Ruby

***Ruby*** is a member of the Crystal Gems, part of the fusion Garnet alongside Sapphire.

## Appearance

Ruby is a smaller Gem, with most members of the Crystal Gems being taller than her outside of Peridot and Sapphire. She is mainly red in complexion, with scarlet red skin and dark red eyes. Her hair is in a vaguely square shape, kept together by a headband just above the eyes. Her gemstone is located on her left hand, in a square facet.

### Volume 01. Arrival

In her first appearance, Ruby's main outfit mirrored that of her current appearance. She wore a maroon and brown tank top and a matching maroon headband tied around her hair. Her ensemble also included mid-thigh burgundy shorts, and short, pointed maroon boots similar to Amethyst's.

### Current

Her current attire mostly resembles her previous one but with a few altercations: her headband now is a more vibrant golden color. Her tank top is a purplish red with a golden v collar design. She also wears rustic red pants reaching down to her purplish red boots with dark red toes, designed now mirroring that of Jasper.

## Personality

Ruby is considered the more emotional and "in-the-moment" side to Garnet: acting on impulse and her feelings more so than tactical thinking. These emotions are quick to trigger for her, to the point of her going into stress and anger from slight danger towards either herself or her friends.

## History

### Volume 01. Arrival

Ruby is shown within a holding cell aboard the Human Zoo, being split away from Sapphire by the Homeworld Gems. While there, Steven Universe is put in the same cell as her, leaving her overjoyed despite being imprisoned. She claims to be more than ready to rescue the others, but she not only didn't know where any of them were, but she didn't know how to get out of her cell thanks to the gem field, which she warns for Steven not to touch otherwise he would be "poofed". She slightly shows her distain when she realizes that Jasper guards were put in charge of them but got even more confused when she first sees Campion, not knowing anything about the Homeworld Hares by that point. Despite the confusion, she's quick to anger when Campion mentions Sapphire, demanding to know what they've done to her otherwise she will clobber them (although not being able to as Campion points out). She's left with Steven to stew over her anger, worried over both Earth, what Homeworld could be doing to it, and what they could be doing to Sapphire. It got to the point that it caused an argument between her and Jasper, so much so that Campion and Holly Blue Agate got involved. Ruby placed herself between Steven and the others to protect him when they try to get to him, saying they were gonna have to go through her before they can get to him. Unfortunately, one of the jaspers simply grabbed her and threw her into the gem field, poofing her instantly. Her gemstone is them seen being taken away by Steven as he escaped, keeping her safe the whole ordeal.

## Abilities

Ruby shares standard gem abilities.

* **Superhuman Strength** - Despite her small stature, Ruby is shown to be much stronger than she first appears, strong enough to punch a hole through the wall in "Homeworld Escape".
* **Pyrokinesis** - One of her most signature traits, Ruby is capable of performing a number of different pyrokinetic abilities, mostly involving the ability of setting objects ablaze just through her touch. Much of the time this ability becomes slightly uncontrollable due to her emotions: whenever she becomes stressed or angered, it's enough to cause smoke to form around her and create burn marks along the ground.