A Dark Crystal (called Orb in the NES version) can be found in the middle of the Chaos Shrine. While the game's plot never explicitly states any detail, Garland used this Crystal as a means of connection to the 2000-year-old past, possibly to communicate with the Fiends of that time, and possibly to travel there upon death. After the Warriors of Light restore light to the four elemental crystals, the Dark Crystal disappears in a flash, and the pedestal where it once stood allows travel 2000 years into the past.