Name:
Eise
Gem:
Eisenkiesel
Appearance:
At the core of it all, despite her apparent corruption, Eise is a Eisenkiesel. She towers over most Gems, standing at a mean 8'6 and being nearly half as wide. Like most quartz Eise's hair is long and wild, trailing down a little past her hips and a bright, almost violently white in color. In contrast her skin is a deep red, with "tiger stripes" of a dirty yellow running up her arms, back, and outer thighs. She is all together a perfectly healthy specimen... if you ignore the obvious corruption that has taken root.
Eise has been afflicted with stoney growths that cover her body, off red studs that primarily cover her fists, arms, and shoulders. Her jaw is rimmed with small horns that point backwards, away from her face while her once thin eyebrows have become dominated by small studs. Eise's mouth has been filled with sharp teeth, small tusks rising above her thick lips. Her eyes have been left fairly alone, her rosey eyes taking upon the appearance of crystalline camera shutters as opposed to a more organic look.
Gem Placement:
Located on her chin,
only the sharpest point is exposed to the world.Gem Item:
A dark red helmet materializes over her face, the dense plates combining with her corruption to give her the visage of a snarling beast.Powers:
Strength: As a Eisenkiesel Eise was built for brutal, frontline combat and it shows. Only a Diamond or some Fusions could out-feat an Eisenkiesel in terms of raw strength.
Durability: Complimenting her strength, Eise is able to take a staggering amount of damage before "poofing". However her throat and just under the ribcage are significantly softer.
Banshee's Roar: Squads of Eisenkiesel could harmonize their powerful yells in a last ditch effort to poof their opponents at the cost of poofing themselves, but without a squad all Eise can do is let out concussive roars.
Backstory:
Eise was barely fifty years old when the Rebellion broke out on her home, consuming Earth in the fires of war. By the time she was deployed on the battlefield she had all the knowledge on how a war worked, but she didn't have "practical experience." She didn't know what it was like to feel of the power of a light cannon exploding near her, or the sound of a Gem shattering under her hands. She didn't know what it was to look a fellow Gem in the eyes while she cleaved them in half, full of fear and anger. But in the heat of battle it didn't matter, not at first. It was her job, no... her
purpose to stomp out the Rebels whenever her superiors ordered it and she reveled in it, glad to serve.
But when it was all over, when she was alone with only her thoughts she could hear them. Every crunch, explosion, and scream would flood to the forefront of her mind. It only got harder to push them away as the battles grew in intensity and more and more of her sisters were struck down, becoming jaded with the whole affair.
It all came to a head in a seemingly apocalyptic battle that occurred towards the end of the Rebellion. The battle was the fiercest yet, with both sides losing countless Gems in the chaos. Eise's unit had pushed too deeply into the enemy's battle ground, cutting themselves off from the rest of the force. Surrounded and with no way to escape, what started as a breach through enemy lines became a desperate fight for survival. The squad fought valiantly, but it was many strong opponents versus the few and Eise and her squad were beginning to become overwhelmed. With defeat imminent Eise initiated their final trump card, the Banshees Roar. For a brief moment the din of war was consumed by the roars of eight Eisenkiesel, the gems before them slowly starting to phase out of their forms as the roars began to harmonize. It was right before they reached the golden pitch when the volley of Light Cannon fire hit their position.
Upon reforming all Eise could see was ash and grey, it covered the ground for miles around her. Fires still roared in the distance but none of it mattered as she dug through the ash desperately for her squad, any of them. She didn't find them, only shards and fragments of what they used to be. Eise couldn't even tell the gems apart they were in so many pieces. In that moment, cradling the remains of her only friends in her hands, Eise began to wail. She sobbed for what could have been an eternity, all of her repressed feelings flooding out in waves. The only thing that brought her back was movement out of the corner of her eye, a rebel who was apparently wandering just as lost as Eise was.
Eise wanted to fight her, to stand up and strike her down and shatter her gem... but she couldn't. As pitiful as it was, she couldn't stop her crying nor her cradling of her friends remains. Away from the heat of battle, away from her superiors, Eise couldn't muster the strength or hatred to strike the rebel down. Apparently the rebel couldn't either, eyes full of pity and sorrow. She left, most likely to return to her forces instead of going for the kill. Eise stayed for many more hours, mourning her comrades.
When she was able to return to her superiors Eise was a changed Gem, no longer having the fire to fight on the frontlines. Eventually she was shuffled to a kindergarten, stationed as a guard for the newborn Gems who would be shipped off to the grinder. It is here that she became to resent not only her superiors, but the Diamonds themselves. Seeing such young Gems created for the sole purpose of dying in the field not only fueled her anger, but sparked a protective instinct she didn't even know she had. She began to smuggle newborns away from the kindergarten, only one or two at a time when she was able. This course of action inevitably brought suspicon towards her but by the time her superiors discovered the culprit it was too late. Homeworld set off it's weapon, a last ditch effort to snuff out the rebellion.
She was able to save several newborns, storing them deep underground before the brunt of the weapon hit the kindergarten. As Eise began to seal the entryway she was hit by its energy, small wisps that dug into her skin and sapped her strength. With a titanic heave she collapsed the entrance, falling unconsious shortly after as the weapon did it's work.
It's time for her to awaken.
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