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'''Snapping''' is the process by which someone gains the powers of [[Allomancy]] on [[Scadrial]]. |
'''Snapping''' is the process by which someone gains the powers of [[Allomancy]] on [[Scadrial]]. |
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− | Snapping commonly occurs when a Misting or Mistborn undergoes heavy stress and pain, often in a near-death situation, causing them to trigger latent Allomantic abilities. |
+ | Snapping commonly occurs when a Misting or Mistborn undergoes heavy stress and pain, often in a near-death situation, causing them to trigger latent Allomantic abilities. |
− | + | Children of confirmed noble bloodlines often undergo a planned beating as a test to see if they Snap. Later, however, the mists cause sickness in people, triggering their own Snapping; this process is started by [[Preservation]], but is manipulated by [[Ruin]] into killing people, thus raising superstitions about the mists being dangerous. |
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− | The length |
+ | The length a person has "mist sickness" relates to their Allomantic powers and abilities. |
− | During the time the mists are Snapping people in [[The Hero of Ages]], they also raise the Allomantic potential of the people they Snap so that exactly 16% are Snapped |
+ | During the time the mists are Snapping people in [[The Hero of Ages]], they also raise the Allomantic potential of the people they Snap so that exactly 16% are Snapped. |
− | At some point after the [[Final Ascension]], [[Harmony]] is disturbed by the process of Snapping and alters the way it operates, but it is not clear how Snapping works now.{{ |
+ | At some point after the [[Final Ascension]], [[Harmony]] is disturbed by the process of Snapping and alters the way it operates, but it is not clear how Snapping works now.{{qa ref|704|26|Are people still ''Snapping'' in ''Alloy of Law''|date=2011-11-14|interview=Twitter Tor Chat (Cosmere)}} |
== Known Snappings == |
== Known Snappings == |
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+ | * [[Kelsier]] Snaps after [[Mare]] dies, while he is imprisoned in the [[Pits of Hathsin]].{{book ref|mb1|17}} |
− | * [[Clubs]] Snaps during his time fighting rebels in the southeast.{{wob ref|7707}}{{wob ref|7544}} |
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* [[Marsh]] Snaps after his mother is taken away by [[obligator]]s.{{book ref|mb1|20}} |
* [[Marsh]] Snaps after his mother is taken away by [[obligator]]s.{{book ref|mb1|20}} |
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− | * [[Vin]] Snaps while she is being born, during her mother's "unusually difficult labor".{{epigraph ref|mb3|epilogue}} |
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* [[Spook]] Snaps when he is five years old and can barely remember the event as an adult.{{book ref|mb1|32}} |
* [[Spook]] Snaps when he is five years old and can barely remember the event as an adult.{{book ref|mb1|32}} |
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− | * [[ |
+ | * [[Vin]] Snaps while she is being born, during her mother's "unusually difficult labor".{{book ref|mb3|epilogue}} |
− | * Many soldiers in [[Elend]]'s army, including [[Demoux]], were Snapped by the [[mist]]s.{{book ref|mb3|81}} |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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