History Characters / EquestriaAtWarEquus

[[folder:Nova Griffonia]]

!''Nova Griffonia''

* BackFromTheDead: Through an elaborate ritual, King Sombra's followers revive King Sombra along with his Royal Guards, giving him a chance to re-assert his control over the Crystal Empire and the continent of Equus.

* DespotismJustifiesTheMeans: King Sombra desires to reclaim the past territories of the Crystal Empire, and fully control all those under him, even if it means enslaving them.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nova Griffonia]]

!''Nova Griffonia''

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: There are several different tyrants that can take the helm of Nova Griffonia. First Marshal Erwin Highhill can take over in a coup and become a military dictator, then he can potentially get replaced by either Griffon supremacist Reyhard Ironclaw or ruthless industrialist Skeiron Goldfeather.

!! ''Erwin Highhill''

* AmbitionIsEvil: Highhill is a very power-hungry griffon. His bio says that others suspected that he assassinated Governor Teafeather so he can take power in the aftermath. If his leadership continues unchallenged, he will eventually crown himself Emperor.
* KickedUpstairs: Originally a general in the Griffonian Empire, Highhill routinely ignored orders from the high command due to his ego, endlessly complaining that he was being ignored. He was offered a "promotion" to the supreme commander of the Nova Griffonian military, which he accepted eagerly.
* MilitaryCoup: Highhill attempts a coup on the Provisional Government following the assassination of Governor Teafeather. The coup can either succeed or fail.

!! ''Skeiron Goldfeather''
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* ArmsDealer: Skeiron runs Talon Gunworks Inc., which has a monopoly on firearm sales in Nova Griffonia.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Skeiron privatizes all governmental functions like healthcare, military, and education, and completely deregulates all corporate laws allowing the companies to run rampant and endlessly exploit the nation. He even allows unethical experimentation and ''privatized nuclear weapons'' just so he can profit as much as possible.
* {{Greed}}: Skeiron is motivated purely by greed. He was so greedy that he was exiled from ''Skyfall'' for crossing a line, a city already notorious for having lots of greedy merchants.
* OneNationUnderCopyright: Skeiron's "party" is actually his company Talon Gunworks. After he comes to power, he allows the corporations of Nova Griffonia to completely take over the country and run it to the ground.
* PrivatelyOwnedSociety: Skeiron privatizes healthcare, education system, the military, and even ''nuclear weapons''.
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Skeiron's tree allows the player to enact Private Military contract decisions, sending volunteer divisions to other countries in exchange for civilian factories.
* {{Tradesnark}}: After Skeiron comes to power, Nova Griffonia's name gets a trademark, just to show how much power corporations now have in Nova Griffonia.

!! ''Reyhard Ironclaw''

* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Ironclaw enslaves non-Griffon populations to power the conquests of Nova Griffonia.

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! Equestrian Civil War
[[folder:Lunar Empire]]
!''Lunar Empire''
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* {{Lunacy}}: Nightmare Moon's Lunar Empire calls upon the power of the night and the oppressed batponies, her forces having general bonuses to night combat. Luna also provides similar powers when serving as a Field Marshal.

[[folder:Disciples of Nightmare Moon]]
!''Disciples of Nightmare Moon''

* TheRemnant: If the Lunar Empire proper was defeated during the civil war, the Disciples will accept their remnants and continue the fight.

[[folder:Celestial State]]
!''Celestial State''

* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler: If Equestria turns into the Solar Empire during the civil war, Daring Do will want to have the Celestial State withdraw from the civil war and declare neutrality so they don't have to fight with the despotic Empress Daybreaker, and uphold True Harmony values.]]
* EnemyMine: The Harmonist Celestial State can reach out to the Communist Baltimare Republic for a possible alliance against the Disciples of Nightmare Moon.

[[folder:Aztlan Free State]]

!''Aztlan Free State''

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The Aztlan Free State was founded by Dr. Caballeron and his thugs who seek profit in the jungles of Equestria. They found themselves caught in the midst of the equestrian civil war and choose to fight against the Nightmare Moon cultists so he can continue making profit in the jungles. He can even work with the natives because he thinks there might be profit opportunities after the war if he works with them.
* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Go down the fascist path and choose to exploit the natives for the wealth of the jungle, and you'll get a bunch of bad events where the natives rebel, draining manpower and political power.
* VoluntaryVassal: The Fascist path allows the Aztlan Free State to voluntarily approach Equestria or the Changeling Lands and offer vassalage.

[[folder:Baltimare Republic]]

!''Baltimare Republic''

* HistoricalInJoke: The Baltimare Republic has a focus called "The Maize Craze" where they expand corn farming operations. This is a reference to Nikita Khrushchev's extensive corn farming projects, which is supported by the presence of Diamond Chafer, whose portrait is based on a memetic image of Khruschev holding a cob of corn.

[[folder:Confederation of South States]]

!''Confederation of South States''

* DeepSouth: The Confederation is made up of Southern secessionist ponies, and harbor all the real life stereotypes of the American south.

