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|era=[[Final Ascension]]
|participants=[[Sazed]]
|effects=Remaking of [[Scadrial]]
The '''Catacendre''' is a major event on [[Scadrial]] and in the [[Cosmere]] as a whole. It marked the the merging of [[Ruin]] and [[Preservation]] into a single [[Shard]], [[Harmony]]. It is the first time a new [[Vessel]] has ascended to take a Shard.{{cite}}▼
|world=Scadrial
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[Mistborn (series)]]
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▲The '''Catacendre''', or '''Final Ascension''', is a major event on [[Scadrial]] and in the [[Cosmere]] as a whole. It marked
== Lead-up ==
With [[Ruin]] released upon the world and [[Preservation]]'s [[Vessel]] [[Leras]] weakening day-by-day, an endless fall of ash, intensifying earthquakes, and erupting [[ashmount]]s threatened the very existence of [[Scadrial]] and its people.{{book ref|mb3}}
[[Leras]] died, having expended all his energy after his final conversation with Elend, leaving [[Preservation]] without a holder.{{book ref|mb3|55}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|56}} It would have gone straight to [[Vin]], except for the fact that she was still wearing her [[Vin's earring|earring]], which was Hemalurgically charged, acting as a repulsive factor.{{epigraph ref|mb3|79}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|epilogue}} Instead, it was absorbed by Kelsier.{{book ref|msh}}▼
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During Vin's final battle with all of Ruin's [[Feruchemy|Feruchemically enhanced]] [[Steel Inquisitors]] above [[Kredik Shaw]] in the abandoned [[Luthadel]], [[Marsh]] tore out Vin's earring, with Kelsier using all of his strength to distract Ruin and help push Marsh's last vestige of willpower to rebel. Kelsier was already held under Preservation's intent, and thus relinquished his hold on the power, becoming a [[Sliver]], knowing Vin would still be able to override the Intent for a time.{{book ref|msh}} Her body broken under the assault, Vin finally drew in the full power of Preservation, allowing her to nearly destroy all of the Inquisitors (save Marsh), and flatten Kredik Shaw, before fully Ascending.{{book ref|mb3|73}}
Ruin initially allowed Vin (as Preservation) to flail about with her newfound power, knowing she would make mistakes. By clearing the air of ash, she allowed the too-near sun to bake the world in its deadly heat. Rotating the planet into night, to protect people from the sun's rays, she caused a massive tsunami, wiping out the coastline. As she reached to stop the tsunami, realizing she must be more subtle, Ruin stepped in to block her, taunting her failures. However, the two were at an impasse, as their power was evenly matched.{{book ref|mb3|76}} This was because a part of Ruin's "body", in the form of [[atium]], had been hidden away by the [[Lord Ruler]] and the [[kandra]] in the secret [[Kandra homeland]] located adjacent to the [[Pits of Hathsin]], kept secret in the [[Trustwarren]]. But the two were still able to influence those who wielded their [[investiture]]: [[Allomancy]] and Hemalurgy. This allowed Ruin to discover the secret cache by taking control of [[KanPaar]] following his coup of the [[First Generation]] and breaking of the [[First Contract]] and the [[Resolution]]. However, most of the kandra remained loyal when Ruin began to take hold and carried out the Resolution, removing their [[Blessing]]s and sacrificing their sentience.{{book ref|mb3|75}}{{book ref|mb3|79}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|80}}
Ruin sent his massive [[koloss]] army to attack the Pits, but Vin was able reach Elend, direct him to the Pits, and help him realize the truth behind the [[Mistfallen]] battalion: they were [[Seer]]s, [[misting]]s able to burn atium. Thus began the [[Battle of Hathsin]], and Vin watched as Elend and most of his men died, holding off the koloss army, as they burned away the remaining atium in their sacrifice. With Elend dead, Vin had nothing left to live for and assaulted Ruin with all of her power, knowing it would kill both of them. She and [[Ati]] fell dead by Elend, outside the Pits, as [[Sazed]] watched, leaving both Ruin and Preservation unheld and the remaining, uncontrolled koloss to rampage among themselves.{{book ref|mb3|81}}
== The Final Ascension ==
After Ati and Vin had perished, both Ruin and Preservation were unheld.
== Repercussions ==
The primary repercussion of the Final Ascension was the reforming of Scadrial. The two Shards, working in harmony together, were able to reform Scadrial back to a
In addition to correcting the position of the planet and reforming the landmasses, he returned the various lifeforms which had been lost and restored Humanity's physiology to how it had been, before they had needed to survive ashfalls and had been transformed by [[Rashek]] into altered [[skaa]] and [[noble|nobility]]. He moved all of the survivors, who had moved underground for protection, to the new location of Elendel Basin, and left behind the [[Words of Founding]], books chronicling the events leading up to the Catacendre to be remembered by the population as well as a collection retaining the complete knowledge that had been collected by the Keepers.{{book ref|mb3|82}}{{book ref|mb3|epilogue}}
At Sliver Kelsier's behest, he endowed [[Spook]] with the abilities of a moderately powerful [[Allomancy|Mistborn]]. Unable to restore to life those that had passed on, he left the restored bodies of Vin and Elend for the survivors to honor. He also left Spook a cryptic message suggesting that there were two Allomantic metals that were yet to be discovered.{{book ref|mb3|epilogue}} In the centuries that passed, an additional four metals, [[nicrosil]], [[chromium]], [[cadmium]], and [[bendalloy]], were found to have [[Allomantic]] and [[Feruchemical]] attributes.
== Trivia ==
'Cata' is a common
== See Also ==
== Notes ==
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