#gem attacking scott and him recognising it as a betrayal

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Rotating Etho's choice to protect his allies in my mind. Obviously they made incredible escapes and held their own but Etho also refusing to sell out Cleo and Grian meant that nearly everyone else died, some died multiple times, most lost additional hearts, hurt alliances (Scott: Gem has no band loyalty!), and did not gain something like 120 hearts total

Meanwhile, Cleo and Grian get to feel secure in their alliance, not go red, and actually finish their tasks. The playing field has obviously been levelled significantly and they still suffered, but Etho facilitated his alliance gaining the most where everyone else lost the most

Obviously it's a display his loyalty first and foremost but he also played the game, ran the numbers, and counted himself out of success knowing it would be diminishing returns to go after them and I just think that's neat

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We got crumbs of corrupted Gem I am a happy fox (but not satisfied, never satisfied)

Also I am taking pride in the fact that I called the ice hibernation thing like 2 asks ago lmao

So I’m honour of that have some more corrupted Gem ideas, this one based on if Fwhip didn’t take her to Katherine’s (let’s just assume she didn’t go to him and sent the warning over comms or something)

The Crystal Cliffs have turned into a fierce military under the direction of the Grand Wizard. Their first march was on the Lost Empire, what better way to show the other empires they were powerful than to get the most powerful crown on the server?

The crown and a large amount of your empires resources in exchange for none of the citizens getting hurt, that was the deal Gem made. Joey recognised the look in her eyes, the sharp grin on her face, and gave in to her demands. She left with her empire, true to her word.

He wondered how long that would last.

After the Lost Empire, it was Rivendell, for daring to threaten her brother. There were no negotiations this time, just damage and revenge. The citizens were left alone, she understood it wasn’t their fault, but buildings were left devastated and Gem personally tore down the Aeor statue. No one but Scott saw the satisfaction not quite her own that flashed in her eyes when she killed him.

Then they had to defend for the first time, against the combined forces of the cod and ocean empires. Jimmy was there to defend his boyfriend and Lizzie stood by his side. It was a hard battle, with many losses on both sides, but when Shrubble arrived the fight shifted in Gem’s favour, and they managed to drive out the opposing forces.

Gem looked at her soldiers and where she might have previously had compassion for her wounded citizens she only saw weakness. The training got harder, the fighters got stronger and any hints of mercy got stamped out.

Soon they marched on Mezalea as revenge for Lizzie’s attack, then Pixandria for Pix daring to try and talk her down from the revenge she deserved.

The moved through the nether to avoid detection, but soon the empires caught on and positioned guards near the portals. That was fine, Gem was more powerful in the nether anyway.

When each battle was won, either through surrender or force, they would claim a significant amount of resources to further strengthen the Cliffs.

It was a shock when Pearl publicly challenged her to a duel, saying if she won Gem would give up the crown and surrender herself to Helianthia to answer for her crimes. Gem tried to laugh it off, what was Pearl doing? They were allies, why was she trying to fight her? But Pearl remained steadfast and Gem realised that this betrayal was real. Using her rights as the challenger, Gem picked the fight’s location. The nether.

All the rulers she had faced showed up to support Pearl, confident the buff farmer queen would win the fight. Gem didn’t give them a second glance, all her attention on Pearl as they circled the makeshift arena until they were called to start.

Immediately Gem jumped into action, dodging Pearl’s first attack and unsheathing her sword, the very same sword Fwhip had made her. They fought for a bit until Pearl knocked the sword out of her hands and threw it out of the area before turning around and raising her arms in victory. Gem growled and stretched out an arm, doing something none of the celebrating rulers could see.

One moment Pearl was celebrating and the next she was being shoved to the ground by corruption and held in place, the vines stopping her from moving. And standing over her, a sword made from corruption just above her neck, was Gem.

Pearl yielded soon after, and Gem set her reward for winning. Helianthia would henceforth only trade with the Cliffs and it’s allies, so no food exports for most of the empires. Pearl tried to protest, but Gem wouldn’t budge and her honour kept her from going against it. As everyone was leaving Gem expressed a hope that soon Pearl would come to her senses and they could be friends again, only to get a dark look in return.

A few days after the fight Gem realised she’d been so busy with all the fighting that she hadn’t had a chance to catch up with her brother in a while. However when she flew over to the Grimlands she almost got shot out of the sky by the guards along the wall. She could feel the corruption magic curling in her palm and she almost unleashed it but stopped herself for Fwhip’s sake. It was such a pain to find competent soldiers, she didn’t want him to worry about finding replacements.

She landed in the fields in front of the wall and just as she was trying to figure out how to find Fwhip, he showed up, though he didn’t leave the wall.

Gem took a step forward only to find dozens of bows drawn and pointed at her, one of which being Fwhip’s own.

He told her to leave, that the Grimlands would defend itself fiercely and she should avoid the loss by retreating now.

She was confused, she wasn’t going to attack him, and she said as much. She was his ally, his sister, why would she attack him, especially without provocation!

He kept his stance for a moment longer before his bow dropped and he let out a tired sigh and begged her to leave before she regretted it. She took off, casting one more glance over her shoulder before she flew into the waiting arms of her only true ally in all of this, Shelby.

An earlier Gem would have seen Fwhip’s begging and realised she had gone way too far, immediately stopping and trying to undo all the damage she caused and submitting to any punishment given.

The current Gem returned to the Cliffs with a determined expression and new orders for her soldiers.

Tomorrow, they would march on the Grimlands.

And that’s the end of that! Sorry it got so long, if I could put a readmore on asks I would

Also pspsps writers I would love if someone properly wrote this idea, I would but I’m not good at writing haha

I do not think Gem is fully uncorrupted in canon that arc wrapped up way too quick and she said way too many ominous things at the end for it to be over

Confident power hungry villain Gem my beloved <3

So yeah hope you enjoy! I’ll enjoy reading this when it comes on my dash again because I will probably forget about it lol

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CORRUPTED POWER-HUNGRY GEM MY BELOVED !!

but also pain ;-; so much pain ;-;