Corazón

The Corazón was a sacred item belonging to Green-Eyed People. It resembled a heart made of gold.
== History ==
The Corazón was the sacred relic of the Green-Eyed People. Besides 
being extremely valuable to them (as well in the monetary sense), it was
 the key to operating a rain machine at their hidden city, which served 
the purpose of spreading aromatic cures to the Green-Eyes.
At one point, it was stolen by the river pirate Lasombra, but it was quickly stolen back from him by Miles and Stella, who returned it to its rightful owners. The two later had a child, whose birth silenced the erupting volcano Volcán Turriable.
After all the adult Green-Eyes, along with Miles and Stella, fell
 victim to the second outbreak of the sleeping sickness, the young 
Green-Eyes were left alone. They believed that Arnold, the Child of the 
Volcano, would one day come and open the Corazón to activate the rain 
machine. This "prophecy" was depicted on a mural painting.
Through a long series of events, Arnold, Helga, and Gerald
 made it to the hidden city, but failed to realize what needed to be 
done before Lasombra arrived there as well and took the treasure, along 
with Arnold, and fled. Lasombra made Arnold use a green amulet he had 
given him earlier to open the treasure. However, when he tried to take 
it, the statue holding the treasure shot a poison dart at him, making 
him fall off a cliff. Lasombra climbed back up, and in the ensuing fight
 and its aftermath, he and the Corazón both fell off that cliff.
It was only afterwards that Eduardo
 explained to Arnold what the Corazón's function was, who sadly realized
 the only cure to the sleeping sickness was gone. However, Helga gave up
 her locket to act as a replacement for it and successfully operate the machine and save the city.
== Trivia ==
* Its name means "Heart" in Spanish.
* It's never stated how Lasombra managed to get his hands on the
green amulet (though it might have been originally given to Eduardo, 
then taken from his house by Lasombra), or whether the Corazón can be 
opened without it.
* Story-wise, the Corazón can be considered both a MacGuffin and a red herring, as it is Helga's locket that ultimately saves the day.
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