The Hero of Ages makes me hold out for a hero 'til the end of the night - Mistborn 3 review

I was hoping to finish making this video before the release of The Lost Metal buuuut it seems I took my sweet time, which is alright -- or at least I'm trying to convince myself it is, because I need to stop burning myself out ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Most importantly, ganchos, remember: "The path less often traveled holds the highest of hopes" ❤️
Time stamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:27 - The pre-chapters
2:27 - Scadrial
3:15 - Marsh
5:21 - Kelsier
6:30 - Spook
10:28 - Vin
15:05 - Elend
18:39 - The Lord Ruler
20:21 - TenSoon
22:04 - Breeze
22:55 - Sazed
25:11 - The Catacendre
27:40 - The Final Ascension
29:40 - Outro
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[@KayaReads]

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[@henryward5457]

The Lord Ruler was very much of Preservation. He tried to keep things the way they were, no matter the cost. This is an example of how NONE of the shards are good in extremes.

[@KayaReads]

Very good observation! Makes Harmony even more beautiful to me!

[@nibblitman]

@@KayaReadsYeah it’s interesting. Perfect preservation would be nothing moving nothing changing no one being born nothing at all happening.

[@danielcarty6057]

Ironically, I like to think that the Lord Ruler is a great example of the Ruin in Preservation, as his desire to maintain the world as it was after his foolish mistakes, ridiculous biases, and monumental compromises to concept integrity itself was its absolute demise. He is an example of how preserving the world and saving it is completely different.

[@jjjspy]

tensoon and vin never saw each other again after the well of ascension... 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@KayaReads]

*sad noises*

[@theresegretencord2470]

My brother and I were reading HoA at the same time. This was my first Sanderson series, and I readily accepted his bet that Elend and Vin wouldn't make it, believing that surely no author would dare to kill off two main characters. Oh, how naive I was.

[@KayaReads]

Nobody was ready for such brutality 😭

[@garisgamergr3833]

SPOILERS FOR THE ENDING: The pre chapters are voiced by Spook's voice actor and not Vin's because Vin never got to read Sazed's notes. So in reality in the graphic audios we have been listening to our characters read Alendi's journal, the wall text and Sazed's notes. I don't understand why this can spoil the Hero's true identity because when I was first reading the books while listening to the graphic audio I thought Vin wasn't reading the pre chapters because she was the one who wrote them. So I personally got extra bamboozled by Brandon Sanderson

[@KayaReads]

That was a very smart assumption though! SPOILER /!\ . . . It's that one line about being the Hero + Sazed's voice that I recognized that had me worried this could be a potential spoiler for first time readers. But you're absolutely right, he could've been reading another person's words much like they did with Alendi's logbook. I realize now that I didn't think of that possibility because I already knew for certain that he was the Hero :)

[@-coffeecat1590]

What a lovely video! I just wanna say something you probably know already, but there are theories that Elend knew what he was doing and let marsh cut his head off. he was burning atium and duraluminium and he might have really been seeing very far into the future, and realized that if he died then vin would sacrifice herself, and then sazed happened and everyone would be happy. Idk it makes me feel better about their death.

[@KayaReads]

Omg, I did NOT know that! 😮 Interesting theory, for sure. I never thought about it but I'm guessing it's totally possible -- and I, too, feel somewhat better now I know about it. I'll just consider it canon 😆

[@DandDgamer]

@@KayaReads I was curious because I remember this being heavily implied to the point of being near guaranteed canon. Here's a couple of lines "Then, Elend burned duralumin with his atium. Sight, Sound, Strength, Power, Glory, Speed! Blue lines sprayed from his chest like rays of light. But those were all overshadowed by one thing. Atium plus duralumin. In a flash of knowledge, Elend felt a mind- numbing wealth of information. All became white around him as knowledge saturated his mind. "I see now," he whispered as the vision faded, and along with it his remaining metals. The battlefield returned. He stood upon it, his sword piercing Marsh's neck. It had gotten caught on the spikehead jutting out of Marsh's back, between the shoulder blades. Marsh's axe was buried in Elend's chest." This is a really curious passage. He burns up all his metals, and the best he can do is strike the Inquisitor and get his sword stuck? This is the STRONGEST mistborn in centuries, born of Lerasium, seeing the future along with the agility to use it well. It doesn't make much sense for him to take a losing exchange like this. After this, he lives for a bit on phantom metals but says "pewter can only do so much". Everything he does oozes the triumphant pride of a king, free of worry, rather than making any move to try to win. Its easy to make an argument, then, that he would like to have died on the first stroke, but the blow simply flew incorrectly. Maybe he just wanted to die fighting. Regardless, he took a blow that should kill him and was kept alive only by Vin's phantom metals. In essence, then, he needed to take the decisive head blow to set her free from the burden of trying to keep him and herself alive. When I read the passage with that mindset, it all just makes sense.

