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Amadeus Blueblood

  • Abusive Parents:
    • He never loved Prince Blueblood, he never even liked him. He saw him as nothing more than a means to an end.
    • He's even willing to let his daughter Majesty, who he hinged his entire plan on, to suffer for the sake of fulfilling his ideal vision for the future.
  • Batman Gambit: It's later revealed that Amadeus Blueblood orchestrated Twilight's death so Celestia would push for all of Twilight's reforms, although far more aggressively than before. This would force a civil war between the Progressives and the Traditionalists, leading them to eventually destroy each other so the Blueblood family would be free to take over.
  • Dark Messiah: Amadeus Blueblood is planning on making his newborn daughter, Majesty Blueblood, this.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Amadeus and his true allies hold the traditionalists in scorn, seeing them as being threats to the strength of Equestria as a whole themselves. They're simply a convenient pawn for Amadeus and allies to eventually seize the throne themselves, and he plans on destroying them all as part of that.
  • Fate Worse than Death: Luna implants the Tantabus into his mind to ensure that he will suffer from never-ending nightmares for the rest of his life as punishment for his sins. Which eventually causes him to commit suicide.
  • Hate Sink: Go on. Try to find one thing about the guy that is actually likable.
  • Hypocrite: Amadeus' chapter shows some stunning displays of hypocrisy as he contemplates his plans and convinces himself he's "just" a Well-Intentioned Extremist. He talks about how his family and his allies have forcibly prevented inter-tribal breeding among their ranks, to the extent of not only exiling unicorns who fell in love with pegasi/earth ponies but forcibly aborting mixed-tribe foals... and then insists that they don't hate pegasi or earth ponies, and that the latter species do have their roles in the empire, it's just that unicorn blood "needs" to be kept pure in order to preserve the strength of their magic to protect ponies against other races. He also talks about how Celestia's focus on Harmony makes their race weak, and how they should instead be focusing on Unity.
  • Karma Houdini Warranty: While Amadeus does get his title, power, and money stripped, he has a successful backup plan. Go to the far off kingdom of Unicornia, where he'll fit right in, and then covering his tracks by poisoning his own wife to make it look like she died of grief. Then Luna finds out and sics the Tantabus on his sorry hide just before he escapes Equestria. The first chapter of Path Of The Tyrant reveals that the Tantabus smashed him with a case of Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome.
  • Long Game: The Bluebloods have spent the last several centuries plotting to take the throne of Equestria for themselves, with the recent birth of Amadeus' daughter Majesty being just what they need to finally bring their plans to fruition.
  • Your Days Are Numbered: The Tantabus destroyed any chance of sleep and even dreamless sleep can't stop it, effectively destroying his mind in six years following up with his death a few months later.

Alura Blueblood

  • Face Death with Dignity: Played straight; When she finds out that Amadeus poisoned her drink to cover his tracks, she doesn't even scream or cry. She just closed her eyes and sighed as if she accepted her fate.

Fastlane

  • Asshole Victim: Also counts as Alas, Poor Villain. Yes, Fastlane was a terrorist and got what he deserved, but you gotta feel bad for this guy. His father's own actions destroyed his family, but he was too stubborn to see it and blamed others and Twilight for his own damn problems. Fastlane is even worse for supporting that kind of stupidity.
  • Driven to Suicide: His father hung himself out of grief, leaving a note saying that he's sorry.
  • Despair Event Horizon: Because of Fastlane trusting a stranger with vital information, it ultimately lead to the utter destruction of the Equestrian’s First group, where 80 or 90 percent of them are dead. The rest of the survivors are awaiting trial for treason, terrorism, murder, theft, assault, and other things. Not to mention the added bonus of finding out that the now dead leader, Creed, was in contact with other terrorist groups that would be wiped out too. Fastlane ends up sobbing and waiting for death, knowing that he brought the end to Equestrian's First.
  • Never My Fault: Fastlane and his father blame Twilight for ruining their lives. In truth, his father refused to work with non-pegasi at the weather factory and went on strike, only for others to come in and do the work just as well if not better. He died poor and alone due to his racism. Fastlane ends up the same way.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Fastlane gives the location of the anti-Twilight "Equestrians First" terrorist organization to a pony who helps him break out of prison. Said "prisoner" actually turns out to be Stag, who uses that information on Luna's orders to lead an attack on the organization's headquarters, killing their leader, and most of its members.
  • Would Hurt a Child: Fastlane mentions that Equestrians First successfully bombed Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. It's not until Gladius Stride's chapter that it's revealed that some of the victims were as young as seven to eight years old.

Gallant Heart

  • Big Brother Instinct: He was forced to kill Twilight in order to save his younger brother.
  • Dying as Yourself: Gallant Heart wanted to die as a traitor and remembered as one.
  • Exact Words: Gallant Heart died believing he saved Celestia from a usurper. He never said that the usurper was Twilight.
  • I Have No Son!: Gallant Heart’s parents disown him for his part in killing Twilight, burning all his pictures except one his brother manages to save.
  • The Mole: Gallant Heart tried to infiltrate the conspiracy and save Twilight, but Amadeus Blueblood found him out and forced him to go through with it.
  • Last Request: Gallant Heart tells Shining Armor to keep the truth to himself, trust no one, and watch over his brother.
  • Tears of Remorse: Gallant Heart's stoic expression finally cracks when he confesses to Shining Armor that he tried to stop the assassination but was forced to or else Amadeus Blueblood would kill his brother Gladius Stride.
  • The Stoic

Gladius Stride

  • Happily Married: Gladius Stride is married and has two sons. Even Celestia herself came to his wedding.
  • Sins of Our Fathers: He was continually harassed for being the brother of one of Twilight’s assassins. When Celestia finds out he's Gallant Heart's brother, she orders him to leave the hall, practically screaming at him when he doesn’t leave immediately. When she meets him again, she apologizes for her actions, only to find out that she isn't the only one who's been treating him unfairly.

Mystic Sparkle

Stag

  • Black Comedy: Stag indulges in this often, mentioning that in his line of work it's necessary in order to avoid insanity, alcoholism, or both.
  • Dude, Not Funny!: In-Universe, Stag mentions that in payment for identifying Twilight's killers, he'll be pardoned for all crimes he's committed in the past. He then mentions that he might use this to become a librarian, seeing as how Ponyville has an open spot. Thankfully, he's quick to apologize, saying how he has to make jokes like that in order to avoid insanity.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Stag may be a torturer, but he does not like the idea of hurting an innocent child. This is because when Chrysalis was still alive she ordered the deaths of many changeling children in order to eliminate any threats, including Stag's sister and niece.
  • Friend to All Children: If he ever learns that someone has harmed a child, or planned on harming one, he will make them suffer.
  • Jerkass: Say what you will about Stag, but he isn't exactly the nicest changeling around.
  • Jerkass Woobie: Stag, because towards the end of his second chapter we discover why he hates Chrysalis and why he's so protective of children.
  • Psycho for Hire: He loves torture, not the physical type, but the psychological part of the job.

