Difference between revisions of "Preservation"

{{shard info

|image=Preservation.jpg

|status=Whole, conjoined with [[Ruin]]

|perpendicularity=[[Well of Ascension]]

|magic=[[Allomancy]], [[Feruchemy]]

{{for|Lerasium}}

 

 

=== Mists ===

Having directly created [[Scadrial]] along with Ruin, Preservation has vast amount of control over the planet. A person holding the Shard's power can rearrange continents, recreate extinct forms of life, and even move the planet within the solar system, permanently changing its orbit. Additionally, Preservation is Invested in every Scadrian, and can alter the way their bodies function.{{book ref|mb3|82}}{{wob ref|8025}} Direct killing is, however, directly against its Intent and thus extremely difficult bordering on impossible.{{msh ref|2|4}}

 

 

== History ==

 

=== The release of Ruin ===

 

Both Preservation and Ruin picked [[Vin]] as one of its unwitting agents many centuries prior, though Ruin attempted to stifle Preservation's influence by piercing child Vin with a [[Hemalurgic]] spike at birth. The first sign of [[Vin]]'s connection to Preservation was when she attempted to fight the Lord Ruler and drew on the mist to fuel her [[Allomancy]].{{book ref|mb1|38}} A year later, she began to hear the beat of the Well as it called for someone to once more take up the power. At the time, Preservation's mist spirit began to appear to her on multiple occasions as Leras was looking for a way to stop her from releasing the power.{{book ref|mb2|47}}

Ultimately, Vin and [[Elend]] found themselves at the Well of Ascension, where, unseen to them, Kelsier's spirit had just learned of the danger in releasing the power. In a last bid to stop Vin from freeing Ruin, Kelsier grabbed Leras by the arm and forced him to slash [[Elend]], dealing him a deadly stomach wound. However, this was for naught, as Vin elected to release the power anyway out of a sense of duty. To prevent Elend's death, Leras led Vin to the last remaining bead of [[lerasium]], making him a Mistborn.{{msh ref|2|3}}

 

=== The death of Leras ===

{{quote

|[[Leras]]{{msh ref|6|4}}

}}

 

At the same time, Leras was rapidly dying. As the mist spirit, he appeared one last time to [[Elend]] as the latter was almost ready to give up when escorting a large group of captured koloss back to [[Fadrex City]]. By this time, Preservation was too weak to perform any significant actions and could only vaguely communicate with Elend, attempting to convince him not to besiege Fadrex.{{book ref|mb3|55}} Shortly after Elend departed, Leras died, and his body fell back into the [[Physical Realm]].{{epigraph ref|mb3|56}}

 

=== Kelsier ===

{{quote

|Do you know why I always won at card tricks, Ruin? It's because I could always. Force. People to choose. The card '''I wanted them to.'''

}}

 

 

The message was not, however, meant for Vin -- rather, it was meant for [[Marsh]], who was hunting Vin. When Marsh saw the letter, Kelsier put the whole of his power against Ruin to distract Ati. This allowed Marsh the freedom to understand what the letter meant and rip the earring out of Vin. Kelsier then gave Preservation over to her.{{msh ref|6|7}}

 

{{image|Mistborn by Hunter Bonyun.jpg|side=right|width=350px|Vin empowering Elend}}

=== Vin ===

{{quote

|You created the thing that can kill you, Ruin.

 

=== Sazed ===

{{quote

|I am, unfortunately, the Hero of Ages .

== Trivia ==

* The Southern name for Preservation, Frue, is the Danish word meaning "lady" or "Mrs", and is close to German Frau ("Miss"), matching the name for Ruin, Herr (German for "Mister").

 

== Notes ==

{{Mistborn|Era 1}}

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