Queen Ruby

## Background

### History

House Ruby is one of the twelve major houses of Gemworld. They have been long standing allies of House Amethyst & even longer standing enemies with House Onyx. Their issues with them mostly stem from the fact that House Onyx habitually launches incursions across their disputed border. Nonetheless, House Ruby is on mostly cordial terms with the other nine houses.

Before its current Queen, House Ruby was ruled by Queen Ritora. She was the eldest child of the former King, having taken the throne when she was in her 50s after serving as her father's chief advisor for the past decades. She also possessed the blood power of her house, which she inherited from her great-aunt when she was in her 20s. Shortly after becoming her house's Queen, her only son Rasam welcomed a daughter Hira after years of pregnancy difficulties with his wife, Lady Lesina of House Amber (cousin of House Amber's former king).

### 1980 - 2009: Princess Hira

At a young age, it was clear that Hira was quite the firecracker. She didn't care much for the powers at play but knew that as the Queen's only grandchild that she would have no choice but to take the throne eventually. Nonetheless, she was very close with her grandmother. The Queen appreciated Hira's perspective as she saw things from an objective point of view & not just as a bureaucrat. When her grandmother passed away, Hira's world was shook. At the age of 22, she had lost her best friend & gained the blood power of her house. As one would expect, Hira began processing her grandmother's death in her own way though that did lead to some interesting conversations with her father. Hira's antics would come to an end when she discovered she was pregnant just months after her grandmother's passing. Hira soon locked herself away to stay out the public's eye though news soon travelled across the realm from the high courts of royalty to the towns of the commoners.

Hira didn't leave the castle during those nine months except for a handful of times, each to see the father of her child: Prince Suman of House Onyx. His identity was unknown to the public & would remain that way due to their respective families' position with one another. But the two were not as secretive as they thought as the prince's father, King Onyx, soon learned of their relationship. Not only was he upset due to their house's longstanding tension with House Ruby but Suman was engaged to Queen Selleme of House Sardonyx. After speaking with Hira's father under the guise of a land dispute, the two were told to end their relationship & Suman was forced to rescind his right to the throne, thus resulting him to being ushered into House Sardonyx instead of vice versa.

When it was time to for Hira to give birth, no father was listed on the official documents & her child was seen solely as a member of House Ruby. Her daughter, Princess Charlabel, soon became her entire focus. She refused to hire any help, wanting to do it all on her own. Once Char turned a year old, King Rasam had his daughter meet with a bunch of suitors of other houses who were willing to become her husband. The men not only had to accept her daughter & hidden identity of the father but also be willing to give up any rights they had to their throne as Hira was expected to rule House Ruby after her father's death. Initially, Hira refused to go through the process until she saw her old acquaintance, House Turquoise's Prince Saeeth, among the men. The two had met a few times prior as Hira's closest friend, Queen Graciel was married to Saeeth's cousin, King Vyrian. After meeting with each of the suitors, Hira made her decision & the wedding was set. Shortly after marrying Prince Saeeth, Hira welcomed a son named Nikalus.

### 2009 - 2013: Queen Hira

Both of her children were cycled back & forth through House Ruby & House Turquoise due to Saeeth's standing in his house's court. But after the death of her father, Hira became the Queen of House Ruby leading to the family spending all their time in the Ruby Canyon. Hira was already quite loved by the people of her house, which made her the perfect Queen. Their kingdom saw a time a great prosperity for the next four years until the Dark War began.

House Ruby took up on the side with House Amethyst against House Opal, sending all their able soldiers to the front line. Unfortunately, the war hit close to home when Nikalus was killed in a bombstrike near the castle. Prince Saeeth would be killed shortly after by Dark Opal himelf after saving many of his soldiers' lives in the battlefield.

### 2013 - Present: Queen Hira

Not willing to lose the last member of her family, Hira decides to follow in the steps of her friend Queen Graciel & send Charlabel to her location. When sending her daughter away, she decided to willingly pass on the blood power to her so that it would be safe away from Dark Opal & his allies. After saying goodbye to her daughter, Hira worked with the field medics to help the wounded as the power transfer took much of her energy. It would be two years before the war started to dwindle down though there was still parts that were untouched. As Fortress Opal became the main fighting ground, House Amber was forced to pack up their village & leave due to the toxicity of the enviornment. Quee Hira quickly welcomed them into Ruby Canyon, as it was mother's house as well. Since then, House Amber has used their abilities of geokinesis & chlorokinesis to help restore House Ruby back to its glory.

## Romantic Relationships

* Suman of House Onyx: Lover (2002)
* Saeeth of House Turquoise: Husband (2004 - 2013)

## Powers & Abilities

* **Noble Gemworlder Physiology**
	+ ***Accelerated Healing*:** Gemworlders possesses accelerated healing.
	+ ***Enhanced Strength***
	+ ***Enhanced Durability***
	+ ***Omnilingualism***: All members of the noble famly are branded with the citrine-of-tongues, allowing them to speak, read & understand every language to have ever existed.
	+ ***Sorcery:*** Like all other Gemworlders, Queen Ruby is a descendant of the Homo Magi race. Due to previously being a Blood Gem, she can perform small magical feats if she has the aids of relics or extreme devotion.
* **Equestrianism**
* **Hand to Hand Combat**
* **Leadership**
* **Political Science**
* **Swordsmanship**
* **Tactical Analysis**

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* She is best friends with Queen Amethyst & frenemies with Queen Emerald.