Difference between revisions of "Invested Art"

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|Investiture is finicky. Usually requires specific things—Intent, Commands, familiarity—to manipulate.

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An '''Invested Art''', sometimes referred to as '''arcana''', is a magic system in the [[cosmere]].{{wob ref|14446}} Invested Arts can vary wildly in their appearance, mechanics, and effects, but they all involved practitioners being Initiated and using their abilities to manipulate [[Investiture]].{{book ref|elantris|part=ars}} Planets, [[Shard]]s, and the fundamental forces that make up the cosmere all affect an arcana's function and powers.{{wob ref|11844}}

The amount of influence a Shard has on a magic system can be examined through a few different changes that have occurred to Invested Arts and the amount of control different Shards have had on those changes. As part of the plan to defeat [[Ruin]], [[Preservation]] altered Allomancy as a clue for mankind.{{epigraph ref|mb3|71}} Preservation replaced [[cadmium]] and [[bendalloy]] with [[atium]] and [[malatium]] among the Allomantic metals.{{wob ref|16082}} One-sixteenth of those who fell sick from the mists remained sick for sixteen days, Snapping into atium [[Misting]]s.{{book ref|mb3|81}} Similarly, [[Harmony]] healed [[Spook]]'s [[savantism]], changed him from a [[tin]] Misting to a [[Allomancy#Types of Allomancers|Mistborn]],{{book ref|mb3|epilogue}} and altered how [[Snapping]] works.{{wob ref|4242}}

 

 

Before his death, [[Honor]] placed limits on the powers of the [[Bondsmith]]s.{{book ref|sa4|111}} The extent to which Shards are capable of controlling the Invested Arts associated with their power is unclear, but a living Shard can actively influence it in some way.

 

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