     Pantheon 

General:

The various gods and goddess who created the races of Equus. There are two different kinds of gods: the Creator Gods and the Race Gods. The Creator Gods are the ones who created all of life and such, they are the more powerful gods who control things such as time, fate, life, and death (To clarify: While time, fate and death is handled separately among the Creator Gods, the aspect of life is a shared responsibility among the trio according to Word of God). The Race Gods were created by the Creator Gods to each make a race in their own image and guide them. Each race has their own god, with a corresponding religion based on real life religions. They will have a more prominent role in the third fic Ragnarock. Links will be provided to the full bios to avoid having to search through the hundred-plus pages worth of blogs they were scattered over. More will be added in according to Word of God to correspond with newer races like Sirens, Yaks, etc. The currently known gods are: Fausticorn, Grandus, Mesmoria, Sarga, Kubwa, Amanari, Cern, Centarus, Septum Cain, Seremora, Uther, Ashina, Tempus, Nora, and Mordum.

Tropes that apply to them as a whole:

Fausticorn, Goddess of Ponies

  • Author Avatar: She looks just like Fausticorn does in the fandom.
  • Creator Backlash: In-Universe example. The Fantastic Racism and eagerness to be her favourite between the three tribes made her so disgusted with her own creations to the extent that she ignored their cries for help when the Wendigos came in and froze everything. It took the events of Hearths Warming Eve to convince her to give ponies a second chance in the form of The Lexicanum of Harmony.
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Take a good read at the biographies of the other Race Gods. It's easier to list the races that aren't hostile to ponies due to her actions. The Kitsune stand out in particular thanks to what she did to Amanari.
  • Parental Favoritism: Deconstructed. Being able to create three races instead of just one earned her the ire of the other gods who were calling her out for this, resulting the ponies being constantly attacked by other races. Not to mention, her insistence on taking leadership of the Race Gods after the scattering of Septem Cain amplified the overall jealousy even more. Still, she made an effort to be on good terms with Grandus.
  • One Myth to Explain Them All: When the ponies were invaded by centaurs, after she pleading with the Creator Gods and latter themselves being angry at Centarus's endless destruction and cruel jealousy against the other Gods, they called Megan from Earth who is armed with a set of rainbow armaments to lead the ponies to defeat the centaurs before returning to Earth. One of Megan's pony companions, Twinkle became the first Alicorn whose current descendants would be Celestia and Luna.
  • Sacred Scripture: The Lexicanum of Harmony, a compilation of her private lessons of faith to Private Pansy.
  • Stealing the Credit: The duty of raising the sun and moon originally belonged to Amanari the Kitsune Goddess, who displeased the Creator Gods by having a half mortal child. To add insult to injury, the Lexicanum made it as if the ponies had always been the ones controlling the sun and moon, causing a rift between the two goddesses ever since. It doesn't help that when Amanari pleaded to keep it a secret upon finding out, she told on her instead.

Grandus, The God of Griffins

  • Break the Haughty: After uniting the Griffins under the banner of The Horde and waging a 200-year long rampage across the globe, he decided to attack the Dragon Empire thinking that he and his creations surpassed them. The resultant Curb-Stomp Battle was so bad that it practically undid all his hard work and his 'duel' with Septum Cain in an attempt to save face just made things worse for him. After mellowing out for 50 years, he swallowed his pride and sought Septum Cain for advice, becoming his student.
  • Character Development: Went from a spoiled brat who is obviously not fit for the role to a respected God of Good among his peers, the Griffins and even the other races.
  • Expy: Think of the God Emperor of Mankind in terms of appearance, but replace human with griffin.
  • Sacred Scripture: The Code of Honor which was a hundred rules of acting virtuous to one self, one’s country and one’s god.

Mesmoria, Unisex God/Goddess of Changelings

  • Blessed with Suck: His Gender Bender ability. It left him with no friends in the Pantheon except for Septum Cain and Fausticorn, even then in time, the former would be dead while the latter ended their friendship over the creation of her race.
  • Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: He was effectively hated by all by the time Discord came, so when he offered to lift the Amanari's curse of turning the Flutter Ponies into Changelings which was too powerful for her to lift alone, she joined him out of desperation. After his defeat, she became an even bigger outcast and hid the existence of her people.
  • Sincerest Form of Flattery: Painfully averted. When it was his/her turn to create a race, the result were the Flutter Ponies in honour of her only friend at that time in the Pantheon, Fausticorn. This action ended up angering her, accusing Memoria of blatant plagiarism and demanded her to be punished.

Sarga, God of Minotaurs

  • The Blacksmith: Occasionally uses his mace to forge stuff for the gods.
  • Carry a Big Stick: Wields a giant mace that doubles as his work tool to forge divine objects.
  • Does Not Like Magic: Doesn't give magic to his creations, which he believed is a tool too dangerous for mortals to wield. He placed his creations on metal-rich islands instead to focus on logic and reason.
  • God's Hands Are Tied: Unlike his other gods, he doesn't intervene with the lives of his creations unless it involves the islands or their birth and death. He was so detached that the minotaurs thought he didn't exist until the exposure by the dragons.
  • Hidden Elf Islands: He surrounded the islands with storms to prevent intruders and isolate his creations from the outside world. However, the dragons broke through the storms in their tenacity, resulting in their exposure to the outside world.
  • Orichalcum: His race were the first that would refine the local metals in their home, pioneering the art of metallurgy. The metal in question would become their most infamous creation and only they have total control over the only source. Or so they thought...
  • Our Minotaurs Are Different: A giant minotaur.
  • Stay in the Kitchen: His detracting point much to the disgust of the other gods. He justifies it by stating that it is to maintain a stable population due to the fact that the islands themselves aren't exactly the most liveable of places. He has no answer for the abuse and inequality though.
  • Team Switzerland: Due to the sheer difference in numbers during the exposure, he revealed himself to his people through a statue and told them about the outside world to ensure the survival of his race. The result was his people going abroad to serve as merchants and blacksmiths, enforcing trade and neutrality.
  • The Evils of Free Will: Inverted. This is why he doesn't want to intervene in the lives of his creations.

Kubwa, The Grand Spirit of the Zebras

  • Giant Spider: Said spider also has fifty eyes, sixteen legs, and a pattern on his thorax that constantly changes colour and shape.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: While all the other Race Gods while focused on ensuring mortals live a perfect life, he was the only one that ensured that there will be a perfect death as well. The result was the conceptualisation of the afterlife and reincarnation, something that all the other gods would thank and owe him for since before that, death simply means that you no longer exist and your soul gets thrown into the Void.

