Gem

**Gems** are an extraterrestrial species of "magical", roughly humanoid beings that play a key role in the Qftim series.

6’750 years ago, the Gem Homeworld maintained several outposts on Earth, with plans to completely colonize the planet, but were driven off by Kiwi Quartz and Rose Quartz's rebellion, leaving the Questers; who at the time, was only Rose, Garnet, Pearl, Peridot, Jasper, Aquamarine and Kiwi (and various Corrupted Gems) as the only remaining Gems on the planet. Though, as of the diamonds corruption blast, Kiwi died during battle.

As of Era 4, they are no longer under control of the Great Diamond Authority and the Gem Empire, free to choose their endeavors and purpose without the Caste System.

## Gem Characters

### Questers

* Kiwi Quartz (Deceased)
* Rose Quartz (Deceased)
* Peridot
* Pearl
* Amber
* Ruby
* Sapphire
* Squaridot
* Obsidian
* Lapis Lazuli
* Aquamarine
* Jasper (formerly)
* Biggs Jasper (formerly corrupted)
* Snowflake Obsidian (formerly corrupted)
* Larimar (formerly corrupted)
* Tiger's Eye, Beryl and Serpentine (formerly corrupted)

Homeworld Gems:

### Diamonds

Rank 1

* Rainbow Diamond
* Black Diamond
* White Diamond

Rank 2

* Red Diamond
* Yellow Diamond
* Purple Diamond
* Blue Diamond
* Orange Diamond

Rank 3

* Green Diamond (deceased)
* Pink Diamond (deceased)

### Elite’s

Rank 1

* Serenity
* Emerald
* Hessonite
* Demantoid
* Pyrope

Rank 2

* “Lily Pad”
* “Squaridot”
* Nephrite
* Moonstone
* Sapphires
* Morganite

Rank 3

* Jade
* ”Jane” (Chest Emerald)
* White Topaz

### Elite assistants / Supervisors

* “Eyeball” Peridot
* Aquamarine
* Holly blue agate
* Celestine
* Topaz
* Other Aquamarines
* Pebbles
* Black Zircon
* Red Zircon
* Yellow Zircon
* Purple Zircon
* Blue Zircon
* Orange Zircon
* Green Zircon
* Pink Zircon

### Guardians / escorts

* Topazes
* "Doc"
* Other Rubies
* “Baby” (Rhodonite Ruby)
* Ruby (formerly)
* Jasper
* Other Jaspers
* Red Quartz’s

### Pearls

* Rainbow Pearl
* Black Pearl
* Pearl
* Red Pearl
* Yellow Pearl
* Purple Pearl
* Blue Pearl
* Orange Pearls
* Green Pearl
* Peridot (temporarily)
* Pink Pearl
* Teal Pearl
* Rose Pink Pearl (Rhodonite)
* Periwinkle Pearl

### Entertainers

* Orange Diamond
* Pink Diamond (Deceased)
* Spinels
* Spinel (Pinks Jester)

### Builders / Destroyers

Rank 1

* Obsidians
* Obsidian
* Topazes
* Snowflake Obsidian

Rank 2

* Bismuths
* Onyx’s
* Moonstones
* Garnets
* Lapis Lazuli’s
* Lapis Lazuli
* ”Meanie” Lapis
* “Sweetie” Lapis

### Technicians

* Peridots
* “Eyeball” Peridot
* ”Navy” Peridot
* “Pie” Peridot
* ”Fancy” Peridot
* ”Leggy” Peridot
* ”Rainy” Peridot
* “Ravi” Peridot
* Peridot (moved to technician after gem rebellion)
* Coral

### Soldiers

Rank 1 (Rubies/Sapphire protectors)

* "Doc”
* "Leggy"
* "Army"
* Ruby (formerly)
* ”Baby” (Rhodonite)
* **Others**

Rank 2 (Quartz’s/non elite gem protectors)

* Amethysts
* "Skinny" Jasper
* Jasper
* Unbubbled Rose Quartzes
* "Shy" Rose Quartz
* "Hippie" Rose Quartz
* "Superfan" Rose Quartz
* Flint
* Chert
* Carnelian
* Unbubbled Kiwi Quartzes
* "Shy" Kiwi Quartz
* "Sleepy" Kiwi Quartz
* "Bubbly" Kiwi Quartz
* Amber

