Ruby (Right Leg Gem)

## Ruby

**Ruby** is a Homeworld Gem and an original Gemsona made by **BlueWhiteLight**. As of the 8th of March 2018, he became a Crystal Gem.

## Personality

Nothing is known about his personality yet.

## History

Ruby was serving Homeworld and was sent to Earth with 5 other Rubies. He crash-landed on Earth, shattering 1 ruby and cracking hers and 3 others. He was healed by Turquoise when dropped into Rose's Fountain. He realised that he cannot go to Homeworld because of his accident. The remaining 3 rubies forgave him but convinced him not to go back to Homeworld as Yellow Diamond might not be so forgiving.

## Abilities

Ruby possesses standard Gem abilities, which include bubbling, shapeshifting, fusion, regeneration, agelessness, and superhuman strength/durability.

### Unique Abilities

* **Pyrokinesis**: Ruby can create fire but only for a limited time then he has a cool-down period of 30 minutes.
* **Controller**: Ruby can control any organic life and other Rubies with a controller.

## Trivia

* His instrumental theme consists of a synth bass.

* His controller can control living things for as long as she wants but she has a limited time of controlling when he's controlling other Rubies.
* He was create for a Discord friend called "Halowarfick"
* He is a huge gamer.
	+ Like many of the Hidden Crystal Gems, his favourite game is Halo.
* He likes the music genre Nightcore.

## Gemology

* Ruby is a gemstone of emotion, associated with passion, strength and anger. This shows in Ruby's emotional temperaments and overall emotional/angry attitude as well as her strength.
* Ruby is the birthstone for those born in July and is also the zodiacal stone for Capricorns.
	+ Ruby is also used to celebrate the fifteenth and fortieth wedding anniversaries.
	+ The day assigned to ruby is Tuesday (hence the Rolling Stones song, "Ruby Tuesday").
	+ Ruby is assigned to the planets, Mars and Pluto.
	+ Ruby is the national gemstone for Burma and Thailand
* Since ruby is a member of the corundum group, it is closely related to sapphire and thus shares some properties, such as hardness, composition and double refraction, with sapphire.
* The vivid red color of ruby means that it is associated with desire, and it is thought by some to be a stone of love with an aphrodisiac effect.
* Ruby can be identified by its hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale, and vibrant colour.
	+ Natural ruby can be distinguished from synthetic ruby by its inclusions; natural ruby typically exhibits inclusions, whereas synthetic ruby tends to be eye clean.

* Ruby is a gemstone of emotion, associated with passion, strength and anger. This shows in Ruby's emotional temperaments and overall emotional/angry attitude as well as her strength.
* Ruby is the birthstone for those born in July and is also the zodiacal stone for Capricorns.
	+ Ruby is also used to celebrate the fifteenth and fortieth wedding anniversaries.
	+ The day assigned to ruby is Tuesday (hence the Rolling Stones song, "Ruby Tuesday").
	+ Ruby is assigned to the planets, Mars and Pluto.
	+ Ruby is the national gemstone for Burma and Thailand
* Since ruby is a member of the corundum group, it is closely related to sapphire and thus shares some properties, such as hardness, composition and double refraction, with sapphire.
* The vivid red color of ruby means that it is associated with desire, and it is thought by some to be a stone of love with an aphrodisiac effect.
* Ruby can be identified by its hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale, and vibrant colour.
	+ Natural ruby can be distinguished from synthetic ruby by its inclusions; natural ruby typically exhibits inclusions, whereas synthetic ruby tends to be eye clean.