Gemstone

## Personality:

Gemstone is quite sarcastic and funny, this comes in handy when she meets someone new and wants them to like her, so she'll try to make them laugh. This is very rare since Gem really hates talking to dragons and is easily irritated. Gem is pretty blunt and can be quite harsh towards dragons she strongly dislikes.

She does this to the point she can really hurt a dragons feelings without realizing. She hopes that if she makes a dragon dislike her then they'd leave her alone, and it normally works. If the dragon still talks to her then she might threaten them or just ignore them.

Gem rarely expresses her feelings shamelessly. When meeting a new dragon, 90% of the time her emotions and feelings are fake. She only expresses her real feelings around dragons she knows or really trusts.

Gemstone really dislikes being called Gem and would much rather be called Gemstone. The only dragons that has called her Gem was her family and past friends, but now she hates it when anyone calls her Gem. When Gemstone gets really angry, she won't hesitate to attack whoever made her upset.

## Positive Traits:

Gemstone knows how to fight well, and she learned this when she was younger and was trained at an academy.

## Backstory:

Gemstone hatched on the outskirts of the Rain Forest with her parents, Jungle and Mist. The family lived in a large tree house with multiple birds and sloths. Growing up, Gemstone mostly drew during her free time or flew around the Rain forest. When she turned three, her mother sadly lost her job and grew ill. Jungle started working double time and spent less time with his family. Gemstone learned how to quickly take care of her mother and cleaned the house every day. She studied harder in school and helped out more around the kingdom whenever she could.

Within a year, her Mist was doing better and got a small job. Gemstone was doing great in school. She had very few friends but she didn't care. Soon Mist and Jungle told her she was going to have a younger sister which she wasn't exactly happy about. Gem stayed up for nights thinking about her soon-to-be-sister and how the dragonet would only annoy her. Whenever her parents talked about having another dragonet or constantly being overprotective about the egg Gemstone threw a small tantrum in her head.

She started falling behind in school due to her spacing out and thinking about the dragonet. Her parents scolded her for her bad grades and grounded her for weeks. When the time finally came and Olive hatched, Gem was not pleased. Mist wouldn't let Gemstone near Olive and Jungle only talked to her younger sister. Gem, of course, was NOT happy at ALL. She kept thinking she wasn't good enough and she was failing half her classes because of her sister. Her scales were mostly red and black which she used to try and get her parents attention. Occasionally, Mist would ask what's wrong, Gem would respond saying Olive was ruining her life.

Mist and Jungle both talked to Gemstone that night at dinner. They told her she should start hanging out with Olive and bond with her younger sister but Gem said that dumb. Her parents grounded her for that. A few months after Olive hatched, she started walking around slowly and speaking gibberish. Gemstone tried her best to study and get better grades in school but she couldn't focus with Olive walking around. She started going to the local library to study there which she found more peaceful.

At the age of seven, Gemstone started training herself after school. She used her venom a lot on random items. Her parents would have a fit if she brought home any weapons used for her training, so, venom was her go-to idea for self defense. She found training enjoyable and did a lot. When she was bored or simply wanted to do it. Gem imagined herself fighting bad guys and pretended an old beat-down tree near a pond was a villain that she attacked. She eventually built up the courage to ask her parents to go to a training academy. This wasn't her last year of school, she had this year to finish then one more after that. Due to that, her parents turned down her request.

Gemstone was not happy with that but she continued to keep training herself. Olive followed her around the house, asking Gem about school and where she goes everyday. Gemstone obviously ignored the dragonet and avoided her through out the day.

By the end of school, she asked her parents again if she could go to the academy. This time, they did accept and Gemstone happily went off to the academy. Gem loved the academy and rarely went home. When she turned nine, she came home to visit her family. As usual, Olive was the center of attention. Gem was bothered by this. Her parents didn't seem to notice, but Olive did.

