Autonomy
SupportingA bloodied woman lies breathing with a faint red glow in her eyes and blood staining her smiling lips as Autonomy speaks through her dying body.
Autonomy emerges in the Mistborn series as a distant, enigmatic Shard whose influence on Scadrial grows from subtle manipulation to direct, violent intervention. Initially operating through proxies and avatars, Autonomy escalates her agenda in The Lost Metal by possessing Telsin Ladrian, using her as a vessel to challenge Harmony’s control. Her red-eyed, bloodied manifestation signals a shift from ideological influence to overt conquest, marking her as an increasingly destabilizing cosmic force.
Physical Description
A bloodied woman lies breathing with a faint red glow in her eyes and blood staining her smiling lips as Autonomy speaks through her dying body.
Evolution
The Lost Metal (The Mistborn Saga)
A bloodied woman lies breathing with a faint red glow in her eyes and blood staining her smiling lips as Autonomy speaks through her dying body.
- Possesses Telsin Ladrian as her avatar on Scadrial
- Manifests through a dying, bloodied woman with glowing red eyes
- Directly challenges Harmony’s authority over the planet
- Seeks to prove Telsin’s worth through Investiture and conquest
Relationships
Telsin serves as Autonomy’s chosen avatar, empowered and tested through Investiture to act as her agent of disruption on Scadrial.
Key Events
Book Appearances
The Lost Metal (The Mistborn Saga)
First appears Ch 59