Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld
fictional character from Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld
Amethyst is a sword and sorcery superheroine published in American comic books created by DC Comics. Created by writers Dan Mishkin, Gary Cohn and artist Ernie Colón, she debuted in Legion of Super-Heroes #298 in April 1983. While considered one of DC Comics' "under-rated classics" for its female representation and strong fantasy themes, the character's eponymous series struggled to engage the broader contemporary DC readership.
While subjected to various revisions, the character's history consolidates her as Amy Winston, a young girl who discovered her origins to the extradimensional Gemworld, a magical realm ruled by twelve families themed after gemstones and with strong ties to the Lords of Chaos and Order; born as Princess Amaya of the House of Amethyst, Amy is sent to Earth by her sorceress nanny Citrine to prevent her assassination by the villain, Dark Opal. Discovering the truth on her 13th birthday, Amy returns to Gemworld and inherits both her magical abilities and responsibilities as the last scion of House Amethyst, balancing her life on Earth with her duties as princess of Gemworld, making her a prominent protector and Lord of Order.
Briefly, the New 52 revised her origin as a princess of Nilia raised by her mother, Queen Graciel to help eventually liberate Gemworld from a tyrannical ruler and reclaim their throne. This was reversed, with small aspects such as the "Amaya" birth name retained.
The character has received several media adaptations, having been featured in a short animation series featured on the DC Nation block on Cartoon Network.
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Concept and creation
Amethyst's premise was initially pitched to DC Comics under the title "Changeling", wherein its main character had been left on Earth as an infant. However, because another DC superhero formerly named Beast Boy was currently using that name at the time, Dan Mishkin decided on the alternative "Amethyst" as a replacement.
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