Jewel Armor (also known as power suit[1]) is a concept in Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders. It is a magical armor that the Jewel Riders can create with their Enchanted Jewels to protect them and their mounts from the wild magic and other hazards.
Fallon initiating her Jewel Armor transformation in "Morgana"
Each armor is the magic of their respective jewel that appears when it is powers up and disappears when it is powered down. Each of the Jewel Riders can transform herself and her unicorn by raising her Enchanted Jewel after their respective magical invocation (for example, "By the magic of the Sun Stone!" for Gwenevere and Sunstar). The armor then allows them to relatively safely ride the Wild Magic tunnels and use their Enchanted Jewels.
All three members of the Pack can also wear jewel armor through their Forest Stones and the evil Lady Kale wears one through her Dark Stone too. In the second season, the Jewel Riders' sevenfold greater powers give them new armor sets with special capabilities.
Level One magic (first season)[]
Tamara in her Jewel Armor, with others preparing to power up
Each of the three Jewel Riders has their own armor set in their favorite colors, corresponding with their personal Enchanted Jewel:
- Princess Gwenevere uses the Sun Stone to wear a unique winged helmet signifying her bonding with Sunstar, the winged unicorn.
- Tamara's Heart Stone magical armor represents her love of nature. The helmet symbolizes a butterfly to signify her respect for nature's eternal innocence and ever changing beauty. It is the only jewel armor shown without a cape.
- Fallon uses the Moon Stone and a special coordinated armor that sets off her compact, sleek physique.
Level Two magic (second season)[]
In the second season, now that all of the magic of Avalon is being channeled through their Enchanted Jewels after they tuned the powerful Crown Jewels to themselves, the Jewel Riders gain far more athletic capabilities with their new armor activated. Notably, magic glider wings can form from the back of their armor and spread out like a hang-glider cape, allowing them to glide around within the Wild Magic (and in case of Fallon's bat-like wings, also to glide while in Avalon and in other realms). Their armor sets also look different and the girls have different hairstyles (big ponytail-like braids) when powered up. Their mermaid forms are also a manifestation of magic around them.[2]
The upcoming sequel comics show the girls wearing an armor set looking like a modified version of the Level One armor. (This is probably because of its iconic status and vastly greater popularity.)
Other armor[]
- All three members of the Pack wear very (but not identical) similar Forest Stones Jewel Armor with their helmets shaped like a wolf's head. They have matching but mostly new armor in the sequel comic, where they are led by Tamara in her Jewel Rider armor.
- Lady Kale's own, Dark Stone armor works similar to an Enchanted Jewel armor but without a need to say anything to activate it, and she also usually stays powered up by default anyway. Kale's helmet is shaped in the image of her dragon Grimm, even as she is not magically bonded to him through the Dark Stone.
- In "Revenge of the Dark Stone" and "Full Circle", Kale's dweasels Rufus and Twig wear oversized, bulky Jewel Armor pieces that they found when she took over the Jewel Keep.
Behind the scenes[]
Jewel Riders designer Greg Autore said: "I loved the idea that the jewels had the power of light that would have solid form. It is very similar to how the Green Lantern's ring can manifest what they think they need to stop evil aliens."[3] He said he was proud of the balance between hardness metallic breastplates resembling a knight's armor and the more delicate feminine qualities in the design.[4] One the other hand, Lady Kale's armor was given a "harder edge". Each of the armor sets was designed based on various pieces of actual historic armor with a specific symbolism in mind. For the first season Jewel Riders helmets, the show creator Robert Mandell insisted on motorcycle helmet look, and the effect was compromise between that and Autore's medieval ideas. However, Kale's helmet was just "a pure fantasy", and originally it would even change depending on her mood (from sleeping dragon to raging dragon with glowing eyes) but turned out this was too hard to animate.[5] For the unproduced third season, both the girls and their mounts would have be given "more clear armor plates".
References[]
- ↑ Song of the Rainbow (script)
- ↑ Audio interview with Greg Autore
- ↑ Greg Autore and the Toy Design of Jewel Riders - Part Four | The Jewel Riders Archive
- ↑ The Jewel Riders Archive Podcast: Episode Two! Featuring Greg Autore | The Jewel Riders Archive
- ↑ Ep 12 - Greg Autore Interview Part 4 (Jewel Riders Art Director | Disney Doll & Mattel Toy Designer)
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