Marshallsussmanite

This article is about the Homeworld Gem. You may be looking for another Marshallsussmanite.

## Marshallsussmanite

* Current
* Debut

## Characteristics

### Weapon(s)

* Sword
* Trident (non-summoned)

## Professional Status

### Affiliation(s)

Gem Homeworld* Pink Diamond (former superior)
* White Diamond (superior)
* Rhodochrosite's Court (non-canon)

### Occupation

* Guard
* Warrior

## Personal Status

### Friends

* Pink Sapphire
* Unnamed Gems
	+ Bismuth
	+ Ice

## Media

### Voice Actor

**Anna Akana**

**Marshallsussmanite** is a Homeworld Gem, and an original Gem created by GemCrust for Rhodochrosite's Court. Since then, GemCrust has been drawing her as an original character.

## Appearance

Marshallsussmanite has an appearance similar to that of other Marshallssumanites, as she is tall and slim with a pink color scheme and thick legs. Her skin is salmon and she has two pink eyes with black pupils, a small nose, and full lips. Her hair is light pink and is long and messy, slightly changing between regenerations. Her gemstone is on her chest and is light pink in color.

### Debut

She had less messy hair and also wore a dull pink and dull red shirt with a White Diamond insignia on her chest and dull red and white pointed shoulder pads. She had a dull red waist band and wore dull red leggings that covered her feet with a dull pink accent at her hips.

### Current

She now has messier hair and wears a dull rose and light pink shirt with dull pink-brown shoulder pads and matching gloves. She has a large White Diamond insignia on her what's that extends to her chest and hips and wears dull pink-brown leggings with dull rose boots with small White Diamond insignias on both boots.

## Personality

She is described as "a bit of a mess" mentally. She usually acts civil but in reality, she's battle crazed and war-hungry, and likes the satisfaction of defeating a Gem in a battle. She's beyond that of a Quartz warrior; stronger, faster, and deadlier. Fighting is fun for her. There's no room for leniency with her. Combat is what she was made for, and she finds it very enjoying. Her spectrum is "pretty extreme."

Her personality is pretty one-sided, she exists for fighting so it is all she does or wants to do, she's never tried exploring other aspects of what could be her personality.

## History

### Ancient History

Marshallsussmanite was created at least thousands of years ago. GemCrust has stated in the past that she's as old as Rose Quartz, though it is unknown whether he was referring to the creation of Rose as an alias or Pink Diamond's, especially because this piece of information was given before the reveal in "A Single Pale Rose." Given she was made for Pink Diamond, the former is the most likely.

Because she was incubated differently, Marshallsussmanite emerged an off-color, providing her with a different mass density and thickness which makes her stronger than the average of her cut. This happened because two injectors injected too close together. Ordinarily this defect would produce a Gem much like the Rutile Twins, however, during the incubation process the two Diamond extract masses combined perfectly and produced one singular Gem, Marshallsussmanite.

By the time she was created, Marshallsussmanites held some status because of their rarity. During her past, Marshallsussmanite performed many deeds for Homeworld, worthy of making her eligible to receive a Pearl of her own.

### Over 5,000 Years Ago

Marshallsussmanite was assigned to fight in the Gem War in Homeworld's side. There, she discovered her love for destruction, while covered in the dust of poofed Gems. For her, it was "one long party."

Many times amid this war, Marshallsussmanite had her fill with carnage and it ignited a hidden passion within her. She also got plenty of practice fighting off large monstrous fusions.

At some point, she made friends with an Ice and a Bismuth, whom to this day she sees as minor annoyances, but deep down she enjoys their companionship.

During a battle with Garnet, she was slugged off a cliff.

### 5,000 Years Ago - Present Day

Marshallsussmanite continued on her path of fighting and never tried to search for other parts of her personality.

Despite her erratic actions of late, she was given a Pearl and a Gem weapon powered by a Lapis Lazuli's gemstone, a trident, the latter by her superior.

At some point, she became friends with a Pink Sapphire, who is now for her "the closest thing to a friend" she has.

