While I was mining in Ajaya today I heard someone by the name of richi suggest a Jurassic Park type of quest that involved using amber that can be used to explain some backstory to the world of Ur. I thought that sounded like a pretty cool idea. I think it would help flesh out the world a bit. He also suggested making different items with gems, like ruby slippers for extra teleporting. Well, with it already being a reference to a certain movie, I took it one step further and suggested they be used as a device to teleport you home. XD I think it would be really cool to have different things we could craft that would be useful. It would also give another purpose to the gems. Feel free to come up with some more suggestions! (Also, Celestial Wurm suggested I post the ideas here. I didn't notice there was a separate forum for ideas, thanks! lol)
EDIT: Here's a link to richi's topic which has some more ideas about the slippers!
http://www.glitch.com/forum/ideas/8456/