Royal Lapis Lazuli

## Appearance

Lapis has the standard build as any other Lapis Lazuli, roughly the height and weight of a pearl; specifically, she is 6 feet tall and weighs roughly 126 pounds. She has dark blue skin with golden freckles along her shoulders, cheeks and legs, and wears a midnight blue dress, with a white-diamond shaped pattern in spanning the chest and a white trim. She has dark midnight blue hair, cut into a sweeping bob, and her gem is placed on the back of her neck.

## Personality

Lapis, living up to her name, is a rather distant and anti-social person that is full of depression. She'd much rather wallow in her own self-pity and sadness than talk to anyone, and is commonly found doing so. It is nigh impossible to make Lapis more upset than she already is, and she will most likely agree with you if you ever try to insult her.

She is extremely venomous and rude to anyone who is disrespectful to her Diamond, or gets in the way of her duties towards her. She isn't afraid to resort to threats to complete the jobs she is given.

## History

Lapis was one of the first of her kind created for White Diamond herself, and Lapis's allegiance to her has only since grown of her 20,000 year existance. On her very first scouting mission for her diamond, and upon her return, she was the most rewarded by White Diamond herself for her excellent recordings and recollection of the information she gathered, and she ended up playing a key part in White Diamond's role in the rebellion. Ever since White Diamond's retirement, Lapis has been extremely depressed and seems to have lost all hope in Homeworld.

## Relationships

**White Diamond:** More than anything in the world, Royal Lapis Lazuli absolutely adores her diamond. She thinks her to be absolutely perfect and cherises the relatively close relationship that she has with her; she'd gladly sacrifice her entirety for her Diamond and her safety.

**Kyanite:** Lapis does not truly know Kyanite yet, but seems to respect and care about her due to her strong ties to White Diamond; however, she may be a teensy-weesny bit hateful because of her jealousy of her relationship

## Abilities

**Hydrokinesis**: Lapis appears to have immense power over water and liquid material, demonstrated by her ability to divide a path through the sea and form the entire ocean into a space elevator, and when she juggled a glass of orange juice.

* **Flight**: Lapis can fly using water-wings that extend from her gemstone. These particular water constructs can propel her at high velocities as an evasive maneuver or as a method of transportation. Her wings have the capability to get Lapis all the way to Homeworld in less than a year, possibly even a month. She can't summon her wings with a cracked gem, unlike her other abilities.
* **Water Generation**: In addition to manipulating existing liquid, Lapis can generate a certain amount of water from her gem. However, it is unknown whether the water is somehow stored within her gemstone, or if, as an extension of her hydrokinesis, she simply condensed the water molecules in the air into a liquid form.
* **Water Constructs**: Lapis is capable of forming water into various constructs that she can control. She has shown to form hands out of water that she can use to smite enemies or use as a platform. She is also able to form chains to entangle or trap enemies with.
* **Water-Walking**: Lapis can walk on water, an ability she shares with Pearl, Opal, and Lion.
* **Hydromimicry**: Lapis can use her control over water to create flawless, powerful water clones of her enemies. The clones appear to possess the same fighting styles as the originals, as demonstrated by water Garnet's strength and water Amethyst's constant shape-shifting. They also have the ability to regenerate when damaged and even split to create new clones, making them effectively invincible against most attacks. The only thing that has been shown damaging them was a sound wave from Steven's shield.
* **Matter State Manipulation**: Lapis is able to change the state of matter of water using her hydrokinetic abilities, causing it to turn into ice. This is first shown when her Crystal Gem water clones create matching weapons of ice.
* **Water Bubbles:**Lapis is able to form water bubbles that can contain objects, similar to standard Gem Bubbles, but instead hold liquid and require her to pay attention to them or else they will pop.

* **Memory Projection**: Lapis is able to project any of her memories onto a mirror-like surface, an ability she was still able to use while trapped the mirror. While she uses this ability, her eyes lose their pupils and become silvery and reflective.

## Gemology

* Lapis lazuli, often referred to as just "lapis", is a deep blue semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color.
* Lapis lazuli is assigned to the planet Jupiter. Lapis may be given as a gem on the seventh and ninth wedding anniversary.
* Today, lapis is common, carried out of the mines of Afghanistan in tin trunks from which it is exported all over the world. Lapis was much more expensive decades ago than it is now.
	+ Smaller quantities are mined in Italy, Mongolia, Chile, the United States and Canada.
* A soft stone, 5 -5.5 on the Mohs scale of hardness, lapis lazuli is one of the most valuable semi opaque stones.
* Lapis usually forms in crystalline marble through the geological process of contact metamorphism and due to its composition, it is technically defined as a rock rather than a mineral.
	+ It is primarily composed of Lazurite, while the remaining composition is made up of Sodalite, Calcite, Pyrite and other various minor constituents. The varying composition is what influences its exact coloring.
* Lapis lazuli is normally associated with power and gods, even being found in statues of gods since Mesopotamian times nearly six thousand years ago. This matches with Lapis' overwhelming power as a single Gem who is able to fight three other Gems (one being a fusion) to a standstill even with her own gemstone cracked.
	+ Lapis lazuli is said to stimulate the desire for knowledge, truth and understanding, and aids the process of learning. It is believed to strengthen total awareness, creativity, and helps to expand viewpoint.
	+ A stone of truth, lapis encourages honesty of the spirit, and in the spoken and written word. It is also a stone of friendship and brings harmony in relationships.
* The word, lapis-lazuli, comes from Latin. Lapis means stone; lazuli translates to blue. The Arabic word, l’azulaus means blue, heaven and sky.
* When lapis lazuli is originally mined, it often has to be treated with water to reveal it's true brilliant colors.
* The emperors of China wore a lapis lazuli ornament on their head as a symbol of power.