OC Character Thread 2 (This thread is now locked, please use the OC Character Thread 3 above)

Name: Absent Silhouette

Race: Thestral

Age: 45

Mane: Straight and black with a long fringe that can cover her left eye when brushed down; has a streak along the left side which is dyed blue with a pattern of stars, to match Princess Luna.

Coat: Gunmetal Grey

Cutie Mark: A vault door

Distinguishing Features: Bears some scars after her years in the guard, most notably a gash running underneath her left eye caused by a slash by the changelings during the invasion of Canterlot.

Gear: Uses the Armor of the Alicorns for her duties as Vault Guardian; outside of that duty she still has and is permitted to use her night guard armor (with insignia removed) and her old spear and shield.

Specialty: Wears the powerful Armor of the Alicorn, a full suit of armor colored in white and gold; the armor is imbued with a fragment of magic from every living unicorn, allowing Silhouette to mimic the powers of the alicorns at the skill and power level of a learned unicorn. Understandably this armor is not allowed to leave Canterlot Castle; it is blocked behind a magical barrier which only Celestia or Luna can unseal and the armor will physically lock up if Silhouette leaves the castle in it without Celestia or Luna's express permission.

Even without the armor however, Absent Silhouette is an experienced and powerful combatant, specialised in using an enemies momentum against them and trained to take on multiple opponents at once; she was trained for uneven odds due to her position as the guardian of the Canterlot Castle Vaults and Royal Burial Chambers, and she does so with lethal efficiency.

Weaknesses: Silhouette is skilled but without the Armor of the Alicorns is essentially a normal pony in peak physical condition; threatening but manageable by an equally skilled foe. In addition with Silhouette having devoted so much time to training to be a guard, her flight skills are average to below average depending on the day. 


Occupation: Royal Guard, specifically assigned to guarding the most heavily guarded vaults of Canterlot Castle containing some of the most dangerous and powerful artifacts in the kingdom, in addition to the burial chambers for members of the royal family.

History: Silhouette joined the guard at the relatively late age of 24; most recruits join straight out of school or college for training, while Silhouette struggled to find her place in life, turning to the guard after a failed attempt at a career in business; despite her older age and some misgivings over thestrals at the time, Silhouette quickly silenced those doubts and trained her hardest to earn her place, including constantly throwing herself into the most dangerous and/or exhausting of routines to show her worthiness, though this did lead to her having to sit out with injuries more often than most.

After four years of loyal service Celestia offered Silhouette a promotion, moving her out of Canterlot itself to be in charge of guard duty on important transport trains; it was there she met her eventual husband, Holiday Road, working as a warehouse worker taking supplies off the train. The two of them began dating after several months of spending their lunch breaks together during shipment days.

When Luna finally returned from her banishment it was decided that Silhouette had proven herself over the years worthy of the position of the Vault Guardian position; while she initially hesitated due to having a family now, Silhouette eventually accepted the position and now divides her time between her duties and trying to be the best parent possible to her children.

Personality: A warm mare with a caring personality, Silhouette has always been something of a "team mother" as the other guards would call it, patching up injuries and looking after the new recruits, giving encouragement when needed and pushing them when they needed that more than a caring word to show their best.

Silhouette tries to keep work and her life as separate as possible; she rarely takes off her helm on duty and never since becoming the Vault Guardian, even her children are unaware of the full extent of her job but that's mostly by necessity due to some of the vaults themselves being top secret, they only know that she works as part of the guard.

Above all Silhouette adores her family; she and Holiday Road have been happily married for over a decade and a half and the two of them fawn over their children to no end. Silhouette is especially close to her eldest son Road Block, who wants to take after his mother and join the royal guard, which Silhouette is happy to help him prepare for as long as he promises to do well in school too.

Current Home: Silhouette currently lives with her family in a manor house provided by the princesses for the pony holding the title of the Vault Guardian, which is as close to Canterlot Castle as the layout of the city will geographically allow.

Miscellaneous: Silhouette has a tattoo which reads Matris Postremo Donarem in small handwriting style text on her left side; this same phrase is engraved into the inside helm of the Armor of the Alicorns. Silhouette got the tattoo when she found the engraving to commemorate her new role.

Name: Holiday Road

Race: Unicorn

Age: 37

Mane: Straw colored, usually kept short and scruffy

Coat: Seafoam Green

Cutie Mark: A globe

Distinguishing Features: Has an unusually sharp horn with a much more defined point than is usually natural.

Gear: Typically little, for his days working the trains he usually had a jack and wrench in case of malfunctions on the doors or other parts of the train.

Specialty: Has experience working around trainlines and due to his experience as having to unload important shipments he has dexterous control over his natural telekinesis, able to use it with great finesse and control on multiple tasks at once; this is very useful around the house as he now uses it.

Weaknesses: Has no combat training of any description unlike his wife and is a pacifist by nature.

Occupation: Formerly a trainline worker, now works from home as a holiday planner for rich Canterlot families.

History: Holiday Road grew up in a poor family in Fillydelphia; the family was close despite the poverty, which was something that Holiday Road continued when he eventually had his own family. Since the family had trouble keeping the money flow high, Holiday Road was required to get a job quite early, landing a job cleaning the local train station at 15 after having lied about his age.

When a job opened up to work as a shipment unloader, which paid much better than a cleaner, Holiday again lied about his age to get the job. He was found out relatively soon by his supervisor but the supervisor agreed to vouch for Holiday since he had proven himself to be rather good at the job and he was willing to work long hours that the other stallions were more reluctant to work, so he continued to work at the old train station unloading luggage and business shipments.

When he turned 19 Holiday was offered to move out to Canterlot to work at their freight train station where he would deal with deliveries directly to and from the castle. He agreed and departed to Canterlot, still sending parts of his paychecks back home to support his family. 

