Crystalia Amaquelin (Earth-616)

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== Preface ==
A number the incidents recounting Crystal's life are cited to have occurred in specific decades relative to the era of publication. However, it should be noted that the so-called "modern era" of the Earth-616universe operates on a Sliding Timescale. As such these events could not have occurred in the times they appeared due to the fact that it would drastically age the character.
As Inhumans age much slower than humans some elements of her life prior to the birth of the Fantastic Four may be tied to specific dates. However as of this writing there are few specific examples of this, and as such most events in her life prior to the birth of the Fantastic Four should be considered as happening relative to a number of years prior to the beginning of the Modern Age than a specific date unless otherwise specified.
== Early life ==
=== Childhood ===
Crystalia Amaquelin is a member of the Inhumans an offshoot of humanity that was genetically altered by the Kree centuries ago. The Inhumans kept themselves hidden from humanity in their city known as Attilan (also known as the Great Refuge) out of fear for centuries, developing a high technological society with a focus on genetics. With the discovery of the Terrigen Mist, the Inhumans would expose themselves it in order to gain fantastic abilities. She was the daughter of Quelin and Ambur, members of the House of Agon, the royal family of the Inhumans. Crystal and her older sister Medusa were cousins to Black Bolt, his brother Maximus and their cousins Gorgon, Karnak and Triton. Medusa was betrothed to marry Black Bolt, who was slated to succeed the Inhuman throne, but due to Black Bolt's powerfully destructive voice, he was isolated from society for many years.
Unlike most Inhumans who were exposed to the Terrigen Mists after certain requirements were met, Crystal was exposed to them while still an infant, gaining the ability to control the elements. During her youth she accepted a challenge by Maximus to see who could sneak into the royal throne room and sit upon the Inhuman throne without getting getting stopped by their parents. Crystal raced against her sister, as well as her cousin Karnak. Medusa allowed herself to be caught sneaking around by her parents. Medusa then told them the game that they were playing and while Quelin and Ambur stopped Maximus, Karnak and Crystal dead in their path, Medusa quietly sat upon the throne winning the competition.
Years later on Black Bolt's 19th birthday, his father Agon allowed his son to finally leave isolation now that he had found the discipline to never speak. At eight years old, this was the first time that Crystal met her cousin Black Bolt. When Maximus attempted to force his brother to speak to cause untold destruction in the hopes he could eventually claim the Inhuman throne, Medusa, Gorgon and Karnak stopped him. Black Bolt soon became ruler of the Inhumans after the untimely death of his parents, and his brother Maximus being driven mad after nearly betraying their people to the Kree.
=== Exile ===
Under Black Bolt's rule, the Inhuman empire continued on secretly hidden from the eyes of humanity, the Inhumans developing a level of xenophobia toward the humans of the outside world. By the 1950s the advancement of the human race threatened to expose the hidden land of Attilan. This prompted Black Bolt to venture out and seek a new home for his people. Along the way he met another advanced offshoot of humanity, the Eternals. Eventually a new home was located in the Himalayan Mountains. Crystal and the rest of the Inhumans then assisted in moving their domain there with some help from the Eternals. Due to his crimes against society, Maximus was locked away for years but he eventually used his mental powers to coerce three of the Alpha Primitives slave class. He compelled them to expose themselves to the Terrigen Mists transforming them into an entity known as the Trikon. The Trikon then compelled the Alpha Primitives to revolt against their suppressors. During the ensuing uprising, Medusa attempted to confront the Trikon on a sky sled, but it blasted her ship causing her to crash somewhere outside of the Great Refuge. The crash had stricken Medusa with amnesia and she wandered away from the ensuing battle which was eventually ended, but with Maximus taking control of the Inhuman throne and exiling his cousins. Crystal spent the convening years trying to locate her sister along with the rest of the exiled House of Agon. The royal family utilized the teleportational abilities of Crystal's pet dog Lockjaw to get about. Later, Maximus sent the Seeker to try and rein in his errant family members.
