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{{quote|''The more alone you are, the more important it is to have someone you can rely upon.''|The first rule of the Roughs}}

 

 

See also ''[[Elantris]]'', ''[[Warbreaker]]'' and ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]'' for more books by [[Brandon Sanderson]]. Per [[Word of God]], Sanderson plans two or three direct sequels to ''Alloy'' featuring the same characters, as well as two more ''Mistborn'' trilogies set further down the timeline.

 

This page has its own [[The Alloy of Law/Characters|Character Sheet]].

 

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* [[Accidental Aiming Skills]]: Wax jokes that he once hit a criminal in the eye with a throwing knife while aiming for his balls.

* [[Aerith and Bob]]: Marasi, Waxillium and ''Wayne''.

* [[Grim Reaper]]: Marsh (now called "Ironeyes") is believed to be this by most people.

* [[Good Thing You Can Heal]]: Wayne takes a lot more punishment than Wax does. {{spoiler|Miles}} takes more than both combined. Wayne actually lampshades this at one point, and mentions that people tend to shoot Wayne when they're mad at him, since they know he can heal.

** Of course, considering that in a world of firearms Wayne's favorite tactic is to use his time-speeding ability to turn the battlefield into a series of one on one duals, cane vs guns... it's not surprising that he'd cop a clobbering.

* [[Guile Hero]]: Wax, full stop. Wayne and Marasi are no slouches either. Sanderson really loves this trope.

* [[Henpecked Husband]]: At first it looks like Wax is doomed to become one of these; his fiancee Steris at first appears to be a joyless, humorless matron who hands him a fifty-page prenuptial agreement. Averted, however, in that it later becomes apparent {{spoiler|that Steris is just socially awkward and a meticulous planner, who fully intends to respect Wax's privacy and personal freedom. He marries her after all, probably in part so she can manage his business empire while he chases down criminals.}}

* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: [[Played for Laughs]]: "Logic doesn't work on Wayne."

* [[Legend Fades to Myth]]: The events of the original trilogy have taken on mythological and religious significance to the later generations. The most humorous of these changes is the ancient [[Sacred Language|High Speech]]; when an example of it is given, it's quickly recognizable to readers as the silly-sounding thieves' cant used by a few characters in the original trilogy!

** This is also a case of [[Fridge Brilliance]], as the Lord Mistborn referred to in the book is {{spoiler|Spook, who originally spoke in the thieves cant almost exclusively.}}

* [[Sequel Hook]]: The epilogue is pretty much one giant [[Sequel Hook]].

* [[Shadow Archetype]]: {{spoiler|Miles}} to Wax.

* [[Spirit Advisor]]: {{spoiler|Harmony/Sazed, talks to Wax at a couple points.}}

* [[Steal the Surroundings]]: Miles used a crane to steal loaded train cars right off the tracks and replace them with empties.

 

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