When he was 20 and supervising over a shipment of sculptures for that year's Grand Galloping Gala the stallion met the guard in charge of watching over the delivery, Absent Silhouette. Since the two of them were usually working together as Holiday was in charge of unpacking the shipment while Silhouette was checking it on the crown's behalf, the two of them quickly began spending time together in their off hours; after roughly six months of this Holiday worked up the guts to ask Silhouette on a date, an offer she happily accepted.

The two continued their relationship before marrying just under two years later. Silhouette had also in the meantime sent a large amount of her savings to Holiday's family anonymously; when Holiday found out was when he was convinced Silhouette was the mare he wanted to marry. 

Since getting married Holiday has taken up a different job organising holiday destinations from home on behalf of rich Canterlot families, with help from a business stallion by the name of Fancy Pants in getting started. This new home job not only allows Holiday to finally come off work without being tired but also means he can be a house husband for his and Silhouette's three foals, since Silhouette has to work long hours and cannot work from home in any reasonable fashion.

Personality: Due to his poor upbringing Holiday Road is very non-materialistic and wants for little, much preferring to make new friends or see new places to commit to memory than to get some expensive gift (for this reason Silhouette's birthday and anniversary presents are usually a holiday to some exotic or fancy location rather than something physical, since she knows Holiday will love them). 

Holiday Road learned from his parents to always value your children as highly as you would want to be valued, as such he devotes a great amount of time to not just making sure his children eat properly, behave and do their homework but also to making sure to put time aside to play with them, especially when Silhouette has time off and they can play as a family; trips out to the park are very common in their household.

Holiday is usually a very laid back stallion with an easy going approach to life and a friendly attitude. As could be expected though this vanishes very quickly if his children are insulted or even worse threatened in any way; despite Silhoeutte's status as Vault Guardian, she will insist Holiday is far scarier than her if he feels the need to defend his children.

Miscellaneous: Holiday has a mild case of tourettes syndrome which causes him to have a physical tic of tapping his left rear hoof five times in rhythm. Because of this he sometimes has trouble sleeping.

ObsidianPony wrote:

Name: Absent Silhouette

Approved, with bells on.

ObsidianPony wrote:

Name: Holiday Road

Approved, with bells on.

Name: Ko'tan Kadai

Race: Thestral

Age: 31

Mane: Jet black

Coat: Dark Charcoal

Cutie mark.: Firedrake Head (http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Salamanders?file=Salamanders_Banner.jpg)

Extra details that aren't needed but are nice to add: N/A

Distinguishing Features: Kadai has lighter markings around his eyes and muzzle, generally a slow gradient the closer to his eyes/muzzle.

Specialty (eg. special spells, unique powers etc): Kadai specializes in two handed weaponry, where he prefers the battleaxe above all other weapons. Having mastered the two handed battleaxe, his combat prowess is remarkable upon the battlefield.

Weaknesses: The element of surprise and dirty fighting. Kadai expects to fight a fair fight. He finds the battles to be more adequate and fun.. unless when he is made angry. Kadai has a short temper in which could be used against in, in which he becomes rather reckless. He also has a fear of the supernatural. ie: Ghosts

Occupation: Commander of the small mercenary group he had formed called; Aegis.

Gear: Two handed battleaxe, full Nightmare era-plate armor, phoenix blade wing exo (an exo suit that supports golden phoenix feathers fashioned like lethal daggers on the edges of his wings).

History: Ko'tan Kadai was born within a small Nightmare Guard encampment that had a small force of Nightmare Moon's loyal servant soldiers part of the First battalion. However, the encampment had been found by Royal Guard forces, and was razed to the ground by the overwhelming forces. Both of the young Thestral's parents were slaughtered as they tried to put up a futile resistance against such overwhelming odds. Fortunately, the little foal, among with two other younglings, was forced into one of the newest recruits that was being trained; Private Pyriel.

Ten years later:

Kadai had been pressed into the Lunar Guard ranks, as his parents were formerly apart of their faction, it only made sense to raise the young foal with their ways and beliefs. To their surprise, the young foal had showed potential to lead, and to be effective within combat. There was only one problem. That anger.. the anger that the orphan had stored within him was almost uncontrollable. He had been told his parents were killed by the Royal guard. Why would they do that? They would pay. He had sworn to wipe the entire Royal Guard from the face of the world. However, a newly promoted Captain had taken him under their wing. Captain Pyriel began to raise the young foal, and shape that anger as a tool to be directed at his foes, and only his foes. Funnily enough, when given the choice to choose a weapon to train with, the foal had pointed out the two handed battleaxe. From then on, the little foal was to be trained as a Vanguard soldier for his evident brutality.

Fourteen years later:

Ko'tan Kadai had rose through the ranks of the Vanguard, as apart of the Fourth Company, to the rank of Lieutenant. Being a veteran of several campaigns, the stallion began to become infamous with that two handed battle axe. He carved his way through the thick of fights, enjoying the thrill of the hunt, as blood painted his armor, and the looks of shock stared up at him before he cut them down. Upon the battlefield, Kadai was a ball of anger, unleashed by the Lunar guard. Here, he could let his emotions out, and direct them as a tool to smite down his foes.

Present:

After a reckless incident within the Lunar ranks, Kadai was forced out of their faction. Furious, he created his own private military in which he recruited several officers within the Lunar ranks who had stayed by his side and were loyal. Deemed a heretic, and mad with corruption, the former Lunar Lieutenant fled to his home city of Neighagara Falls where he set up his camp of operations where the name Aegis is the new major military faction. Also worth mentioning; He is in an open relationship with a bat ballerina named Uproar, in which he shows the highest amount of affection to. Nobody messes with his Uppy. [/b]

Personality: Kadai is quick tempered, and overzealous. When the stallion is pushed, he will stop at nothing to destroy whatever made him mad. Be it sentient or not. However, there is a completely different side to him. That.. soft chewy core. When one gets close to him, enough to receive his affection, he becomes a soft hearted stallion. Despite his corrupted motives, he will stop at nothing to protect those he loves. He is extremely affectionate, and loves affection..

