Infinity Stones (Earth-11584)

History
"'The Infinity Stones are the greatest power in the known universe. Any one of them can cause destruction on a scale of cosmic proportions.'"The Infinity Stones (also known as the Infinity Gems) are among the greatest powers in the known universe. Crafted near the dawn of time, each one controls, to a certain degree, a fundamental force of the universe. The reason for their creation and their original purpose has been lost to the mists of history, shrouded in legend and myth. What is known for certain is that they were created shortly after the Big Bang (some have speculated that they were created to defeat either the Celestials or the World Devourer Galactus, though this is purely speculation) by the Abstract Entities of the Universe. These were six personifications of the fundamental forces of Creation: Eternity, Death, Infinity, Oblivion, Chaos and Order. Each one of these personifications created one of the six elemental stones, placing a large portion of their inherent power into each stone. Eternity created the Time Stone, Death the Soul Stone, Infinity the Space Stone, Oblivion the Power Stone, Chaos the Reality Stone and Order the Mind Stone. Shortly after their creation, these six stones were separated across the vast distances of the Cosmos, though by sheer happenstance they found their way into our galaxy at some point in the history of the Universe.

The first recorded use of the Stones was the Power Stone, used by the Celestials to wipe out entire civilizations judged to be "unworthy." However, this use was not well documented, and the Celestials themselves disappeared/went extinct eons earlier. The first true exampled use was of the Reality Stone by the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim. They attempted to use the Stone, also known as the Aether, to alter light into darkness and control the sector of space that would become known as the Nine Realms of Asgard. However they did not fully understand the power at their disposal, and thus could not truly utilize the Reality Stone to its full potential. As such, the Dark Elves were defeated by the Asgardian King Bor, and the Aether was sealed away on Svartalfheim.

At some point the Vishanti, the early ancestors of the Masters of the Mystic Arts on Earth, secured the Time Stone through unknown means and placed it in a necklace known as the Eye of Agamotto. The Time Stone was then secured in a vault that would come to be known as Kamer-Taj. Bor's son, Odin, also secured the Space Stone at some point, placing it in a cube called the Tesseract and hiding it on Earth within the Veil of the Nine Realms to keep it hidden from the rest of the galaxy, as use of the Infinity Stones could attract attention from those with attuned cosmic awareness (or those who had an Infinity Stone of their own.) It is likely that Odin did not know of the Time Stone's location at this point.

The Power Stone at some point came to be found on the planet Morag, where a failed civilization tried to use it as a power source and wound up destroying themselves, though not before placing the stone in a dampening Orb for safe handling. The whereabouts of the Soul Stone and the Mind Stone at this time are unknown, but it is known that shortly before relocating much of his forces to the Milky Way Galaxy, the Mad Titan Thanos had acquired the Mind Stone from wherever it was located, and placed it within a scepter of his own design. He also had created a device known as the Infinity Gauntlet to house all of the Gems when he acquired them.

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Powers & Abilities
All of the Infinity Stones can be used to fire massive bursts of energy that can be harnessed either offensively or to power other devices. Each of the Stones, however, has their own unique abilities inherent to them alone: As of now, the Stones are controlled by the following individuals:
 * Mind Stone: Can control other people's minds and subvert their will power to the bearer's control. It has also been shown to grant sentience and consciousness (such as creating the Artificial Intelligence Ultron) and enhancing the abilities of others (the powers granted to the Maximoff twins), though how it was done in the latter case is as of yet unclear.
 * Time Stone: As the name implies, the Time Stone can control time in a localized area. It can reverse time over a short period, create closed end time loops with help from sorcery, and potentially could be used to annihilate someone from existence altogether.
 * Power Stone: Can generate and absorb energy at any known level and of any known type. Upon the command of the user, the Power Stone can annihilate entire planets with a simple gesture, given how much energy the stone generates.
 * Reality Stone: The reality stone can shape and warp the fabric of reality and physics in a localized area around it, though the effects of this appear to be short-term (like the Time Stone, they can be expanded upon through magical or scientific means). This stone appears to be fluid in form, and is the most difficult to control.
 * Space Stone: Able to open portals across vast distances of space to allow near instantaneous transportation from one end of the universe to the other. Knowledge of the location is required to fully direct the power of the Space Stone.
 * Soul Stone: The least understood of the six stones, the Soul Stone is capable of granting life eternal to the bearer (or those the bearer chooses to give life to or to take away life from). Also said to contain a pocket dimension known as "Soul World", though this area is even less understood than the Soul Stone itself.

Mind Stone: The Vision

Time Stone: Doctor Strange

Power Stone: Thanos

Reality Stone: Taneleer Tivan

Space Stone: Odin

Soul Stone: Adam Warlock

Weaknesses
The ability to use one stone, let alone multiple ones, is directly proportional to the strength of the life force of the user, as well as their understanding of the Stones various effects and how to harness the power. This means that a low level user, such as the Dark Elves of old, may not be able to fully utilize a Stone to its true potential. Some Stones, such as the Power Stone, can be so overwhelming that they will destroy anyone who tries to use it directly if they are not strong enough (or can find a way to control the energy output, such as Maelstrom did with his Psionic Scythe.)

While the Stones are incredibly powerful, they can be affected by outside forces, either to strengthen their power (the Field Bridge technology with the Reality Stone, sorcery with the Time Stone, etc.) or to contain their and focus their power (the Orb for the Power Stone, the Infinity Gauntlet itself). It is possible that the Stones could be destroyed through some unknown fashion.

Using a Stone will attract the attention of anyone in the area with a certain cosmic awareness, continued use doubly so. It is this way that Thanos tracked down Odin and the Tesseract, through its use. This also applies to other holders of the Infinity Stones being attracted to one another when in close proximity.

If they were ever combined, the powers of the Infinity Stones would be virtually impossible to destroy or defeat.

Film Details
The Infinity Stones appear in the following films in the Earth-11584 continuity.
 * Thor (2011)
 * Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
 * The Avengers (2012)
 * Thor: The Dark World (2013)
 * Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
 * Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
 * Doctor Strange (2016)
 * Iron Man 4 (2016)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
 * Thor: Ragnarok (2017)