Black Moonstone

Black Moonstone is a Homeworld loyalist currently residing in the Crucible. She is a member of the Cubic Zirconia spy ring despite not being a Cubic Zirconia herself.

## Appearance

Black Moonstone is a tall, thin Gem, being the same height as the fusion Garnet. She has a thin waist, slate gray skin, and black hair pulled back into a neat bun. Her nose is slightly pointed, and she has no lips. Her eyes are blue-gray without pupils, and she has visible eye bags and eyelashes, the latter resembling crow's feet. Her Gemstone is on her navel.

Black Moonstone wears a dark gray gown resembling a kimono, with a black belt, black elbow-length sleeves, and white markings on both the top and skirt giving her the appearance of wearing a corset. She also has a white triangle on her chest.

## Personality

Black Moonstone is a staunch loyalist, with no tolerance for anything that could be considered "off-color." Her job always comes first, and if given orders, she will carry them out to the letter.

## History

Black Moonstone was made thousands of years before the colonization of Earth. Her life was uneventful up until the Rebellion, when she was stationed on Earth. It was hoped that her presence on Earth would provide an adequate counter to Rose Quartz's own healing powers, and she was ordered to heal all soldiers that came her way regardless of status. However, for every loyalist soldier she healed, three more were shattered or damaged beyond repair, making her efforts virtually futile and putting a great amount of stress on the Moonstone. Despite this, she did not waver from her loyalty to Homeworld, and would blame her predicament on the Crystal Gems.

At the end of the war, Black Moonstone was evacuated without incident, and shortly after sent to the Crucible to aid in its setup. She lent her medical knowledge to the construction of an AI that would allow for the flawless healing of the new "Lesser Zirconia" spies. In addition to the programming and maintenance of this AI, she would occasionally recount her stories to the Lesser Zirconias being re-educated.

## Abilities

As an Era 1 Gem, Black Moonstone presumably has standard Gem abilities, though she doesn't demonstrate most of them.

### Skillset

* **Keen Intellect:** Black Moonstone displays a sharp mind, though she is of more or less average intelligence for her Gem type.
	+ **Gem** **Medical Knowledge:** Black Moonstone, as a Moonstone, has extensive knowledge on the various processes of Gems, and what a Gem can and cannot recover from with medical assistance (barring intervention from the Diamonds themselves). She can also determine if a Gemstone is damaged just by looking at it, even if the damage isn't outwardly visible.

### Unique Abilities

* **Limited Healing:** As a Moonstone, Black Moonstone can repair cracked Gemstones by creating a "bandage" and applying it to the crack. However, not only does this process tend to leave unsightly scars on both the Gemstone and the Gem's physical form, but it can take weeks, months, or even years depending on the severity of the cracks, often leading to Black Moonstone's patients being bubbled while they heal to prevent them from relapsing.

## Relationships

### The Crystal Gems

Black Moonstone blamed her wartime woes entirely on the Crystal Gems, and expressed a bitter hatred for them. This bitterness continued into Era 2, after their presumed destruction. After learning through her post that the Crystal Gems, including Rose Quartz, were somehow able to survive the Diamond attack, she became furious, and is counting the days until the Cluster's estimated emergence date.

### The Greater Zirconias

Black Moonstone gives all the Greater Zirconias respect, seeing them all as her immediate superiors. She is willing to listen to them and carry out their orders without question, even if she has some personal doubts.

### "Zero"

Black Moonstone deeply admires the Cubic Zirconia nicknamed "Zero"; she has been known to present Zero to her fellow Lesser Zirconias as a perfect Zirconia, that all Gems of her type should strive to be like.

## Trivia

* Black Moonstone was made for the Gemsona-HQ Monthly Gem Challenge of May 2020.
* Black Moonstone was designed to look older than other Gems, to reflect her staunch conservatism as opposed to her actual age.
* In the event of Era 3, Black Moonstone would be distraught and livid, believing everything she had done for the past 6,000 years to all have been for nothing. She would not embrace the new legal system, going so far as to abandon the new Homeworld and join a group of reactionary Gems intending to retain, if not reinstate, at least some parts of the original system.

## Gemology

* Black moonstone is not actually moonstone, but a type of igneous rock called Larvikite that contains substantial amounts of feldspar.
	+ Larvikite is also not a labradorite despite sometimes being called "black labradorite."
* Larvikite can have a pearlescent or labradorescent effect, similar to moonstone and rainbow moonstone respectively. This, in addition to it being comprised primarily of various minerals in the feldspar family, may be why Larvikite is referred to as moonstone or labradorite.
* Black moonstone's true name originates from the town of Larvik in Norway.
* Black moonstone is associated with the base chakra and the zodiacal sign Aquarius.
* Metaphysically, black moonstone is a stone of grounding, protection, and rebirth.