Post by Shadow Thrill on Aug 4, 2011 22:29:49 GMT -5
Character Information
Name: Shadow Thrill
Gender: Male
Age: Mid-teenage years. (Assume 18)
Race: Unicorn Pony
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Faction: Equestrian
Eyes: Crimson Red
Coat: Black
Mane/Tail: Long and wavy. When his mane is rarely styled straight, it will be curtained to both sides. Both Shadow's mane and tail were originally black, but now dyed dark red.
Cutie Mark: A single bat made of shadow
Image:
Art:
(All credit to Pinkie Pie for this lovely picture)
Personality: Intelligence is perhaps the most distinct trait which shines off to other ponies at first. Having studied at a private academy under the best education at one of the finest schools in Equestria, Shadow specialised in philosophy, science and logic. His effort in engaging in deep and external subjects has left him smart and knowledgeable of the world around him. Before anything, Shadow will tend to think things through and analyse scenarios before jumping to it. Let us remember though, that intelligence does not necessitate wisdom. Despite having the intelligence, Shadow can prove to be rather reckless and naive, reflecting a lack of wisdom. He can form a genius and well thought out logical plan, yet it can be as crazy and daring as it is intelligent. Sadly, he may have all the knowledge in theories, yet he lacks the life experience. In some cases he will even substitute rationality for a reckless charge when pushed far enough, at least that shows a glint of bravery. Though every pony learns to recognize that if they need the brains and answers to a problem, they would go to him.
Shadow may come across as being a 'know-it-all' but rest assure, he is as wild and adventurous as Rainbow Dash and determined to gain life experience for himself as opposed to knowing it from a book. Yes he will integrate his intelligence into crazy theories, such as designing up a crazy flying machine for the purpose of gliding around Ponyville. Of course in turn, these crazy plans are not always bound to work. Some flaws with his personality; deep down is the problem that he may be seen as too pessimistic, rather wanting to be right than happy. It's not that he deliberately sees the glass half empty, rather he tries to be a realist, even if that means his perspective is what others believe to be pessmisitc. On the surface he does not express much emotion toward others, rather keeping his portrait as a knowledgable philosopher to a political idealist with some crazy and exciting plans to make up the appeal. In a crisis he will be there to support friends of course. Though deep down, he can be quite emotional having not had many close friends nor lovers in the past; and it's a side that is very rare to see, perhaps only revealed in privacy with the most trusting friends.
Shadow has been brought up in an upper-middle class background at Academia, what would seem like the Equestrian stereotypical British style. Yes, he talks with a strong well mannered and sophisticated accent (which sounds traditionally English) and will sometimes slip in the stereotypical British terms and to top that up, he tends to be as well mannered and polite as he can, though may ease down when he gets friendlier toward a new pony. His cutie mark is a shadow bat, as will be explained under 'powers'. With the use of his horn for magical purposes, he was trained in the arts of shadow magic. Most ponies would tend to think of this pony as rather dark and sinister, fearing him and refusing to get to know him. Though he is well aware that his power and bat icon may cause fear, he has not much care for that. It's those rare ponies that get to know him, which he appreciates,making him a potentially tough cookie to befriend. Though he wants to see the world now, you may riddle it out of him that one day he would like to settle for a political career and have a say over Equestria.
Likes and Dislikes: Likes: Chess (His favourite game), coming up with crazy plans in hopes they will work, deep and external thought and discussions, wandering and adventures, close friends, discovering new and exciting objects or ideas (being easily fascinated and eager to thus study)
Dislikes: Being ignorant over X, evil ponies, having his shadow magic hurt innocents, fearing to be found too pessimistic.
Birth place: Academia
Place of residence: Travelling and about to settle in Ponyville.
