OC Character Thread 1(THREAD CLOSED: PLEASE POST NEW OCs TO BRAND NEW CHARACTER SHEET THREAD 3 ABOVE)

Name: Ara Simmons
Race: Unicorn
Age: 22
Mane: White, straightened out
Coat: Greyish black
Cutie mark.: Black Widow Hourglass
Extra details that aren’t needed but are nice to add: Her eyes are a glowing yellowish color, given her ability to see heat waves
Distinguishing Features: Her yellow glowing eyes, Black Widow Hourglass cutie mark
Specialty (eg. special spells, unique powers etc): She can spin a web in an instant using silk magically created from her horn, and can cast a wide variety of poison based spells and their antidotes
Weaknesses: Fire, Bug Spray
Occupation: Bodyguard
Gear: Silk vest that acts as armor, is tougher than it looks
History: Not much is known about Ara, but what is known is this: She is believed to be a descendant of the fabled Arachne, the first Spider. She was found by a pegasus mare in the Everfree forest, and was raised up to the age of seven, when her adopted mother died of a bone disease. She was teased and bullied by other ponies because of her eyes and cutie mark, and because of this, she finds it hard to trust other ponies, but once she does, she will be a kind friend to you.
Personality: At first, seems to be dark and cold, but once she warms up to you is quite the opposite
Current Home: Abandoned Church just outside of Ponyville
Misc: For some odd reason, she always smells of oranges...

EDIT: Sorry about that, net crapped up and I ended up sending an incomplete post.

Name: Inkleaf (real name) / Contact (alias)

Race: Earth Pony

Age: Approximately 18 (a few months, give or take)

Mane: Light blue, long and wrapped around her neck

Coat: Light scarlet

Cutie mark: Black leaf / quill hybrid, hidden with light scarlet coloring and replaced with a generic circle mark

Extra details that aren’t needed but are nice to add: She swings both ways.

Distinguishing Features: Nothing.

Specialty (eg. special spells, unique powers etc): She can, when under extreme pressure, use the environment in combat despite her lack of fighting capability. Otherwise, she has a fairly smooth tongue for avoiding conflicts. She also inherited some characteristics of her father, such as sharp observational skills, strong survival instincts, and a general capability to learn quickly when focused.

Weaknesses: She has absolutely no combat expertise.

Occupation: Formerly receptionist at Fillydelphia's Buffalo Sieve Hotel.

Gear: A basic saddlebag, and a knife from someone who saved her life in the past (see history).

History: Inkleaf was born to a comatose mother and a missing father. She didn't exactly have the best childhood, as her mother, Willow Shelf, had a meager salary as a mere librarian and the city they lived in, Detrot, was a hard place to live in even for the rich. Her father, Lamplight (though she never knew his name, or anything of him) left nothing either. Like her parents, she didn't receive a formal education, and like her parents she managed to teach herself the basics.

She studied in her mother's library, much like her father did, and she noticed that whenever her mother taught her, it was with a wistful look in her eyes, and the most she ever got out of her as an explanation was that it reminded her of the times she had with Inkleaf's father. Her mother told her very little about her father, only saying that he was a great stallion that the world showered with misfortune. The few pictures in her home had her father cut out of them, hidden by Willow for whatever reason.

In her early teen years, she, like many others, was gripped by intense wanderlust. Using her missing father as pretext, she left to roam, and possibly to search for her father. The lack of restraint intoxicated her, and she quickly developed a strong, independent personality. She got by safely for some time with her smooth talking out of problems, and had rummpus hummpus with the occasional good - looking stranger.

However, in her naivete she forgot to prepare properly for the long term, and as she wandered off alone, she was soon kidnapped by the Hollow Shades slavers, and held in captivity for nearly a year. During this time, she was repeatedly beaten and raped, and the collar put on her left a permanent mark that she covered up with her mane. She drifted close to insanity many times, and her poor mental state kept her stuck in Hollow Shades, as the slavers could not sell her.

During a busy day, a lull in security allowed her to sneak out. She was terrified, wandering and trembling at the slightest sound, struggling to keep herself from screaming at every sight. However, she lucked out and passed by one of the fuel stockpiles of the slavers, and her fear was suddenly replaced by a cold, cruel smile as plots for revenge formed in her head. Carefully, she set up a trail of gasoline, and while the slavers were busy closing up a big deal, she lit it all on fire, starting a blaze that would go on to slaughter most of the slavers. However, a few slaves got caught as well.

She collapsed from the exhaustion, and when she woke up surrounded by ashes, she lapsed into madness, and would have died from a bear that happened to wander in hungry, had it not been for the timely intervention of Lampshade, whose identity, nor relation to her father, she never found out. Lampshade saved her life, and guarded her for some time, until she made it to Fillydelphia after months of recovery and plenty of therapist action on Lampshade's part. It took a lot of time before she could get over murdering dozens, and even longer for her to smile again. Thanks to him however she did return to a cheerful, if slightly fragile, state. Lampshade's interest in masks and total transformation had an impact on her, and she changed her name to Contact, in homage to how contact with him changed her life, and replaced her mark as well.

When they parted, Lampshade left one of his knives with her, and disappeared. She settled herself in Fillydelphia temporarily, just long enough to make herself enough money for a safe trip home. Her plans were interrupted by the invasion of Fillydelphia, which put her in the company of Lamplight as they both adventured back to Detrot, though neither of them know that they are family yet.

