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|Death is not evil, Kelsier. Death is necessary.

Ati considers Vin one of his greatest agents, and has taken great pains to twist her to his purposes in order to have an appropriate tool to bring about the end.{{book ref|mb3|57}} She was selected at birth due to an unusual combination of circumstances: she herself a [[Allomancy|Mistborn]], with a [[Seeker]] sister and an insane mother whom Ruin could influence. As such, he drove the mother to kill the sister and put her power into a Hemalurgic spike that would become Vin's earring.{{epigraph ref|mb3|74}}

 

 

In the period following his release, Ruin frequently speaks to Vin, trying to beat down her spirit and ensure she would not fulfill [[Preservation]]'s plans for her. However, it's this very gloating that makes Vin realize that she's not speaking with a force of nature but a person, with very human failings. Rather than feeling defeat, she begins to hope once more that Ruin could be defeated.{{book ref|mb3|57}} Ati's final mistake with Vin is killing Elend, thinking it would push her to the depths of despair. Instead, she rallies and, freed from her last tie to the world of the living, challenges him directly, killing them both.{{book ref|mb3|81}}

== Trivia ==

* If Ati managed to give up Ruin without dying, his personality would return to something closer to the original one, though his nature as a [[Sliver]] would leave a permanent mark on his psyche.{{wob ref|3009}}

 

== Notes ==