A differing account states that Crystal was aware of the heroes of the world outside and the conflict affecting the Inhumans was a conflict between the Chinese government and the people of Tibet, instead of the Trikon. In this account, Crystal convinced Medusa to go out and seek the aid of the Fantastic Four to help their people. Crystal remained behind with the rest of the royal family who were overseeing Black Bolt's recovery after he was injured by one of the inventions created by Maximus. It was not until reports that Medusa joined the Frightful Four that Crystal and the others fled the Great Refuge to find her.
== Modern Age ==
=== Reunion ===
Their search eventually brought the Inhumans to New York City, where they established a temporary home below a Brooklyn tenement slated for demolition. While out exploring one night she happened to cross paths with the Human Torch, member of the heroic Fantastic Four. The pair were smitten by each other from the first, and after a quick chase, Crystal mistook Johnny Storm for an Inhuman due to his flame powers. When Gorgon successfully returned with Medusa, she recognized him as her former foe and a battle broke out. During the conflict, Johnny was able to summon his comrades in the Fantastic Four, while the Inhumans summoned their leader Black Bolt. During the battle the Inhumans deduced that the Seeker was after them when Triton went missing during the ensuing battle. Using Lockjaw they fled the scene by teleporting back to the Great Refuge. There Crystal witnessed as Black Bolt fought through an army of Alpha Primitives in order to reclaim the Inhuman crown from Maximus. The Fantastic Four soon discovered and arrived at the Great Refuge and confronted Medusa and the others, Mister Fantastic pleading them to reveal themselves to humanity outside. However Maximus was not totally defeated as he intended to use his Atmo-Gun to wipe out the human race so the Inhumans could take over the entire world. Crystal then witnessed as Black Bolt destroyed the Atmo-Gun, saving the lives of every human on Earth. In one last ditch effort, Maximus scored a Pyrrhic victory by activating a device that surrounded Attilan with a "Negative Zone" barrier, forcing the Fantastic Four out while trapping the Inhumans within. Having fallen in love with Johnny Storm, Crystal was devastated and feared she would never see him again. Medusa consoled her sister Crystal trying to convince her to move on, while Black Bolt and Gorgon dealt with the Seeker and Maximus. With the Seeker dead and Maximus imprisoned once again, Medusa and Black Bolt rekindled their romance.
=== Freedom ===
Finding themselves trapped behind the Negative Zone barrier, Medusa continued to try and console Crystal over the loss of Johnny Storm. She was on hand as Karnak tried to find a weakness in the barrier, but failed to produce results. Crystal and the others then began attempting to coax Maximus into revealing a means for them to escape, but they found that he was more insane than ever and was only interested in making toys than helping solve their dilemma. She then stood back helplessly as Black Bolt attempted to use his control of electrons trigger an Absorba-Bomb to destroy the barrier. This attempt also failed, and realizing that the Absorba-Bomb could destroy them all Black Bolt injured himself attempting to stop it. As soon as Black Bolt began to recover, Maximus revealed the only means in which the barrier could be destroyed, also revealing to the others the secret of why Black Bolt never spoke. Medusa tried to stop Maximus from speaking, but it was too late and the secret was out: the only way to destroy the Negative Zone barrier was in the destructive power of Black Bolt's voice. Something that could possible destroy them all in the process. With no other choice left to them, Crystal and the other Inhumans sought shelter below the city while Black Bolt unleashed the awesome power of his voice. Although Black Bolt succeeded in destroying the barrier, Attilan was decimated in the process. In the aftermath of the battle the Ruling Council of the Inhumans decreed that Black Bolt and the rest of the Royal Family leave the Great Refuge until the city could be rebuilt to its former splendor.
