The Containment Rock Crystal is a primitive version of the modern day Containment Unit used by Eli Spengler.[1]
History[]
The Real Ghostbusters History[]
Sometime in the 15th century, a group of Pilgrims imprisoned Kestrel and her Goblins in a rock crystal then placed it on an Elron Witchcraft Altar for safekeeping. Nearly 300 years later, the altar was disturbed during a construction project for nearby Lewiston Girls Academy. The rock crystal was dislodged from the altar and split in half. Kestrel took one half with her as she planned revenge against her enemies. A few days later, Peter Venkman "discovered" it when he kicked it by accident. The halve was kept in a secure safe in Ecto-1.
However, Kestrel later possessed Egon and learned the crystal's location. She took it and reconstituted the rock crystal in hopes of imprisoning her enemies in it for all eternity. Luckily, she was excised from Egon's body just in time. Egon, in turn, used the rock crystal to once again imprison Kestrel and her Goblins.
Tertiary Canon History[]
Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed[]
Sometime before 1920, John Horace Tobin trapped a Class IV possessor in a crystal ball in Salem.[2]
Powers[]
When in one piece, the rock crystal can imprison several types of supernatural entities within it forever as long as it is not broken. The crystal has been shown to possess the power to trap Ghosts, Goblins, and Demons.
Trivia[]
- On page 19 of Ghostbusters Issue #14, the Containment Rock Crystal makes a non-canon cameo on the table.
Appearances[]
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Tertiary Canon Appearances[]
- Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed
- Mentioned in Tobin Page #4.
References[]
- ↑ Egon Spengler (2009). The Real Ghostbusters - "If I Were a Witch Man" (1989) (DVD ts. 13:09-13:11). Time Life Entertainment. Egon says: "It's half of a primitive Containment Unit."
- ↑ Tobin; Tobin Page #4 (2023). Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed – Ghost Realm (2023) (PS4/PS5/PC/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/Nintendo Switch). Illfonic. Tobin says: "Oh yes, this one is particularly interesting. Documented during one of my many voyages to America, in a small town known as Salem. The lingering trauma and evil of that place was so strong, the air was thick with it. Hundreds of innocents and not-so-innocents met their maker at the hands of the so-called 'righteous few.' And believe me, the spirits are still angry about it, back when I crossed them and to this day. Of course not all were unjustly tried... I came by an extremely powerful Class IV possessor, sensitive to fire and flame. I lacked your modern ghost-trapping methods, but imprisonment in a crystal ball seemed to do the trick."
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