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Feruchemy came into existence contemporaneously with the other Metallic Arts, [[Allomancy]] and [[Hemalurgy]], as a result of the interactions between the planet [[Scadrial]] and its [[Shard]]s, [[Preservation]] and [[Ruin]].{{wob ref|5269}} Unlike Allomancy and Hemalurgy, which are each closely attuned with one of the Shards, Feruchemy is equally attuned to both and represents the balance between them. Feruchemy was also the only art in widespread use prior to the [[Ascension of the Lord Ruler]].{{epigraph ref|mb3|34}} The ability to use Feruchemy emerged among the [[Terris]] people, but, due to their insular nature and reluctance to interbreed, never spread to the general population of [[Classical Scadrial]].{{wob ref|5514}} During this time, there was a holy order of Feruchemist scholars, known as the [[Worldbringers]], who served as teachers and bearers of knowledge throughout the world.{{book ref|mb2|30}} Not every Feruchemist was a member; however, many had much more mundane vocations, such as being herders or mountain guides.{{book ref|mb1|22}}
 
During the Ascension of the Lord Ruler all living Feruchemists (although not those with recessive Feruchemical genes), with a few notable exceptions, were transformed into [[mistwraith]]s by [[Rashek]], a Terris herdsman and Feruchemist.{{epigraph ref|mb3|68}} Rashek, having discovered Allomancy and transformed himself into a Mistborn and claimingclaimed himself to be the [[Hero of Ages]],. He declared himself a god and launched a campaign to consolidate the world under his control. AsHowever partwhile ofhis thisascension, effortRashek overlooked the recessive Feruchemical genes hidden in the Terris people, which can still allow new Feruchemists be born. Therefore, Rashek instituted policies to heavily restrict the Terris people, which eventually grew into a breeding program designed to exterminate all genetic traces of Feruchemy. He did this specifically because he feared the prospect of the genes for Feruchemy intermixing with those of Allomancy and potentially creating a rival of comparable power to himself.{{book ref|mb1|epilogue}} Despite this, the Terris resistance worked tirelessly to thwart the efforts of Rashek, then known as the Lord Ruler, in a variety of ways, primarily by tricking the breeders into including people with hidden Feruchemical talents, in order to ensure their continuation in the population,. andThey byalso creatingfounded the [[Keeper]]s, an order of Feruchemists dedicated to finding and securing knowledge from before the Lord Ruler's rise to power.{{book ref|mb1|22}}{{book ref|mb2|30}}
 
Following the death of the Lord Ruler and the [[Collapse]] of the [[Final Empire]], the [[Synod]], leaders of the Keepers and ''de facto'' ruling council of Terris, emerged from secrecy and the Keepers were dispatched across the Empire to teach the people about the knowledge they had preserved.{{book ref|mb2|7}} Unfortunately, this "victory" was relatively short-lived; about a year later, the [[Steel Inquisitor]]s, under the influence of Ruin, attacked and slaughtered the Synod and all but [[Sazed|one of the Keepers]], creating [[Hemalurgic]] spikes from them in the process to increase their own powers.{{book ref|mb2|56}}
 
After the [[Catacendre]], the surviving Terris began to interbreed with the general population. The genes for Feruchemy began to break apart, as a result of mixing with those for Allomancy. Whereas before people had either the ability to use all of the Feruchemical abilities or none of them, Ferrings, who could use only one (analogously to [[Misting]]s), began to appear.{{wob ref|4696}} Conversely, Feruchemists with all of the Feruchemical abilities, now referred to as "Full Feruchemists", have disappeared, though the Terris community began to work on creating one through careful breeding of Feruchemical lineages.{{book ref|mb6|3}} This dilution of power eventually caps and cannot decrease any further, and has reached that point by [[Mistborn_(series)#Era_3|Era 3]].{{wob ref|10873}} This period also saw an explosion of Feruchemical and Allomantic research; a number of new metals and their Feruchemical attributes were discovered, with the Spiritual abilities being of particular interest to the the Terris community.{{book ref|mb4|part=ars}}
 
After the [[catacendre]], the [[Southern Scadrian]]s have developed Unsealed Metalminds and advanced technology based on Feruchemy.{{expand}}
 
== Mechanics ==
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