Amanari, Goddess of Kitsune

  • Asian Fox Spirit: She's the one who created them as their Race Goddess.
  • Divine Date: Was on the receiving end of this during her time as a mortal to judge the first Emperor Tsuneo. It ended with both sides falling in love with each other.
  • Fantastic Caste System: Based on the Bushido Code, she created a system where various individuals are separated into various classes and the number of tails determined your rank in them, highest being seven for ordinary mortals. The Samurai class is the one held in the highest regard outside of royalty.
  • God-Emperor: She is responsible for the Emperors of Kyukyo being this as all of them descended from Inari, the Semi-Divine kitsune borne of the forbidden union between her and the first Emperor of the land, Tsuneo.
  • Hidden Elf Islands: Like Sarga, she created an isolated island called Kyukyo. After the fall of the Dragon Empire, they shut themselves in with the exception of trade until recent times.
  • Legendary Weapon: During her farewell to her husband, her shed tears later was used to forge the Naku tengoku no ken, which roughly translates to "Crying Heaven Sword". It served as the royal sword ever since.
  • Mama Bear: Being stripped of her ability to take mortal form just made her divine wrath all the more terrifying. When a Flutter Pony was accused of getting a princess pregnant due to rape, she cursed all of the Flutter Ponies in the land into their current Changeling forms so thoroughly that when she found out it was all a lie by the princess to save her own hide, she couldn't undo the spell much to her regret.
  • Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Wields a katana on each of her nine tails.
  • Pride: Suffered from a massive case of this. She constantly boasted about her great achievements and took no insults, even from friends. When she was tasked with raising the sun, her ego got even more inflated and made her even more insufferable than usual. It took her time as a mortal to mellow her out.
  • Sacred Scripture: Code of Bushido.
  • Sadistic Choice: She had to decide between her duty of raising the sun and moon (Ashina had entered into her trauma-induced coma before said events) and her child. She chose her child.
  • Star-Crossed Lovers: With Emperor Tsuneo. She had to keep her relationship with her mortal lover a secret as it is forbidden in the first place. When discovered and told on by Fausticorn, she was denied the right to access a mortal form or to be with her husband to this day.
  • We Used to Be Friends:
    • With Seremora. They fell out when the god in question became an eater of souls.
    • With Fausticorn. Believing that she was doing the right thing, Fausticorn ratted out her forbidden romance and subsequent child, resulting in the Sadistic Choice above. Add this to the stunt she pulled with the Lexicanum of Harmony and you get a divide that is still present to this day. The duo are still civil to each other, but with both sides constantly giving each other the cold shoulder.

Cern, Goddess of Deer

  • Brought Down to Badass: Lost her omniscience sharing her gift of foresight to her creations until her level of clairvoyance is equal to her own creations. Even then she can still a god, as the armies who tried to attack the sanctuary for her people found out the hard way as they were slaughtered to the last.
  • Didn't See That Coming: In one of the most ironic situations possible, her creations being gifted with her power of foresight made them prime targets for their powers resulting in slavery and capture. You probably thought she would had seen this whole scenario coming with her powers before pulling off this stunt.
  • Expy: A Palette Swap of Xerneas with a Third Eye.
  • Heroic Neutral: She works with Nora to form prophecies and only gives them out when the time is right but never intervenes, much to the frustration of the other gods.
  • Holy Ground: The sanctuary forest for her people after she liberated them which serve as their homeland. It's only guarded by herself since the Deer themselves abide by Thou Shall Not Kill. Not that she ever needed any additional help.
  • Meaningful Name: Her name comes from cervus, the Latin word for "deer".
  • Technicolor Eyes: The Deer have their eyes glow purple as a sign of their ability to see into the future, which was given by her.
  • The Chooser of the One: After liberating her people and giving them sanctuary in a forest that was remade to be her domain, the Deer race became this. Their list of known involvement includes guiding Celestia and Luna to find the Elements of Order (now named the Elements of Harmony), telling the Sirens of the Day of Forgiveness in which Ashina the Wolf Goddess will one day awaken and her forgiveness will save their race, seeing the rise and fall of Twilight and most importantly, the latest prophecy which is rise of the Black Star who is Majesty Blueblood and a group of stars that will stand against her, among them who are Spike, Mystic and Shale Pie.
  • The Omniscient: Played with. Being able to know everything in life and death for everything made her bored and apathetic with existence overall, so she created the Deer to share her powers with until even she herself can only see into the future at the level of her own creations.
  • Seers: Her creations, the Deer pretty much fit as such. Downplayed as they are content with being The Chooser of the One as their history of serving as actual seers are...far from pleasant.

Centarus, God of Centaurs

Septum Cain, The Seven Headed Dragon God

  • Arc Number: 7. 7 heads, 7 heavens, 7 hells and 7 crystals.
  • Multiple Head Case: Has seven heads representing each of his virtues: Wisdom, Justice, Compassion, Honour, Loyalty, Valour, and Faith.
  • Irony: Valued uniqueness and individuality despite being seven-headed.
  • Faith–Heel Turn: Is on the receiving end of one. The sight of his defeat at the hands of Discord caused one to the entire dragon species which resulted in the collapse of society.
  • God In Dragon Form: Ultimately his undoing as Discord figured out when he did this to fight him. He trapped Septum Cain in his mortal form by turning each of his heads and therefore his very soul into 7 crystals and scattering them across the world when the latter confronted him since he will just become a god again if killed normally.
  • Parental Favoritism: Probably the only one that goes through this even more than Fausticorn. Thankfully for him, he earned it over time to avert jealousy.
  • Sacred Scripture: While not named, it is a united code consisting of 100 different rules and 50 different sutras for prayer, medication, and spiritual balance.
  • Soul Fragment: Also counts as Pieces of God. His heads turned which were turned into crystals courtesy of Discord. Each of his scattered heads had one of his virtues and only when all seven are reunited under a Chosen One embodying his seven virtues will Discord's curse be lifted and he will be reborn. The catch was that by the time this became public knowledge among the dragons, they have already been split into multiple factions with the seven biggest each holding one of his heads and are more interested in uniting through force to become the "Dragon Emperor" using the heads as a symbol of worthiness rather than coming together to find the Chosen One to revive him.
  • Too Cool to Live: Let's see: The Paragon among the Race Gods and their respected de facto leader? Check. Reforming one of their most biggest problem child into a self-respecting God of Good? Check. The creator of the first progressive civilisation complete with Advanced Ancient Acropolis? Check. Was the hero that toppled other evil gods? Check. One of the few beings in other than the Creation Gods themselves that can match Discord in power? Check. If he lived, the dragons would have stayed the dominant race in Equus instead of being drifters and hermits in present day.