When Gemstone turned nine, her and Olive were caught in a fight between a NIghtWing. Olive was badly hurt and Gem barley had a scratch, even though Gem did her best to defend Olive, Olive still saw this as a chance to get rid of Gem. When Mist and Jungle arrived, Olive complained and told her parents Gem attacked her.

Of course, her parents believed Olive and before they could say anything to Gem she took off in fear and anger, flying through the forest as fast as she could. Gem flew out of the rainforest and all the way to Jade Mountain that night. She slept in a cave, and the next morning she moved to a town in the Sky Kingdom. There, she met an old SkyWing named Peak. Peak owned a shop in the kingdom and was looking for help. Gem offered to help him and was paid once a week for her help.

Five months later, Gem's bounty went up and dragons began searching for her. Due to this, Gem was forced to move to a cave further from the town in the Sky Kingdom. Gem lived in the cave and hunted every once in a while for four years. When she was fourteen, dragons discovered her cave and she was forced to move to another town. She decided to live in the Scorpion Den, but was still discovered. When she turned fifteen, she moved into the forest closer to the hunters camp.

For years, Gem settled in a cave away from everyone but it wasn't long before a hunter came across her and attacked her. Gem attacked back, winning the fight but was left with several wounds that healed into scars. Since then, Gem has traveled around and hid in fear of being caught.

## History:

Gemstone had been on the run after a bounty was put on her head. She was found near the Hunter's Camp by Coyote. Coyote had asked her a couple of questions most of them being 'are you a hunted?' Gemstone lied saying she was new and was a hunter. Coyote believed Gemstone but wanted to double check and tried to bring her back to camp. Gemstone had easily slipped away and made a run for it.

A few days later, Gemstone came across Stone and Meerkat who were walking through the forest. She followed them silently until she was discovered. Stone had panicked and hid behind Meerkat while Gem didn't take her eyes off of Stone. After talking, Gem followed Stone and Meerkat until an NPC hunter came across them. She easily hid and watched as Meerkat and Stone were taken away.

Gemstone was curious and a few days later decided to go back to camp and see what was happening. She heard quite a lot of yelling from the prisons and made her way there. Once she got there, she saw Kite and Grasshopper both in separate cells. Kite was yelling random words at another prisoner and Grasshopper just looked flat out annoyed. Gemstone became barely visible to Grasshopper and the two had a quiet conversation. Grasshopper eventually convinced Gemstone to steal the keys and let him out so she did so.

On their way out, they got into a small sight with the guards but made it out safely. The next few days Gemstone and Grasshopper traveled to Sugarcreek lake where they came across a dragon named Ember. They knew he was a hunter and attempted to attack him. Ember mildly damaged Gemstone and Grasshopper. They tied Ember down and made their way across the lake.

Gemstone was sleeping on the beach and Grasshopper was doing other stuff. An NPC hunter spotted Gemstone and Grasshopper and took them both back to camp. Grasshopper was able to clear his name and got his title as hunter back. He'll often let Gemstone out of her cell and take her to town. Later on, Gem asked if Grasshopper would like to go out with her and he accepted.

Gem and Grasshopper quickly bonded and got along quickly. Grasshopper later helped get Gemstone's metal band off her neck and clean her wounds. They went to the forest and played in the stream where Mongoose spied on them. Mongoose confirmed Gem and Grasshopper were in a relationship and planned to later use that against them.

Gem and Grasshopper bonded over time and Gem continued to roam around camp and at some point was thrown in jail for attempting to escape, but Grasshopper bailed her out.

## Relationships:

### Jungle:

Jungle constantly worked double time for his family, especially when Mist was sick. He never really got to bond with Gem but he did love her.

### Mist:

Mist loved Gem and did her best to take care of her daughter.

### Olive:

Olive and Gemstone didn't have a great sister relationship. Gem was jealous of Olive most of the time because she was the 'golden child' and believed her parents loved Olive more than Gem.

### Grasshopper:

Gemstone feels like Grasshopper has been her only true friend. Gem feels comfortable and safe around Grasshopper and feels that she can express her feelings around him without feeling ashamed of herself.