Difference between revisions of "Catacendre"

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 it'sits people.{{book ref|mb3}}

After his final conversation with [[Elend]], Leras finally died, leaving [[Preservation]] without a HolderVessel.{{book ref|mb3|55}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|56}} It would have quickly been absorbed by [[Vin]], who was specially attuned to Preservation's power, except for the fact that she was still wearing her [[Vin's earring|earring]], which was [[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgically charged]], acting as a repulsive factor.{{epigraph ref|mb3|79}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|epilogue}} The [[cognitiveCognitive shadowShadow]] of [[Kelsier]] was able to partially absorb the power of Preservation, becoming a [[Sliver]] and helping to delay Ruin's destruction of the world, but could not wield its full power.{{bookmsh ref|msh6|4}}

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. KelsierAs wasa alreadyhe heldwas underboth Preservation'sa [[IntentCognitive Shadow]], and thuswell-[[Connection|Connected]] relinquishedto hisRuin, holdKelsier oncould not use the power,entirety knowingof VinPreservation's wouldpower, stilland betherefore ablegave it to overrideVin after the Intentspike forwas a timeremoved.{{bookmsh ref|6|4}}{{msh ref|6|7}} 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}}

As Preservation, Ruin initially allowed herVin (as Preservation) to flail about with her newfound power, knowing she willwould make mistakes. By clearing the air of ash, she allowed the too-near sun to releasebake it'sthe deadlyworld heatin acrossits thedeadly worldheat. TurningRotating the worldplanet into night, to protect people from the sun's rays, she caused a massive tsunami, wiping out the coastline. ByAs theshe timereached sheto realizedstop the tsunami, realizing she must takebe more subtle action, 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]] atand the [[Pitskandra]] ofin Hathsinthe secret [[Kandra homeland]], keptlocated secretadjacent byto the [[kandraPits of Hathsin]], kept secret in the [[Trustwarren]]. But the two were still able to influence those who wielded their [[investiture]]: which[[Allomancy]] and Hemalurgy. This allowed Ruin to discover thisthe 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 seers[[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 willwould kill both of them. She and [[Ati]] fell dead by KelsierElend, 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}}

After Ati and Vin had perished, both Ruin and Preservation were unheld. [[Sazed]], wasgrieving ableover tothe pickbodies upof Vin, who he assumed would be their savior, and Elend, noticed the black and white mists emanating from the bothbodies of the twoprevious Vessels. With a sudden realization, he understood that he was the one who fit the prophecies of the [[ShardHero of Ages]]s.{{book ref|mb3|82}}and Theabsorbed the power of the two Shards. The two merged together under a single Vessel and became known as [[Harmony]], and with their power Sazed set about fixing the world.{{book ref|mb3|82}}{{book ref|aol}}

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 nearly identical world as it was like before the Lord Ruler's [[Ascension of the Lord Ruler]]. Sazed had the ability to do this better than most, because of his duties as a [[Keeper]] and thus the knowledge stored in his [[metalmind]]s, which he tapped as he drew in the power of Harmony. The religions he'd studied and rejected due to inconsistencies each held some truths about the past world, including cartography, geology, astronomy, anatomy, zoology, and artwork depicting the world's beauty.{{book ref|mb3|82}} The main exception was the region of [[Elendel Basin]], which replaced the area where Hathsin once was and was designed to be a fertile cradle for civilization's renewal.{{book ref|mb4}}

'Cata' is a common latingreek prefix which roughly translates to 'down' or 'reversal'. 'Cendre' is a French word for cinder or ash. Thus Catacendre can roughly translate both to an ashfall and/or the undoing of ash. Both meanings fit rather well for the events of the Catacendre, and it was later confirmed by Brandon to mean "the end of the ash".{{wob ref|1273}}

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