Harmony

Mistborn · Character

Harmony

Also known as Sazed, Saze, Master Sazed

  • Major
  • First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 8

Harmony is Sazed in Mistborn (Book 1).

Gender
male
Age
middle-aged
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 8
Books
6

Harmony begins the series as Sazed, a gentle Terris steward and Keeper who secretly serves Kelsier's rebellion, mentors Vin, and translates the Lord Ruler's logbook. After the death of his beloved Tindwyl plunges him into a crisis of faith, Sazed ultimately takes up the Shards of Ruin and Preservation at the end of The Hero of Ages, remaking the world as the god Harmony and authoring the Words of Founding. Centuries later he guides Scadrial through agents such as Waxillium Ladrian, the kandra, and Marasi Colms, but his divided nature and the meddling of the rival Shard Autonomy leave him increasingly blind and indecisive, a kindly god weighed down by responsibility.

Description

An unusually tall, willowy man with unusually long arms and a long, flat face. His earlobes are stretched, with studs around the perimeter of his ears. He wears formal Terris steward robes, typically embroidered with overlapping V shapes in three colors, and may wear thin spectacles, earrings, rings, and metal bracers beneath his sleeves. His expression and bearing are generally calm and composed. A tall, long-limbed human man with a slender scholar’s build, shaved head, and stretched earlobes pierced with numerous holes. He wears Terris steward robes, typically colorful and patterned, with boots and metalmind jewelry or bracers when equipped. His face is described as kindly; he may wear spectacles when storing his vision. A very tall, bald Terrisman with a long face, drooping features, and earlobes stretched by numerous earrings. He is not muscular and wears Terris steward's robes, often with colorful V-shaped patterns down the front, along with metalmind jewelry including rings, earrings, studs, and large bracers on his upper arms and forearms. Intricate tattoos and healed abdominal scars are noted in the chapter appearance information. A tall bald Terrisman with rounded features and an elongated face stands serenely in traditional robes, hands clasped behind his back. Kindly eyes convey a legendary presence that remains gentle despite vast cosmic scale. A tall, robed figure stands with its back turned and hands clasped behind it. It is almost visible and distinct, yet somehow unknowable. A figure with an appearance typical of their role in the story. A serene Terris man with a smoothly shaved head, rounded features, and an elongated face. He wears traditional Terris robes and stands with his hands clasped behind his back. His kindly eyes look worried, and his smile is faint and effortful, suggesting a figure weighed down by responsibility. No visual description of Sazed is provided in the supplied text. His face, coloring, hair, eyes, build, age, attire, and distinguishing features are unspecified. The book refers to his Words of Founding and his growing indecision, but neither provides a basis for a physical portrait.

Connections

  • T

    Tindwylconflicting source relationships

    Initial scholarly friction blossoms into deep love; her death shatters Sazed's faith and shapes his path to godhood.

  • Breeze Ladrianfellow crew member

    Fellow crew member whom Sazed recommends as Vin's Allomancy tutor; later a longtime friend and fellow ambassador.

  • Elend Venturedisapproving observer

    Sazed first distrusts Elend's intentions toward Vin, then becomes his trusted scholarly advisor.

  • Kelsierconflicting source relationships

    Serves Kelsier's rebellion as informant and spiritual adviser, respectfully calling him master; Kelsier hopes Sazed will one day teach the other Keepers.

  • Marasi Colmsconflicting source relationships

    Harmony quietly positions Marasi to serve the city; she later relies on his resources while demanding accountability and refusing to wait for divine rescue.

  • Marshconflicting source relationships

    A colleague in rebuilding after the Lord Ruler's fall; centuries later Marsh warns that Harmony's indecision gives Autonomy an opening.

  • MeLaanconflicting source relationships

    A kandra who finds Harmony kind and serves him on missions, ultimately accepting his assignment beyond Scadrial.

