Thought Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) Out of curiosity, how do we know that aluminum takes enhancement allomancy? I ask because, as the OP noted, the unalloyed lower metals steal human attributes and I haven't been able to find a reference to where hemalurgical aluminum was revealed. This oddity is emphasized by the RPG, which makes an alloy (duralumin) steal Feruchemy. That is consistent with the lower pattern, but not the upper metals if aluminum does indeed steal allomancy. EDIT: I've checked the brandonothology, annotations, blog entries, etc, and can't find what mentions an aluminum spike. I can't find any reference in MB (not surprisingly), nor WoA (also not surprising), still looking in HoA. I read AoL recently enough that I am near positive it isn't in there, either. Anyone know where this information is coming from? Edited February 29, 2012 by Thought
Thought Posted March 1, 2012 Posted March 1, 2012 Ah, thanks. I was working my way through HoA, and apparently just hadn't gotten to it yet (though it is interesting how much information the book gives on hemalurgy). There is a curiosity with that Ars Arcanum, though: it lists Atium as stealing temporal powers, which Sanderson later revealed is technically incorrect (as it is a wild card). Thus, that chart must be taken as being an in-world creation, rather than author fiat, which is then quite curious: who in the world was experimenting with aluminum spikes? And on allomancers who were burning metals that were generally not known? Quite curious.
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