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On Scadrial, '''metalborn''' was a generalized term for a born user of the [[Metallic Arts]], either an [[AllomancerAllomancy]] or a [[FeruchemistFeruchemy]]<ref>[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/07/mistborn-fans-dont-forget-to-pick-up-todays-edition-of-the-elendel-daily Elendel Daily]</ref>. [[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgists]] are not included in this group because Hemalurgy is a learned skill, not an inborn ability.

A metalborn could use one or all of the 16 metals to access allomantic or feruchemical abilities. Rare [[Twinborn]] had both a single feruchemical and a single allomantic ability, which may or may not have been in the same metal. [[Allomancer]]s ingested their metal and then 'burned' it to gain their abilities while [[Feruchemist]]s used metal to store a specific trait in which they could later draw out.