Cinnabar

Cinnabar (also known as the “Ninja Fox Gem” when corrupted) is an uncorrupted gem warrior formerly part of the crystal gem army. Prior to being retrieved by Rose Quartz, Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl, he spent his life as a forest gaurdian. After being healed in Roses fountain by the diamonds, he found his home was turned into a fur farm and now devotes his time to fighting organized animal cruelty.

## Appearance

Prior to corruption, Cinnabar was a slim-built gem with a height similar to a pearl. He had a grayish-white complexion with reddish hair and brownish markings going up from his neck in a similar fashion to a Zircon’s hood. He also had a mustache the same color as his hair.

After corruption he was transformed into a fox like beast with ear-like horns and a muzzle, and similar features to a red panda such as a red ringed tail and red streaks below his eyes that once were his mustache. He eventually found himself living with a family of foxes in a forest where he would spend centuries protecting it from humans, until he was bubbled by Rose Quartz in what would be the early 20th century in our timeline.

After being uncorrupted, many of his Vulpine features remained, possibly due to him embracing his relationship with nature. Along with his horns and scrambled markings, his muzzle and tail remained.

His gem is located on his chest.

## Personality

Cinnabar respects earth’s organic life, even more so than many humans. He also respects that humans are part of earth’s organic life despite having a low opinion of most of them. When having to fight a human, he never uses his Kunai because it gives him an unfair advantage. The only time he summons his Kunai against a human foe is to disarm their weapon. He prefers fighting humans fisticuffs but only if diplomacy fails. He has also taken to using human weapons in dire situations such as his gunfight with the animal trafficking cartel. Outside of battle, he is generally a kind gem, caring deeply for his friends, whether they be gem, animal, or human.

## Abilities

Cinnabar possesses standard gem abilities despite coming out with the completely wrong gender for a gem.

### Skillset

* **Kunai Proficiency**: Cinnabar’s gem weapon is a ninja’s Kunai. He can use it as both a melee and throwing weapon.
* **Self Duplication**: Cinnabar can make false clones of himself much like Nephrite’s ability to make other centipeetles when she was corrupted. Also much like Nephrite’s creature creation, his clones do not have gems.
* **Martial Arts**: Being a ninja warrior, Cinnabar is highly skilled at martial arts. This is his go to method of fighting when facing a human foe.
* **Enhanced Agility**: Cinnabars are designed for stealth and speed during combat.
	+ **Wall Running**: Cinnabar can run across and even up walls to make a quick escape.
	+ **Wall Jumping**: Cinnabar can jump across walls to make a quick escape and avoid obstacles.
	+ **Parkour**: Cinnabar can use his agility to get from point A to point B in a matter of seconds.

### Unique abilities

* **Fox Calls**: After living as a fox with foxes for centuries, he has learned how to speak fox. He can imitate a fox perfectly in order to confuse hunting dogs.
* **Tail Whip**: Cinnabar can use his tail as a third appendage in combat.

## Relationships

### Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond

Cinnabar never had much of a relationship with Rose Quartz beyond being part of the Crystal Gem Army. When corrupted, the crystal gems were tasked with retrieving him when they heard he was interfering with humans’ lives. When finding out he was just guarding the forest, Rose took pity on him but she bubbled him anyway because she felt that was the right thing to do to protect earth life. After being uncorrupted and learning the truth about her being Pink Diamond, his feelings about her to this day remain complicated.

### Pearl

Cinnabar and Pearl were aquatinted with eachother during the Gem War, though it wasn’t until after he was uncorrupted when they cultivated a proper friendship. She was the one to explain the truth to him about Rose Quartz. She consoled him upon his discovery of his forest home being destroyed. She took him to a furry con in Ocean Town to show him that there were humans who appreciated nature. It was there where they first fused into Sodalite and kicked a rave into high gear.

### Steven Universe

Cinnabar has never met Steven face-to-face, but he knows who he is. Despite never meeting him, he cares about his privacy enough to keep his location non-disclosed to any gems that come to Little Homeworld looking for him.

### Bixbite

Bixbite and Cinnabar frequently fought alongside eachother during the Gem War. This lead to them gaining both a strong friendship and rivalry. When he decided to fight organized animal cruelty, she was the first gem he looked for to form his team. When he found out she worked at Fish Stew Pizza, he made a beeline for the restaurant where he was greeted by Bixbite happily exclaiming “Cinnabar! Is it really you?” They then exchanged a hug as well as some playful teasing on eachother’s corruption scars. Leading to them nicknaming eachother “Paws” and “Claws”. After reuniting, they discussed coming together as a team, where Bixbite initially turned down the offer because she was needed at the Pizzaria. After thinking it over however, she eventually decided to join him in the fight.

### Dani and Annie

Dani and Annie are two furry girls from Massachusetts that Cinnabar met at Delmarfur with Pearl. When they first expressed romantic interest in him he explained to them how humans couldn’t fuse with gems. They explained that they were just looking for something which they whispered to him. He looked at Pearl and asked if he wanted that. Pearl nodded. We don’t know but we can assume it was something dirty.

### Governor Norris

When complaints of a “fox hunt saboteur with superhuman powers” started making the rounds throughout England, Governor Norris was not pleased, he wanted the threat apprehended. After Cinnabar escaped government custody, Governor Norris decided to take action into his own hands, this proved to be a mistake as, being a gem, Cinnabar was much stronger than he was and easily took him out in their first fight, a fight in which Cinnabar learned he could use his Kunai to pressurize a hunting rifle, turning it into a time bomb if shot. With no gun, Governor Norris and Cinnabar fought fisticuffs where Cinnabar delivered a finisher that left him so injured, he had to essentially call the cops on himself before making a quick getaway. He watched from the trees as an ambulance took Governor Norris away. Governor Norris swears revenge.

## Trivia

* Cinnabar’s corrupted and uncorrupted designs are based off of the Vulptex from the Star Wars franchise as well as his creator’s species of red panda fox hybrids called “woops”.

## Disclaimer

The events depicted in the Adventures of Cinnabar and all of its pages are fictitious in nature, any similarities to real life events even in scenes involving characters based on real people are purely coincidental.