Occupation: N/A (Traveller)
Talents and skills:
Powers: Unlike other unicorn ponies, Shadow only has the ability to perform what is known as shadow magic and is incapable of doing other magic most unicorn ponies can do; thus also gaining his first name. His special magic grants Shadow the abilities to manifest and control shadows as tangible forms. He is able to draw shadow from a two dimensional surface as a black semi-liquid silhouette being under his control and subject to have its shape reformed. In sacrifice to his unique power, he cannot perform universal magic like all other magical using ponies.
The shadows he can manipulate is limitless and dependable on the amount of shadows in the area. What he can always do is separate his own shadow and creates a dark-silhouette figure, his very own shadow clone which he calls a doppelgänger. The clone is then used for many purposes such as the scenario of when he is in danger and has to engage in combat or escape. Shadow is also able to swap places with his shadow at will, making it fairly hard to hit Shadow when he suspects it. With switching comes his basic magic of shadow teleportation, which merely involves Shadow entering a dark area itself with an absence of light. He is then able to teleport to other shadowy areas in his sight or at least with his doppelgänger at will.
Shadow got his cutie mark from playing around with his power as he learned much more. The direct trigger which caused it was his enjoyment of creating shadow bat swarms. Shadow can turn his shadow and the shadows around him into a myriad of balls. The balls then turn into a swarm of bats which can be used to for any means which require a swarm. Yes they can even bite when told, but rest assure, they do not drink blood. At will, Shadow can revert them back to their original shadows. For fun, entertainment and what he practices for combat, he will mostly resort to the Shadow ball. Shadow performs this by thrusting himself forward and keeping his horn stiff to draw in the shadows which build up just in front of Shadow's horn. With the more shadow drawn, a shadow ball expands and can be thrown at any time. Once thrown it is manipulated by Shadow Thrill by changing the direction of his horn via head movements. He can change the directions of the ball, as long as he remains concentrated. The ball can hit objects and targets several times, with somewhat of a solid physical form. Though the shadow ball can also explode at will, causing a liquidated dark purple splash damage around.
Lastly is the question of controlling another ponies shadow. When Shadow Thrill detaches the shadow of another pony, the shadow gains its independence from its original body. The shadow instantly becomes loyal to Shadow Thrill and allows itself to be manipulated. It acts in the same way as a shadow clone, though taking the form of another pony. The caster can command the shadow to do whatever he/she wants, as a clone and with the mannerisms style of their former body they were attached to. Only when pushed to the extreme limit will Shadow ever do this. To remove the shadow of another pony would be eternal shadowless suffering.
Despite all this, the shadow magic is based on the use for destructive combat rather than helpful domestic spells. This leaves Shadow to sometimes be reluctant to use any of his own magic as it could put others in danger. Though he may at times use them for helpful or entertainment means. He only expects them for combat with the tense atmosphere from the Followers of Abyssal.
Character History: Born into his upper middle class family in Academia, Shadow had the special gift of being a unicorn and thus held innate magic. Unlike normal magic though, he was incapable of doing the universal tricks others could do, instead having only the ability to manipulate shadows. Some debated weather this was a curse or a new talent, nevertheless he was taught how to use his powers at an early stage. His quick thinking and knowledgeable studies advanced him to a special private academy with one of the finest educational institutions in Equestria. Taking his intensive studying at ease, he never really knew what he wanted to become in life, though he did have a happy picture of him one day becoming a member of the government to rule in the service of Princess Celestia and Luna.
At some point in as a filly, Shadow had met up with a travelling pony, the notorious red-maned Ace, a pegasus pony better known as 'Flying Ace'. Ace had been known for having been very close to Princess Celestia and having been known to even fly as fast as to cause a Sonic Rainboom so often. During this time, Shadow's mane had not been dark red but black. When he met Ace, he was fascinated by his tales of adventure with his friends and Princess Celestia; showing Shadow that there was much more of a life outside his own school. Shadow quickly became to grow fond of Red-maned Ace, until his idolising was put to the test by a follower of Abyssal pony who had pushed Ace down while sipping his drink. On top of that, Ace and his friends only laughed about it to the evil pony. Much to Shadow's dismay, he grew angry at Ace, knowing that he could easily take that brutal pony down as empirical observation shows. Though Ace taught him a valuable lesson "Some fights just aren't worth fighting for." Something Shadow never learned from the books and never heaved for now, he later approached the horrible pony as he left and challenged him.