  • TenSoonconflicting source relationships

    Harmony's devoted agent among the kandra, reporting to him and later revealing himself to confirm the Set's threat.

  • Vinconflicting source relationships

    Begins as her steward and guardian, teaching her literacy, etiquette, and Feruchemical secrets; grows into her trusted friend and confidant after Kelsier's death and through the fall of Luthadel.

  • Waxillium Ladrianconflicting source relationships

    Harmony guides Wax through his earring as a divine patron, sending him against Bleeder and later returning him from death to fight the Set; Wax respects yet challenges and grows frustrated with Harmony's limits.

  • Waynechosen agent

    Harmony empowers Wayne with a spike to accompany Wax in the final confrontation.

  • H

    HaddekKeeper to First Generation

    Sazed teaches Haddek and the First Generation about the Hero of Ages and Ruin.

  • V

    VenDellrepresentative

    Harmony's kandra emissary who explains his practice of placing people where they need to be.

  • Autonomyopponent

    A rival Shard seeking to dominate Scadrial who clouds Harmony's foresight.

  • Telsin Ladrianadversary

    Autonomy's agent threatening Elendel; Harmony can only briefly sever her link to her patron.

  • the Lord Rulerconflicting source relationships

    The tyrant who persecuted the Keepers; Sazed resists him and studies his past as Rashek.

  • P(

    Paalm (Bleeder)Enemy

    Once his kandra servant assigned to guard Wax, she rebels against his perceived control, hides from him, and becomes a dangerous antagonist.

Story so far

  1. BOOK 1Mistborn: The Final Empire
    • Serves as steward to 'Lord Renoux' and to Vin in her guise as Valette Renoux, teaching her to read and navigate noble society
    • Promises Kelsier to protect Vin with his life and reveals Feruchemy and the Keepers to her
    • Translates the Lord Ruler's logbook, uncovering the history of Rashek
    • Comforts Vin after Kelsier's death and plans to share the logbook's secrets with the Keepers
    • Briefs Marsh on the Lord Ruler's powers as the new order is shaped
  2. BOOK 2The Well of Ascension
    • Serves as scholarly advisor to Elend Venture's fledgling government
    • Falls in love with fellow Keeper Tindwyl while researching the Hero of Ages
    • Continues mentoring Vin in history and religion
    • Suffers the loss of Tindwyl during the siege of Luthadel
  3. BOOK 3The Hero of Ages
    • Endures a deep crisis of faith after Tindwyl's death, systematically discarding religions
    • Works as an ambassador alongside Breeze
    • Teaches Haddek and the First Generation about the Hero of Ages and Ruin
    • Survives a near-fatal wound from metal rings, leaving abdominal scars
    • Ascends with the powers of Ruin and Preservation, becoming Harmony and remaking the world
  4. BOOK 4The Lost Metal (The Mistborn Saga)
  5. BOOK 5Shadows of Self
    • Speaks to Wax through his Hemalurgic earring and asks him to stop Bleeder
    • Is revealed to have sent Paalm to guard Wax in the Roughs before she rebelled and hid from him
    • Admits to maneuvering Marasi into a position to serve Elendel
    • Directs kandra agents like TenSoon and MeLaan, who describe him as generally kind
  6. BOOK 7The Lost Metal
    • Returns Wax from death and sends him as his 'sword' against the Set
    • Is blinded and rendered indecisive by Autonomy's interference
    • Grants Wayne power and a spike to join Wax, and warns them of the bomb
    • Briefly interrupts Telsin's connection to Autonomy
    • Sends MeLaan to explore beyond Scadrial while his emissaries VenDell and TenSoon convey his will

Key events

  1. Book 3
    Ch. 83
    Sazed Becomes the Hero of AgesSazed seizes Preservation and Ruin's powers, remaking the world and restoring order.

Book 1: Mistborn: The Final Empire

Book 2: The Well of Ascension

Book 3: The Hero of Ages

Book 5: Shadows of Self

Book 7: The Lost Metal

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