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Start looking at the maps, and comparing them. The one of Alethkar before the prologue is especially interesting.

Nice Theory! I think you almost got it...almost. There seems to be one major hiccup in your theory, and you described it quite succinctly in th following quotes. Both of you guys seem to be grasping around the edges of the true explaination of why feruchemy, and alomancy can be used by the same person. Why awakening doesn't need a balancer. I'm going to explain why I think these things happen using a quote i got off a Q&A session that Barnes and Noble had with Brandon Sanderson. Brandon basically says the following: Based off this information, being able to uses Feruchemy and Allomancy is dependent on genetics and Spirtual conectivity with the holder of the Shards. This suggests that both of you were sort of right in terms of evolution (genetics) and Intent (Spiritual Connection). As for why Feruchemy developed before Aloomancy, human beings (in the context of the book) were supposed to be designed with equal parts of Ruin and Preservation in them, and most people gravitated towards having that balance in the Spiritual Realm. Then when Preservation gave up his mind to cage Ruin he left the rest of himself in the world to be picked up by man. So along comes Rashek who gains whats left of Preservation. Now you have a man that is heavily influenced by Preservation, and Ruin caged enough that Rashek is able to find those people that are genetically capable of connecting with Preservation and establishing a connection with them on the Spiritual Plane.