### Defective gems

* Amber (first known defective gem)
* Peridot (malfunctioned Pearl)
* Pearl (ownerless Pearl)
* Padparadscha (Her future vision is late)
* Rutile Twins (emerged together)
* Rhodonite (rebelled Ruby (known as “Baby”) and Rose pink Pearl)
* Moissanite (Rebelled Peridots, Pearl, Emerald and a Sapphire.)
* Periwinkle Pearl (Rebelled Pearl)
* Pink Zircon (Rebelled Zircon)

### Hybrid Gems

* Alice Quartz Mammon.
* Zazara Stephen Upsidedown

### Fusion Gems

**Quester fusions**:

* Garnet (Sapphire and Ruby)
* Opal (Pearl and Amber)
* Sugilite (Ruby, Sapphire, and Amber)
* Alexandrite (Ruby, Sapphire, Amber, and Pearl)
* Rainbow Quartz (Pearl and Rose Quartz; permanently inactive)
* Milky Quartz (Kiwi and Rose; permanently inactive)
* Sardonyx (Pearl, Ruby, and Sapphire)
* Crying Obsidian (Ruby, Sapphire, Amber Pearl, Kiwi Quartz, and Rose Quartz; permanently inactive)
* Fluorite (Peridot and Squaridot)

**Hybrid fusions**:

* Zarah (Zaza and Sarah Palin)
* Jalice (Alice and Joshua)
* Smoky Quartz (Alice and Amber)
* Spirit Quartz (Lapis and Alice)
* Covellite (Zaza and Lapis)
* Milky Quartz 2.0 (Peridot and Alice)
* Rainbow Quartz 2.0 (Pearl and Alice)
* Cherry Quartz (Spinel and Alice)
* Star (Zaza and Spinel)
* Sugelite (Zaza, Ruby, and Sapphire)
* Sunstone (Ruby, Sapphire, and Alice)
* Crying Obsidian 2.0 (Ruby, Sapphire, Amber, Pearl, Peridot and Alice)
* Tourmaline (Peridot and Zaza)

**Homeworld fusions**:

* Malachite (Lapis Lazuli and Jasper)
* Topaz (two Topazes)
* Zebra Jade (Emerald and a corrupted Ocean Jade)
* Ruby (triple fusion) (Ruby and two Homeworld Rubies)
* Ruby (triple fusion) ("Doc," "Army," and “Leggy”)
* Lemon Jade (two Jades)
* Bluebird Azurite (”Doc” and ”Droplet”)

**Forced fusions**:

* Cluster Gems
* The Cluster

**Unaligned fusions**:

* Rhodonite (a Ruby and a Pearl)
* Peach Pearl (Pearl and Pink Pearl)
* Watermelon Pearl (Pearl, Pink Pearl, and Peridot)
* Moissanite (unknown Peridots, Pearl, Emerald and a Sapphire.)
* Lavender Smithsonite (Pink Zircon and Periwinkle Pearl)

### Uncorrupted Gems

* Nephrite
* Nephrite's Crew
* Jasper
* Emerald
* Biggs Jasper
* Ocean Jasper
* Lace Amethyst
* Blue Lace Agate
* Crazy Lace Agate
* Angel Aura Quartz
* Cherry Quartz
* Larimar
* Bixbite
* Orange Spodumene
* Heaven Beetle (Gem type unknown)
* Earth Beetle (Gem type unknown)
* Water Bear (Gem type unknown)
* Moonstone
* Albite
* Blue Chalcedony
* Desert Glass
* White Topaz
* Chrysocolla

## Physical appearance

Gems tend to be human-like in appearance (some more so than others) and come in a wide array of colors, appearances, sizes, and structures based on their gemstone type. While most Gems seem to have two eyes, some Gems or types of Gems only have one eye (e.g. Nephrites, Sapphires, Bixbite, etc.). Their bodies seem to be made up of doll-joint-like segments in their base forms (although this isn't always apparent), despite being none earthling entities they posses human features such as breasts, toes, nails, navels, nipples and basic human genitalia, though these features are never used unless participating in earth activities (such as reproduction, breast feeding, using the restroom etc). Gems do indeed have other functional human features that don’t include the normal human reproduction such as ears, hands, noses, and mouths. They can taste, and smell just like earthlings. Some gems, like Peridots, have pointy ears and sharp fingers. Era 1 peridots have floating limbs all around.

