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{{item
|type=Jewelry
|function=[[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgic]] spike <small>([[Allomancy|Allomantic]] [[bronze#Allomantic Use|bronze]])</small>{{epigraph ref|mb3|73}}
|creators=[[Vin's mother]], [[Vin's sister]]
|owner=Vin
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[Mistborn Era 1]]
}}
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|Reen said that he came home one day and found my mother covered in blood. She'd killed my baby sister. Messily. Me, however, she hadn’t touched&mdash;except to give me an earring.
|[[Vin]] explaining how she got the earring to [[Marsh]]{{book ref|mb1|20}}
}}
'''Vin's earring''' is a simple piece, a small, silver-plated bronze stud.{{wob ref|5957}}{{article ref|Hemalurgy|post=&nbsp;- [[Bronze]] steals mental Allomancy}} [[Vin]] wears it from [[Vin's sister|her sister's]] death until [[Marsh]] rips it out just prior to her Ascension.{{book ref|mb3|72}} It is also a [[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgic]] spike that enhances Vin's [[bronze#Allomantic Use|Allomantic bronze]].{{epigraph ref|mb3|73}}
 
== The Final Empire ==
Vin does not remember when she got the earring, but [[Reen]] told her the story. [[Vin's mother|their mother]] heardwas voices[[wikipedia:schizophrenia|schizophrenic]] and,{{wob ref|8031}} one day, [[Ruin]] spoke to her, prompting her to kill Vin's sister with the earring, then put the earring in Vin's ear. Since Vin's sister was a [[[bronze#Allomantic Use|Seeker]], this turned the earring into a Hemalurgic spike. When Reen returned home, he found Vin in her mother's lap, who was proclaiming Vin a queen, with the body of Vin's sister at her mother's feet. Reen then took Vin, and the two fled, leaving their mother behind.{{book ref|mb1|20}}{{book ref|mb2|44}}
 
When Vin begins learning [[Allomancy]], she asks [[Kelsier]] if she will have to get rid of her earring, as Allomancers try to limit the amount of metal they carry on their persons. He tells her it is fine to keep it, so long as it stays in her body, as Allomancers cannot affect metal that pierces the skin and it could be a useful back-up weapon.{{book ref|mb1|8}} When training in the use of [[bronze#Allomantic Use|Allomantic bronze]] with Marsh, she tells him the story of how she got the earring.{{book ref|mb1|20}}
 
When Vin confronts the [[Rashek|Lord Ruler]] during the [[Collapse]], he rips the earring out of her ear with a [[Steel#Allomantic use|Steelpush]]. Vin then draws on the [[mist]]s to fuel her Allomancy, and is able to kill the Lord Ruler.{{book ref|mb1|38}} Vin recovers the earring after the fight is over.{{book ref|mb1|epilogue}}
 
== The Hero of Ages ==
In the [[Words of Founding]], [[Sazed]] explained that [[Vin's sister]] was a [[[bronze#Allomantic Use|Seeker]], that her death had turned the earring into a Hemalurgic spike, and that the earring was why Vin was able to pierce [[copper#Allomantic User|copperclouds]].{{epigraph ref|mb3|73}} BecauseHe Vinalso wearsnoted that the earring,foothold [[Ruin]]the isearring ablegave toRuin speakin withVin's hermind directly,allowed andhim doesto sosubtly throughoutencourage thisher bookto whenever she iscontinue wearing it.{{epigraph Duringref|mb3|75}} aBy fightthe intime whichshe joined [[MarshKelsier's crew]], under[[Preservation]] Ruin'shad control,nearly isgotten attemptingher to killstop Vin,wearing hethe earring. She put it in before recognizesstarting her earringAllomantic fortraining whatwith itKelsier, ishowever, and isthen ablecontinued to resistwear theafter controlhe ofsuggested Ruinshe enoughkeep toit removeas ita fromback-up herweapon.{{epigraph ear,ref|mb3|epilogue}}{{book therebyref|mb1|8}} savingSazed Vin'salso lifewrote andthat enablinghe herskill towith utilizeAllomancy likely came from drawing in some of the [[mist]]s as a child, when she wasn't wearing the earring.{{bookepigraph ref|mb3|72epilogue}}
 
Once Ruin was free, he was able to use its nature as a Hemalurgic spike to speak with her directly.{{wob ref|5957}}
 
After [[Aradan Yomen]] captures Vin in [[Fadrex City]], he takes the earring, but then returns it to her in a controlled environment. He expressed surprise at the fact that it is made of [[bronze]] and silver, as other metals are far more useful in Allomancy, and was further surprised when Vin didn't attack after receiving the earring.{{book ref|mb3|54}}{{wob ref|5957}}
 
When [[Marsh]] arrives in [[Fadrex City]], Vin used a [[duralumin#Allomantic Use|duralumin-enhanced]] [[steel#Allomantic Use|Steelpush]] on the earring, pushing it straight through his head.{{book ref|mb3|65}} When they again fought in [[Luthadel]], Marsh realized that earring was a Hemalurgic spike and managed to resist Ruin's control long enough to rip it from her ear. With the earring removed, Vin was at last able to draw upon the mists and defeat the [[Steel Inquisitor]]s who were attacking her, before Ascending as [[Preservation]].{{book ref|mb3|72}}{{book ref|mb3|73}}
 
== Trivia ==
* Vin's earringwore wasthe putearring in her left ear.{{wob ref|11451}}
 
== Notes ==
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