Rashek killed Alendi, and took the power for himself. When this failed, he asked Rashek to do everything within his power, including murder, to stop him from releasing the power at the well. He renounced Alendi and left, hoping this would dissuade the man from going to the Well. However, Kwaan noted that the legends in the copperminds and in text differed from the ones he had memorized, and how one such case was in the description of Alendi. He and a group of Terris packmen journeyed along with Alendi towards the Well. When Kwaan met Alendi, he was surprised at how well the man fit the legend. The Well was within Terris legend, and it was said that a man, known as the Hero of Ages, would use the power of the Well to help the world. In the end, only someone wielding and balancing the diametrically opposing forces of Preservation and Ruin could save the world. Releasing the power at the Well ended up freeing Ruin from imprisonment, essentially dooming the planet. The original text was more vague on what to do with the power. However, this was a corruption of the text, orchestrated by Ruin. It is said in the Terris legends that the Hero of Ages will release the power at the Well of Ascension and use it to save mankind. It is also the place where Rashek radically altered the world using this power, and became the Lord Ruler. This was power that could supposedly save mankind. The Well of Ascension is the mythical place where enormous energies would gather every thousand years. For the second book in the series, see Mistborn: The Well of Ascension.
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