[@alvedonaren]

The Lord Ruler was heavily influenced by Ruin through his hemalurgical spikes. The Final empire used to be a lot less terrible before Ruin got his claws properly in him. As for why Rashek thought it was a good idea to put hemalurgical spikes in himself depsite clearly knowing of the risks as shown by how he kept his atrium secret from the inquisitors, I don't really know.

[@saiyanscars]

I literally just finished this book like 2 nights ago. Perfect timing!

[@KayaReads]

Hell yeah! I hope you like it :D

[@underthethunder]

Marsh is one of my favorite characters in all of the Mistborn so much. I relate alot to hurting everyone I love while enjoying it while at the same time desperately wanting in my heart of hearts to be better. Much like Marsh, I got better, but still holy shit Marsh I want to hug you.

[@KayaReads]

Wanting to be better and making the step towards it is very commendable 🧡 Marsh deserved better 🥺

[@flambo6554]

And the channel finally comes around full circle, after first a review of well of ascension, and 2 years later we are here now, very cool Do hope you eventually get around to Wax and Wayne, some people stop after era 1, but I feel out they are missing out on a lot by ignoring it as just “that side-series”

[@KayaReads]

And the journey goes on! 😁 I like Era 2 very much! It took some getting used to, but I ended up enjoying the shooty-shooty, whacky-whacky gang 😂 No worries, I WILL re-read Era 2 and review it before I get to The Lost Metal :D

[@jacks1368]

@@KayaReads Have you read Secret History? There's some debate over whether it's best to read it after Bands of Mourning or between Era 1 and Era 2, but you definitely should read it before The Lost Metal.

[@KayaReads]

@@jacks1368 I have! Between Era 1 and 2. Thanks for the tip. I was warned that I should catch up with the rest of the cosmere before getting to TLM, so I will have to make my own reading order at this point (messed up the recommended one a long time ago 😆)

[@dodgy_doodl3r145]

Love part where Vin wrecks Shan. The graphic audio was so intense! Kimberly Gilbert did a great job. watching this on the corner of my screen 😉

[@KayaReads]

I knoooow!! I was screaming, and gasping, and cackling to myself. It was great 😆 Hope your boss didn't catch you 😉

[@rag3536]

Reading the lost metal and now this, I guess it's time for a full reread lol

[@KayaReads]

Oh yeah, I'm kind of interrupting everyone reading The Lost Metal right now, oops 😆

[@germanschroeder4667]

the lost metal is here and a kaya video too its christmas

[@KayaReads]

Merry Christmas! 🎁😂

[@MeMySkirtandI]

That is the perfect opening for this book! Now you know the trauma.

[@KayaReads]

I will never recover!

[@ElijahStormblessed]

"I'm terrible at replying to comments" she says, as she replies to my comment before I'm even able to finish the video. Such a lovely and fun review as always Kaya!

[@KayaReads]

This is an exception, I'm in a good mood today and am not working on anything right at this moment -- a rare occurrence 😂 Thank you Elijah!

[@wolfsong4720]

I didn't care as much for the Mistborn series than I wanted to... until I hit this book! Now I love everyone so much more in hindsight. Just how everything came together so smoothly... I loved it!

[@KayaReads]

Nice! I'm glad you didn't give up on the Well of Ascension :')

[@kristelgarcia]

I finally could watch this! And I Ioved it so much!! I also love how we all ignored the possibility of Sazed being the hero of ages even when it made SO MUCH SENSE lmao And I couldn't agree more with you, it was sadly beautiful. The end did break my heart yeah, but I couldn't be mad about it because hello???? That was absolutely beautiful 🥺💗

[@KayaReads]

Exactly, it did such a good job at wrapping up the story (with extra sprinkles of emotion) 🥺 Thank you for always being here!

[@ElijahStormblessed]

12:13 Hoid paranoid? More like paraHoid!

[@KayaReads]

Good one! I'm stealing it!

