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Name/Gem: Hematite.

Pronouns: He/Him

Personality: Oh boy, this is gonna take a bit to explain. *Cracks knuckles* While at first Hematite can be seen as charming, caring for his fellow gems and really persuasive, he has the combat skills and quite some knowledge on the art of war. He has some knowledge on philosophy too, and could be seen as a 'somewhat smart gem' (Not on the level of scientists (Still smart on those parts though.), but more more of a genius in combat strategy, and even then he's outmatched by Rose Quartz in that area.), however, his 'positive' persona is all a facade to persuade gems to do his bidding. His real personality, well... he's a sociopath

He's sadistic, manipulative, has a twisted sense of humor, has a big ego, complete disregard of almost everybody, unable to feel shame or remorse, a great liar, and while calm at first, he'll get more aggresive over time (more on that later)

He also likes to give people false confidence only to crush them mentally, he loves the face of a defeated enemy, as he not only goes to break them physically, but also wants to break their spirit.

So TL:DR, he's a sociopath.

Appearance: Has a dark black skin, silvery grey hair a combed hair style (see http://www.mens-hairstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Hairstyles-for-Older-Men_9.jpg if you wanna see his hair style), and he looks more like an eldery man. He is off avarage gem height (Maybe a little bit smaller then Pearl.), he wears a brown-red cloak, underneath is a normal 'gem uniform' comparable to Jasper's, however in black and silver colors (with of course the yellow gem).

Weapon: Armor, the armor... Ever saw the Lich King from World of Warcraft? Like that, only more round, and a more grey-ish black color, and smaller knee and shoulder pads, with silver spikes (1 on the kneepad, 3 on each shoulderpad.) The shield is comparable to Rose's/Steven's shield, however is weaker (for example, remember the giant hand laser? Hematite's armor COULD take it, but it'd be horribly cracked.)

Special Abilities: Normal gem abilities, he can travel inbetween shadows, shadow mimicry where the strength is based on lighting (Comparable, but weaker then Lapis' ability of water mimicry.) and he can absorb people's negative emotions (Anger, sadness, etc.) to strengthen himself and his armor (A thing actual Hematite is supposed to do, with a dark twist :3), however, absorbing to much enery will make him reveal more and more of his insanity AND he can overcharge himself, so he has to release said energy. (Which will be in a 360 degrees ray, like that Supernova ability Superman has, and like him, releasing it means losing power.)

So... While strong, he's physically weak, and with his armor he's still weaker then Jasper, his power limit could make him like 2 gems fusion level, however, overcharging is still a thing AND fusions themself are most of the time in harmony so negative emotions to absorb, therefore no power to gain. ... So a really big threat, but still beatable via fusions, also he's SLOOOOW, even with his shadow travel ability.

So TL:DR version of his weaknesses:

Armor is weaker then Steven's shield, is very slow, needs to absorb negative emotions to become stronger, overcharging can be his own downfall.

Gem Info: Oval shape and on his lower back (Where the tailbone should be) (This corresponds with the Root Chakra, which his gem represents. Yes, I did my research.)

Other Important-ish stuff: He's off a 'somewhat' high gem rank (Like the gem counterpart of a Lieutenant.), he has a grudge to Rose Quartz, due to being defeated by her in the gem war, and her superior combat and knowledge of war (Rainbow Quartz kicked his butt to keep it short.) and due to his failure... let's just say Homeworld didn't take it nice and he got Thousand of years of punishment as scientists used him as an experiment, which only left him more insane. It's up to creators choice if he wants Hematite to still be a test subject OR he can be already freed.