Current Home: Neighagara Falls

Misc:..He is cuddly, because soft fluffy bat chest.[/b]

KotanKadai wrote:

Name: Ko'tan Kadai

Approved.

Name: Thriamvos

Race: Polemistic Unicorn

Age: 37

Mane: Short, dark rusty color.

Coat: Light, stony grey.

Cutie mark.: A spear crossed over a shield.

Extra details that aren't needed but are nice to add: His eyes are a light shade of orange.

Distinguishing Features: His very tall and muscular stature.

Specialty (eg. special spells, unique powers etc): Thriamvos was born, raised, and still lives as a warrior. He is very physically strong and is great at using his shield as both a defensive and offensive weapon. He is also very good at using any form of melee weaponry, but has only mastered spears and hoof-to-hoof. He also has expert aim when throwing spears or javelins, rarely missing his targets, unless they are moving quickly. The stallion also, since he is a unicorn, has a rather massive mana pool and can negate levitation or telekinesis used on himself. This stallion has also learned a very versatile technique that he calls, rather simply 'Steel Skin'. As the name suggests, it gives his skin steel-like qualities, hardening them to be capable of taking stronger hits and withstanding more than his normal body could.

Weaknesses: Since Thriamvos is a very physical fighter, he never learned any magic beyond telekinesis and charging objects with mana. His only defense against magic is his shield, so magical attacks will still hit him hard. He also has no real way of countering a flying opponent besides throwing his spears at them. Thriamvos also rarely knows when to back down, even having tried to take down dozens of opponents all on his own. While using his Steel Skin ability, Thriamvos is completely incapable of moving the parts that are hardened by the technique. Steel Skin is also a drain on his mana pool, making him have to conserve mana and use the ability sparingly, as well as magic not being defended against as well as physical forces are.

Occupation: Mercenary.

Gear: Thriamvos has two enchanted steel bracers, the left one is enchanted with a storage spell for his shield, the right one is enchanted to be able to create any form of spear out of mana so long as Thriamvos charged it with mana, be it on the spot or charged earlier on. The stallion also has a plumed steel helmet that is enchanted to cast his face in shadows, but allow his eyes to glow from beneath it, purely for cosmetic reasons. As for armor, the stallion only wears a leather belt, sandles, and iron-studded battle skirt.

History: Thriamvos was born in a mountainous country called the Polemistis, a nation known for it's powerful armies and it's extremely tough terrain. Thriamvos was raised as everyone in Polemistis was. He was raised all his life for combat, being taught hand-to-hand and trained to be strong and endurant until age sixteen, when he was given the choice of weapons to use. He chose his shield and spear. After that choice, the next ten years of his life were devoted to mastering everything there was to know about using a shield and spear in tandem. The last two years of that mastery were quite literally in the heat of battle, as another country had decided to declare war, and sent an army in to destroy the Polemistis. And, well, to the Polemistic Population...War and battle are not what they are to others. To these warriors, battle is just their form of party and revels. Thriamvos was no different, he fought and laughed like a demon, working together with his kin as a single, deadly force. Even outnumbered three to one, Polemistis stood firm. After a few years, Thriamvos himself decided to leave his country, and he boarded a ship to Equestria, his thoughts on nothing but the dragons that dwelled there, like he thought about fighting one. A month later, he was in Equestria, and he put his combat skills to use as a Mercenary, and began to travel the country. But he never ran into the type of fighting that he used to revel in, so he ends up bored plenty of his time nowadays.

Personality: Thriamvos is loud, out-going, and always up for a sparring match or brawl. He may be cocky or very confident at times, but only because he is very sure of himself.

Current Home: N/A

Misc: He likes to bake.

BronzeFog wrote:

Name: Thriamvos

Character approved.

Name: Torrential Wave/Tsunami

Race: Unicorn

Age: 21 (Acts like he's 15)

Mane: Cobalt, aquamarine, royal, and sky blue

Coat: A pale blue

Cutie mark.: A group of gems surrounded by water

Extra details that aren't needed but are nice to add: Wave carries a trident on his back named Ariell

Distinguishing Features: The trident on his back and the four silver earrings on his left ear

Specialty (eg. special spells, unique powers etc): Wave specializes in enchanting gems for magical jewlery and also in aquatic magic.

Weaknesses: Childish, goofy, overly playful, sometimes rather annoying / Angry, constantly irritated, sad, lonely

Occupation: Enchanted jewelry shop owner

Gear: His trident, enchanted jewelry and water canteens when there's no water to use.