Crystal joined the rest of the royal family in their travels. They made a brief stop in Europe before a group of prejudiced villagers mistook them for witches and attacked, forcing them to defend themselves and leave. They soon found a new refuge before Black Bolt allowed Crystal to venture on her own to find the Human Torch. While searching for Johnny, Lockjaw teleported in the middle of a football game between State University and Metro College. There she met Wyatt Wingfoot, Johnny's friend and classmate. He informed her that the Fantastic Four were at their Baxter Buildingheadquarters battling it out with the Sandman. By the time Crystal had arrived and was reunited with her love, the Sandman had escaped and the FF's leader Mister Fantastic was seemingly lost in the antimatter universe known as the Negative Zone. To help Johnny and his teammates out, Crystal went back to the royal family and enlisted the aid of Triton, who "swam" into the Negative Zone and rescued Reed from certain doom. However this rescue attempt also freed the Negative Zone barbarian known as Blastaar who secretly slipped everyone's notice, and quickly allied himself with the Sandman. Johnny and Crystal then went on their first date together, but their outing was cut short when they learned that Johnny's teammates were battling both Blastaar and the Sandman. Joining the fight, Crystal and the Torch helped defeat Blastaar although the Sandman managed to escape capture.
=== Relationship with Johnny ===
Crystal and Johnny got to spend some time alone together while Mister Fantastic, the Thing and the Invisible Girl went on a vacation in the South Pacific. This was cut short when they crossed paths with a Kree Sentry and called Johnny for help. Following the defeat of the Sentry robot, Crystal was taken out shopping with Sue and later went on another date with Johnny. This date was also interrupted when Johnny and the other members of the Fantastic Four were teleported away to battle the Kree warrior known as Ronan the Accuser. Crystal was upset that Johnny abruptly left their date, but he managed to patch things up with her. Crystal and Sue later remained behind while Reed, Johnny and Ben went after the rogue scientists known as the Enclave after they kidnapped Ben's girlfriend Alicia Masters.When they returned successful, Crystal joined the FF to visit Alicia in the hospital and later joined Johnny as he spent time with his friends. This led to a minor altercation when some of Storm's pals began flirting with Crystal. Crystal was also present when Sue suddenly collapsed, and they all were informed that she was pregnant with Reed's child.
Later, when the Mad Thinker turned the Thing against the Fantastic Four, Crystal stayed behind to look after Sue. Going out on an errand, Crystal returned home to find the Thing back to normal, but the group battling it out with the Mad Thinker's Monster Android. Ultimately the creature was defeated by being shunted into the Negative Zone, but in the aftermath of the battle Reed made the decision that he and Sue were going to quit the team out of concern for the safety of his pregnant wife. Crystal, Ben and Johnny then lamented over their friends leaving the team when they were suddenly visited by Earth's Watcher. Crystal then had to sit back and watch as the Torch and Thing had to battle the former herald of Galacuts known as the Silver Surfer. Eventually, Reed was pulled into the fold, and they stopped the Surfer convincing him that pretending to be a mutual enemy to the governments of the world was not a means of resolving world conflicts. Not long after this, Crystal was left to care for Sue as the rest of the Fantastic Four went to aid the Silver Surfer, whose master had come to rein him back into his service of finding new worlds to consume.With Galactus threatening to consume the Earth, Crystal had to distract Sue from any sort of worry.As the Fantastic Four traveled into the Microverse to bring the Surfer back to Earth, Crystal called Sue a doctor to check up on her. With Sue becoming ill with worry, Crystal was relieved when the Surfer returned from the Microverse. After telling Crystal that the FF were busy battling the Psycho-Man, he sedated Sue before going to appease Galactus. However before the others could return from their mission, Crystal had to take Sue to the hospital. There she learned that the cosmic rays that gave Sue her powers were complicating her pregnancy and threatened to kill her and her unborn child. It was during this time that Thing was cured of his condition. Crystal and Johnny celebrated with him briefly. But later Ben had to sacrifice his new found humanity in order to defeat the Mad Thinker's Android Man.
