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{{metal
|allomancy=See the near-future of others
|misting=Seer
|feruchemy=Store age
|hemalurgy=Steal any power
|type=God Metal ([[Ruin]])
}}
'''Atium''' is a god metal. An Allomancer burning atium is able to see into the future by a few seconds. Feruchemists can use atium to store youthfulness, and when used as a Hemalurgic spike, atium steals any property or power. The metal is a reflective, silvery color, so much so that beads of atium almost appear to be drops of liquid.{{book ref|mb1|13}}
Atium is notable as it is the condensed power of the [[Shard]] [[Ruin]]. As a result, an Allomancer burning atium does not draw on [[Preservation]]'s power; instead, the [[Investiture]] of the metal provides the power.{{wob ref|8028}} It was sequestered away at the Pits of Hathsin by [[Preservation]] when the latter gave up his mind to trap Ruin.
Presumably, the name "atium" is inherited from [[Ati]], the name of the original holder of the Shard Ruin, just as the name "[[lerasium]]" is inherited from [[Leras]], the original holder of the Shard Preservation. Atium cannot be combined with lerasium to make [[harmonium]], nor can harmonium be broken down into atium and lerasium. While it would not be possible to get atium and lerasium from harmonium through distillation or other mundane methods, it may be possible through some other method.{{wob ref|12145}}
== Allomantic Use ==
An atium [[Misting]] is known as a '''Seer'''. Burning atium allows the user to see a few seconds into the future, by producing atium shadows of everything in sight. These shadows perform future actions. Burning atium expands the user's mind to be able to accept and process all of the information, even allowing the Allomancer to dodge incoming attacks from behind.
Atium shadows, while hard to beat, are not impossible. The most common way to fight effectively against a Seer is by using another atium Allomancer, as when two Allomancers burn atium at the same time, the shadows they see will split into a multitude of possibilities, as a positive feedback loop is created by each person trying to predict a future the other has just changed. This effect will also occur when fighting against a electrum Allomancer, due to the nature of that metal's ability. It would also be possible to best a Seer by Compounding steel. While a steel Compounder would not be able to move faster than an atium Allomancer, they could potentially move faster than the Seer is able to process the information they are gaining through their abilities.{{wob ref|244}}
Burning [[duralumin]] with atium will allow Allomancers to see the ultimate effects of their actions,{{book ref|mag|15}} allowing them to peer into the [[Spiritual Realm]].{{wob ref|3610}} Aluminum objects do not generate atium shadows.{{wob ref|6870}}▼
▲Burning [[duralumin]] with atium will allow Allomancers to see
=== Savantism ===
An Allomantic atium savant can sense
== Feruchemical Use ==
Atium, when used by a Feruchemist, stores youthfulness. When storing youthfulness, the Feruchemist spends time older. When tapping youthfulness, the Feruchemist then spends time younger.
== Alloys ==
Atium may also be alloyed with any of the other Allomatic metals. However the only currently known atium alloy is [[malatium]], an atium-gold alloy. These alloys grant various expanded mental and temporal effects when burned.{{wob ref|4615}}
== Around the Cosmere ==
Atium (and its alloys) can be made into weapons, which can be very useful for doing things like resisting [[Shardblade]]s.{{wob ref|13824}}
== History ==
{{image|Atium Shadow by Danrossidraws.jpg|[[Vin]] burning atium|width=350px|side=right}}
As atium is a god metal, it does not form naturally. The metal only came to exist when [[Preservation]] stole a chunk of Ruin's power and created the Pits of Hathsin, where atium grows in crystals, to deny Ruin's access of part of his power. During the Final Empire, atium is classified as one of the two high metals along with gold and was thought to be only accessible to [[Allomancy|Mistborn]]. However, atium mistings did exist. Due to the scarcity of atium and the [[Lord Ruler]]'s intended misleading,{{wob ref|8037}} such existence was unknown to most people until the exception of [[Aradan Yomen]] occurred. The [[Steel Ministry]] sometimes blend atium into food during a ball, to find out hidden atium mistings.{{wob ref|6119}} These people can be used to make [[Steel Inquisitors]] or put to other usages.{{wob ref|8038}}
Actually, the atium mistings are not natural. Supposedly, there are only sixteen kinds of Mistings, one for each kind of basic metal. But Preservation altered this as a part of his plan to defeat Ruin. The atium Mistings serve as a way to burn away Ruin's power without being affected so much by the destructive [[Shard|
After the
=== Atium Mining ===
During the time of the [[Final Empire]], atium could only be mined at the [[Pits of Hathsin]], run by the nobles of [[House Venture]]. Several days before the fall of the Final Empire, because of [[Kelsier]]'s second visit to the Pits, the atium mine is destroyed.
After the [[Catacendre]], it is possible that atium still grows somewhere, but nothing is known about it.{{cite}}
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*Atium was modeled after platinum, and would be considered a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platinum_group platinum group] metal.{{wob ref|10577}}
== Notes ==
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