Infinity Gauntlet

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The **Infinity Gauntlet** is a nigh-omnipotent weapon in Marvel Comics that grants the user virtually unlimited power. It is most famously used by Thanos in its eponymous comic in 1991.

## Background

Early in the history of the Universe, a powerful cosmic entity named Nemesis drifted along the empty cosmos. In a state of sheer loneliness, Nemesis was driven mad and fragmented herself into 6 stones that each held an aspect of her former being. These stones were the Infinity Gems, each containing immense power that could grant the user godlike abilities when wielded. Each Gem floated their separate ways, where they would pass from protector to protector across the vast cosmos of the Universe. This would seem to be their eternal fate, until the Titan Thanos peered into the Infinity Well and learned of the Gems' true nature. Wishing to gather all 6 and achieve near-limitless power, the Mad Titan forged a gauntlet specifically designed to hold all 6 gems simultaneously. After retrieving each gem from their respective wielders, Thanos wielded a power surpassing all of the Cosmic Entities, making him the strongest being in the entire Marvel Universe. Eventually, however, the Gauntlet was stolen from him by his granddaughter Nebula, who undid all the damage he caused. The Gauntlet would be passed on from user to user until the Living Tribunal deemed it too dangerous to be used all together. It now spends the rest of its days split amongst certain superheroes, who guard the Gems and unite them when the need arises.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Power Stone:** The originally red now purple, Power Stone grants the user complete control over power, letting them manipulate energies and empower objects without limitation.
	+ **Power Manipulation:** The Power Stone can manipulate any form of powers & energies beyond a Universal scale.
	+ **Limitless Physiques:** With the Power Stone, user's physical prowess are no longer bound by limits,
	+ **Invulnerability:** Through the Power Stone, the gauntlet user is practically invincible.
	+ **Power Draining:** The Power Stone can drain the power from people or attacks.
	+ **Power Mimicry**
	+ **Endless Energy Suppy:** The Power Stone is like an well that never runs dry, and this grants the other stones endless energy.
	+ **Pocket-verse; Arena**: A Colosseum where visiters can fight each other in a contest of might. Overseen by Dynamus, the living embodiment of the Power Cosmic.
* **Mind Stone:** The originally blue now yellow, Mind Stone grants the user complete control over the mind.
	+ **Mind Manipulation**
	+ **Nigh-limitless Psionics:** The Mind Stone grants practically every psychic ability. (i.e. Telekinesis, Telepathy, Empathy, etc.)
	+ **Nigh-Omniscience:** Due to the power of the Mind Stone, the user can know nearly anything they desires.
	+ **Pocket-verse; Mindscape:** A consciousness that allows the user to bring anything they imagine or dream of to life. Overseen by the Sleepwalkers.
* **Soul Stone:**The originally green now orange, Soul Stone grants the user complete control over the soul, letting them manipulate and steal the very souls of its victims.
	+ **Soul Manipulation**
	+ **Life and Death Circulation**
	+ **Life Control**
	+ **Soul Attack Resistence**
	+ **Memory Manipulation:** By messing with the souls of the victim, the user can gain access to the very essence of their personalities and memories, which can be manipulated at will by the Soul Stone.
	+ **Karmic Utilization:** The Stone can disrupt a soul's anima with a karmic blast, rendering the target temporarily unconscious.
	+ **Sentience:** Unlike the other gems, the Soul Stone is sentient and hungers for souls, suggesting the user to use its powers for its benefits.
	+ **Dimensional Creation:** The Soul Stone contains a pocket dimension where it traps traps its victims' souls.
	+ **Pocter-verse; Soul World:** The final resting place for all lost spirits. Overseen by the Soul-Eater Devondra.
* **Time Stone:** The originally orange now green, Time Stone grants the user complete control over time, letting them speed up, slow down, reverse, or stop time with ease.
	+ **Time Manipulation**
	+ **Age Manipulation**
	+ **Regeneration:** By reversing time, the Time Stone can reverse any damage the user may have taken back to a perfect state.
	+ **Time Travel**
	+ **Precognition:** The wielder can see attacks before they happen through the Time Stone.
	+ **Postcognition:**
	+ **Temporal Omnipresence:** Allows the user to exist from the beginning to the end of time.
	+ **Pocket-verse; Ellipsis:** Manipulates the flow of time for anyone within it. Its ruler is unknown.
* **Space Stone:** The originally purple now blue, Space Stone grants the user complete control over space, letting them teleport, expand or contract distances on a battlefield, or grow at will.
	+ **Space Manipulation**
	+ **Gravity Manipulation**
	+ **Teleportation**
	+ **Portal Creation**
	+ **Black Hole Creation**
	+ **Incredible Speed**
	+ **Size Alteration**
	+ **Spactial Omnipresence:** If they wish to, the Space Stone can make the user exist everywhere in his Universe at once.
	+ **Pocket-verse; The Vast**: an endless expanse of empty existence stretching on into forever. Its ruler is unknown.
* **Reality Stone:** The originally yellow now red, Reality Stone grants the user complete control over reality, letting them bend or break the laws of physics to achieve just about any effect they desire.
	+ **Reality Manipulation**
	+ **Reality Distortion**
	+ **Matter Manipulation**
		- **Transmutation**
	+ **Death** **Inducement**
	+ **Resurrection**
	+ **Life Creation**
	+ **Pocket-verse;** **World Pool**: Used to access alternate realities, which are portrayed as an endless comic book collection. Overseen by Archivus, the chronicler of the Multiverse.

## Feats

### Strength

* Using the Gauntlet, Thanos simultaneously defeated multiple cosmic and universal abstract entities, including Death, Lord Chaos, Master Order, the Stranger, two Celestials, one of which was The-One-Above-All, and Galactus.
* Thanos also defeated Eternity with the same ease.

### Speed

* Those armed with the Infinity Gauntlet are swifter than the Abstracts.

### Skill

* Adam Warlock can juggle a solar system with the thing.

## Weaknesses

* Cannot work outside the universe it comes from (For example, the IG of 616 will not work outside of U616).
	+ There have been official times where the Infinity Stone DID WORK outside of Earth 616 (I.e. the Ultraverse story.)
* The Stone can be removed, rendering the Gauntlet inert if they are somehow all displaced.
* Some beings can't use the Stones (i.e. Drax the Destroyer is unable to tap the Power Stone.)

## Notable Users

* Thanos
* Nebula (Marvel Comics)
* Adam Warlock
* Iron Man
* Mister Fantastic
* Black Panther
* Captain America