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Both Preservation and Ruin picked [[Vin]] as one of its unwitting agents many centuries prior, though Ruin attempted to stifle Preservation's influence by piercing child Vin with a [[Hemalurgic]] spike at birth. The first sign of [[Vin]]'s connection to Preservation was when she attempted to fight the Lord Ruler and drew on the mist to fuel her [[Allomancy]].{{book ref|mb1|38}} A year later, she began to hear the beat of the Well as it called for someone to once more take up the power. At the time, Preservation's mist spirit began to appear to her on multiple occassions as Leras was looking for a way to stop her from releasing the power.{{book ref|mb2|47}}
Ultimately, Vin and [[Elend]] found themselves at the Well of Ascension, where, unseen to
=== The death of Leras ===
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Aware of Leras' death, Kelsier broke the orb and used its power to ascend to Preservation himself before the power could splinter fully. However, the power did not obey him fully, as he was not one of the people intended to use it.{{msh ref|6|3}} Kelsier resigned himself to affecting the world around him in minor ways, and eventually formed a plan to get the power to [[Vin]], who was held back by the
The message was not, however, meant for Vin -- rather, it was meant for [[Marsh]], who was hunting Vin. When Marsh saw the letter, Kelsier put the whole of his power against Ruin to distract Ati. This allowed Marsh the freedom to understand what the letter meant and rip the earring out of Vin.
{{image|Mistborn by Hunter Bonyun.jpg|side=right|width=350px|Vin empowering Elend}}
Initially, Vin was using Preservation's power with little skill, much like Rashek had, and at every turn, her actions were countered by Ruin.{{book ref|mb3|73}}{{book ref|mb3|76}} At the same time, Elend realized that the people being snapped by the out-of-control mists were in one-sixteenth [[atium]] Mistings, who Leras planned on to burn atium, denying Ruin its own power.{{book ref|mb3|81}}
At the [[Battle of Hathsin]], as Marsh and Elend fought, Vin fuelled Elend's Allomancy to allow him to keep up. During the fight, he burned [[atium]] with [[duralumin]], which allowed him to perceive
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