Mace Klasten

### Biography

Mace Klasten was a feruchemist koloss-blood. Despite being named after a weapon, he shunned them, preferring to use his body and investiture. He was 200 cm tall, 31 years old, had dusty grey hair, and dark brown eyes.

He was born on Scadrial, the illegitimate son of a full koloss-blood (father) and a Terris (mother). He had no spouse, children, or siblings.

After being abandoned by his parents, he was raised in Elendel by a crew who specialized in document forgery and theft. It was with them that he learned to read and write. Mace became a competent criminal over the next few years, but, upon conversion to the Path, he left the group to find more honest work. He worked as a soldier in the city from the ages of 18 to 23, where he met a Worldhopper with whom he became cosmere aware. Mace became an avid traveler after that, only settling down for a stint when he was 28 when he worked for a carpenter. He left after less than a year, but the experience gave him the uncanny ability to find weak-points in wooden furniture and exploit them. In other words, he was very good at knocking down doors. Mace dealt well with pain, but was prone to seeking revenge.

During his lifetime, he acted paranoid, constantly storing in his metalminds so that he was ready to fight whenever was necessary. He could be overly loyal to his friends, sometimes overreacting when they were threatened or harmed. He wanted to always be in the loop, so he tried to gather information about pertinent politics and salacious secrets to satisfy himself. If he was locked in a room without access to a steady stream of information, he would probably have become enraged and violent. He had no sword training, so he never used the honourblade given to him under questionable circumstances. Unless he expected a fight, he rarely carried any weapons other than a small knife. When stressed, he would sometimes act seemingly randomly as he went with his first instinct. That translated into him acting unconventionally in battle. So, he tried to limit aggressive behavior towards others, rarely initiating unnecessary fights.

He was a member of TUBA. The responsibility noticeably effected him, he became less spry and more retrospective as he aged.

### History

Mace’s first appearance was in a duel with Rhazien. He fought competently, but lost.

Mace first joined the Main Plot in Calm Before the Storm, where
he visited the Village Inn to give Rhazien a coppermind.

When people tried to kill Rhazien, Mace provided him with the
means to escape. He gave Rhazien an explosive monkey, then they travelled to the Shadesmar to avoid being blown up.

> *"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Round things!" – Mace, visiting the Shadesmar for the first time.*
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Mace followed Rhazien into the events of Tension on the Horizon. He ate a cookie, then left. When Rhazien and Yzabet were married, he sent them a pair of limericks as a gift. It is evident that he respected Yzabet because he edited the swearing out of the last line of each poem.

When people tried to kill Rhazien, Mace provided him with the
means to escape. He attracted a monster to their location as a distraction, then used the Tia cards he’d brought to teleport himself and Rhazien away.

They hid at the Klasten family ranch in the Roughs, until it was attacked. Mace was ambushed by Space Marines and Drako in his underground stronghold.

Upon hearing of the assassination of Leya, Mace was enraged. He
positioned himself outside of the Alleyway Bar, vowing to kill the person responsible. He ended up shooting Voidus’ rock, an action he felt incredibly guilty about for the rest of his life. He fled, then was taken to a safehouse by Kane.

While herding yaks near the Newcago Court, he accidentally
started a party. As part of the festivities he participated in a sled race. He lost.

Mace was very involved in the Seven Day War. He brought a TUBA
army of stone constructs and his honour guard to with the intention of fighting
someone. He was convinced to join the Ghostblood’s side, having acted behind
the scenes to influence how Rhazien’s quest (which had been passed on to
Solace) would end. He attacked the Alleycity, which had been overrun. Death
gifted to him allomantic abilities, so Mace used compounding to stay awake and
healthy for most of the war. He attacked numerous beasts, notably exploding
himself to injure a Shoggoth.

He met with his fellow members of TUBA, and with assistance from
members of the Ghostbloods they unleashed the Alleystorm. However, Mace left
half-way through out of boredom. He was taken against his will to the Canton of
Combat building, where he was briefly captured by Space Marines.

Mace walked back to the city, where he met Kane. Kane gave him
an amberite aether. The two of them made a tandem battle-suit and slew enemies
together.

Later, Mace found himself alone on a secluded rooftop. While monologuing about death, he fought a herd of kolossals. However, he was blindsided by the arrival of a large pack of seekradors. Thinking quickly, he used a body of a kolossal to fake his death, then fled to the Roughs to raise his nephew Klasten.

Mace was honoured with a statue in the Hall of Legends. The inscription contained a ninja emoji.

He returned to the Alleycity during the Release of Voidus to
fight to maintain the containment zone, but he ultimately failed and witnessed Voidus’ escape. In the ongoing battle, shortly afterwards, he was beheaded by Detran. At the same time, Death revoked his allomantic abilities, preventing him from compounding his goldminds to save himself. Mace’s last utterance before he embraced the Beyond was a shocked “Why?”

### Trivia

* Mace's feigned death during the Seven Day War was published as Archer's 1000th post.
* Archer regrets the similarity between Mace's and Mac's names.

### References

1. ↑ http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/68746-calm-before-the-storm/?do=findComment&comment=703809
2. ↑ http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/68746-calm-before-the-storm/?do=findComment&comment=704353
3. ↑ http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/68746-calm-before-the-storm/?do=findComment&comment=704353
4. ↑ http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/69034-tension-on-the-horizon/?do=findComment&comment=707157
5. ↑ http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/69034-tension-on-the-horizon/?do=findComment&comment=709566
6. ↑ http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/70431-the-alleyway-bar/?do=findComment&comment=720548
7. ↑ http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/8530-the-newcago-court/?do=findComment&comment=725989
8. ↑ http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/73089-seven-day-war-for-alleycity/?do=findComment&comment=733138
9. ↑ http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/73089-seven-day-war-for-alleycity/?do=findComment&comment=737080
10. ↑ http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/72873-the-hall-of-legend/?do=findComment&comment=730978
11. ↑ https://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/82912-release-of-voidus/?do=findComment&comment=811371
12. ↑ http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/73089-seven-day-war-for-alleycity/?do=findComment&comment=737080
13. ↑ Trust me, it got confusing sometimes. -Archer