Olympian Crystal

"This isn't going to kill you. It's going to end you. No Underworld, no moving on. One minute you exist, and the next, you don't."

- Hades to Regina Mills

The Olympian Crystal is a magical item featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It appears in the twenty-first episode of the fifth season.

The Olympian Crystal is based on Zeus' thunderbolt from Greek Mythology, and the Disney film Hercules.

Trivia
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On-Screen Notes

 * The Olympian Crystal is supposed to be the weapon of the King of Mount Olympus.
 * The Olympian Crystal is powerful enough to end the existence of an immortal being, like a god.
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Props Notes

 * One of the missing pages from the Underworld Storybook reads:

welling in his eyes. Only these were not tears of sad-

ness. They smoldered with rage.

"You’re wrong about me, Father. I will make a great

king."

Hades wiped the tears away as he said this, though his

voice was a vacuum of emotion. With cold determina-

tion, he approached a towering pedestal on the far side of

the bed chamber where an ornate filigreed box was left

unattended. Hades face betrayed a slight smile. He

knew this box held the prize he sought, and no one

would stop him from taking it now. He opened the box

and inside was an ancient crystal shaped like a crude

lightning bolt.

"The Olympian Crystal", he said reverently, with more

love than he had ever shown for leathery old Kronos.

"So…" a voice boomed from across the bed chamber.

Hades turned to see Zeus in the room, looking at him in

Judgment while touching the lifeless frame of their father

For one last time. "…your heart really is sickened."

Zeus stepped forward to his brother, in all his chiseled

Might. And every inch of his muscle nauseated Hades,

[obscured] maintained an even keel. For now.

[obscured] not take a moment to mourn our father?

"Who loved you?"

Zeus felt genuine compassion for his brother. And the

[illegible] branch he offered bore no hidden thorns, only the

promise of reconciliation. That Zeus was capable of such

[illegible] only stoked the flames within Hades further.

"No, Zeus", Hades spat. "He only loved you."

Hades took the crystal into his hands. It was his now,

and no one would take it from him. Not even the

[illegible] Zeus. The powerful magic within it glowed for [illegible].

[illegible] not yours to wield," Zeus warned.

"The Olympian Crystal is dangerous. It belongs to the

[obscured]

[illegible] king," Hades said, wielding the

[illegible] "And once I use this to kill you,

[illegible] kingdom I desire.

[illegible] and for a moment, Zeus

[illegible] that the crystal was powerful enough

[illegible] him. But Zeus [illegible], perhaps

[illegible] Hades raised the crystal,

[illegible] Zeus' chest, looking his

[illegible]

[illegible] Zeus' heart, when…

Appearances

 * The Olympian Crystal appears in the Underworld Storybook and Henry's storybook in "Last Rites".