Skaiiwalker (paraphrased)
We know that Hoid has a bead of lerasium. Does he have any atium?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
He has access to atium, yes.
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Questioner
So, Hoid says he couldn't use the Pits anymore, but couldn't he have used the Trust, with a lot of atium all together? Would that have not formed a Perpendicularity?
Brandon Sanderson
No. There's a reason for that.
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Skaiiwalker (paraphrased)
Does Hoid use his Feruchemical abilities with the atium to see the future?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
Ah ah ah, I haven't confirmed that Hoid had Feruchemical abilities.
Skaiiwalker (paraphrased)
You haven't?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
*grinning slyly* No, but most people think he has Allomancy.
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Questioner
If Mraize took an atium spike and put it through Hoid's chest and then into himself, would he gain different abilities because of Hoid's altered spiritweb?
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah, he probably would. That's really terrifying to think about.
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Melhay
Of the people that were sick for the 16 days in comparison to just the one day, it is mentioned that they would be able to burn more precious metals (atium). Could it also be possible they are/were Mistborn—with the ability to burn all 16 metals?
Brandon Sanderson
Well, what was going on here was a clue established and set by Leras before he died. He wanted something to indicate—should he be unable to inform mankind—that what was happening wasn't natural, but instead something intentional. He worried that men wouldn't be able to realize they were being made into Allomancers.
And so, the mist was set to do something very specific, as has to do with the interaction between the human soul, Allomancy, and the sixteen metals.
Each of the 'Shardworlds' I've written in (Mistborn, Elantris, Warbreaker, Way of Kings) exists with the same cosmology. All things exist on three realms—the spiritual, the cognitive, and the physical. What's going on here is an interaction between the three realms. I don't want to bore you with my made up philosophy, but I do have a cohesive metaphysical reasoning for how my worlds and magic works. And there is a single plane of existence—called Shadesmar, the Cognative Realm—which connects them all.
You will never need to know any of this to read and enjoy my books, but there is an overarching story behind all of them, going on in the background. Adonalsium, Hoid, the origin of Ati, Leras, the Dor, and the Voice (from Warbreaker) are all tied up in this.