History: Wave was born into a wealthy family of unicorns in Canterlot, his mother a designer and his father an actor. Regardless of the wealth they had, it never truly mattered to Wave. He wouldn't use his wealth for selfish reasons like other children or adults. He would often spend it on buying food for those less fortunate than himself. His caring nature and cheerful ways touched the hearts of many ponies in Canterlot, including his sister. Wave and his sister were always together and always playing games. One day, when they went on a business trip with their mother to Ponyville, they were playing around near the Everfree forest. Wave thought it'd be fun to play hide and seek inside, so he ran in, his sister close behind. Wave told her to count to ten and ran off, hiding behind a bush. He waited for a little while for his sister to find him but then heard a growling noise. Standing in front of him were a small group of timberwolves ready to attack. Wave's heart stopped at the sight and he screamed, alerting his sister who was  a little ways away. Wave ran quickly to find his sister and instead found himself cornered between a cliff and the pack of wolves. He cowered and waited for them to attack until the sound of wood breaking stopped him, looking up to see his sister trying to fight them all off. Ariel three the wolves at trees and used her magic to throw rocks at them, but more and more came from out of the bushes, more than she could handle. When the wolves began surrounding her, she told Wave to run and get help, that she would be okay. So he ran as fast as he could, running to their mother and telling her what happened. Their mother ran and got a few guards passing by and some willing ponies to come help. As they ran back into the Everfree, they saw the group of wolves biting and clawing at his sister, blood and bruises all over her. They all jumped in and fought off the group, or as many as they could to get his sister out of the way. Soon, they arrived at the hospital and she was quickly taken to the ER, Wave following close behind them, scared and worried about his sister. After hours of waiting, the doctor came back out and looked to the floor in sorrow, shaking his head. The poison from the multiple timberwolves quickly reached her blood, they couldn't get it all out... She passed away that day, and left her family to mourn. But her little brother Wave, who was only 9 at the time, had the worst of it. For the next following months, Wave would simply go to school, come home and lock himself in his room. He would eat, but in very small portions, and he wouldn't speak to anyone. Many had thought the trauma of losing his sister had driven him to contemplating suicide, and many were right. But he would just lay there in his room, staring at the empty bed across from his where his sister would sleep and read him stories, even hold him when he had a bad dream. On the day of his tenth birthday, Wave's parents told him they had a gift for him. Wave finally came out of his room and crawled down the stares solemnly, his eyes bloodshot and his cheeks stained with his tears. When he got to his parents his father held out a shimmering silver trident. He held it in his hooves and looked at it sadly. He didn't thank his parents or even speak, he just walked back up to his room with the weapon in his mouth. He placed it down in his sister's bed and sat back on his. He gazed at the trident and then at the ground. While this was happening, in Wave's head, a being was emerging. From all the built up pain and loneliness that he felt, mixed with all the rage and sadness that he had towards himself. After a couple years, Wave graduated from school at age 12 and went into enchanting, as well as practicing his magic. He studied for years and finally began perfecting his art. He was finally beginning to get over his sister's death and started moving on. But then, late at night while he was finishing up a gem, he heard a voice no different from his own, telling him "You're weak..." And "You could've saved her if you weren't so slow..." Wave grew scared of this voice in his head, walking to the bathroom and splashing water on his face. Looking up however, he saw a pony with a darker coat than his, and a dark glare in his eyes. Ever since then, he would see that same pony whenever he slept, looked in a mirror, or even hear his voice when he was doing his day-to-day activities. Finally, at age 18, Wave's parents bought him a jewelry store, already full of gems and jewelry of all kinds. He quickly got to work and fulfilled orders by the dozens, mainly from mares that would regularly come in and buy four or five items at a time or stallions that wanted to buy a gift for their special somepony. After work, Wave would practice his magic and finally decided to start using his trident, practicing with it in the backyard his family had. A year later, Wave had grown attached to the trident and (Can't remember the word) indented a name on the handle. By it wasn't his name, it was the name of someone he cared for and loved, someone close to his heart. He named the trident Ariel, after his sister.

Personality: Bubbly, silly, joyful, sometimes sad / Angry, annoyed, often irritated or easily irritable, lonely, hates everyone, including himself.

Current Home: Canterlot, but often visits Ponyville to make deliveries to the Carousel Boutique

Misc: When Wave gets lonely, angry, or sad, Tsunami comes out

CloudCrusher wrote:

Name: Torrential Wave/Tsunami

Another heartbreaker. Approved tho.

Name: Sacred Knowledge

Race: Pegasus

Age: 28

Mane: Green

Coat: Brown

Cutie mark: A book wrapped in a bow.

Extra details that aren't needed but are nice to add: She has light green eyes.

Distinguishing Features: A little communicator device strapped onto her left hoof and a light blue scarf.

Specialty (eg. special spells, unique powers etc): She is quite nimble and has a rather good knowledge about machines and the likes.

Weaknesses: She is not physically strong and she gets distracted farely easily.

Occupation: Book Store Owner

Gear: Her little communicator that helps her communicate with others when she isn't answering a yes or no question.

History: Sacred was born a mute filly. Her mom and dad did their best to help her communicate with others, but it was always quite difficult. She was even bullied a little for her muteness. As she grew older, she yearned to communicate with others other than with pen and paper. She sought out the help of her parents to find a way to make it easier for her.

Her father, being a sheet metal worker, helped her make the beginning frame of what would become her communicator. Her mother, a librarian, helped wire up the electronics and put an enchantment on it to keep it from rusting in the rain or weathering. Sacred then made her mom voice out every single word in the equestrian dictionary. Sure it was time consuming, but the work payed off. Sacred could finally communicate with others without using lots and lots of paper.

Personality: She is quite timid most of the time, but if things get hairy she will not hesitate to make her opinions known. She is a great friend who will stick with her friends through thick and thin.

Current Home: Trottingham

Misc:

Name: Muryokuna

Race: Alicorn

Age: 56, looks barely 20.

Mane: Long, lush black, with a single streak of bright red.

Coat: Black.

Cutie mark.: A cracked shield next to a broken sword.

Extra details that aren't needed but are nice to add: Her eyes are a soft shade of light red.

Distinguishing Features: She is an alicorn. And her terrible color scheme is also a distinguishing feature.

Specialty (eg. special spells, unique powers etc): Muryokuna has an absolutely massive mana pool. She also is rather cute, but nothing special.

Weaknesses: She has barely any knowledge of magic besides basic telekinesis, nor does what she knows ever goes well. She once tried to form a barrier, and it exploded with quite a bit of kinetic force.

