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'''Scadrial''' is a planet in the [[cosmere]] and the most well-known planet in the [[Scadrian system]]. Scadrial has no moon, but there is an [[Starbeltscar|extremely bright patch of stars visible in the night sky]].{{wob ref|6089}}{{book ref|mb7|20}} People from Scadrial are called Scadrians.{{wob ref|1075}} The planet is the home of several metal-related manifestations of [[Investiture]], namely [[Allomancy]], [[Feruchemy]], and [[Hemalurgy]]; certain individuals known as [[Mistborn]] have had a significant impact on the planet and the greater cosmere.

Before the Lord Ruler took the power at the [[Well of Ascension]], Scadrial was extremely Earth-like. It had a blue sky, clouds, a yellow sun, flowers, green plants, and animals such as horses.

At the time of the [[Final Empire]], known as the '''World of Ash''' or the '''Anteverdant Age''',{{citebook ref|mb5|19}}{{book ref|mb5|21}}, the planet was characterised by ashfalls and nightly mists. Scadrial was moved closer to the sun by Rashek, causing the temperature on Scadrial to increase dramatically. To counter this Rashek created the [[ashmounts]] in the northern hemisphere near the pole, to pump ferromagnetic ash and gas into the sky to reflect heat back into space. This decreased heat near the north pole but the thicker atmosphere raised the temperature of the rest of Scadrial, turning it into an uninhabitable desert, known as the [[burnlands]]. Rashek radically altered the geography of Scadrial, rotating the crust of the planet further south, and flattening mountain ranges, and creating new ones elsewhere, all to hide the location of the Well of Ascension. The magnetic and geographic poles of Scadrial were the same, but when the Well was moved south from the north pole, the magnetic pole followed it.{{wob ref|8042}}

Preservation did not leave the humans without hope to defend themselves if Ruin managed to break free. He left the people of Scadrial with the [[Terris Prophecies]]. They spoke of a series of heroes who would come to take the power of Preservation at the Well of Ascension every thousand years to become a protector of humanity. Eventually, a final hero would come, known as the Hero of Ages, a person who would bear the future of the world on his arms. This person would take up the power of Preservation, to save the world.{{wob ref|8056}}{{wob ref|6070}} Preservation also altered [[Allomancy]], swapping the metals [[cadmium]] and [[bendalloy]] for [[atium]] and [[malatium]], so that there could be atium Mistings to burn away Ruin's power.{{wob ref|5971}}{{wob ref|7307}}

In the [[Classical Scadrial|classical era]] of Scadrial, many different civilizations developed with a large variety of different cultures and religions. Among these was [[Trelagism]] which Autonomy had begun in order to prepare for future potential incursions.{{book ref|mb7|20}} Foremost among known nations was [[Khlennium]], placed between the isles in the South and the Terris hills in the North,{{epigraph ref|mb1|12}}, and between the great nations to the east and the "fiery empire" of the West.{{epigraph ref|mb1|3}}. It was ana massive hub of trade and culture, with marvelous architecture and technological advancements that would come to be copied by the Final Empire.{{epigraph ref|mb3|26}}

In time, the people turned to the Terris Prophecies to guide them against a new threat, the [[Deepness]]. The nightly mists of Scadrial had grown stronger, and began to stay during the day. This was because from inside his prison Ruin was supplementing their strength. He hoped to create a threat to the world by going with Preservation's wishes, instead of against them.{{epigraph ref|mb3|81}} The world was dying, all the plants and animals couldn't survive and the people were starving. At this time, a man named [[Alendi]] came to power. A [[Worldbringer]], [[Kwaan]], had discovered Alendi and believed him to be this final Hero of Ages, who would save the world.{{epigraph ref|mb2|13}} He expanded the nation of Khlennium to consume many other nations, through conquest and diplomacy alike,{{epigraph ref|mb1|10}}{{epigraph ref|mb1|1}}, over a mere decade.{{epigraph ref|mb2|9}} Alendi became convinced he was the Hero, and began a military campaign to unite the world against the Deepness, doing his best to fulfill the prophecies.{{epigraph ref|mb2|23}}{{epigraph ref|mb2|24}} Unfortunately those prophecies were no longer the same as they once were.