[@rendarcrow]

Omg that pill reference lmao. I got a lost metal sticker from a purchase through dragonsteel and put it on my travel pill case😆.

[@El_Ju1s]

First comment let’s gooo! I’ve been waiting for this ever since I discovered Kaya

[@KayaReads]

Enjoy, gancho 😎

[@borealwood]

I did a double take when you announced your sub count at the end. How do you not have 100k already??? I love all your videos why are you not more popular 😭 Anyways I just finished The Hero Of Ages yesterday and I nearly cried multiple times, that ending makes me SO SAD 😭😭😭

[@KayaReads]

You're so sweet! Thank you for your support 😊 And welcome to our Tears Collective ™️ 😂

[@krusnik94]

Glad you finally finished the trilogy. With the release of the Lost Metal, can't wait for you to start on Era 2. Try to keep an open mind and don't just expect Era 1 again

[@KayaReads]

Oh I read Era 2 a while back! Right after finishing Era 1 the first time around. It DID feel weird at first, as it's very different! But I eventually learned to appreciate it. It has its own charm :) I'm saving TLM for after I finish certain other books in the cosmere, for investigative purposes :D

[@alvedonaren]

Sanderson confirmed in his annotations that Slowswift is meant to be based on Tolkien.

[@KayaReads]

Oh that's funny

[@KhalidImran]

I saw your video 2 weeks ago and saved it in my Watch Later playlist because I was in the middle of reading The Hero of Ages and didn't want to spoil myself. As soon as I finished it (though I was stunned) I opened KZbin and here I am listening to your thoughts to relax a bit. Thanks for posting these fun videos. Never stop making them. 🙏 And the ending... What can I say...

[@callmecristal]

I found you through your Cosmere videos! I've watched them all and i love your humor and the way you do your videos! Very unique! Very you! Keep going on KZbin! It can only go up from here girly!

[@KayaReads]

This is so sweet, thank you!!

[@bruh-zy1dp]

yayayayasyayayayayayayayayayayay, I have been waiting for this since I saw your Final Empire video (Which came out second for some reason) hope you're feeling better

[@KayaReads]

AAAAA thank you for sticking around! I hope you like this video! I do feel better, thank you :) And yes, The Final Empire review came second because I really didn't expect to make more videos after The Well of Ascension one. Initially, I was going to make that one video and that was it! But then things got out of hand and 2 years later, I'm still here 😂

[@KhalidImran]

#justiceforMarsh

[@thetiltedscot3581]

I absolutely adore your reviews.

[@jacksonbecker9374]

Always love seeing these pop up in my box, I can't wait for you to read the alloy of law since it's my favorite of the mistborn books!

[@KayaReads]

Yay! Excited to revisit Era 2 (before The Lost Metal, that'll be a first read). I wonder how I'll feel about it this second time around!

[@danmacarro]

Ruin and Preservation both really like an abusive relationship too. Neither can exist without each other

[@meherazulazim]

Finished Hero of Ages today. I've been looking forward to this video since I finished Well of Ascension three months ago and I didn't even realize it hadn't come out yet lol Good timings

[@SneakyTogedemaru]

WOOHOOO!!! Thanks Kaya! )

[@alanlayton6295]

I love your take on the Cosmere books. Have fun reading Lost Metal.

[@lewstherintelamon1726]

Thank you for what you do, your video today put a smile on me before going to work!

[@KayaReads]

Awww 🥺 I'm really happy to help in a way. I hope your day went well! Have many more good days!

[@lewstherintelamon1726]

@@KayaReads Thank you and I wish you the same!

[@ithinkimaybelosingit]

I am always happy to see a Kaya review, genuinely my favourite reviews of the Cosmere. Keep up the great work Gancho.

[@KayaReads]

Thank you very much! I appreciate you. (Don't lose it even if you think you are!)

[@astrouphel]

I absolutely love the Cosmere, and your humor is right up my alley. Great work!

[@KayaReads]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@elisaarends7276]

Spoilers The pre chapters I thought were read by the voice actor of Spook not CZ, which makes sence as Spook reads the things CZ wrote at the end

[@ameer6168]

Just finished this book and came straight to watch your vidro

[@liaemilie6583]

Kaya! I have never been this early! can I ask if you are planning on doing a review on rhythm of war? I always look forward to your videos, cause you have a very unique delivery and style.

