Crystal of Knowledge
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The Crystal of Knowledge is a five-sided Kryptonian crystal that can be be used to create the Fortress of Solitude. (Arrival, Abyss)
The crystal contained all the knowledge of the planet Krypton. [citation needed]
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[edit] Early History
Hundreds of years ago, the Crystal of Knowledge was brought to Earth from Krypton. At some point along the way, the crystal was broken into three Stones of Power: the Crystal of Fire, the Crystal of Water, and the Crystal of Air. [citation needed]
These three relics were hidden around the planet Earth by ancient Kryptonians; they hid the treasure in Egypt, Central America, and East China. [citation needed] They also left behind a map to the Crystal of Air. [citation needed] The legend on Earth was that when united, the stones would point the way to a treasury of knowledge that put the Library of Alexandria to shame. [citation needed]
Important figures in history have searched for the three stones, including Countess Margaret Isobel Thoreaux and Duchess Gertrude. [citation needed] Greed had driven others to hunt the stones, but if humans united them before the destined Kryptonian, they would not be able to withstand the temptation and drive the world to famine, war, and Earth's ultimate destruction. [citation needed]
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Genevieve Teague, a descendant of Duchess Gertrude, continued Gertrude's search for the stones. Lionel Luthor, and later Lex Luthor, also used their vast resources to find the stones. Lionel found a brilliant mathematician Edgar Cole, who was able to translate the Kryptonian glyphs on each Crystal as the symbols for "fire," "air," and "water."
Jor-El sent Clark Kent, brainwashed as Kal-El, to retrieve them. According to Jor-El, Clark was the destined Kryptonian who was meant to have the Crystal of Knowledge.
Lex found the first crystal, the Crystal of Fire, in Egypt in a statue; it was later stolen by Kal-El, who then placed it on an altar in a hidden chamber in the Kawatche Caves in Smallville. The Crystal of Fire was a clear stone with the Kryptonian symbol for "P" and capable of restoring abilities and health.
The second crystal, the Crystal of Water, was found in Honduras and had the symbol for water found in a Mayan statue. The Crystal of Water was a black stone with the water symbol, and capable of transferring souls into another's body of whoever is touching the stone. Edgar was able to decipher them and tell of their meaning. He was able to get the stone and give it to Dr. Bridgette Crosby, Dr. Virgil Swann's assistant.
The third crystal, the Crystal of Air, was in Shanghai, East China, and was found by Isobel Thoreaux, who was possessing the body of her descendant, Lana Lang. The Crystal of Air was a silver stone with the Kryptonian symbol for \S/. The stone was used by Isobel to kill Genevieve. With human blood on the Crystal of Air, it caused a chain reaction that sent another meteor shower to Earth.
Clark finally found the other two stones and combined them with the Crystal of Fire to form one crystal, which transported Clark to the Arctic Circle.
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Once in the Arctic, Clark threw the Crystal of Knowledge into the open fields of snow. As the crystal melted into the ice, it grew into a huge, crystalline building: the Fortress of Solitude.
Like the Crystal of Knowledge, the Fortress of Solitude is a storehouse for all the knowledge in the universe gathered by Kryptonians, including that of their long-dead home planet, Krypton. Perhaps for this reason, the Zoners Zod and Baern both referred to the Fortress as the Fortress of Knowledge.
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Three years later, Lex Luthor inserted the Orb into the center console of the Fortress, causing it to collapse.
[edit] Season Eight
Four weeks later, a crystal was found near the excavation site by a LuthorCorp team looking for Lex: it looked very similar to the former Crystal of Knowledge, although it was slightly larger and a deeper shade of blue. Tess Mercer initially the crystal in her possession. Tess had a team of experts led by Dr. Edward Groll research the crystal and they found its alien origin and attempted to unlock it causing it send a beacon into space. Tess then went to Chloe to ask her to unlock the crystal referring to it as a super computer. Tess later had the crystal and showed it to Clark who was shocked to see it. Clark later told Chloe that he needs to get the crystal to rebuild the Fortress so that he can speak with Jor-El again and cure Chloe of Brainiac's infection. When Chloe went to Tess after she asked her to unlock it Tess told her that it was stolen from her. The person who stole it later emailed Tess telling her that she wasn't ready.
Later, the crystal was returned to Clark. The Crystal started glowing and sent Clark and Lois, who happened to be there, to the Phantom Zone. Chloe walked in later and found the crystal on the floor along with shattered glass from the window. She put it in her purse, and seconds later Tess Mercer walked in. She had gotten a report of a energy surge, and asked Chloe about the Crystal. Chloe denied seeing it. Chloe later asked Oliver Queen to steal the Crystal's generator from Tess Mercer, which he accepted. After he had done that, Chloe put the Crystal in the generator and used her powers to reverse the effects of the crystal and brought Clark and Lois back. The crystal is currently in Clark's possession, while Tess believes that it was Lex who stole it from her. Clark later used the crystal to recreate the Fortress to save Chloe from Brainiac.