Personality: Inkleaf / Contact is direct and honest about most things, and is secretive about some others. If there is someone or something she likes or dislikes, she will say it outright, and act on it accordingly. It is rare for her to not act on her impulses, and this usually only happens when she has a large plan in mind.

She is touchy and fragile when it comes to certain topics, most particularly Hollow Shades. Mentioning the dark time in her past will send her spiraling into horror and despair.

Inkleaf has a one - track mind at times, capable of dedicating a hundred percent of her attention to a single thing if it matters to her enough. This is backed up by her stubbornness, and when she fixates on something it proves difficult to detach her from that.

Inkleaf is cheerful and innocent at first glance, though she hides below this layer a damaged persona and a calculating schemer. The schemer part of her personality rarely manifests and usually stays hidden.

Current Home: Fillydelphia (most recent). Currently traveling with Lamplight.

Misc: She spent her first salary from Fillydelphia's Buffalo Sieve Hotel to have an artist paint a small portrait of her mother, Willow Shelf. This portrait was eventually lost when Fillydelphia was invaded.

Name: Green Cog
Race: Unicorn
Age: 30
Mane: Bright Green, spiky
Coat: dark greyish-green
Cutie mark.: A cog
Extra details that aren’t needed but are nice to add: He is usually drunk
Distinguishing Features: One of his eyes is brown, the other is green, his horn is partially broken, Russian accent
Specialty (eg. special spells, unique powers etc): Drives an IS-7 Soviet heavy tank with the latest possible technology
Weaknesses: Very little knowledge of melee combat (this doesn't include barfights with breaking the bottles), due to his broken horn, his magic sometimes doesn't work.
Occupation: Local mechanic
Gear: Usually wears a soviet coat, a handgun and an army knife
History: He grew up with his father, his mother left him with his father when he was 2 years old. His father was a mechanic and Cog was usually helping him in the workshop, thus gaining many mechanical skills. After his father passed away due to an unknown sickness, he was left alone with his father's very advanced workshop.

After a few years he visited one of the battlefields, which had a museum of military equipment near it. He saw the glorious soviet war machine, the IS-7 heavy tank, and immediately got attracted to it. Cog somehow managed to persuade the museum owners to buy the tank, using half of his gigantic savings.

In the next few years, he perfected the machine with the latest technology, making it usable by one person instead of 5, having everything automated with many computers, chips, stuff like that. He also hired some of the strongest unicorns to help him make the armor magic-resistant, but when they failed, he salvaged some magic-resistant metal from more advanced ruins and equipped his IS-7 with those.

He still drives that tank to this day and would even fight against Canterlot if they would want to take it away from him.
Personality: Usually drunk, not a bad sense of humor, mostly trying to start barfights when in taverns. Loves the IS-7 heavy tank as if it were his firstborn child and if someone as much as scratches it, the one that did will be in a world of pain.
Current Home: His father's workshop in Baltimare
Misc: Hopes to get his hooves on a ship someday.

Name: Rat

Race: Earth Pony.

Age: 20

Mane: Light, pale pink.

Coat: Dark grey.

Cutie mark.: Silhouette of a rat, in profile.

Extra details that aren’t needed but are nice to add: Warm, chocolate brown eyes.

Distinguishing Features: The way her tail is braided tightly enough to resemble a rat's tail, and the white spot of fur over the left side of her face, covering her eye and cheek. The fur on her lower hooves is mottled white and grey.

Specialty (eg. special spells, unique powers etc): She is very fast and can climb just about any surface easily, due to a natural concentration of her Earth Pony body's magic, reverting all plant-capabilities null while giving her a grip seemingly harder than steel, as well as a mental capability to see any vertical surface as merely an inconvenience, or 'too easy'. She lives up to her name almost comepletely. She is also very clever.

Weaknesses: Her small size, and being rather weak.

Gear: A short cloak and a pocket knife.

HistoryRat was one of the only children in her orphanage that pulled pranks, mostly since she was always so bored. But the younger kids loved her pranks, and Rat was constantly the 'cool kid' because she was funny. Rat grew attached to one of the kids, and visits once a week if she can, but Rat usually does her best to try to. Rat was raised in an orphanage most of her life and she left at age eighteen to strike out on her own, and eventually found a thrill in being on the wrong side of the law. She always sticks to the streets she knows and will allow herself to be hired to steal specific things, but most of her money is anonymously donated to the old orphanage she was raised in. She has had a few close calls with the law but her unnatural ability to climb almost any surface has aided her in escaping.

Personality Kind, reclusive, quiet, but very out-going once she gets some alcohol into her system.

Occupation: Thief.

Current Home: Manehattan.

Misc: She likes shiny things.

Name: Rebel "Bell" Blade

Race: Thestral

Age: 19

Mane: Dark blue, a solid, metallic gold streak through it

Coat: Black

Cutie mark.: A golden shortsword with a jagged, arrow-like tip.

Extra details that aren’t needed but are nice to add: Golden eyes.

Distinguishing Features: Her golden eyes, her sword, and her job.

Specialty (eg. special spells, unique powers etc): Fighting, especially with her swords.

Weaknesses: Boredom, gets irritated and very sensitive. Easily angered when questioned about her choice of work.

Occupation: Royal Guard, not a Lunar Guard.

