Difference between revisions of "Pits of Hathsin"

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After the Collapse of the Final Empire and the end of the atium mining, the Pits in the Central Dominance become the new home of the Terris people, as the remaining infrastructure from the old mining camp have buildings, shelters, and most importantly, fresh water along with farm crops of resilient hardy plants adapted to ash that need little water. Once settled, the Terris people improve 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 become easier than most on Scadrial, living in pastoral villages that replace the once brutal prison camps.

 

 

After the events of the [[Final Ascension]], atium is no longer formed within the crystals of the Pits; the atium may or may not regrow in the future.{{qa ref|727|20|The Well (and the small wells in the Pits) is no more. For now at least.|date=2008-10-15}} However, it is possible that - since the Pits of Hathsin were preserved - Harmony is doing something to reduce Ruin's power to balance out the extra power that Preservation invested in humankind.{{qa ref|977|85|How is Harmony balanced?|date=2012-09}} It is possible that the crystals are now in the [[Pits of Eltania]].