Crystal Balls

"Your father speaks with angels. He gains... insight from them."

―Jane Cooper to Elizabeth Jane Weston about Edward Kelley.

The Clan Mother holding a Crystal Ball.

The Crystal Balls were Pieces of Eden that allowed their wielders access to the Nexus, a place where individuals could speak across centuries and where members of the First Civilization communicated with people from the future. The Crystal Balls were round in shape and possessed lines and size similar to the Apples of Eden.

The first known Crystal Ball was in the possession of the English scientist Edward Kelley, who used it to gain insight from the First Civilization.

The second known Crystal Ball was owned by the Kanien'kehá:ka tribe in Kanatahséton. The Crystal Ball was used by Ratonhnhaké:ton to enter the Nexus, where he communicated with Juno. She directed him to become a member of the Assassin Order, with the secret intent of allowing him to come into the possession of the key to the Grand Temple. Ratonhnhaké:ton later used the ball again, and Juno then told him to hide the key somewhere where nobody would find it, while she knew that Ratonhnhaké:ton's descendant Desmond Miles would later find it and unlock the door inside the Grand Temple. After this final use, the artifact disintegrated into dust.

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  Edward Kelley's Crystal Ball.
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  A Crystal Ball activating the Nexus.
• A Crystal Ball disintegrating.
  A Crystal Ball disintegrating.