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{{item
|type=Jewelry
|function=[[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgic]] spike <small>([[Allomancy|Allomantic]] [[bronze#Allomantic Use|bronze]])</small>
|creators=[[Vin's mother]], [[Vin's sister]]
|owner=Vin
|world=Scadrial
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[Mistborn Era 1]]
}}
'''Vin's Earringearring''' is a simple piece, a small, silver-plated bronze stud.{{annotationwob ref|mb3|chapter=54|link=annotation-mistborn-3-chapter-fifty-four5957}}{{article ref|Hemalurgy|post=&nbsp;- [[Bronze]] steals mental Allomancy}} She[[Vin]] wears it infrom all[[Vin's threesister|her bookssister's]] indeath theuntil original[[Marsh]] rips it out just prior to her Ascension.{{book ref|mb3|72}} It is also a [[MistbornHemalurgy|Hemalurgic]] trilogyspike 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]] heard voices and, 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}}
In [[Mistborn: The Final Empire]], [[Vin]] is described as having an earring given to her by mother. As she is learning about 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. It is later revealed in this book that [[Vin's mother]] gave Vin the earring after having killed her sister rather "messily." ▼
 
In the finale of the first book, the [[Lord Ruler]] Allomantically rips Vin's earring out of her ear. Vin then draws on the power of mists and is able to kill the Lord Ruler. She recovers the earring after the fight is over.▼
▲InWhen [[Mistborn:Vin Thebegins Final Empire]],learning [[VinAllomanc]] is described as having an earring given to her by mother. As she is learning about Allomancyy, 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. ItWhen is later revealedtraining in thisthe bookuse thatof [[Vin'sbronze#Allomantic motherUse|Allomantic bronze]] gavewith VinMarsh, theshe earringtells afterhim havingthe killedstory herof sisterhow rathershe "messilygot the earring."{{book ref|mb1|20}}
 
▲InWhen theVin finale ofconfronts the first[[Rashek|Lord book,Ruler]] during the [[Lord RulerCollapse]], Allomanticallyhe rips Vin'sthe earring out of her ear with a [[Steel#Allomantic use|Steelpush]]. Vin then draws on the power[[mist]]s ofto mistsfuel her Allomancy, and is able to kill the Lord Ruler.{{book Sheref|mb1|38}} Vin recovers the earring after the fight is over.{{book ref|mb1|epilogue}}
 
== The Well of Ascension ==
After Vin attacked [[Ashweather Cett|Cett's]] forces in [[Luthadel]], she hid in [[Camon's safe house]], where [[TenSoon]] eventually found her. [[Elend Venture|Elend]] then came to comfort her, and she told him the story of how she got the earring.
When Vin takes the power of [[Preservation]] in [[The Well of Ascension]], her earring pains her. At the time, she does not realize that it is because her earring is actually a hemalurgic spike reacting against Preservation's power, but instead assumes it is because the earring is made of metal. She then proceeds to remove all other sources of metal from her body. ▼
 
▲When Vin takes the power of [[Preservation]] in [[The Well of Ascension]], her earring pains her. At the time, she does not realize that it is because her earring is actually a hemalurgicHemalurgic spike reacting against Preservation's power, but instead assumes it is because the earring is made of metal. She then proceeds to remove all other sources of metal from her body.{{book ref|mb2|58}}
 
== The Hero of Ages ==
In the [[The HeroWords of AgesFoudning]], [[Sazed]] explained that [[Vin's earringsister]] is revealed to bewas a hemalurgic[[[bronze#Allomantic spike.Use|Seeker]], Herthat motherher killeddeath herhad sisterturned (whothe wasearring into a [[bronze|Seeker]])Hemalurgic spike, and putthat itthe inearring Vin'swas ear. This explainswhy Vin's abilitywas able to penetratepierce most[[copper#Allomantic User|copperclouds]].{{epigraph ref|mb3|73}} Because Vin wears the earring, [[Ruin]] is able to speak with her directly, and does so throughout this book whenever she is wearing it. During a fight in which [[Marsh]], under Ruin's control, is attempting to kill Vin, he recognizes her earring for what it is, and is able to resist the control of Ruin enough to remove it from her ear, thereby saving Vin's life and enabling her to utilize the [[Mist]]s.{{book ref|mb3|72}}
 
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