Carbon

Carbon is a Metal from Homeworld. She belongs to the Top Tier Metals, a group of incredibly powerful members. She is able to create life.

Biology
Carbon is as tall as the Diamonds. She wears a long trenchcoat with a hood casting a shadow over her face, the front of the coat tied up with a piece of material and then bound together with a belt. She has familiar human like figure except for her lower legs, that end in stumps rather than feet.

Carbon is capable of switching forms, usually in the "graphite" mode which allows her to be more flexible and soft. However, in battle the "diamond" form is taken up, which allows her to "grow" diamonds on her for both protection and offence. Her third form is "gasoline", which is similar to Mercury's liquidy state.

She identifies as female.

Biography
Being the closest thing to Diamonds, Carbon could often be found communicating the most between the Metals and Diamonds. The Diamonds nearly considered her one of their own as well. Back in Metals society she was highly regarded despite her rather cold nature. Oxygen often spent time with her if she was around. She helped around in many aspects of the society.

However, when the Takeover hit, Carbon felt deep guilt as she was the closest to the Gems biologically, feeling that she was just as responsible for the Takeover as the Diamonds were. She felt that the others would see it that way as well and fled, her whereabouts are currently unknown.

Behind the Metal
Although carbon is not actually a metal, it's a pure element found on the periodic table. Carbon is essential to life and all living things and makes up a great portion of organic beings. Carbon itself is an interesting element as it makes up both the softest natural substance (graphite) and the hardest (diamond). Carbon can be found in many other forms as well, such as gasoline. The air breathed in is composed of carbon dioxide for instance.

Carbon's character is based on the fact of how important it is to life, although fairly common. Despite being a coal like substance most of the time, it can also be found in diamonds, making Carbon herself a higher up of Metals society and similar to the Diamonds of the Gems. Her outfit contains a hardworking but secretive look to it, adding to her reclusiveness after the Takeover.