=== Fantastic Four ===
With Sue's health deteriorating, Crystal remained by her side while Reed and the others ventured into the Negative Zone to retrieve an energy source that could help her give birth. This led to a clash with the Negative Zone's ruler Annihilus, but the FF succeeded in getting the required energy from the fiend's Cosmic Control Rod. With this energy source, Sue was saved and she gave birth to her and Reed's son. With Sue recovering in the hospital, Crystal looked after the rest of the team, but was unimpressed with becoming their maid and expressed this displeasure profusely. Crystal tried to change this by designing her own Fantastic Four costume and trying to convince Johnny and the others to let her take Sue's place on the team while she was recovering. Any reservations they had in allowing Crystal to join the group were quickly quashed when she proved herself to be quite the tactician in battle against their foe the Wizard and was officially welcomed as a member of the Fantastic Four. Crystal and the Fantastic Four later attending the wedding of the Avengers known as Yellowjacket and the Wasp.
Although she was welcomed as a member of the Fantastic Four, Crystal still needed royal permission from Black Bolt. As such, they returned to Attilan to find that Maximus had taken over the kingdom once again during Crystal's absence. The male members of the Fantastic Four were incapacitated and locked away, while Crystal was forced to witness as Maximus plotted to unleash his hypno-gun upon the world. Before he could do so, both the Fantastic Four and the Inhuman royal family broke free from their bonds. They then defeated both Maximus and his gang of loyal followers, Crystal even had a hand in destroying the hypno-gun. But despite their efforts, Maximus and his band of renegades managed to escape. In the aftermath of the battle, Crystal obtained Black Bolt's blessings to operate alongside the Fantastic Four. On their way back into the United States the Fantastic Four were stopped by Nick Fury and his spy agency SHIELD, who asked the FF to investigate reports of a secret army of robots being built in Europe. This turned out to be the work of the FF's long time foe, Doctor Doom who captured Crystal and the others. But instead of destroying them, he left them trapped in Latveria, using hypnosis to prevent them from using their powers.
Despite the fact that they were conditioned to be unable to use their powers, Crystal and the other members of the Fantastic Four agreed to assist the Latverian resistance, even as Doom unleashed an army of Servo-Guards to quell the uprising. Even without their powers, the Fantastic Four held their own against Doom's army of robots and helped the resistance. When Doom later attempted to blow up the village outside his castle, they were rescued thanks to the timely arrival of the Invisible Girl who protected them with a force field. Having overcome the hypnosis that prevented them from using their powers, the Fantastic Four then stormed Doom's castle. Crystal and Sue were separated from their male comrades and forced to have a banquet with Doom as his minion Gustav Hauptmannhunted for their comrades. Eventually Doom slew Hauptmann himself when his actions threatened to destroy a portrait of himself. Having grown weary of the battle, Doom then allowed his foes to leave and return home without further incident. When the FF returned to New York, Sue showed them a bizarre metallic home that she had purchased as a place for her and Reed to raise their son, unaware that it was a porthole being used by the Mole Man to stage another invasion of the surface world. Seeing his long time foes in his domain, the Mole Man activated a device that blinded Reed, Sue, Johnny and Crystal. Even with this handicap, the Fantastic Four were able to foil the Mole Man's scheme and destroyed his device, restoring their vision.
=== Alien Menaces ===
As they recovered from their battle, the Mole Man managed to escape and before long the Fantastic Four had to flee their new "home" as the Mole Man set it to self destruct. Unknown to them, the Thing—who left earlier—was kidnapped by members of the Skrull Slave-Master and taken to the world of Kral IV. Kral turned out to be a world of Skrulls who were obsessed with the fashion and styles of 1930s America. They also pitted slave against each other in a gladiatorial arena to resolve disputes. Meanwhile, back on Earth, Reed discovered what happened to Ben and planned a rescue mission for his friend. Finding a means to track Ben, Reed prepared a ship, taking Crystal and Johnny along with him on the rescue mission. Arriving on Kral, the Fantastic Four quickly located the Thing who was being forced to battle the Mekkan warrior known as Torgo to resolve a conflict between Skrull mobsters Boss Baker and Lippy Louie. The Fantastic Four then freed the Thing and assisted Torgo in freeing the rest of the slaves. As the slaves revolted against their masters, the Fantastic four escaped Kral and headed back for home.
