Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

by Brandon Sanderson

The koloss raged in frustration, unable to reach their enemy. Curiously, their souls started to appear in the Cognitive Realm. And they were human. Not koloss at all, but people, dressed in a variety of outfits. Many were skaa, but there were soldiers, merchants, and even nobility among them. Both male and female. Kelsier gaped. He had never quite known what koloss were, but he had not expected this. Common people, made beasts somehow? He rushed among the dying souls as they faded. “What happened to you,” he demanded of one woman. “How did this happen to you?” She regarded him with a bemused expression. “Where,” she said, “where am I?” In a moment she was gone. It seemed the transition was too much of a shock. The others showed similar confusion, holding out their hands as if surprised to find themselves human again—though not a few seemed relieved. Kelsier watched as thousands of these figures appeared, then faded away. It was a slaughter on the other side, stones crashing down all around. One passed right through Kelsier before rolling away, breaking bodies.