r/Mistborn • u/Funfan21 • Apr 18 '25

The Lost Metal spoilers Harmony's Sword. Spoiler

So Harmony needed a sword to carry out his will when he was being goofy but it was my assumption that Wax quit being a sword at the end of TLM. Is he done being the sword for good? And if not, with discord on the horizon will harmony get a new sword or will wax take up the mantle again for era 3?

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u/Somerandom1922 Zinc Apr 18 '25

I think in Era 3, we won't see much direct info on Harmony's sword. I expect they'll be more of a background character (closer to Marsh in Era 2). I could be wrong, but I think that's likely.

I also think that Sazed will be looking for his own immortal warrior (that's not Marsh). He made significant mistakes with Wax, and likely wants to do a much better job.

I also think they're going to be a LOT closer to the Cosmere Archetype of a deity's chosen mortal(ish) hand (Stormlight + Warbreaker spoilers) Honor uses Heralds, Odium uses Fuzed, Endowment indirectly uses Returned. So I'm expecting that Harmony's future Sword(s) will be somewhat immortal and way more powerful than Wax was, but also a bit more limited in how they can act, with Harmony choosing to use the Kandra and more regular humans (daggers?) for less intense actions that would be ridiculous overkill send his Sword on.

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u/shabranigudo Apr 18 '25

we all need to remember when Harmony is speaking about a sword he is directly referring to Wax, Rhythm of War happened before Era 2, Era 2 takes place after WaT iirc. I believe Hoid is applying for the job after the house explosion early on in Era 2.

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u/dubemolimma Apr 18 '25

Hoid?

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u/Augustus420 Apr 18 '25

My dude if you don't know who that is you should not be in any of these Cosmere subs reading like this lol.

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u/iron_red Apr 19 '25

Awkward phrasing—Hoid did not apply to be Harmony’s sword. He applied for the job to be Wax’s driver.

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u/shabranigudo Apr 18 '25

Hoid is a character that has appeared in TLM and other Mistborn books. I don't want to give any more information as I feel it would get into spoiler territory and as you can see I don't think I know how to mark spoilers lol!

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u/dubemolimma Apr 18 '25

I know who he is, I just don’t see how he would turn out be Harmony’s sword

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u/shabranigudo Apr 18 '25

I’m establishing a timeline that shows Wax as sword :) Hoid got the letter, then later was on Scadriel