Zodiac Key

"After all the battles and the bloodshed fought over this... no one in Covert Alpha or the Marvels ever thought to ask... what a giant key is actually for."

The Zodiac Key originated in another world called the Ankh Dimension (Zodiac Dimension) where conflict, especially between the forces of good and evil, in which neither side entirely and permanently defeats the other, is prized above all else. However, when conflict had waned there over time, a cult of beings known as the Brotherhood of the Ankh created the Zodiac Key and sent it to Earth 530, believing that the Key would perpetuate the struggle between good and evil, as the battle was more intense on Earth than in their own world.

The Zodiac Key is made of an unknown material. The holder may control vast psionic forces, enabling him or her to teleport and fire energy blasts. The key can also be used as an infinite energy source for machines. The key is capable of complicated matter manipulation as it was shown creating a restructuring LMD's.

The key is capable of independent thought, and will sometimes resist its user's commands, especially when they would end conflict instead of initiating it. It once restored Scorpio's body after he was grievously wounded without being commanded to do so.

After years of conflict, the Zodiac Key eventually fell into the hands of Scorpio's grandson Evan. Evan's father (Darryl Grant) had told him stories about the true purpose of the Key, and he set out to unlock its secrets. After finding the Zodiac Grand Orrery, Evan, now under the alias of Scorpio, combined it with the Zodiac Key at the prime meridian in Greenwich, and revealed the existence of a secret passageway underneath the earth. Scorpio entered the cave and opened the Zodiac Vault with the Zodiac Key, revealing a gateway to the Zodiac Dimension which thrust a year's worth of future knowledge and experience directly into Scorpio's mind. Shield Spider interfered and pushed Scorpio further into the gateway, causing him to vanish and be teleported a year into the future. Once Scorpio was dealt with, Covert Alpha retrieved the Zodiac Key.

Following Covert Alpha's dissolution, the Key fell under the protection of The Rift, an underwater storage facility. Just over a year later, the Zodiac Key started acting up and broke out of The Rift on its own to reunite with Scorpio, who had just emerged from the Zodiac Vault. He took the key to the Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) in London, where his company had secretly installed a transmitter made specifically for the key to send a master code to every satellite system around the planet. Since the key was immovable and he couldn't pull it off the device, Shield Spider decided to exploit Scorpio's connection to the key. He threw Evan off the tower, forcing the key to detach from the transmitter to rescue Grant. Once he landed safely on the ground, Scorpio was knocked out cold by Lynx. The key was ultimately contained by a containment field developed by East Coast University.

ICONIC ITEM - ZODIAC KEY

A weapon that resembles an ankh. The user holds it by its ring and points the tip of it at a target

ORIGIN: Alien

POWERS:

♦ Elemental Barrage (Energy) *

♦ Elemental Barrier (Energy) *

♦ Elemental Blast (Energy) *

♦ Elemental Burst (Energy) *

♦ Elemental Protection 1 (Energy) * (10 points to shatter)

RESTRICTIONS:

♦ Carried

POWER VALUE: 4

* Fantastic Success - Blinds target for one round.