Seremora, Goddess of Sirens

  • Apocalypse How: Class 1. Caused the extinction of the Wolves by sinking the entire continent they lived on with a tidal wave.
  • Expy: Of Slaanesh. Even her worship was just like the Eldar worshiping their gods.
  • Disproportionate Retribution: Inflicts this on Ashina the Wolf Goddess, her sworn sister at that time, who tried to help her with her obsession with eating souls by trying to get the Creator Gods to help in response to being asked to keep the whole thing a secret. Seeing this as a betrayal, she launched the biggest tidal wave in history that crashed on the entire continent where the wolves lived effectively sinking it, killing them all while devouring their souls. Not satisfied and going crazy from the euphoria, she then proceeded to break into the Wolves' afterlife, depopulating it entirely. She would have continued on to the afterlives of the other races it wasn't for the Creator Gods finding out about what happened to the Wolves.
  • The Dreaded: To her own people after the revelation that she was devouring their souls upon their death. They resorted to making soul stones that trap their souls within upon death to avoid such a terrible fate.
  • Fate Worse than Death: Having your soul devoured by her. Instead of simply being Deader than Dead, you spend every conscious moment crying out for mercy while digesting in her stomach for eternity.
  • Final Solution: Inflicts this on the Wolves in both life and death.
  • From Nobody to Nightmare: Went from a beautiful leviathan that was simply obsessed with the concept of beauty and arts to a devourer of souls that threatens all afterlives. Even from her prison, her screams and shaking are the primary cause of storms and tidal waves.
  • Hated by All: Was the only other god that was just as or even more hated than Centarus.
  • Mad God: While not exactly in the sane department after experiencing mortal vices, she definitely crossed into this the moment she went into euphoria from devouring the souls of the entire wolf population.
  • The Hedonist: Was concerned with only pleasure after experiencing mortal vices one fateful day. Even her whole obsession with the devouring of souls was because she considered it a better way to experience pleasure with their wails of pain and the souls themselves taste divine to her.
  • Sealed Evil in a Can: The punishment for her atrocities was to be chained up at the bottom of the ocean for all of eternity, with her screaming and shaking against her prison the whole time.
  • Start of Darkness: Started as a patron of the arts, pushing her creations to pursue to be the greatest of singers, sculptures, and designers of various clothing upon creating them in the deep oceans. One fateful day, the society of the sirens started engaging in debauchery of all forms. After failing to dissuade them, she proceeded to try it out herself after seeing how much pleasure it was giving to her race. She became their biggest advocate after returning to her divine self. The REAL push to evil came when she wanted to punish some Yak whale hunters for the murder of some sleeping Sirens. After contemplating on what do with their souls after killing them with a storm, she decided to eat one of the souls and it just went downhill from there, starting with her own people by transforming their afterlife. Mordum soon sensed the wailing of all the souls she consumed but couldn't find them in any afterlife, deducing it to be coming from the sea. Being her sworn sister, Ashina was asked to investigate and the rest is history...
  • Your Soul Is Mine!: Develops a taste for souls and even turned her own people's afterlife into a one-way ticket to her stomach. It was so bad that destroying her would not free the souls in her stomach but instead destroy them alongside her, forcing the other gods who do not want to erase the innocent souls to imprison her instead.
  • We Used to Be Friends: With Fausticorn, Amanari, and Ashina. ESPECIALLY Ashina.

Uther, God of Yaks

  • Heel–Faith Turn: A mutual case. The Yaks rejected him over his inaction to help them and insistence on blind faith while in turn their warmongering ways made Uthur reject them out of disgust.
  • Never My Fault: Never considered his Suicidal Pacifism as the cause of his people's suffering and descent into violence.
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero:
    • Gave Seremora the go ahead to do whatever she likes to a group of Yak whale hunters' souls out of disgust at their cold-blooded murder of some sleeping sirens. This pretty much awakens her hunger for souls which results in the decimation of the wolves and Ashina's subsequent coma.
    • His inaction to aid his people out to satisfy his own pacifism drove them to violent action for the sake of freedom, resulting in a xenophobic culture that worships violence and starts wars with pretty much everyone else. Even in present day, they are still fighting the griffins.
  • Suicidal Pacifism: Essentially the biggest flaw in his doctrine to his people and his Fatal Flaw in general. The Yaks were initially so pacifistic that they were flat out defenceless when Grandus' horde came crashing on them. Even as his people were enslaved for forty years, he still told them to have faith and not do any violent actions.

Ashina, Goddess of Wolves

  • Despair Event Horizon: The extinctions of the wolves in both life and death at the hands of her former best friend Seremora utterly broke her. She fled to the moon in her grief and cried herself into a coma that is still happening in present day.
  • Lunacy: The moon is her domain when she was active. Her duties were passed onto Amanari and then later Fausticorn after her coma.
    • Star Power: As the domain of the moon included the night, the stars were her work as well.
  • Loved by All: She was the other god aside from Septum Cain that got on good terms with every other member of the Pantheon excluding Centarus and later on Seremora. When she fell into her coma, every other available Race God would put aside their differences and feuds to mourn for her on it's anniversary.
  • No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Trying to cure Seremora's hunger for souls got her entire race wiped off the map while plunging into a grief-induced coma.
  • Noble Wolf: Given that her race are all hunters, her actual temperament is a shock to anyone who didn't know about her.
  • Howl of Sorrow: Gave a BIG one when she learned about what happened to her race. It was heard throughout the realms of existence.
  • Secret-Keeper: Is the only being in existence, outside of Cern in her prime who knew about the whereabouts of the missing Diamond Dog Race God.
  • We Used to Be Friends: With Seremora.

Tempus, God of Time

Nora, Goddess of Destiny

Mordum, God of Death

These examples below apply to stories after Aftermath of a Fallen Star. Don't read to avoid spoilers.

     Erebus Islands 

General:

A set of Outlaw Town islands complete with Not So Safe Harbour. Once a prison archipelago for criminals around the world, a collective jailbreak known as the Great Uprising made it stateless, meaning that it belongs to no single country with any attempts to retake it fail. The place dabbles in all forms for crime, however they are also split into various factions and guilds, with the Big Four having the most power and notoriety. Spike runs away to here to get stronger and subconsciously run away from his problems due to being unable to come to terms with Twilight's death. This place would be the main setting of story 2.5 Path Of The Dragon. The Big Four's names are The Red Lightnings, The Legion, Ars Arcanum and The Masks of Mordum. Word of God states that it is around half the size of Indonesia, with the biggest island around the size of Java. Notable characters are:

Marc/Ashwing

A blue dragon with yellow eyes and white underbelly. The Guild Master of The Red Lightnings. Ember's brother and Torch's son.
  • Authority Equals Asskicking: Manhandles 3 thugs in quick succession without breaking a sweat.
  • Badass Longcoat: A red trench-coat with a hole for his tail.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: He wouldn't have been in Erebus unless he did and/or suffered some horrible incident. It involved a certain dragoness that ended up turning him traitor against the rest of his kind for the sake of her love which got him nothing but rejection. Now he is Persona Non Grata to the Dragon Lands and all dragons that know about him are to kill him on sight. We still don't know what exactly he did as a traitor for said love. Only Erebus Islands can he meet with other fellow dragons that won't do so.
  • Dramatic Drop: He ends up dropping a silver coin after a Deer Sage tells him that Spike will save the life of his sister, Ember.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Considers killing an already robbed and defenseless child low even for him, which is why he saved Spike. The second reason for saving him is that he received a prophecy from a Deer Sage a year ago that a small purple dragon from Equestria will come to seek to join his guild.
  • Hated by All: To the whole of Dragonkind. The specifics to him being a traitor to his homeland is yet to be revealed...
  • I Have No Son!: Got practically disowned for his actions in the past.
  • Internal Reveal: He's actually Ashwing, Ember's brother. Only the readers are aware of this.
  • Obfuscating Stupidity: Poses as a generic Snake Oil Salesman, giving newcomers the impression that a Guild Master of the Big Four can't be someone like him. He was also knows about the full situation with Spike since he did business in Equestria.
  • The Old Convict: Becomes one to Spike to help him survive his initial years in Erebus Islands. He is also the one responsible for honing his Fire Caster abilities.
  • Pet the Dog: Tells Spike to get out Erebus as it is no place for a kid like him.
  • Playing with Fire: What makes him stand out from other dragons is that his flames can also be cast on his hands, feet and even his tail complete with Glowing Eyes of Doom!! This was what drew Spike in, hoping to learn under him in his quest to get stronger.
  • Stunned Silence: This happens to him when the same Deer Sage from a year ago that told him about Spike tells him that Spike will one day save his sister Ember.
  • Violent Glaswegian: Is written with this accent. Revealed to be faked later on.
  • Wham Line: Was on the receiving end of this courtesy of the same Deer Sage that told him about Spike seeking to join his guild when asking whether it has anything to do with him aside from the whole "saving the world" part.
    Because when the call of the dragon lord comes, he will be the one to save the life of your sister, Ember.

