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A '''savant''' is someone who has used an [[Investiture]]-related ability so much that it has changed their physiology; at least [[Allomancy]], [[Feruchemy]],{{wob ref|13393}} and [[Surgebinding]] can lead to savants. The process involves one's spirit becoming infused with Investiture, causing changes in the [[Physical Realm]].{{wob ref|1557}} Savantism brings a person closer to the [[Spiritual Realm]].{{wob ref|1901}}
== Allomantic savant ==
An Allomancer who has flared their metal for a long time can become a savant. Generally, savantism gives the Allomancer more blunt power and sometimes grants additional special effects. It is dangerous and harmful to the body. The Allomancer might rely so much on or get so accustomed to the metal that when they extinguish the metal, they experience serious
With most metals, the effects are quite small. [[Bronze#Allomantic Use|Seeker]]s, for example, often become savants without being aware of it, granting them a boost to the range of their abilities. However, some metals warp the body of savants much more. [[Tin]] savants experience such magnification of their senses that they can become incapacitated by bright light or loud sounds. [[Pewter]] [[Misting]]s often die before becoming savants,{{epigraph ref|mb3|16}} as they feel neither pain nor exhaustion to any great extent and therefore may ignore wounds that later prove fatal. Pewter savants heal quickly, though not as fast as someone tapping health from a goldmind.{{book ref|mb4|17}}
[[Spook]] is
If someone were able to burn the amount of [[
[[Waxillium Ladrian]]'s ability to create a "[[steel#Allomantic Use|steel bubble]]" to deflect metal moving around him{{book ref|mb4|1}} was originally intended to be the result of him being a savant in the [[resonance]] between his [[steel#Allomantic Use|Allomantic steel]] and [[iron#Feruchemical Use|Feruchemical iron]]. Brandon later backed up on that, as he realized Wax was not manifesting the usual consequences of savantism.{{wob ref|1563}}{{wob ref|8115}} It is unclear what this means for the status of savants like Seekers, who were previously described as facing little consequence for savanthood.▼
▲If someone were able to burn the amount of [[Lerasium]] needed to become a savant with the metal, they would ascend and become the holder of Preservation, similar to what happens when one consumes the mists.{{wob ref|1248}} This is due to the nature of the metal as the condensed power of Preservation.
== Feruchemical savant ==
* Savants look different in the [[Spiritual Realm]] compared to a regular human.{{wob ref|2668}}
* The extra abilities gained by a savant cannot be transferred through [[Hemalurgy]].{{wob ref|6816}}
▲* [[Waxillium Ladrian]]'s ability to create a "[[steel#Allomantic Use|steel bubble]]" to deflect metal moving around him{{book ref|mb4|1}} was originally intended to be the result of him being a savant in the [[resonance]] between his [[steel#Allomantic Use|Allomantic steel]] and [[iron#Feruchemical Use|Feruchemical iron]]. Brandon later backed up on that, as he realized Wax was not manifesting the usual consequences of savantism.{{wob ref|1563}}{{wob ref|8115}}
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