Gem Heart: Difference between revisions

* In Cornelia Funke's ''[[Dragonrider (Literature)|Dragonrider]]'', Nettlebrand {{spoiler|has a golden casket that acts as his heart}}. It has no actual value, though.

* In [[Magic: theThe Gathering]], Karn was created with a Phyrexian heartstone, which worked until he gave up his Planeswalker spark to help mend time rifts on Dominaria. When he did, the oil in the heartstone gradually corrupted him. During the Phyrexian takeover of Mirrodin, the Phyrexians attempted to convert him into their new Father of Machines. {{spoiler|Ultimately subverted: his heartstone was replaced with Venser's human heart, restoring his Planeswalker spark and cleansing him of the Phyrexian corruption}}.

* Buzzjewels in ''[[Spelljammer (Tabletop Game)|Spelljammer]]''. They're swarming insects that resemble large (hand-sized) dragonflies, which graze on "interesting" minerals like gemstones and eventually crystallize some sort of a small gem in their bellies, with a mildly poisonous bite to use if the swarm is attacked.

* In ''[[Dragon Quest VIII (Video Game)|Dragon Quest VIII]]'', the party has to go on a [[Match Maker Quest]] on the behalf of the Prince of Argonia, who needs to slay an Argon Lizard and harvest their hearts as a sign of his coming of age and the right to [[Arranged Marriage|marry Princess Medea of Trodain]] (who, unknown to him, has been transformed into a white mare due to a curse). Unfortunately, this person happens to be [[Prince Charmless|Prince Charmles]], who is the ''epitome'' of [[Entitled Bastard|entitled bastardry]]. And to make things worse, after you slay a Great Argon Lizard and do the hard work for [[Dirty Coward|him]], {{spoiler|Prince Charmles ''buys'' a larger (and presumably fake) Argon Heart from a shady merchant anyway!}} [[Jerkass|Son of a...]] {{spoiler|Luckily, [[Chekhov's Gun|this comes back]] to bite him in the ass ''hard'', costing him Medea ''and'' [[Break the Haughty|his undeserved sense of entitlement]].}}

* 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 Aa Smeerp|otherworldly narwhals]]. The Laki collect gemstones in their gizzards to help them digest, and (before the cities in their world were destroyed by plague) were hunted almost to extinction in gladiatorial games to harvest them. They survived, but they don't get close enough to for the player to interact with them.

* Deoxys from ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (Video Game)|Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]]''. That gem on its chest is actually its brain.