Rupert

Aquilina's uncle. Manages the The Rotten Barrel inn and bar.

Mistress Loveshot

A unicorn slaver dealer that recently took up residence in Nima Island. Has a silver coat with a blue mane. Serves as the first Arc Villain for Path Of The Dragon.
  • Cold-Blooded Torture: Implements this on her slaves on a daily basis under purposes of breaking and punishment. She also gives this to Aquilina by activating her slave tattoo.
  • Establishing Character Moment: Greets the heroes with a motherly tone while being fanned by two slaves who were broken by her methods. She then brings them across a courtyard where slaves of all ages and races are being broken left and right by her indoctrination before treating them to lunch in her fortress. She then proceeds to demonstrate her effectiveness at breaking slaves by casually ordering a griffin slave to kill another while telling the victim to not struggle or scream while dying and then ordering the former to kill himself afterwards. This display is so repulsive that Stress Vomiting after her demonstrations is known to be a common occurrence around her customers as implied by the presence of breath mints in lower restroom cabinets.
  • Faux Affably Evil: Generally acts like a motherly pony while casually discussing various methods on how to break an individual to her customers or ordering her slaves to die for her displays of dominance without a shred of conscience. What makes her slavery indoctrination methods even more terrifying is that all these atrocities are done with just her tactics, no magic involved unlike the majority who were more than happy to use binding spells.
  • Killed Off for Real: Courtesy of Spike.
  • The Last Dance: With most of her guards dead and her island being seized by the Legion while having not enough crew members to control her escape ship thanks to Aquilina's rampage, she notices Aquilina's slave tattoo and decides to have some "fun" with her before dying inevitably.
  • Hate Sink: Go on, try to find something likeable about her.
  • Sadist: Suffering turns her on.
  • Vocal Dissonance: Does some of the most despicable examples of slavery indoctrination one can ever imagine...all the while maintaining a motherly tone.

Captain Razorwing

A griffin trader. Team Spike's client in the Treasure Hunt Arc. He hired them to save his daughter from slavers.
  • Papa Wolf: Is willing to jump into battle if it means saving his daughter.
  • Sir Swears-a-Lot: Curses a lot. He even out-curses Aquilina.

Lana

A griffin. Captain Razorwing's daughter. She was sailing the world before running afoul of slavers.
  • Break the Cutie: Underwent practices that was meant for breaking individuals into slaves for five years. It's a miracle she is still sane.
  • Chekhov's Gunman: Apparently discovered something that is enough to warrant one of the two major powers of Erebus Islands getting her a top priority. It's the location of the Horn of Centarus.
  • The Reveal: Her trips to the sea isn't revealed to be mere exploration in the epilogue of the Treasure Hunt Arc. Five years before the start of the story, she was asked by Warlord Vander to look for the island containing the Horn of Centarus.

Warlord Vandar

A griffin warlord seeking to unite the Erebus Islands with control over the eastern and southern areas.
  • Greater-Scope Villain: For the Treasure Hunt Arc. Lana has apparently discovered something of great value to him. She is also the daughter of Captain Razorwing who hired Team Spike to rescue her. His reservation of her in turn meant that the original plan of simply buying her freedom while posing as customers would not work. It's also revealed in the arc's epilogue that he was the reason why Lana even went out to sea in the first place, as he was the one who got her to look for the island containing the Horn of Centarus. Lana getting captured by slavers on the way back was just bad luck.

Warlord Swanburn

An earth pony warlord seeking to unite the Erebus Islands with control over the northeastern islands.

Sir Marshall/Agent Rexius

An Diamond Dog aide to Mistress Loveshot. He is actually Agent Rexius, a Frumentarii of the Legion.
  • Blade Below the Shoulder: Wields a pair of wrist blades hidden under his sleeves.
  • Chekhov's Gunman: Him being assigned to Mistress Loveshot's island made the heroes' Slave Liberation job actually doable due to being responsible for The Calvary. In fact, he got assigned to the island knowing that the Red Lightnings were sending a team there. He just didn't know who they actually sent until he met Spike's Team.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Sends a secret letter to Spike asking for an alliance due to mutual interests... not before capping off with a statement on how bad Aquilina's stealth skills are.
  • Foreshadowing: Why would an aide to a slaver bother with using the "Sir" moniker on his name? It's because of his upbringing in The Legion.
  • Sword and Gun: Uses a pistol alongside his wrist blades.
  • Kill and Replace: What he did to the real Sir Marshall.
  • The Reveal: He is actually a Frumentarii of The Legion on a mission to liberate their members who were captured for slavery. Based off the Frumentarii of the same name.
  • Villainous Rescue: Managed to sedate Aquilina before the other guards discovered her stunt which would have blown the cover of her friends.
     Spike's Team 

General:

A team of mercenaries under the Red Lightnings with Spike as the founder.

Tropes that apply them to a whole are:

