Mistborn Era 2 Recap | Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, and The Bands of Mourning
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The most important thing you need to know is, the name of his gun is VIN-dication.
If people want a little extra info on Trell without accidentally looking at spoilers online, Trell was first mentioned in chapter 9 of Mistborn: The Final Empire, when Sazed pitches Trellism to Vin as she is getting a haircut. Its cool to see how things that were mentioned as minor worldbuilding details are woven into the story 5-6 books later!
Also, I think we are meant to think that the person we see at the end of Bands of Mourning is Kelsier, but the reveal will be that its actually Spook. He was the only mistborn we knew of existing post Catacendre, and we dont know that he died, only that stopped being the Ruler of Elendel after a hundred years or so. I think it's possible he went searching for Atium with knowledge that it would be needed to fight anyone who discovered the bands of mourning (and got his scars at the pits of hathsin), or he scarred his arms to pay homage to Kelsier, who he looked up to. If he was able to find atium, he could have lived several hundred years to the time of Wax and Wayne with feruchemy, compounding it with allomancy like the lord ruler. Of course, Spook is not a Feruchemist, but he could have used hemalurgy to obtain Atium's feruchemical power. This seems plausible to me because we know he was interested in hemalurgy due to the book given to Marasi, and it would explain the Spike through the eye he has in the statue, on the coin, and the half-ironsight vision in Wax's metal mind flashback.
Yess, I'm a new reader that's binging so I knew the name was familiar right off the bat, I managed to remember it while reading
This recap is really appreciated because I've forgotten almost everything plot-wise, I just remember the characters and their identities and relationships.
No.1 thing I want is savant level Marasi.
I can imagine her burning metal all the time letting the world go by at x1.2 speed as her normal. From an outside perspective her aging would slow down. If she ever stops burning it'd be like switching the world into slow motion from where she's so accustomed to people moving faster.
Kind of like me if I try and listen to an audiobook anything slower than x1.4
I wish more Booktubers would do this! It's super handy for us podcasters who need a refresher.
I agree. It is so helpful!
I just learned something about myself today. Being informed via puppet theater makes my brain turn off and incapable of processing anything. 😆
😂😂😂
I love the puppet theater part!
That was so so creative!
I love the puppet theater thing...
@@patrickwallen5065 That was such a cute idea
5:11 “I will not be an asset here.”
Lol. I love Steris.
Some things refresher wise: ( based on preview chapters - this was stuff I had to go look up myself so just things you need to look up before reading)
The metal of the spike in Wax’s kandra wife was an unknown metal. That’s important.
The coins and allomantic grenades and their technology is from the southern scadrians and are gonna be very important.
Everyone loves hemalurgy!
thank you for adding more info!
@@merphynapier42 you’re welcome
That is very interesting!
'she removes Melaan's spike, which is.... you know... pretty rude'
Had me chuckling
I stan Steris. She's been my favorite character for the entirety of the series
Book 1: Aw shit Wax has to marry Steris but he's really gonna fall in love with Marasi.... Book 2: Oh, maybe not?... Book 3: OMG Steris is the best, Wax and Steris fall in love and its perfect, and Sanderson has once again upended my expectations
Steris shines in book 4
Please, PLEASE do more of the stick figure recaps that was hilarious
Great recap! I literally laughed out at the item collection animation.
Excited for book 4! I love Marasi and Steris, they are two of my favorite Sanderson characters.
If anyone is looking for very indepth recaps, the 17th Shard (a Sanderson fandom channel) has been doing weekly Deep dives for the past 6 months, they take each book ans spend a week on plot, character, magic, and deeper connections to the rest of Sanderson's Cosmere universe.
Oh boy, puppet theater! How fun!! I'm a kid again for fifteen minutes and loving it!
Yes!!
I just would like to take the time to appreciate your retelling with puppets. Also, I'm so excited for book 4! I have read some of the preview chapters and I just want the book in my hands already. I think I'm most excited to learn more about Trell, hopefully that will be in this book.
Biggest theory I have is that the list metal is definitely atium and Steris will be an atium misting! She already likes to plan for the future, it would make sense if she could see a little bit into it.
And now I won’t be able to imagine Southern Scadrians as anything but shy guys, thanks Merphy! 😆
It is just a wonderful thing that you performed a puppet show in this. I love that 🙂
I'm currently on book 3 in the Mistborn trilogy.
Thank you for this video w.
Lots of Love. ❤
I don’t think you mentioned that the Malwish ship is an airship and it’s power to fly is likely very important.
