Garnet (AST)

Garnet is Lord of the Musk and father of Prince Herb. Garnet’s birth name is Garlic though he changed it due to it being given to him by Sorora.

## Appearance

The Dragon lord of the Musk could easily be mistaken for a simply older looking Herb. Only close inspection would make one see the differences, mostly down to the coloring of the hair and their choice in attire. Garnet's hair is made up very similar to Herb's, but the pony tail portion is a deeper purple than the near pink than Herb sports. Likewise the blue top is nearly black instead. While he sports the same general design of armor, the cloth beneath is not the simple white of Herb's preference, but decorated in thinly embossed golden animals that a careful observer would note as representations of each clan within the Musk.

## Personality

Garnet is regarded by many to be unstable, possibly insane, but also incredibly powerful and dangerous.

## Biography

Garnet is the son of Dragon Lord Mandrake and Grand Magus Jasmine. He took the throne after he killed his father. He is first introduced overseeing the punishment of  Culantro of the Leopard clan. As Culantro was naked down on his knees begging for forgiveness, Garnet admonished him for being so pathetic and told him to have some dignity. However this wasn’t said in disgust, but care. Ordering the man to rise Garnet grabbed him by the shoulders and told him that he would be remade. As Culantro was led out of the chambers Garnet turned to Culantro’s wife.

To her he was not so forgiving, in fact he seemed to blame her more for what Culantro did. Pointing out the how the two constantly fought verbally, in private and even in public settings. As the woman tried to express her innocence a ghostly voice kept screaming lies. Since she was an outsider he couldn’t hold her to the same standards as on of his people. So he gave her a choice between one of three punishments; publicly admit to her misdeeds at the central square to a general assembly and beg for their forgiveness, banishment from the Musk with nothing but the clothes on her back, or exile to the badlands where she would wait till her husband comes collect her, after he has completed his retraining. She was given until noon the next day to decide.

He finally noticed Eyebright after she left. Eyebright gave an abridged explanation for his sudden departure causing Garnet to burst into laughter upon finding out that his son has taken a liking to Kasumi. As Eyebright was leaving to inform Palm about what happened Garnet stopped him to asked what he thought Culantro’s wife would decide. Given her pride, he figured she’d take being exiled to the badlands. Garnet agreed and without further word Eyebright left.

## Ability

It is a known fact that Dragonkin only increase with power as they age yet Garnet’s strength and skill is far beyond what it should be. Sorora herself states that there is no singular person on the planet capable of defeating him in one on one combat. In fact, there are few that could fight him even as a group and succeed even in theory. He has grown to the peak of the capacity of the Dragonkin, so much so that much have exploited some currently unknown connections.