Editing Gate Key

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|type         = [[Key Item]]
|desc         = A device capable of stabilizing Gates.
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{{quote|But Gates are unstable-that's why they appear and disappear all the time. So I used the principle behind my Telepod device...to create this Gate Key! It's what's locking the Gate in place. |[[Lucca]] talking to [[Marle]] about the Gate}} 
{{nihongo|'''Gate Key'''|ゲートホルダー| , Gate Holder}} is the device [[Lucca]] invents in {{CT}}. It is used to travel through time via the [[Time Gate]]s.

Lucca explains that the device does not itself allow the party to time-travel. Instead, the Gate Key stabilizes pre-existing temporal anomalies, creating the temporary passages that the party uses to cross from one era to the next. The exact manner that Lucca achieves this technological wonder is never clearly explained; however, it is possible that Lucca's work on the [[Telepod]] gave her insight into the science of dimensional and temporal teleportation. The Gate Key is arguably the most powerful of Lucca's inventions.

[[File:1stkey.png|thumb|left|The first appearance of the Gate Key.]] During the events in [[Prehistory]] surrounding the party's search for the [[Dreamstone]], the Gate Key is lost, leaving the party stranded until it is recovered. After the great feast which won Crono the rare red mineral, [[Kino]], mate of [[Ayla]], stole the device while the party slept. Hunting him down, they discover him in the[[ Forest Maze]], moping. It is learned that Kino stole the device out of jealousy for the attention his mate showed Crono, but the device was stolen from him by the [[Reptite]]s.

It is found in the possession of the Repitie Queen, [[Azala]]. She does not believe that it could have been created by any of the 'primitive' humans and believes its power will give her an upper-hand in her battle against mankind. After the defeat of [[Nizbel]], Azala's champion, she angrily returns the Gate Key, vowing revenge on Crono and his allies.

In one of ''Chrono Trigger''''s many [[List of Chrono Trigger endings|endings]], if the [[Epoch]] has been destroyed, the party leaves [[Present]] using the Gate Key.

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