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I was under the impression that, for the time between the creation of Ruin's prison and the ascension of Sazed, Preservation had altered the workings of Allomancy slightly, so that Atium mistings would be born in place of one of the other varieties (I think it was cadmium). He also insured that, within the magic he fueled, Atium was incredibly useful. This way, Seers and Mistborn would constantly be seeking it out and burning it, ensuring that there wasn't ever a large amount for Ruin to find if he escaped.

Wow. I spent all morning pondering how Brandon might have "built" FTL into Scadrial's magic, and not only is my theory rather bland, someone else has already asked about it.

After lurking on and off for a couple years, I finally registered to ask a question that I haven't seen directly addressed anywhere else: Is it possible to "chain" Nicrosil burners? For example, we have Mistings 1 through n. Mistings 1 through (n - 1) are Nicrobursts, while Misting n is a soother or a lurcher or whatever. They then stand in a line grasping arms. Misting 1 burns nicrosil, causing Misting 2's metal to flare, which causes three's metal to flare even more, and so on down the line, until we get to misting N, who unleashes a quarter second of worldwide soothing (or whatever).