Mistborn · World

Koloss

creature

Massive blue-skinned humanoid creatures 5-10ft, skin sagging/bloody/cracked by rapid growth, three size classes, red beady eyes, emotionless, wear oversized/torn stolen human clothes, wield brutish iron swords sized to body, pouches of fake coins on straps

Category: creature
First appears: Book 2 · Ch. 19
Books: 5

Koloss begin as terrifying, emotionless blue-skinned giants in The Well of Ascension, their grotesque, rapidly growing bodies and stolen human garments marking them as monstrous shock troops. By The Hero of Ages, their biology is revealed to be even more tragic: they are transformed humans who never stop growing, their skin splitting and their minds enslaved. In The Lost Metal, they reappear as a race capable of controlled transformation into giant forms, suggesting either a new generation of koloss or a fundamental shift in their nature and autonomy.

Evolution

BOOK 2The Well of Ascension
Massive blue-skinned humanoid creatures 5-10ft, skin sagging/bloody/cracked by rapid growth, three size classes, red beady eyes, emotionless, wear oversized/torn stolen human clothes, wield brutish iron swords sized to body, pouches of fake coins on straps
BOOK 3The Hero of Ages
Humanoid creatures 5-13ft tall; blue skin oversized/drooping on young (loose folds), stretched/ripped on elders (flaps); beady bloodred eyes; never stop growing; massive blunt swords; scarlet blood.
BOOK 7Mistborn 07 - The Lost Metal
Blue-skinned humanoids capable of transforming into giant monsters