#HSR Diamond

[jojorice]

hsr diamond concept art!💎 I'm not good w/ chara design, but I imagined him to have a put-together but ruffian-ish look? I also just really like man buns... (ᵕ—ᴗ—)

This was part of an art collab with @/greytscribbles on insta! Please check them out (they have their own stoneheart chara oc design they'll post soon and it looks SO good!) ˶‘ ᵕ ‘˶ <3

[incorrectstarrailquotes]

Diamond: It has been 5 months since Aventurine has betrayed the IPC. Has anybody here had any contact with him within this time period?

Topaz, on her phone, and who has been sending pet photos back and forth with Aventurine everyday for the past 5 months: No.

[wurstigdurstig]

Diamond makes an appearance at the winter office party

[catalinemorosetheblog]

Theory on Opal (HSR Spoilers)

SO.

The new myriad celestial trailer just dropped, and it revealed a lot of information about the stone hearts, specifically their names, some of their designs, and little glimpses of their personalities.

One stoneheart in particular, Opal, seems to be very important.

And smaller than people expected.

The first reaction is that he's a child. Now, this in itself is fascinating because it raises the question of how a young child became what is implied to be one of the most important stone hearts, at least from the way the trailer framed him, but it also ignores the more logical conclusion:

Opal isn't a child.

He's a Pepeshi:

Look at this shot of Opal from the trailer:

In general, we know very little about him, but he was the one who selected Aventurine for the Penacony mission, and Aventurine's fourth character story, it is implied Opal's tactics were deemed to not unlikely to be find a peaceful solution to Penacony by Diamond. And given that he's the only stoneheart holding a weapon in this image:

It's not unreasonable to guess why.

But this image also shows another thing I realized.

We never see the top of Opal's head.

And if you've played through Penacony at all, you would remember the very specific trait Pepeshi have beyond just resembling children.

Their little puffball.

In the trailer, Opal is wearing a hat. In the jade image, the top of his head is cut off. (Also, now that I'm looking more closely, he does look very young in the second photo).

This fact matches his voice in the trailer, er, at least for the English dub. (His voice is deeper than in the CN and JP dubs). But since Pepeshi are similar to half-foots in Dungeon Meshi (been shorter naturally but still having matured minds, at least as far as I can tell), and deeper, older voice makes sense for a grown member of the Pepeshi.

There's also the fact that in that same character story, Opal said that "it was meant to be him" who would go to Penacony, which is a strange choice of words. It almost implies Penacony was Opal's right. And if Opal was a species native to Penacony, that would make more sense. Especially with how he literally holds Penacony in the palm of his hand.

What is also interesting is that Opal seems to be in direct contact with Diamond, who is still very mysterious. It's unclear how close each stoneheart is to the Emanator of Preservation, but given how the trailer placed Opal as the one sharing Diamond's opinion of Aventurine (which also strange, since it was said that Diamond wasn't happy with the cornerstone breaking) I would say pretty close.

[cookingthoughtsorcookingcopes]

Diamond's gang of mentally ill gays vs Osw*ldo Shitter

[aurae-rori]

“DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH”

— this is written in the same universe that my fic 'a heart, embark, a beautiful star' is written in - except this is diamond's backstory.

— involves character exploration as well as kind of explaining how diamond came to be the person that he is today

— mm character study

— diamond's relationship with the devil that he's contracted to and how it came to that point :)

— i might post a second chapter to this after i finish the csm au in its entirety as to not spoil some things that will be mentioned as diamond climbs the ranks. but for now, just one chapter and 6.2k words!

featuring artworks done by my friends of diamond's canon design!!

done by the wonderful @nicoarts69

and!!

done by @cococosplay113 !!

thank you guys sm <33

[thatgalacticbaseballer]

He REPAIRED the aventurine stone??????

[world-in-a-nook]

A collection of jewels and interests

Welcome, one and all !

As usual I'm late to the party but I wanted the hype around the stonehearts to calm down so I could focus on their designs and also see any interesting comments on the video.

Excuse my bad english, it is 1 AM when I'm writing this and english isn't my native language.

I- Analyse of each design with the stone

II- One narrative idea/theory

III- Our next encounter

Analyse of each design

Amber

"Amber prefers to remain neutral"

English Voice Actor : ?

With which path we might see them : ?

Amber is one of the most unknown stoneheart since they aren't voiced, yet they could be more important than what they seem.