Back on Earth, Mister Fantastic announced that he developed a means to cure scientist Bruce Bannerof his curse of being the Hulk. Banner read this news and headed to New York to meet with the Fantastic Four but transformed into the Hulk along the way. With some rudimentary memory of his course, the Hulk attacked the Baxter Building leading to a clash against the Fantastic Four. The Fantastic Four managed to incapacitate the Hulk and administer what they hoped was a cure. Instead Banner gained the ability to change into the Hulk and will while still retaining his normal intelligence. Thanking them Banner departed company, but his new state proved only temporary. Later when Earth was threatened with an invasion from the Z'nox, the mutant heroes known as the X-Menwere prepared to fend off this invasion. Their leader Professor X tapped the minds of every good natured human to bombard the emotionless Z'Nox with feelings causing them to flee the Earth. Crystal and her comrades in the Fantastic Four were one of the millions whose minds were tapped for this feat. Crystal later joined Reed and Sue bring their newly named son Franklin to interview Agatha Harkness a prospective babysitter for their son. Harkness' home on Whisper Hill was later attacked by the Frightful Four, and not even Crystal's sister infiltrating their ranks was able to stop them from incapacitating the Fantastic Four. Ultimately, the Frightful Four were defeated by Harkness who turned out to be a powerful witch. With having proved her usefulness as a nanny, the Fantastic Four hired Harkness to look after their son.
Crystal later went to wait up for Johnny at the Coffee Bean for a cup of coffee. There she was hit on by a soldier named Flash Thompson. Thompson, a devout Spider-Man fan antagonized the Torch when he arrived on the scene. Crystal later had to pull Johnny away before the two came to blows.
=== Doom Conspiracy ===
Crystal was later approached by Medusa and asked to return to the Hidden Land. This caused tension between Crystal and Johnny because the Torch did not want her to leave. Eventually, Medusa forced Crystal to return home with her, regardless of the Torch's protests. Back home, Crystal learned that Black Bolt was injured in a radiation experiment and only by combining her powers with Gorgon's could their leader be cured. Eventually, the Torch went to Attilan searching for Crystal. Unwilling to listen to the Inhumans, he fought them until the rest of the Fantastic Four arrived and stopped Johnny from escalating matters further. With the truth revealed, Johnny apologized for his rude behavior and he and Crystal reconciled. With Black Bolt cured, Crystal was allowed to return to New York with the Fantastic Four. However, along the way they were attacked by constructs of many Fantastic Four foes created by the combined geniuses of the Puppet Master and Mad Thinker. Despite the ambush, the Fantastic Four and Crystal held their own against their attackers, destroying all the clay androids. Eventually the attack ceased when the Puppet Master and Thinker were felled by their duplicate of the Hulk.
When the group finally returned home they decided to pay Franklin a visit. But on their way they were attacked by an unseen attacker. Unknown to them this was part of a secret plot by Doctor Doom to conquer the universe. While the Fantastic Four were otherwise occupied, Doom had members of the Enclave attack the Baxter Building and steal many of Reed's inventions. When Crystal and the others returned home, they were attacked by the Mad Thinker's Android Man, which they easily defeated.Crystal stayed behind while the Fantastic Four went to investigate the Mad Thinker's lab, which turned out to be a dead end. They were later warned by Crystal that the Kree Sentry had been reactivated and was battling their sometime ally the Sub-Mariner. They were unaware that the battle was staged so that Doom could steal the Horn of Proteus. While Reed, Johnny, and Ben sought the aid of the X-Men, Sue and Crystal planned to go see Franklin at Whisper Hill. However, en route their ship was intercepted by Lockjaw, who teleported Crystal away. Crystal was taken back to the Hidden Land, where Medusa informed her that someone had stolen the Helix of Randac from the Temple of Science.
