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| image1= Solomon's Diamond in The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager.png | | image1= Solomon's Diamond in The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager.png | ||
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| aka= | | aka= The [[Philosopher's Stone]] | ||
| type= Magical quartz | | type= Magical quartz | ||
| origin= [[Buranda]], [[Reality Z-25 31-H]] | | origin= [[Buranda]], [[Reality Z-25 31-H]] | ||
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| owned_by= [[Koravi|The Koravri]] | | owned_by= [[Koravi|The Koravri]] | ||
| first_seen_in= [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager (comic story)|The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager]]'' | | first_seen_in= [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager (comic story)|The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager]]'' | ||
| also_seen_in= | | also_seen_in= [[COMIC]]: ''[[Nula! Naked and Alone! (comic story)|Nula! Naked and Alone!]]'' | ||
| copyright= [[Jay Epps]] | | copyright= [[Jay Epps]] | ||
}}In [[Reality Z-25 31-H]], '''Solomon’s Diamond''' was a large jewel | }}In [[Reality Z-25 31-H]], '''Solomon’s Diamond''' was a large jewel belonging to the [[Koravi]] tribe. Physically, "[[King Solomon|Solomon]]"'s "Diamond" was a huge jewel, almost the size of a person's head, and, despite the name, it was not a diamond at all, but a large piece of quartz in a brilliant cut shape. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager (comic story)|The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager]]'') | ||
It was, in fact, the legendary [[Philosopher's Stone]], able to heal any injury, prevent aging, and transmute lead into gold; indeed, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Nula! Naked and Alone! (comic story)|Nula! Naked and Alone!]]'') [[Kaza (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Kaza]] felt a strange aura from it which he compared to that of [[Nerlana's tiara]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Nula! Naked and Alone! (comic story)|Nula! Naked and Alone!]]'') According to legend, its history went back thousands of years to the “alchemists and levite priests of [[Israel]]”. [[Alexander the Great (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Alexander the Great]] was said to have conquered [[Alexander the Great's conquest of Persia|conquered]] [[Persia]] to claim it from them; after his untimely death, it passed to [[Ptolemy of Egypt]] and remained with his descendants until [[Cleopatra]], who had her [[Cleopatra's handmaid|handmaid]] take it up the [[Nile]] and “into the jungle” to hide it from [[Augustus]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Nula! Naked and Alone! (comic story)|Nula! Naked and Alone!]]'') | |||
It was stolen from the Koravi temple sometime around the [[Boer War]]; its whereabouts for the next century were undocumented until it resurfaced at a [[Boothby's]] auction in the | It was stolen from the Koravi temple sometime around the [[Boer War]]; its whereabouts for the next century were undocumented until it resurfaced at a [[Boothby's]] auction in the late 20th century. [[Nula|Catherine Maxwell]], an old friend of the Kovari, purchased it and, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager (comic story)|The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager]]'') decades later, made up her mind to ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Nula! Naked and Alone! (comic story)|Nula! Naked and Alone!]]'') return to [[Buranda]] to restore it to its proper owners. Attracted by the legend, [[the Skull (Reality Z-25 31-H)|the Skull]] intercepted her and stole it for himself. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager (comic story)|The Danger, the Diamond, and the Dowager]]'') | ||
{{Kaza's Mate, Gwenna concepts}} | {{Kaza's Mate, Gwenna concepts}} | ||
{{Versions of the Philosopher's Stone}} | |||
[[Category:Items]] | [[Category:Items]] | ||
[[Category:Reality Z-25 31-H items]] | [[Category:Reality Z-25 31-H items]] | ||
[[Category:Magical Items]] | [[Category:Magical Items]] | ||
[[Category:Jewels]] | [[Category:Jewels]] | ||
[[Category:Philosopher's Stones]] | |||