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[[File:Seed_Master.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Seed of Wonder, guarded by the resurrected [[The Master|Master]]]]
  
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|Nature = [[Magic]]al
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|Function = Source of magic on [[Earth]]
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|Alternative Names = Seed<br />Seed of Magic
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{{Quote|The Seed is soul and life. And it's amazing. It's tied to the heart of the Earth.|[[Willow Rosenberg]]|Last Gleaming}}
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{{Quote|The Seed is soul and life. And it's amazing. It's tied to the heart of the Earth.|[[Willow Rosenberg]]|Last Gleaming, Part Four}}
   
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The '''Seed of Wonder''', (or simply "'''the Seed'''") was, according to [[Spike]], the heart of all magic on Earth.
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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was the source of all [[magic]] on the [[Earth]] [[dimension]].
   
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==History==
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During the fight with [[Sephrilian]]: [[Buffy]], [[Willow]] and the [[minder]] [[Robin]] saw a vision of the cracked seed on a podium in a circular room, with Buffy beaten and cut on the floor after a massive betrayal, one that was the closest, most unexpected. It was revealed by Robin to be a vision from the future.
  
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===Origin===
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{{Quote|Think “cork”. As long as it’s in its place […], things stay more or less where they should.|[[Spike]]|Last Gleaming, Part Two}}
   
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According to [[Spike]], the Seed of Wonder predated [[human]]s and even [[the First Evil]], the Earth itself created from the Seed. In the beginning, the world was inhabited by [[demon]]s — [[Old One]]s —, who were probably spilled over from “far more horrific” dimensions. The Seed had brought them to Earth, and the Seed that kept them there, the only thing strong enough to prevent the warring creatures and magical energies to bleed back into the unknown older dimension.<ref name=":0" />
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The true extent of the seed's power is unknown but [[Spike]] explained that it could stop all the [[demons]] that Buffy and [[Angel]] released when they created the Twilight Universe.
  
   
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As long as the Seed was in its place — on the [[Hellmouth]] —, this order would continue. And the Seed was safe underground, buried under [[Sunnydale]], along its protector: [[the Master]].<ref name=":0">''[[Last Gleaming, Part Two]]''</ref> It was said that, in the 12th century, the Seed of Wonder enslaved a powerful [[vampire]] as its protector.; The Master also believed the Seed that called him from across the sea into Sunnydale.<ref name=":3">''[[Last Gleaming, Part Three]]''</ref> After an [[earthquake]], he was imprisoned inside [[the Church (Order of Aurelius)|a church]] through a [[force field|magical barrier]],<ref>"[[The Harvest]]"</ref> and died in the hands of the [[Slayer]] in the same night he escaped.<ref>"[[Prophecy Girl]]"</ref>
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[[The Master]] was enslaved by the Seed approximately 800 years ago to keep custody over it. When Buffy became imbued with the power of [[Twilight]], the Seed resurrected the Master to watch over it, presumably to keep it safe from Twilight.
 
   
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===The Twilight crisis===
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Spike revealed that the Seed is just what the name implies, the source of all the world's magic.
  
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{{Quote|The Earth demons won’t want the new-universe demons to get [the Seed]. ‘Cause if they do... [uncorks a wine bottle] Well, imagine this bottle is upside down.|Spike|Last Gleaming, Part Two}}
   
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[[File:Picture 002.jpg|thumb|left|A vision of the Seed|200x200px]]
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It was also revealed that the Seed of Wonder is [[Twilight]]'s soul, or at least it wishes it to be.
  
