Soul Stone

**Soul Stone**, also known as the **Jewel of the Soul**, is one of the six Infinity Stones. It has the power to control souls and the essence of life.

## Summary

The Soul Stone is one of the Infinity Stones, six primordial crystals of immense power created by the Four Great Seraphs that can be considered singularities in their own right. Sometimes after the Big Bang, Gabriel caused the Stones to be scattered across the growing universe, causing the Earth-based deities to lose track of some of the most powerful artifacts in existence.

At some points, the Stone was sealed away by an unnamed Progenitor God in a temple on the hidden planet, one of the first to be created yet also one of the first to die because of its own inhabitants.

## Appearance

The Soul Stone appears as an unpolished orange-colored crystal the size of an adult's fist.

## Abilities

The Soul Stone is the Infinity Stone that embodies the soul, thus making it among the most powerful artifacts in the world. It ranks as possibly the most dangerous of all the Infinity Stones, with it holding a special standing among the others. At its core, the Stone has the ability to manipulate the soul, the essence that makes up an individual, and has the ability to resurrect and conjure the spiritual representation of the people who are dead.

By itself, the Stone is sentient and has an active desire to collect souls. It can trap souls inside itself in an idyllic world called the Soulworld, and also allow its wielder to access the memories and powers of those imprisoned there. The Stone's power can circulate life and death forces on a planetary scale, revert beings to their natural state, and gives its wielder control over almost any and all life, be it sentient or not.

Additionally, the Stone also protects its wielder from soul-based attacks, as well as disrupting the souls of others which would render them temporarily unconscious, though certain beings such as gods or reapers are immune to these attacks.

Uniquely - According to Abzu - before it was sealed, it would purposefully impose a test to those who would try to claim it, as only the sacrifice of a loved one to the Stone would allow for someone to wield it. The sacrifices for the Stone are near-permanent and nigh-irreversible, as only beings with close associations with Metempsychosis such as the Archreapers could possibly perform such miracles.

## Forms

### The Soulworld

The **Soulworld** (魂の宝石の刑務所ソウルワールド, *Souruwārudo*), also known as the **Prison of the Jewel of Souls**, is a pocket dimension within the Soul Stone that acts as an afterlife for the souls of its victims. Once a being's soul is absorbed directly by the Stone or is killed as a result of the Stone's powers, it is transported here instead of entering the reincarnation cycle of Metempsychosis, though its newest shade would still enter the Realm of the Dead like any other souls.

It's an idyllic world similar to paradise, as if it's compensating for the souls' eternal imprisonment, never to be released while the Stone still exists, yet for those from the outside, their subconscious determines how they'd see the realm.

## Quotes

**Abzu**: "*To ensure that whoever possesses it understands its power, the stone demands a sacrifice.*"
**Peter**: "*Of what?*"
**Abzu**: "*In order to take the stone, you must lose that which you love. A soul... for a soul.*"
— Abzu and Peter Quill

## Trivia

* It's implied that the Progenitor who sealed him was either Nun, Khaos, or Brahma.
* Supposedly, the Stone was forced to be sealed away by the agents of Metempsychosis, "else proper retribution will be dealt with, every time the goddamned stone [Soul Stone] is used".
* The Soul Stone is one of the only two Infinity Stones that were never on Earth, the other being the Power Stone.