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Left to right: Sailor Neptune, Sailor Uranus, and Sailor Pluto, holding their Talismans.

The Talismans are three special weapons introduced in the third story arc of the Sailor Moon series. Finding the Talismans is a major plot point during this arc because bringing the three together causes an item called the Holy Grail to appear (or, in the English-dubbed anime, the Purity Chalice). In the hands of a powerful being called a Messiah, this item can bring about the destruction or the healing of the world.

The Talismans and Grail are sought by two groups. The Death Busters want it so that they can raise up their dark Messiah, who will bring about a cataclysmic event known as the Silence. Sailor Moon and her companions counter the Death Busters by defending the civilians they attack, but at first have limited understanding of the reason for the attacks. Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, working independently, share vague premonitions of the future and the sense that they need to find the Talismans themselves even if it does mean the sacrifice of innocents. When joined by Sailor Pluto, they obtain some knowledge of the good Messiah and work to find and awaken her.

The Talismans themselves are known to be contained within the Pure Hearts of three individuals. They are the Deep Aqua Mirror, the Space Sword, and the Garnet Orb. They correspond to the three Sacred Treasures of Japan.

The Deep Aqua Mirror was the first talisman to appear, and it belongs to Michiru Kaioh. It's called the Submarine Mirror in the anime.

Ironically, the talisman was within one of its searchers: Sailor Neptune. In a fight with Eudial, Sailor Neptune tries to save Sailor Uranus from Eudial's traps, but Eudial pulls out her special heart gun and shoots Neptune's heart crystal out. Her crystal then transforms into the Deep Aqua Mirror.

The Deep Aqua Mirror has the ability to see through lies and to find enemies' weaknesses; it can also blast a powerful beam. It enables Sailor Neptune to use her Submarine Reflection attack. Sailor Chibi Moon once used it to warp herself to Sailor Neptune's location.

The Space Sword is the second talisman to appear in the series, and it belongs to Haruka Tenoh.

In the manga the blade of itself appears to be transparent. In the anime it is normally depicted as white, but when used as a weapon it seems to be drawn from a sheath and the blade turns red, glowing white as it strikes.

Like the Deep Aqua Mirror, the Space Sword was contained within the heart crystal of Sailor Uranus, its searcher, when Eudial defeated Neptune. Uranus felt devastated by the action, but partially happy because they were able to find the talismans. When Eudial was about to take Uranus' talisman, Usagi Tsukino appeared and knocked Eudial down a chasm. As Usagi turned around, Uranus was about to shoot herself with Eudial's weapon to make her talisman appear. Usagi fought with her, in a power struggle which Uranus finally won. Uranus proceeded to shoot herself with the gun, causing her talisman, the Space Sword to appear. Usagi is left with the now unconscious bodies of Uranus and Neptune.

The Space Sword has the apparent power to cut through almost anything. It enables Sailor Uranus to use her Space Sword Blaster attack.

The Garnet Orb is first to appear, but the last to be revealed as a talisman. It belongs to Setsuna Meioh.

When both Neptune and Uranus talisman had appeared, Sailor Pluto showed up carrying her staff and revealed to Eudial, the Guardian Senshi, and Usagi that the gem in the top of her staff was the last talisman. With it she separated the heart crystals from Uranus and Neptune's talisman and returned them to their bodies. They immediately woke up and invoked the power of the talismans, forming a triangle with Pluto to make the Holy Grail appear.

The Garnet Orb has the apparent power to separate the heart crystal from the talisman, but it's very unlikely that it has a relationship with Pluto's time control powers, as she states that is the staff that allowed her to use that power. It enables Sailor Pluto to use her Chronos Typhoon attack as well as a defensive maneuver, Garnet Ball.

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The Holy Grail as it first appears in the anime.

In the manga, the eight Guardian and Outer Senshi must be present for the original Grail to appear. When Sailor Moon, Sailor Chibi Moon and Tuxedo Mask are together they can create the Grail of the future for Sailor Chibi Moon. They use the Grails to transform into Super Sailor Moon and Super Sailor Chibi Moon; it is also what keeps Neo-Queen Serenity young, and most likely is what impeded Chibiusa's growth for a little under 900 years.

When the three talismans are combined, they will form the Holy Grail (in the English version, "Purity Chalice"), which is used to power up Sailor Moon into Super Sailor Moon. However, at first this greatly weakened her, so the Outer Senshi did not believe she was the Messiah. Mistress 9 eventually obtained the Grail and used it to bring Pharaoh 90 to Earth. It was destroyed shortly thereafter.

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