Normally, gems have a humanoid appearance, and are created with earthling reproduction parts despite not needing them, certain gems don’t have them and usually have to shapeshift certain parts onto themselves. Like the beetle gems, they do not have breasts or nipples, but peridots, pearls, diamonds, emeralds etc have them. The beetles probably don’t have them because they are very tiny.

## Description

Gems are characterized by the gemstone embedded somewhere on their body, which is analogous to a brain. However, the gem is the only true part of a Gem’s body, the only part that is unchanging and, indeed, the only part of a Gem that can be permanently damaged or killed. If a gem is hit on their gem directly, with a hard enough object it will crack, or even shatter resulting in death. However if their physical form is hit or severely damaged they will retreat back into their gem (poof). It’s hard to poof a gem, you’d have to be incredibly strong, sometimes gems can even poof themselves if they’re too distressed. It’s an emotional response. Gems can bleed, but only their physical form. Their gemstones cannot produce blood.

Gems' humanoid shapes are projections from their gemstone which can be changed at will, described as being "like a hologram, but with mass," with their only constant feature being their gemstone and color scheme (shapeshifting is generally not permanent, and Gems will return to their "default" form eventually, unless the shapeshifting was done during regeneration). As such, Gems cannot change the size or shape of their gem, which is the limiter of how small a given Gem can be. Gems refer to their physical bodies as 'Illusions.' Gems' physical forms typically have characteristics associated with human femininity, but all Gems are sexless and genderless, with the sole exception being the male and female half-Gem Zaza and Alice.

Gems get their energy by absorbing light from their surroundings.

There are a variety of gemstones, which decides a Gem’s basic abilities, general appearance, skills and personality (though Gems are fully capable of growing beyond the functions they were designed with). There are multiple Gems with the same gemstone except for the Diamonds, of which all ten are unique. The gemstone of a Gem is what decides their name. The gemstone can be located in many different parts of the body, regardless of Gem.

An example of both Lapis Lazuli's hydrokinesis and the Gem side of the Questers summoning their weapons.

Typical Gem abilities include inhuman physical strength and durability of varying degrees, weapon-summoning, fusion, the power to store material in a pocket dimension within their gemstones, the ability to use their gemstones like a flashlight, and bubble creation. Alice and Zaza do not posses the power to pocket items inside their gemstones, whoever, they can summon their weapons through it.

Note that these are not ubiquitous; some Gems, such as Lapis Lazuli, are not able to summon a personal weapon, and Gems created in sub-optimal conditions, such as second era Peridots, lack the same physical strength as other Gems. So far, all Gems with their own weapons have the ability to direct energy through their weapons, such as Garnet using her gauntlets to charge Sarah’s moms van, Pearl firing an energy blast from the tip of her spear and Amber sending bursts of energy through his whips.

Gems are engineered to adapt to a variety of conditions and cannot die by natural causes, as their bodies are only projections of light. Gems do not have to breathe, eat, drink, or sleep to survive, and they do not age, making them effectively immortal. They can, however, still eat and sleep if they so desire. Their bodies will also automatically alter themselves to fit the conditions of whatever celestial body or spacecraft they are on, such as adjusting mass for gravity. The only way to destroy or "kill" a Gem is to destroy their gemstone. However, a shattered gemstone can be put back together.

This has been shown in "Fragments" and "Homeworld Bound", when Alice repaired Jasper and Emerald after she inadvertently shattered her and Emerald, and Yellow Diamond repaired gems who were part of her cluster experiments. They still retain cracks on their gems, and to cure their effects they need to be healed. When the physical body of a Gem is seriously injured, they will retreat into their gemstone to regenerate. This is one of the only times Gems can make permanent changes to their physical form. The length of the regeneration process can range from minutes to weeks, but a "rushed" regeneration can suffer from physical deformities. Regeneration can be prevented if a gemstone is bubbled or otherwise constricted, such as within a mirror.

If a Gem's gemstone is damaged, their physical form will deteriorate and render them incoherent as the gemstone is the true body of the Gem, think of it as their heart. The only known method of healing a physically damaged Gemstone are the powers of the Diamonds, Rose Quartz, and Kiwi. A Gem's gemstone can be used as an energy source, even if damaged. Gem Shards, the remnants of a shattered gemstone, possess a "powerful partial consciousness" which can grant sentience to their containers and have been used to create drone soldiers. Gem Shards have also been forced to fuse together over time to form Cluster Gems.

