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Added that what we know of as Atium is an Atium-electrum alloy, not sure how to source it yet, but I'll try to come back to that.
(At the moment, we're not treating nalatium as a confirmed name or including any speculation about anything beyond what Brandon said in the stream, and are also holding off on really reworking things as this is potentially a major retcon and it's not clear what exactly it means in detail) |
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'''Atium''' is a [[God Metal]]. Pure Atium has not been seen, in the books what they call "Atium" is actually an atium-electrum alloy. 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; to regain the power contained in the atium, Ruin would have needed to manifest in some way.{{wob ref|14839}}
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