Mistborn · World
Basin Tires Factory
- unique object
Old industrial tire factory on city outskirts beneath elevated train tracks, receiving large incoming shipments despite minimal production
- Category
- unique object
- First appears
- Book 4 · Ch. 42
- Books
- 2
The Basin Tires Factory first appears in The Lost Metal as a seemingly abandoned industrial relic on the outskirts of Elendel, its rusting bulk overshadowed by elevated rail lines. Over the course of the novel, the site transforms from a forgotten curiosity into a critical node in the Set’s covert operations, its cavernous sub-levels serving as a hidden gateway to the underground caverns beneath the city. By the story’s climax, the factory’s dual identity—publicly derelict, privately vital—makes it the stage for a decisive confrontation that exposes the extent of the Set’s conspiracy.
Evolution
BOOK 4The Lost Metal (The Mistborn Saga)
Old industrial tire factory on city outskirts beneath elevated train tracks, receiving large incoming shipments despite minimal production
BOOK 7Mistborn 07 - The Lost Metal
Old factory building beneath train tracks on city perimeter, mostly shut down with suspicious shipping patterns indicating cavern entrance
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