Timewaster's Guide Archive

First time post so be gentle

Just finished Mistborn The Final Empire and loved it.  I can't wait to read Well of Ascension now.

I do have one nagging question and please remember that I have not read Well of Ascension, so no spoilers please.

The question is about the Lord Ruler's death.  He is basically killed because Vin was able to remove his Feruchemy storage bracelets thus depriving him of his stored youth and strength correct?  Once he didn't have access to these she could simply kill him like a normal man.

Now on page 627 about the 3rd paragraph down the Lord Ruler states " I've survived burning and beheadings.  I've been stabbed and sliced, crushed and dismembered." (I also think this is also reference somewhere else in the book that I could not locate)

If all it took to drain the Lord Ruler of his power was to remove access to his Feruchemy items wouldn't he have died if he was dismembered?  Remove the storage devices from the trunk of the body and he would die?

If this question is answered in some fashion in the other books in the series please ignore the question.

Thanks in advance.