Terris

Northernmost dominance and homeland of the Terris people, containing cultural remnants and the capital Tathingdwen. Home to Keepers and source of refugees.

Terris, the northernmost dominance and ancestral homeland of the pacifist Terris people, stands as a cultural bastion in The Well of Ascension, harboring the Keepers who preserve the world's lost knowledge and serving as the origin of refugees fleeing the Lord Ruler's oppression. Though only prominently featured in the second book of the Mistborn Era 1 trilogy, it represents a poignant symbol of pre-Ascension heritage with its capital Tathingdwen and ancient remnants. Across the series, Terris evolves from a distant sanctuary into a vital source of lore and people that indirectly shapes the survival and rebellion against the empire, its influence lingering amid the cataclysmic changes of later books.