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== Categories ==
Within each Invested Art, the spiritwebs of the practiioners can be viewed as a closed system. The Investiture used to create an effect can come from one of he following three categories within the closed loop.
;End-neutral: For an act of Investiture to be considered end-neutral, power is neither gained nor lost{{book ref|aol|part=ars}}. A practitioner manipulates power that already exists or power that comes from themselves.▼
;End-negative: In the practice of an end-negative Investiture, some power is lost.{{book ref|aol|part=ars}} End-negative Investiture is very rare.{{wob ref|1084}}▼
Allomancy draws Investiture from [[Preservation]] in a similar way to [[AonDor]] pulling power from the [[Dor]]; both are considered End-Positive since they add power to the Allomancer or Elantrian. Allomantic [[Atium]] draws power from [[Ruin]]'s concentrated Physical form, but is still considered End-Positive as the power comes from an outside source. [[Stormlight]] acts as an external source to the [[Surge]]s, so the system is also end-positive.▼
▲While every type of Investiture can be classified along these categories,{{wob ref|1084}} it is most useful when applied to the [[Metallic Arts]].{{wob ref|171}} Allomancy draws Investiture from [[Preservation]] in a similar way to [[AonDor]] pulling power from the [[Dor]]; both are considered
▲For an act of Investiture to be considered end-neutral, power is neither gained nor lost{{book ref|aol|part=ars}}. A practitioner manipulates power that already exists or power that comes from themselves.
These categories don't always apply well to other Invested Arts because of differences in how the system is defined when analyzing the net gain or loss of Investiture.
Awakening is also considered end-neutral, even though color is lost.{{wob ref|6738}} If defining the sstem as a single practitioner, Awakening could appear to be either end-positive or end-negative depending on whether they give or receive [[Breath]]s.{{wob ref|171}} However, the same number of Breaths will exist across all Awakeners, and Breath is what fuels the magic, therefore it is considered end-neutral.{{wob ref|3872}}{{wob ref|6738}} [[Surgebinding]] is a magic system whose classification is debatable by arcanists. Surgebinders typically use Investiture that already exists in the system in the form of [[spheres]] to power their magic. Functionally, however, putting Investiture in s sphere merely causes a time delay between adding it to the system and using it to fuel powers, as seen when [[Knights Radiant|Radiants]] pull Investiture directly from the [[highstorm]] or [[Honor's Perpendicularity]] to fuel abilities. As such, most arcanists accept end-positive as the proper Surgebinding classification.{{wob ref|3859}}
Most Invested Arts are end-positive,{{wob ref|171}} with some end-neutral.{{wob ref|1084}} End-nagative Invested Arts are extremely rare, with only [[Hemalurgy]] and one currently unknown one classified that way.{{wob ref|2748}}
▲In the practice of an end-negative Investiture, some power is lost.{{book ref|aol|part=ars}} End-negative Investiture is very rare.{{wob ref|1084}}
== Common Powers ==
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