As of the start of Era-3, Marshallsussmanite poofed herself inside her cubby to reform with an appropriate look for the new Era. During the few days she took to reform, her Pearl watched over her gem.

When Marshallsussmanite found out about Pink Diamond and Rose Quartz being the same, she laughed with tears in her eyes and was filled with pride and joy that her Diamond knew how to have a good time. Had she known her secret, she might have joined the Crystal Gems, not to fight for or protect Earth, but just to fight.

Marshallsussmanite attended Orange Diamond's coronation, as did all Gems, even those in the outlining colonies.

During the reform on the Gem Empire, Marshallsussmanite spent most of her time on Homeworld.

## Abilities

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

She is stronger than the average of her Gem type, so much so that she would probably be able to defeat Blue Diamond in a battle, one of the reasons for which is her aura wouldn't cripple her emotionally.

Marshallsussmanites are not the strongest Gems in Homeworld; GemCrust believes Snowflake Obsidians are.

### Fusions

* When fused with Ice, they form Hlousekite.
* When fused with Rose Quartz, they form Kutnohorite.
* When fused with Steven Universe, they form Kutnohorite.
* When fused with Pink Sapphire, they form Pink Tourmaline.
* When fused with Lapis Lazuli, they form an unnamed fusion.
* When fused with Jasper, they form Blush Quartz.
* When fused with her Pearl and Pink Sapphire, they form an unnamed fusion.
* When fused with Jasper and Lapis Lazuli, they form Goodletite.
* When fused with Ruby, Sapphire, Pearl, Jasper, Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli, Peridot, Rose Quartz, Ice, and Emerald, they form Cadmoindite.

### Skillset

* **Sword Proficiency**: Marshallsussmanite displays extreme skill with her rapier sword. Its blade is so sharp, it can slice through rock.
	+ **Dual Wielding**: Marshallsussmanite can summon more than one sword from her gemstone and is able to fight with two at once.
	+ **Weapon Size Augmentation**: Marshallsussmanite is able to alter her sword's size.

### Natural Abilities

* **Immense Durability**: Because of the way she emerged, the thickness and density of her mass allow her to sustain severe pressure for longer than an average Gem would, such as resisting only a bit longer to Yellow Diamond's lightning strike.

### Unique Abilities

* **Size Augmentation**: She can alter her light form to become smaller or larger. How she can do this and the extent of it is unknown.
* **Intangibility**: She can alter her density to become intangible, leaving only her gemstone visible. Doing this for a long time will exhaust her and leave her gemstone vulnerable. She can use this power to poof nearly any Gem instantly, by phasing her arm through unsuspecting ones and then materializing it.
* **Spin Dash**: She can rapidly roll in a ball-like shape to attack enemies.
* **Organic Life Control**: Arguably Marshallsussmanite's most frightening ability, she can control organic life through her vocals and hold them under a trance-like state. The higher the pitch in her tone the larger the organic she can control. This power extends not only to fauna but also to human beings.

### Additional Tools

* **Trident**: Marshallsussmanite was given this trident by her superior, which now lays in her possession. It is powered by the gemstone of a Crystal Gem Lapis Lazuli as a punishment for rebelling.
	+ **Hydrokinesis**: The trident allows Marshallsussmanite to use all of Lapis Lazuli's hydrokinesis abilities.

## Relationships

### Ice

Ice and Marshallsussmanite have never formally met. Ice had only seen her on Earth when Blue Diamond took over Earth's colonization. She thought she was "intimidating and frightening".

If they ever met, Marshallsussmanite would just look at Ice the way she does with every low-class Gems.

### Pink Sapphire

Pink Sapphire is described as "the closest thing to a friend" Marshallsussmanite has. She also serves as an informant for her and covers for her when she can. Though they serve different Diamonds, they stay in touch.

They are really close associates, Marshallsussmanite even sometimes refers to her as "my Sapphire."

GemCrust has revealed Pink Sapphire to be her best friend.

### Garnet

Their only interaction was during the Rebellion, when Garnet slugged her off a cliff.

### Jasper

Marshall may be grossed out by Jasper's obsession for a fusion partner, but as Blush Quartz — their fusion —, they might click pretty well.

