+headcanon- a broken gem is a useless gem, a useless gem is a broken gem
Tourmaline used to be part of a sub aristocratic class on Homeworld. He was a member of a highly esteemed guild. He had exceptional combat skills and militaristic knowledge, and through this he was given high expectations. The most he could have done was serve the Diamonds or even fight alongside them. However his mindset was not the same. He had no interest in serving the Diamonds or anything of the such. He’d chosen to be initiated into the guild simply because he wanted to be around other gems who sought out knowledge. He’d spend his time in his chambers, reading about other galaxies, planets, and their inhabitants. Tourmaline was interested in everything but serving the Diamonds. He proved to be stubborn towards his superiors and their orders. His potential was in vain.
A member of the society remained as such until death. Such a “problem gem” would be detrimental to the guild’s reputation and must be erased. Moldavite, one of the society’s executives, was intent on carrying it out. She and Tourmaline were equals in combat, but Moldavite did not come alone. She’d brought along four other gems to assist her to tip the balance. With Tourmaline distracted, she landed a deep blow, fracturing Tourmaline’s gem. Now that Tourmaline was significantly weakened, Moldavite left her assistants to finish the job. She knew he was a rather resilient gem, but her intention was not to kill him anyway. She only aimed to keep him out and away from Homeworld long enough to erase all records of him. So that if he were ever to find his way back, the gems would have forgotten him.
Now that his physical form had retreated into his gravely injured gem, Tourmaline was sent off Homeworld in a small ship to a dark, quiet place in the outer rim of the Milky Way called Grissom. His heightened regeneration powers prevented his gem from completely falling apart and thus death or corruption (in which it was dangerously close), but there was a cost. He’d lost any memory of his life before being sent to Grissom.
Upon regaining his physical form, Tourmaline’s memory of Homeworld and the guild had completely vanished. He only remembered his training, but did not know how he learned it. It was as if they were preset mechanisms. He hadn’t bothered to find out who he was or how he came to Grissom. It did not interest him. Although he’s completely recovered, his past vision can only give him vague glimpses of his pre-damaged gem life. To do so, however, is unbelievably strenuous and painful due to the extreme damage done to his gem.
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