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'''Kwaan's |
'''Kwaan's incription''' is a message written in [[steel]] by [[Kwaan]], warning about [[Ruin]]'s corruption of the [[Terris prophecies]] and denouncing [[Alendi]]. |
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After the [[Lord Ruler]] killed Kwaan, he kept the inscription as a reminder of his old life,{{wob ref|5764}} and it was eventually housed in the [[Conventical of Seran]]. After the [[Collapse]], [[Sazed]] discovered it when he visited the Conventical with [[Marsh]], and he took a rubbing of it for later study.{{book ref|mb2|12}} Unfortunately [[Ruin]] modified it, tricking [[Vin]] into giving up the power of the [[Well of Ascension]] and letting him back into the world.{{book ref|mb2|58}} After Ruin's release, Sazed returned to the Conventical to read the unmodified version.{{book ref|mb2|epilogue}} |
After the [[Lord Ruler]] killed Kwaan, he kept the inscription as a reminder of his old life,{{wob ref|5764}} and it was eventually housed in the [[Conventical of Seran]]. After the [[Collapse]], [[Sazed]] discovered it when he visited the Conventical with [[Marsh]], and he took a rubbing of it for later study.{{book ref|mb2|12}} Unfortunately [[Ruin]] modified it, tricking [[Vin]] into giving up the power of the [[Well of Ascension]] and letting him back into the world.{{book ref|mb2|58}} After Ruin's release, Sazed returned to the Conventical to read the unmodified version.{{book ref|mb2|epilogue}} |
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Here, Ruin replaces the title Kwaan earned among the |
Here, Ruin replaces the title Kwaan earned among the Worldbringers with the title that the Church of the Survivor chose for Sazed himself, to encourage Sazed to believe the prophecies, and to think himself and Vin part of them. |
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Here Ruin directly removes a portion of the text to hide the realization of some greater deception that is occuring. |
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| "Alendi must not reach the Well of Ascension''', for he must not |
| "Alendi must not reach the Well of Ascension''', for he must not release the thing that is imprisoned there'''." {{epigraph ref|mb2|59}} |
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