When Crystal returned to the Baxter Building, she found Doctor Doom. Showing her that he now possessed the Cosmic Cube he told her that he had slain the Fantastic Four before departing. However, Crystal learned that the FF survived when the Inhumans detected their signal flare from space and mounted a rescue mission. Her reunion with Johnny was cut short when Doom manipulated Namor to use the Horn of Proteus to send an army of sea creatures to attack New York City. Crystal then joined the Fantastic Four and the Avengers in fending off Namor's attack, eventually freeing him from Doom's control.
Having deduced Doctor Doom was responsible, Reed took Crystal and the rest of the team into the Negative Zone—leaving Sue behind—to prevent Doom from obtaining the Cosmic Control Rod from Annihilus. They obtained some help from the Kree hero known as Captain Marvel, but Doom was still successful. When the heroes returned back to their dimension they found that the Frightful Four got the drop on Sue, and freed their ally Blastaar from the Negative Zone. Crystal and the others easily trounced the Frightful Four. Using technological means, Reed determined that Doom was going after the power of Galactus himself. Crystal accompanied the rest of the team when they went to Avengers Mansion to petition Thor to take them to Asgard. There Reed successfully petitioned Thor's father Odin to join their cause against Doom. With Doom returning to Earth with the power of Galactus in his grasp, Crystal returned to Attilan to spend what could be her last moments with her family as the rest of the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, the X-Men the Sub-Mariner and the warriors of Asgard battled the cosmically powerful Doctor Doom. As Doom prepared to consume the Earth, Crystal convinced her fellow Inhumans to join the battle. Ultimately, the Fantastic Four managed to recover the Cosmic Cube from Doom, and Reed used it to strip his foe of his power, then used the Cube to restore all the damage done.
=== Last Days With the FF ===
The Fantastic Four later earned the ire of the Maggia crime family, and they purchased the Baxter Building in order to force the group out. When the FF tried to secure their base from Maggia invaders, they were quickly incapacitated and dumped into the Hudson River. Crystal broke out of her would-be coffin and freed the others, they then went back and broke up the Maggia, taking back their headquarters. When Reed discovered the source of their mental intrusion during the Z'Nox invasion, Crystal and the Fantastic Four paid a visit to the X-Men at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. When Reed learned that the Z'Nox had a massive world ship that disrupted entire planets with its opposing gravity, he pointed out to the X-Men that the Z'Nox were still a threat to other planets in the universe. Deciding to permanently deal with the problem, both the Fantastic Four and the X-Men ventured out into space. They tracked down the Z'Nox and battled their armada in space. They then stormed the Z'Nox worldship where Reed planted a device that transported the Z'Nox world into the distortion zone between the positive universe and the Negative Zone, ending it's threat. Crystal later had to defend the Fantastic Four from her own family when they were tricked by Maximus into thinking that the Fantastic Four were launching missiles at Attilan. Just as soon as the battle started, Black Bolt called off the attack when Triton reported in proof that Maximus was really behind the assault.
Crystal and the Fantastic Four next faced a new threat when the mutant terrorist known as Magneto convinced the Sub-Mariner to launch another attack on the surface world. When Magneto unleashed his magnetic powers on the Baxter Building, Crystal defended her teammates from the co-opted defense systems. Crystal was present when Reed contacted Professor X to ask for his assistance in the coming battle. While the male members of the Fantastic Four went to deal with Namor, Crystal was ordered to stay behind and monitor communications. As the impending invasion began, Magneto kidnapped the Invisible Girl and Namor's lover Lady Dorma and then took over Namor's armies out from under him. When Magneto and the Atlantean army took control of the region, Crystal joined the fight. The Fantastic Four and Namor succeeded in freeing Sue and Dorma and then incapacitating Magneto in a magnetic prison, ending his threat. Crystal's time with the Fantastic Four came to an abrupt end when the pollution from the outside world began making Crystal very ill. Fainting while out on the street, Johnny rushed her back to the Baxter Building for help. After careful examination, Reed determined that Crystal had to return to Attilan where the air was clean, otherwise she would continue to get sick and eventually die from the exposure to pollution. Despite Johnny's protests, Crystal was teleported back to Attilan by Lockjaw, leaving Johnny alone.
