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Allomancy was not created by Preservation. None of the Metallic Arts were "created" by Preservation and Ruin. Rather, these powers are the natural result of Preservation, Ruin, and Scadrial itself.{{qa ref|727|5}}
However, Preservation could still alter Allomancy in certain ways. He changed the rules of Allomancy twice: the first time, he changed the Table of Allomantic Metals to have atium and malatium as external temporal metals, exchanging them with cadmium and bendalloy.{{cite}} This may have had the effect of allowing for the existence of atium Mistings. Ultimately, this was part of Preservation’s plan to defeat Ruin: to have atium Mistings that could burn away Ruin’s body of atium, allowing someone else, who was not influenced as much by the intent of Preservation, to take up its power and destroy Ruin.{{
The second time Allomancy was changed was after the [[Final Ascension]], when [[Harmony]] was particularly disturbed by the horrors of Snapping, so he altered Snapping to act differently.{{qa ref|704|26}} It is not currently known how Snapping works in the present era.{{qa ref|675|21}} It is also unclear how a Shard can influence manifestations of Investiture in this way, and how much a Shard is allowed to alter the way they operate.
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