The Gembound: The Price of Keeping Chapter 79: Sapphire Stat Update for Yara

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Sapphire Stat Update for Yara YARA OF ARAMORE — The Sapphire-Sighted Host Ascendant. Bond: Absolute. Sapphire Sight Awakened. Hellborn street urchin remade into vessel for ancient hunger. She does not carry the Gem—she contains it. Just unlocked the Sapphire prison below Rainbow City , gaining the ability to SEE meaning, purpose, and cost. Fed on centuries of trapped power, exponentially expanding her capacity. The city answers to her heartbeat. The throne recognizes her. Authority flows through her like blood. ATTRIBUTES: MIGHT 10 — Street-hardened survivor, practical muscle from years of running GRACE 13 — Combat-trained through necessity, improved control from Sapphire power FORCE 20 — Massive increase from Sapphire feeding. Cosmic power channeled through living flesh, can transform 50-100 Enhanced per day if she rushes it (though quality suffers badly at scale—she chooses not to), careful transformations still limited to 20-30 per day WILL 15 — Sapphire Sight strengthened her resolve , can see the cost but chooses anyway, thoughts merging with Gem but self still present, stronger than before HUNGER 14 — Gem demands constant feeding, whispers escalate without fresh life force PRESENCE 18 — Amplified by Sapphire power , absorbed Malrec's authority, commands through bond and stolen right to rule, radiates power now Traits: Sapphire Sight (NEW) : Unlocked by freeing the Sapphire prisoners . Can see not just what things are, but what they mean . What they want to be. What they're losing when she changes them. Sees threads of purpose, bindings, resistance, devotion. Sees Harry's thread holding him together, the fragment's hunger, his desperate hope and hidden fear . Sees every transformation's true cost. "You wanted to get stronger. This makes you stronger. But it also means you'll understand precisely what you're taking." Mass Transformation Enhanced : Sapphire feeding massively expanded capacity . Can transform 50-100 Enhanced per day if rushed (produces crude Iron Defenders, WILL 3-4, high failure rate). Careful transformations: 20-30 per day maintaining quality (WILL 6-8+, proper Enhanced). She chooses quality over quantity —rushing creates tools, not people. Each feeding makes her stronger. Cosmic Force Projection : Surgical green blasts strengthened by Sapphire power . Can target precisely or devastate larger areas. Drains stamina but recovers faster as Gem feeds. More powerful than before. Cognitive Harvest : Can extract thinking patterns from willing or resigned subjects, leaving viable bodies but vacant minds. Templates redistributed to animals or Enhanced. Bound Weapon - The Greatsword : Cosmic blade from Spire chamber, permanently bound. Can tear reality for emergency escape (limited charges). Dismissible/recallable at will. Servant Sense : Feels silver threads to every Enhanced. Knows location, state, readiness. Can push commands through bond without speaking. Enhanced by Sapphire Sight—sees the threads themselves now, understands their nature. Accelerating Power : Sapphire feeding pushed her to new level . Growing stronger with each feeding. Yesterday's limit becomes today's warmup. No ceiling visible yet. Physical Form: Hellborn (small horns, infernal heritage, rust-orange skin) Scar across torso from assassination (sealed from inside) Gem visible in chest - green glow under skin brighter now Ache behind eye from Sapphire Sight awakening Young (17), carries weight of empire, radiates more power than before Bond Notes: Yara is not a servant—she is the SOURCE. The Gem lives inside her chest like a heart. Fed on centuries of trapped power from the Sapphire prison. Their thoughts blur at edges. She retains agency, makes choices, feels horror at what she does—but numbness grows. The Sapphire Sight is her newest burden : She freed prisoners the Conclave had chained for centuries. Gained massive power doing it—can transform 50-100 per day if she rushes, but chooses not to because rushed transformations are crude, unstable