gemiology (n.) the study of gemigons

welcome! here i answer everything and anything relating to gemigons. ask away! sidebar art is by foxymeow!

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heres some stuff i found!

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 gods that wont be getting any love during gemi july as far as i have planned :( heres a little info on them;

ekym - originally a mortal, ekym helped solve the food crisis back when gemigons were first created and relied on cannibalism. he also helped to establish cotopaxi, one of the first major cities and a safe place for all gemis, heavily guarded to keep out cannibals. gemigons held him on a pedestal and practically worshiped him, even using gold (his gem) as currency (though they refer to the coins as “ekym shards”). when he died, he was granted a special place in the spirit realm as a lesser god who was assigned the task of protecting spirits. 

  god of fortune - currently unnamed, but she essentially promotes wealth and places nodes of  valued metals (such as gold and silver) on akator. she really doesnt do much as nodes dont need to be restored much, but the gemigons pray to her and ekym for good luck and prosperity.

ter’anni - the god of justice; he judges the spirits crossing over and places them in two different sections of the spirit realm. most gemigons live in the regular spirit realm, but those who have committed a large number of crimes will be isolated to the shadowlands with the dark gods. 

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old concept of kīlauea! its not really accurate at all but it gives you an idea of whats going on w/ the elevators and what not

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concepts for random species that live on akator. fairy dragons are obviously inspired by fae dragons from warcraft, not actually sure if those exist on akator but i thought it sounded nice. 6 is a weird nocturnal bee/butterfly thing that lures in prey like an angler fish. 7 is......a weasel

if youd like to see it i have an old sketch of internal gemigon anatomy, but it does have reproductive systems on it (tho they kinda just look like a bunch of ovals cause i had no idea what i was doing) so im not sure if i should post it? lemme kno if youd like to see it. i would actually really like some help with it because i know nothing about organs haha

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hey guys im thinkin about maybe using this again! id probably post more stuff about lore though instead of reposting all of the customs/adopts that i do. theres a lot of stuff i develop but i dont really have anywhere to post it since i dont really wanna post a bunch of sloppy/unfinished sketches on deviantart yknow? so i thought that might be interesting

feel free to ask some things to get things started if youd like! i’ll go through my gemigon folder and see if theres anything i can post soon

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customs for FabuIous and Ieopards! customs are still open, get one here!

Amber - FabuIous - Very rare - Runt - Nub horns Opal - Ieopards - Uncommon - Straight horns - Back point ears

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gemigon custom for cometkid!

unfortunately im not sure what the gem is, they never told me ;w;

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What was the starting point of Gemigons? What made you say "I want to make this happen."? :)

tbh im not sure! i made them back when making original species were extremely popular and i wanted to get in on it. i needed to make a new one because my old one was extremely boring and unoriginal. i guess i just took some things that i liked and mashed them together and thought yea this is good i’ll do this

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i could be wrong, but i personally see Ruby as a runt! (maybe its because they dont have any back gems or horns?)

tbh im not sure, i cant remember what was going through my head when i made them haha! i think they’re supposed to be a mix of the old gemigons & the new ones. so, maybe they’re some kind of weird hybrid thing, or they have some kind of disability that makes their gems grow less. idk! or they could just be a runt haha

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No worries! You answered both my questions perfectly!! Thank you so much!! Last question because I love learning more about Gemis! Is there any sort of classism in the Gemis? Like will brutes tend to stay away from runts, etc, etc?

ah awesome!

yea most likely. runts are definitely treated different than regular gemigons. i don’t think brutes/windrunners would treat regular gemigons any differently, though im sure there are some that have some pretty big egos and like to flaunt their hugeness ahaha

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i legitimately want to be a gemigon hoarder and its awful. is there a limit of how many gemigons a person can own at a time?

hmm not at the moment! though dta’s and raffles will be exclusively for people without a gemigon, and there will be some adopts for first time owners only as well. 

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by relations and that ask in general, i ment what do YOUR gemis act like! i know you own that cute gemi ruby. what dose she act like?? :0

ooh okay!! my gemigons dont really have any relations that i know of, though ruby might be shipped with tokiie’s sapphire? im not sure lmao

ruby is pretty chill + they love to have fun and go on adventures! they’re kind of grumpy/rude + sarcastic sometimes though

diamond is a big grump and is usually pretty quiet, but can be sweet if he wants to be. he usually prefers to be by himself

pounamu doesn’t really have a personality yet pff

honestly i havent developed my gemigons a whole lot yet, i should probably work on that.

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another birthday gemi!! for ninjask-sex-party !

Obsidian

- Rare gem

- Ram horns

- Small, rounded gems

- Irregular tail shape

- Chest energy gem (not visible)

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How does hardness come into terms with Gemigons? I know harder Gemigons eat softer gems, but how are those food gems requires? To get those gems, do they kill other Gemis or scower and dig for them? Is the eating of gems ever necessary for Gemigons or is that just something they do if they want to?

im still trying to figure out gemi diets tbh, because im not sure how much they really need to get things from food since theyre basically made up of lava and crystals, plus some muscle. 

normally gemigons will just go out and find gems to eat since its easier than killing another gemi. only wild gemigons eat other gemis though. and they’ll generally eat everything, not just the skeleton. i think eating is more of a pleasure thing than anything. they probably need to eat sometimes to keep themselves healthy but not nearly as much as some other animals. basically they just occasionally cannibalize cause they feel like it

i hope i answered your questions i feel like i mightve gotten off topic

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So from what I can make out, there can be more that one Gemigon of the same gem (ex. the Agates). Are there any gems that CAN'T have more than one Gemigon? Also, do you plan to make a birthstone/zodiac-type series any time soon? :o

in canon, nope! there can definitely be more than one of every gem. as for gems that i’ll do for customs/adopts/etc., there are a few i won’t do more than one of. diamond is definitely one, and possibly ruby and sapphire. ive been considering taking them off the list though since they’re so popular. diamond will always be one of a kind though.

and yea definitely! whenever im not being completely lazy lmao. 

i actually started some birthstone ones,,or at least i think thats what they are.

i think the purple one is amethyst but i cant remember???

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happy birthday fusiongem!

Tourmaline

- Regular gemigon

- Straight horns

- Rectangular gems

- Chest energy gem (not visible)

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what’s the good in being good?

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ayy my angry mean peridot gemigon 

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you should defiantly talk about your gemigons :3c what do they act like? any relations as of yet? :00

i definitely will B^)

gemigon behavior completely depends on what kind of lifestyle a gemigon lives. most gemigons live in sort of human like societies with some technology, but not any where near as much as we do right now. think something like 1500-1600′s...maybe earlier. they have thumbs but those clunky gems kind of get in the way of doing things! 

most gemigons live in these human-like societies but some can be born completely wild. wild gemigons are 100% animal and can’t talk and are also a lot less intelligent. these gemis act like wild animals and are generally pretty aggressive. they live completely separated from “human” gemis, generally preferring to keep away from them. 

honestly i have no good reason for why this is the way it is, i just cant see gemigons being completely human like all the time. the “human” gemis probably also have some wild tendencies. 

(also human gemis cant walk on two legs, wild and human gemis look exactly the same, they just have behavior differences)

as for relations im not quite sure what you mean by that aah!! im sorry ;v;