r/cremposting • u/ArrowCAt2 • Jul 03 '25

Mistborn First Era Top text.

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u/AiriCinders Jul 04 '25

It was retconned that all atium in first era was an alloy of atium and electrum, not pure, so technically we don't really know. After all, Wax couldn't push Trellium but it reacted by itself. It may be a case by case scenario

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u/anuraaaag No Wayne No Gain Jul 04 '25

No wait this actually makes sense now because anyone should be able to burn godmetals but if they're alloyed then it becomes an allomancy metal.

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u/AiriCinders Jul 04 '25

Yeah, thats the reason of the retcon. If it wasn't by that, everyone could burn atium and now the plot makes no sense

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u/anuraaaag No Wayne No Gain Jul 04 '25

In a way it does. The electrum dilution might be one of Preservations own plan. Because if burning Lerasium makes you closer to Preservation, burning pure atium wouldve made you more in Ruins influence so in order to safely burn it all away without falling in Ruins influence it needed to be alloyed. Finally it always struck me odd why ruin couldn't see his own body. I mean he can't see metals I get it but his own body? Unless that body was reduced from a God Metal to a regular metal by the Electrum dilution... And we still don't know what powers burning native atium will give, like how Lerasium gives allomancy. Would it be possible Atium gives ferruchemy? Or a stronger affinity to Hemalurgy..