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Flicker Nicker
First Appearance: The Masks We Wear
Protagonist of The Mask Makes The Pony. A colt from Ponyville who gets a cutie mark in rat-catching and leaves to join the Rat Catcher's Guild.
- Affectionate Nickname: Called "Lord Death of Murder Mountain" by Piper and Hennessey.
- Berserk Button: Rats in general are this to him.
- Big Brother Instinct: Protecting his little sister is a major motivation to him. The instinct quickly extends to cover Piper.
- Determinator: Why Lima chose him. He'll be the last one standing, even if it kills him.
- Literal-Minded
- My Master, Right or Wrong: Has this attitude towards the Guild, and particularly Dr Sterling, but the Guild is trying to break him of it.
- No Sense of Humor: Misinterprets jokes. His friends try to bring him out of this.
- The Quiet One
- The Stoic
- Weak, but Skilled: Not a particularly powerful unicorn, so he's provided a wand to help him.
Hennessey Walker
Flicker's fellow apprentice, and friend.
- Abusive Parents: Hennessey's father in particular, due to being a Heteronormative Crusader.
- Badass Pacifist
- Malaproper: Occasionally, as he's not very well-educated, but he's trying to improve.
Piper Pie
Another apprentice, and the third part of the Power Trio.
- Action Girl
- Magical Flutist: Can create and play ethereal pipes that control animals they are fashioned after.
- Too Kinky to Torture: Is a masochist, something of an advantage in her line of work.
- Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: Not just symbolic, but a sign of jaundice, a result of damage to her kidneys from poison during the Darkest Hour of The Mask Makes The Pony.
Wicked Chandler
Head of the Rat Catcher's Guild.
- Handicapped Badass: Lost his leg when he was Flicker's age. Hasn't slowed him down.
- Plague Doctor
- Reasonable Authority Figure
Doctor Sterling Shoe
Flicker's mentor in the Rat Catcher's Guild.
- Cultured Badass
- Gentleman Snarker
- Heroic Sacrifice: Blew up both himself and Contagion.
- I Shall Taunt You: A favoured tactic in duels.
- Mentor Occupational Hazard
- Upper-Class Twit: According to Wicked, he was one in his youth, though he outgrew it long before The Mask Makes The Pony.
Mr Balister
A teacher at the Guild.
- Stern Teacher: Stands out even amongst the Guild tutors.
- We Can Rebuild Him: At the end of The Mask Makes The Pony
Asterius
Butler at the Guild.
- Our Minotaurs Are Different: She's a minotaur.
Madam Pakora
Dr. Sterling's housekeeper. She claims Hennessey, as his parents don't deserve him.
- Chef of Iron: Attacks Dr. Sterling whenever he enters his home.
- Supreme Chef
Doctor Cactus Needle
A parasitologist working for the Rat Catcher's Guild in Baltimare.
- Badass Bookworm
- Like an Old Married Couple: With Doctor Bunsen. There's a good reason for it.
- Magic Knight
- Nightmare Face: His face is badly damaged from an alchemy accident caused by Bertie.
- Plague Doctor: His introduction has him wearing the gear.
- Teleportation: Proud of his multiple-mile range.
Doctor Bertie Bunsen
A doctor working for the Rat Catcher's Guild in Baltimare. She's married to Doctor Needle.
- Apologises a Lot: Used to apologize daily to Cactus. It took a proposal to convince her she was forgiven.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Was a refugee much like Boxcars.
- I Am Very British: Her accent is this.
- Love at First Punch: Gave Doctor Needle two black eyes when they first met. In her defence, she was hiding in an air vent from a scary masked man at the time.
Boxcars
A mixed-racenote refugee, she joins the Underwatch as Doctor Needle's apprentice. Elder sister of Domino.
- Badass Adorable: While a young filly, kept her younger brother safe while fleeing from Windia.
- Born Lucky: Her talent is for luck.
- Deceased Parents Are the Best: She fondly remembers her parents, but they were killed during a native uprising (they chose to fight on the side of the natives, and were killed alongside them).
- Heroic Vow: Promised her parents she'd take care of Domino.
- Military Brat: Her father was a soldier, and she remembers enough of him to recognise the demeanour in Doctor Needle.
- Orphanage of Fear: Grew up in one after her parents were killed.
Domino
A mixed-racenote refugee from Windia, he is Boxcar's younger brother.
- Born Lucky: Rather literally, his talent is for luck, and he acquired it just after being born.
- Orphanage of Fear: Grew up in one after his parents were killed.
- Puppy-Dog Eyes: Uses them to convince Boxcars to accept Cactus' offer of apprenticeship.
