Crystal of El
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The Crystal of El is a Kryptonian crystal in the shape of the Kryptonian pentagon displaying the insignia of the House of El.
Before Krypton was destroyed, Jor-El gave the crystal to one of his assistants, Raya, to defend herself while in the Phantom Zone. Without a yellow sun to give her Kryptonian powers, the Crystal of El was Raya's only weapon against the many criminals trapped in the Phantom Zone.
Despite this, Raya gave the crystal to Clark Kent just before he left the Phantom Zone. Clark then used the Crystal of El to defeat the Zoners who had also escaped from the Phantom Zone before it was finally destroyed in his battle with the last Zoner, Bizarro.
In Season 7, Kara was shown holding a Crystal of El that Zor-El gave her that transformed to show an image of a baby Kal-El so that when she arrived on earth, she could locate him and protect him.
[edit] Powers and Abilities
The Crystal of El is known to have three basic powers.
Protection against Phantoms
The Crystal of El is capable of fending off Phantoms by emitting. However, it does not work on Zoners that still have their corporeal form, such as Aldar. It's unknown if the Crystal sent Phantoms back in the Zone or just captured them inside the Crystal
The crystal can also be used to remove Phantoms that have possessed humans. After escaping from the Phantom Zone, Clark used the Crystal of El to remove the spirit of General Zod from the body of Lex Luthor. Later, he separated Baern from the body of a human teenager, Lamar. The Martian Manhunter used an object similar to the Crystal of El to banish Dr. Hudson from Clark's body.
A notable exception to the crystal's anti-Phantom powers is the wraith that would later become Bizarro. It was definitely not affected by the Crystal of El, and was able to destroy the crystal. This might be related to the experiments conducted to the wraith.
Power storage
The Crystal of El also seems to absorb the energy of Phantoms that it banishes, becoming a storage system for immense amounts of power and energy.
After Clark defeated Baern, the crystal became charged up with all the energy that Baern had drained from various nuclear power plants. At Raya's urging, Clark was able to use the Crystal of El to restore power to the damaged Fortress of Solitude.
Selective amnesia
The Crystal of El can be used to selectively to erase memories. For example, Zor-El used a crystal to erase his daughter Kara's memories of a visit to Earth in 1986 in which Kara saw him and his attempts to seduce his sister-in-law, Lara-El (Lara) and Kara forgot about them until Agent Carter made them resurface using advanced equipment from Summerholt Institute.
Zor-El used another or possibly the same crystal of El to erase Kara's memories on Krypton as well when she found out about his connections with General Zod and about how he planned to ignite Krypton's core to destroy the planet before fleeing to earth. Kara pushed him onto hologram crystals before he erased her memories (Kara and the Chronicles of Krypton).
[edit] Appearances
- In Season Six, the Crystal of El appeared in Zod, Fallout, Static and Phantom. A similar object was used by Martian Manhunter for save Clark in Labyrinth.
- In Season Seven, Kara while hovering in space is holding a Crystal of El showing an image of baby Kal-El in Kara. Later, the Crystal is used by Zor-El in a flashback in Lara to delete Kara's memories of a visit to Earth.
- In Kara and the Chronicles of Krypton, Zor-El used a Crystal to erase Kara's memories of him igniting Krypton's core and destroying the planet as well as her memories of injuring her father.
[edit] Notes
- The Martian Manhunter carried a device similar to the Crystal of El along with him at all times so when he is trying to capture criminals to banish them to the Phantom Zone, he can use his crystal. His crystal however, is round shaped and flashes red instead of the Crystal of El white.
