Difference between revisions of "Pits of Hathsin"

The '''Pits of Hathsin''' wereare a system of caves near [[Luthadel]] on [[Scadrial]] at the time of the [[Final Empire]] in which [[atium]] crystals grewgrow.

It wasis also a [[skaa]] labor camp the [[Lord Ruler]] set up to mine atium crystals. It servedserves the dual purpose of punishing skaa criminals and concealing the location of the atium mines, as the prisoners could notcannot leave.

[[Allomancy]] could notcannot be used to retrieve the crystals, because an [[Iron]]pull would causedcause them to shatter, so the imprisoned skaa hadhave to mine it by hand.

All skaa in the Pits hadhave small scratches along their arms from the jagged crystals. The Pits wereare overseen by [[House Venture]]. Each skaa hadhas to find an atium geode every week; if they failedfail, they wereare savagely beaten to death savagely.

[[Kelsier]] wasis the only known person to survive the Pits. He was there with his wife [[Mare]] as punishment for sneaking into the [[Kredik Shaw]]. Mare died in the Pits, and Kelsier [[Snap]]s and escapes.

Only days before the fall of the [[Final Empire]], Kelsier returnedreturns to the Pits, destroying all the atium crystals he couldcan find, and setting all the skaa prisoners free.

After the Collapse of the Final Empire and the end of the atium mining, the Pits in the Central Dominance becamebecome the new home of the Terris people, as the remaining infrastructure from the old mining camp hadhave buildings, shelters, and most importantly, fresh water along with farm crops of resilient hardy plants adapted to ash that neededneed little water. Once settled, the Terris people improvedimprove the valley, building more structures, brushing ash from the plant foliage to provide grazing for the adapted short-legged sheep that roamed the hills, and returning to their heritage of herding, before the Lord Ruler's Ascension. The Terris people's lives becamebecome easier than most on Scadrial, living in pastoral villages that replacedreplace the once brutal prison camps.

The Pits wereare also the location of a [[Ruin's Shardpool|Shardpool]] that wasis the liquid form of [[Ruin]], similar to theas the [[Well of Ascension]] wasis to [[Preservation]].{{ref|?|691|15|Does Ruin have a pool similar to the Well of Ascension?}}

After the events of the [[Final Ascension]], the crystals in the Pits wereare ultimately removed by [[Harmony]].{{ref|?|727|20|The Well (and the small wells in the Pits) is no more. For now at least.}} It is, however, possible that they have since been recreated. Harmony is doing something to reduce Ruin's power to balance out the power Preservation lost to humankind.{{ref|?|977|85|How is Harmony balanced?}} It is possible that the crystals are now in the [[Pits of Eltania]].