Elbaite Tourmaline (WIP)
Bio
The self-proclaimed leader of the volcanic island gems, as well as the protagonist of the story. Elbaite came upon the volcanic island by accident and got the idea to attempt to build their own society there, safe from the moon. Perhaps the prestige of finding a new island of their very own island has gotten to their head, because they've gone from friendly and peppy to egotistical and occasionally violent. They have more than a few complexes and have some sort of line of conflict with most who live on the island. They want, more than anything, to be special.
Debut: Landfall
Appearance
Elbaite is an averagely built gem. Half of their body is pink and the other is blue. They have some replacements made of diamond which are colorless. They also have four arms. They've got curly hair, braided on the sides of their head. Their outfit is black with purple accents.
Composition
Their body is made mostly of polychrome tourmaline. They're missing a chunk of their face and a foot, and they've replaced those with pieces of heavily included colorless diamond. They also have a pair of extra arms made of the same material. Due to sun and heat exposure, their extremities are slightly bleached.
Abilities
They're piezoelectric and can discharge voltage when under stress.
By Kiwwsplash (Thank you so much! :D)Name: Elbaite "El"
Age: Middle Age
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Species: Gem
Family: Silicates
Hardness: 7.5, 10 (Diamond parts)
Tenacity: Brittle
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Job: President
Affiliation: Volcanic Island
Origin: Migrant
Background
Elbaite was born under normal circumstances and destined to probably fight for a couple hundred years before eventually being kidnapped, never to be seen again, like any other gem of their hardness. It would seem that fate had other plans for them, though. After sneaking off into the ocean to try and find the source of a distant plume of smoke, they got lost in the sea and was assumed to be taken. They, exhausted, passed out on the seafloor and woke up some decades later, inexplicably on the shores of a completely new island.
Thoughts on the others
On Salammoniac: Sal was the first gem around on the volcanic island and kept Elbaite company for many years when it was just the two of them. Elbaite was initially frustrated with the differences that they and Sal have, but they've come to appreciate the gem.
On Rainbow Feldspar: One of Elbaite's friends from back home, they roped Rainbow into their whole situation after running into them by accident while sneaking back to steal some clothes. Rainbow wanted to stop fighting and Elbaite had found a cool secret place to hide out in, so they eagerly followed them there. However, since then, they've found that Rainbow has become a real pill and the two frequently butt heads.
On Pallasite: Originally Elbaite was rather miffed to find that someone from the moon found their way to stick their fingers into his secret island, but they've come to accept it. The prestige of being the "chosen one" by the enemy kind of fascinates them and they're just a little bit obsessed with this guy. Each of them have dirt on the other (admittedly, Pallas has more dirt on Elbaite than the other way around) so the two have been blackmailing each other for centuries. They have some kind of messed up mutually assured destruction toxic codependent relationship going on.
On Golden Beryl: Elbaite and Beryl were born in the same year and they could have been friends, but El always resented Beryl's popularity among the rest of their peers. They weren't too pleased to find that Beryl managed to get to his island.
On Psilomelane: Psilomelane was Elbaite's old partner who went into the sea with them long ago. They don't know where they ended up...
Gallery
Notes: The only reason they're missing a foot is because I was drawing a reference sheet for them some years ago and just didn't feel like drawing their other foot.