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{{item
|type=Jewelry
|function=[[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgic]] spike <small>([[Allomancy|Allomantic]] [[bronze#Allomantic Use|bronze]])</small>{{epigraph ref|mb3|73}}
|creators=[[Vin's mother]], [[Vin's sister]]
|owner=Vin
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[Mistborn Era 1]]
}}
{{quote
|Reen said that he came home one day and found my mother covered in blood. She'd killed my baby sister. Messily. Me, however, she hadn’t touched—except to give me an earring.
|[[Vin]] explaining how she got the earring to [[Marsh]]{{book ref|mb1|20}}
}}
'''Vin's earring''' is a simple piece, a small, silver-plated bronze stud.{{wob ref|5957}}{{article ref|Hemalurgy|post= - [[Bronze]] steals mental Allomancy}} [[Vin]] wears it from [[Vin's sister|her sister's]] death until [[Marsh]] rips it out just prior to her Ascension.{{book ref|mb3|72}} It is also a [[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgic]] spike that enhances Vin's [[bronze#Allomantic Use|Allomantic bronze]].{{epigraph ref|mb3|73}}
== The Final Empire ==
Vin does not remember when she got the earring, but [[Reen]] told her the story. [[Vin's mother|their mother]]
When Vin begins learning [[Allomancy]], she asks [[Kelsier]] if she will have to get rid of her earring, as Allomancers try to limit the amount of metal they carry on their persons. He tells her it is fine to keep it
When Vin confronts the [[Rashek|Lord Ruler]] during the [[Collapse]], he rips the earring out of her ear with a [[Steel#Allomantic use|Steelpush]]. Vin then draws on the [[mist]]s to fuel her Allomancy, and is able to kill the Lord Ruler.{{book ref|mb1|38}} Vin recovers the earring after the fight is over.{{book ref|mb1|epilogue}}
== The Hero of Ages ==
In the [[Words of Founding]], [[Sazed]] explained that [[Vin's sister]] was a
Once Ruin was free, he was able to use its nature as a Hemalurgic spike to speak with her directly.{{wob ref|5957}}
After [[Aradan Yomen]] captures Vin in [[Fadrex City]], he takes the earring, but then returns it to her in a controlled environment. He expressed surprise at the fact that it is made of [[bronze]] and silver, as other metals are far more useful in Allomancy, and was further surprised when Vin didn't attack after receiving the earring.{{book ref|mb3|54}}{{wob ref|5957}}
When [[Marsh]] arrives in [[Fadrex City]], Vin used a [[duralumin#Allomantic Use|duralumin-enhanced]] [[steel#Allomantic Use|Steelpush]] on the earring, pushing it straight through his head.{{book ref|mb3|65}} When they again fought in [[Luthadel]], Marsh realized that earring was a Hemalurgic spike and managed to resist Ruin's control long enough to rip it from her ear. With the earring removed, Vin was at last able to draw upon the mists and defeat the [[Steel Inquisitor]]s who were attacking her, before Ascending as [[Preservation]].{{book ref|mb3|72}}{{book ref|mb3|73}}
== Trivia ==
* Vin
== Notes ==
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