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==== Snapping ====
In the [[Final Empire]], children of confirmed noble bloodlines often undergo a planned beating as a test to see if they Snap, as Snapping commonly occurs when a Misting or Mistborn undergoes heavy stress and pain, often in a near-death situation, causing them to trigger latent Allomantic abilities.
In the [[Final Empire]] era of Scadrial, Snapping required immense trauma that was usually inflicted by an intense beating at a young age. It was possible for Allomancers to Snap from intense positive emotion, but this is much less common.{{wob ref|8025}} It is also possible to Snap from false emotions, caused by Soothing and Rioting.{{wob ref|3871}} It was said that the more powerful the Allomancer, the more intense the trauma had to be to Snap.{{wob ref|7526}} After the [[Final Ascension]], [[Harmony]] changed the way Snapping operated, but it is unknown how it was altered.{{wob ref|6888}} After an Allomancer has Snapped, they will have access to their full power, and do not have to build to reach their full potential such as with Surgebinding.▼
According to [[Realmatic Theory]], this creates a crack on the soul which the power can fit into. There are some similarities on this to other magic systems, such as the [[Knights Radiant]] all being "broken" as indicated by [[Syl]].{{wob ref|5469}}{{book ref|sa2|68}}.
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After the [[Final Ascension]], [[Harmony]] changed the way Snapping operated, but it is unknown how it was altered.{{wob ref|6888}}{{wob ref|4242}} After an Allomancer has Snapped, they will have access to their full power, and do not have to build to reach their full potential such as with Surgebinding.
===== Mist Sickness =====
In the run up to the [[Catacendre]], however, the mists cause sickness in people, triggering their own Snapping; this process is started by [[Preservation]], but is manipulated by [[Ruin]] into killing people, thus raising superstitions about the mists being dangerous.
The length a person has "mist sickness" relates to their Allomantic powers and abilities. The most powerful [[atium]] mistings are sick for the longest time.
During the time the mists are Snapping people in [[The Hero of Ages]], they also raise the Allomantic potential of the people they Snap so that exactly 16% are Snapped.{{book ref|mb3|21}} The number is a hint left by Preservation for humans to understand.
===== Known Snappings =====
* [[Kelsier]] Snaps after [[Mare]] dies, while he is imprisoned in the [[Pits of Hathsin]].{{book ref|mb1|17}}
* [[Marsh]] Snaps after his mother is taken away by [[obligator]]s.{{book ref|mb1|20}}
* [[Spook]] Snaps when he is five years old and can barely remember the event as an adult.{{book ref|mb1|32}}
* [[Vin]] Snaps while she is being born, during her mother's "unusually difficult labor".{{epigraph ref|mb3|epilogue}}
=== Savantism ===
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