Kryptonian dagger

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The Kryptonian dagger is a type of dagger associated with the Fortress of Solitude.

The first blade was given by Jor-El to Clark Kent to destroy the vessel of General Zod: Lex Luthor, who was given Kryptonian powers by Brainiac.

A second dagger was found by Lara-El in the Fortress of Solitude (Blue). It was unsuccessfully used by Kara in an attempt to kill Zor-El.

Contents 1 Powers and Abilities 2 Vulnerabilities 3 Season Five 4 Season Six 5 Season Seven 6 Appearances 7 Quotes 8 Notes 9 References

[edit] Powers and Abilities

"The dagger is part of this Fortress. Plunging it into Fine destroyed all copies of him but also damaged this structure and released Zod." - Jor-El (to Martha Kent) (Zod)

The dagger appears to be capable of inflicting damage even on invulnerable beings. ^[1]

The dagger also bypasses many of the security mechanisms that limit access to the Fortress console. When Brainiac was stabbed with a Kryptonian dagger, he was somehow able to access the power of the Fortress to open a portal to the Phantom Zone. Normally that would require access to the crystals and console of the Fortress; somehow because the dagger was part of the Fortress, Brainiac was able to circumvent the access limitations of the console, and access the power of the Fortress directly through the dagger.(Vessel)

[edit] Vulnerabilities

The dagger has a fairly low success rate against Kryptonians. It has only been successful once against a super powered opponent, when Clark used it to destroy Milton Fine (Vessel). The dagger can be broken; Zod successfully snapped the dagger in half, after Lana's unsuccessful assassination attempt against him. (Zod) Lara and Kara were unsuccessful in attempting to kill Zor-El (Blue).

It is unclear whether or not its low success rate is due to the super speed of potential victims (Zod and Zor-El), or if somehow not as effective a weapon when wielded by inexperienced Kryptonians (Kara).

[edit] Season Five

Though he had gained the upper hand on Lex, Clark could not bring himself to kill him and instead hurled the Kryptonian dagger at Milton Fine; Fine was impaled in the chest with it, and used the dagger to gain access into the Fortress to release General Zod into Lex's body. (Vessel)

[edit] Season Six

Later, Lana Lang tried to use the Kryptonian dagger to kill Zod, but he saw beyond her trap and broke the blade in half. (Zod)

[edit] Season Seven

Another Kryptonian dagger is seen again in Blue, when Lara-El's replicant takes it from the Fortress of Solitude to kill Zor-El. She says that Jor-El back on Krypton used to keep a weapon in case of a last resort. When Kara tries to use it to kill Zor-El, he stops it in almost the same way as Zod in Vessel. The dagger is presumably still in the Fortress.

The glyphs on the dagger from the episode Blue are identical to the ones on the dagger in Vessel.

[edit] Appearances

• Season Five: Vessel
• Season Six: Zod
• Season Seven: Blue

[edit] Quotes

Lionel: You know, Clark in certain cultures, when a father presents his son with a knife it represents a rite of passage.

Clark: How do you know this is from Jor-El?

Lionel: The glyphs on the blade, they're Kryptonian. What does Jor-El want you to do with the dagger? Clark I came here to find you. When I woke up this morning, I found this. Must have written it in my sleep. It's another warning from Jor-El? Tell me what it says.

Clark: "Sacrifice the vessel."

Season Five, Vessel

[edit] Notes

• The Kryptonian symbols on the dagger's blade translate literally as "RTDSME" ^[2] ; the meaning of the symbols is unknown.

[edit] References

1. ↑ Jor-El gave Clark the dagger in Vessel, and told him to use it to destroy General Zod's super-powered vessel. Lara also attempted to use the dagger on Zor-El in Blue.
2. ↑ http://ezrasmall.com/gallerypages/Kryptonian/krypttech.htm