We have a lack of design for Amber yet we could see them as a woman which would like like an operator. We could theorize that she is at the head of "Eidor", the IPC's computer operating system. This would explain her rank : she has a very special job so her rank isn't solid per say.

Speaking of solid, her "stone" is amber which is the second organic member of the ten stonehearts. Amber is solidfied resine which has been used since prehistory. Resine has been used to help trees to help treat its wounds but also stray away any predators. Amber solidifed can "preserve" beings such as insects. Speaking of which, who has major insect themes inside HSR ? Propagation and we know that the Propagation is sealed within amber(Readdable: Glimpses into the Beyond, "Inquiry Into The Gods: The Authors of Calamity"). So maybe, Amber is defending or protecting the seal with its Aeon at bay.

As such, she is putting up walls and following Qlipoth's wish and such a true follower of the Preservation.

Agate

"There's also Agate. They might be dead. I even have to convey their opinions for them."

English Voice Actor : ?

With which path we might see them : Nihility (seen lower)

Another mysterious stoneheart with pratically no face except for that mysterious shadow. The design reminds me of ancient chinese buddhist altar. When searching more about them, the depiction of an old man with a smile had been related to Tchong lieou, an ancient god of the familial soil which was reverred in Ancient China. He was revered because he could bring fortune. (The gods of the soil - Edouard Chavannes).

South Red Agate is known to bring vitality and prosperity and is also used to hold auspicious messages.

We already have a paradox between South Red Agate bringing vitality yet the character being possibly dead, according to Obsidian. So we have a character with the imagery of Death and Wealth. It reminds me of Hades/Pluto. The silhouette could also remind of Caishan, a god of wealth in chinese mythology.

Sugilite

"Death... This kind of unnecesssary extravagance was just for yourself, wasn't it ?"

English Voice Actor : AJ Beckles (some additional voices according to his IMDB)

With which path we might see them : Erudition (seen below)

Sugilite gives us a lot to work with : the stone gives the supposed power of cleavoyance, on the self. Yet the power of the stone is used here in reverse : allowing him to see through others.So the sharp tongue could come with a sharp mind, Sugilite might be a perceptive individual. Its also shown through the fact that they expected a 4v4 on Aventurine's vote. His environment could be some sort of illusion or just showing off to Aventurine what he isn't born in : wealth beyond measure. He could also just flex his wealth to Aventurine

If we focus out of this and take out the "extravagance", we can take out the various egyptian designs. While bringing out the hope for some character with melanin, the imagery is mainly of two cats/jackals and Ankha's cross. If we are going into egyptian mythology, it could associate Sugilite with Isis and Anubis. This imagery could either link to the Hunt/Abundance with the care for the dead or resurrection. Though we might see him sooner than we think...

Pearl

"But as an intellitron,I think there should be more 'justice' in your life"

English Voice Actor : Cat Protano (Misha, Skirk in Genshin)

With which path we might see them : ?

Pearl is an interesting one since she is an intellitron yet with the second organic "stone". With her design we get that she probably originates from Lushaka or Thalassa with all the fish designs. Though if we associate them with chinese mythology, Pearl could go with Long since pearls are associated with dragons in some chinese myths.

Since we are on the gem, Pearl could have a ton of story with the use of her stone :

pearls can be faked easily or appear uneven (the baroque movement was afterall named after the word "barocco" which designates a malformed pearl). So she could be one precious pearl, a model of intellitron super evolved.

pearls, in ancient asia, was a symbol of the soul's path towards perfection. Here we had a very important quality from pearl : Kindness and a form of Justice*(will comment on that later).

Sapphire

"But some value their oaths more, Sapphire is in favor of punishment"

English Voice Actor : ?

With which path we might see them : Abundance (a path all about kindness needs some sort of antagonist, and he could be with the Xianzhou)

Another stoneheart without a face, their design though is pretty interesting. First of all, it is the only stoneheart purely facing away from the "camera". This denial to show himself could be an outright refusal to join the stoneheart, since they aren't really following Qlipoth. The use of the mythical animal is very much interesting because it goes well with the whole theme of Sapphir's design : chivalry.

