INFINITY STONES
Before being called the Infinity Gems, these items were known as the Soul Gems. The first soul gem was the one which first appeared on the forehead of Adam Warlock which was given to him by the High Evolutionary.[2]Thanos was the first to use the six soul gems in unison. He intended to destroy the universe by using the soul gems to destroy the stars. He was stopped by the Avengers, Adam Warlock andCaptain Marvel.[3][4]The Elders of the Universe were the second entities to use the gems in unison. Connecting the six Soul Gems to a device, they were able to use its beams to absorb the life energy ofGalactus and transfer it to a barren planet, giving it life. However, the Silver Surferinterfered and destroyed the machine, and the gems were lost in a black hole.[5] Galactus also punished some of the Elders by consuming them.[6]Because the Elders of the Universe were barred from entering Death's realm due to prior machinations of the Grandmaster, Galactus soon found himself being poisoned from within by the Elders he consumed.[7] To save Galactus, Silver Surfer, Mr. Fantastic, and the Invisible Woman journeyed through the black hole to recover the gems, where Invisible Woman became possessed by the sentient Soul Gem and had her evil Malice persona awakened.[8]She was later subdued, but the whole scheme turned out to be work of the In-Betweener so he could use the gems to destroy Galactus.[9]Reed, Sue, and the Silver Surfer were able to get into contact with Master Order and Lord Chaos, and the two entities agree to help them in stopping the In-Betweener. They use their powers to free the Elders of the Universe who have been trapped inside Galactus and restore him to full strength.[10] Master Order and Lord Chaos then dealt with the In-Bewteener before he caused any more trouble.[11]After Thanos' resurrection, he began collecting all the Soul Gems (now named the Infinity Gems). There it was revealed that the Infinity Gems are the remnants of one of the earliest beings from the time of the universe's creation. Feeling lonely, it split itself into six different fragments. Under unknown reasons, each individual gem became associated with a particular facet– power, space, time, mind, soul and reality.[Infinity Gems were kept by the In-Betweener and by members of the Elders of the Universe.[14] The mad Titan Thanos gathered these gems into the Infinity Gauntlet.Green Infinity Gem - Soul Gem - taken from the In-BetweenerRed Infinity Gem - Power Gem - taken from the ChampionOrange Infinity Gem - Time Gem - taken from the GardenerYellow Infinity Gem - Reality Gem - taken from the CollectorPurple Infinity Gem - Space Gem - taken from the RunnerBlue Infinity Gem - Mind Gem - taken from the GrandmasterGem ProtectorsThe gems were protected by the Illuminati.[25]The use of the Infinity Gauntlet to prevent the collision of Earth-616 with another Earth caused all the gems but the Time Gem, which just vanished, to be accidentally destroyed.[1]The Time Gem later reappeared[28] and retrieved by Captain America.[32]Power Gem – Formerly protected by Namor, destroyed.Space Gem – Formerly protected by Iron Man, destroyed.Soul Gem – Formerly protected by Doctor Strange, destroyed.Reality Gem – Formerly protected by Mr. Fantastic, destroyed.Time Gem – Formerly protected by Captain America, vanished but later returned. Fate unknown.Mind Gem – Formerly protected by Beast, destroyed.
ANTI LIFE EQUATION
The Anti-Life Equation was originally said to allow those who knew it to dominate the will of any sentient race, and is the ultimate desire of Darkseid. Originally it was said to have existed in the mind of "Billion Dollar" Bates, he took it to his death. Darkseid continued to search for it, and recently obtained the full formula. It implants the mathematical certainty that all life is hopeless, as are freedom and hope, dooming those who hear it to despair.The first sign of the Equation came about 300 years ago, when Darkseid made contact with the Martians. When he learned that Martian philosophy was based on the "Life Equation," which equals free will, he postulated that the opposite must exist as well.[10]The Anti-Life Equation has the power to dominate the will of any sentient race, and has other reality-altering powers that twist and distort freedom. It is called the Anti-Life Equation because "if someone possesses absolute control over you - you're not really alive."[11] Though the full version of the Equation is barely known to any one person, a full version of the Equation supposedly existed in the mind of the billionaire "Billion Dollar" Bates, but he took it to his death. The Anti-Life Equation was also found in the time-displaced Sonny Sumo, according to the Forever People's Mother Box.Later, Darkseid used clones of Billion Dollar Bates, made by Desaad, to get access to the Equation. Orion stopped the clones and wanted to use the Equation for good, but realized that the very nature of it was against that.Mister Miracle knew the full formula but possessed the willpower not to use it. One Increasingly unbalanced by the death of his wife, Big Barda, Mister Miracle decided to use the Equation. He then became determined to hunt down the killer of the New Gods. He came face to face with the being behind it all, theSource, and was killed himself. It was then revealed that the Anti-Life Equation is an entity that is the dark half of the Source, with which the source is finally reunited. When Darkseid became the last of the New Gods, he faced the Source in combat, wherein Darkseid revealed that he had created a serum that allowed him to draw power directly from the Anti-Life Entity. Regardless of his boost in power, in the end Darkseid was also killed.Due to Darkseid's knowledge of the full equation and his will to fully use it, he made sure he was spiritually reborn, in the body of a human on Earth. He became Boss Dark Side, but the human shell was not enough to fully contain him and he was eventually killed again. He then used the spoken word to be reborn again, this time fully, in the body of Dan "Terrible" Turpin. He also developed his base on Earth, warping it and turning the planet into a replica of Armageddon. Now seemingly in control of several billion people through a mass host consciousness, Darkseid used the equation to turn heroes, civilians, and villains alike into mindless slavish extensions of his will.The equation was ultimately broken whenWonder Woman, herself a slave of Anti-Life, was freed of the Equation and bound Darkseid with the Lasso of Truth, thus breaking the Anti-Life Equation's hold on the people of Earth.[13]In the Prime Earth continuity, the Anti-Life Equation, much like the Life Equation opposite it, functions very differently. Here, the "Anti-Life", rather than being a means of mass possessive control and multiversal reality disruption, is instead used by Yuga Khan as a means of resurrecting the Old Gods, and himself, by utilizing a host body. According to this host, with a small portion of the Anti-Life, he could feel all of the pain of the New Gods, a pain that only Yuga Khan could heal.[16]The equation itself is the same as in New Earth, but has more limited applications. Speaking the equation, Dreamer Beautiful was able to resurrect a dead Mark Moonrider, but it appears that the equation is not as viral as it was in New Earth, and now it is required to be stated by select users, rather than being used to brainwash many.[17]loneliness + alienation + fear + despair + self-worth ÷ mockery ÷ condemnation ÷ misunderstanding x guilt x shame x failure x judgment n=y where y=hope and n=folly, love=lies, life=death, self=dark side
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