[@KayaReads]

Thank you so much for the kind words! Yes, Rhythm of War is on my schedule 😊 It will, however, take time to review it. Because a few self-published authors requested reviews, so I'll be reading their books first, and Rhythm of War itself is CHONKY -- I expect it to be as long as my Oathbringer video (1 hour) or even longer 😆 But we'll get there eventually, I promise!

[@snowdrop9810]

You forget one thing about rashek, he eventually stopped feeling like a human, and more like a robot. He was nearly pure logic and about 00.006739% emotion. So he didnt understand what the skaa felt, he thought of them more like a robot from bost--- I mean Luthadel dynamics.

[@KayaReads]

I guess so. It probably was easier for him to just turn off that humanity of his rather than trying to find a sustainable way of protecting the Empire without relying on slavery (yes, I still hate him 😂)

[@snowdrop9810]

@@KayaReads I also think sanderson intended for you to keep hating him, eventhough you start understanding him later on, and feel a bit of sympathy, but not enough to overpower hate.

[@user-nv9vn8fm1d]

Great video!!!

[@oliveradam5690]

Just finished it last night. I was crying through the entire end fight!😭 And still am crying!😭

[@KayaReads]

The ending is epic! EPICALLY SAD 😭

[@vincentpelletier57]

Yay! More Mistborn! Can't read my new book all day, I do have to take some breaks and watch a screen sometimes too 🤔 To those Hoid Paranoid like me, Slowswift is actually J.R.R. Tolkien, not Hoid. He did also love to tell stories.

[@SpliceStream]

Recently discovered you. Love your vids.

[@KayaReads]

Hello! Thank you for watching!

[@MeMySkirtandI]

Hey slow-swift was an answer to a trivia question at Dragonsteel! I got that wrong, should have finished this video first.

[@KayaReads]

Haha! At the con? What was the question?

[@MeMySkirtandI]

@@KayaReads It was just "What was the name of the informant Vin met with in Fadrix City?" Since I have never been able to re-read HoA, I had no clue.

[@THBEnterAktion]

OMG I love your cosmere videos! Moar plz 😁 I mainly play them when I’ve read the books 📚

[@KayaReads]

Thank you so much for watching! My cosmere journey is definitely still going 😁

[@Debessh]

Graphic audio listener here and I was totally surprised by who turned out to be the hero of ages so I’ll say maybe you figured it out because you knew or maybe I’m too dumb to realise it was that person’s voice 🙃 I did try actually

[@KayaReads]

Hey! Don't call yourself dumb! Be glad you weren't spoiled by the voice instead 😆

[@Buphido]

I'm looking forward to your review of Secret History! Maybe you could even do it in one vid with Eleventh Metal, as the latter is very short and does not really warrant its own video.

[@EpikStorm101]

The Michael Kramer audiobook spoiled who the Hero was as well. And the moment it read "I think" confirmed it for me.

[@florencetheflowerkeeper]

As always, great stuff. I was waiting two whole days to watch it without interruption. I rode 2 hours by train, rented a room in a hotel so I could watch new Kaya in blissful solitude. All right, I am at the book fair but still. Train was too loud :P "Nadzieja" is Polish for "hope".

[@KayaReads]

That is some dedication! I'm honored! 😆

[@tjfirhfjejUTH24]

GOAT ending

[@joshmccarty8800]

The regular audio book also spoils the ending by who voices the line “unfortunately I am the hero of ages”

[@rendarcrow]

Im pretty sure it was fairly obvious who the hero was by that point no matter how you read the book as the hero has some very specific phrases he uses throughout the whole era.

[@Halrax_38]

I don’t think you mentioned Demoux at all in this video, which makes sense as he is a rather minor character. But it’s a good a time as any to point out he appears (along with two other existing Cosmere characters) in the first interlude in WoK. I think that scene might have been the first interseries crossover characters other than Hoid. Also I think in more recent editions of HoA Slowswift uses the word spren. Plus the crossover of canned food in HoA that was followed up on in OB. Or Ati being mentioned in the OB epigraphs by Edgli. The Coppermind is truly a rabbithole of information. #TheresAlwaysAnotherSecret

[@KayaReads]

Whoa! I kinda heard Demoux was a worldhopper, but I never spotted him. Slowswift talking about spren is kinda wild. I'm pretty sure he didn't in the Graphic Audio book; I would've noticed. But wait, what does that mean? Slowswift is a worldhopper? He's acquainted with worldhoppers? Didn't notice the rest either, especially Ati! :o How did I even manage to miss that?! Oh gosh thank goodness I don't go to the Coppermind (because of spoilers) otherwise I'd go insane XD

[@snowdrop9810]

26:38 glad to know I aint the only one who missed their bus stop while reading and had to walk for 20 minutes. Now I take extra care while reading at a bus if it isnt the last stop But my pain didnt end there, I also had to go down 7 stories worth of stairs. Not escalators, STAIRS.

