Editing Malatium

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|allomancy=See the past or alternate versions of others

|type=God Metal alloy

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|I could never figure out how this blasted metal was supposed to work.

|Kelsier{{book ref|mb1|35}}

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'''Malatium''' is an alloy of [[atium]] and [[gold]].{{book ref|mb3|part=ars}}{{wob ref|6086}} The exact use is unclear; it allows an [[Allomancer]] to see either who another person was in the past, or who they could have become if they had made different choices. This metal is referred to in legend as the '''Eleventh Metal'''. It is described as being silvery white in color, similar to porcelain.{{book ref|mb1|35}}{{book ref|mb1|4}}

Malatium acts as a counterpart to [[atium]], in that it allows an Allomancer to see into another person's past.{{book ref|mb3|5}}

Flaring malatium allows an Allomancer to see not just a malatium shadow of a person, but seems to give them a glimpse into the [[Spiritual Realm]], allowing them to see a vision of a past event in another person's life by seeing their [[Connection]] and their past.{{msh ref|1|1}}{{ref|group=nb|text=Given the only circumstance in which this effect is seen, it may be a result of flaring malatium at the moment of death and transition to the [[Cognitive Realm]], rather than a result of simply flaring the metal in and of itself.}}

Malatium is different from other Allomantic metals in that, when it is burned, the Allomancer does not draw upon the power of Preservation. Instead, its effects are powered by Ruin's [[Investiture]] in the atium of the alloy.{{wob ref|8028}}

When used as a [[Hemalurgic]] spike, malatium steals some unknown trait or quality.

== History ==

While learning [[Allomancy]] from [[Gemmel]], [[Kelsier]] infiltrates [[Keep Shezler]] and, after defeating the Mistborn [[Antillius Shezler]], comes across Shezler's notes theorizing about a possible eleventh Allomantic metal.{{book ref|11m}} Even after becoming [[Harmony]], [[Sazed]] could not find any prior legends about an eleventh metal and concluded that the legends were likely fabricated by [[Ruin]] to help drive Kelsier's plan to kill the [[Lord Ruler]].{{epigraph ref|mb3|24}} Between Shezler's apparent mental instability,{{book ref|11m}} which might have allowed Ruin to speak to him, and Ruin's ability to manipulate text, it is entirely plausible that Ruin could have been behind the creation of Shezler's notes. Furthermore, Gemmel, the person who directed Kelsier to Keep Shezler and drew his attention to Shezler's notes in the first place, showed signs of being manipulated by Ruin,{{book ref|11m}} suggesting that Ruin was indeed intentionally leading Kelsier to the notes. Ruin later claimed that he was in fact responsible for manipulating Kelsier into "discovering" the metal.{{msh ref|6|1}}

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