Personally I kinda love this series more than the original Mistborn. It's the banter and the comedy. It's just such a fun saga.
the combat reads much better to me too. less repetitive and just feels more fun to read
The comedy in era 2 is exactly my type of comedy.I had a blast.
Wax and Wayne are the homies. Possibly my favorite character relationship in the cosmere! If only their series had longer books
I love the figures you use to represent the characters as you explain the plot😊
Loved the little cut out people scene replays.
I'm most excited for Steris, Steris, and more Steris.
Thanks for this. I was debating with myself as whether or not to do a reread but I didnt feel like it. I think I’m just gonna do a full reread after finishing book 4. So a recap is appreciated
Can’t wait for Wax and Wayne 4. I love this world and it’s characters.
Except my November is going to be really busy so although I’ll be picking it up on release day it’ll probably take me a while to finish it. 😢
I don’t think it’ll happen in this book but I really want to know more about Marsh. Im also really invested in the relationship between Wax and Steris.
For cadium, I would clarify that everything in the bubble seems to freeze in place while the rest outside moves. Causing the people in the bubble to lose time. As when I read it initially, it sounded like bendalloy the way it is written.
I cant decide what to read next! I just completed the original Mistborn trilogy and I kinda want to start the Stormlight Archive because everything I've read states some of those are Brando's absolute best novels and they are truly epic fantasies. But I had so much fun reading the the original Mistborn trilogy that I thought I might just jump into the adventures of Wax and Wayne. Decisions, Decisions...
Read Elantris and Warbreaker before storm light archives.
@@AJ7Preston thanks for the tip but I actually jumped right into The Way of Kings and I just started Rhythm of War yesterday. Im moving fast cuz I also have the audible versions.
But im gonna step back and read the companion novels also. The ones you listed plus Edgedancer and Dawnshard. Im enthralled by the Cosmere
I heard that the main conflict between this new shard and Harmony is being saved for Era 3, so I’m not expecting much resolution on that front, but i do hope we at least get what the new shard represents.
Nice refresher! Making a refresher was probably a smarter idea than I had which was... reread and review everything leading up to this starting from Mistborn... -S
This was super helpful, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Perfect video, just in time
Looking forward to conclusion to era 2!
Thank you!!! I was literally going to go looking for some videos to watch this stuff so to remember everything that happened.
watching this while having dinner at home. I love it so much!
Forgot what a wild ride this trilogy was. I feel it’s even more of a rollercoaster than era 1.
I really want to know more about trel and his followers. And how Wax’s sister came to lead them.
Oh my goodness, I absolutely LOVE these more “elaborate” story times (puppet theatre etc.)
Thank you for this recap!
Merphy, read Mistborn: Secret History. Short story of what has been happening to Kelsier, from the time of his death to the present.
Literally finished Bands of Mourning today! Timing couldn't have been better and i'm sooo excited for the 4th one
This video was posted at such a perfect time because I will be starting this series in about a month! I have been thinking about it a lot recently.
I never realized it was Hoid who gave them the coin. I'm really bad at recognizing crossover characters
This was really great!! Ready to dive into The Lost Metal now, thank you!
Dam this sounds like a fun book series might pick it up
Mistborn is a superb series
I have wanted to try Brandon Sanderson books for a while now. I will be starting with this trilogy!
@@britneynicole8903 The complete Mistborn series (6 books so far) are great & so is The Stormlight Archive series. I love them both.
@@12Chris6 Oh. There are six books in the series? I thought it was just a trilogy! Yay!! I am even more excited now!
@@britneynicole8903 the first 3 are set in the medieval/castle Era with Vin as the main protagonist. The next 4 (including the new one next month) is set around the industrial revolution with wax/Wayne as your main protagonists. It's a kind of a sequel-ish
I just need more Steris epic moments!
I really need to just go back and read all these again 😂 too much happened that I don't remember!
Merph, your paper puppets are the ducks nuts and i am seriously devastated that I did not come across this until AFTER id read the lost metal but better late than bloody never!!
I needed this! I've forgotten some of the plot points, thank you.
Oooo time for a mistborn re-read!!
Wayne IMO is a fun character to read but if he were a real person his system of "trading" would drive me batty :D
Also:
Wax: “Steris, I told you to hide!”
Steris: “No, you told me to stay safe and in a firefight the safest place is next to you Wax!”
Loved the puppets, and thanks for the recap!
Excellent recap, thank you so much! 💝
Can't wait to see you read books again
if you're missing my dedicated book reviews, my second channel (linked in the description) is basically dedicated to that :)
She has definitely gotten me back into reading again! I am loving it!
I just finished book 3 about a month ago and I'm heading to dragonsteel in 2 weeks to get my copy of book 4 in person. Thanks for this recap!