However, Alendi had still failed to stop the Deepness, and there was only one hope, the [[Well of Ascension]].{{epigraph ref|mb2|50}} As the power returned to the Well, Alendi could hear the pulses because he was a Seeker. He hoped that giving up the power would stop the Deepness. Kwaan knew that Alendi mustn't be allowed to reach the Well, for he knew that giving up the power was just what Ruin wanted. Kwaan's only hope to stop Alendi was his nephew [[Rashek]], a Feruchemist who hated Alendi, and the nation of Khlennium from which he hailed. Kwaan commanded his nephew to become Alendi's pack man, and to attempt to mislead on his way to the Well. If Rashek failed at that, Kwaan asked him to kill Alendi.{{book ref|mb2|epilogue}} The last remnant of Leras' mind, in the form of the mist spirit, was also doing its best to stop Alendi. [[Ruin]], however, made Alendi distrust the spirit by impersonating it and stabbing Alendi's companion [[Fedik]] when he became too interested in [[Ruin's Perpendicularity]].{{book ref|mb2|16}}{{epigraph ref|mb1|33}}{{msh ref|2|2}} Ultimately, Rashek failed to lead Alendi astray and killed him. At that point, Rashek himself took the power at the Well of Ascension and refused to give it up, denying Ruin his chance at freedom.{{book ref|mb1|38}}

OvertimeOver time, he was influenced by Ruin and driven to madness.{{wob ref|4416}}

Clubs wisely realized that Straff Venture was wily enough to simply feign a retreat, allowing the koloss to overthrow Luthadel. Then Straff himself would return, destroy the weakened koloss, and be proclaimed as the city's savior. Sazed knew that it was only a matter of time until their destruction, and realized that he had to save Elend and Vin. With the help of the remainder of Kelsier's crew he hatched a plot. Sazed tricked Vin into believing that he knew the location of the Well of Ascension, and sent her Elend, and Spook on a journey following a false map to what she believed is the only hope of Luthadel's salvation. After Vin and Elend leave the koloss fell on the city in attack. Clubs is killed fleeing from his gate with Breeze. Dockson and Tindwyl also fall to various groups of marauding koloss. Sazed in control of Iron Gate manages to hold off the koloss with the help of his Feruchemical powers. Just as his metalminds lost the last of their charescharges, Vin returned to help him fight. Spook had confessed that they were being tricked to Vin so she had gone back to Luthadel to try to stop the koloss. Unfortunately her Allomantic reserves were low, and before long she was out of pewter, which she had been dragging on for months. Just before the koloss overwhelm her, Vin burns [[duralumin]] and [[brass]] simultaneously, managing to take control of the koloss through their Hemalurgic spikes. She used her new found power to quickly turn the tide of the battle, by taking control of all the rest of the koloss. The next day the koloss and the remnants of Luthadel's army attacked Straff's army. Cett's army joined in to attack Straff as well, he had been convinced to do so by his daughter [[Allrianne]], who was in love with Breeze. Vin personally split Straff Venture in half with a massive koloss sword, and proceeded to utterly destroy Straff's troops. She then made Penrod, Cett, and Staff's sole surviving general [[Janarle]] to swear allegiance to Elend as their emperor.

