Miracle Core

"I wonder what this button does..."

- First Miracle Core bonder

Details
Miracle Cores are unique artefacts, seemingly indestructible and most likely of alien origin. They are generally all small round metallic balls, each having distinctive markings and slightly varying sizes. Each Core has a small button on the side that once pressed and held for a few seconds activates it – the specifics are unique to each Core but it will immediately attach itself to whoever activated it and bond itself with them, whether they intended this or not. During this process a Core will burrow deep inside the person and once bonded a Core cannot be removed until the person is dead, at which point it automatically untangles itself from their corpse and reverts back to its original state.

Benefits
Each Core will bestow a unique ability upon the bonded person, with varying degrees of power between different Cores. A creature may only be bonded to a single Miracle Core at a time. If they attempt to activate another one, it won’t do anything. If a Miracle Core is somehow forced onto another creature while it is attempting to bond it will fight its way off the new creature and continuously attempt to attach itself to the original host.

Weaknesses
Despite the unique and powerful effects Miracle Cores grant they also inflict a single common weakness on the Bonder: If they come in direct contact with Gorgonstone their Miracle Core immediately disables, making them both unable to use their ability and undergo temporary numbness and loss of motor function. Prolonged contact will cause the person to undergo severe paralysis and can even result in permanent damage. It is suspected that enough Gorgonstone, or sufficiently invasive contact with it, will force a Miracle Core out of the body however in practice the person has always died before this occurs.

Known Core Users

 * Baron Red - Bonded to the Blossom Core
 * Demon Yukon - Bonded to the Demon Core
 * Mr Hades - Bonded to the Fist-Cannon Core