### Ice and Bismuth

Marshallsussmanite is "friends" with an Ice and a Bismuth from the Rebellion. They call her a friend, but she sees them as minor annoyances she tolerates. Deep down, however, she enjoys their companionship.

## Trivia

* She owns a Pearl.
* Her ranking in Rhodochrosite's Court is Rook, which is reserved for Quartz warriors and other highly powerful Gems.
* Her design was inspired by *Moonbeam City*.
* If she and Jasper were to accidentally fuse while fighting, it would only last a few seconds, like in "The Answer".
* Her similarities to a Quartz soldier seems to have been intentional, as the gem is a silicate with other things in its makeup.
* It's been noticed by some that her eye markings are similar to the character Orochimaru from *Naruto*.
* She eats rocks.
* She absolutely detests fusion, as it takes the fun out of fighting. She only sees it as a means of fighting, so the concept of love and compassion is foreign to her.
	+ She doesn't hate fusions, just the act of fusing herself, as the idea of it makes her gag.
	+ She dislikes being together with anyone so most fusions with her don't last long, especially given her mental and physical strength.
* She fought in the Rebellion.
* If she was a fusion, her component Gems would probably be red and white, though it's unspecified which Gems.
* When asked if Marshall could defeat Rose Quartz in battle, GemCrust was unsure.
* She doesn't fear the Diamonds, rather, she respects them. She secretly wishes to fight one to see the true extent of a Diamond's power.
* If she discovered about the Crystal Gems, she wouldn't interact with them, she'd probably try to destroy them, even Jasper for being so weak.
* Marshallsussmanites are among elite soldier gems, stronger than regular Quartz soldiers. Because of their rarity, they also hold some status, or at least they did when Pink Diamond was around, but not all of them are psychotic like Marshall.
* She's frightened of humans because she sees their squishy flesh and blood as gross.
* Marshallsussmanite is very efficient at dealing with large monstrous fusions. She got plenty of practice during the Gem War.
	+ Sugilite or Alexandrite might be able to give her a challenge.
	+ If not near water, Marshallsussmanite would have Malachite beaten. Otherwise, the odds would be equal for the both of them.
* If Marshall were sent on the mission along with Aquamarine and Topaz, it probably would have gone faster, but she'd be delighted to learn that Rose Quartz is still alive. She would probably try to have an one-on-one fight with Steven.
* She has thalassophobia, the intense and persistent fear of the sea or of sea travel.
	+ That's arguably her only weakness, she doesn't like water or being wet, but the ocean seems to terrify her.
* She is a tad stronger than Smoky Quartz, or at least physically.
* Her Hogwarts house would be Slytherin, same as Ice's.
* She discovered she loved fighting when she fought in the Gem War.
* Marshallsussmanite would have the odds in her behalf was she to take down the Crystal Gems. Her ability to control organic life would leave Steven somewhat incapacitated, hindering him, and Garnet, Pearl, Amethyst, Bismuth, and Peridot would too be easy to defeat. Lapis Lazuli might pose a threat if they were near a large body of water.
	+ However, if the Crystal Gems coordinated their attacks in teamwork, they might be able to overwhelm her.

## Gemology

Gemstone Information

* Its chemical formula is NaCaMnSi3O8(OH) and it has a triclinic crystal structure.
* It's part of the Wollastonite Group.
* It ranges from colors such as pink, pale red, and brown.
* Named in 2013 in honor of Marshall Sussman, a US mineral collector who specialized in South African and Namibian minerals.
* A synonym for Marshallsussmanite is IMA2013-067.
* Marshallsussmanite has been officially renamed by the IMA in 2018  (See IMA 18-B). It is now called Schizolite, and it is presumed that GemCrust has no plans on changing her name.
	+ Named by C. Winther in 1900 from the greek 'σϗιζω' for its perfect cleavage. In the early 2000's, the first specimens from the Wessels Mine were thought to be bustamite and later described as a new species, marshallsussmanite. Name reverted from marshallsussmanite to schizolite within the April-May 2018 CNMNC newsletter.
* Its crystal system is Triclinic.

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