Difference between revisions of "Ruin's Perpendicularity"

| The lake that [[Fedik]] discovered is below us now—I can see it from the ledge. It looks even more eerie from up here, with its glassy—almost metallic—sheen. I almost wish I had let him take a sample of its waters.

| [[Alendi's journal]]{{epigraph ref|mb1|33}}

'''Ruin's Perpendicularity''' was a [[perpendicularity]] of a reflective black liquid metal{{bws ref|mistborn-2-alternate-ending-part-two|''Well of Ascension'' alternate ending part 2|date=Sep 2, 2013}} that belonged to the [[Shard]] [[Ruin]].{{wob ref|5786}}

When Rashek took the power at the Well, he moved Ruin's Perpendicularity underground, where it remained at least up until the [[Catacendre]].{{wob ref|5786}} The perpendicularity was moved to the [[Pits of Hathsin]], which is why the crystals produced [[atium]].{{wob ref|5525}} The perpendicularity was used by [[worldhopper]]s in an interplanetary trade system, which was upended when [[Kelsier]] destroyed the atium geodes, to which [[Hoid]] remarked "was fun to watch".{{msh ref|2|1}} ItThe waspools possibly destroyed duringunderneath the Catacendre,pits likeno thelonger Pitsexist andfollowing the Well.Catacendre,{{wob ref|5600}} however, it is unclear if this is related to Kelsier's destruction of the atium geodes or the combining of Ruin and Preservation into the shard Harmony.

* [[Keep Lekal]] had stained glass windows that depicted Ruin's Perpendicularity.{{book ref|mb1|28}}

* Before [[Brandon]] changed the location of the Well of Ascension to [[Luthadel]], Vin and Elend discovered Ruin's Perpendicularity near the Well.{{bws ref|mistborn-2-alternate-ending-part-two|''Well of Ascension'' alternate ending part 2|date=Sep 2, 2013}}