Inquisitor Spine Spike

The Inquisitor Spine Spike, a horrific steel spike driven through the eye socket of Steel Inquisitors, emerges as a pivotal allomantic tool in Mistborn Era 1, granting them the ability to burn metals despite lacking innate powers. Crafted from Ruin's essence and enabling Steelpushing, Pewterdragging, and crucially the reading of preserved memories from victims' souls, these spikes define the Inquisitors' fearsome prowess and vulnerability. Their full significance unfolds across the series, revealing the Inquisitors' tragic origins as captured skaa and the spikes' role in preserving cognitive shadows, culminating in the post-Catacendre era where Hemalurgic spikes persist as remnants of Scadrial's dark magical legacy.