Occupation: She works at a Candy Shop.

Gear: Muryo always wears a light grey hoodie.

History: Muryo was born in Trottingham, and raised there rather normally, besides the young mare never being taught magic, for the sole reason of the spells always breaking something when she tried them. She grew up simply, never having too many friends, and making plenty of enemies with the meaner people around town. But after she moved out from her parents' home, she went to Canterlot, and found a nice little candy shop to work at, making friends with the owner and her daughter rather quickly, and time passed very simply for the mare, just relaxing, working, and going out every once in a while. Nothing special happened for the next decade or so, and still to this day, Muryo works at the candy shop, content to stay there until her co-workers cease to be fun to hang out with.

Personality: Muyro is a very kind mare, and always tries to help others if she can.

Current Home: An apartment in Canterlot.

Misc: Coffee is her best friend at times.

Star Sentinel wrote:

Name: Sacred Knowledge

*hugs the Star, kisses her ears, and puts her in her box with some extra tasty muffins* Approved.

BronzeFog wrote:

Name: Muryokuna

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Approved. x.x

Name: Winter Frost (In case you want a bigger and clearer picture)

Race: Pegasus

Age: 23

Mane: Ocean Blue like his coat. It's shown on the Profile Pic.

Coat: Ocean Blue, yet his muzzle, wings, and hooves have a grey-blue bubble effect.

Cutie mark.: Three Snowflakes that are color grey

Extra details that aren't needed but are nice to add: His eyes are strangely pink, yet he's perfectly fine with them. Like I said before, his hooves, wings, and muzzle have this "bubble effect" on him. Like of bubble bath, it has that bubble effect. He's also has the worst allergies of all of Equestria, so he typically stays indoors without giving out why he does.

Distinguishing Features:Not much other than his eyes strangely pink.

Specialty (eg. special spells, unique powers etc): Can control ice and water. Usually, he uses them to protect others, but if pushed over the edge, he would not hesitate to use them fore deadly force.

Weaknesses: His emotions. He's not manipulated easily, but mention a small foal and something about danger around him or her and he will over react faster than a volcano. He can take a bunch of bulling, and still put up a smile throughout, but mention a foal in danger, his emotions will take over. It doesn't take much to calm him down, but trying will be difficult.

Occupation: Weather Control. His job is to schedule, and make ice and water for the ponies.

Gear: A blue pouch he carries when he's going on a long trip somewhere. Other than the usual (toothbrush, clothes if needed, bits, etc.), he carries a photo of his long lost adopted foal. He's rather touchy when brought upon the subject.

History: Winter Frost was once a normal Pegasus, until an agency of ponies have come "peacefully" to retrieve Winter and bring him to the D.U.P.E (Department Under Public Eyes). A nut house full of almost insane ponies, he almost went insane himself, until he realize that on the other side of the building held a filly. A filly of the name Ora Koi, a sea pony. She was crying when he found out that she was taken from her parents, and she has no idea how to get back home. He took her in as a father, and he promised that they would get out together.

Months of planning and hard labor, they finally broke out of D.U.P.E with the brink of their lives. They lived a happy life until D.U.P.E decided to do "Operation Frost Sea" and it was a long hunt after. Unfortunately, during the hunt, Koi and Winter were separated, and Koi was never found again. Or, at least Winter was never able to find her. He finally resided in Ponyville, making friends, but staying completely away from guard infestation.

Personality: Cheery; "Supposedly" idiotic; willingly to help, yet lazy

Current Home: Ponyville

Misc: Has a strange cravings for hayburgers.

Just keeping this real short since its late for me.

Winter Frost wrote:

Name: Winter Frost

Approved.

Name: Francesca von Kafka

Race: Griffon

Age: 20

Appearance: She has a white-feathered head, white wings and yellow talons of an eagle and the grey body and tail of a lion, but a dull green colouring around her eyes and green-tipped head feathers. Her left eye is midnight, and her right a glowing green.

Her build is a lean one, lacking any sort of prominent bulk or muscle. Her wings are fairly average as well. However, her talons are especially sharp, as she maintains them regularly.

Distinguishing Features: Her right iris, in contrast to her left, faintly glows a sickly green.

Specialty: An oddity amongst griffons, Francesca has the limited capability to use magic, which means her spells are relatively weaker than normal casters’, with the exception of basic telekinesis. However, her biggest talent is in Siren magic - being able to detect and tell apart negative emotions, which generally manifest in the form of green, swirling fog, through her right eye. When it is being felt, she can see it streaming from the individual towards the floor; and in highly negative or crowded areas, where there is a lot of such emotions, it begins to pool there.

Though Francesca is naturally weak in terms of magic, and she does not possess a Siren’s ability to feed off negative emotions, she has learnt to manipulate the fog as magical essence. She can call it to her hands and fire it as pure magical energy, overcoming her usual lackluster magical performance.

Weaknesses: As mentioned above, Francesca’s magical aptitude is weak, which means she would most likely lose in any kind of fight against a dedicated caster, aside from her control over negative emotions. However, this makes her overly dependent on external factors to guarantee her performance, and she can quickly become much less useful in the absence of her specialty.

Occupation: Psychiatrist

Gear: Francesca carries around an ink pot with her all the time, often using it in conjunction with her talons to write. She owns only a few sets of clothing, but often tends to favour a plain grey hoodie (with openable flaps for her wings) when she travels out. She also carries a whip around with her, a legacy from her noble status in Germaney as a tool for ‘keeping the common ponies in line’, though she tends not to use it.

History: Francesca von Kafka, known as Franz or Franzy to her friends, was born in the Equestrian province of Germaney. Her parents, despite being griffons, were minor nobles in the local court, and as such she was a noble too - a Countess, as she would eventually become. Or would have eventually become, rather, if not for a rather unfortunate set of circumstances.