We have the towers, the swords and shields. The creature is hippogriff. It would join the theme of chivalry because in Orlando furioso, the hippogriff is a symbol of Orlando's pulsions (Orlando could be his real name). If we assimiliate the Pearl's word with this, we have a painting : Sapphir separates from his chivalourous self to become a extremist regarding Qlipoth. This also goes well with some symbology of Sapphir being a gem for loyalty but also truth. It gives a whole picture of Sapphir without words : he is a one of Qlipoth's zealot that joined the stoneheart.

Regarding the stone and Sapphire's personanity, I think that he would be double faced : he would be honest, loyal, truthful and a calm individual but if provoked, can go berserk. It would be the stone's symbolism but also the paradox of his sword's design : they are crossed and downwards meaning that a battle is over, yet earlier he was pretty much fervent in Aventurine's punishment.

Obsidian

"Just my two cents, I think we're being overly timid. If it were me I'd like everything become more of a bloodbath."

English Voice Actor : Erin Yvette (Arlechino in Genshin ; they really like her to play black, white and red characters)

With which path we might see them : Nihility

Let's talk about the two elephants in the room :

She has obviously some vampiric imagery with the colourpalette, the bats, gothic architecture, night and so on. I'm not going to refuse those because Hoyo isn't being very subtle. But there might be more than we think...

Though I am going to be a little more nuanced on the blood/pomegranate bath. The imagery is supposed to evoke Erzsébet Bathory (falsely accused of killing virgins to bath in their blood and stay young, though it was false since she was rescuing sick women to cure them - this comment section for more info). (Her real name could be Elizabeth) The pomegranate will be more adressed in the "Groups encountered in the Stonehearts" section.

The stone for Obsidian is relevant for her personnality : Obsidian is cooled lava and it could either suggest the undead idea or someone appearing calm but can be ruthless (shown also with the text). Obsidian is a protective stone that is known to be very strong and very fast so it would also go with the ruthless personnality trait. Obsidian is used to stop instabilities : in the character's case, it could be some kind of inquisitor.

Opal

"We band together... Merely to obtain what we want"

English Voice Actor : Paul Castro Jr. (Freminet in Genshin)

With which path we might see them : None (Pier point)

From his design, we know that he is most likely a pepeshi. This choice is probably to echo his stone but also contrats it : opal is a symbol of Hope and Purity. Purity associated naturally with children so pepeshi it is. Though it is very well contrasted with his ruthless personnality : Aventurine was chosen over him for a more peaceful outcome, he comments on a planet getting destroyed, encourages Silerwolf to hack the Interastral Peace Entertainment server (source : [WARNING: SUSPICIOUS MESSAGE] Send it all out!) and last, but not least, he is the only one seen with a weapon on Jade's image of the Ten stonehart '(2.2). Though the cleavoyance from his stone comes also at provoking Aventurine (Aventurine - Character Story: Part IV).

Hades & Persephone - Agate & Obsidian

related path : Nihility

As seen by the previous analysis, Agate is associated with health and some kind of death. While Obsidian with the vampire is associated with Death but also the pomegranate. With this, we could also add that Obsidian is wearing a crown and has roses in the side of her design. It could be some more gothic inspiration but also, Persephone was in love with Adonis (whose blood created red roses). It goes well, again with the obsessed with blood.

Greek mythology has already been mentioned with Acheron being 'Charon' (the boatman guiding the souls to the Underword) but also the river. With 2.1, Acheron seems to be hinting at IX being some kind of land of the damned but also leading somewhere.

The important point is that Agate "might" be dead. They are currently MIA with only being capable of communicating through Obsidian.

Obsidian which has the pomegranate but also has a black, white and red. Who also has this colour palette ? Acheron in her ult form. We also know that the symptomes of Self-Annihilator are varied : "These phenomena can hardly be explained by the laws of nature" (Databank : Self-Annihilator)

My theory is the following : Obsidian has become a Self-Annihilator and her symptom is being a "vampire". Her only true self in the bloodlust. Taht's why she's able to communicate with Agate, stuck in Nihility/the land of the Dead.

Following this, we know that IX doesn't choose Emanators, you just become one by going through it. So my theory is that TB will go through Nihility, aided or not by Obsidian, to see Agate and maybe someone precious to TB. And it goes the Orpheus way and the person won't be able to come out.

Our next encounter :

Opal

The most hinted stoneheart other than Jade, Topaz and Aventurine. It goes well with also the fact that the Greeks had opals and symbology about it (seeing it as purity). Though I do not subscribe to this theory since he is seen at Pier Point by Silver Wolf, the most important stoneheart (beside Diamond) so would stay at Pier point and the environment in which he is seen looks very much industrial.

