Elend Venture is Vin's lover and husband. He is a nobleman and heir to the prestigious House Venture. He meets Vin at a ball while she is in the guise of Vallete Renoux. He becomes King at the end of the first book. He drafts a constitution so that an Assembly can vote no confidence in the King. The King also has to find their aproval before doing many acts. This is a constitutional monarchy. The council votes no confidence in the king and choses Lord Penrod as the new one. About this time, Elend becomes a member of the Church of the Survivor, as doing so boosts his popularity among Skaa. Elend becomes emperor when Vin kills Straff Venture and intimidates his replacement, Lord Penrod, and Lord Ashweather Cett. Vin finds the Well of Ascension, and then the mist spirit stabs him, with the goal of having Vin take the power. Vin releases the power, along with Ruin. Vin saves Elend by feeding him Larasium, effectively making him a Mistborn, and a powerful one at that.

In the third book Elend and Vin, now married, conquer most of the Final Empire with the hope of finding special storage caches the Lord Ruler left behind, left with messages on how to fight Ruin. Elend dies near the end of the Hero Of Ages after gathering an army of allomancers, at the hands of Marsh.

Personality Edit

Elend is a sarcastic person, sitting by Vin at balls and reading. He is a scholar at heart, and she falls in love with his sarcastic, obnoxious attitude. She doesn't like most of the changes Elend recieves from Tindwyl, but learns to love them.

He has meetings with Jastes Lekal and Telden, although he goes on to kill Jastes later. These meetings discuss how they will influence the Lord Ruler once they become Lords of their respective houses.

Elend has a rebellious streak, doing ridiculous things merely to tick off his father Straff Venture. Unbeknownst to Elend, he has many half-Skaa brothers or sisters, as his father had sired many, secret offspring with the hope of creating a Mistborn. Many of them are Mistings, and Zane is a Mistborn, although he frequently hears Ruin's voice in his head, driving him to insanity.

Elend has been beaten at an age before adolescence to come to his Allomantic Awakening, but it was for nothing. The beating had been watched by his father Straff Venture.

At the age of 13 his father took him to a skaa girl to become a man. He didn't know that the girl would be killed afterwards.

Vin killed Elend's ex-fiance Shan Elariel, when she revealed she was a Mistborn and tried to kill Elend.