Amethyst

***Amethyst*** is a shortened Quartz Gem, namely an Amethyst Gem, and is considered a more "earth-savvy" member of the Crystal Gems when compared to Garnet and Pearl.

## Appearance

Unlike most other quartzes, Amethyst is a fairly short gem, only standing at about shoulder-height to Steven and head-level to Kimba. She is a purple gem with dark lavender skin, and lavender-colored, shaggy hair that grows down her back, reaching as far as her upper calf. She has plump lips, a rounded nose, and midnight blue eyes. Her gemstone is deep purple, located on the middle of her chest.

### Previous Form

Her previous form shares the same design as her appearance in the 2017 teaser poster: her tank top is black with two small slots on each side towards the bottom, and her leggings are mauve with black stars on the knees. Her boots are white.

### Current Form

In her official appearance, her form consists of an off-shoulder mauve tube top with exposed black straps. She wears grayish purple shorts, the knees cut open to make a slight V shape. She also wears a set of sandals much like Steven used to have, albeit with a more purplish hue as opposed to Steven's pink.

## Personality

Amethyst is a more out-going, carefree and tomboyish member of the original Crystal Gems. These traits leave her as a sort of "big sister" to younger members of the group and is able to make friends with others much easier. In "New Kind of Day" she is shown playing with Alexander's children just moments after first meeting them, as far as holding Bhoot in a hug by the time she had to go. She is not really one to hold grudges or vendettas against others, even if some were likely to deserve it, and someone would need to be consistently bad towards her for her to remain spiteful towards them.

As she isn't made like a standard quartz gem, she does hold a deep insecurity about her being even if she doesn't often show it outright. Because of this though, she sometimes becomes irritated whenever her form is criticized by someone else, even if the comment isn't meant to be malicious.

## History

Prior to her escape from Homeworld, although not much is detailed about it, Amethyst had her life saved by Hazel while at the Human Zoo, presumably during a fight with Jasper.

### Volume 01. Arrival

She appears alongside Garnet, Pearl and Envy, looking around the Bajelous Jungle in order to find Steven Universe. After Envy decides to zap Pearl as she was freaking out, it was Amethyst who starts snapping at him for that, along with his remark of calling her a "pipsqueak". This argument though stops when Kimba is called out from the nearby foliage, getting all of their attention. During the conversation, as Kimba tries proving he's telling the truth, she at first finds Kimba to be legit and on good terms with her. Even when thinking this though, she still joins the others in fighting Kimba after being told to, her saying she's only doing this because she isn't interested in being locked away in jail again. She does promise Kimba that it'll go quick if he stood still during the scuffle. Later once the fight ended, and her checking to see if Kimba's alright, she tells Garnet that they might've hurt him too much since he wasn't getting up. She still wasn't sure what to do soon after Fox shows up with his fellow foxes, her being the first to question what Fox was telling them after he ordered them to leave. She tries waking Kimba up, but this causes Fox to attack her, ripping off a chunk of her hair to keep her back. Luckily, she doesn't get too hurt and remains with the other Gems throughout the talk.

After everything calms down, she and the others find Steven with the Bajelous Wolf Pack, her specifically hanging out with Alexander's children as they talked. She does stop though when it was time to go. Later that night though, she returns to the Wolf Den with the rest, explaining to the wolves that they're having a very rough time and wanted to know if they can catch them up on what's going on. Although not speaking much after that, she is visibly shaken after hearing of the "Human's Folly" story from Raksha.

She joins the others in going to the springtime gathering, and upon arriving she and Steven are quick to recognize one of the council members - Hazel. However, she is quickly stopped by Ben before she can go any further. Funny enough though, she is picked up and brought over to the council with Steven in order for the others to better judge the situation. She remains there throughout the ordeal with mainly remarks about how the council is treating them: angered at Ben's comments about how weak gems were and getting angry at Bagheera for scaring Steven near the end of the meeting. In the end she is accepted into the tribe along with the other crystal gems.

## Abilities

Amethyst possesses standard Gem abilities and traits.

* **Flail/Whip Proficiency**: Amethyst is shown to be highly skilled in using her gem weapon, which itself is make up of a whip with diamond-shaped spurs at the tips. She is able to use her whips in numerous ways, including entangling and binding her opponents from a distance, grappling hold of items to throw with great distance, and of course able to deal precise damage.
* **Shapeshifting**: While most Gems are capable of shapeshifting, Amethyst is particularly skilled at it, specializing in transformations. She may use this skill to enhance her unarmed fighting or take on more bizarre forms depending on the task at hand.
* **Enhanced Digestion**: Although Gems don't truly need to eat, Amethyst is able to consume all sorts of materials, both organic and inorganic, without any ill effects.