Seal of the Lords

The Seal of the Lords is a medallion that is the symbol of the Lords of Kobol. Commander normally wears this peculiar medallion with his commander's robes when in full dress.
He explains to Colonel that the medallion is a symbol of the Colonial faith as well as a symbol of power. The medallions are passed to members of the Quorum of Twelve; both he and the treasonous Lord have the last known surviving Seals.
The medallion is also used in the sealing ceremony, where the master of ceremonies wraps the medallion's chains around the bride and groom's hands as each holds the other's hands, with the medallion itself on top. 
On , in search of answers to the whereabouts of Earth, Commander Adama uses the medallion as a key that opens the tomb of the Ninth Lord of Kobol, as well as to circumvent the cage-trap in the corridor leading to the tomb. The diamond-shape of the medallion also served as a mirror to reflect light to photo-sensitive eyes of the animal-figures within the tomb, thus opening the actual resting place beneath the faux sarcophagus .
== Related Imagery ==
File:Adama's command medallion.jpg|Adama's command medallion, a variation of the Seal of the Lords .
File:LPOG2 - Seal of the Lord Container.png|Adama removes the Seal from its golden box .
File:LPOG2 - Seal.png| wrapping and Serina's hands in the Seal of the Lords .
File:BSG-TOS - S01E03 - Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II - 1374.jpg|Serina points out 's Seal might be a key that could open the Tomb of the Ninth Lord of Kobol .
File:BSG-TOS - S01E03 - Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II - 1380.jpg|The keyhole for 's Seal of the Lords, allowing entry into the catacombs leading to the Tomb of the Ninth Lord of Kobol .
File:TOS - Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II - Mirrored Seal.jpg|The light of Kobol's lone star about to hit 's Seal through a small slit above where Adama stands. Note the square mirror, tilted 45 degrees, added for practical effects use in lieu of the more diamond shaped version seen earlier .
File:BSG-TOS - S01E03 - Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II - 2053.jpg|Light from 's star reflects from 's Seal of the Lords, striking the eyes of two statues and thus opening the cover stone leading to the sarcophagus of the Ninth Lord of Kobol .
==Notes==
*The Seal of the Lords is analogous to the Arrow of Apollo in the Re-imagined Series Kobol story arc. As in "Lost Planet of the Gods," the new series' characters also search for the way to Earth by accessing another ancient tomb of a Lord of Kobol, where the Arrow is the key to the data in the episode, "Home, Part II."
*A similar medallion appeared in Glen A. Larson's television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as the amulet used to ward off the Vorvon in the episode "Space Vampire."
*An alternate version of this prop, featuring a flat square mirror tilted at a 45 degree angle, is used for the effects sequence where the light of Kobol's star reflects off it and into the eyes of two statues, thus opening the cover stone leading to the sarcophagus room. 
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