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Before the Lord Ruler took the power at the [[Well of Ascension]], Scadrial was extremely Earth-like. It had a blue sky, clouds, a yellow sun, flowers, green plants, and animals such as horses.

Preservation did not leave the humans without hope to defend themselves if Ruin managed to break free. He left the people of Scadrial with the [[Terris Prophecies]]. They spoke of a series of heroes who would come to take the power of Preservation at the Well of Ascension every thousand years to become a protector of humanity. Eventually, a final hero would come, known as the Hero of Ages, a person who would bear the future of the world on his arms. This person would take up the power of Preservation, to save the world.{{wob ref|8056}}{{wob ref|6070}} Preservation also altered [[Allomancy]], swapping the metals [[cadmium]] and [[bendalloy]] for [[atium]] and [[malatium]], so that there could be atium Mistings to burn away Ruin's power.{{wob ref|16082}}{{wob ref|5971}}{{wob ref|7307}}

In the [[Classical Scadrial|classical era]] of Scadrial, many different civilizations developed with a large variety of different cultures and religions. Among these was [[Trelagism]] which Autonomy had begun in order to prepare for future potential incursions.{{book ref|mb7|20}} Foremost among known nations was [[Khlennium]], placed between the isles in the South and the Terris hills in the North,{{epigraph ref|mb1|12}} and between the great nations to the east and the "fiery empire" of the West.{{epigraph ref|mb1|3}} It was ana massive hub of trade and culture, with marvelous architecture and technological advancements that would come to be copied by the Final Empire.{{epigraph ref|mb3|26}}

However, Alendi had still failed to stop the Deepness, and there was only one hope, the [[Well of Ascension]].{{epigraph ref|mb2|50}} As the power returned to the Well, Alendi could hear the pulses because he was a Seeker. He hoped that giving up the power would stop the Deepness. Kwaan knew that Alendi mustn't be allowed to reach the Well, for he knew that giving up the power was just what Ruin wanted. Kwaan's only hope to stop Alendi was his nephew [[Rashek]], a Feruchemist who hated Alendi, and the nation of Khlennium from which he hailed. Kwaan commanded his nephew to become Alendi's pack man, and to attempt to mislead on his way to the Well. If Rashek failed at that, Kwaan asked him to kill Alendi.{{book ref|mb2|epilogue}} The last remnant of Leras' mind, in the form of the mist spirit, was also doing its best to stop Alendi. [[Ruin]], however, made Alendi distrust the spirit by impersonating it and stabbing Alendi's companion [[Fedik]] when he became too interested in [[Ruin's Perpendicularity]].{{book ref|mb2|16}}{{epigraph ref|mb1|33}}{{msh ref|2|2}} Ultimately, Rashek failed to lead Alendi astray and killed him. At that point, Rashek himself took the power at the Well of Ascension and refused to give it up, denying Ruin his chance at freedom.{{book ref|mb1|38}}

After Elend returned to Luthadel, Vin came to a realization. She was finally able to pinpoint the Well's location through its pulses. It was located underneath Kredik Shaw, with its entrance in the Lord Ruler's sanctuary. As she and Elend went to the Well to give up the power as the prophecies said, Sazed was visited by the remainder of Leras's mind in the form of the mist spirit. It made him understand that Vin should not give the power of the Well up, and then Sazed went to try to stop her. When Sazed arrives at Kredik Shaw, he is ambushed by Marsh who was being controlled by Ruin, who would have done whatever it took so that Vin would give up the power. Marsh and Sazed fought and along with Ham's help, Sazed beat Marsh. However, they were too late to stop Vin. She and Elend had reached the Chamber of Ascension when the mist spirit appeared and slashed Elend in the gut, dealing him a mortal wound in an attempt to get Vin to use the power to save him. Vin tearfully takes up the power, and hears a voice whispering to her, telling her to give it the power, so it can save the world. Believing that she had done the right thing, Vin gave it the power, and asin shedoing returnsso, toreleased herRuin regularfrom formhis she hears a scream of "I am FREE!"prison.{{book ref|mb2|57}}{{book ref|mb2|58}}

Not long after the battle in Luthadel it was discovered that [[Urteau]], the formal capital of Straff Venture's country, had been taken from Elend's empire by rebel skaa. Urteau had once been a major center of power for House Venture, but they had moved their major influence to Luthadel and the canals that had once formed Urteau's streets had inexplicably gone dry. They were led by a man named Quellion, who took of the city, and gave himself the the title of the "Citizen". Quellion had taken Kelsier's viewpoints against the nobles to an extreme, burning alive everyone who had any noble blood in their family. Spook had been dispatched there to gather intelligence on Quellion's rule and find any potential weaknesses that could be exploited in order to get Urteau back into the hands of Elend. Spook during this time period began flaring his [[tin]] constantly, as a result of his guilt about abandoning his uncle, Clubs, to die in the Battle of Luthadel. This process eventually transformed him into an Allomantic [[savant]], giving him senses above any other Tineye while he was burning the metal, but extremely weak compared to non-Allomancers when he stopped. Before long Spook was joined by Breeze, Allrianne, and Sazed, who were fresh from their victory convincing the Lekal Kingdom to join Elend's empire. Spook attempted to spy on the Citizen, but became enamored with Quellion's beautiful sister [[Beldre]]. Later when Beldre and Quellion were in the streetslots Spook attempted to speak to her. Quellion caught him and sent his guards after Spook, who were secretly Pewterarms. Spook attempted to fight them himself but in a desperate attempt to stop Spook, one Pewterarm thrust his steel sword through the heart of the other, and into Spook's arm. The blade broke and left a fragment of steel inside of Spook, who fainted from blood-loss. The precise placement of the thrust had been manipulated by Ruin, who wanted to get a Hemalurgic spike into Spook so he could influence him. This spike also gave Spook the ability to burn [[pewter]].

While the true length of a year changed when the orbit of Scadrial was brought closer to the sun, the measurements and calendar used remained the same.{{wob ref|3781}}{{wob ref|4575}} However, the placement of the seasons changed.{{wob ref|11462}}

Throughout much of the Post-Catecendric era there was only one nation in the north, that being Elendel Basin. Though they essentially acted as several city-states held together by an economic hegemony in Elendel.{{cite}} In the south, there were five (or six) nations. Some of these are the Malwish, the Hunters, and the Fallen.{{book ref|mb6|22}} The map of the Southern Continent also labels a group known as the [[Southern Scadrian#The Maskless|Maskless]] in the far southeast, it is not known if these are truly one nation, a conflation of multiple nations\tribes, or something else entirely.{{file ref|Scadrial_map.png|Scadrial map}}