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== History ==
During the [[Final Empire]], cadmium and [[bendalloy]] were inaccessible and unknown to allomancersAllomancers, though they were possibly known to the [[Lord Ruler]]{{wob ref|5493}}. Other than theThe fact that their technology couldn't create the metals, [[Preservation]] also swapped their places on the Allomantic Table for [[atium]] and [[malatium]]. In Preservation's plan, this served themade purposeMistings of burningthese awaytypes [[Ruin]]'s body, atium. The switch of place also kept the total number of Allomantic metalsimpossible to remain as the significant number 16, which acts as a sign for humans to understand Preservation's plandiscover.{{wob ref|5971}} Cadmium and bendalloy mistings did exist, but were not snapped by the mists because Preservation wanted to create atium and malatium mistings.{{wob ref|1352}} After the [[catacendreCatacendre]], [[Harmony]] restored the Allomantic Table, and advancement in technology eventually made the metals available.
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