Started these books a couple of weeks ago and almost done with Shadows of Self. Looks like I picked a perfect time to give it a go.
Super fun recap!
Thanks!
Sometime you should go through the books on the shelf behind you - I'm really curious what that 7(?) book series is which is always just off your left shoulder, where the spine art makes a single picture of a woman with her back to us.
I was just thinking how nice it would be to watch a recap video for era 2 before the lost metal comes out and you come in with it on a silver platter
This video just made me want to re-read from Era 1. So I think I might start that tonight.
thank you for this recap, what im most exited about is the who is trell? what does he want? maybe kelsier is comming back like we saw, the coin that was given by hoid, I guess he is no longer the passive "I'm just watching" guy. I feel like we're about to have some information or things happening possibly relevant for the cosmere itself. Very exited about this book!
One of my friends has the theory that kaladin will be the sword. His whole saving by destroying thing lines up with harmony.
I skipped this vid cause I'm still working my way through the series... But omg the shadow puppets are back!! 🤸 Just knowing this makes my heart so happy 💖🥰😄
I loved the visual aids!
I loved the recap but it was a little on the surface for my taste so, in the end, this video gave me confirmation that i need to reread these books lol but it also motivated me because I got to get excited about the series again so super pumped.
Excited to see them fight the void bringers
I’m just imagining all the jokes Wayne would make about ‘the crab people’ and him trying to disguise himself as one 😂
I just wanna see Marsh again
I’m so ready to see the cosmere connections!
I look forward to Brandon changing my mind about Kelsier being back from the dead. Really didn't like that as I feel it lessens the impact of the Final Empire. Other than that, looking forward to Cosmere easter eggs (can you tell I'm not too keen on era 2. they're not bad books I just don't find myself too excited for them).
Did you read Secret History?
@@amandahalverson4904 yup
I just started the second book of the first series. The first mistborn book was so good.
I know I say this all the time … I am so excited to start this series!
Hi Merphy,
RThank you so much for this recap. It's been a while since I have been in the Mistborn world of scradual, sorry I am sure I have spelled that wrong. I really want Marasi to become the new Lord ruler.
Book 4 is just Kaladin being depressed the whole time.
I AM HYPED AS FUCK FOR THE LOST METAL I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR 6 YEARS HELLL YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH LERS FUCMING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Those little figures on the stick hahaha😂
That was so cute!
I don’t understand how Marasi’s power to slow down time in a bubble can ever be thought of as useless; that sounds incredibly powerful to me just at face value to me since you will be able to do more and react faster to everything outside of the bubble. What am I missing?
it's the opposite as I'm sure you've figured out by now
thanks for doing this
Amazing video as always Merphy! love the use of stick figures to summarise the plot. Quick question: do you have planned to read Secret History before going to The Lost Metal? I think it would be wonderful to have your opinions on that book and what it implies for the Lost Metal!
I'd go with "Mistborn Era 2: The Steris Chronicles" for the series over-title.
This question has kind of bothered me lately, but does not finishing a rewatched video hurt the algorithm? I do not want to negatively affect anything.
I have actually thought about starting Mistborn very soon! It sounds really good! 😁🥹☀️
Mistborn Era 1 is (imo) the most cohesive, fun, swashbuckling, and accessible branch of the Cosmere.
Start there, get hooked, and do the inevitable and read the whole thing ☺️
@@Jonathan-ug9yu I am very excited! I am going to be starting it in December.
I started out hating on Era 2 and it won me over pretty solidly. **COSMERE SPOILERS BELOW**
Kelsier being alive, at least at the time of liberating the southern Scadrians was not where I went with this. My understanding was that this is Spook, possessed (influenced?) by Kelsier, because Kelsier has no physical body. What I am interested to find out is whether or not we are going to get the final piece in how Kelsier transitioned into Thaidakar because the timeline is really messing with me. Stormlight technically happens before Era 2, so I am super confused.
yes. this
SA is before Era 2, but The Sovergn saving the Southerners happened just after Era 1 ended because he made it so they could stand the climate change. Alec said that The Sovergn had been dead some 300 years. The reason we think/believe/are lead to believe its Kel is because of the scars on his arms. The metal spike in the eye is likely how Kel was attached to the body and is able to be in the physical realm. I doubt he posseded Spook since he was busy being Lord Mistborn for a century and very much in the publc eye at the time THe Sovergn was in the south.
Aha... I don't know why that didn't occur to me.
