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|related=[[Shard]]s, [[Investiture]]
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[Mistborn (series)|Mistborn]], [[The Stormlight Archive]], [[The Sunlit Man]]
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'''God Metals''' are the solid manifestation of a [[Shard]] of [[Adonalsium]]'s [[Investiture]].{{book ref|mb6|part=ars}}
== Characteristics & Attributes ==
The God Metals are metals formed directly from a [[Shard]] and can be made from any Shard.{{wob ref|2530}} Creating a God Metal without a Shard is extremely difficult, but possible.{{wob ref|14137}} They can be alloyed with the lesser metals to form sixteen different metals each, though few are known.{{wob ref|7624}} They can also be alloyed with each other.{{wob ref|11949}} Besides having an [[Allomancy|Allomantic]], a [[Feruchemy|Feruchemical]], and a [[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgic]] property, each God Metal can also do something else.{{wob ref|6082}} The existence of God Metals is one reason why metal is so weird in the cosmere.{{wob ref|15158}}
A Mistborn could burn any God Metal,{{wob ref|14753}} though doing so may require a [[Connection]] to the metal's Shard.{{wob ref|4205}} Some God Metals can be used by anyone.{{wob ref|15145}}
When measured by a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_spectrometer spectroscope] while being heated, [[trellium]] appears to emit a full spectrum of light at the same intensity as if it is a pure white color, except in the red frequencies where the readings jump above the maximum.{{book ref|mb7|13}} [[Waxillium Ladrian]] notes that this is a physical impossibility and [[harmonium]] is the only other time he has seen anything similar, suggesting that it is an identifiable trait of God Metals.{{book ref|mb7|13}} It is unknown what determines the color where the reading will spike for an individual God Metal, and whether hybrid metals have one spike or several. This bears some resemblance to the impossible rainbows that form when the light given off by one of the [[Lights#Physical Properties|Rosharan Lights]] is split by a prism.{{book ref|sa4|65}}
If a Shard is [[Splinter]]ed, God Metals that existed before will remain unaffected.{{wob ref|12055}} Change of Shard's Vessel may over time cause properties of its God Metal to change.{{wob ref|16588}} As name of the God Metal is usually derived by adding suffix "-ium" to the Vessel's name, people might start calling the metal by a new name to reflect the new Vessel.{{wob ref|2554}}{{wob ref|14874}}
God metals have interactions of some kind with both [[fabrial]]s and [[Aether spores]], just like normal metals.{{wob ref|16243}}
== Known God Metals ==
{| class='infobox' width=100%
! God Metal !! [[Shard]]
|-
| [[Lerasium]] || [[Preservation]]
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| [[Atium]] || [[Ruin]]
|-
| [[Harmonium]] || [[Harmony]]
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| Tanavastium{{wob ref|13996}} || [[Honor]]
|-
| [[Raysium]] || [[Odium]]
|-
| [[Trellium]] || [[Autonomy]]
|}
=== Lerasium ===
:''Main article:'' [[Lerasium]]
Lerasium is the God Metal corresponding to the Shard [[Preservation]]. A normal person burning lerasium becomes a [[Allomancy|Mistborn]] of undiluted power. A Misting or Mistborn burning lerasium drastically increases their powers.{{wob ref|10116}} [[Feruchemist]]s can use lerasium to store an unknown quality, and when used as a [[Hemalurgic]] spike, lerasium steals all abilities.{{file ref|Hemalurgy table.jpg|Hemalurgy Table}}
Alloys of lerasium grant the user the powers of the associated metal, so that if an individual burned a lerasium tin alloy they would become a [[Tineye]].{{wob ref|245}} If alloyed with other God Metals, such as [[bavadinium]], it is theoretically possible for the combined effect to grant abilities from the associated Invested Art.{{wob ref|10624}}
=== Atium ===
:''Main article:'' [[Atium]]
Atium is the God Metal corresponding to the Shard [[Ruin]]. An Allomancer burning atium is able to see a few seconds into the future. Feruchemists can use atium to store youth, and when used as a Hemalurgic spike, atium can steal the power to use any Invested Art.{{file ref|Hemalurgy table.jpg|Hemalurgy Table}}{{wob ref|14896}}