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==History==
  
   
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With the threat of the masked “Twilight” — [[Angel]] —, [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]] and [[Willow Rosenberg|Willow]] went to Sephrilian to seek help against him. The [[Tichajt]] made Buffy, Willow, and the [[minder]] [[Robin]] walk among visions of betrayal, which included a scene of the cracked Seed on a podium in a circular stone room, while another Buffy cried beaten on the floor. It was revealed by the minder it was a vision from the future.<ref>''[[Anywhere but Here]]''</ref> The same room appeared in one of Buffy’s dreams,<ref>''[[Always Darkest]]''</ref> foreshadowing to the Slayer the upcoming decisive event that would happen at the place.
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{{Quote|Ever since the Seed was planted, Twilight has been an inevitability.|Spike|Last Gleaming}}
  
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We know very little about the seed but Spike stated,
  
   
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Meanwhile, [[Rupert Giles]], suspecting the upcoming fulfillment of the [[Twilight]] prophecy, traveled through the world in search of the Seed of Wonder. As Buffy and Angel would eventually attest, the artifact had weakening proprieties to those empowered by Twilight when in close proximity.<ref name=":3" />
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''There was, one time, a house of worship... swallowed up by the earth.''
  
   
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When Angel became imbued with the power of Twilight, the Seed resurrected the Master to return to his position as protector, inside the ruins of the same church where he used to be imprisoned.<ref name=":3" /> As the world’s soul and the source of all its magic, Twilight needed to capture it so that it would become the new universe’s soul, destroying the old one. The Seed was safe until the universe selected Angel and Buffy to conceive a new universe with each other. Anticipating its removal, the interdimensional [[placenturian]]s poured from countless portals to reclaim the obsolete Earth,<ref>''[[Twilight, Part Four]]''</ref> while its inhabitants — both demons and humans — battled to defend it.<ref name=":0" />
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''Over which they built a [[Sunnydale|city]]... Also swallowed by the earth.''
  
   
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As [[Aluwyn]] elaborated to Willow, removing the Seed to the Twilight dimension would cause the world to be swallowed up, allowing Twilight to fully come into its own. However, breaking the Seed would sever all magical ties with other worlds and Earth’s connection to other dimensions; the analogy being the difference between removing a cork from a bottle and breaking it so that it remains stuck at the top of the bottle.<ref name=":0" /> To defend it, Willow performed a ritual to [[connecting to the Seed of Wonder|connect to the Seed of Wonder]], and used the powers it gave to her to fight against the invading demons.<ref name=":4" />
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The Seed of Wonder was located in Sunnydale, and has been buried underground for some time now, first buried possibly in the earthquake that originally trapped the Master, and then finally was buried even more when Spike destroyed the Hellmouth and caved in Sunnydale in 2003.
  
   
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===Destruction===
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Regarding the Seed of Wonder: Spike said, "It's always been there, before you, before humans... before The First, even, which has a nice irony." He goes on to explain that, "The world came from the Seed. It was all demons and horrors then. Probably spillover from some other, less pleasant dimension. The seed brought it fourth and the seed kept it here. Kept the warring nasties and the bubbling magical energies from seeping back into the old dimension, wherever that was. It's the key, forget key, think cork. As long as the seed is in its place&mdash;the Hellmouth(Sunnydale)&mdash;things stay more or less the way they should. Pull it out the world goes bye." He explains that it's safe though, buried underground with its protector at its side. Unless the universe selects the greatest [[vampire]] and the greatest [[Slayer]] &mdash;Angel and Buffy&mdash; to shag a new universe into existence. He explains that the earth demons&mdash;the ones here first-&mdash;will not want the new universe demons to get it, and "Ever since the seed was planted, Twilight has been an inevitability."
  
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{{Quote|Have you ever broken a cork inside the bottle? You'll never get this one out, and the wine will be forever trapped. Destroy the Seed, the gate and the path are gone. Hell has no avenue to your world. And you have a world without magic.|Aluwyn|Last Gleaming, Part Two}}
   
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[[File:Seed goes_smash.jpg|thumb|The Seed is destroyed|200x200px]]
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As [[Aluwyn]] elaborated to [[Willow Rosenberg|Willow]], removing the seed would cause the world to be swallowed up, which is what the sentience behind the Twilight dimension wants. However, breaking the seed would sever all magical ties with other worlds and the world's connection to other dimensions- the analogy being the difference between removing a cork from a bottle and breaking it so that it remains stuck at the top of the bottle-, which would leave the called Slayers and the sired vampires intact, but the witches who gather their magic from other worlds would no longer be able to do so.
  