[@KayaReads]

My legs hurt just from reading this 😂

[@eiknarfp6391]

It’s okay the normal audiobook spoils the ending too lol, Mr. Kramer uses his Sazed voice for each chapter intro. But I got spoiled for who the Hero of Ages was because I read all of Stormlight before Mistborn

[@jammydodger5838]

Bruh I read all of stormlight before mistborn and had no idea the hero of ages gets mentioned 💀

[@ramblingdad7764]

I know it will take awhile but I'm curious about your thoughts on The Lost Metal because there is so much cosmere stuff that at times it may be a bit confusing. Also I find that when you are confused about something it may be the best part of your videos.

[@KayaReads]

I was advised to read pretty much the whole cosmere (especially ROW) before getting to TLM because of cameos, clues, connections, all that. So yeah, it will take a while before I get there. But no worries. Detective Kaya is always on the case! 🕵🏽‍♀️

[@Halrax_38]

@@KayaReadsHonestly Elantris is also fairly important for Lost Metal, but you might want to read it before RoW anyway (along with certain stories in Arcanum Unbounded, which is actually my favorite Cosmere work). I can’t remember how much Cosmere stuff in Stormlight you got the first time around, but the whole concept of reading order is getting out of whack anyway as the Cosmere grows more complicated.

[@grc3rb]

I’m sad I missed your new video as soon as it came iut

[@KayaReads]

And this, kids, is why you should ring the bell to get all them notifications! 🔔 Bwahaha, no worries the video will be waiting for you! I hope you liked it 😊

[@juerfe]

This is so cute o.o

[@Uphier]

Kaya!!! Hey o/ lol, thanks for the video! hope you been well i'll catch up with you later friend!

[@KayaReads]

Hewwo! Thank you for sticking around! 😁

[@Uphier]

@@KayaReads I got you and that Ko-Fi! Lmao 😂

[@KayaReads]

@@Uphier Bwahahaha, you've given me too much coffee! 😂 (Jk I really appreciate it, but please don't feel obligated to donate anything 🙏🏼)

[@samuelleask1132]

Ah, the review we wanted but did not deserve

[@KayaReads]

You all deserve the best 🤗

[@stanostanden]

Great Video! So fun seeing opposing opinions to my own (Spooks storyline didn't grip me and Sazed brought the mood down for me). Just wondering though, but have you not read mistborn a secret history? Don't research the book, the back of the book literally states "the existence of this book is a spoiler", but you talk like you haven't read it and I'm not sure if that's the case or you don't want to give anything away. Read after the 3rd era 2 book btw...

[@KayaReads]

Thank you for watching! And yes, I have read Secret History! I try not to give away stuff from other books for people who aren't caught up (and when I do, I put a warning in the beginning). I will be re-reading the book eventually, because I must have forgotten things 😊

[@Edward-W]

Love this video but the audio level is really low so I had to crank it up and the midroll ads blasted my ears off 😅

[@KayaReads]

Oh no! Apologies. When I edit, I try to keep the volume in medium levels, but I never thought of ads and how loud they can be (even though they destroy my ears sometimes when I watch other people's content too 😆). I will keep this in mind for next time. Thanks for the feedback (and for enduring the ads)! 😊

[@Edward-W]

@@KayaReads it's ok! I shouldn't have been burning so much tin. Anyways, looking forward to your videos on Secret History (I like pain) and era 2! And all things Cosmere

[@KayaReads]

@@Edward-W Tin is to be consumed with moderation 😭 Thanks! I will work on that 😁

[@Zydlik7]

Just finished this volume. Wow did I not like that ending, but it was good up to the last like 80-100 pages.

[@KayaReads]

Awww, did you feel like it was underwhelming? Or did you expect/hope for something else?

[@realNom2mooncow]

eee eee eee EEEE eee eee eeeeeeee...

[@KayaReads]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@Carrot-cb9nv]

Who TF is HOID😂

[@samreddig8819]

Somebody who shows up in every cosmere book. We don't know why... yet

[@ameer6168]

World hopper