Harmonium Spliting

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

I seen some people in the 17thshard who have talked like harmonium has been split into lerasium and atium. But I thought it ended up blowing up? Not working?

[Treamayne]

6 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

I seen some people in the 17thshard who have talked like harmonium has been split into lerasium and atium. But I thought it ended up blowing up? Not working?

Have you read The Lost Metal? Spoilers:

Spoiler

TLM Ch 71:
 

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“Land safely, mate,” Wayne whispered. “And survive.”

He tipped his hat, then pulled out the red-corked vial. “What the hell is this, anyway?”

Earlier in the week, you all conducted a test, Harmony said. Splitting harmonium.

“Same test our enemies have done a hunnerd or more times.”

Yes, but this one was different. I have no idea what happened, but Wax did something different from everyone else trying this. Because he didn’t merely blow up the room. He created something. Something amazing.

Wayne held up the vial, staring at the metal dust settled at the bottom.

That, Harmony said, is the faintest bit of lerasium, Wayne. A metal from legend. A metal found by Vin at the Well of Ascension, and used to make Elend Venture a Mistborn. A metal that hasn’t existed for centuries, and as far as I know, hasn’t been made in millennia. Drink that vial and you’ll be a Mistborn, able to use all of the metals. There’s a little of each one in there.

“Why didn’t you have Wax drink it earlier?”

I don’t want to reveal this happened, as I don’t know why or how. I don’t know what he did. Besides … he might have already had a dose, inhaled during the explosion.

Huh. That explained a few things.

Wayne knocked back the vial. Then he waited. Nothing happened.

“That’s anticlimactic,” he muttered.

You have to burn the lerasium, Wayne.

Oh, right. He searched, and found a new metal reserve. Neat. He reached out and burned it.

A flash of light.

A fire in his veins.

A feeling like a kick to the face.

Damn.

 

Hope that helps

[Entr0pic He/him]

14 hours ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

I seen some people in the 17thshard who have talked like harmonium has been split into lerasium and atium. But I thought it ended up blowing up? Not working?

In short: it does explode, however, that explosion leaves behind trace amounts of lerasuim and atium.

Edited February 26, 2025 by Entr0pic
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[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

Thank you! That helps! I didn't remember that part!