   
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[[File:Seed_goes_smash.jpg|thumb|left|Buffy smashes the Seed]] While [[Buffy]] and [[Angel]] (under the control of Twilight) battle in the ruins of the church where the seed is being held, [[Rupert Giles|Giles]] brings Buffy the [[Scythe|Slayer Scythe]]. The Scythe begins to glow red as its power grows in presence of the seed. After the Twilight-controlled Angel kills Giles, Buffy, in a fit of devastation, uses the scythe to destroy the seed.
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While Buffy and Angel (possessed by Twilight) battled in the ruins where the Seed was being held, Giles brought Buffy the [[Mʔ]], the mystical Slayer weapon. It began to glow red as its power grew in the presence of the Seed. Although, Angel killed Giles before the weapon could be used against him, and Buffy, in a fit of devastation, used it instead to destroy the Seed, and cause the [[end of magic]] on Earth. The impact made so the scythe to be broken in turn.<ref name=":4">''[[Last Gleaming, Part Four]]''</ref>
   
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The destruction of the Seed inmediately disempowered witches throughout the world, while active spells were severely weakened or simply broken. Creatures with inherent powers, such as vampires and Slayers, retained them. However, no more Slayers could be called, and no more vampire demons could enter this dimension, resulting in all new sirings becoming [[zompire]]s.
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With the destruction of the Seed, placenturians were sucked back to their original dimensions, and the battle ended. Although, without the source for magic on Earth, [[witch]]es throughout the world were immediately depowered, while active [[spell]]s were severely weakened or simply broken.<ref name=":4" /> Creatures with inherent powers, such as vampires and Slayers, retained them; however, no more Slayers could be called,<ref>''[[Last Gleaming, Part Five]]''</ref> and no more demons could enter the Earth dimension, resulting in all new vampire [[sire|sirings]] only resulting in [[zompire]]s.<ref>''[[Freefall, Part Three]]''</ref> The effects of [[Mohra demon]]’s [[Blood of Eternity]] was also altered, so that instead of simply being regenerated to health, many recipients would develop painful cancerous growths all over their body.<ref>''[[Live Through This, Part Four]]''</ref>
   
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Apparently, the Seed’s destruction also affected the natural world and humanity as well. According to Willow, there hadn’t been a decent song, movie, or book released since the Seed was destroyed, suicide rates were spiking all over the world, and people were losing hope, with things expected to get even worse from there.<ref>''[[Family Reunion, Part One]]''</ref>
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==Appearances==
  
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*''[[Anywhere But Here|Anywhere but Here]]''
  
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*''[[Last Gleaming]]''
  
   
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However, the shards of the Seed remained, and were collected by the [[Courtesan demon]] [[Morgan]] with the intent of using them to reopen the Hellmouth on [[Easter Island]] and returning home.<ref>''[[A Dark Place, Part Four]]''</ref>
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==Trivia==
  
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*In the vision from "Anywhere But Here", Buffy is wearing the same clothes as she is on the Jo Chen cover for the second part of the Last Gleaming arc.
  
