Sardonyx

"Sardonyx" is the fusion of Pearl and Garnet, who is set to appear in the upcoming third StevenBomb event. She made her debut in "Cry For Help".

Appearance
Sardonyx has crimson skin, much like debut-regeneration Garnet. Her torso greatly resembles Garnet's, but has less mass. She has a white sash around her waist. As a fusion, she has four arms and inherits the same locations of her gemstones as her fused cooperators. She has curly peach-colored hair, styled into a tetrahedron with very rounded corners. She wears a dark black tailcoat tuxedo leotard with a red-orange bow tie and a small black star right below it. She wears black leggings under crimson tips surrounding the top part of her feet. On her first set of arms, she wears pure white gloves that are bare on her hands, exposing them except for a pure white covering on her middle finger. On her second set of arms, located on her abdomen, she wears pure white gloves that closely resemble Sapphire's gloves, that reach to her elbows. She wears round shades that resemble Alexandrite's, but are slightly transparent, which reveals that Sardonyx has four eyes, two on the bottom which are large and round, and two on the top which are thin, small, and narrow. She appears to have a gap tooth. Her face is rather triangular. Her feet have white diamonds on them.

Personality
Sardonyx appears to have a very enthusiastic and upbeat personality. She speaks as if she is a talk show host, radio DJ, or stage MC.

Abilities
Sardonyx possesses standard Gem abilities, including weapon-summoning, shape-shifting, bubbling, regeneration, fusion, agelessness, and superhuman strength & durability.

Unique Abilities

 * Battle Hammer: Sardonyx can combine Garnet's gauntlets and Pearl's spear to make a hammer.

Trivia

 * Sardonyx was announced in a Crewniverse Tumblr post.
 * She was revealed in a clip shown at the official Adventure Time & Steven Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2015.
 * Sardonyx is the fifth Gem to be named after a type of quartz.
 * The previous four being Amethyst, Rose Quartz, Jasper, and Rainbow Quartz.
 * Steven's Spanish-language voice actor, Leisha Medina, confirmed Sardonyx will appear in "Cry For Help".
 * Sardonyx's hair greatly resembles that of Peridot's.
 * Peridot's hair, however, is more triangular.
 * Sardonyx's debut has many callbacks to Sugilite's debut.
 * In Coach Steven, Garnet says "We don't need to be careful, we just need to be huge." to justify fusing with Amethyst instead of Pearl. In "Cry for Help", Garnet tells Pearl, "What we need now is to be careful.".
 * When Garnet asks Amethyst to fuse in Coach Steven, Amethyst is excited and Pearl is grumpy and disappointed. When Garnet asks Pearl to fuse in "Cry for Help", the roles are reversed.
 * When Sugilite forms, a red dragon silhouette appears, breathing out black flames which grow to form Sugilite's body. When Sardonyx forms, she appears in a pillar of light which turns into a curtain and then splits apart into a cloud of dragonflies.
 * After Sugilite appears, her first line is "I forgot how great it feels to be me". Before Pearl fuses with Garnet, she says "Hang on, it's been such a long time.".
 * Amethyst seems very under-enthused and annoyed about Sardonyx, due to her giving her a sarcastic "Great!" when Sardonyx asked how everyone was. This is similar to Pearl and Sugilite's mutual disdain towards each other.
 * It is the third time that Steven dubs a fusion, "Giant Woman".
 * The other times were with Opal and Alexandrite.
 * Sardonyx seems to be the exact opposite of Sugilite.
 * After Pearl and Garnet are done fusing into Sardonyx, the light produced acts as curtains opening and then turns it into glowing silhouettes of dragonflies that flutter around and dissipate, as Sugilite's transformation consists of a pair of lights that shoot up whilst twining around each other then coming together transforming into a beast, resembling her bestial nature.
 * This is further shown as Garnet tells Pearl, "What we need now is to be careful.", a reference to, "We don't need to be careful, we just need to be huge.", which Garnet used to justify forming Sugilite in "Coach Steven".
 * Sardonyx's appearance and behavior too contrasts with Suglite: she has Pearl's thin build (mixed with Garnet's curvaceous traits), graceful moves, well-kept hair and wears an elegant attire; also, she asked how everybody was doing just after she finished forming. Suglite, by other hand, has Amethyst's heavy build (again mixed with Garnet's curves), moves somewhat brutish, has a wild hairstyle and wears punk themed clothes; her first words after forming showed her egoist persona.
 * Her outfit is similar to traditional mid-20th century stage magician and Broadway dancer costumes.
 * The way she appears (pulling and opening a curtain that explodes into dragonflies) also plays into her stage magician theme.
 * Sardonyx is the second pure gem fusion to lack visible pupils.
 * The first being Rainbow Quartz.
 * Stevonnie is a fusion that lacks visible pupils but is not included due to not being a pure gem fusion.
 * Sardonyx strangely has 2 diamonds on her shoes, but has a star on her chest.

Gemology
Gemstone Information


 * Sardonyx is a type of micro-crystalline quartz, specifically onyx, banded with browns, reds, or yellows instead of black.
 * Onyx and sardonyx are types of agate.
 * Sardonyx is closely related to onyx, sard, and carnelian. Banded agate with more blacks or grays is generally classified as onyx, banded agate with more browns, reds, yellows, or oranges is generally classified as sardonyx. Solid red or reddish-brown agate is generally classified as sard or carnelian, depending on the shade.
 * Sardonyx, as with many other gemstones, can also appear as other colors, such as green and purple.
 * The name sardonyx itself is an amalgamation of its composition, the two minerals ‘sard’ and ‘onyx’.
 * Sardonyx is a gemstone of strength, protection, and victory.
 * Sardonyx is an alternate birthstone of August.

Gemstone(s)
Sardonyx