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(Just cleaning up the grammar and style a little. The tenses here were killing me.)
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Kandra were the third and last of Rashek's creations. They were created with two Hemalurgic spikes and thus are less susceptible to the influence of [[Ruin]]. The First Generation of kandra, the Lord ruler's friends, created a legal code which was later approved by the Lord Ruler. This code is known as the [[First Contract]]. The Contract is the first thing a kandra learns upon gaining sentience.{{book ref|hoa|11}} All future generations of kandra are created by the first by granting blessings in the form of Hemalurgic spikes to mistwraiths.
 
Right before the [[Catacendre]], the majority kandra executed the [[Resolution]]. The First Generation ordered every kandra to remove their blessings in an effort to prevent Ruin from influencing them and regaining his body. They are eventually able to replace their spikes, though it is unlikely that there will be any new kandra, as Hemalurgy is not widely known.{{qa ref|727|5|I can guess two possible options for the kandra|date=2008-10-15}} Since [[Harmony]] has absorbed Ruin into himself, kandra are now under his direct control. ThoseKandra whothat go longer without their spikes for long periods of time lose significant portions of their memories.{{qa ref|708|23|How are there kandra and koloss?|date=2012-1}}{{qa ref|727|40|Do they remember who they were?|date=2008-10-17}} As of the end of ''[[The Hero of Ages]]'', they no longer take contracts{{qa ref|987|30|How do you buy a contract with a kandra in the Alloy of Law?|date=2012-11-6}} and have taken a vow to live in animal bodies.{{wob ref|date=2009-07-08|4443|B&N book club Q&A}} Some of them later make appearances in ''[[The Alloy of Law]]''{{qa ref|987|30|How do you buy a contract with a kandra in the Alloy of Law?|date=2012-11-6}}, as well as non-Mistborn books.{{wob ref|5990}}{{wob ref|6438}}
 
== Physiology ==
Physically, the kandra resemble [[Mistwraith]]s in their natural form;. Unlike they howeverMistwraiths, they are [[wikipedia:sentient, Shapeshifting|shapeshifters]]courtesy of two Hemalurgic spikes implanted in them. While Mistwraiths are simply gelatinous conglomerates of various creatures, kandra can actually absorb a body and take on all of its characteristics.
 
Because of their advanced age, the '''First Generation''' appear to be made of darkerdark-colored flesh which tendshangs tooff hang offtheir themskeletons. The bones that they wear are their own original bones, from when they were Terris packmen.
 
When kandra are in their [[kandra Homeland|Homeland]], all subsequent Generations prefer the form of a [[True Body]], which is a set of false, generally human-shaped bones that are crafted by a kandra artisan. Some True Body forms are quartz, and kandra show off their True Bodies by creating translucent skin that allows the stone to sparkle faintly in the light.{{annotation ref|mb3|page=140}} Kandra have spent ten centuries enslaved to humankind, serving the Contracts in an effort to keep themselves safe. Most kandra hate humans for their situation, but, ironically, most kandra True Bodies are human-shaped, with two arms, two legs, and a face, even while they curse humankind for keeping them enslaved.{{annotation ref|mb3|page=144}}
 
== Culture ==