The [[Steel Inquisitor]]s, Ruin's primary servants, could not free him from the Well of Ascension, as they were touched by Hemalurgy.{{epigraph ref|mb3|49}} Thanks to her enchancedenhanced [[bronze]] from [[Vin's earring|her Hemalurgic spike]], Vin could sense the power returning to the Well,{{epigraph ref|mb3|74}} and Ruin again manipulated the Terris Prophecies into making someone look like the Hero of Ages, this time Vin.{{book ref|mb2|57}}

After Elend returned to Luthadel, Vin came to a realization. She was finally able to pinpoint the Well's location through its pulses. It was located underneath Kredik Shaw, with its entrance in the Lord Ruler's sanctuary. As she and Elend went to the Well to give up the power as the prophecies said, Sazed was visited by the remainder of Leras's mind in the form of the mist spirit. It made him understand that Vin should not give the power of the Well up, and then Sazed went to try to stop her. When Sazed arrives at Kredik Shaw, he is ambushed by Marsh who was being controlled by Ruin, who would have done whatever it took so that Vin would give up the power. Marsh and Sazed fought and along with Ham's help, Sazed beat Marsh. However, they were too late to stop Vin. She and Elend had reached the Chamber of Ascension when the mist spirit appeared and slashed Elend in the gut, dealing him a mortal wound in an attempt to get Vin to use the power to save him. Vin tearfully takes up the power, and hears a voice whispering to her, telling her to give it the power, so it can save the world. Believing that she had done the right thing, Vin gave it the power, and asin shedoing returnsso, toreleased herRuin regularfrom formhis she hears a scream of "I am FREE!"prison.{{book ref|mb2|57}}{{book ref|mb2|58}}

Not long after the battle in Luthadel it was discovered that [[Urteau]], the formal capital of Straff Venture's country, had been taken from Elend's empire by rebel skaa. Urteau had once been a major center of power for House Venture, but they had moved their major influence to Luthadel and the canals that had once formed Urteau's streets had inexplicably gone dry. They were led by a man named Quellion, who took of the city, and gave himself the the title of the "Citizen". Quellion had taken Kelsier's viewpoints against the nobles to an extreme, burning alive everyone who had any noble blood in their family. Spook had been dispatched there to gather intelligence on Quellion's rule and find any potential weaknesses that could be exploited in order to get Urteau back into the hands of Elend. Spook during this time period began flaring his [[tin]] constantly, as a result of his guilt about abandoning his uncle, Clubs, to die in the Battle of Luthadel. This process eventually transformed him into an Allomantic [[savant]], giving him senses above any other Tineye while he was burning the metal, but extremely weak compared to non-Allomancers when he stopped. Before long Spook was joined by Breeze, Allrianne, and Sazed, who were fresh from their victory convincing the Lekal Kingdom to join Elend's empire. Spook attempted to spy on the Citizen, but became enamored with Quellion's beautiful sister [[Beldre]]. Later when Beldre and Quellion were in the streetslots Spook attempted to speak to her. Quellion caught him and sent his guards after Spook, who were secretly Pewterarms. Spook attempted to fight them himself but in a desperate attempt to stop Spook, one Pewterarm thrust his steel sword through the heart of the other, and into Spook's arm. The blade broke and left a fragment of steel inside of Spook, who fainted from blood-loss. The precise placement of the thrust had been manipulated by Ruin, who wanted to get a Hemalurgic spike into Spook so he could influence him. This spike also gave Spook the ability to burn [[pewter]].

The Catacendre brought about much suffering to the Southern Scadrians as the climate decreased immensely in temperature, leading to them calling the Catacendre the "Ice Death",{{book ref|mb6|22}}, which brought about societal collapse.{{book ref|mb6|19}} At some point after this, a man calling himself the [[Sovereign]] came and granted them the [[Excisor| Excisors]], and knowledge of how to use them in order to create unsealed metalminds, which allowed them to make metalminds that could produce heat and save them from the cold.{{book ref|mb6|21}}

Spook ruled over the Elendel Basin as emperor, and he was beloved by the people for his work for the people. Such as how he built houses for the poor in order to prevent the growth of slums,{{book ref|mb6|3}}, and passing laws in order to protect the rights of the people.{{book ref|mb6|9}}

In either 194 or 294, the [[Allomantic Agreement of '94]] was passed,{{book ref|mb5|14}}, forbidding the use of Rioting for commercial gain, except when done with the consent of the target, such as in [[Emotional_Allomancy_parlors | Soothing Parlors]].{{book ref|mb5|14}}

