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Preservation broke the terms of the agreement by sacrificing his mind to create a prison for Ruin's mind, preventing him from destroying the world. Furthermore, in an attempt to balance the power (since some of Preservation was now stored in humanity), he sequestered away a portion of Ruin's power in the metal [[atium]]. The [[Well of Ascension]], Preservation's liquid essence, was created to contain Ruin.{{ref|b|mb3|e|46}} After sacrificing his mind to trap Ruin, Preservation manifested itself as the '''mist spirit''' whenever it wished to influence events directly.

The mists of Scadrial were left behind by Preservation to awaken Allomancy in the inhabitants of Scadrial, albeit in a violent way. The mists were encouraged by Ruin to choke off sunlight to the land, and were named '''the Deepness''' since they prevented food from growing. They also provided power to enhance Allomancy by Vin, hundreds of years later.