Difference between revisions of "Feruchemy"

 

== History ==

 

During the Ascension of the Lord Ruler all living Feruchemists (although not those with recessive Feruchemical genes), with a few notable exceptions, were transformed into [[mistwraith]]s by [[Rashek]], a Terris herdsman and Feruchemist.{{epigraph ref|mb3|68}} Rashek, having discovered Allomancy and transformed himself into a Mistborn and claiming to be the [[Hero of Ages]], declared himself a god and launched a campaign to consolidate the world under his control. As part of this effort, Rashek instituted policies to heavily restrict the Terris people, which eventually grew into a breeding program designed to exterminate all genetic traces of Feruchemy. He did this specifically because he feared the prospect of the genes for Feruchemy intermixing with those of Allomancy and potentially creating a rival of comparable power to himself.{{book ref|mb1|epilogue}} Despite this, the Terris resistance worked tirelessly to thwart the efforts of Rashek, then known as the Lord Ruler, in a variety of ways, primarily by tricking the breeders into including people with hidden Feruchemical talents, in order to ensure their continuation in the population, and by creating the [[Keeper]]s, an order of Feruchemists dedicated to finding and securing knowledge from before the Lord Ruler's rise to power.{{book ref|mb1|22}}{{book ref|mb2|30}}

Following the death of the Lord Ruler and the [[Collapse]] of the [[Final Empire]], the [[Synod]], leaders of the Keepers and ''de facto'' ruling council of Terris, emerged from secrecy and the Keepers were dispatched across the Empire to teach the people about the knowledge they had preserved.{{book ref|mb2|7}} Unfortunately, this "victory" was relatively short-lived; about a year later, the [[Steel Inquisitor]]s, under the influence of Ruin, attacked and slaughtered the Synod and all but [[Sazed|one of the Keepers]], creating [[Hemalurgic]] spikes from them in the process to increase their own powers.{{book ref|mb2|56}}

 

 

== Mechanics ==

 

The type of metal determines what attribute can be stored within it. Pieces of metal that have been charged by Feruchemists are referred to as '''metalminds''' in general, or more specifically as the type of metal with an added "-mind" suffix. The act of charging, or Investing, a metalmind is referred to as '''storing''' and the act of retrieving the stored attribute is referred to as '''tapping'''.{{book ref|mb4|part=ars}}

 

 

Ordinarily, a Feruchemist's stores are keyed to their [[Identity]] and are inaccessible to another Feruchemist. However, other Feruchemists can sense the presence of the original Feruchemist's stores.{{book ref|mb1|epilogue}}

 

====Unsealed Metalminds====

 

=== Interactions with Other Investitures ===

Like any Invested object, a metalmind resists Allomantic Ironpulls and Steelpushes. The strength of resistance is based on the level of Investiture stored in the metalmind. A metalmind with only a small amount of stored attribute might resist only slightly, whereas a fully charged metalmind will be effectively immune.{{book ref|mb5|7}}

 

 

====Hemalurgy====

 

 

 

====Nightblood====

 

====Awakening====

 

====Shardblades====

 

 

== Known Feruchemists ==

 

==Development==

 

An early version of Feruchemy, then referred to as "Hemalurgy", appeared in [[Final Empire Prime|''Final Empire'' Prime]]. During the development of ''[[Mistborn: The Final Empire]]'', Brandon realized that Feruchemy would work very well as the magic system for Sazed and the Keepers, so he imported it into that novel and added the restriction of storing attributes in metal.{{annotation ref|mb1|chapter=22-1}}

 

 

== Notes ==