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== The Final Empire ==
Vin does not remember when she got the earring, but [[Reen]] told her the story. [[Vin's mother|theirTheir mother]] was [[wikipedia:schizophrenia|schizophrenic]] and,{{wob ref|8031}} one day,allowing [[Ruin]] spoketo speak to her. Ruin made her love Vin but hate her sister,{{wob ref|8031}} promptingleading 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}}
 
When Vin begins learning [[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, as Allomancers cannot affect metal that pierces the skin and it could be a useful back-up weapon.{{book ref|mb1|8}} When training in the use of [[bronze#Allomantic Use|Allomantic bronze]] with Marsh, she tells him the story of how she got the earring.{{book ref|mb1|20}}

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