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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 Humanity to rebel. As he was both a [[Cognitive Shadow]] and well-[[Connection|Connected]] to Ruin, Kelsier could not use the entirety of Preservation's power. Therefore he relinquished the shard to Vin after the spike was removed.{{msh ref|6|4}}{{msh ref|6|7}} Her body broken under the assault, Vin finally drew in the full power of Preservation. She obliterated all of the Inquisitors (save Marsh), and flattened Kredik Shaw with a single, immensely powerful push. Then fully ascended.{{book ref|mb3|73}}
Ruin initially allowed Vin,(now 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, Preservation soon realized the two were at an impasse, as their abilities were too evenly matched.{{book ref|mb3|76}} This was because a part of Ruin's "body", his connection to the physical world in the form of [[atium]], had been hidden away by the [[Lord Ruler]] and the [[kandra.]] It was hidden in the secret [[Kandra homeland]] adjacent to the [[Pits of Hathsin]], kept secret in the [[Trustwarren]], hidden from Ruin's senses. But the two were still able to easily influence those who wielded their [[
Ruin sent his massive [[koloss]] army to attack the Pits, but Preservation was able to 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]]. Vin/Perservation watched as Elend and most of his men were slaughtered, holding off the koloss army, as they burned away the remaining atium in their sacrifice. This caused Ruin a terrible wound and caused him to lose his temper, his biggest plan frustrated and biggest advantage destroyed. With Elend dead, Vin/Preservation had nothing left to live for and assaulted Ruin with all of her power, knowing Ruin's counterstroke would kill both of their vessels. She and [[Ati]] fell dead near Elend, outside the Pits, as [[Sazed]] watched, leaving both Ruin and Preservation unheld and the remaining, uncontrolled koloss to rampage madly among themselves.{{book ref|mb3|81}}
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