Spike

Unable to come to terms with Twilight's death who was his mother figure, he runs away to Erebus to get stronger instead when he realises that staying as the Tagalong Kid will not change things. After watching Marc in action and saving a lot of members from other guilds including Aquilina from slavery while accidently burning up the slavers because of his uncontrolled flames, he joins the Red Lightnings to get stronger and bring the magic of friendship to Erebus. Not to mention that destiny has plans for him... The main character of Path Of The Dragon.
  • Accidental Pervert: He first met Aquilina due to a combination of unknowingly taking her bed and Aquilina not being informed about said taking. The result was the duo unknowing using each other as bolsters. While Spike was the first to wake up, realize the awkwardness and was quietly removing his arms from her body, Peewee proceeds to pull a Wolf Whistle at the sight. Cue Aquilina waking up...
  • Action Pet: Peewee. Having a phoenix to help certainly ensured his survival in his early days on Erebus.
  • Badass Longcoat: A red trench-coat with a hole for his tail that was a gift from his mentor Marc/Ashwing.
  • Big Damn Heroes: There is a very big tendency of him being doing this.
    • Saved Aquilina along with many junior guild members from being sold to slavery in the penultimate chapter of Aftermath of a Fallen Star.
    • In the climax of the Treasure Hunt Arc, he saved Aquilina who was undergoing Cold-Blooded Torture at the hooves of Mistress Loveshot who triggered her slave tattoo.
  • Cooldown Hug: Gives one to Aquilina after saving her from magic-induced torture.
  • He Is All Grown Up: After the Time Skip, Word of God stated that he now has Smolder's build except taller but is still around a foot or two shorter than Ember. No wings though.
  • The Idealist: A possible deconstruction. Plans on getting stronger to face a changed Equestria by starting with bringing the magic of friendship to Erebus Islands on his first week. The Time Skip shows him having saving a local town's trading livelihood with his team...while giving no quarter to his enemies. He even lampshades about how he can face his Equestrian friends when you have a body count.
  • Knight in Sour Armour: Make no mistake. After a decade of having to kill, he still never lost sight of his goal to bring the magic of friendship to Erebus Islands, increasing body count be damned.
  • Outside-Context Problem: His general attitude makes him one to the whole of Erebus Islands.
  • Playing with Fire: Discovers that he is a Fire Caster, a rare group of dragons that can use magic with their flames.
    • Flashy Teleportation: Uses his dragon-mail skill that was shown throughout the canon series to bring objects and people to locations that he can think of, with fire.
  • Supreme Chef:
    • Used his past cooking skills to whip up various fantastic dishes during the events of the canon series. Before the Time Skip, this was what allowed him to get free room and board in The Rotten Barrel by working as it's evening chef. After the Time Skip, Aquilina even gets motivated to finish jobs faster just to taste his cooking!! She even later stated that if he got recruited by a cooking guild, he would be the Guild Master in less than a year.
    • It's noted that he even receives apprenticeship offers by the best local chefs on a weekly basis. He turned them down because he can't stand their snootiness.
  • Stress Vomit: After seeing the true depths of the treatment of the slaves at Mistress Loveshot, he makes for the restroom to empty his stomach. One of Loveshot's minions actually informs him that there are breath mints available because this reaction is so common.
  • These Hands Have Killed: On his first few days on Erebus, he saved a lot of junior guild members by using his dragon breath to teleport them all to safety when swimming isn't clearly an option. However, he also unintentionally set the whole slaver ship they were on fire at the same time since the possibility of actually teleporting not just Celestia's letters was just theory at that time, meaning that he had no practice. He understandably breaks down.
  • Walking Spoiler: His very presence in here instead of Equestria is nothing short of a giant plot point. And that's nothing to say about what happens in the future...

Aquilina

A young griffin around the age of Spike. Has a dark grey front half and a light brown back half while sporting a wild grey mane.
  • The Alcoholic: Gets constantly blitzed drinking several cups of beer on a weekly basis. Cue hangover the next morning. If the job has her deal with slavers, the resurfaced memories will pretty much ensure that she is taxing her liver as soon as she hits a pub.
  • Broken Bird: No pun intended.
  • Cold-Blooded Torture: She will be on the receiving end of this whenever her slave tattoo gets activated, as it doubles as a breaker of will on top of being a simple mark of ownership.
  • Combat Pragmatist: Willing to do anything to get the edge in combat. An example would be spitting in her opponent's eye to lower his guard!
  • Dark and Troubled Past: Born a slave, saw things no child should ever see, murdered her own father who was her very owner before dabbling in mercenary work at the age of a child.
  • Didn't Think This Through: Has a tendency to rush in headfirst, much to the annoyance of her friends.
    • The climax of the Treasure Hunt Arc has her breaking in to Mistress Loveshot's escape ship to prevent her from escaping. While she succeeded in stopping her from escaping by killing her crew, she forgot that as a slaver unicorn, Mistress Loveshot can activate her slave tattoo on sight. This leaves her in constant agony until Spike saves her.
  • Exact Words: In "The Treasure Hunt Part 4", she states that she needs to go outside to stretch her wings. While that is true, she omits the part where she sneaks into the underground slave prisons to rescue their target while doing so.
  • Groin Attack: Gave a very painful one to a guard who claimed to simply be a Punch-Clock Villain in the Treasure Hunt Arc, calling him out for his Bystander Syndrome which perpetuated the slavery cycle.
  • Not So Above It All: She loves carnivals while gushing about them.
  • Patricide: Murdered her own father. Justified that he was owning her as a slave instead of being an actual father to her.
  • Scars Are Forever: Her slave tattoo. Justified that these things usually cannot be removed due to it's purpose.
  • Sir Swears-a-Lot: No amount of soap can ever clean her mouth.
  • Slashed Throat: Her main fighting style in combat. Her first victim was her owner!!
  • Took a Level in Idealism: Hanging around with Spike gave some optimism back into her life. It also made her less impulsive.
  • Trauma Button: Her slave tattoo. If it gets activated, it essentially relives her time as a slave from the pain induced.

Azura

A white unicorn with a raven coloured mane from Unicornia.
  • At Least I Admit It: Considers Erebus a better place than Unicornia under this logic over the thirteen years she's lived in Erebus.
  • Bling of War: Wears a cloak encrusted with blue diamonds.
  • Blue Blood: Is a former noble from Unicornia.
  • Fake Aristocrat: Pretends to be a Unicornian noble seeking slaves while her teammates pose as her hired mercenaries during the Treasure Hunt arc.
  • An Ice Person: Her main speciality.
  • Invisibility: Uses her magic to give her this so that she can get the drop on her enemies.
  • I Need a Freaking Drink: Having to act like a Unicornian noble all day warranted this result from her during the Treasure Hunt Arc.
  • Like an Old Married Couple: With Windward. They even got carried away in their debut and Aquilina had to tell both of them to stop it as they are in the middle of combat!!
  • Locked Out of the Loop: Left Unicornia before the arrival of the Bluebloods, so she was unaware about Unicornia deciding to expand their slave gallery at their suggestion.
  • Magic Staff: Wields a silver staff with a glowing blue orb held in place by a silver eagle looking claw.
  • You Remind Me of X: According to her, the reason for joining Spike's team is because the latter's idealism and the tendency to Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! reminded her of somepony that she was dear to.

Windward

A chestnut brown pegasus with an amber mane.
  • Big Brother Mentor: Was assigned as such when the team initially consisted of just Spike and Aquilina to show them the ropes and stuck around ever since.
  • Greed: Is very obsessed with getting money. Second only to getting Azura's affection.
  • Like an Old Married Couple: With Azura. They even got carried away in their debut and Aquilina had to tell both of them to stop it as they are in the middle of combat!!
  • Lightning Bruiser: Like his namesake, his speciality is high-speed close quarter combat.
  • Lovable Sex Maniac: Played with. If he isn't trying to get between Azura's legs, it's implied that he would get distracted on Slave Liberation jobs and try out one of the sex slaves. Since this is Azura making that statement as a witty comeback, we don't know if this is actually true or not.
  • Power Fist: His bronze horseshoes.
  • Single-Target Sexuality: With Azura.

