Part Two: Ghosts in the Mist

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Part Three

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Part Four: Knives

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Part Five: Snow and Ash

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

Chapter 52

Chapter 53

Chapter 54

Chapter 55

Part Six: Words In Steel

Chapter 56

Chapter 57

Chapter 58

Chapter 59

Epilogue

About BookCaps

Introduction

The second book in Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series, The Well of Ascension brings the story to even more epic proportions. Sanderson shows just how far his ideas and magic system can go, leaving the reader begging for more right up to the last page (and beyond). If the first Mistborn book wasn't epic enough for you, you'll be happy to note that The Well of Ascension features characteristics you'd expect from epic fantasy, such as opposing armies, massive battles, multiple characters, and unholy powers that threaten the entire world.

About Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson is an award-winning author, creative writing teacher, and leader in the epic fantasy genre. But he wasn't always this way. In junior high, Sanderson had given up on books because, though he loved to read as a kid, the titles suggested to him were almost never to his liking. In junior high, his love for reading was reborn when he discovered genre fiction (especially fantasy and science fiction).

Though Sanderson started college as a biochemistry major, during a two-year sabbatical (which he spent as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Seoul, Korea) he discovered he loved writing much more than science. He came back, changing his major to English, and plunged deep into the world of a fantasy writer. He even worked with, and was eventually Editor in Chief of, The Leading Edge, his university's science fiction/fantasy magazine.

After his first book, Elantris, was published with Tor, Sanderson later published his Mistborn trilogy, The Alloy of Law, Warbreaker, and The Way of Kings. The Way of Kings is the first of a proposed ten-volume series of epic fantasy fiction.

Aside from his original works, the list of which keeps on growing from year to year, Sanderson was also entrusted by Robert Jordan's estate to finish the Wheel of Time series with three final books. In 2009, he released The Gathering Storm; in 2010 he put out Towers of Midnight; and in 2012, we look forward to reading A Memory of Light.

Sanderson has also branched into middle-grade fiction with his Alcatraz series of books. Aside from all his writing work and his teaching position at Brigham Young University, Brandon also co-hosts the award-winning podcast for fiction writers, Writing Excuses.

Previously in the Mistborn Saga

In the first Mistborn book, The Final Empire, a thieving crew helped the skaa resistance topple a thousand-year empire, with an immortal tyrant/god at its head.

Vin grew up on the streets, a skaa thief that was constantly beaten and abused. She met Kelsier, a Mistborn skaa who recruited her into his crew. Their plan: overthrow the Final Empire and kill the Lord Ruler. They plan out how to collect an army of skaa rebels and train them, as well as how to upset the balance in Luthadel, the capital of the Final Empire. Vin