Gear: Two polished gold shortswords with arrowhead-like tips, used to grab and pull away weapons, shields, etc etc. Her armor sometimes accompanies her.

History: Rebel "Bell" Blade was always something of a rebel, and never listened to any rules, regardless who gives them, or why they are present. As a child she was always found in the worst of hang-outs, with the types of kids who did drugs, but she never did anything too harmful to her record. When she reached adulthood she ignored her parents' asking for her to be a Lunar Guard, and did the opposite. She doesn't see her parents much, since they have pretty high ranks, and are Lunar, but she keeps in contact. She has almost a perfect track record, but uses unorthodox methods during interrogations and other things.

Personality: Polite, kind to those she knows, and angered when others tell her she shouldn't be a Royal Guard, but should be a Lunar.

Current Home: Canterlot.

Misc: She loves a good fight.

Watered Scroll
Name: Watered Scroll
First: Watered Last: Scroll

Race: Pegasus


Age: 25

Mane: slicked back with Candy blue, and sea blue (candy blue is the darker of the two.)

Coat: blue (ultramarine)

Cutie mark: a closed book with a blood star on the front.

Distinguishing features: always looks tired, like he has been spending long nights up studying, (which is usually the case) looks much older than his age.

Specialties (spells and powers): unlike most pegisi he spends most of his time devoted to shipping books across the land, by hoof. He is a collector of ancient books and translates most languages with ease. Very handy (hoofy) with a short sword.

Weakness: always seems to be lacking that certain charisma but makes up for it with crude dry sarcasm.

Occupation: Canterlots library book clarifier. (Makes sure books are real)

Gear: his trusty satchel bag that has been with him since the war. His glasses and a knife he always has at his side.

History: Was at war with the griffon colonies at age 18-22 left a decorated war hero. Went back to Manehatten to seek out his wife and kid to find that some wealthy stallion had taken her heart, and his daughter. Unable to speak with the wife to convince her he was still alive (for the wealthy stallion had faked a report that he had died in combat.) he went quiet for what seemed a age. After a good year and a half at the bottle he picked himself up and seeker a new life in new colors, he retired to Canterlots library book clarifier.

Personality: Crude and unwilling to cope with stupidity, does not believe that he is above other ponies/griffons/crystal ponies/etc, he just dislikes those who he believes is moronic or 'dull' in his eyes. Seeks ponies with common knowledge of books. Twilight would practically die for his knowledge of books, you thought Twilight had read them all? Hehehe....

Virtue: A Gentlecolt, would get into a tussle if the need arises, and or fight for a ladies honor, he: 'kicks it old school.'

Current home: his desk at the library, or his apartment that he has very well furnished with his military funds.

Misc: Has a odd habit of talking out loud.

Name: Grievern
Race: Griffon
Age: 23
Mane: None. Black, slicked back feathers.
Coat: Black
Cutie mark.: None

Distinguishing Features: Grievern is a mix of a Panther and a Raven, giving him the sleek, powerful body of the feline and the sharp, void like, black eyes and beak of the bird.

Specialty Sharpshooter. He is so good with a gun that the chances of missing are laughable. Highly agile flyer and mover, this guy is can be totally silent when he wants to be, able to blend into shadows like he was made of them, and move without a whisper of sound. He can just be there seemingly out of nowhere.
As well as his gun-slinging prowess Grievern has ways of taking an opponent down that are more quiet (until the screaming starts, if any) meaning he is not totally reliant on guns in a fight. He knows enough about various species' anatomy to be able to break them like a Kit Kat bar.
Aside from that his only other skill is being scary as hell when he wants to be, just because of sheer intimidation levels. That and he makes a lovely Victoria sponge.

Weaknesses: He's totally merciless when it comes to getting something done, even if he has to do unlawful things to do so. A lone wolf (Ironic as he is part cat.), not letting others get close to him. No companions, doesn't trust others to do things right and much prefers to work alone. While he isn't a braggart, he knows his shooting skills are unmatched and while he doesn't flaunt this, he will make it clear with a demonstration without hesitation.

Occupation: Mercenary, Gun For Hire.

Gear: This Griffon has access to every weapon under the sun, and moon, stored in safehouses across the world.. He does have favourites however. A long-range, ten round rifle for picking off victims, a compact, mobile version of a minigun for dealing with extensive cannon fodder, A custom made eight round compact combat shotgun for when he needs to get up close and personal with a gun and two highly powerful revolvers for just shooting shit up.
All of these can be custom modded for different missions, and he's not limited to just these weapons. An example would be the titanium shurikens he uses on stealth operations, and often has a few on his person.

Aside from the guns this Griffon also likes to wear a black long coat, waterproof of course, that doesn't hamper his movement or flight and stores whatever gear he needs to carry in its many pockets.

History: Grievern's parents never had a stable marriage, a weak little female Griffon and a pompous overly macho male don't mix right, and when the black Griffon was born because of his mother having a outing with some friends that ended in another male's house because of a bad drink, that was the final straw. The two broke up, and cellular Grievern was left with only a mother to care for him as he developed, the female too soft hearted to get rid of him.
But when he was born his mother couldn't take it, and her weakened heart gave out. With no one else to take him in the orphaned baby was sent to an orphanage.
Growing up in the less than civil environment Grievern learnt very early that in life you had to fight to get anywhere. And so he did. Joining a street gang at a very young age as an errand boy Grievern soon worked his way up the ranks, being trained by professional criminals to become the killing machine he is. For he had a talent for it. A scary gift for knowing how to snap a neck, or line up the sights just right.
After a disagreement many years later with the new guy in charge, who was doing a very bad job at running the joint, Grievern put a bullet in his head and decided gang life wasn't for him. Leaving the Griffon set out to put his killing skills to good, if sometimes questionable, use.