=== Marrying Quicksilver ===
However instead of being brought back to Attilan, Lockjaw instead teleported Crystal to a possible post-apocalyptic future where the ancient alchemist Diablo had been trapped. Diablo easily incapacitated Crystal and Lockjaw and made them his slaves. Forcing them to return him to the modern era, Diablo sought to get revenge against Doctor Doom for stranding him in the far future. To this end, Diablo sought to take over the nation of Terra Verde by convincing the locals that Crystal was the Ahau goddess Ixchel, and leading a revolt against the totalitarian regime in the region. The Human Torch discovered where Crystal was located and came seeking her after learning that Diablo held her as his slave. Learning of this fate from Agatha Harkness, the Human Torch went after his lover. Although Diablo removed Terra Verde's dictator, General Robles, thanks to the interference of the Human Torch against his armies, his plan soon began to crumble when the rest of the Fantastic Four arrived at the scene. His battle with the FF lasted too long and the potions used to enslave Crystal and Lockjaw wore off. Diablo also lost support of the people of Terra Verde when the potion that made the Ahau temples return to their ruined state. In a final struggle with General Robels, a vial of explosive liquids struck his supply of chemicals causing a massive explosion that destroyed the temple and seemingly slew Diablo. Still needing to return home for her health, Crystal bid Johnny farewell and teleported away.
However, Lockjaw still did not bring her directly back to Attilan. Instead he redirected her to a hidden Sentinel base in Australia, where she she encountered the "mutant" Quicksilver just moments after he was critically injured by a Sentinel. She took him back to Attilan to recuperate, and while nursing him back to health, the pair fell in love. Crystal kept this a secret from the Human Torch, until the day that Johnny could no longer bare being away from her and tracked her down in Attilan, learning the truth. As expected, this led to the Torch and Quicksilver trading blows. However the fighting quickly ended when Maximus launched his latest scheme, resulting in Crystal being kidnapped by the Alpha Primitives and taken deep below Attilan. When Pietro and Johnny went after her they found her in the clutches of Omega, an android created by Maximus. Ultimately a massive battle erupted as the continually growing Omega attacked Attilan with an army of loyal Alpha Primitives. The rest of the Fantastic Four soon arrived to lend a hand and Crystal was eventually freed from the creature. Soon Crystal realized what was powering Omega and making him neigh indestructible: The Inhumans' collective guilt over the willful enslavement of the Alpha Primitives. Once Crystal got the Inhumans to all collectively recognize their guilt, Omega fell inert and the Alpha Primitives ended their uprising. In the aftermath of the battle, Crystal and Johnny realized that what they had between each other was over and parted as friends. Medusa also left Attilan to become a stand in for the Invisible Girl on the Fantastic Four.
The Inhumans soon discovered the existence of Counter-Earth, a perfect duplicate of Earth that was on an opposite rotation of the sun. Seeking to explore this world as a potential new home for the Inhumans, Crystal and the other members of the royal family had to deal with the sudden arrival of the Hulk in their kingdom. However after Black Bolt swatted the Hulk away from a crash landing in the center of Attilan, the brute reverted back to his human form of Bruce Banner. Crystal and the others then tried to make Banner at home, but he eventually transformed into the Hulk again when being harassed by some locals. In the ensuing battle, the Hulk was forced aboard the ship meant to explore Counter-Earth and it was launched into space, ending the Hulk's threat for a time.
