Time Stone (Archie)

The Times Stones are seven artifacts that are hosted on Little Planet. They possess powers that allows the users to move through and manipulate time.

Description
The Time Stones are seven hexagonal stones which colors are blue, green, cyan, orange, purple, yellow and red.

Each Time Stone possesses vast and powerful energies that can be harnessed by others. Possessing one Time Stone allows the user to move to almost any point in time at will using a technique known as Chronos Control. Collecting all seven is rumored to grant the power to reshape time itself. However, the Time Stones' power is so great that, if delved into their energies without preparation or with evil intend, the results could prove disastrous.

As demonstrated by Silver and Mogul, the Time Stones can also be used as a medium to detect visitors from other times or Zones.

Background
The Time Stones' origin and the majority of their history is unknown. They were hosted on Little Planet, where they, along with Little Planet, were a closely guarded secret of Albion and watched over by its stewards, the current being Rob 'o the Hedge. Therefore, threats to the Time Stones from invaders are low.

There have also been rumors of other protectors of the Time Stones. Some say that a great and powerful owl spirit, Nicholas O'Tyme, decides who use them, while others say that an elite few known as the Knight of Kronos have guarded Little Planet and the Time Stones throughout time.

Known Usages
Under unspecified circumstances, a future Mammoth Mogull and Silver managed to get hold of the orange Time Stone. Initially, Silver lacked the confidence to use the Time Stone for time travel and relied on the Super Warp Ring. However, Silver eventually got the skills and confidence to use the Time Stones' power.

Over the next period, Silver used the Time Stone for time travel a number of times. He first used it to travel back in time to aid the Future Freedom Fighters, and then travel back home. He later used the Time Stone again to go back and eliminate Rotor Walrus, who Silver believed would betray the Knothole Freedom Fighters and destroy his time after doing some research on Ony Island. After being proven wrong and helping the Freedom Fighters save the Walrus Herd, Silver used the Time Stone to return home once more. Later on, Mammoth Mogul used the Time Stone to teach Silver how to use it properly when they sensed through it that Prelate-V had arrived. Silver then used the Time Stone to navigate through Prelate-V's portal to Dark Mobius, and later to go back home.

When Silver thought he had discovered the traitor to the Knothole Freedom Fighters, Mammoth Mogul used Silver's Time Stone to send Silver back to the past without it so that he would stay in the past until he found the traitor instead of continuously traveling through time and unnecessarily changing the future multiple times.

Trivia

 * The backstory on the Time Stones appears to be based on both the storyline in Sonic the Hedgehog CD and the episodes "Blast to the Past, Part 1" and Blast to the Past, Part 2 in the Sonic the Hedgehog animated series.
 * Coincidently, the owl mask holding two of the Time Stones are similar to the one for the Time Stones in the Sonic the Hedgehog animated series.