Personality: Cold hearted, calculating and mean, Grievern is not one you'd want to cross or meet in a dark ally. But he does have a soft spot for children and females, and will defend them if they are innocent, as those were the only people to treat him nicely as a majority.

Current Home: Closest Safe house.
Misc:

PinkButcher wrote:

Name: Ara Simmons
Extra details that aren’t needed but are nice to add: Her eyes are a glowing yellowish color, given her ability to see heat waves

It sounds like you're giving her thermal vision...

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Weaknesses: Fire, Bug Spray

A unicorn's weakness includes bug spray? Methinks you're leaving some important facts out if that's the case...

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History: Not much is known about Ara, but what is known is this: She is believed to be a descendant of the fabled Arachne, the first Spider. She was found by a pegasus mare in the Everfree forest, and was raised up to the age of seven, when her adopted mother died of a bone disease. She was teased and bullied by other ponies because of her eyes and cutie mark, and because of this, she finds it hard to trust other ponies, but once she does, she will be a kind friend to you.

Her past can be mysterious in RP but you need to detail it all the way out in character sheets.

A good start but it needs to explain some things and needs a serious upgrade in the content of the history.

DragonXneoN wrote:

Name: Green Cog

*hug* Great character. He doesn't work in this universe. The biggest issue, far larger than the fact that Equestria has no tanks and no facilities to manage them, is that he's being cited as wearing a coat from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (which only exists in our universe's history), driving a non-production tank designed and built in the same, and yet he's not described as a transplant from a universe where these things are possible. I love World of Tanks too, hun, but you have to remember that lots of tanks in the game pretty much never existed.

AurumTempestas wrote:

Name: Rebel Blade
History: Rebel "Bell" Blade was always something of a rebel, and never listened to any rules, regardless who gives them, or why they are present. As a child she was always found in the worst of hang-outs, with the types of kids who did drugs, but she never did anything too harmful to her record. When she reached adulthood she ignored her parents' asking for her to be a Lunar Guard, and did the opposite. She doesn't see her parents much, since they have pretty high ranks, and are Lunar, but she keeps in contact. She has almost a perfect track record, but uses unorthodox methods during interrogations and other things.

Tiny, tiny, tiny grammatical thing: put her nickname in quotation marks and put it in the place of a middle name the way I did in the quote box above. Please do that but even if you don't this character is approved.

Rayne wrote:

Name: Watered Scroll

Race: Pegasus

Age: 25

Mane: slicked back with Candy blue, and sea blue (candy blue is the darker of the two.)

Coat: blue (ultramarine)

What's "ultramarine"?

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Cutie Mark: a closed book with a blood star on the front.

Distinguishing Features: always looks tired, like he has been spending long nights up studying, (which is usually the case) looks much older than his age.

Specialties (spells and powers): Unlike most pegisi, he spends most of his time devoted to shipping books across the land, by hoof. He is a collector of ancient books and translates most languages with ease. Very handy (hoofy) with a short sword.

Weakness: always seems to be lacking that certain charisma but makes up for it with crude dry sarcasm.

Occupation: Canterlots library book clarifier. (Makes sure books are real)

The name of the profession would be an authenticator.

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Gear: his trusty satchel bag that has been with him since the war. His glasses and a knife he always has at his side.

History: Was at war with the griffon colonies at age 18-22 left a decorated war hero. Went back to Manehatten to seek out his wife and kid to find that some wealthy stallion had taken her heart, and his daughter. Unable to speak with the wife to convince her he was still alive (for the wealthy stallion had faked a report that he had died in combat.) he went quiet for what seemed a age. After a good year and a half at the bottle he picked himself up and sought a new life in new colors: he retired to Canterlot's library as a book authenticator.

Personality: Crude and unwilling to cope with stupidity, does not believe that he is above other ponies/griffons/crystal ponies/etc, he just dislikes those who he believes is moronic or 'dull' in his eyes. Seeks ponies with common knowledge of books. Twilight would practically die for his knowledge of books, you thought Twilight had read them all? Hehehe....

Virtue: A Gentlecolt, would get into a tussle if the need arises, and or fight for a ladies honor, he: 'kicks it old school.'

Current Home: his desk at the library, or his apartment that he has very well furnished with his military funds.

Misc: Has a odd habit of talking out loud.

Um... don't most people talk out loud?

I went through and gussied up the sheet you submitted to be nice. My issue here is that I'm always wary of someone making up a war to make their character into a war hero or a badass or something. I think this needs to be explained better in an extension of the history you've written here.

Name: Gem Factorem

Race: Earth Pony

Age: 48

Mane: A short, shabby, brown mane

Coat: A dark emerald green, constantly dirty.

Cutie mark.: A nugget of gold and a small diamond

Extra details that aren’t needed but are nice to add:

Distinguishing Features: None to speak of except for a large, heavy smock that appears to be made of something akin to leather.  