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===Restoration===
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[[File:2015-04-23-18-45-42.png|thumb|The new Seed in development|200x200px]]
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After months with no magic, Buffy, Willow, and Xander made their way to the [[Deeper Well]] when [[Dawn Summers|Dawn]] began to fade out of existence due to the loss of magic. As they went deeper into the Well, a new Seed was spawned directly from Willow’s body, rendering her powerless in the process. Willow proceeded to find a spot in the Deeper Well to plant the Seed; while it would save the world and eventually restore Earth’s magic, it would not fully mature for a thousand years.<ref name=":1" />
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However, [[Severin]], who had absorbed many demon’s powers, including those in the Deeper Well, with the intent on using that power to [[Temporal fold|go back in time]] and revert the Twilight apocalypse, was persuaded to instead redirect all of his powers into the Seed.<ref name=":1">''[[The Core, Part Four]]''</ref> The new Seed was aged to completion and restored Earth’s magic, but caused a magical blast that completely vaporized Severin and [[Illyria]] in the process.<ref name=":2">''[[The Core, Part Five]]''</ref>
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With the sudden return of magic, the pages of the [[Slayer Handbook]] pages turned completely blank.<ref name=":2" /> The rules of magic were being gradually rewritten, such as the Slayer prophecy and [[new vampire]]s with new abilities.<ref>''[[New Rules, Part Two]]''</ref> The formation of a new Seed also allowed Dawn to be made into existence again,<ref name=":2" /> albeit in a reset of feelings and memories.<ref>''[[New Rules, Part Four]]''</ref> Illyria, the Old One who sacrificed herself for the Seed, also returned to life with the new magic — within a resurrected [[Winifred Burkle]].<ref>''[[United, Part One]]''</ref>
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==Behind the scenes==
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*According to artist [[Georges Jeanty]], the Seed of Wonder was initially designed as a prismatic crystal halfway buried on earth, only later changed into its final oval shape.<ref>"[[Season 8 Library Edition, Volume 4]]"</ref>
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==References==
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*During the dream sequence in [[Always Darkest]], Buffy, [[Angel]], [[Spike]] and [[Caleb]] are shown to be in the circular room where the seed is placed. Buffy is also wearing the same clothes and with the same injuries from "Anywhere But Here".
  
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Picture.jpg|The Seed
  
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Picture 002.jpg|Vision from [[Anywhere But Here]]
  
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Picture 003.jpg|Buffy's Betrayal Vision from [[Anywhere But Here]]
  
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Revision as of 01:30, 12 May 2019

“The Seed is soul and life. And it's amazing. It's tied to the heart of the Earth.”
―Willow Rosenberg[src]

The Seed of Wonder was the source of all magic on the Earth dimension.

History

Origin

“Think “cork”. As long as it’s in its place […], things stay more or less where they should.”
―Spike[src]

According to Spike, the Seed of Wonder predated humans and even the First Evil, the Earth itself created from the Seed. In the beginning, the world was inhabited by demons — Old Ones —, who were probably spilled over from “far more horrific” dimensions. The Seed had brought them to Earth, and the Seed that kept them there, the only thing strong enough to prevent the warring creatures and magical energies to bleed back into the unknown older dimension.[1]

As long as the Seed was in its place — on the Hellmouth —, this order would continue. And the Seed was safe underground, buried under Sunnydale, along its protector: the Master.[1] It was said that, in the 12th century, the Seed of Wonder enslaved a powerful vampire as its protector.; The Master also believed the Seed that called him from across the sea into Sunnydale.[2] After an earthquake, he was imprisoned inside a church through a magical barrier,[3] and died in the hands of the Slayer in the same night he escaped.[4]

The Twilight crisis

“The Earth demons won’t want the new-universe demons to get [the Seed]. ‘Cause if they do... [uncorks a wine bottle] Well, imagine this bottle is upside down.”
―Spike[src]
Picture 002

A vision of the Seed

With the threat of the masked “Twilight” — Angel —, Buffy and Willow went to Sephrilian to seek help against him. The Tichajt made Buffy, Willow, and the minder Robin walk among visions of betrayal, which included a scene of the cracked Seed on a podium in a circular stone room, while another Buffy cried beaten on the floor. It was revealed by the minder it was a vision from the future.[5] The same room appeared in one of Buffy’s dreams,[6] foreshadowing to the Slayer the upcoming decisive event that would happen at the place.

