Creoix

Thank you! I thought there might be an answer from Sanderson, but I couldn’t find it.

So Ruin spent most of it’s energy trying to recover it’s power in the form of Atium. My question is how exactly that recovery would look like. In other words what exact steps would Ruin have to take to have his power back? I believe it has nothing to do with the Atium being burned, as when the army of Atium Mistings burned it away that would have reunited Ruin with his power. I also don’t think it would have to do with Ruin physically touching the Atium, as the moment he found where it was he could have just appeared as the Dark Mist Spirit and taken it. My best guess is that it needed to be taken somewhere (perhaps like unto the Well of Ascension), and then Ruin could take back his power. Anyone have any thoughts or evidence for how exactly Ruin had to go about regaining his power?