Questioner 1
Alloy of Law. We've got koloss-born guys. What's their origin?
Brandon Sanderson
So... Currently in Mistborn-- And I delve into this a lot more in the later books, but, you know, it's not a big spoiler so I can tell you. Um... Koloss have become... They can breed, but when some-- when a child is born to them it is born as a koloss-blood. It is not born the full thing, right? Grows up normally, and at maturity, at their right of passing, they can choose to ma-- take the step, gain-- get the spikes, and turn into actual, true koloss. Or if they don't, they have to leave the tribe and go... You know.
Questioner 1
But they're more, like, human size? Like, human looking?
Brandon Sanderson
They're human size, human-- I mean, they've got some residual effects. They're a little bit tougher. But yeah. General, they can be human. And so what you're seeing in Tarson is some-- one of those who actually came and-- He's the son of a full koloss-blood and a human Allomancer, which makes an Allomancer koloss-blood.
Questioner 1
Okay. So that's what I thought. A little human interbreeding. *unintelligible* weird.
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah, um, and a human could, if they wanted to, go convince the koloss to accept them, join the tribe, and get spiked. So yeah...
Questioner 2
It makes their skin saggy, and they start growing...?
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah. It makes their skin saggy, and start growing, and start ripping, and all that sort of stuff.