Meanwhile, Rupert Giles, suspecting the upcoming fulfillment of the Twilight prophecy, traveled through the world in search of the Seed of Wonder. As Buffy and Angel would eventually attest, the artifact had weakening proprieties to those empowered by Twilight when in close proximity.[2]

When Angel became imbued with the power of Twilight, the Seed resurrected the Master to return to his position as protector, inside the ruins of the same church where he used to be imprisoned.[2] As the world’s soul and the source of all its magic, Twilight needed to capture it so that it would become the new universe’s soul, destroying the old one. The Seed was safe until the universe selected Angel and Buffy to conceive a new universe with each other. Anticipating its removal, the interdimensional placenturians poured from countless portals to reclaim the obsolete Earth,[7] while its inhabitants — both demons and humans — battled to defend it.[1]

As Aluwyn elaborated to Willow, removing the Seed to the Twilight dimension would cause the world to be swallowed up, allowing Twilight to fully come into its own. However, breaking the Seed would sever all magical ties with other worlds and Earth’s connection to other dimensions; the analogy being the difference between removing a cork from a bottle and breaking it so that it remains stuck at the top of the bottle.[1] To defend it, Willow performed a ritual to connect to the Seed of Wonder, and used the powers it gave to her to fight against the invading demons.[8]

Destruction

“Have you ever broken a cork inside the bottle? You'll never get this one out, and the wine will be forever trapped. Destroy the Seed, the gate and the path are gone. Hell has no avenue to your world. And you have a world without magic.”
―Aluwyn[src]
Seed goes smash

The Seed is destroyed

While Buffy and Angel (possessed by Twilight) battled in the ruins where the Seed was being held, Giles brought Buffy the Mʔ, the mystical Slayer weapon. It began to glow red as its power grew in the presence of the Seed. Although, Angel killed Giles before the weapon could be used against him, and Buffy, in a fit of devastation, used it instead to destroy the Seed, and cause the end of magic on Earth. The impact made so the scythe to be broken in turn.[8]

With the destruction of the Seed, placenturians were sucked back to their original dimensions, and the battle ended. Although, without the source for magic on Earth, witches throughout the world were immediately depowered, while active spells were severely weakened or simply broken.[8] Creatures with inherent powers, such as vampires and Slayers, retained them; however, no more Slayers could be called,[9] and no more demons could enter the Earth dimension, resulting in all new vampire sirings only resulting in zompires.[10] The effects of Mohra demon’s Blood of Eternity was also altered, so that instead of simply being regenerated to health, many recipients would develop painful cancerous growths all over their body.[11]

Apparently, the Seed’s destruction also affected the natural world and humanity as well. According to Willow, there hadn’t been a decent song, movie, or book released since the Seed was destroyed, suicide rates were spiking all over the world, and people were losing hope, with things expected to get even worse from there.[12]

However, the shards of the Seed remained, and were collected by the Courtesan demon Morgan with the intent of using them to reopen the Hellmouth on Easter Island and returning home.[13]

Restoration

2015-04-23-18-45-42

The new Seed in development

After months with no magic, Buffy, Willow, and Xander made their way to the Deeper Well when Dawn began to fade out of existence due to the loss of magic. As they went deeper into the Well, a new Seed was spawned directly from Willow’s body, rendering her powerless in the process. Willow proceeded to find a spot in the Deeper Well to plant the Seed; while it would save the world and eventually restore Earth’s magic, it would not fully mature for a thousand years.[14]

However, Severin, who had absorbed many demon’s powers, including those in the Deeper Well, with the intent on using that power to go back in time and revert the Twilight apocalypse, was persuaded to instead redirect all of his powers into the Seed.[14] The new Seed was aged to completion and restored Earth’s magic, but caused a magical blast that completely vaporized Severin and Illyria in the process.[15]

With the sudden return of magic, the pages of the Slayer Handbook pages turned completely blank.[15] The rules of magic were being gradually rewritten, such as the Slayer prophecy and new vampires with new abilities.[16] The formation of a new Seed also allowed Dawn to be made into existence again,[15] albeit in a reset of feelings and memories.[17] Illyria, the Old One who sacrificed herself for the Seed, also returned to life with the new magic — within a resurrected Winifred Burkle.[18]

Behind the scenes

  • According to artist Georges Jeanty, the Seed of Wonder was initially designed as a prismatic crystal halfway buried on earth, only later changed into its final oval shape.[19]

Appearances

References

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