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'''Snapping''' is the process in which someone gains the powers of [[Allomancy]] on [[Scadrial]].▼
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▲'''Snapping''' is the process inby which someone gains the powers of [[Allomancy]] on [[Scadrial]].
 
Snapping commonly occurs when a Misting or Mistborn undergoes heavy stress and pain, often in a near -death situation, causing them to trigger latent Allomantic abilities. According to [[Realmatic Theory]], this creates a crack on the soul which the power can fit into. There are some similarities on this to other magic systems, such as the [[Knights Radiant]] all being "broken" as indicated by [[Syl]].{{wob ref|5469}}{{book ref|sa2|68}}
 
ChildrenIn the [[Final Empire]], children of confirmed noble bloodlines often underwentundergo a planned beating as a test to see if they snappedSnap. Later, however, the mists causedcause sickness in people, triggering their own snapping,Snapping; this process wasis started by [[Preservation]], but wasis manipulated by [[Ruin]] in tointo killing people, thus raising superstitions about the mists being dangerous.
 
The length a person has "mist sickness" relates to their Allomantic powers and abilities. The most powerful [[atium]] mistings are sick for the longest time.
 
During the time the mists are Snapping people in [[The Hero of Ages]], they also raise the Allomantic potential of the people they Snap so that exactly 16% are Snapped.{{book ref|mb3|21}} The number is a hint left by Preservation for humans to understand.
After the [[Final Ascension]], [[Harmony]] was disturbed by the process of Snapping and altered the way it operated, but it is not clear how Snapping works now.{{qa ref|704|26|Are people still ''snapping'' in ''Alloy of Law''|date=2011-11-14|interview=Twitter Tor Chat (Cosmere)}}▼
 
▲AfterAt some point after the [[Final Ascension]], [[Harmony]] wasis disturbed by the process of Snapping and alteredalters the way it operatedoperates, but it is not clear how Snapping works now.{{qawob ref|704|26|Are people still ''snapping'' in ''Alloy of Law''|date=2011-11-14|interview=Twitter Tor Chat (Cosmere)4242}}
 
== Known Snappings ==
* [[Kelsier]] Snaps after [[Mare]] dies, while he is imprisoned in the [[Pits of Hathsin]].{{book ref|mb1|17}}
* [[Marsh]] Snaps after his mother is taken away by [[obligator]]s.{{book ref|mb1|20}}
* [[Spook]] Snaps when he is five years old and can barely remember the event as an adult.{{book ref|mb1|32}}
* [[Vin]] Snaps while she is being born, during her mother's "unusually difficult labor".{{epigraph ref|mb3|epilogue}}
 
== Notes ==
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