Summon Stones

## Basic Information

The summon Stones are a type of precious stone or gem which is used for summoning gods to help the mortal who used the stone. There are summon Stones for every god ever to be worshipped, 3 per god. The summon Stones however are still a very rare find. If a powerful wizard or a not-so-Distant descendant of one were to use a summon stone on a god who wasn’t known to the current generation, they could use that god as a servant, as demonstrated when Charlie got the dinosaur goddess Jerro-yaa as a servant. When summoning, the user will feel a burning sensation in their hands and speak the language of the original worshippers and then summon the deity, who will then help them and be gone.

## History

The first summon stone was discovered in 446 BC in Ancient Greece by an Athenian slave. His master would take it, and not seeing any use for it, he decided to give it to a friend who would then put it up for sale. Socrates, who was visiting the shopkeeper, saw something special in the stone and decided to purchase it along with other items, and later began trying to figure out what was special about it, since he sensed something was unique about it and wanted to find out for himself. He soon felt compelled to address the god Zeus, calling him “Sky father, king of the gods and lord of Olympus” and after this ritual was completed, summoned before him was Zeus. Socrates was initially surprised that Zeus appeared before him, and then realized it was the stone that had summoned him. He was satisfied that he knew what the stone did, but Zeus offered to do him another favor, and Socrates chose for Zeus to answer one of his questions. This event was never recorded as when he woke up the next day he believed it was a dream. Hundreds of years later in Ancient Rome, Augustus regularly used a summon stone to seek counsel from the Egyptian god Thoth, who he believed was the Roman “god” Mercury. In Scandinavia and England, all the summon Stones of Thor, Magni and Mothi were made into Mjölnir pendants. These rare pendants would be made into family heirlooms for all 9 of the families that had them. These pendants would work exactly like a normal summon stone, but one could speak in their own native language while summoning. The summoning ability was rarely used, however. During the American civil war, a soldier found a summon stone belonging to the Thunderbird and kept it long after the war, and it currently resides in a museum. During World War 2, Nazi Germany got ahold of a summon Stone of Tiamat, but the Babylonian goddess was appalled by the actions of the country and cursed them to lose the war and collapse, then leaving to help the Soviets until after the war she realized they were only slightly better and she left and cursed them to the same fate of collapsing, and leaving to France for a while. Her summon stone is currently in the tomb of Tucker. In modern times, the dwarf Brokkr found a summon stone for Quetzalcoatl and gave it to Kate, who used it to kill the troll secretly leading Svartálfheim, and she continues to keep it. Henry would discover another Quetzalcoatl summon stone and used it, getting closer to discovering who he really was as a result. Charlie’s servant Jerro-yaa was summoned by a summon stone.

## Trivia

* When a god or goddess dies, their summon Stones can still be used to summon their spirit.
* Neoviniaa, as a goddess with so few worshippers, in theory could potentially become someone’s servant if someone who was qualified found the summon Stone needed.
* Some demigods, such as Heracles, Theseus and Perseus, have summon Stones as well, but they are smaller.