If a Gems physical form receives sufficient physical damage or is otherwise disrupted it "poofs", turning into a cloud of mist and leaving the gemstone behind, the only permanent forms of damage for Gems are cracking, shattering and corruption. Shattered gems are not dead, but their mind is splintered between the pieces, unable to properly think. Gems that have been corrupted are not damaged physically, but have been afflicted with a corruption that prevents them from thinking or understanding. Because a Gem must actively create their physical form, when a corrupted Gem reforms it instead becomes a monstrous and deformed creature called a Gem Monster, while a damaged Gem will retain their original form, albeit with some slight differences. Shattered Gems will attempt to reform, usually resulting in unintelligent limbs.

In the chase of Kiwi, she was permanently shattered in the last gem war sequence. Her pieces scattered. Peridot has fragments of willows gemstone within her pocket dimension, causing other gems to see her as Kiwi. Due to her having Kiwi’s shards in her head for so long, they ended up fusing with her own gemstone, forming it to look like a diamonds gem turned vertically.

## Reproduction

Gems do not naturally reproduce due lack reproductive organs by default. They do create gem sap for the injectors, these are usually created by the upper Diamonds (Rank 1) and it is similar to child birth, instead of the gems coming out of a womb, they come out of the ground or out of machines created by Diamond sap.

it is revealed that Gems are formed fully developed: "being a weak baby would be a pain, so, they suck up all the good stuff from the ground so we pop out all big and strong." However, this process is not entirely flawless; as put by Peridot in "Too Far", if a Gem is incubated for too long (referred as being "overcooked" by Jasper in "The Return") it will result in the Gem's humanoid form being inherently abnormal, as in the case of Amber, who is much shorter than the typical Quartz.

Also, as revealed in "Too Short to Ride", if not enough resources are present during the incubation process, the resulting Gems will be underdeveloped, as in the case of Era 2 Peridots, who are shorter and lack most standard Gem abilities. Serenity is the tallest peridot known, she is known to be an Era 1 peridot, she is the oldest of the peridots and she created the limb enhancers for smaller or underdeveloped gems. Era 1 is the first rank of diamonds, Era 2 and 3 are for the other ranks. Serenity was made in Era 1, which means she was created by one of the top 3 ranking diamonds. The rest of the peridots were created in era’s 2 and 3 (When green and pink came along) and by then Homeworld ran out of resources, which is why all peridots expect for Serenity are short in size.

In addition to being fully developed physically, they are also fully developed mentally. When they come out of the ground, they already know all that they need to know to do their job, up to and including their initial, immediate orders. Kiwi explains in "Maria the Babysitter" that when a Gem is made, it is for a reason. They burst out of the ground with the knowledge of what they are supposed to be, and that is what they generally believe they will be for life.

In "On the Run", it is revealed that the Homeworld Gems invaded Earth several thousand years ago and used the Kindergarten to create new Gems and that Amber is one such Gem. This process is very harmful to the environment to the point where, if it were allowed to continue, it would lead to "the destruction of all life on Earth," according to Pearl in "Marble Madness". Amber refers to all the Gems created through the process, himself included, as "parasites".

While biological reproduction is an alien concept to Gems, some form of it is not impossible for them; while Gems cannot reproduce with each other, they can create Gem-hybrid offsprings. Since they do all indeed have female genitalia, they’ll have to perfectly replicate the reproductive organs of organic beings for their "human constructs" in order to have sex however, despite them having genitalia, they don’t have sex organs like a uterus, like stated before, they do have a vagina just not a uterus or any other sexual human organ. Rose Quartz and Lilith are the only known Gems to have done this, and their children, Alice and Zaza, inherited their gemstones, without which they could not project a physical form and subsequently "died". Exact details on this are extremely scant; while Rose appeared "pregnant" with Alice, no information is ever revealed as to how Alice’s or Zaza’s chromosomes were built, or how Rose or Lilith acquired or constructed an ovum.

Zaza asks Peridot what is it like to be created on Homeworld in "Gem Drill". She says she does not remember anything and only had feelings. She describes it as not existing then suddenly existing.

## Trivia

* Their clothes are not fused with their skin, next question.
* They form with clothes, it’s apart of their form but it’s not fused with their skin it’s removable.
* The elite’s are to be as highly respected as the diamonds are.