At a very young age, Francesca was brought to the Crystal Empire with her parents on a diplomatic journey. During her stay, however, she became separated from her parents and wandered the wrong way, into an entirely different world on the other side of the Crystal Mirror.

Lost and alone, and stuck in an unfamiliar body, she wandered fearfully around for a long while until someone paid enough attention to her to ask about what was going on - a young boy about her age by the name of Julian. Eventually, she was brought into their home as an adopted child.

For a long while, it was assumed by the people around her that she was suffering from acute amnesia, and that her mind was doing its best to fill in the gap with fevered dreams. But as she grew through the years, joined Canterlot High, and eventually came to live through both the Sunset Shimmer and Dazzlings incidents, Julian came to suspect that perhaps there was more truth to her memories than was originally assumed.

Julian set about making arrangements for an opening of the portal, in line with his suspicions. A few days before the arranged departure, however, Francesca was suddenly afflicted with the Siren’s Eye, which gave her her ability to see negative emotions. She was understandably panicked, and chose to return to Equestria as soon as possible - with Julian’s company - to have herself examined.

The results of the examination were inconclusive. A few types of magic, like chaos magic, were not well-documented, and Siren magic was among them. The doctors were only able to conclude that her condition was due to overexposure of the associated magics that were presumably released upon the shattering of the Siren’s necklaces. No cure was suggested.

Francesca was housed in the Crystal Empire for a while, while contact with her birth parents was being established. In the meantime, however, she had free reign of the area, and it was all very green. She began to realise that many of the guards around the place were the source of it, and through much conversation and talking she found that the soldiers were suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder of some form or another, in the aftermath of Tirek’s recent rampage through Equestria. She set to work trying to help them.

By the time her parents finally arrived at the Crystal Empire to pick her up, she had managed to make the place a lot less green. That, among other factors, made her make a decision to stay in the Crystal Empire instead of return to Germaney.

Over time, she eventually took on the job of a psychiatrist, and saw a lot of business from the Empire as well as patients from other parts of Equestria. Living in close proximity to the portal allowed her to go to and from Canterlot High as she pleased, continuing to attend lessons there while studying magic in the Crystal Empire. Now, she stays in the Empire with Julian, who decided to join her.

Personality: Francesca is generally nice and kind, as a psychiatrist ought to be, but she can sometimes have a terrible mean streak. She inherited some meanness along with her powers, which is just as well since she gains power from negative emotions. She sometimes loses control of herself, however, and that meanness can be directed where it ought not to be.

She is skilled in the art of language, being quite eloquent and persuasive, so that when she wants to bend someone’s emotions to her will - whether it be her patients’ or her enemies’ - she can do a pretty good job at it. She relishes this ability and gets a rush of power when using it, though she is careful to keep it under control.

In general, Francesca is determined and strong, with great faith in herself and the people around her. Although she holds a worldview that people are often isolated from others by their fears and their troubles, and sometimes by their inhumanity, she believes that there is good in everyone, and that everyone has the power to change themselves, She’s only there, as she says, to ‘help them along’.

Current Home: The Crystal Empire

Misc: Is often seen together with Julian, her best friend. Enjoys writing and does so in her spare time.

Name: Julian Mente

Race: Griffon

Age: 20

Appearance: He has a white-feathered head, white wings and yellow talons and a light brown body and tail, as well as light grey colouring around his eyes and grey-tipped head feathers.

Julian is not very muscular, and his wings aren’t anything to talk about. He does, however, have a distinguishing feature: he always wears black gloves over his hands.

Distinguishing Features: His hands have been replaced by mechanical ones, reminiscent of bulky skeletal hands. He wears gloves over them almost all the time… when he isn’t using their special features, at least.

Specialty: Julian’s talent lies in machinery and clockwork; he has an affinity for the mechanical, and is capable of speedily whipping up all sorts of contraptions from the barest of materials. His steel-plated mechanical hands allow him both exceedingly great precision and strength, to scavenge any suitable materials from around him and bend them into the shapes he needs. While the rest of his body is not as strong, he can work at very fast speeds when he needs to.

Weaknesses: Julian’s strength only works insofar as he has the ingenuity and the raw materials to fuel it. He can’t very well make something out of nothing. Despite his speed, he can’t really be expected to make exactly what he needs in mere split seconds; he still needs working and preparation time.

Occupation: Military Engineer

Gear: Julian’s two mechanical hands, aside from serving with extreme strength and precision, also double as some sort of Swiss-army knife in hand shape. All sorts of tools, from knives to corkscrews to nail files to pretty much anything you’d expect to see in a Swiss-army knife, are stored in those hands. Additionally, he also has a few extra tools, like a spring-mechanism butterfly knife, a hand-mounted magically-propelled grabbing device attached to a mail-reinforced rope - something like a grappling hook, just also capable of grabbing - and what he calls a ‘magic blade’, the only tool in his possession that lacks his usual mechanical flair. It is an enchanted implement, designed to harness and bind the power of a magic laser into a blade that can be turned on or shut off at will. Though only about as useful in combat as a regular sword, it is lightweight and compact when turned off.

As at least a nominal member of the Crystal Empire military, Julian also has light barding and a standard-issue sword, though he rarely uses the latter. He wears the barding often, and sometimes a brown cloak over it as well.

History: Julian did not grow up in Equestria. His world was on the other side of the Crystal Mirror, in the human world. Without magic, of course, things were generally a lot less convenient and hard to fix. Like when he lost both his hands in an accident involving sawblades, steel beams and noodles. Unfortunate, that.