[[folder:Vanhoover Commune]]
!''Vanhoover Commune''

* DavidVersusGoliath: Vanhoover starts off as a tiny breakaway state with 5 divisions and very limited industry. It's a pushover compared to their ''much'' bigger neighbors like the Changelings, Equestria, or the Lunar Empire. Fortunately, Vanhoover can complete focuses or border wars that allow it to expand into Western Equestrian regions, giving them a better chance at eventually challenging Equestria.
* LuckBasedMission: The possibility of Vanhoover expansion is dependent upon the Lunar Empire losing the civil war, as they always attempt to annex Vanhoover after winning the civil war.
* StoneWall: Vanhoover has decisions that grant it high-level forts for its borders. They are very important for Vanhoover as they cannot easily fight an offensive war, and must fight a war of attrition against their opponents.

! Solar Empire

[[folder:Solar Empire (Spoilers)]]

!''Solar Empire''
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* VideogameCrueltyPunishment: Go down the fascist path and choose to exploit the natives for the wealth of the jungle, and you'll get a bunch of bad events where the natives rebel, draining manpower and political power.

* VoluntaryVassal: The Fascist path allows the Aztlan Free State to voluntarily approach Equestria or the Changeling Lands for vassalage.

* TheRemnant: If they are beaten during the civil war, the Lunar Empire will continue fighting in the south as the Disciples of Nightmare Moon.

[[folder:Confederation of South States]]

!''Confederation of South States''

* DeepSouth: The Confederation is made up of Southern secessionist ponies, and harbor all the real life stereotypes of the American south.

! Solar Empire

[[folder:Solar Empire (Spoilers)]]

!''Solar Empire''
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* PowerOfTheSun: Celestia draws upon the power of the sun and turns into Daybreaker to protect Equestria, turning Equestria into the Solar Empire. Daybreaker's very existence dramatically boosts heat attrition for other nations
* ShoutOut: Some parts of the "God-Empress" tree reference ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', with idea descriptions like "It is better to die for the Empress than to live for yourself" and "Suffer not the heretic to live" referencing quotes from Warhammer.

!! ''Daybreaker''
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[[folder:Lunar Empire (Spoilers)]]

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!! ''Twilight Sparkle''

* PuttingOnTheReich: Unlike the show, the Changelings in the industrialized setting of Equestria at War have clear Nazi German influences, speaking German, wearing German uniforms, and using German armament.

[[folder:Nova Griffonia]]

!''Nova Griffonia''

[[folder:Solar Empire (Spoilers)]]

!''Solar Empire''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eaw_solar_empire.png]]

* PowerOfTheSun: Celestia draws upon the power of the sun and turns into Daybreaker to protect Equestria, turning Equestria into the Solar Empire. Daybreaker's very existence dramatically boosts heat attrition for other nations
* ShoutOut: Some parts of the "God-Empress" tree reference ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', with idea descriptions like "It is better to die for the Empress than to live for yourself" and "Suffer not the heretic to live" referencing quotes from Warhammer.

!! ''Daybreaker''

* EleventhHourSuperPower: Daybreaker as a Field Marshal is grants extremely powerful bonuses that can easily turn the tide of a losing war. However, she only lasts a limited time before becoming unavailable, meaning that the player must make the best of the limited time she is available as a superpowered field marshal.
* GodEmpress: The focus tree path of the same name has Daybreaker fully believing in her godhood, demanding worship from her subjects.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Daybreaker herself is a terrifying, burning field marshal, with the special trait "Supernova" that grants ''extremely powerful'' bonuses.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The "Empress Protector" path has Daybreaker act as an ultimately well-meaning Empress desiring the protection of all of her subjects, no matter the cost.

[[folder:Lunar Empire (Spoilers)]]
!''Lunar Empire''
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* {{Lunacy}}: Nightmare Moon's Lunar Empire calls upon the power of the night and the oppressed batponies, her forces having general bonuses to night combat. Luna also provides similar powers when serving as a Field Marshal.
* TheRemnant: If they are beaten during the civil war, the Lunar Empire will continue fighting in the south as the Disciples of Nightmare Moon.

* AmbitionIsEvil: Highhill is a very power-hungry griffon. His bio says that others suspectd that he assassinated Governor Teafeather so he can take power in the aftermath. If his leadership continues unchallenged, he will eventually crown himself Emperor.

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: There are several different tyrants that can take the helm of Nova Griffonia. First Marshal Erwin Highhill can take over in a coup and become a military dictator, then he can potentially get replaced by either Griffon ultranationalist Reyhard Ironclaw or ruthless industrialist Skeiron Goldfeather.

!! ''Skeiron Goldfeather''
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* OneNationUnderCopyright: Skeiron's "party" is actually Talon Gunworks. After he comes to power, he allows the corporations of Nova Griffonia to completely take over the country and run it to the ground.

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: There are several different tyrants that can take the helm of Nova Griffonia. First Highhill can take over in a coup and become a military dictator, then he can potentially get replaced by either Griffon supremacist Reyhard Ironclaw or ruthless industrialist Skeiron Goldfeather.

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: There are several different tyrants that can take the helm of Nova Griffonia. First Highhill can take over, then can potentially get taken out by either Falcon leader Reyhard Ironclaw, or industrialist Skeiron Goldfeather.

* {{Greed}}: Skeiron is motivated purely by greed. He was so greedy that he was exiled from ''Skyfall'' for crossing the line, a city already notorious for having lots of greedy merchants.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Solar Empire (Spoilers)]]

!''Solar Empire''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eaw_solar_empire.png]]

* PowerOfTheSun: Celestia's evil form, Daybreaker, turns Equestria into the Solar Empire. Daybreaker herself is a terrifying, burning field marshal, and her very existence dramatically boosts heat attrition for other nations.