Crystals (Lore)

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Crystals were a new type of magic harnessed through, expectedly, crafted crystals, which are usually light blue in color, but have also been known to be varying shades of red, orange, purple, pink, other shades of blue, and potentially even other colors such as green.

These crystals contain power that rivals that of the Magistrate, and their uses are near limitless; including but not limited to being used to as an energy source for various weapons, tools and creations such as jetpacks and mining suits, to more advanced abilities such as tracking the location of certain items, and even such powerful abilities such as bringing inanimate objects to life or travelling through time. Despite these incredible abilities, most of their more advanced skills don't seem to be known by many; their basic uses largely being the only ones used.

Despite their more advanced abilities being largely unknown, just their basic uses were enough to spark a crystal-powered revolution, which overtook the Realm following their initial discovery. Barik in particular, was notable for creating a number of devices, such as crystal-powered pairs of wings and robotic mining suits. The Realm's future looked brighter than ever.

But soon there were accidents and horrible misuses of power; tragedies the Magistrate feared would send them back to the chaos and destruction of times past, causing them to ban crystals from common use.

While some agreed with this choice, others feared or distrusted the Magistrate. A group rallied behind Valera, leader of the former Paladins. They stood opposed to this decision, believing crystals had the power to improve the lives of everyone. Together, they formed the Resistance, and after weaponizing crystals, went to war with the Magistrate, resulting in the appropriately named Crystal War.

Trivia

• The ability to use the magical properties of crystals comes down to the spell / rune crafting of the crystal in question, as well as one's own capabilities with magic, with one of the places that one could learn this potentially being Deepwerks.
• Some of the rarest and most potent crystals in the Realm were found under the glaciers in Ice Mines.
• Not every purple crystal is explicitly related to the Abyss, but many crystals that are related to the Abyss tend to be purple, as revealed here. It's unknown if Abyssal crystals are those that originated from the Abyss, or if they're normal crystals that somehow became infused with Abyssal energy.
  • Abyssal crystals tend to float in the air.
• Red crystals can be seen in locked cages on Splitstone Quarry.
• While these types of crystals are stated to be a new discovery in the A Realm Divided lore cinematic, Karne can be seen wielding some form of crystal prior to this in the same video.