In a way. The god of endings and destruction. But without Ruin, Preservation wouldn't have been able to make anything live. There wouldn't be anything but . . . pieces of life, floating around, not doing anything. It wouldn't be any good.

Sazed always said they weren't gods really, just - shards of power. Can't have one without the other. In the end, Preservation didn't really have a mind at all.