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⚫ | The '''Catacendre''' |
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== Lead-up == |
== Lead-up == |
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− | With [[Ruin]] released upon the world and [[Preservation]]'s [[Vessel]] [[Leras]] weakening day-by-day, an endless fall of ash, intensifying earthquakes, and erupting [[ashmount]]s threatened the very existence of [[Scadrial]] and |
+ | With [[Ruin]] released upon the world and [[Preservation]]'s [[Vessel]] [[Leras]] weakening day-by-day, an endless fall of ash, intensifying earthquakes, and erupting [[ashmount]]s threatened the very existence of [[Scadrial]] and it's people.{{book ref|mb3}} |
− | After his final conversation with [[Elend]], Leras finally died, leaving [[Preservation]] without a |
+ | After his final conversation with [[Elend]], Leras finally died, leaving [[Preservation]] without a Holder.{{book ref|mb3|55}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|56}} It would have quickly been absorbed by [[Vin]], who was specially attuned to Preservation's power, except for the fact that she was still wearing her [[Vin's earring|earring]], which was [[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgically charged]], acting as a repulsive factor.{{epigraph ref|mb3|79}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|epilogue}} The [[cognitive shadow]] of [[Kelsier]] was able to partially absorb the power of Preservation, helping to delay Ruin's destruction of the world, but could not wield its full power.{{book ref|msh}} |
− | During Vin's final battle with all of Ruin's [[Feruchemy|Feruchemically enhanced]] [[Steel Inquisitors]] above [[Kredik Shaw]] in the abandoned [[Luthadel]], [[Marsh]] tore out Vin's earring, with Kelsier using all of his strength to distract Ruin and help push Marsh's last vestige of |
+ | During Vin's final battle with all of Ruin's [[Feruchemy|Feruchemically enhanced]] [[Steel Inquisitors]] above [[Kredik Shaw]] in the abandoned [[Luthadel]], [[Marsh]] tore out Vin's earring, with Kelsier using all of his strength to distract Ruin and help push Marsh's last vestige of willpower to rebel. Kelsier was already held under Preservation's [[Intent]], and thus relinquished his hold on the power, becoming a [[Sliver]], knowing Vin would still be able to override the Intent for a time.{{book ref|msh}} Her body broken under the assault, Vin finally drew in the full power of Preservation, allowing her to nearly destroy all of the Inquisitors (save Marsh), and flattening Kredik Shaw, before fully Ascending.{{book ref|mb3|73}} |
− | Ruin initially allowed |
+ | As Preservation, Ruin initially allowed her to flail about with her newfound power, knowing she will make mistakes. By clearing the air of ash, she allowed the too-near sun to release it's deadly heat across the world. Turning the world to protect people from the sun, she caused a massive tsunami, wiping out the coastline. By the time she realized she must take more subtle action, Ruin stepped in to block her, taunting her. However, the two were at an impasse, as their power was evenly matched.{{book ref|mb3|76}} This was because a part of Ruin's "body", in the form of [[atium]], had been hidden away by the [[Lord Ruler]] at the [[Pits of Hathsin]], kept secret by the [[kandra]] in the [[Trustwarren]]. But the two were still able to influence those who wielded their [[investiture]] which allowed Ruin to discover this by taking control of [[KanPaar]] following his coup of the [[First Generation]]. |
− | Ruin sent his massive [[koloss]] army to attack the Pits, but |
+ | Ruin sent his massive [[koloss]] army to attack the Pits, but Vin was able reach Elend and help him realize the truth behind the [[Mistfallen]] battalion: they were seers, [[misting]]s able to burn atium. Thus began the [[Battle of Hathsin]], and Vin watched as Elend and most of his men died, holding off the koloss army, as they burned away the remaining atium in their sacrifice. With Elend dead, Vin had nothing left to live for and assaulted Ruin with all of her power, knowing it will kill both of them. She and [[Ati]] fell dead by Kelsier, outside the Pits, as [[Sazed]] watched, leaving both Ruin and Preservation unheld.{{book ref|mb3|81}} |
== The Final Ascension == |
== The Final Ascension == |
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− | After Ati and Vin had perished, both Ruin and Preservation were |
+ | After Ati and Vin had perished, both Ruin and Preservation were unheld. [[Sazed]] was able to pick up both of the two [[Shard]]s.{{book ref|mb3|82}} The two Shards merged together under a single Vessel and became known as [[Harmony]].{{book ref|aol}} |
== Repercussions == |
== Repercussions == |
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− | The primary repercussion of the Final Ascension was the reforming of Scadrial. The two Shards, working in harmony together, were able to reform Scadrial back to a nearly identical world as it was before the [[Ascension |
+ | The primary repercussion of the Final Ascension was the reforming of Scadrial. The two Shards, working in harmony together, were able to reform Scadrial back to a nearly identical world as it was like before the Lord Ruler's [[Ascension]]. Sazed had the ability to do this better than most, because of his duties as a [[Keeper]] and thus the knowledge stored in his [[metalmind]]s. The religions he'd studied and rejected due to inconsistencies each held some truths about the past world, including cartography, geology, anatomy, zoology, and artwork depicting the world's beauty.{{book ref|mb3|82}} The main exception was the region of [[Elendel Basin]], which replaced the area where Hathsin once was and was designed to be a fertile cradle for civilization's renewal.{{book ref|mb4}} |
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− | In addition to correcting the position of the planet and reforming the landmasses, he returned the various lifeforms which had been lost and restored Humanity's physiology to how it had been, before they had needed to survive ashfalls and had been transformed by [[Rashek]] into altered [[skaa]] and [[noble|nobility]]. He moved all of the survivors, who had moved underground for protection, to the new location of Elendel Basin, and left behind the [[Words of Founding]], books chronicling the events leading up to the Catacendre to be remembered by the population as well as a collection retaining the complete knowledge that had been collected by the Keepers.{{book ref|mb3|82}}{{book ref|mb3|epilogue}} |
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− | At Sliver Kelsier's behest, he endowed [[Spook]] with the abilities of a moderately powerful [[Allomancy|Mistborn]]. Unable to restore to life those that had passed on, he left the restored bodies of Vin and Elend for the survivors to honor. He also left Spook a cryptic message suggesting that there were two Allomantic metals that were yet to be discovered.{{book ref|mb3|epilogue}} In the centuries that passed, an additional four metals, [[nicrosil]], [[chromium]], [[cadmium]], and [[bendalloy]], were found to have [[Allomantic]] and [[Feruchemical]] attributes. |
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== Trivia == |
== Trivia == |
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− | 'Cata' is a common |
+ | 'Cata' is a common latin prefix which roughly translates to 'down' or 'reversal'. 'Cendre' is a French word for cinder or ash. Thus Catacendre can roughly translate both to an ashfall and/or the undoing of ash. Both meanings fit rather well for the events of the Catacendre. |
== See Also == |
== See Also == |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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|next=Remaking of [[Scadrial]] |
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|prev=Death of [[Ati]] and [[Vin]] |
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{{Mistborn}} |
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{{cosmere}} |
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