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* [[Raymond E. Feist|Ray Feist's]] [[The Riftwar Cycle]], and most particularly ''A Darkness at Sethanon'', has the Lifestone, which draws power from and could be used to end all life on the planet. Justified as the creators thereof didn't give a good goddamn if they sterilized the planet so long as they won their war. {{spoiler|They didn't.}}
* The Orb of Aldur and the Sardion in the [[Belgariad]] and the Malloreon are stones which embody the conflicting destinies of the universe and bestow godlike power on anyone they allow to hold them.
* The Ruby Sunstone was said to be something like this for ''[[Dintopia]]'' in 'First Flight'; it would maintain a balance as long as it stayed in its place at Highnest, but trouble would ensure if it was removed. However, it may have simply been a legend or First Flight may not completely fit into the other books' canon, as the Sunstone was lost, then stolen briefly by Lee Crabb, then dropped into the sea during the final battle where Arthur and Will, helped by the Skybax,Northies and Giganotosaurs, managed to stop him.
** The TV miniseries came up with a storyline about a ring of sunstones that kept the large carnivores in the basin, when some of them went out, chaos ensued.
== Religion and Mythology ==
* One interpretation of the [[The Bible|biblical]] story of Adam and Eve holds that the [[Forbidden Fruit]] of the tree of knowledge essentially acted as a [[Cosmic Keystone]]. The [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent|serpent]], who is [[Retcon|supposed to represent]] [[Satan]], tricks them into partaking of the forbidden fruit. The result, of course, is the fall of man and the ruin of God's perfect creation. Some believe that this is the reason why we have natural disasters, diseases, wars, famine, and death in the world today.
** Interestingly, Revelation 5-6 and 8:1 speak of a scroll that is believed by scholars to be the title deed to the Earth. Now to whom could it belong? {{spoiler|[[Captain Obvious|It's Jesus.]]}}
* In [[Greek Mythology]], anyone who burns the entrails of the Ophiotaurus would gain the power to defeat the gods.
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*** [[Bait and Switch Comparison|One would be a burning hellish landscape where ice and fire reign and the people are eternally tormented, while the other is hell.]]
* Done in a slightly [[Mohs Scale of Sci Fi Hardness|harder SF]] context in ''[[SeaQuest DSV]].'' A deforested future Earth depends on ten massive air processing plants to keep what's left of the planet livable. Then a race of genetically engineered [[Super Soldiers]] - with lower oxygen requirements - decide they wouldn't mind the place to themselves...
* The Emerald of the Eclipse in [[Tin Man (TV series)|Tin Man]].
* {{spoiler|The Heart of the Island}} in ''[[Lost]]''.
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** The Pillars are technically more of a representation of the state of Nosgoth as a whole, and they are maintained by their nine guardians, whose states of mind the pillars reflect. Alternatively, the player can choose to save the pillars by killing himself (him being, unknowlingly, the last pillar guardian), but canon says that he chose not to, condemning the pillars to eternal ruination.
*** Later games reveal that {{spoiler|Kain killing himself would have doomed Nosgoth anyway. As the last true vampire, Kain's existence is connected to the Pillars since they were originally created by the vampires prior to their corruption. This makes ''Kain himself'' a [[Cosmic Keystone]].}}
* The ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series has many of these.
** ''[[Final Fantasy I|The original]]'' has the Four Orbs, one for each [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors|classical element]]. Their loss is what's slowly destroying the world. They were only called "Orbs" because "Crystals" wouldn't fit in the space allotted.
** ''[[Final Fantasy III]]'' (the ''real'' one) had four elemental crystals, fairly standard stuff. Much like the elemental crystals of ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'' (see below), they give the heroes jobs. Unusually, they are neither destroyed, stolen, nor tampered with. They ''are'' losing their light, though, which is why the Wind Crystal summons the Onion Kids (or Luneth in the [[Video Game Remake|remake]].)
** ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' had not just four crystals for the elements, but an additional four dark equivalents for the underworld. While these crystals are never threatened within the time-frame of the game (merely used as tools to reach villains' goals), it is strongly implied that they are just as vital to the world as similar crystals other installments in the series.
*** And there's a second full set of eight on the Moon. Using both sets together is what enabled the [[Big Bad]] to send the [[Humongous Mecha|Giant of Bab-il]] down to the world in order to raze it.
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* [[Magi Nation]] has the eleven Dream Stones. {{spoiler|Actually, there's twelve; the Core has one, too.}} If they are brought together, they form the Core Glyph, which can seal [[Big Bad|Agram]] away for good. However, if Agram and the Shadow Magi get them, Agram can break free of the Core.
* In the ''[[X-Men (animation)|X-Men]]'' animated series, people with [[Psychic Powers]] proved to be Cosmic Keystones when brought together, as killing them all at once would have allowed {{Apocalypse [[Big Bad]]}} to remake the universe in his image.
** Albeit only if it was done in the Axis of Time, a kind of convergence of history existing outside of time. Plus, being in the Axis increases the psychics' powers, such that all of them gathered together collectively overpowered Apocalypse. So somewhat more stable than most [[Cosmic Keystones]].
* In ''[[Code Lyoko]]'', entering "Code XANA" into a Way Tower will destroy the sector it is in. Furthermore, Lyoko can be deleted all at once by destroying the "Core of Lyoko" in Sector 5.
* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', the spirits of the moon and ocean, bored with existence in the spirit world, came to live in the mortal world in the form of koi fish. If they are killed, the part of nature they represent (or the effect it has on other objects [[MST3K Mantra|or something]]) will be gone forever.
** Although one of them was smart enough to {{spoiler|heal someone in exchange for them becoming [[Soul Jar|a backup spirit]].}}
*** In essence, the spirits took mortal form as a way of maintaining the balance of the cycles of the world. The destruction of one puts the other out of balance, in a manner which would destroy the world's cycles disastrously.
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