Specialty (eg. special spells, unique powers etc): Gem is a tool and jewellery maker by trade, and so is able to manipulate metals and gems with ease. Furthermore, he is quite skilled at applying the basis for runes in the armour, though he is unable to activate them. He can also repair brocken runes, though again, he would have to get someone else to activate them. He has no magic that is unique to him, nor is he particularly fast or resilient. However, he is incredibly strong, able to swing a huge hammer made of a strange mix of steel, gold and titanium with ease. Furthermore, thirty plus years in the forge have made him resistant to heat, finding the high temperatures pleasant.  

Weaknesses: Gem is an earth pony, and as such, has no real magical defence to speak of. He also has never trained to become fast or resistant to damage, meaning he can only take as many hits as the average pony. He also despises the cold, and will take every opportunity to avoid it. Gem is also incredibly prone to drinking when he is bored, and will never refuse alcohol, regardless of what else is it. Finally, Gem is terrified of spiders, and will react violently upon seeing one, before running as fast as he can in the other direction.  

Occupation: Gem works as a royal smithy/gem worker, restoring the regalia and various other jewellery that belong to the Princesses. Despite his attempts to leave, he cannot seem to escape the work he is given by the Princesses.

Gear: Gem doesn’t carrying any particularly powerful equipment, nor does he go searching for a fight. He is always wearing his heavy leather-looking smock, and is often carrying his hammer, which he calls Titancracker. Made of steel, gold and titanium, it has a handle as long as a pony, with the head slightly smaller than a pony’s head. The head itself is designed similar to a warhammer, though one side of it is shaped more like a pick. He can swing it with ease, and though he says he has it for no particular reason, it was specifically designed to crack dragon scales.  
 
History: Gem was born in the town of Sydneigh, Oatstralia. As an only child, Gem grew up with little to entertain him other than his father, the blacksmith Hammer Strike. Hammer, unsure of any other way to provide for his son, taught him how to be a smithy. Gem didn’t mind, spending most of his time outside of school working the bellows or forging metal. His mother, Ruby Heart, decided that her son was not just going to learn smithing, and so started teaching him to work gems with greater skill and precision. His cutie mark came at age sixteen, when he first combined the two separate skill sets for the first time. At age twenty, he moved from Oatstralia to Equestria, heading for Canterlot. Upon his arrival to the capital, he was astounded by the riches, and spent most of the next few weeks wandering from place to place, searching for a job there. Finally arriving at the castle proper, he discovered that there was a pposition for the royal smithy. Applying immediately, he was contacted several days later, and returned to the castle for a test that would determine who would get the position. The test was simple; the applicants were presented with a random mare and stallion, and told to make a gift for each of them. Sensing a trick, Gem made a pair of simple gold bands. Where the rest of the group had prepared various extravagant necklaces and such, he stood alone with the simple rings. As each of the applicants went up, Gem began to worry, thinking he had been wrong. However, when he walked up to the mare and stallion, he gave both the rings to the stallion, winked and muttered “Good luck.” Turning, he returned to the group. A few weeks later, he was ecstatic when he received two letters. The first detailed that he had been selected to take the job. The second was a marriage invitation.

Gem worked with gusto for many years under the Princesses, happily completeing whatever task they set him. However, he slowly developed an affinity for alcohol, and after twenty years of loyal work, desired a change. The Princesses however desired him to continue his work, and requested multiple times for him to stay. Gem left Canterlot at age forty, travelling the world. Despite his roamings, the Princesses still sent him work, which he managed to complete, amid the moanings of wanting a retirement. He finally returned to Canterlot on his forty-eighth birthday, taking up residence in a small flat outside the catsle.

Personality: Gem has a fairly abrasive personality, disliking meaningless chatter and often ignoring ponies he doesn’t like. He often whines about not wanting to work, though he still completes anything he is given to the highest degree he can. He despises fighting, seeing it as barbaric and stupid. That is not to say he is a pacifist, as he enjoys fighting, though he will never start it.

Current Home: A small flat near the castle.

Name: Oliver

Race: Otter

Age: 20

Coat: Grayish

Extra details that aren't needed but are nice to add: His front right paw has a little spot where there is no fur.

Distinguishing Features: A little waterproof bandanna that is blue with a black trim around his neck and black fingerless gloves with a red trim.

Specialty (eg. special spells, unique powers etc): He is a fast swimmer when in water. With his gloves he can create anything he can think about out of water.

Weaknesses: If anything that involves or reminds him of his time as a test subject he will flip out and run. He is almost defenseless if there is no water near him and he can't use his glove's ability. Get's distracted easily.

Occupation: None

Gear:
Translation collar: The translation collar is hidden behind his bandanna. It allows him to speak in equestrian to other ponies and other languages. It is waterproof, so he can swim in the water, and it does short circuit every once in a while.

Gloves: The tips of the gloves are fingerless so Oliver can use his claws. The glove itself had been magically enchanted to allow Oliver to, if there is water near by, create a weapon or tool out of water. The object that is made out of water is then, almost, solidified, so a water sword can actually hurt and kill. If Oliver clutched his fists two electrified claws, per glove, comes out.

Belt and little vials of water: The belt itself just holds a couple little vials of water, so Oliver can have water near him when he needs it. There is also a little pocket on the belt to store items.

History: Oliver had a sister and mother, but one day when he and his family were swimming down a river he was grabbed out of the water and carried away in the air. When he looked up to see who had separated him from his family he was a midnight blue pegasus, who oddly had a tool belt.

