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{{icon|copper|M|150px|thumb|right|The Allomantic symbol for copper}}
|allomancy=Hide [[Investiture]] signals, block emotional Allomancy
'''Copper''' is the internal mental pulling metal. An Allomancer burning copper is able to hide Allomantic pulses emanating from those around them, and is immune to emotional Allomancy. Feruchemists can use copper to store memories, and when used as a Hemalurgic spike, copper steals mental fortitude.▼
|type-a=Internal, Pulling, Mental
|misting=Coppercloud or Smoker
|feruchemy=Store memories
|type-f=Cognitive
|ferring=Archivist
|hemalurgy=Steal mental fortitude, memory, or intelligence
|type-h=Mental
}}
▲'''Copper''' is the internal mental pulling metal. An Allomancer burning copper is able to hide Allomantic pulses emanating from those around them, and is immune to emotional Allomancy. Feruchemists can use copper to store memories, and when used as a Hemalurgic spike, copper stealscan steal mental fortitude, memory, or intelligence.
 
== Allomantic Use ==
A copper [[Misting]] is known as a '''Coppercloud''' or '''Smoker'''. OtherWhen Allomancersan nearAllomancer ais Smokerburning arecopper, protectedthe pulses from nearby Allomancers cannot be detected by most [[Bronze#Allomantic Use|Seekers]].{{book ref|mb4|part=ars}} WithAllomancers with a few[[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgic]] exceptionsspike ofthat ''piercing''enhances the coppercloud,their likenatural Hemalurgicallyability enhancedwith Seekersbronze, genetically more powerful SeekersAllomancers, orsuch possiblyas duralumin/nicrosilthose enhancedcreated Seekerswith [[lerasium]], and bronze [[savant]]s are all capable of "piercing" a coppercloud.{{epigraph ref|mb3|73}}{{wob ref|7844303}} it[[Nicrosil#Allomantic isUse|Nicrosil]] can also allow a Mistborn or a impossibleSeeker to sensepierce Allomancya beingcoppercloud usedfor insidea thebrief cloudmoment; [[duralumin#Allomantic Use|duralumin]] would also work for a Mistborn.{{wob ref|7760}} Multiple Smokers burning copper in the same area will make the resulting coppercloud harder to pierce.{{wob ref|7762}} As few Allomancers have the ability to pierce a coppercloud, Smokers are of central importance when Allomancers are trying to hide. If a Seeker is inside of a coppercloud, they will be unable to receive any pulses from the outside.{{wob ref|5496}}
 
Copperclouds arecan ablealso block other uses of Investiture. On Scadrial, this is most commonly seen in its ability to protect the user from emotional Allomancy.;{{book ref|mb1|14}} Protectingprotecting others in the cloud's boundaries from emotional Allomancy is very difficult but not impossible.{{wob ref|6884}} Copperclouds can also block other methods of detecting Investiture, such as an [[Awakener]]'s [[Heightening|lifesense]] or a [[voidspren#secretspren|secretspren's]] ability to sense the use of Investiture.{{wob ref|6817}}{{wob andref|8897}} Additionally, a coppercloud can interfere with more passive uses of Investiture; for example, it can prevent a [[singer]] from attuning a Rhythm and affects how spren act.{{wob ref|1600}} Copperclouds affect how [[spren]] act.{{wob ref|12639}}
 
== Feruchemical Use ==
A copper [[Ferring]] is known as an '''Archivist'''. Copper is used to store memories.{{book ref|mb4|part=ars}} This ability forms the core of the [[Keeper]]s, a group of Terrismen dedicated to preserving knowledge. Since the memories in a coppermind do not degrade with time (although they are vulnerable to [[Ruin]]'s manipulation while being transferred),{{wob ref|9695}} it is perfect for the collection of enormous quantities of facts. For this reason, Feruchemists were much more likely to be scholars than warriors. When an Archivist stores a memory in a coppermind, it immediately disappears from their memory. Memories stored in a coppermind are filed individually and are not seen as one whole memory to the Archivist.{{wob ref|13242}} The best users of copperminds would create indexes to find memories much faster. Finally, the longer a memory sits outside of a coppermind, the more it degrades, though this is due to the brain's own imperfections, not any quirk of the magic.{{book ref|mb2|15}}{{wob ref|1699}} Keepers undergo extensive training in memory retention to make the most of this ability.{{annotationwob ref|mb3|chapter=497794}} Copperminds can not store muscle memory.{{wob ref|11670}}▼
{{icon|copper|F|150px|thumb|right|The Feruchemical symbol for copper}}
 
▲A copper [[Ferring]] is known as an '''Archivist'''. Copper is used to store memories.{{book ref|mb4|part=ars}} This ability forms the core of the [[Keeper]]s, a group of Terrismen dedicated to preserving knowledge. Since the memories in a coppermind do not degrade with time (although they are vulnerable to [[Ruin]]'s manipulation), it is perfect for the collection of enormous quantities of facts. For this reason, Feruchemists were much more likely to be scholars than warriors. When an Archivist stores a memory in a coppermind, it immediately disappears from their memory. Memories stored in a coppermind are filed individually and are not seen as one whole memory to the Archivist.{{wob ref|13242}} The best users of copperminds would create indexes to find memories much faster. Finally, the longer a memory sits outside of a coppermind, the more it degrades, though this is due to the brain's own imperfections, not any quirk of the magic.{{book ref|mb2|15}}{{wob ref|1699}} Keepers undergo extensive training in memory retention to make the most of this ability.{{annotation ref|mb3|chapter=49}} Copperminds can not store muscle memory.{{wob ref|11670}}
=== Compounding ===
{{theory}}
Copper is unique among Feruchemical metals in that the individual bits of Feruchemical charge (the memories) are distinct from one another, as opposed to a metal like [[steel]] in which no bit of stored speed is discernible from another. Thus the possible effect of compounding copper is unclear. [[Rashek]] was said to have had a flawless memory,{{book ref|mb1|6}} possibly the effect of copper compounding, though this ability could have just been propaganda or a non-magical talent like that of his uncle [[Kwaan]].{{epigraph ref|mb2|42}}
 
== Hemalurgic Use ==
 
=== Kandra Blessing ===
The [[kandra]] can use a pair of these spikes as a [[Blessing]] and call them the '''Blessing of Presence'''.{{book ref|mb3|2}} Like all kandra Blessings, the Blessing gives the [[mistwraith]]s sentience, with the added benefit of mental stability. The Blessing of Presence helps a kandra resist Ruin's influence.{{wob ref|5597}}
 
== Notes ==
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