Naturally at a loss, the cruel Abyssal sympathiser had taken Shadow to the sea in the south and dumped him in the water as a sacrifice to Mistress Abyssal. Unable to swim and about to sink down to his watery grave, the best Shadow could do was struggle. On top of that, a blood thirsty abyssal monster was persistent on making Shadow its meal. As soon as its jaws clamped down, Shadow noticed he had been lifted into the air, being saved by Ace who performed the Sonic Rainboom to save Shadow. The pegasus pony had taken his flight one last time, before crashing back onto the ground with Shadow. Upon the crash, Shadow was horrified to see Ace's right wing now missing upon the jaws of the abyssal creature. The first time, Shadow had felt emotionally broken, the best he could do was try and hold back his tears which just kept rolling down his face from his eyes.
A few weeks later and Ace takes his leave to travel around with his friends once more. Upon the dock, Shadow watched and gave his last farewell. Ace promised that they would one day meet again once he becomes a great pony and with one last smile he left to journey back into the horizon. Immediately, Shadow would return home and dye his hair in an attempt to mimic red-maned Ace, idolising him as the greatest pony ever. Years later, and to his parent's dismay, Shadow abandoned his studies at school and took a raft out to sea. His new destination, to go out and experience the world for himself at Equestria's mainland. No more did he take interest in the books to teach him. Alone on his raft, he floated through that same horizon Ace once did, one day to make a mark for himself just like Ace did.
Personal musical theme: I'll decide this later.
Personal moto: “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”
Life Goal: To see Equestria and one day influence its governance.
Character Relationships: (For other close characters that are close to your character. Otherwise leave as N/A)
Name: Shadow Thrill
Gender: Male
Age: Mid-teenage years. (Assume 18)
Race: Unicorn Pony
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Faction: Equestrian
Eyes: Crimson Red
Coat: Black
Mane/Tail: Long and wavy. When his mane is rarely styled straight, it will be curtained to both sides. Both Shadow's mane and tail were originally black, but now dyed dark red.
Cutie Mark: A single bat made of shadow
Image:
Art:
(All credit to Pinkie Pie for this lovely picture)
Personality: Intelligence is perhaps the most distinct trait which shines off to other ponies at first. Having studied at a private academy under the best education at one of the finest schools in Equestria, Shadow specialised in philosophy, science and logic. His effort in engaging in deep and external subjects has left him smart and knowledgeable of the world around him. Before anything, Shadow will tend to think things through and analyse scenarios before jumping to it. Let us remember though, that intelligence does not necessitate wisdom. Despite having the intelligence, Shadow can prove to be rather reckless and naive, reflecting a lack of wisdom. He can form a genius and well thought out logical plan, yet it can be as crazy and daring as it is intelligent. Sadly, he may have all the knowledge in theories, yet he lacks the life experience. In some cases he will even substitute rationality for a reckless charge when pushed far enough, at least that shows a glint of bravery. Though every pony learns to recognize that if they need the brains and answers to a problem, they would go to him.
Shadow may come across as being a 'know-it-all' but rest assure, he is as wild and adventurous as Rainbow Dash and determined to gain life experience for himself as opposed to knowing it from a book. Yes he will integrate his intelligence into crazy theories, such as designing up a crazy flying machine for the purpose of gliding around Ponyville. Of course in turn, these crazy plans are not always bound to work. Some flaws with his personality; deep down is the problem that he may be seen as too pessimistic, rather wanting to be right than happy. It's not that he deliberately sees the glass half empty, rather he tries to be a realist, even if that means his perspective is what others believe to be pessmisitc. On the surface he does not express much emotion toward others, rather keeping his portrait as a knowledgable philosopher to a political idealist with some crazy and exciting plans to make up the appeal. In a crisis he will be there to support friends of course. Though deep down, he can be quite emotional having not had many close friends nor lovers in the past; and it's a side that is very rare to see, perhaps only revealed in privacy with the most trusting friends.