The pegasus flew Oliver to a small house in a little town near a forest. Oliver had tried to scratch the pegasus to make him let go, but realized that was a bad idea when he almost fell to his death. He instead just let the pegasus do whatever he wanted.

They got inside the house and went down a staircase into a rather cold and dark room. Inside there were different tools and machines. Oliver wondered if this pegasus had built all of this. The pegasus grabbed a cage and locked Oliver inside it.

Oliver had no idea what world of pain he was into and the scaring memories that were to come. The pegasus had went over to one of the many drawers and opened it searching for something. Oliver tried to be as small as he can. He wanted to shrink away from the world and be nothing. The pegasus, however, would not let him, as he turned back towards Oliver with something under his wing. Oliver backed away into the back of the cage. The pegasus opened and grabbed Oliver, bringing him out of the cage and putting on a little collar on Oliver.

The collar actually fitted Oliver nicely and was rather soft. Oliver however was still scared at why the pegasus had put a collar on him. The pegasus patted Oliver on the head and put him back in the cage before asking Oliver to say something. Oliver was confused, but didn't want to get the pegasus mad and said, "Something."

The pegasus seemed surprised but then was happy. Oliver on the other hand was even more scared than before. He put his tiny paws over his mouth confused at what he just said. The pegasus tried to reassure the little otter that nothing was wrong with his voice. Oliver was even more confused.

The pegasus explained what he had done with the collar. The collar had been a few programming and machinery that Oliver had no idea what they were. The pegasus facehoofed at Oliver and his confusion. The pegasus didn't even bother to explain anymore. Oliver had gotten the otter to Equestrian part but anything after that just went over his head.

The pegasus went over to another drawer and looked out two little black gloves. Oliver wondered if he was just here for dress up or something. The pegasus went back over to Oliver and put the gloves on him. He then instructed Oliver what do do.

Oliver was confused as to what to do properly, but did get the part to clutch one of his fist. He did as he was told and two electrified claws came out from what appeared to be nowhere. Olive had no idea that the claws were electrified and touched them with his other paw. He screamed in pain as he was electrocuted. The pegasus panicked and opened the cage to make the otter no touch the claw. Oliver could have died and he will want to for what he was going to endure.

The pegasus grabbed a plank of wood and threw it at Oliver. Oliver screamed in pain and the plank of wood hit his back and the back of his head. The pegasus raised his hooves up to stomp on Oliver but stopped shot when another midnight blue pegasus came into the room. This pegasus didn't seem so mean, but Oliver didn't take any chances and ran out the open door at the top of the stairs. He just kept running down the hall and out the front door, that was opened for some reason. He ran down the streets of the small town and through a river. He hadn't stopped until he got near the edge of the forest.

Olive might have to thank to second pegasus for giving him an escape route if and when he came back to the town. Oliver turned and ran through the forest. He ran until he got to a clearing and stopped, panting. He laid on his belly and looked around the area he was at. There were trees and bushes. There was also a wooden wolf/dog thing. Oliver jumped up to his paw and ran away from the wooden beast. He didn't stop running until he got to a path. He took that time to decide that this forest was much more dangerous than the town with the crazy pegasus.

Oliver ran down the path back to the little town. As he ran he bumped into a yellow pegasus who 'eep'ed and backed away from Oliver. Oliver looked up at the pegasus noticing that she had hid behind her pink mane. Oliver pawed at her hoof a little bit before he decided not to say anything and just run around the pegasus, back down the path. The pegasus was far to shy to help him.

He made it back to the town safely and saw the midnight pegasus from before, the one with out the tool belt. Oliver ran over to the pegasus and pawed at his hoof. The pegasus looked down at him and smiled. Oliver asked the pegasus if he could ask the pegasus with the tool belt to tell him what the gloves Oliver was wear did. The pegasus petted Oliver and told him to say there while he went to ask his brother.

Oliver was surprised the two pegasus were related despite the obvious personality difference. He waited for the pegasus to return. Some ponies that pasted by him looked down at him, curious. Oliver just waved to the ponies and the ponies waved back.

When the midnight pegasus finally came back, Oliver was almost asleep. Oliver looked up at the pony and asked what the gloves did. The pegasus told him that they were suppose to let him to create whatever he wanted out of water and that it became almost like a solid object.

Oliver thanked the pegasus and went over to a fountain to try this ability. He dipped his paw into the water and through about a sword. He felt something in his paw and clutched it. He lifted his paw from the water to see that he was holding a blue water sword. He was amazed by the sword. He let go of the sword only for it to turn back to water once he released it.

Oliver found a small belt that looked like it could hole a few vials of water and a few objects. Oliver strapped the belt around his waist and ran away from the town. He went for town to town looking for little vials he could fill with water. During one of his scouting missions he found a blue bandanna with a black trim and put it on so it would hid his collar.

Personality: Oliver is a playful, silly otter that loves to meet new ponies. He may also act tough but when it comes to something that reminds him of his mentally scaring time as a test subject, he will be a coward and run.

Current Home: None

Misc: He is as tall of a normal pony if he stands on two legs.

AurumTempestas wrote:

Name: Rat

Approved.

AurumTempestas wrote:

Name: Rebel "Bell" Blade

Just to cross the t's and dot the i's, character approved.

The_Pariah wrote:

Name: Gem Factorem

Approved.

Star Sentinel wrote:

Name: Oliver

Approved.

