The Great Crystals - Public

Hope, security, divinity, power, home - these are but some of the many names and feelings the peoples of the Kings, Crystal or Traitor, have given to the Great Crystals. Very few mortals truly understand how close creation came to being consumed by the corrupting taint of the Ruinous Powers, and how lucky they are that the world survived because of their activation; even if in a now broken form.

Below are the 14* Great Crystals of the Crystal Kings

Owning King	Great Crystal Color(s)
Lion King Bohara	pale green lower half and yellow upper half
Air King Orvalef	Blue with white clouds that appear and dissapear opposite edges
Dark King Oblidas	Clear with moving "clouds of black smoke"
Dragon King Humbata	Platinum
Fire King Firit	Orange, red, yellow, blue, and white in rhythmicly moving patterns
Ice King Ishva	A deep dark blue that fades into a light blue then white at the crystal's apex
Lightning King Oxini	Clear with countless lightning bolts constantly flashing through it
Light King Edaxerlan	A golden yellow at night and a golden white during the day
Machine King Rak	a mass of moving grey cogwheels against a black backround
Stone King Tiant	marble stone
Sea King Elthivana	dark blue and green with grey and white swirls
Seelie King Umadin	whatever color the viewer finds most pleasing
Fox King Crubeclan	a mix of pinks, reds, and teals
Thunder King Huram	Black core that fades into a dark grey at edges

And the 14 Great Crystals of the Traitor Kings

Owning King	Crystal Color(s)
Cyber King Barkmis	flesh red and metal grey
Mad King Cremahldaem	black with red lightning like lines
Sky King Edash	Blue with black clouds that appear and dissapear opposite edges
Shadow King Ehziamash	cloudy black
Undead King Eralaz	bone white
Stygian King Eusamat	Black center that fades into a deep dark blue
Disaster King Fraftim	swirling dark blue, white, black, yellow, and grey
Beast King Hosac	deep purple and red
Dragon King Itatma	red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
Spider King Itluma	black, red, purple, white
Goblin King Karrogan	Green, grey, white, and blac
Earth King Lhamash	earth brown
Horde King Orzemus	clear with green flames
Chaos King Sebali	Orange, red, yellow, blue, and white in an ever shifting chaotic jumble

Beyond those are the two Great Crystals of the Wandering and Lost Kings

Owning King	Crystal Color(s)
Lost King Nerrif	mottled white, grey, black, and brown
Wandering King Xeudos	a black so dark and deep it seems like a void in reality

Mechanics & Inner Workings

Though theories are nigh countless on the lips of exponentially more people, only the God Edaxerlan truly understands how the Great Crystals work.
While he keeps the secrets of their most intimate workings silent, both God and King edaxerlan have spoken with their peers*¹. Giving the gift of knowledge by explaining how the Great Crystals split the World-That-Was into the the separate physical Materium and spiritual Roth'eld'wor.

"The Great Crystals were meant to project a barrier, trapping the Fiends and their taint away from the rest of creation. As corruption touched our fellow divines, it infected their Crystals as well. This caused the barrier they project to affect us as well. Our greatest hope was subverted into a dual edged sword." - God and King Edaxerlan, to his fellow Gods and Kings.

Manufacturing process

Only Edaxerlan knows, and any records of it are believed to exist only in the god's mind.

History

The History of the Great Crystals goes back to the end of the World-That-Was, devised to be a final solution to the calamity of the Ruinous Powers. It was their activation that ultimately split the world apart, creating the Materium and Roth'Eld'Wor, reshaping reality into its current form. Since then they have remained in the possession of their various Kings and people, often serving as the grand centerpiece of their capitol world cities.
Though none have yet to be damaged by enemy forces on either side, both firmly believe that Gadmorenda will come, and the Great Crystals' destruction will come with it.

Significance

The significance of the Great Crystals is such that it may not be verbally quantifiable. Not only did they save creation from being consumed by fiendish corruption, but each is a symbol that is synonymous with both King and country. So synonymous are they that each King has built their palace into and on their Great Crystals. They are both cultural and religious symbols, and it is reflected in many works of art and literature, religious or not.

Item type

Unique Artifact

Creation Date

Shortly before the the end of the World-That-Was and start of the Age of Chaos

Current Location

Prime Materium

Creator

Edaxerlan

Rarity

There are only thirty Great Crystals in all of creation. Fourteen for both Crystal and Traitor, and the two Crystals of The Lost and The Wandering Kings.

Weight

hundreds of thousands of tons

Dimensions

unknown, they are as big as mountains and not uniform in shape.

Raw materials & Components

Like it's inner workings, only the God Edaxerlan knows what the Great Crystals are made from.

Tools

Given that no tool marks can be found on the Great Crystals, it is widely believed that the only tool used was the will of the gods.

*16 if you count Nerrif and Xeudos's.
*¹ Don't forget, the Kings are the "mortal" Avatars of the Gods. Edaxerlan the God and Light King Edaxerlan are two separate entities.