That clears up the chronology, but it would mean that Kelsier would lose his connection to Harmony if he went off world (hence why he cant leave Scadrial). Feruchemy seems to work off world, but maybe hemalurgy doesn't? If that is the case, how would he be able to even make connections across the cosmere? How did he get his old body back? Is it his old body? Regardless, he has been building the Ghostbloods since being the Sovereign.
So many damn questions with this that boil down to an understanding of what is, and isn't, possible with investiture and why Kelsier cares about the cosmere as a whole.
@@danbourlotos5188 I'm thinking whatever body he attached himself to took on the physical appearance his cognative shadow saw himself as. Just like Kal's Shash scar not healing, Kel sees his scars as a part of him, so his physical appearance conforms. Or, maybe he hyjacked a Kandra using his old bones, though that has its own implications I don't even want to think about right now.
Could Kel in a body go to a different world? Maybe via a perpindicularity, othewise maybe he would need to get a spike to a different world and do whatever they did before on the new world? I think, as a cognitave shaow that temporarily held preservation, he is too tied to the land and that's why he is stuck where he is in Shadesmare.
I'm all for Kelsier still kicking around, Hell, I would love it if he were an antagonist for the SLA crew. I am just struggling with how that can actually happen (has happened).
Yeah, there is a lot going on here mechanically. You brought up some ideas that I will have to think about more. Thanks!
Wayne is the “Sword”, Harmony has to get Wax to places so that Wayne follows along
I'm guessing that the Secret History short story should also be read before book 4
Harmony can be prepping all the peoples for meeting this Sword someone and guiding this someone through them. Also can be generational, so Teen-Allomancers Team is on the table in my opinion.
Also Sterris is very good at planning and understanding the situation and so can be reasoned with much easier then with Wax, kinda makes me think...
Maybe not the same as everyone else but purely looking forward to character interaction. Since Kelsier is still around i want to see him interact with the . Especially Wax and Marisi, i just think it will be hilarious
Can you remind me what Kelsier does/how he appears in era 2?
@@amandahalverson4904 he makes an appearance right at the end of the bands of mourning. Wax touches a coin and has a memory from Kelsiers point of view taking place after the end if the hero hero of ages. Havent been able to read the lost metal yet, so no idea if he actually will make a proper appearance. If you havent read it, mistborn secret history has a bit of idea what he was up to
Remember, Mistborn: Secret History is supposed to be read after Bands of Mourning.
One piece hype for life great video nice 👍🏻 hype!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ahh damn.... Spoilers that I actually care to avoid, that's a first.... I finished Era one a few months ago and picked up "The Way of Kings" in the meantime before I start Era two. Thought my own little time skip might help smooth the transition between the Mistborn Era's. Literally just finished "Words of Radiance." Thought I'd stop in here real quick before I start in on "Oathbringer." As alluded to earlier, it's very uncharacteristic of myself to avoid spoilers, kind of like Witt foregoing a quip. But oddly enough, for first time in my life I do believe I will abstain, so best be on my way. I'll be back when I'm caught up on Roshar, shouldn't be too long promise. Left a like in the meantime. Like Luffy, I'm sure your good for it.
Steris is the best; if anything happens to her, I riot.
I didn't think Harmony resurrected Wax, it was Marasi using the Bands
I honestly do not think this "sword" is going to be a big deal. To me, it didn't feel as if Sanderson was trying to set it up as something important. I just kinda assumed it'll be Wax, like how you kinda just know Rand will be the Dragon Reborn in the eye of the world
Hey girl! How did you discover The Lies of Locke Lamora? I started it recently and it is so good!
I stopped watching this at 1:30 once I got into spoiler territory because I haven't read it yet and I feel like I'm missing out on some good story telling with the paper cut outs aha, I'll definitely come back to this video once I've finished the first 3 in the series aha
When Mistborn era 2 gets made into a show, we need it to be in the paper puppet format. Instant classic 😁
And thanks for the video! I probably won't have time to re-read everything before I get book 4, so this is very helpful :)
wasn't wax fall in love with sterris turely and meelan and wayne getting it off is in book 3?
Does anyone know if Murphy will react to Hunter's new chapters
ok so I know you didt love all of the stephen king books you read, but is there anything that could convice you to check out the dark tower, at least through book two? maybe talk to daniel
I predict that Harmony's Sword will be Steris, because of her meticulous planning.
Think harmony will get split again?
Wait wait wait hold up, it was KELSIER?!?!? i thought it was the lord ruler? *frantically goes to re-read that chapter*
Are you gonna cover the recent hxh chapters next month ?
It's called wax and Wayne
i'll be back here after i read era 2 (i'm still in era 1)
Is there a companion series to this one?
Wow. I read these books and remember approximately none of this.
Guess I need to read them again 😂