Name: Shen Ankh

Race: Unicorn

Age: 237

Mane: Long, a beautiful, shimmering, metallic gold

Coat: Dark grey, slight brown tinge

Cutie mark.: An Egyptian shen with an ankh inside of it, both gold

Extra details that aren’t needed but are nice to add: Deep, sapphire eyes, seemingly crystalline as well

Distinguishing Features: Her eyes, her mane, and how she radiates calmness

Specialty (eg. special spells, unique powers etc): Healing magic, she is the best, but she is limited to only half of what her originally large mana pool once was. The reason for her limitations is simple, the half of her magic she cannot access is being used to keep her alive, and Immortal. She cannot die from any naturally formed diseases or old age or anything else.

Her body stopped aging at twenty-five. The way this occurred was when she unlocked her potential through an ancient Ponyptian ritual that lets her speak to the embodiment of her power. The embodiment of hers was actually a cat, and they spoke to each other, and the cat offered to allow her true power to reveal itself. Shen agreed reluctantly, and when she woke back up, her mana was limited, and she could no longer reach her potential's manifestion form. She later found that she had stopped aging after about five years.

Weaknesses: Violence. She is pacifist unless one involves children or someone she considers a friend. She can still die from poison, blood loss, stabbing, shot, and anything else caused by someone else.

Occupation: Medic/Doctor/Nurse, she knows everything about healing, even herbal remedies.

Gear: The most standard issue of medical kit. A waterproof cloak for when it rains. And a small white hoofband around her upper front right leg, with a red cross on it, from when she was a lot younger.

History: Shen was born long ago, in a largely different country, but she only remembers the past fifty years, from when she first entered Equestria. Shen started in Manehattan, and moved every year, trying to find a place she liked. She currently has been in Canterlot the past twelve years, and likes it there. She took a job as a doctor and began to help ponies like she thinks she remembers doing when she was younger. She has made many friends, and considers her mane and eyes the reason for such, since they are actually a very natural, if very rare, coloration from her original home country of Ponypt.

Personality: Kind, helpful, polite, never angry unless her rules of battle are violated: don't touch the children, don't touch my friends' and she always exudes a sense of calm.

Current Home: Canterlot.

Misc: She loves candy.

Johnny Maker wrote:

Name: Grievern

Approved.

AurumTempestas wrote:

Name: Shen Ankh

I thought I already did this but... needs more history about how she became immortal, and all will be well.

DerLampman wrote:

Everyone of my characters is in the universe of my main story...

OK. Character approved.

Name: Grey
Race: Undead, Stallion, Earth Pony
Age: Late thirties, has lived in limbo for an extra ten years.
Mane: His mane is slicked back sloppily, reaching just past his ears. It is a faded dark lavender color. His tail is unruly and is the same color as his mane except for a slight discoloration at the end of the tail where it has dragged against the ground.
Coat: A light grey color with slightly darker greys mixed throughout, creating a splotchy look.
Cutie mark: Was once a map with the sun and the moon separated by the path marked in red on the map. Is now a swirling vortex of black and grey.
Distinguishing Features: Constantly appears in heavy clothing, not revealing an inch of his person. Because underneath lies his secret, he is falling apart. His coat is growing darker in places, old and new scars are appearing all over, his mane is falling apart, his eyes appear to be void of color, and overall looks undeadish.
Specialty: He is undead and therefore cannot die. Has gained a tolerance to pain and incredible strength since becoming an undead.
Weaknesses: Along with his body falling apart, he is slowly descending into madness. He is losing his mind, his memories, and his sense of self. Soon he will be nothing more than a mere husk of his former self.
Occupation: Vagabond.
Gear: A dark green hooded trench coat with a grey face wrap to entirely cover his face. A patchwork of sewn together clothing to cover the rest of his body down to his hooves. It is a mixture of many different dark colors: reds, blues, browns, greens, greys, and blacks. Carries a greatsword that is the length of his body on his back, which is decorated in a radiant blue.
History: Grey was an explorer. He traveled across all of Equestria searching for the most stunningly beautiful landscapes known to pony. He even traveled across the great oceans to new lands hardly touched by the ponies of Equestria. He saw what many ponies may never see in their life times. Tall mountains, expansive valleys, roaring rivers, and lush forests were abundant. He even met new and strange creatures, some friendly and others not so much.

On one of these travels Grey explored a cave deep in a forest full of dangerous monsters, much like the Everfree Forest except many times worse. Delving deeper into the dark cave led by torch light, he discovered that the inside was ponymade. Structures that were carved into the side of the enormously spacious cavern were spectacular. There were even natural light sources from the glowing water abundant in the cavern. A waterfall from the ceiling was pouring the water into the small lake surrounding the city, some of it was submerged. Upon exploring the abodes in the cavern Grey learned much about the past civilization that lived there. He learned a lot from the left over texts that managed to survive. But what he discovered was too abhorrent and shocking for him. In the final years of the underground nation, there was talk of a terrible curse a group of ponies had unleashed. The curse of the undead.

Grey read of the atrocities committed by the sane and insane after the curse spread throughout the nation. Ponies who were cursed were marked by the sign of the undead, a swirling vortex of black and grey that replaced the cutie mark. Those marked by the sign were hunted and killed, but once the ponies learned the cursed could not die, they banished the cursed ones to the dark dungeons below. But the curse was not silenced by this and soon the entire nation had succumb to the terrible curse of the undead.

