Gold
Gold is the internal temporal pulling metal. An Allomancer burning gold is able to see who they could have been in the past, had they made different choices. Feruchemists can use gold to store health. When used as a Hemalurgic spike, gold steals Hybrid Feruchemical powers.
Allomantic Use
A gold Misting is known as a Augur. An Augur burning gold is able to see a hallucination of who the user could have been, known as a "gold shadow."[1] Due to the emotional stress associated with seeing one's alternate past, gold is not a very useful metal. Furthermore, touching the gold shadow while burning gold causes unpleasant side effects.[2] Each time an Augur burns gold, they see a different image, as it changes depending on their current situation.[3] A gold shadow will also change if a person is stamped with an Essence Mark.[4]
Feruchemical Use
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A gold Ferring is known as a Bloodmaker. Gold is used to store health. A goldmind can be tapped to both heal at an accelerated rate or to heal from wounds that would normally be fatal.[1] It is hard to fill a goldmind, due to the fact that it requires the Bloodmaker to spend time sickly and weak. Gold does not heal diseases as efficiently as it heals wounds.[5]
Gold healing works by aligning an individual's Physical aspect to their ideal self as recorded in their Spiritual aspect. This does not prevent them from aging or certain genetic diseases as those are considered part of the ideal.[6]
Aluminum in a wound will make it impossible for the Bloodmaker to heal the injury around the metal for as long as it remains in the body.[7]
Gold healing would interact with organ transplants in an interesting way. This can be either beneficial or detrimental depending on the circumstances.[8]
Damage to the soul, such as that caused by Hemalurgy, can be healed by Bloodmakers.[9] A Bloodmaker would also be able to heal a wound from a Shardblade,[10] or being withered by a shade.[11]
History
During the Final Empire, gold was classified as high metals along with atium. The majority of Noble did not know that gold mistings existed and believed gold is only accessible to Mistborns, due to gold's high value and Lord Rulers intended misleading that high metals do not have mistings. After the catacendra, it was realized that the "high metal" classification was wrong, and gold is actually a temporal metal. Gold mistings, or Augurs, had also came to be known by people.
Hemalurgic Use
When used as a Hemalurgic spike, gold steals Hybrid Feruchemical powers (cadmium, bendalloy, gold, and electrum).[12]
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Notes
- ↑ a b The Alloy of Law Ars Arcanum#
- ↑ The Final Empire chapter 37#
- ↑ Alloy of Law London signing
— Arcanum - 2011-11-19# - ↑ Arcanum Unbounded Fort Collins signing
— Arcanum - 2016-11-29# - ↑ Shadows of Self chapter 5#
- ↑ Stormlight Three Update #5
— Arcanum - 2016-11-29# - ↑ Words of Radiance signing Philadelphia
— Arcanum - 2014-03-21# - ↑ Skyward Chicago signing
— Arcanum - 2018-11-16# - ↑ Goodreads: Ask the Author Q&A
— Arcanum - 2014-08-13# - ↑ Oathbringer Leeds signing
— Arcanum - 2017-12-01# - ↑ Shadows of Self signing Chicago
— Arcanum - 2015-10-12# - ↑ Hemalurgy Table
