- "An ancient gemstone said to possess the power of the gods. The power of the Eye was absorbed by young Jonathan, just as it was by our Miss Jenny."
- —Ichabod Crane[src]
The Eye of Providence was a powerful binding stone that originally belonged to Etu Ilu. It was the stone that gave him his power a fragment of which he gave to Pandora.
History[]
The stone was hidden within a concealed antechamber within the Temple of the Gods in the Catacombs for many centuries. After decoding many ancient texts, George Washington and Betsy Ross were able to retrieve the Eye, but Betsy was accidentally imprisoned within the antechamber and Washington said he would find a way to release her after he completed the mission, but was then forced to depart.[1]
After the energy of the Eye was absorbed by Paul Revere's nephew and apprentice; Jonathan Revere, the catastrophic energy within the Eye eventually exploded killing the boy. Afterwards, Revere was able to use the Staff of the Hidden One to draw out the energy. Washington decreed the Eye too dangerous, and ordered Revere to use the Staff to contain and conceal the Eye's energy by melting down the Staff and making it into an outer casing which eventually became known as The Shard of Anubis.
ICrane was able to catch a brief glimpse of the Staff as Revere was melting it down during the final hours of 1776. This event was recorded in The First Book of the Masonic Law by Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was able to use the symbol representing the Eye as a message against the threat of Imperialism as well as a message to all Freemasons. The symbol is printed on the back of every one dollar bill; an incomplete pyramid with an eye at its peak with the message Novus Ordo Seclorum; New Order of the Ages.[2]
The Shard of Anubis was eventually retrieved by Jenny Mills for Sheriff August Corbin.[3] When Randall Martin kidnapped Joe Corbin, he demanded that Jenny give him the Shard in exchange for Joe's life.[4] Randall, in turn, was tricked by Sophie Foster who stole the Shard from him. Jenny was able to retrieve it after Foster hid it in a secret compartment by her car's battery; a trick August Corbin once taught Jenny. It was revealed that both Randall and Sophie were hired by Atticus Nevins to retrieve it.
Joe, after discovering that Nevins knew his father, told Sophie that he will give Nevins the Shard if he answers his questions. Nevins revealed that the Shard was an outer casing for the Eye and removed it while wearing gloves, but Jenny retrieved the Eye bare handed and she and Joe escaped. The Eye was absorbed by Jenny who experienced visions it was emitting to her. Nevins sent a team of Norse Berserkers to retrieve the Eye, but Abbie, Crane, and Joe were able to defeat them using Jenny's blood, which was infused with the Eye's energy, to turn them against each other. Nevins then threatened to kill them if they didn't give him Jenny. He was revealed to be working for Pandora and The Hidden One, but Sophie blew her cover and revealed herself to be an FBI agent to apprehend Nevins and protect the others. The Eye caused Jenny to willingly return to Pandora's Temple to summon the Hidden One from The Catacombs using the pool by the The Tree of Fear, but not before she left Abbie, Crane, and Joe drawings of her visions.[5]
Crane was able to use the clues left behind by Benjamin Franklin and Paul Revere to discover how to draw the Eye's energy out of Jenny. Crane and Joe attacked Pandora and The Hidden One while Abbie used the Shard to draw the Eye's energy out of Jenny, but she was interrupted by The Hidden One who crushed the Shard with his hand. Abbie picked up the pieces hoping that could still work and the Shard was able to absorb the Eye's energy from Jenny completely, but it looked like it was ready to explode. The Tree of Fear was triggered by the Eye's energy and re-opened the doorway to The Catacombs. Abbie ran into The Catacombs to contain the Eye's explosion and the excess of the explosion shattered Pandora's Box in the process and killing The Tree of Fear.[2]
Broken[]
For an estimated ten months, Abbie was trapped and looking for a way out of the Catacombs. The Eye of Providence was rendered dormant. Crane was able to release his astral form to find Abbie who told him that the energy from the Eye was dead. Crane wanted to revive the Eye to bring Abbie home, but Abbie was worried that she might be giving the Hidden one what he wants if she does revive it. Pandora, using her astral form, made her way to The Catacombs to retrieve the Eye. She tried to make a deal with Abbie to bring them both back in exchange for the Eye, and cut Crane's tether to his body. After some thought, Abbie decided to never let Pandora have it, and smashed the Eye. Pandora left in a rage telling Abbie she will rot in The Catacombs for all eternity. Abbie was able to find a way out of The Catacombs, however, with Cranes help using The Well and she took Crane along with her.[6]
After returning to The Catacombs to restore Pandora's Box to defeat the Hidden One, Abbie and Crane entered the antechamber that held the Eye and found Betsy Ross still alive but asleep. Upon waking, she told them about how she was imprisoned within the antechamber after Washington retrieved the Eye. After they restored the Box all three of them departed The Catacombs to their own places in time.[1]
Appearances[]
| Season Three | |||||||||||||||||||
| "I, Witness" | "Whispers in the Dark" | "Blood and Fear" | "The Sisters Mills" | "Dead Men Tell No Tales" | |||||||||||||||
| "This Red Lady from Caribee" | "The Art of War" | "Novus Ordo Seclorum" | "One Life" | "Incident At Stone Manor" | |||||||||||||||
| "Kindred Spirits" | "Sins of the Father" | "Dark Mirror" | "Into the Wild" | "Incommunicado" | |||||||||||||||
| "Dawn's Early Light" | "Delaware" | "Ragnarok" | |||||||||||||||||
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delaware"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Novus Ordo Seclorum"
- ↑ "I, Witness"
- ↑ "Whispers in the Dark"
- ↑ "The Art of War"
- ↑ "Incident At Stone Manor"