hemalurgist
A hemalurgist is a practitioner of hemalurgy, a magical discipline described in Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn series. Hemalurgy centers on metal spikes and the manipulation of Investiture, the magical power that underpins Allomancy and Feruchemy. A hemalurgist seeks to steal and implant powers or attributes from one being into another by encoding them into a spike and transferring them through a performative act of piercing.
The process typically involves obtaining a spike charged with a specific trait or power from a donor
Hemalurgists are often portrayed as controversial figures within the world, because their craft involves killing or
Overall, hemalurgy and its practitioners exemplify a dark, highly regulated branch of Investiture manipulation within the