Difference between revisions of "Investiture"

All living creatures on some level have Investiture. This is called the Sparkspark of Lifelife. All sentient creatures have a slightly greater amount of Investiture than non-intelligent ones. The Sparkspark of Lifelife or soul of a person creates a kind of interference when working with other forms of Investiture. This interference is the reason that metal inside of a person's body is highly resistant to Allomantic steel or iron. To affect something like metal inside a person's body takes a much greater degree of Investiture than most humans are capable of wielding. This is of note because a human's soul does not count as a highly Invested object and a person is not even counted as being innately Invested if they only have the Sparkspark of Lifelife.{{wob ref|6881}}

Generally, humans are not considered to have '''Innateinnate Investiture'''. However, on some worlds, a Shard has Invested humans. For example, [[Preservation]] gave part of his power to make sentient humans with the ability to develop Allomancy. On [[Nalthis]], people are born with [[Breath]]. Both cases are known as '''Innateinnate Investiture'''.{{wob ref|1072}} For example, on [[Nalthis]] every person is born with a breath and has innate Investiture, but a person who has given up their breath is no longer innately Invested while still maintaining their Sparkspark of Lifelife.