| Pro | Lord | Tresting | A nobleman. |
| | Lord | Ruler | The King of Luthadel. AKA: Lord
Tyrant, Rashek. |
| | Obligator | | One of Lord Ruler's servants. |
| | Straff | Venture | Tresting's boss. |
| | Kurdon | | Tresting's taskmaster. |
| | Kelsier | | One of the main characters.
Survivor of Hathsin. |
| | Tepper | | One of the Skaa Elders. |
| | Lord | Renoux | One of the noblemen. |
| | Mennis | | An elderly Skaa. |
| | Jess | | The girl with a pretty daughter. |
| | | | Part One |
| 1 | Valette | Renoux | Main protagonist. AKA: Vin. |
| | Reen | | Vin's half-brother. |
| | Ulef | | A gangly boy. |
| | Camon | | The leader of the thieving crew. |
| | Lord | Jedue | A country nobleman. |
| | Theron | | Another crewmember. One of the
thieves. |
| | Prelan | Laird | A senior bureaucrat in the
ministry's Canton of Finance. |
| 2 | Dockson | | Kelsier's closest companion. AKA:
Dox. |
| | Yeden | | Leader of Skaa Rebellion. Kelsier's
employer. |
| | Arriev | | A high prelan. |
| | Marsh | | A steel inquisitor. Kelsier's
brother. |
| 3 | Milev | | Camon's second-in-command. |
| 4 | Disten | | One of Camon's head point men. |
| | Harmon | | An older burglar. |
| | Breeze | | A soother. Also a member of
Kelsier's crew. |
| | Brian | Hammond | A member of Kelsier's crew.
AKA: Ham. |
| 5 | Mare | | A tineye who believed in Larsta
Religion. |
| | Gemmel | | A skilled mistborn. |
| 6 | Clubs | | A smoker, carpenter, and business
owner. |
| | Teven | Renoux | A nobleman from the final
empire. |
| | Lestibournes | | Clubs's nephew. AKA: Spook. |
| 8 | Sazed | | A terrisman. Lord Renoux's steward.
AKA: Madter Vaht. |
| | | | Part Two |
| 9 | Cosahn | | One of Sazed's men. |
| | Trell | | The Scadrial's God. |
| | Nalt | | Trell's brother. |
| 10 | Rudd | | One of the guards. |
| | The Ja | | Founder of Jaism. |
| 12 | Rian | Strobe | Valette's first suitor. |
| | Lord | Elend | A nobleman to the House of
Venture. Straff's son. |
| | | | Part Three |
| 16 | Mare | | Kelsier's wife. |
| 18 | Lord Melend | Liese | A nobleman who asks Vin to
dance. |
| | Shan | Elariel | A noble mistborn. Elend's former
fiancé. |
| | Jastes | Lekal | A political rival of House
Venture. |
| | Hasting | | A political rival of House Venture. |
| 19 | Charrs | Entrone | A major political ally of
House Tekiel. |
| | Deluse | Couvre | Author of the book of False
Dawn. |
| 20 | Lady | Flavine | A noble in the final empire. |
| | Messily | | Vin's baby sister. Deceased. |
| 21 | Demoux | | The captain. |
| | Bilg | | One of Keslier's men. |
| 22 | Kareien | | Dockson's wife. |
| 23 | Lady | Kliss | One of the noble women. |
| | Milen | | One of the noble women. |
| | Rene | | Kliss's date. |
| | Tyden | | One of the noblemen. |
| | Carlee | | Tyden's wife. |
| | Sertes | | A Captain in Luthadel Garrison. |
| | | | Part Four |
| 26 | Tevidian | | The Lord Prelan. Vin's father. |
| 28 | Tren-Pedri | Delouse | One of the noble women. |
| 29 | Idren | Seeris | Cousin to House Elariel. |
| 31 | Felt | | A Scadrian Worldhopper. |
| 32 | Walin | | A prisoner at the Pits of Hathsin. |
| | | | Part Five |
| 36 | Kar | | Steel inquisitor. |
| 37 | Goradel | | One of the soldiers. |