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In {{date|341|FA}}, The Vanishers attacked the Yomen-Ostlin Wedding and kidnapped Steris and Marasi, and killed [[Peterus]].{{book ref|mb4|3}}{{book ref|mb4|7}}

At some point after the execution of Miles Dagouter, an insane Kandra titled Bleeder, began to go around killing people in Elendel in brutal fashion, garnering herself much attention from citizens and the law. She also killed Governor [[Replar Innate]] and impersonated him, and also blew up a dam, causing economic instability.{{book ref|mb5|14}}. Her impersonations were carefully chosen in order to cause instability in the government, and to turn the Survivorists against the Pathians.{{book ref|mb5|22}}

By {{date|341|FA}}, cars and electric lights were still controversial new technologies, with pushback against their use.{{file ref| House_Record_broadsheet.jpg| The House Record}}{{file ref|Elendel_Daily_broadsheet.png|''The Elendel Daily'' Broadsheet}} The coachman's union was especially against automobiles, saying that they "Haven't the common sense of a horse and coachman".

In {{date|342|FA}}, Wax, Wayne, Marasi, and SerasSteris found a group of South Scadrians held captive by the Set. This would lead to the existence of the South Scadrians becoming common knowledge across the Basin as a trade agreement was negotiated.{{book ref|mb6|30}}

The Skaa has a rich folklore that they shared amongst themselves, speaking of beings such as Mistwraithsmistwraiths, Sprenspren, shades, and Shades[[brollin]]s.{{book ref|mb3|27}} With Mistwraiths beingwere a particularly large part of their folklore, and thea key reason that they fearfeared the mists.{{book ref|mb1|9}} They thought that Mistwraithsmistwraiths could take a person's face or fully impersonate them; and in to prove them real you would have to take them out into the sunlight and insureensure they don'tdid not disappear.{{book ref|mb1|prologue}}{{book ref|mb1|4}}

While the true length of a year changed when the orbit of Scadrial was brought closer to the sun, the measurements and calendar used remained the same.{{wob ref|3781}}{{wob ref|4575}} However, the placement of the seasons changed.{{wob ref|11462}}

After the [[Catacendre]], the residents of northern Scadrial use a 12 month calendar, with each of the months being named after a member of [[Kelsier's crew]]. Known months include Vinuarch (named after [[Vin]]),{{wob ref|669}} Doxil (named after [[Dockson]]),{{file ref|Elendel_Daily_broadsheet.png|''The Elendel Daily'' Broadsheet}} Hammondar (named after [[Hammond]]),{{book ref|eltania}}, Cladence (named after [[Cladent]]),{{file ref|New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|''The New Ascendancy'' Broadsheet}}, and Marewill (named after [[Mare]]).{{file ref|The Two Seasons broadsheet.jpg|''The Two Seasons'' Broadsheet}}

* [[Trelagism]], whose adherents worship the stars, which they call the Thousand Eyes of their god, Trell. Sazed once preached this religion to Vin.{{book ref|mb1|9}} It was created due to the intervention of [[Autonomy]], in order to set the seeds for a future invasion.{{book ref|mb7|20}}

Scadrial is home to two Shards, [[Ruin]], and [[Preservation]]. The physical forms of Preservation could be found in the beads of [[Lerasiumlerasium]], and the white mists.{{epigraph ref|mb3|14}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|76}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|77}} Ruin's physical forms were the beads of [[atium]], which formed in crystals in the [[Pits of Hathsin]] and the black mists.{{epigraph ref|mb3|19}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|78}}{{wob ref|5786}}

For some reason, Scadrial was visited by "several" Shards before the events of ''Mistborn'' (the era of which is unknown).,{{wob ref|9386}} one of these is most likely referring to Autonomy.{{book ref|mb7|20}} Odium has influence on Scadrial.{{wob ref|6141}}