Yasahiro

A four-tailed kitsune from Kyukyo.
  • The Ace: Is the 3rd best among the Red Lightnings. He can single-handedly take on jobs that require whole teams to finish.
  • Awesome by Analysis: How him and by extension his family dealt with ranged attacks, by reading their opponents and react before they could strike. This also applies to guns and shooting in general by looking at the eyes and the position of the barrel, the rest is down to speed.
  • Cutlass Between the Teeth: Does this with one of his katanas during fighting.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: Whatever that made him wind up in Erebus Islands the first place definitely holds bitter memories. He had this statement constantly echoed in his mind for years:
    あなたには一つの選択があります あなたは今、あなたの人生を取るか、永遠に不名誉に住んでいます。 死はあなた自身を償還する唯一の方法です。translation
  • Hidden Depths: Is a lot more aware of his fellow guild members than one would give credit for. His suggestion to help a traumatised Auqilina? Have her spend a day at a carnival.
  • Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Like any samurai kitsune, he wields a katana on each of his tails like his Race God Amanari.
  • Not So Stoic: He loses his cool after watching one griffin slave kill another under orders, and the victim do nothing to resist his death when told. This almost blows him and his friends' cover when he knocks the knife out of the first slave's claws after he is ordered to commit suicide.
  • Rōnin: Is described as such considering that he is living in Erebus.
  • Stealth Hi/Bye: Is a master of this whenever a job is being given or just completed. Windward even states that this happens all the time!!
  • The Voiceless: Never speaks at all. He lets his actions do the talking for him.

Peewee

Spike's pet phoenix.
     Unicornia 

General:

A nation beyond the Western Sea. Founded by Princess Platinum's younger sister, it is comprised of unicorns who refused to coexist with the Pegasi and Earth Ponies during the founding of Equestria, believing that it betrayed all they had stood for. This place would be the main setting of story 2.5 Path Of The Tyrant.

Their coat of arms is this.◊

Tropes that apply them to a whole are:

  • Divine Right of Kings: Played with. They still worship Fausticorn, however they believe that Princess Platinum's sister was chosen by her to lead them through the storms and lost seas to salvation and they hold the belief that because their people survived they must be the chosen race of the three. As her descendants, the royal family believe as such. They also hold a prophesy that Platinum's sister will come back to them in a reincarnated form like the Second Coming. In truth, Faust ignores their prayers since they refused to join in Equestria and doesn't care much about them.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Played with. According to Jade Everbright, while the Royal Family were more than happy to enslave the Flutter Ponies, they still banned enslavement of all other non-unicorn races. Then the Bluebloods came along and convinced them otherwise...
  • Fantastic Racism: Unless you are a unicorn, don't even bother trying to interact with them. The Flutter Ponies are still learning that fact the hard way. Alicorns appear to be the exception given their divine status among their faith.
  • Laser-Guided Karma: The Master Race attitude of Unicornia has resulted in every other nation in the world cutting ties with them to the extent that even the Minotaurs refuse to trade with them. The expansion of the slave gallery to include all other races and Tirek's recruitment are ideas born out of desperation to keep up with the rest of the world, not just because of For the Evulz.
  • A Nazi by Any Other Name: Believes themselves to be superior to all other races thanks to their magic. Word of God even says that they're inspired by Nazi Germany, the only difference being that Unicornia is a monarchy. While they do send Flutter Ponies to correctional camps when they step out of line, it's currently unknown if these camps have such lovely attractions like gas chambers or flaming pits yet.
  • Planet of Hats: Every citizen is a unicorn. The enslaved Flutter Ponies certainly don't count.
  • Shocking Defeat Legacy: As a reference of the Mongol invasions of Japan, they tried to invade Kyukyo 300 years ago which ended with their armadas wiped out with a typhoon twice before they could even make a proper landing. As a result, Kyukyo is the only nation that inspires fear in them.
  • Slave Race: Inflicts this upon the Flutter Ponies when they first met.
     The Bluebloods 

Majesty Blueblood

The alicorn daughter of Amadeus and Alura Blueblood. The main character of Path Of The Tyrant.

Copper Penny

The butler of the Bluebloods.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Delivers a one-liner to the Everbright twins upon their Jaw Drop when seeing the Rainbow Palace.
    "If you keep your mouth open like that you'll catch flies."

August Blueblood

Majesty's uncle.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Considers subjecting a filly to witnessing her own father kill her mother in a rage as a result of his schemes disgusting while being worried about how Majesty is turning out as a result of all this political scheming.

Nazo

A Deer Sage who has gone rogue to aid Majesty.

Sansha

A flutter pony slave of the Bluebloods who's treated somewhat better than the others.
  • Interspecies Romance: With Sir Morning Blade, which is why she's treated better than the other slaves.

     Raveneye’s Noble Academy for Young Education 

General:

The Royal School that Majesty attends. It is also attended by nobility of all classes which was why the Bluebloods let her go there to spread her influence.

Forest Everbright

A white colt with a green mane with a blue streak at the back. Jade's twin brother.
  • Crash-Into Hello: Not exactly a crash but Majesty nearly had a soccer ball hit her face thanks to him if it wasn't for her own magic.
  • Family Business: His family runs the biggest of the Flutter Pony Imprisonment Camps, Gehenna.

Jade Everbright

A white filly with a green mane with a blue streak at the back. Forest's twin sister.

Dia Waterblaze

A purple filly with a black ponytail mane.
  • Alpha Bitch: Is a bully who targets Majesty due to her Equestrian origins. Majesty gets her off her back by blackmailing her with the knowledge that she still follows a toy line meant for babies.
    • Beta Bitch: She submitted to Majesty after the blackmailing.
  • Blackmail: How she is ultimately dealt with. Due to Parental Neglect and her own Alpha Bitch behaviour, her only companions are the fictional characters in an In-Universe toy and book line meant for toddlers, to the extent that she wears the franchise themed underwear under her clothes. Majesty found out after gym class and threatened to release this to the public and shame her and her family. She caved in.
  • Death Glare: Majesty describes her gaze at her during the first day of school as very icy with the sharpness of a diamond.
  • Like Parent, Like Child: Got her arrogance from her father.
  • Parental Neglect: Her parents were so busy in work that her only solstice laid in her toys.
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gives a big one to Majesty. She calls Majesty and by extension, her family the equivalent of a wounded bird fleeing from its nest because they bit off more than they could chew.
  • Right for the Wrong Reasons: Essentially gives a much needed chewing out to Majesty on the actions of the Bluebloods that led them to Unicornia. The problem is that she said this due to her own Fantastic Racism instead of doing the right thing.
  • Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Majesty had genuinely no idea how to take down General Waterblaze until Dia blabbed about her mother's "social life". This caused the downfall of her entire family while removing an obstacle to the Bluebloods.

     The Royal Knights of Unicornia 

General

The personal bodyguards and agents of the Royal Unicornia Family.

