Tarnished Luster
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MatureOngoing18m
Last published Tue, Sep 5, 2023
You know of the main four rulers of the gemdom-
White
Pink
Yellow
And blue
But have you ever wondered who was the FIRST diamond to come about... and why the gemdom is run so tightly and reliant on genocide of other creatures?
Follow the dark and twisted story of the first diamond...
Argyle Diamond. First and only diamond to have hidden kemselves into human societies before they even had thought of extraterrestrials.
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