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