Diviner

"I can't let go!"

- Isabelle Hartley

The Obelisk is an alien artifact that was procured in World War II by HYDRA before being confiscated by the Strategic Scientific Reserve.

History
The Obelisk was a highly potent artifact, possibly of alien origin, that was discovered in World War II amongst a cache of objects that included the corpse of an alien organism. The Obelisk killed anyone who touched it by sending powerful electric currents through the body, instantly numbing and incinerating the victim from the afflicted area through the rest of the body. The Obelisk, along with the rest of the objects in the cache, was recovered by the Strategic Scientific Reserve, and kept in storage by S.H.I.E.L.D. for the following decades. The Obelisk came to be known as the first 0-8-4.