Before the accident, Julian was a quiet, reserved person. After the accident, Julian continued to be a quiet, reserved person, but suddenly unable to actually do anything without external help. His skill with machinery became useless without the ability to manipulate his tools. He couldn’t do a lot of things, and had to, for a while, drop out of school at Canterlot High as he figured out what to do.

Then one day, on one of his lonely, contemplative wanderings around town, he came across a girl around his age, wandering around in equal loneliness and looking just as lost as he was. That was when things began to change.

A little while later, he returned to school, with this new girl - Francesca von Kafka - by his side as a new student. With her help, Julian was able to readjust to normal life. She helped him do what he couldn’t with her hands, from homework to carrying things to working with machinery. Julian slowly began to come out of the shell he’d retreated into, just in time for Sunset Shimmer to come in and devastate the school, and a little bit later for the Dazzlings to do the same. He lived through both events, however, and then was hit with the next bombshell when Francesca suddenly started developing the vision of the Sirens in the aftermath of the Dazzlings incident.

Julian, who had by now guessed that Francesca’s sudden and originally inexplicable appearance in town was likely attributable to the alternate universe right next door, made arrangements for her return to Equestria posthaste. When she left, however, she asked that he follow her. He acquiesced, and shortly after attained the form of a griffon alongside Francesca herself.

Once in Equestria, while things were being sorted out, Julian began to learn about magic. And he started to wonder if maybe, just maybe, magic could do for his missing hands what technology could not. To that end, he consulted Princess Cadance, and thereafter the most powerful mages there were available to the Crystal Empire, and began to work on what he liked to call ‘Project Digital’: the creation of mechanical hands for himself, a meld of machinery and enchantment. His time in Equestria was lengthened indefinitely when Francesca insisted on staying in the Crystal Empire instead of returning with her original parents, and Julian elected to stay with her as well.

After a year of hard work and determination, Julian’s efforts finally came to fruition, and his hands were restored to him. From then on he continued to stay in the Crystal Empire with Francesca, journeying back through the Crystal Mirror regularly to visit his home and his school. He eventually ended up joining the military as an engineer and working to invent and create ever more ambitious and complex machinery.

Personality: Julian is a clever and cunning individual. He can often be cruel or heartless when he decides he needs to be, and his cold personality tends to distance others from him, aside from those who know him best. He’s often seen as an efficient, effective person, succeeding in almost everything thrown his way with what appears to be minimal effort and extreme confidence.

… Purportedly.

In reality, Julian is a very vulnerable person. Since his youth, when he was straddled with all sorts of problems he couldn’t overcome, he was enamoured with the idea of a mastermind who was never at a loss no matter what came his way, and has worked for years to become that sort of person. Every decision he makes is only the tip of the iceberg; most ponies don’t see all the work, research, and careful considerations that go on beneath the surface. He has an overpowering need to get things right in order to buoy his weak self-confidence, and so works tirelessly on anything he has to achieve. His equally weak self-esteem also demands that he surpass everyone in anything he deems important, and in the fields he cannot succeed in he will mentally label as ‘unimportant’ to keep his delusions of championship alive - not that he would ever admit any of it, of course. He hides this side of him deep under his confident and self-assured demeanour, though it still surfaces from time to time.

Current Home: The Crystal Empire

Misc: Is often seen together with Francesca, his best friend.

Ician wrote:

Name: Francesca von Kafka

O_O Cool! Also, approved.

Ician wrote:

Name: Julian Mente

O_O Cool! Also, approved.

Name: The Keeper of Wasted Time

Race: Intelligent Item (pocket watch)

Age:  Precedes recorded history

Appearance: The Keeper Of Wasted Time appears to be an ornate pocket watch turned pendant via a golden necklace. Its shell matches its chain in coloration, and sports a motif of a star on its face. Its back is smooth aside from an engraving which reads: ’Ea pervadat omnemque temporis’ (It pervades all time).

Extra details that aren't needed but are nice to add:  The Keeper of Wasted Time  always feels cool to the touch, regardless of environment. It refers to itself as ‘The Keeper’. Its voice, telepathically delivered, sounds like hundreds of individual voices speaking in unison. It hints that they are the voices of its previous companions.

Specialty (eg. special spells, unique powers etc): Keeper derives its  ability to remain sentient from the innate magics of its wearer, a power source, if you will.  the relationship it and its partner share is symbiotic: it provides constant company, advice, and access to a collection of experience that precedes even Celestia and Luna in exchange for the aforementioned. The Keeper  does not suffer from physical degradation, but it does experience the full range of emotion sentient life is privy to.

To experience a moment from Keeper’s past, its partner need only ask. When they next fall asleep, Keeper shares the requested experience from the point of view of whomever it was bonded to during the events via a sort of lucid dream.


Weaknesses: Without a willing individual to experience and bond with, The Keeper Of Wasted Time is little more than a pocket watch, deferring to a sort of dormant state where it cannot even communicate with those around it.

Occupation: Observing

History: Few things have remained constant in Equus, The Keeper Of Wasted Time, is one such thing.  Since the dawn of the three tribes, it has existed, experiencing the world through the eyes of its wearer. Little is known about its origins, The Keeper knows only what its hosts have experienced, and its creator was not one of them. It does, however, know its purpose: to exist until nothing else does.  

Personality:  The Keeper is extremely empathetic towards its wearer and those around them, it is greatly saddened by their mortality… that they eventually cease to exist if left alone. This leads to it urging its partner to experience what time they have the best they can, promising them they would be remembered. It believes that so long as the memories of those it bonded with remains, so too do they.


Etc: By precedes recorded history, I mean I do not have an exact number for its age. It has existed for a very long time, long enough to have experienced Equestria from the start, and a large portion of the civilizations that came before it. If you would like to suggest a number for this, I'll gladly replace the aforementioned vague statement of age with it.

