Carbonado

Carbonado was a Kaphisian research scientist who is the head of New Technologies at the TERAPRO facility. The sole gem of their class, Carbonado is one of the pre-eminents, a group of 10 gems that form the leadership of Kaphisian society. Unlike most pre-eminents, they can unfuse - becoming Diamond {1} and Diamond {2}. Notably, he was part of the group who, alongside Andrei and Cormac Varady, escaped Yata during the Insurgency, after they and their fellow Kaphisians Ruby, Jade, Sapphire, and Lapis Lazuli's expedition shuttle crashed in Nuan Krovh.
Since his delivery to TERAPRO, Carbonado had been orchestrating the elaborate plan to cross into the fourth-dimension and obtain immense power. Being one of the pioneers of the TERAPRO project, Carbonado was responsible for developing and overseeing the construction of the Dark Fusion Reactor and the AI GILbERT, the former of which formed part of his scheme. TERAPRO's constant failures has led to many people, including his peers, to doubt his credibility as a true research scientist, however, nonetheless he was considered a world-class one, if not more.
Following a planned incident at the TERAPRO reactor, Carbonado's soul was shattered across spacetime leaving two selves across two dimensions, one of whom went on to develop the Digiverse project with Isla. Ultimately, the reunification of the two selves following the destruction of the World Machine allowed him to slip into fourth dimensional space - allowing him to attempt to seize control over time, but was ultimately defeated by a fourth-dimensional Cormac.
== Early life ==
Diamond {1} and {2} gained consciousness in 680 BCE. Having formed from the same crystal cluster, they grew an especially close, sibling-like bond. From a young age, both were incredibly intelligent - {1} was noted for their intuition whereas {2} was a highly pragmatic being. This drew the attention of Hecate, who led suzerainty over the nation of Kaphi at the time. Acting as a mentor to the two, she trained the diamonds to harness their innate powers, allowing the two to become incredibly strong, formidable warriors and thinkers, even as teenagers. On the 15th birthday of the diamonds, Hecate oversaw their fusion, creating Carbonado. To this day, the two have very rarely unfused.
The first gem of their kind, Carbonado became the 10th and last pre-eminent of Kaphisian society at only 15 years old. This initially took no toll on them as the Kaphisian hierarchy was devoid of any power under Hecate's rule, but it allowed them to befriend many of the other pre-eminents, notably Black Opal. Through Hecate's guidance, Carbonado honed in on his scientific skills, which attracted the attention of Nihilantis, whose Aquilean denizens were preparing for the TERAPRO project. In 657 BCE, at the age of 23, Carbonado was "gifted" to Nihilantis as an act of friendship, much to their dismay.
=== A new life in Aquilae ===
After their "gifting," Carbonado was stationed in a disused radio outpost south of the West Trentonia plateau, near a small cave opening (now part of West Plateau Caves National Park.) Despite his lack of knowledge of the project, Carbonado functioned as the de-facto project leader due to the real project leader's absence, during which he developed a distinct interest in the TERAPRO project. After multiple mining expeditions to find a suitable location for the facility, Carbonado led an expedition into the caves, where they discovered an entrance to a huge cavern - where TERAPRO is now situated today.
== The Modern Era ==
=== The Yata Expedition ===
In the year 200 CE, Yata was evacuated due to the Insurgency. Having received news of its abandonment, Black Opal demanded that Carbonado be granted temporary leave from TERAPRO to help lead a "reconnaissance expedition" to Yata. After returning to Kaphi, Carbonado continued his fusion experiments, fusing Sapphire and Jade together to create a more practical "diplomat" for the expedition. The expedition set off in 201 CE, with Black Opal, Carbonado, Sapphire, Jade, Ruby and Lapis Lazuli constituting the primary crew. However, their spacecraft crashed in northern Norway (not before Black Opal and Carbonado escaped using an escape pod, however.) Stranded on Yata, and with the Yomtach situation spiraling dangerously out of control, the two set out to find a way out.
Carbonado and Black Opal ascertained that seven towers, known as "engines", were left around the globe to maintain the atmospheric shield surrounding the Asolab facility. Having found one of these engines in Aparty, they entered it to disable it, only to cross paths with the surviving gems, as well as Andrei Varady and Cormac Connolly.
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