{{ref|text=Note that the Allomantic and Feruchemical effects of atium are the effects of the atium-electrum alloy produced in the [[Pits of Hathsin]], not the true, pure God Metal. Pure atium, when burned, shows a vision of the Spiritual Realm. Its Feruchemical property is unknown. The Hemalurgic property of stealing any ability belongs to pure atium, and not to the Electrum alloy, whose Hemalurgic property is unknown.|group=footnote}}
==== Malatium ====
:''Main article:'' [[Malatium]]
Malatium is an alloy of atium and [[gold]].{{book ref|mb3|part=ars}}{{wob ref|6086}} An Allomancer burning malatium is able to see either who another person was in the past, or who they could have become if they had made different choices.{{book ref|mb3|5}}
=== Harmonium ===
:''Main article:'' [[Harmonium]]
Harmonium is the God Metal corresponding to the Shard [[Harmony]]. Called "ettmetal" in their native tongue, the Southern Scadrians use it to power their technology. Harmonium burns "with a pure whiteness"{{book ref|mb6|22}} when used in Southern Scadrian machinery, and explodes when it is exposed to water (similar to the [[Wikipedia: Alkali metal|alkali metals]]) making it dangerous if not impossible to ingest for Allomantic purposes. Unlike alkali metal reactions, this reaction does not yield a "harmonium oxide," but it will yield "something else relevant to the [[cosmere]]." Harmonium's atomic structure is that of a single element, rather than a compound or alloy.{{wob ref|1663}}
=== Raysium ===
:''Main article:'' [[Raysium]]
Raysium is the God Metal of [[Odium]]. Raysium can naturally conduct Investiture.{{book ref|sa4|84}}
=== Trellium ===
:''Main article:'' [[Trellium]]
Trellium, also known as '''bavadinium''', is the God Metal of [[Autonomy]].{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|4}} It is a silvery metal with a red cast to it, and dark red spots similar to rust.{{book ref|mb5|21}}{{book ref|mb5|epilogue}} Its Allomantic and Feruchemical properties are unknown. It can be used Hemalurgically to steal some, if not all, Allomantic and/or Feruchemical abilities and grant them to [[Kandra]].{{book ref|mb5|epilogue}} It can also be used on humans to create Hemalurgic constructs.{{book ref|mb5|21}}{{wob ref|6261}} Kandra and Hemalurgic constructs with a single spike of trellium will be hidden from Harmony.{{wob ref|6300}} Trellium naturally repels Investiture, including other God Metals.{{book ref|mb7|15}}
=== Shardblades and Shardplate ===
[[Shardblade]]s and [[Shardplate]] are both made out of a mixture of the unnamed God Metals of [[Honor]] and [[Cultivation]]. The precise proportion of the two differs depending on the type of [[spren]] that forms the Blade, or the order to which the Plate belongs; as such, there are at least ten alloys.{{wob ref|11211}}{{wob ref|11949}}{{wob ref|2541}} Like all God Metals, they are Allomantically viable, and thus burnable by a [[Allomancy|Mistborn]], although it's yet to be seen what the effects would be.{{wob ref|13315}} Presumably, they would also have Hemalurgic and Feruchemical effects.{{wob ref|6082}}
=== Honorblades ===
:''Main article:'' [[Honorblade]]
Honorblades are made out of the God Metal of Honor.{{wob ref|13996}}
=== The Dor ===
The [[Dor]] is the remnant of [[Devotion]] and [[Dominion]]'s combined powers after the Shards themselves were Splintered.{{wob ref|2787}}{{wob ref|1533}} There is a God Metal that comes from the Dor.{{wob ref|13354}}
== Anti-God Metals ==
Physical matter is known to have a counterpart called [[Wikipedia: antimatter| antimatter]] - matter composed of antiparticles that share many properties with the particles of ordinary matter, but manifest some of them in an opposite way (e.g. a proton and an antiproton have the same mass, but opposite electric charges and magnetic moments). Raboniel describes this in terms of axi with opposite polarities.{{book ref|sa4|97}} A similar relationship exists between Investiture and anti-Investiture in the cosmere.
An Allomancer ingesting anti-God Metals will die.{{wob ref|16236}}
== Trivia ==
* Striking a chime or bell made of a God Metal would not necessarily produce a similar note to that God Metal's corresponding [[Rhythm#The Pure Tones|Tone]].{{wob ref|15275}}
* Brandon has indicated that the atium present in [[Mistborn Era 1|''Mistborn'' Era 1]] is actually an alloy of atium and [[electrum]].{{wob ref|15299}}
* Where God Metals fit on the Periodic Table is planned to be covered in [[Mistborn Era 3|''Mistborn'' Era 3]].{{wob ref|13359}}
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