Mistborn · Location
Keep Venture
- castle
- gothic
House Venture's majestic keep, more palace than fort, with buttressed walls, a vast pillared hall, and stained glass lit by limelights. It hosts the grandest noble gatherings and becomes central to the crew's endgame.
- Type
- castle
- Style
- gothic
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 5
- Books
- 3
Keep Venture begins as the glittering crown jewel of Luthadel’s nobility, its pillared halls and stained-glass splendors hosting the Final Empire’s most opulent balls. After the Lord Ruler’s fall, the keep’s fortunes mirror the city’s: stripped of its masters, it becomes a contested fortress during the siege of Luthadel, its once-bright chambers echoing with war councils and the clash of koloss. By the time of the Catacendre, the abandoned palace stands as a hollow monument to a vanished aristocracy, its empty ballrooms later serving as makeshift shelters for the survivors of Ruin’s destruction.
History
BOOK 1Mistborn: The Final Empire
House Venture's majestic keep, more palace than fort, with buttressed walls, a vast pillared hall, and stained glass lit by limelights. It hosts the grandest noble gatherings and becomes central to the crew's endgame.
BOOK 2The Well of Ascension
BOOK 3The Hero of Ages
Key events
- Book 1
Ch. 6Kelsier Steals Atium from House VentureKelsier infiltrates Keep Venture and steals atium, provoking the Great Houses. - Book 1
Ch. 13Vin Infiltrates Noble Society as Valette RenouxVin poses as a noblewoman at balls, gathering intelligence and meeting Elend Venture. - Book 2
Ch. 48Vin and Elend MarryVin and Elend wed in a hasty ceremony before fleeing Luthadel.
Appearances
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