The Ancients

The Ancients are a species of unknown appearance that has massive influence over a lot of events found in the background of the Kirby series. They were known to be extremely powerful to the point were they were able to alter the fabric of reality to their will. They are also responsable for the creation of a myriad of legendary artifacts that would grant their users the ability to reshape certain aspects of their reality, which are actually what causes a lot of the main threats Kirby has to face since The Ancients themselves seems to have left the Kirby multiverse for some reason, letting behind their legendary tools that can essentially turn everyone who knows how to use them into beings similar to literal Gods.

History
The Ancients have a lot of lore behind them but the chronological order of their story is not known. The Ancients presumably progressively evolved from a simple space age civilization to a race that basically had an almost complete control over their reality thanks to their knowledge of magic and science. It is stated that while they were studying the multiversal nature of their reality, they found traces of the existence of a being existing as an omniversal constant to their reality. The being spotted via its incarnation in Another Dimension was actually Void. Through unknown circumstances, Void was incarned as a being of pure darkness known as "Void Termina" in the main universe and became enough of a threat to become the "World Destroyer".

Void Termina was eventually sealed away by four heros helped by the ancients who appeared to have knowledge of Void Termina and how to seal it by using the four Heart Spears. The "Galactic Crisis" happened and Hyness was the only one to solve it by using magic while the Ancients' science failed to overcome it. The Ancients then exiled Hyness because they now feared the destructive power of magic. This would lead to Hyness absolutely hating them and eventually crafting a plan to strike back at them.

The Ancients then seemingly disappeared without any current explaination, letting behind their powerful tools who would start many conflicts and create many threats to the universe during the Kirby series. Hyness would eventually recruit Francisca, Flamberge and Zan Partizanne as mages, which are actually speaking the language of the Ancients even if their connections to them aside from Hyness are unknown, and break the seal holding Void Termina back.

Characters directly linked to the Ancients
A few characters in the Kirby series have actually displayed direct knowledge of the Ancients, which is actually where most of the knowledge on this civilization comes from.


 * Magolor - Magolor is a mage who seems to have studied the Ancients to originally find the Master Crown and uses its ultimate power to take over Kirby's universe. He is actually the character who introduced the concept of the Ancients and gave a lot of informations about their artifacts.
 * Max Profitt Haltmann - Haltmann is known to have studied the Ancients enough to recover Star Dream, one of the Ancients' Clockwork Stars, repair it and base his Security Force on Metal General, which is a machine created by the Ancients.
 * Hyness - Hyness is someone who knew the Ancient directly as he seems to imply that he is one of them. He saved their civilization from a great "galactic crisis" by using magic and was banished as a result since he was seen as a potential threat to the universe. This caused a schism in the ancient's society and magic was rapidly disregarded in favor of science.

Known Artifacts

 * Star Rod - The Star Rods are the first Ancient artifact introduced in the series. Star Rods appears to magical in origin but since they are known to used to summon Galactic Nova, which is one of the Ancients' technological marvel. The Star Rods' other functions is to keep the entity known as Nightmare in check, which effectively protects all creatures from him while they are sleeping.
 * Clockwork Stars - Clockwork Stars are planet sized mechanical wish granting machines roaming the Kirby multiverse. They are actually God-like beings that use the Ancients' scientific knowledge to break the laws of physics and alter reality. The Clockwork Stars are sapient but usually are unable to make their own decisions and follow the orders of their "admins". The two known Clockwork Stars are Galactic Nova and Star Dream.
 * Lor Starcutter - The Lor Starcutter is a ship that was created by the Ancients to tear through the fabric of reality and access other dimensions. The ship was originally guarded by Landia in the remains of the supposed Ancient colony of Halcandra. It was later stolen by Magolor and used for his interdimensional travels.
 * Master Crown - The Master Crown is a Crown that grants ultimate power and control over matter to its wearer. The Master Crown was originally stated to be Ancient in origin but it now also seems to be tainted by Void Termina's dark powers, which explain the semi sentience the Croown displays while possessing Magolor and the Dark Matter-like power and appearance it eventually is using during its final fight.
 * Heart Spears: The Heart Spears appears to be magical artifacts that were used by the "four Heros" to seal Void Termina. The whole ritual to seal Void Termina with them was described in a scroll left behind by the Ancients in case Void's incarnation as Void Termina would escape from its prison.