When going about actually using The Keeper Of Wasted Time in a thread, I plan on either having him be bonded with another player’s character if they and the GM agree, or,  creating a new one to wear him.

Before the history becomes an issue, I'd like to state it's intentionally vague. There is nothing to elaborate, as this is what I intended for the history to be.

I thought the idea was neat, so, I figured I'd toss it in as there was really no reason not to.

Sharp wrote:

Name: The Keeper of Wasted Time

Approved.

Name: Poisoned Coil

Race: Lamia

Age: 20

Mane: Yellow, along with the plume on his serpent-like tail, he keeps his mane braided to keep it out of his eyes

Coat: His underside is covered in red scales while his upper body is covered in dark brown fur

Cutie mark: A strange rune that symbolizes the moon and sorcery

Extra details that aren't needed but are nice to add: his underside is covered in scales and the end of his tail ends in a yellow plume

Distinguishing Features: His piercing, serpent-like eyes, his retractable fangs, his rather long tongue and large mouth. He doesn’t have hind legs, his entire back half being a serpent.

Specialty (eg. special spells, unique powers etc): His body produces a poison that is shot through his fangs into a victim of his bite, paralyzing them. The effect wears off after a few hours. He’s very flexible, physically strong and fast in short bursts.

His main talent lies in magic, primarily sorcery. His magic is much wilder than normal pony magics, giving it a strange unpredictability unaccounted for in more orderly magics and allowing Poisoned Coil a sort of artistic flexibility with his magic that most ponies don’t get. The cost of this is that he can’t repeat the same spell twice without great effort and it’s much less controllable than normal arcane artes.

Weaknesses: Even though he can move incredibly fast in short bursts, he’s still very slow in comparison to normal ponies in long distance. Even though his serpent-like back half is strong, his upper half is weaker than average due to using his tail for most of his locomotion.

Occupation: Wandering Showpony

Gear: A monocular, a short spear, spell components for summoning spells (GM determined) A gear satchel, and a few rations

Gear on the Enchanted Cart: repair tools for his cart, a crossbow and bolts for defending his cart without magic, multiple changes of clothing, multiple costumes, multiple rations

History: Poisoned Coil was born to a Saddle Arabian Lamia name Marabelle who had had an affair in a small village, and ended up having a child as a result. Marabelle took great care in raising Poisoned Coil, making sure that he would be ready for life as a magician, and taught him the three rules of being a showpony: Treat your audience with respect, never do the same act twice, and never reveal your secrets. Marabelle was the only lamia in Coil’s life, as they were rare in equestria, Coil was raised and heavily immersed in pony culture. At age 17, he decided to leave home to start his own travelling magic show, and his mother purchased an enchanted cart for him so he too could travel with all of his gear and have a home away from home. He continues to adventure and put on shows, traveling to spread the joy of magic and entertain the masses

Personality: A very happy go lucky kind of Lamia who likes the simply life of journeying with his cart and putting on shows.

Current Home: An enchanted cart with four wheels that pulls itself in the direction he wants it to go

Misc:

Wiserodin032402 wrote:

Name: Poisoned Coil

Excellent. And approved.

Name: Miu-hana.

Race: Lamia.

Age: 21

Mane: Red, well groomed, and sleekly styled.

Coat: White with the occasional scale, she has red patterns on body (for the time being).

Extra details that aren't needed but are nice to add: Her colours, patterns and marking change each time she sheds.

Distinguishing Features: She has a double pupil in her left eye which she covers with her hair.

Specialty (eg. special spells, unique powers etc): Intercorse, enticement, an immunity to most poisons and venoms, the ability to infuse a fraction of them in her venom and the ability to jumpscare ponies.

Weaknesses: Cold, large food requirement, alcohol, and a highly sensitive tail tip

Occupation: She runs a brothel in Ponyville as it is one of the most loving places in Equestria.

Gear: A multitude of clothes, hair accessories and jewelry.

History: Born in a small lamia commune to the south of the Everlast Mountains on the Crescent Islands, she was brought up like most lamia's in communities such as these, taught to trade, how to entice unsuspecting stallions to sex them, and the age old art of lamia sneaking and climbing skills.
By the age of 16, she decided it was time to leave home. She headed for the sea town of Starlight Bay and found herself a transport ship to the mainlands of Equestria. The ship was hit by a storm on its 3-day journey, no one was hurt but it left most passengers in a sleepless state. The ship docked in Baltimare where she *cough* persuaded a stallion to pay her train ticket to Canterlot. Here she was happy, and although different she found a place in the city. By her 17th birthday, she had a nice job in a coffee shop and lived as roommates with one of her colleagues, but there was something missing: she loved her job and made wonderful friends but it wasn't a life she wanted to stick with. When she was 18, she said her goodbyes and took what ever train arrived first at the station she chose to take.
It turned out to be a train a quiet old town called Ponyville. It was rather small but it was homely. She looked around and eventually she saw it: a help wanted sign in a pub. She inquired and with her brilliant *cough* qualifications, she was accepted. It was only a small-time job to keep her living and it didn't take long for her interest in the form of a dream took hold. A building, formerly a rival pub, was for sale. Miu wanted to own something like that herself but with a twist: she suggested to the landlord of the pub of whom she had gotten quite close to, that she could open a pub/brothel. He could help pay for it and after time, she'd pay him back plus interest. He agreed and and by her 19 birthday, it was open for business under the name "The Sly Snake." From there it grew, a place of happiness, alcohol and sex.

Personality: Loving, matriarchal, passionate and romantic.

Current Home: The 2nd floor of her brothel in Ponyville.

Misc: She once tied herself in a knot and spent 4 hours untying herself, nearly giving up 5 times in the process.