Sugilite

Sugilite has been the one with the most chat and directly speaking to Aventurine. HSR has established the tradition of stonehearts going one then another with a phonecall or some sort of contact (Topaz called by Aventurine, Aventurine called by Jade but also teased by Sugilite here).

My theory of Erudition becoming TB's next path would also go with Sugilite's stone according to clearvoyance. It would go well with the topic of knowledge and knowing where to purposely hit to destroy someone.

The egyptian theme would also go well with this theory since the greek were in Egypt for a long period of time. Afterall Cleopatra was greek. Speaking of which, we could assist with a new Cleopatra, Antony vs Octavian.

If we follow my theory : Sugilite would try to help one of the paths to obtain the stellaron/ressources at play, if there is one, and would fail (since we know that the planet is already destroyed).

What do you think ?

[littlekiara96]

The IPC is bringing more world-building

From the IPC's recruitment ad, we can gather names of planets (or worlds), some we already knew of, and some new ones:

Talia, Snowland, Hithradahn Tribal Union, Hyai'i Federation, Klimt Republic.

Pier Point (where the IPC was born, or at least where their HQ is, from what I understand), The Xianzhou Luofu, Spindle-III, Abelane, New Londinium, Capital of Passion, Punklorde.

That's a lot of places the IPC has already "infiltrated".

I just have one question, though...

What's going on in the Capital of Passion? And is it only part of one bigger thing, just like the Luofu is only part of the Xianzhou?

Yes, I'm wondering if it could be part of Penacony.

Also, I'm pretty sure these gems represent people from the IPC.

Diamond is clearly hinted as being a big shot in the IPC, if not the Big Boss.

Not sure if Topaz and Aventurine are also depicted here. I don't see Opal or Obsidian in this shot either, and Topaz has mentioned them being higher rank than her and Aventurine. It might be a representation of the seven board members AND Diamond. Which would mean that Taravan is in this. And maybe Oswald?

Heh. Time will tell.

[f-abulas]

tentatively putting black swan and Gallagher muse on here

[a-gilded-imprisonment]

"Aventurine. . .its been quite a long time since I last saw you before you departed for penacony, now tell me how has it been going? I hope its been going well I presume?"

the platinum-haired man walks up to the blond avgin. with a smile on his face before swiping his holographic screens away

"I'm not busy at the moment, if you wish you may tell be how your mission on penacony is going."

@diamond-of-purity

*Diamond. As if the blonde's tall spiritual walls built meticulously by his act weren't sturdy enough.*

"Mr. Diamond!" *Aventurine claps his hands together, the distaste on his face morphing into a practiced smile so fast that nobody can notice.* "A pleasure."

*"If you wish," says the other man. As if Aventurine had a choice, as if Diamond hadn't just walked up to him directly. He'd nearly laugh at the irony.*

"Well is... one way to put it, heh..." *The blonde gives an easygoing laugh, the sound muted delight.* "If you call walking the brink of death going well, then I suppose you might be correct."

*He blinks hard, trying to make sure his tone is not too emotive.* "But... I suppose that's why you like me so much, boss-- my life can never be ended successfully."

[astralhues]

cyberpunk 2077 au with the ten stonehearts + diamond (hsr)

basically just combining my two favorite video games but yk

prolly add more later on when i get the inspo

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rockerboy

netrunner

techie

solo

fixer

medtech

media

nomad

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amber- netrunner

obsidian- solo

pearl- techie

aventurine- nomad

diamond- fixer

jade- medtech

sugilite- solo

topaz- rockerboy

opal- media

sapphire- solo

agate- nomad

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[pupcat-is-amare]

IPC fan design, very much based on vibes lol

[moonraven1412]

This is my fan design for Diamond. I couldn't be bothered to actually design a properly fancy suit because I was doing this while on a seminar... And then on the left there is Lazuli (my OC) and on the right Aventurine. Lazuli's feet are not actually touching ground, she is clinging onto Diamond in order to stay up.

Let me be delusional about this AU. Diamond picked up one stray and the happened to end up with another one as well. Up to you which one he was picking up first.

Lazuli's story without this AU

[autumn-lavelle]

Diamond oc design

So like

Should I add him to my muse roster or just make him seperate???

[monsieurivoblan]

mmrnngh,,, dianeider rivals to,,, even worse rivals,,,