# Introduction
Cryos is a family of gestalts in Atheneum. This gestalt family harbors crystals and ice-based gestalts.
# Primary Gestalt
## Cryos
Primary Recipe: [[Aer]]+[[Hydron]]
Designations: Crystal, Factor
Cryos is the prime gestalt of the Cryos family, and is a primary gestalt. Cryos is notable for crystalizing into geometric shapes.
# Secondary Gestalt
## Nodule
Crystal Seed
Primary Recipe: [[Geon]]+Cryos
Designations: Factor, Crystal
Nodules are the earthen "seeds" of crystals. They can be nurtured and influenced to create different forms of crystals within them. If broken before they are nurtured, they are nothing but earth and stone.