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'''Atium''' is a
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}}
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
== Allomantic Use ==
{{image|Atium Shadow by Danrossidraws.jpg|[[Vin]] burning atium|width=350px|side=left}}
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. If another Allomancer burning atium is encountered, the atium shadows will split, since each seeing into the other's future means that they can both make different decisions that affect both Allomancers' outcomes. An Allomancer's atium shadow will also split when burning [[electrum]]. [[Harmony]] speculates that atium makes the Allomancer burning it a more efficient killer because it draws upon Ruin's power.{{epigraph ref|mb3|78}} Atium does not enable a person to anticipate emotional Allomancy.{{wob ref|9038}} A [[steel]] Compounder could kill an atium misting.{{wob ref|244}}▼
▲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
Burning [[duralumin]] with atium will allow Allomancers to see farther into the future, by allowing them to peer into the [[Spiritual Realm]].{{book ref|mb3|81}}{{msh ref|6|9}}{{wob ref|3610}} The same effect can occur if a Hemalurgist has enough spikes enhancing their atium.{{wob ref|3610}} Aluminum objects do not generate atium shadows.{{wob ref|6870}}▼
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 an [[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 can predict, they could potentially move faster than the Seer is able to process the information they are gaining through their abilities.{{wob ref|244}} It is possible to defeat an atium Allomancer by using their reactions to the future against them, but is only known to have happened once.{{book ref|mb2|47}}
▲Burning [[duralumin]] with atium will allow Allomancers to see farther into the future, by allowing them to peer into the [[Spiritual Realm]].{{book ref|mb3|81}}{{msh ref|6|9}}{{wob ref|3610}} The same effect can occur if a Hemalurgist has enough spikes enhancing their atium.{{wob ref|3610}} Aluminum objects do not generate atium shadows.{{wob ref|6870}} Atium does not enable a person to anticipate emotional Allomancy.{{wob ref|9038}} A Seer can perceive atium shadows even if they are otherwise blind.{{wob ref|4072}}
== Feruchemical Use ==
Atium, when used by a Feruchemist, stores
=== Compounding ===
== Hemalurgic Use ==
When used as a Hemalurgic spike, atium is like a wild card.{{wob ref|5971}} Depending on where it is placed, it can steal any
== 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}}
== History ==
{{image|Atium
As atium is a
During the Final Empire, atium was classified as one of the two high metals along with gold and was thought to be only usable by [[Allomancy|Mistborn]]. Though atium Mistings—known as Seers—did exist, due to the scarcity of atium and the [[Lord Ruler]]'s obfuscation, their existence was simply unknown to anyone other than a few select members of the [[Steel Ministry]].{{wob ref|8037}} The Ministry worked diligently to find atium Mistings among the nobility, including by occasionally spiking drinks at balls and causing a disturbance to see if anyone's body reacted by instinctively burning the trace amounts of metal and by slipping any non-Allomancers who join the Ministry a bit of atium and then forcing them through a series of physically-draining rituals that will induce their body to burn the metal, if it can.{{wob ref|6119}} Those found to be Seers were told of their power and often rose through the ranks of the Ministry quickly and given important positions where their power could be used for wondrous feats that would help keep people in line and enhance the Ministry's mystique and perceived power.{{wob ref|8038}}
During the time of the [[Final Empire]], atium was mined at the [[Pits of Hathsin]], overseen by the nobles of [[House Venture]].{{book ref|mb1|28}} Most of the atium geodes, however, were secretly opened by [[obligator]]s on staff at the Pits and the atium given to the [[kandra]] to hold in secret, to prevent it from falling into Ruin's hands.{{book ref|mb3|71}} Several days before the fall of the Final Empire, [[Kelsier]] returned to the Pits and used his Allomancy to shatter the crystals that produced atium geodes, stopping atium production for roughly the next three hundred years.{{book ref|mb1|33}}
Shortly after the fall of the Final Empire, as the [[Well of Ascension]] grew close to refilling, the [[mist]]s began their efforts to Snap people into Allomancers, though the trauma of this process was initially perceived as a form of attack or sickness. Sixteen percent of those exposed to the mists became Allomancers; most either died or recovered quickly, but one one-sixteenth of those who became Allomancers remained sick for a full sixteen days and became known as [[mistfallen]],{{book ref|mb3|36}} a consequence of the fact that they had become Seers rather than some other form of Misting. These Mistings ultimately proved crucial in Ruin's defeat, burning away the kandra atium cache before Ruin's forces gained access to the [[Trustwarren]] where it had been kept.{{book ref|mb3|81}}
=== Atium Mining ===▼
=== Post-Catacendre ===
After the [[Catacendre]], atium Mistings no longer existed in the same way that they did before.{{wob ref|3000}}
[[Waxillium_Ladrian|Wax]] was later able to split [[harmonium]] using [[trellium]] to create more atium, the effect of this separation is highly explosive, and only produces a small amount of atium.{{book ref|mb7|71}}{{book ref|mb7|15}} Following his discovery, [[kandra]] began repeating the process in order to produce more, under Harmony's orders.{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|4}}
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Despite its name, the metal known as atium is not actually the pure form of Ruin's God Metal. Instead, atium is an alloy of [[electrum]] and that pure God Metal.{{wob ref|15299}}{{wob ref|15969}} Atium can be refined to extract Ruin's pure God Metal, which can be used in Hemalurgy to steal any power and when burned Allomantically grants a more expansive vision of the future than atium does (possibly similar to the vision [[Elend Venture]] has when burning atium with duralumin during the [[Battle of Hathsin]]);{{file ref|Hemalurgy table.jpg|Hemalurgy Table}}{{file ref|Table of Allomantic Metals.jpeg|Allomancy Table}}{{wob ref|15595}} the Feruchemical powers of refined atium are unknown. This refined atium is also produced in the reaction between harmonium and trellium.{{wob ref|15969}}
== Trivia ==
* Atium was modeled after platinum, and would be considered a [[wikipedia:platinum group|platinum group]] metal.{{wob ref|10577}}
* Brandon has stated that, since writing ''Mistborn'' Era 1, he has wished he made atium usable by all Allomancers as it "feels off" that a God Metal is only usable by Mistborn (and Seers). If a ''Mistborn'' film is ever made, he would likely want to make this change in the movie.{{wob ref|13821}} On other occasions, he has also indicated interest in some day exploring why atium is limited in this way{{wob ref|416}}{{wob ref|6322}}{{wob ref|13225}} and that the atium present in Era 1 is an atium-electrum alloy.{{wob ref|15299}}{{wob ref|15969}}
== Notes ==
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