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There are plenty of reasons to hunt a dragon. Maybe you want revenge for the [[Doomed Hometown|village]] it burnt down. Maybe you're after [[Glory Seeker|the fame and fortune that such a kill can bring]]. Or perhaps you just [[Death Seeker|have a death wish]].
For those who live in some universes, however, there's another reason: If you cut open its body, you can find a ruby as big as your fist (or even bigger) nestled in among its squishy bits. This is a
The creature the
In more fantastical universes, this gem actually takes the place (and function) of a major internal organ. This is most often the heart, as the trope name would suggest, but finding gems within the brain isn't uncommon either. In works with a higher degree of biological verisimilitude, these stones are explained away as gizzard stones, used to help the creature break down its food for digestion.
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** Nanorion stones (gems) are sometimes found as the hearts of demons. They have the magical power to wake the dead or those in a death-like sleep.
** When Corum slays the god Arioch, Arioch's heart turns out to be a huge glowing gemstone.
* In Cornelia Funke's ''[[
* [[Discworld]] trolls have diamond teeth.
* Played with in ''[[The Hero and The Crown]]'', where the last drop of blood a dragon spills before dying turns into a bloodstone (read: ruby).
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== Live-Action TV ==
* In the ''[[
== Tabletop Games ==
* In [[Magic:
* Buzzjewels in ''[[
* ''Vis'' in ''[[Ars Magica]],'' crystallized magic energy, often found coalesced in the magically potent parts of a beast. While not always strictly a gemstone (as the shape it takes is dictated by the storyguide's discretion and the particulars of any individual mage's magic), it often is. A dragon's heart is worth sixty pawns' worth. (To the uninitatied: ''it's a goddamn fortune''.)
== Video Games ==
* In ''[[
* Part of the backstory for ''[[Myst]] V: End of Ages'' reveals that this is true of the Laki, which appear to be something like [[Call a Rabbit
* In ''[[Legend of Mana]],'' part of the Mana series, there are a race of humans called "Jumi" who all have some sort of precious gem in their chest. If it gets damaged, they could die.
* Deoxys from ''[[
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