Allomancy

Allomancy is the signature magic of Scadrial, the world: The Final Empire. An Allomancer swallows specific metals and burns them internally, converting each into a distinct power: one metal lends inhuman strength, another sharpens the senses, others let the burner Push or Pull on nearby metal or reach out to soothe and inflame the emotions of a crowd. Most Allomancers are Mistings, able to burn a single metal; the rare few who can burn them all are Mistborn, figures of rumor and dread. In the Final Empire the talent runs in the noble lines, held to be a gift of the Lord Ruler to the ancestors of his followers, and its appearance among the oppressed skaa is forbidden, which makes a thieving crew with Mistings in it, like the one Kelsier gathers, a dangerous secret.