Through further reading, Grey learned the cause of the curse. The ponies here had only learned of it after the curse had destroyed their nation, but kept record of it to prevent such a disaster from ever happening again. A relic of the past, a stone of pure black, had been found in the deep reaches of the cavern, far beneath the cavern and the even the dark dungeons. A team of foolish explorers had braved the impenetrable darkness of the caves below. There they found nothing, except for the stone, tucked away in a tall chamber. They brought it back for study, but there was nothing to be gained from it, it was merely a stone to the ponies, a very beautiful stone. But that is when it all began.

In the text, a pony theorized that the stone must be the cause of the curse, the Cursed Stone of Black. When the ponies that were first marked as the undead had broken free from the dungeons below, they mindlessly gathered to the stone. They were driven by an invisible force to it and struck down anypony that got in their way. They kept it safe and never ventured far from it. What was left of the sane ponies, as sane as one could be marked by the curse, made an attempt to take the stone. These ponies succeeded in taking the stone, but they were unable to break the stone. No matter the weapon or force they used the stone would not crack or crumble. So they decided to seal it away back where the explorers had first discovered it. And now that is where the ponies marked by the curse lay, gathered around the Cursed Stone of Black. The rest of the text slowly descends into scribblings of a mad pony with a single phrase repeating throughout, “It calls to me.”

Grey ventured further in the cavern, curious of this stone. He knew that it would not be smart to get near the stone and made a vow not to travel to it’s resting place as pointed out in the texts he read. But unbeknownst to him the stone had moved. While traveling along the edge of the water, Grey noticed a large hole, it looked as though more light was emanating from within. When he followed the light into the secondary cave he saw them, ponies marked by the curse of the undead.  The light had been the torches still carried by the walking corpses and left on the walls in sconces. Grey ran from the undead, scared out of his wits. Luckily they did not follow for long, but that didn’t keep Grey from running out of the cavern entirely.

Grey wanted to lock away that frightful memory and continue exploring, unfortunately that would not be the case. One day, upon waking from nightmare fueled sleep, Grey discovered the curse mark in place of his cutie mark. The undead must have brought the Cursed Stone of Black up from the secret chamber it had been sealed away in so long ago. The thought terrified him, he was marked by this curse sign and he would inevitably turn into the beasts he saw with his own eyes. But for now, Grey did not feel any different and ignored the fact that he would turn into a monster and continued to explore. He was hopeful that the curse would remain to those who got close to the stone and would not, by proxy, infect those around him.

Many years have passed since that time and the curse has slowly started taking over, crumbing Grey’s psyche and destroying his body. It’s only a matter of time before he loses it completely and returns to the stone. But he plans to make the most of his remaining time doing what he loves, exploring.

Personality: Over the years Grey has lost a lot of what made him, him. The eroding caused by the curse has diminished his focus, his passion, and his sense of being. He doesn’t talk much anymore and has trouble remembering. He still travels, but mostly because he’s never known anything else. Grey tries to put on a tough act and convey that nothing is wrong, but deep down he is alone and afraid. He is scared that he will lose himself and venture back to the stone where he will spend the rest of eternity.
Current Home: No home.
Misc: Grey picked up his greatsword during his travels. Even though it looks intimidating and is very powerful, Grey hardly ever uses it. Only when he is hard pressed to find another solution to the problem in front of him does he actually resort to using it as a weapon.
Drawing:

Name: Scythe Spin
Race: Unicorn
Age: 30
Alignment: Good when sane, Neutral / bad when insane
Mane: black with white ends, spiky
Coat: Dark blue
Cutie mark.: Spinning scythe
Extra details that aren’t needed but are nice to add: Has two personalities: Sane and Insane, is usually seen with his armor, rarely without
Distinguishing Features: his enormous glowing scythe
Specialty (eg. special spells, unique powers etc): Knows how to handle the scythe well, creates portals to almost anywhere in the range of 250km.
Weaknesses: Dark magic, fire
Occupation: Mercenary
Gear:
Scythe:
Armor[PONIFIED]:
History: Born across the seas, hated pretty much everyone in his little village. When he was sent in the field with a scythe to cut the grass, he instead learned how to swing the scythe and use it in combat efficiently when nobody was watching. When he was around 17, he first killed his employer who was paying him almost nothing to work on his fields, hid his body somewhere in the fields so nobody would suspect anything. This, ofcourse, began a major chaos, since the pony who Scythe murdered was the only supplier of food for the village. For some reason this set out some riots and while the leaders of the village were trying to fight against the rioters, Scythe stole the village's hidden and most valuable treasure: The Galaxycthe (seen in the image above). With his scythe skills, he effectively used the Galaxcythe against the leaders and brutally murdered them all in front of the rioters. He was then chased out of the village by the rioters who now hated him for stealing the village's treasure. While finding a new home, he came upon a town which had a big library. He found a book on portals there and studied them until he mastered them. A few years of traveling later he decided to sail overseas and arrived in Equestria.
Personality: Kind to those who prove they won't attempt to attack him in any way, likes to get drunk to forget his troubles, is quiet most of the time, but will try to start a conversation if possible.
Current Home: Horseshoe bay
Misc: Hates everyone who dares to touch his scythe and will attempt to murder them

DragonXneoN wrote:

Name: Scythe Spin

Approved.

Mosley wrote:

Name: Grey

Approved.