Pietro and Crystal soon decided to get married and announced their intentions to his teammates in the Avengers. This announcement was soured when Pietro learned that his sister the Scarlet Witchwas in a romance with the android known as the Vision, a union that disgusted Pietro.
Crystal's wedding day quickly approached, and the first of many problems in their relationship came to the surface when Crystal learned that Pietro never officially invited the Avengers over his disapproval of Wanda's relationship with the Vision. Despite this snub, the Inhumans invited both the Avengers and the Fantastic Four to the wedding. Unknown to them at the time Maximus had revived the robot known as Ultron to strike back at his enemies. Instead, Ultron betrayed Maximus to get revenge on his own. Taking control of the Omega android, Ultron then attacked the gathered heroes. Ultron attempted to defeat his foes by utilizing the mental beam to incapacitate them. This proved to be Ultron's ultimate failing, as it awoke the comatose Franklin Richards who used his powers to seemingly destroy Ultron. With the threat over, Crystal and Pietro were married by Black Bolt before all their friends without further incident.
=== War of the Three Galaxies ===
Marital bliss couldn't stop there being ever present danger in Crystal's life. Not long after her wedding Attilan was invaded by Xemu and his minions from the Fifth Dimension. Crystal and the rest of the Inhuman royal family was kidnapped, Quicksilver was allowed to go in order to bring Medusa back to Attilan so she could be used a token to force Black Bolt to channel his destructive voice through Xemu's Thunder Horn device. Pietro ended up bringing the entire Fantastic Four with him and the group quickly stopped Xemu's impending invasion of Earth, freeing the Inhumans in the process. With the threat over, Medusa decided to stay with her people. Not long after this, the Inhumans were sought after by the Kree to be used in the upcoming War of the Three Galaxies. When Black Bolt and the rest of the royal family decided to seek the aid of the Fantastic Four in New York to help them with this new threat, they left Crystal and Pietro in charge of the kingdom in their absence. This led to a battle with a Kree soldier named Shatterstar. While Black Bolt and the others were gone, Maximus took control of the kingdom, taking Crystal and Quicksilver prisoner. In order to guarantee their safety, Black Bolt surrendered to Maximus who was selling out half of his people to the Kree. For nine days Crystal and her family were held prisoner while the rest of the population was forced to build a massive space ark to ship half of the Inhumans to the Kree. Ultimately, the royal family broke free and slew Shatterstar and stopped Maximus. However before he could find out, Black Bolt screamed in agony, his highly destructive voice leaving Attilan in ruins.
With their home now in ruins and with the Kree apparently relentless in their attempts to capture the Inhumans, Black Bolt decreed that he and his family would travel to the stars and try to find a new home for their people. Before leaving Attilan, Black Bolt left Crystal and Pietro in charge of the Inhumans in their absence. Crystal and Quicksilver soon became disturbed by the determination an Inhuman known as Thraxon was putting into rebuilding Attilan, and more so by the fortress like design it was undertaking. Eventually, Black Bolt and the others returned home to Earth, and the War of the Three Galaxies was thwarted by Black Bolt and Captain Marvel. Before the royal family returned, Thraxon completed building his fortress version of Attilan and formed an alliance with the ancient menace known as the Sphinx. When the royal family returned, they were incapacitated and turned over to the Sphinx who plotted to use Black Bolt's powers in his satellite to probe the minds of every living being on Earth and learn the secrets of the Ka Stone that gave the Sphinx his powers. Escaping captivity, Crystal enlisted the aid of the Fantastic Four. They defeated Thraxon and followed the Sphinx aboard his space satellite. There they freed Medusa and the others and the Sphinx was jettisoned into the void of space. With Thraxon removed, the Inhumans then began to restore Attilan to its former glory. Pietro began working with the Avengers on occasion, splitting his time between them and his wife.