Tropes that apply them to a whole are:

  • The Ace: They are the most powerful warriors in Unicornia.
  • Black Knight: Wears obsidian armour with a dark red cloak. The only thing that looks out of place is a blue and silver swirling sphere that was shining in the centre.
  • Magic Knight: Being unicorns that wield physical weapons qualifies them as such. Also, if Tirek's description of Sir Morning Blade's swords are to be believed, their weapons are also enchanted even when not in use.
  • Praetorian Guard: To the Royal Unicornia Family.

Sir Morning Blade

A unicorn with a yellow coat and a brown mane.

  • Cool Sword: Well, Swords. His two enchanted BFS-es.
  • Dual Wielding: He does cuts faster than the eye can see, with two swords that Tirek describes as "of great length".
  • Early-Bird Cameo: Appears in Aftermath of a Fallen Star as Tirek's jail breaker as the first named Unicornian character.
  • Master Swordsman: He can cut faster then Tirek's eyes can even follow.
  • Interspecies Romance: Fell in love with Sansha, a flutter pony slave of the Bluebloods. This being Unicornia, and their love is a key factor in the Bluebloods attempts to keep Morning Blade under their control, it's not a good thing.

Sir Victus

A unicorn with a red coat and a (nearly) shaved grey mane.

  • Bald of Evil: Lost his entire mane save for a few strands above his cranium.
  • Eyepatch of Power: Has one covering his left eye.
  • Red Baron: The Spear of Altomare. He earned the title defending the port city of Altomare by killing over 100 officers including the minotaur admiral of an invading armada, resulting in their retreat. He also received a a black spear with runes and a green edge made of orichalcum, the deadliest metal in the world, as a reward for doing so.
  • The Stoic: Never really speaks much.

Dame Evening Fury

A unicorn with a midnight sky mane tied in a bun with a dark purple coat.

Sir Morning Glory

Sir Ash Shield

     The Royal/Imperial Family 

General:

The descendants of Princess Platinum's younger sister. The current rulers of Unicornia.

Tropes that apply them to a whole are:

King Magnus Platinum The Third

The ruler of Unicornia and the final word on any new law that must be passed.
  • Beleaguered Bureaucrat: Dealing with power hungry nobles, war hawk military, and greedy merchants combined with being a complaint receiver on a daily basis would have turned his mane grey if it wasn't silver in the first place.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Not even being king of a self-proclaimed Master Race would blind him to what Amadeus Blueblood did with his family.
  • Inevitable Mutual Betrayal: With Tirek. Given his history, you would have done the same.
  • Only Sane Man:
    • Recognises the inherent flaw in the propaganda about unicorns being a Master Race by the logic that if they really were as such, they would have ruled the world a long time ago. Even in present day, the country's overall power is no where as close as the ancient Dragon Empire or even it's current rivals like Equestria and Kyukyo.
    • Is also very well aware of Tirek's inevitable betrayal. He only had Tirek rescued from being captured in Equestria for his Mana Drain ability, the prospect of having the Centaurs attack Equestria while plundering the accumulated wealth of the Centaurs from their years of mining. Even then, it was an act of desperation due to how outmatched Unicornia is against the Equestrian royalty and Discord. After Tirek done his part, he would have him dealt with as soon as possible.
    • Is aware that even with Equestria undergoing Civil War, trying to attack them while they have allies with at least two other nations is suicide.
  • Happily Married: With Queen Stormy.
  • Villain Respect: Unlike most Unicornians, King Magnus acknowledges that Equestria has had to be strong in order to last as long as an independent nation as they have and that if unicorns were truly the Master Race, they would have conquered the world by now.

Queen Stormy

The queen of Unicornia. Has bright yellow fur with a long dark blue mane.

Prince Silversteel

The son of King Magnus Platinum The Third and Crown Prince of Unicornia. Majesty's planned fiancée.

Princess Dahlia

Wife of Prince Onyx Horn, the younger brother of King Magnus Platinum The Third. Has a red coat and mane.
  • Awful Wedded Life: With Prince Onyx Horn. Subverted as it was intentional on her part to ensure that her children take her side. When he died in an automobile accident, she shed no tears.
  • Evil Aunt: Her debut has her planning to assassinate Prince Silversteel while making Queen Stormy infertile, all the while trying to rope her children into the scheme.
  • The Kingmaker: She plans to be this.

Princess Eden Joy

Daughter of Princess Dahlia. Has a pink coat and a silver-redded swiring mane.
  • Royal Brat: Spends massive amounts of money buying stuff on a daily basis. Exploited by her mother in that it makes her the perfect assassin as no one will suspect her.

Prince Sterling

Son of Princess Dahlia. Has black fur and a silver mane.
  • Anti-Villain: Has no desire for the throne, even going as far as signing himself up for the army just to get away from politics. Should he ever become king, it will be because of duty, not for his mother's political gain.

     The Royal Court 

General:

The governing body of Unicornia mainly consisting of the nobility. Only the monarch exceeds their authority and any proposed laws must still pass by him.

Tropes that apply them to a whole are:

  • Decadent Court: They spend as much time trying to kill each other for power as much as they pass laws.

General Waterblaze

A unicorn with a snow-white mane and purple coat. Dia Waterblaze's father.
  • A Deadly Affair: Finds out his wife is cheating on him with multiple other stallions. In a blind rage, he tortures her to death with a poker learning who she has been sleeping with. He himself is slated for execution afterwards for abuse and murder charges.
  • Four-Star Badass: Is a famous general in Unicornia with ice magic proficiency.
  • An Ice Person: His main speciality.
  • Killed Off for Real: After the adultery scandal caused by his wife, he wound up stabbing her to death with a fire poker in a fit of rage after imprisoning her for six days to find out who she had been sleeping with. He was to be executed under charges of abuse and murder.
  • Uriah Gambit: Managed to enforce a law that will force every unicorn to enter military service for two years upon reaching 18 years of age under the grounds of increasing hostilities from foreign nations. The real motive is to delay Majesty and Prince Silversteel's marriage while even hoping that the former will die in combat. After the scandal involving his wife and his own reaction to it, the law was repealed as he lost his social standing.

Duke Crosseye

King Magnus Platinum The Third's military advisor.
  • The Consigliere: King Magnus describes Duke Crosseye as a valued adviser who doesn't kiss his flank.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Duke Crosseye is a typical Unicornian racist, but even he is disgusted by Tirek's actions against all sentient life and is glad that Equestria defeated him.
  • Jerkass Has a Point: While Duke Crosseye makes unflattering racist comments about Tirek, he is also spot on in that Tirek is a warlord and backstabber, he got what he deserved at the hooves of the heroes, and trusting him to help them against Equestria would be folly.

Professor Petrie

The local genius.
  • Omnidisciplinary Scientist: Invented most if not all the technological advancements Unicornia has. He even supposedly invented a way to recreate Tirek's Mana Drain ability.
    • Mad Scientist: King Magnus Platinum The Third once looked at him in the eye. Behind those eyes and the glasses, he could see the fires of brilliance and insanity as one giant flamestorm. He understandably freaked out.
  • High Turnover Rate: Any assistant working under him would last between a week and three years. No more, no less.

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