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{{shard info \|image=Ruin.jpg \|vessel={{nosnippet\|[[Sazed]]}} \|status=Whole, conjoined with [[Preservation]] \|slivers=[[Ati]] Ruin's prison, the [[Well of Ascension]], had a fatal flaw: every thousand and twenty four years, the [[perpendicularity]] would fill, requiring someone to take up the power. Were that person then to release it, Ruin's prison would vanish, letting him out; only by using the power themselves could that person, dubbed the [[Hero of Ages]], keep Ruin trapped.{{msh ref\|2\|3}} Despite being imprisoned in the Well, Ruin could still affect the world in minuscule ways, and thus began to plan for exploiting this fatal flaw to free himself. His initial scheme was to use [[Alendi]], chosen by the power of the Well, and convince him, ~~thorugh~~through altering the [[Terris Prophecies]], to free him. However, a [[Terrisman]] named [[Kwaan]] realized Ruin's alterations. He sent his nephew, [[Rashek]], to try and stop Alendi from reaching the Well.{{epigraph ref\|mb2\|55}} Rashek eventually killed Alendi and took the power for himself, becoming [[the Lord Ruler]] and perpetuating Ruin's imprisonment. ==== Kelsier and Vin ==== Undeterred, Ruin began working on another idea, timing it with the Well's next call, a thousand years later. His plan was two-pronged: first, to ensure that Rashek would be killed, thus opening the way to the Well for others; second, to create someone who would enter the Well and release the power. For the first, he manipulated [[Kelsier]], a [[skaa]] [[allomancy\|Mistborn]], with fabricated tales of the so-called Eleventh Metal, [[malatium]], convincing him that it would be the key to defeating the Lord Ruler; which, in a way, it turned out to be.{{epigraph ref\|mb3\|24}} For the second, Ruin picked a perfect pawn: another skaa Mistborn, a ~~baby~~ girl named [[Vin]] with an insane mother and an infant [[Allomancer]] sister. Speaking to the mother, Ruin caused her to kill the ~~older~~younger daughter and fashion a Hemalurgic spike out of her, then pierce Vin with the spike.{{epigraph ref\|mb3\|74}} Vin, unaware of this, eventually started wearing the spike as an earring and refused to give it up due to Ruin's influence, thus letting him subtly manipulate her.{{epigraph ref\|mb3\|75}} He did so mostly through the voice of her deceased brother, [[Reen]].{{book ref\|mb3\|54}} Eventually, the Well filled again, and Vin entered its chamber. [[Kelsier]], now a [[Cognitive Shadow]] and up to speed on Ruin's plan thanks to [[Leras]], attempted to stop her from releasing the power.{{msh ref\|2\|3}} To no avail, though -- Vin did so, and freed Ruin.{{book ref\|mb2\|58}} === Achieving Harmony === {{for\|Sazed#History\|the history of Sazed prior to becoming Ruin}} {{quote \|You think this was your plan? It was [Preservation]'s. His all along. You created the thing that can kill you, Ruin. This end of Ruin was Preservation's plan all along. Leras had held Preservation for so long that he was bound by its intent, and could not kill or destroy anything, not even Ruin.{{msh ref\|2\|3}} And so, he arranged to have the Shard pass on to a new Vessel, who would not be so strongly bound by the Shard's intent and thus would have more freedom to use its power.{{book ref\|mb3\|81}} However, the planet was still dying, and thus Preservation's plan reached its conclusion. [[Sazed]], present at the battle though not directly participating, saw the two powers and took up both of them, mixing them together into [[Harmony]]. With them, ~~reconstructed~~Sazed reconstituted the [[Scadrial]] ~~back~~that ~~into~~had aexisted ~~livable~~before ~~place~~the Lord Ruler’s Ascension. {{book ref\|mb3\|83}} {{for\|Harmony#History\|the subsequent events}} == Trivia == * Ruin originated in the trunked novel ''[[Aether of Night]]'', where he was known as '''Decay'''.{{wob ref\|11236}} * In ''[[wikipedia:Magic: The Gathering\|Magic: The Gathering]]'', colors, Ruin would be pure black.{{wob ref\|11057}} * [[Odium]] was convinced that Ruin would implode.{{wob ref\|15137}} == Notes == {{Mistborn\|Era 1}} {{cosmere}} [[es:Ruina]]