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== 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 it's 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, 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) before fully Ascending.{{book ref|mb3|73}}
As Preservation, Ruin initially allowed her to flail about with her newfound power, knowing she will make mistakes. By clearing the air of ash, she allowed the too-near sun to release it's deadly heat across the world. Turning the world to protect people from the sun, she caused a massive tsunami, wiping out the coastline. By the time she realized she must take more subtle action, Ruin stepped in to block her, taunting her. 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]] at the [[Pits of Hathsin]], kept secret by the [[kandra]] in the [[Trustwarren]]. But the two were still able to influence those who wielded their [[investiture]] which allowed Ruin to discover this by taking control of [[KanPaar]] following his coup of the [[First Generation]].
Ruin sent his massive [[koloss]] army to attack the Pits, but Vin was able reach Elend and help him realize the truth behind the [[Mistfallen]] battalion: they were seers, [[mistings]] 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 will kill both of them. She and [[Ati]] fell dead by Kelsier, outside the Pits, as [[Sazed]] watched, leaving both Ruin and Preservation unheld.{{book ref|mb3|81}}
== The Final Ascension ==
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