Carnelian (Carneleon)

### Friend(s)

Clequa (Best friend, romantic interest, estranged), The Red "J" Trio, Bat Cave Jasper (estranged), The Crystal Gems, Rose "Rosa" Quartz, Howlite

## Media

### Roleplayer

Amber&Onyx

Carnelian is an ex-corrupted gem on Earth, who was corrupted after trying to join the Crystal Gems. She's high energy and enthusiastic, as well as very creative. She seems to have skipped leg day.

## Personality

Carneleon is high energy and enthusiastic. She's constantly eager to spend time with people and meet new people, and has such a malleable and resonant personality that she gets along with most people. She's empathetic, confident and creative. She loves to make things and manages to keep a positive attitude a majority of the time, viewing failure as generally a learning and growing experience. She doesn't get upset when things don't quite end up the way she plans, and only gets slightly frustrated by artist's block. She's also carefree and as such doesn't always consider how some things might have effects in the long run. She's incredibly supportive of other artists, and encourages them with passion. However, her happy nature isn't entirely inexorable, and some things can affect her. Shapeshifting can make her uncomfortable and panicky due to her long time being corrupted.

## History

Carneleon was a gladiator who fought for entertainment on Homeworld. She was known for and made pretty popular by her creative fighting style, in a sort of 'celebrity athlete' sense. She was fine with her job, but resented being confined to *only* that. Her friends were mostly made of a group knows as the 'Silicon Kinship', and especially a Clear Quartz that became her best friend. Upset at being denied a chance to do something creative like she desired, when she heard of the Crystal Gems and the idea that she could do something *she* wanted to do without being restricted, she jumped on board quickly. She remained in close bonds with her still-Homeworld-aligned groupmates in the Silicon Kinship, while Clequa seemed to align a bit neutrally but still supported the Crystal Gems to a point because her closest friend was among them. Then, when the Diamonds launched their corruption attack, Carneleon was caught in it, and corrupted. Her corrupted form, a lion, was eventually battled, defeated and bubbled.

Once uncorrupted, she quickly reintegrated into Earth society/Little Homeworld, but didn't contact her old friends, not knowing they believed her to be gone forever.

## Abilities

Carneleon possesses the abilities of an average gem, such as shapeshifting, fusion, bubbling, regeneration, etc.

* **Tephrakinesis:** Carneleon possesses the ability to manipulate cinders, ashes and embers.
* **Thermokinesis:** Carneleon possesses the ability to manipulate heat, but this only generally applies to raising temperature.
* **Pyrokinesis:** Carneleon possesses the ability to control fire as demonstrated in her corrupted form, however, it is not seen in her uncorrupted form.
* **Weaponshifting:** Carneleon possesses the ability to shift her weapon into the form of another weapon, but this is only shown in her transforming her weapon between a gladius and a spear.

### Skillset

* **Battle Prowess:** Having history as a gladiator, Carneleon has incredible skill in many forms of battle, and tends to get creative with her strategies.
* **Artistic Skill:** Carneleon is creative and excellent at making art.
	+ **Landscaping:** Carneleon's artistic skill extends to landscaping, as she's well-equipped for the task and enjoys making her surroundings look nice.
* **Earthen Knowledge:** Carneleon has a good amount of knowledge about the earth and human society.