Shadow has been brought up in an upper-middle class background at Academia, what would seem like the Equestrian stereotypical British style. Yes, he talks with a strong well mannered and sophisticated accent (which sounds traditionally English) and will sometimes slip in the stereotypical British terms and to top that up, he tends to be as well mannered and polite as he can, though may ease down when he gets friendlier toward a new pony. His cutie mark is a shadow bat, as will be explained under 'powers'. With the use of his horn for magical purposes, he was trained in the arts of shadow magic. Most ponies would tend to think of this pony as rather dark and sinister, fearing him and refusing to get to know him. Though he is well aware that his power and bat icon may cause fear, he has not much care for that. It's those rare ponies that get to know him, which he appreciates,making him a potentially tough cookie to befriend. Though he wants to see the world now, you may riddle it out of him that one day he would like to settle for a political career and have a say over Equestria.
Likes and Dislikes: Likes: Chess (His favourite game), coming up with crazy plans in hopes they will work, deep and external thought and discussions, wandering and adventures, close friends, discovering new and exciting objects or ideas (being easily fascinated and eager to thus study)
Dislikes: Being ignorant over X, evil ponies, having his shadow magic hurt innocents, fearing to be found too pessimistic.
Birth place: Academia
Place of residence: Travelling and about to settle in Ponyville.
Occupation: N/A (Traveller)
Talents and skills:
- Intelligent and logical.
- Shadow manipulation magic.
- Excellent strategist (Sadly reflected only in chess).
- Thinking up new plans and ideas (Loves it when a plan comes together).
Powers: Unlike other unicorn ponies, Shadow only has the ability to perform what is known as shadow magic and is incapable of doing other magic most unicorn ponies can do; thus also gaining his first name. His special magic grants Shadow the abilities to manifest and control shadows as tangible forms. He is able to draw shadow from a two dimensional surface as a black semi-liquid silhouette being under his control and subject to have its shape reformed. In sacrifice to his unique power, he cannot perform universal magic like all other magical using ponies.
The shadows he can manipulate is limitless and dependable on the amount of shadows in the area. What he can always do is separate his own shadow and creates a dark-silhouette figure, his very own shadow clone which he calls a doppelgänger. The clone is then used for many purposes such as the scenario of when he is in danger and has to engage in combat or escape. Shadow is also able to swap places with his shadow at will, making it fairly hard to hit Shadow when he suspects it. With switching comes his basic magic of shadow teleportation, which merely involves Shadow entering a dark area itself with an absence of light. He is then able to teleport to other shadowy areas in his sight or at least with his doppelgänger at will.
Shadow got his cutie mark from playing around with his power as he learned much more. The direct trigger which caused it was his enjoyment of creating shadow bat swarms. Shadow can turn his shadow and the shadows around him into a myriad of balls. The balls then turn into a swarm of bats which can be used to for any means which require a swarm. Yes they can even bite when told, but rest assure, they do not drink blood. At will, Shadow can revert them back to their original shadows. For fun, entertainment and what he practices for combat, he will mostly resort to the Shadow ball. Shadow performs this by thrusting himself forward and keeping his horn stiff to draw in the shadows which build up just in front of Shadow's horn. With the more shadow drawn, a shadow ball expands and can be thrown at any time. Once thrown it is manipulated by Shadow Thrill by changing the direction of his horn via head movements. He can change the directions of the ball, as long as he remains concentrated. The ball can hit objects and targets several times, with somewhat of a solid physical form. Though the shadow ball can also explode at will, causing a liquidated dark purple splash damage around.
