Navel Topaz

**Navel Topaz** is a Homeworld Gem who made her debut in "Familiar". She was a former guard for Yellow Diamond, guarding her extraction chamber and bubble chamber alongside Chest Topaz. She is currently doing work as a renovator and is assisting with turning the Palace of Light into a museum and hotel after taking carpentry classes at Little Homeworld from 2021-2022.

## Biography

### Emerging and Beginning Guard Work

Navel emerged during the later years of Era 1 as Yellow Diamond was adding more gems to help with more duties, with Topazes being one of the last several gem types to be added to her court. Shorty after emerging and being taken up to Homeworld, she alongside several other Topazes were taught on how to be a bodyguard by Citrenes. After approximately a few weeks of training the Topazes were ready to begin their duties, with Navel being selected to guard for Yellow Diamond, guarding her extraction chamber and bubble chamber alongside a fellow Topaz.

During her early time guarding, she and the fellow Topaz became friends, ultimately knowing her fellow guard as Chest Topaz. Together at times, the two topazes would talk to each and after their guarding shift was over or they were done for the day, they would mostly do some things together at the Yellow Diamond Living District like sharpening their axes.

### The Rebellion

A few years later, a rebellion calling themselves "Crystal Gems" were forming on Earth, a planet the Diamonds were colonizing, and were threatening The Great Diamond Authority. Navel, being a young gem, was nervous about the situation, but kept confident the rebels could not get to Homeworld.

However a war erupted on Earth sometime later. Navel, who was only doing guarding job, had fears that the rouges would attack and that she would be sent to Earth to battle. However she was relived when she was informed that she would not be sent to Earth as being a guard was more important and plus there was a shortage of guard gems due to several of them being sent to battle the rouges on Earth. Navel and Chest continued their duties as usual. Later on, the war was over when The Light was unleashed on Earth and was said to have destroyed the Crystal Gems. Afterwards, Navel was relived it was all over, and was lucky to have not been sent to to battlefield.

### The Gem Boom of Era 2

After The Gem War, The Gem Boom began as many gems were lost in The Rebellion and more and more gems needed to be made for the Diamonds. Navel witnessed numerous gems being made and even escorted a lot of the new ones up to Homeworld.

These times were reminisced by her as happy and hopeful to move on from The Rebellion as new gems were bought into the universe. She definitely enjoyed introducing the newer gems to Homeworld. However despite it, she still had to guard.

### Final Days of Guarding Duties and Era 3

Thousands of years later, Navel continued her work as a guard. She, alongside Chest, unknowingly did the last shifts of their duties in a span of four days. As on day four, she and Chest let Blue Diamond into Yellow Diamond's bubble chamber and later witnessed Blue and Yellow battling. And within only a few hours, The Great Diamond Authority was dismantled and all gemkind was granted their freedom, as Era 3 began.

### Brief Stay at Little Homeworld and Carpentry Classes

After living on Homeworld from 2018-2020, Navel briefly moved to Little Homeworld in Beach City, Delmarva on Earth in August of 2021, and began attending Little Homeschool, taking carpentry classes because she believed that class sounded interesting to her.

It was during these classes, she learned a lot about carpentry and was one of the best students of the class during the 2021-2022 Little Homeschool Season. In May of 2022, Navel graduated with a degree in Carpentry.

### Assistance in Refurbishment

During the summer of 2022, Navel searched for jobs before she came across a few Bismuths who were working with a bunch of gems to refurbish the Palace of Light and make it into a museum and hotel. Navel agreed and began to work on the refurbishment of the Palace of Light. A job she currenty is working on in 2023. She hopes to find more jobs as a carpenter to refurbished or remade in the future after work on the Palace of Light is finished.

## Appearance

Navel has a large, broad, and muscular build with relatively short legs and large, powerful arms. She has a square head and chin with a strong and boxy jawline. She has light yellow hair in a short, flat top-like fashion, yellow skin, and a tinted orange visor that covers her eyes and the sides of her head. Her eyes appear to be brown, though it is unclear due to the orange tint of her visor. Her outfit consists of a maroon vest with Yellow Diamond's insignia, a mahogany top underneath, and dark brown bottoms that cover her feet.

## Personality

Navel Topaz was mostly silent, but did talk to Chest Topaz a lot, however in Era 3, is more social and talks more often. She is also a friendly gem despite her intimidating-looking demeanor. She did her job a lot without no issue with emotion. However she does have a nervous-side to her when she had fears during the Rebellion.

## Relationships

### Chest Topaz

Chest Topaz was one of the first of the fellow Topazes, Navel met during her early days. However their friendship didn't begin until they started working as guards. Together at times, the two topazes would talk to each and after their guarding shift was over or they were done for the day, they would mostly do some things together at the Yellow Diamond Living District like sharpening their axes.

## Abilities

Navel Topaz posses standard Gem abilities with bubbling, shapeshifting, fusion, regeneration, agelessness, and superhuman strength/durability.

### Tools

* Axe: Navel Topaz during her guarding duties had an axe. However she gave it to Yellow Diamond after Yellow's "no weapons of war" law was issued upon the commencement of Era 3

## Gemstone

Navel Topaz's gemstone is located on her navel. Her gemstones have triangular facets and a circular center facet.

## Trivia

* At Blue Diamond's Onsen, Topazes that resemble Navel and Chest are seen guarding the entrance, despite those two Topazes having Yellow Diamond insignias and having the same gem placements, though this possibly an animation error.