Jasper (Kinoba)

## Appearance

Jasper is a tall and burly quartz gem, with light orange skin and dark red-orange stripes. She has light cream colored hair that is long and very messily unkempt. She has light yellow eyes, a small rounded nose, and large plump lips. Jasper wears the standard quartz uniform, including a brick-colored tank top with brown strips leading to a blue diamond. She also wears brown shorts, and brick and brown boots. Her gem is located where her belly button is.

## Personality

Jasper is a very sweet and loving gem, and always wants the very best for others by doing whatever she can to achieve their wants and needs. Although, she is a rather slow and cannot seem to make ends meet, which will usually result in her messing something up and making things worse than they were before.

She seems to see the beauty in everything and everyone, and believes that nobody can truly be evil, and that people only act the way they do because of things that have happened to them in the past. This will often lead her to try and use her goodness and cheer in hopes of making others happier and nicer.

## History

Jasper was created only fifty years before the current day, making her extremely young in the gem life-span. She was drafted directly to Blue Diamond's court when she popped out of the ground, and was put to serve as a guard for high-ranking gems inside of Blue Diamond's court. She has served diligently for her entire existence and seems to have grown on Blue Diamond because of her silly and entertaining personality, something of which she is very proud of.

## Abilities

Like all gems, Jasper possesses standard gem abilities such as bubbling, fusion, and retreating to her gemstone to regenerate.

### Skills

* **Weapon Summoning:** Jasper has the ability to manifest a physical weapon from her gemstone, to aid her in the process of battle. Jasper's particular summoned weapon is a shield, which is rather defense-oriented, but is still capable of dealing major damage in battle.

### Unique Abilities

* **Electrokinesis:** Jasper can create, shape and manipulate electricity, a form of energy resulting from the movement of charged particles (such as electrons or protons), allowing control over electric fields, all charge carriers (Ions, Electrons, Protons, and Positrons), electronics, and electromagnetic forces.

## Gemology

* Jasper is the zodiacal stone for Aries, Leo, Virgo, and Scorpio. It is a planetary stone for Mars and is associated with the element of fire, as well as being a secondary birthstone of March.
* Jasper often represents protection, nurturing, relaxation, and so on.
	+ This is ironic, due to Jasper's cruel and aggressive nature. However, it can also represent fire, a nod to her fiery temper.
* Jasper is a variety of quartz with a chemical composition composed primarily of silicon dioxide.
	+ Up to 20% percent of fine, dense jasper can be composed of foreign materials, typically hematite, pyrolusite, clay, or calcite.
	+ Jasper has a microcrystalline structure which means its trigonal crystals can only be seen under high magnification.
* Jasper comes in all colors, mostly striped, spotted, or flamed.
	+ Jasper herself has multiple markings across her body, a reference to this.
	+ A variety of trade names specify colors, appearance, or composition. There is no recommendation for color, although red, caused by traces of iron oxide, is one of the most common colors.
	+ Brown and yellow are also commonly occurring colors for Jasper.
* The name "Jasper" is derived from the Greek word for "spotted stone", referring to its typical multicolored, striped, spotted, or flamed appearance.