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=== Post-Catacendre Myths and Culture ===
In the world remade by [[Harmony]], Vin becomes mythologised as the Ascendant Warrior, and is rarely referred to by name. The myths tell of her slaying the Lord Ruler, carrying the world upon her arms, able to kill with a glare alone, able to discover secrets no others knew, and capable of defeating entire armies of enraged koloss on her own.{{book ref|mb4|1}}{{book ref|mb5|11}}{{book ref|mb6|13}} It is believed that she merged with the mists, becoming their guardian and watching over those in the night.{{book ref|mb5|11}} The "Lady Mistborn's knives" are considered relics from mythology, alongside other objects such as the Lord Ruler's metalminds.{{book ref|mb6|3}} Additionally, she is a historical model for modern women in the [[Elendel Basin]], her example creating more egalitarian views about women in the Basin's society. Her legacy in this regard is also written into law.{{book ref|mb4|9}}{{book ref|mb5|14}} However, the way in which she is mythologised
Large statues of her and Elend stand atop their tomb and museum in the [[Field of Rebirth]] and dominate the area.{{book ref|mb4|10}} In [[New Seran]], an old, sunken statue of Vin, eight feet tall and made of black marble, resides in a graveyard among the graves of the impoverished.{{book ref|mb6|13}} [[Ranette]] created a gun which she named [[Vindication]], after Vin.{{book ref|mb4|14}} Vin is depicted ripping out the Lord Ruler's insides in several illustrated religious texts.{{book ref|mb6|2}} In some artwork of her, such as the murals in [[Kelesina Shores]]' mansion in New Seran, she is depicted rising above a flock of ravens, symbolic of Steel Inquisitors.{{book ref|mb6|12}}
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