Lastly is the question of controlling another ponies shadow. When Shadow Thrill detaches the shadow of another pony, the shadow gains its independence from its original body. The shadow instantly becomes loyal to Shadow Thrill and allows itself to be manipulated. It acts in the same way as a shadow clone, though taking the form of another pony. The caster can command the shadow to do whatever he/she wants, as a clone and with the mannerisms style of their former body they were attached to. Only when pushed to the extreme limit will Shadow ever do this. To remove the shadow of another pony would be eternal shadowless suffering.
Despite all this, the shadow magic is based on the use for destructive combat rather than helpful domestic spells. This leaves Shadow to sometimes be reluctant to use any of his own magic as it could put others in danger. Though he may at times use them for helpful or entertainment means. He only expects them for combat with the tense atmosphere from the Followers of Abyssal.
Character History: Born into his upper middle class family in Academia, Shadow had the special gift of being a unicorn and thus held innate magic. Unlike normal magic though, he was incapable of doing the universal tricks others could do, instead having only the ability to manipulate shadows. Some debated weather this was a curse or a new talent, nevertheless he was taught how to use his powers at an early stage. His quick thinking and knowledgeable studies advanced him to a special private academy with one of the finest educational institutions in Equestria. Taking his intensive studying at ease, he never really knew what he wanted to become in life, though he did have a happy picture of him one day becoming a member of the government to rule in the service of Princess Celestia and Luna.
At some point in as a filly, Shadow had met up with a travelling pony, the notorious red-maned Ace, a pegasus pony better known as 'Flying Ace'. Ace had been known for having been very close to Princess Celestia and having been known to even fly as fast as to cause a Sonic Rainboom so often. During this time, Shadow's mane had not been dark red but black. When he met Ace, he was fascinated by his tales of adventure with his friends and Princess Celestia; showing Shadow that there was much more of a life outside his own school. Shadow quickly became to grow fond of Red-maned Ace, until his idolising was put to the test by a follower of Abyssal pony who had pushed Ace down while sipping his drink. On top of that, Ace and his friends only laughed about it to the evil pony. Much to Shadow's dismay, he grew angry at Ace, knowing that he could easily take that brutal pony down as empirical observation shows. Though Ace taught him a valuable lesson "Some fights just aren't worth fighting for." Something Shadow never learned from the books and never heaved for now, he later approached the horrible pony as he left and challenged him.
Naturally at a loss, the cruel Abyssal sympathiser had taken Shadow to the sea in the south and dumped him in the water as a sacrifice to Mistress Abyssal. Unable to swim and about to sink down to his watery grave, the best Shadow could do was struggle. On top of that, a blood thirsty abyssal monster was persistent on making Shadow its meal. As soon as its jaws clamped down, Shadow noticed he had been lifted into the air, being saved by Ace who performed the Sonic Rainboom to save Shadow. The pegasus pony had taken his flight one last time, before crashing back onto the ground with Shadow. Upon the crash, Shadow was horrified to see Ace's right wing now missing upon the jaws of the abyssal creature. The first time, Shadow had felt emotionally broken, the best he could do was try and hold back his tears which just kept rolling down his face from his eyes.
A few weeks later and Ace takes his leave to travel around with his friends once more. Upon the dock, Shadow watched and gave his last farewell. Ace promised that they would one day meet again once he becomes a great pony and with one last smile he left to journey back into the horizon. Immediately, Shadow would return home and dye his hair in an attempt to mimic red-maned Ace, idolising him as the greatest pony ever. Years later, and to his parent's dismay, Shadow abandoned his studies at school and took a raft out to sea. His new destination, to go out and experience the world for himself at Equestria's mainland. No more did he take interest in the books to teach him. Alone on his raft, he floated through that same horizon Ace once did, one day to make a mark for himself just like Ace did.
Personal musical theme: I'll decide this later.
Personal moto: “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”
Life Goal: To see Equestria and one day influence its governance.
Character Relationships: (For other close characters that are close to your character. Otherwise leave as N/A)
- None so far.