Zape Posted December 13, 2017 Posted December 13, 2017 (edited) if allomancy is from preservation and hemalurgy is from ruin shouldn't there be some sort of united magic form created from the two sides of the shard merging Edited December 13, 2017 by Zape
Shqueeves Posted December 13, 2017 Posted December 13, 2017 Feruchemy is the average https://wob.coppermind.net/events/76/#e6321 Quote Questioner Allomancy is of Preservation, correct? Brandon Sanderson Yes... Questioner What are Feruchemy and Hemalurgy of? Brandon Sanderson Hemalurgy is definitely of Ruin. Questioner Is it of pure Ruin? Brandon Sanderson Yes. That's a very Ruin thing. And Feruchemy is more of a blend. Though… there is more philosophy to that and human construct—like the Allomantic table—than I think I’ve made clear before. 1
Zape Posted December 13, 2017 Author Posted December 13, 2017 he himself states in the books that feruchemy is completely neutral tho
Kingsdaughter613 she/her Posted December 13, 2017 Posted December 13, 2017 That’s why it’s neutral. They cancel each other out.
+Harrycrapper Posted December 13, 2017 Posted December 13, 2017 I think balanced is a better term for it than neutral. Both shards are represented equally in feruchemy. It lets you preserve something for later use which is the Preservation side of things. However,it lets you use what you preserved at a higher rate but in a shorter period of time which is the "Ruin" part of feruchemy.
Yata he/him Posted December 14, 2017 Posted December 14, 2017 Feruchemy is the magic born by both and It's the middle ground between them. You could called It balanced or neautral but It's mostly semantics as all' the Scadrian magic comes from R&P
Wandering Investor Posted December 20, 2017 Posted December 20, 2017 Magic systems come about from a combination of the Shard's Intent and the physical/spacial (Subastral as Hoid puts it?) area where the shard is. This is why all magic on Scadrial uses metal, and why allomancy is so preservation like and Hemalurgy is so Ruin like. Feruchemy is the natural reaction to both R&P saturating the local system. I believe there is a WoB stating Preservation was the one that actually gave people the magic system, or was responsible for its creation, but the magic functions based on both Ruin's and Preservation's power. Found it! https://wob.coppermind.net/events/219-words-of-radiance-philadelphia-signing/#e7835 Spoiler NutiketAiel For Feruchemy, can you only inherit that? Or is there another way to get it? Brandon Sanderson Yeah, you could obviously get it through a Hemalurgic spike. NutiketAiel Yeah, but that’s kind of a different thing. Brandon Sanderson It is hereditary, but it came from somewhere. Which is a RAFO, but it’s not a big RAFO. There’s not something you missed in the books, or anything like that. It originally came from Preservation long ago. And there are other ways to get it, but you have not missed any major plot points regarding that. Good question. 1
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