Peridot

***Peridot*** is a small Gem, and member of the group known as the Crystal Gems. She first appeared only as her gemstone in "New World" and "New Kind of Day". She officially appears for the first time in "The Council Meeting".

## Appearance

Peridot is a petite and thin Gem, arguably the smallest member of the Crystal Gems as she only stands around half the height of Steven Universe without her hair adding to it. Her hair is styled in a triangular shape, each tip slitted and aiming towards her head. Her gemstone is bright green in color, positioned right on her forehead. Her mouth and tongue are bluish gray.

### Previous Form

Shown in a number of flashbacks, Peridot's form mirrors more to her previous affiliation with Homeworld than to the Crystal Gems: her suit is medium green throughout most of it, a darker V cut leading to her light-yellow diamond insignia on her chest. Her leggings match the coloration of her V cut, with a yellow diamond insignia along each knee, with light yellow toes. Her visors cover her face completely outside of her mouth and nose, tinting her eyes in a similar yellow-green coloration.

Her hair is smoothed out and the points are filled in, giving a more direct triangle shape. She also doesn't have the green stripes.

### Current Form

Her current regenerated appearance shows along her body (unlike others of her type) sets of dark green stripes: a pair on her cheeks, a single pair on her neck, and four sets of stripes running along her arms. Her chest is a singular color that matches her stripes and lacking a V cut and instead having neon green short sleeves. Her suit is also neon green, with bluish-green leggings connecting to neon green boots. The visors are much more rounded, exposing her gemstone.

## Personality

Although appearing no older than a human child, Peridot has thousands of years of "current" Era 2 Homeworld information within her mind, usually regarded by others on earth as the main source of info about Gems alongside Pearl. In comfortable company, she has an energetic and confident aura about her, and often feels very good about herself whenever she can act smart or able to solve problems presented to her. Although often confident, she admittedly can fall into child-like impulses at times, and her curiosity about the world is also known to have her fall into problems.

When in unfamiliar company though, especially those she considers superior to her, she is actually very timid and quick to hide if a threat would present itself that she either doesn't know much about, or she is unable to combat or handle. Shown in "The Council Meeting", although comfortable enough to correct Bravo when she questions their situation, she is quick to hide just from Bravo simply growling at her. This timidity, while not completely gone, had dwindled overtime.

## History

Prior to the Crystal Gems leaving Earth, Peridot and Lapis Lazuli both were instructed by Garnet to watch over Beach City while they are gone. Peridot herself promises her that they can count on them, and that everything will be exactly the same by the time they return.

### Volume 01. Arrival

Peridot first appears only as her gemstone, brought into the Bajelous Jungle by a stream, specifically into Farthing Wood, where she is discovered by Kimba thanks to the shimmering it let off. During this time, she does attempt to reform herself, but this process is swiftly interrupted when Fox grabs her gemstone mid process. She keeps trying to reform but she is concealed by the other animals, being unable to reform again so quickly. She is taken to the Savannah and left on top of a plateau.

Sometime later, her gemstone would be found again and carried around, this time by a titan Hollowhorn. This time she is spotted by Steven Universe while he is out with Alexander and his family. The gemstone is brought back out to the Savannah, though a different part of it, and is placed within a nest. Luckily for her Steven manages to rescue her.

She officially appears in full afterwards, her and the others arriving at the Wolf Den to talk to the wolf family. Peridot attempts to wake up Kimba, but she is swiftly pounced on by Bravo who thought she was going to take off with him. She is saved by the rest of the family though, although she does get scared when Bravo threatens to eat her if she doesn't explain herself. Later on, she does so and tells them that Beach City has completely disappeared without any traces of man-made, or gem-made structures remaining since she last saw it. When Bravo questions her on what she meant by it, Peridot snaps back saying she knows what she meant, and meant what she said, yet she hides behind Garnet once threatened again. She remains closely with the gems as they join the wolf family in the springtime meeting, though she's troubled enough to suggest to Garnet that they can make a home somewhere "animal-free". Amongst the gems there, she is the most nervous, comforted by both Raksha and Kimba during the ordeal.

## Abilities

Peridot possesses standard Gem abilities.