The Diamond Priest
16 years ago - The Diamond Priests of Gemworld's temple is destroyed by otherworldly entities summoned by Dark Opal. A lone Diamond Priest survies, now the sole vessel of their power. He joins the attack on Dark Opal's castle, helping to channel the magic of all the houses.
14 years ago - The surviving Diamond Priest restarts their order as the Diamond Temple is rebuilt.
Diamond's StoryThere are actually 12 houses of Gemworld in total; Amethyst, Topaz, Turquoise, Emerald, Garnet, Opal, Sardonyx, Sapphire, Ruby, Moonstone, Aquamarine, & Diamond. They all feature into the story in one way or another, but only a few of them really produced characters that you would consider to be really part of Amy's story. This is another time that the original comic really seems to fall short of the potential of the premise, because while characters like Topaz and Princess Emerald and Lady Turquoise all felt like action figures just waiting to happen, Other characters like Lady Sapphire or Lord Ruby didn't leave much of an impression.
Of those less than memorably characters, however, we defintely wanted to highlight one in particular: the Diamond Priest. In the original Gemworld, there actually isn't a House Diamond, but instead the temple of an order of nameless priests. Opal actually has their temple destroyed, but a sole priest survives, now carrying the magic of the entire order. It's a clever idea, and we absolutely wanted to use it ourselves. |