History Characters / CodexEquusCanterlot

* EvilIsPetty: Part of his grudge against Twilight is that she rejected him. Since they are cousins-in-law and he was [[BabyFactory just using her to have kids]], it's hard to blame Twilight for turning him down.

* {{Narcissist}}: He is full of himself, believing he deserve to be outright worshipped like a god as the ruler of Equestria.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Downplayed in that he is still portrayed as a dangerous menace with his plots and machinations, which culminated in the Canterlot Coup and the Second Equestrian Civil War. However, it's [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/930826834/5104310690 pointed out]] by Golden Scepter himself he is still ultimately a small fish in a big pond when compared to his aunties and her peers and allies, who are gods or heroes with often far more pressing concerns and threats to deal with than the petulant ego and petty schemes of a Canterlot noble. Part of his hatred and envy of his Alicorn great aunts stems from realising this as he cannot stand the fact he doesn't compare to his relatives in popularity and power or that he may just be beneath their notice.

* BreakTheHaughty: On the receiving end of [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/930826834/5104310690 one]] from Golden Scepter, the Radiant Emperor, who not only NoSell all his lies and manipulations easily, but poke a sizeable hole in his ego by pointing out and showing just how insignificant he and his ambitions are the grand scheme of things, complete with a psychic projection of the sheer scale of the universe and an ArmorPiercingQuestion. It left him shaken, if unrepentant.

* EtTuBrute: On the receiving end from his cousin and friend Prince Blueblood, who was heartbroken to find out how rotten he is and helped Luna with the operation to bust the conspirators of the Canterlot Coup on the night it was launched.

* TheEvilPrince: A prince by title and a pretty heartless and hateful bastard.

* UnholyMatrimony: He [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/992645722/5102133215 hooked up]] with Opaline Arcana, one of , during the Second Equestrian Civil War. No one is sure how genuine either of them are for each other, although he did confirm she's an '[[CrazyInTheHeadCrazyInTheBed absolute she-demon]]' in bed.

!!Other Residents
[[folder:Lucky Shot/"Regal Pillar"]]
!!!'''Character:''' Heroic
!!!'''Alignment:''' Neutral Good
!!!'''Type:''' Colt/Earth Pony/Departed Soul/Lonely Rich Kid/Abused Foal/Mutant
!!!'''Faction:''' Principalities of Equestria, Canterlot
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Lucky Shot, aka "Regal Pillar" (his entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Notable-Individuals-4-839429727 here]]) was an Earth pony colt who lived in the Principalities of Equestria, and was one of many Pony foals who was affected by the Striga Family.

Lucky Shot, aka "Regal Pillar" (his entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Notable-Individuals-4-839429727 here]]) was an Earth pony colt who lived in the Principalities of Equestria, and was one of many pony foals who was affected by the Striga Family.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [WIP]

* DoNotCallMePaul: Inverted and justified. His birth name was Lucky Shot, and he ''hated'' being called "Regal Pillar" by his paternal grandparents because they were emotionally abusive to him and sought to turn him into the ideal unicorn scion. Moon Ray calling him by his birth name became one of the reasons he befriended the former so easily.

* HarmfulToMinors: [WIP]

* LonelyRichKid: [WIP]

* MeaningfulRename: [WIP]

* ScarsAreForever: [WIP]

* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: His 'kidnapping' by a group of robbers who burglarized his grandparents' house and his subsequent accident provoked suspicions when Lucky Shot begged a Guardian of Love who healed him not to return him to his grandparents. This later led to the Equestrian Crown and its allies uncovering Lucky Shot's emotional and verbal abuse at the hooves of his paternal grandparents, [[spoiler:and his grandparents' dealings with the Striga Family and direct role in the deaths of his parents in a Tribalist extremist bombing in Manehattan]].

Power-wise, as an Earth Pony, Lucky Shot had the standard abilities expected of his tribe, such as enhanced strength, stamina, speed, and endurance, as well as geo-manipulation, but much of them weren't used due to his young age. As a Happy Tail mutant, Lucky Shot possesses a magical field that's concentrated in his tail, allowing him to use his tail like an extra limb. True to his name, this allowed him to play Buckball with growing proficiency, though as expected, he was still a colt and had a lot to learn.

As a Unicorn, Lucky Shot had arcane telekinesis that is extremely common among members of the tribe. His grandparents made him take magic classes so he could learn how to use spells, but he absolutely hated it.

--> See her folder entry [[Characters/CodexEquusEquestrianPantheon here]].

--> See her folder entry [[Characters/CodexEquusEquestrianPantheon here]].

!!Notable Canterlot Nobles

* AdaptationalVillainy: The Canterlot nobility. In canon, most of them are jerks and bullies at worst. Here, with [[TokenGoodTeammate a few exceptions]], they are depicted as so corrupt and incompetent that they contributed to many of Equestria's problems, such as its near decimation at the hands of the Storm Empire and its allies. Eventually, following a failed coup, they are subjected to a political purge spearheaded by ex-Princess Luna and other divine/mortal members of the Equestrian Crown. Those who died in those events had their souls DraggedOffToHell by infernal members of the Equestrian Pantheon as punishment for their crimes.
* AristocratsAreEvil: The nobles of Canterlot are [[AdaptationalVillainy far more insidious than is shown in canon]] - they are stubborn, corrupt, and backwards, and would do ''anything'' to maintain the status quo and keep their power. Some of the nobles are also quite tribalist, with Blueblood's deceased parents and the pro-unicorn Children of Platinum faction being two examples; the latter even attempted to assassinate both Princess Twilight Sparkle as well as her assistant/adoptive son Spike ([[AssassinOutclassin which was thankfully foiled by Blueblood]]). They are completely willing to do ''anything'' that will ensure their power as well as the current status quo are protected, including assassination and sabotage. If anything, they are the reason why Prince Blueblood gradually lost his overt idealism and hide his HiddenHeartOfGold in order to deal with them, and why the Equestrian government struggled to pass reforms that will overturn outdated policies and benefit the country as a whole.
* CorneredRattlesnake: The Storm King Crisis had caused massive public backlash to be directed at the corrupt nobility, being a large reason ''why'' the Storm King was able to invade Equestria easily, which finally gives the Equestrian Royal Family a chance to pass the reforms the nobles were trying to block. However, Celestia is given a warning by a disguised Changeling King Brachion about the measures they would take to secure their crumbling power.
--> '''King Brachion:''' Beasts are at their most dangerous when wounded and cornered. They will not go down without a fight - they will thrash, they will struggle, they will bite and tear and kill; they will take any chances and go any lengths to survive. Many a hunter on the edge of triumph had found their throats torn open by the dying animal they sought to put down. Take care, your highness, if you wish to slay your beasts; you may never know what they would not do, what they are capable of, if they felt they have nothing left to lose.
* FantasticRacism: As implied in Blueblood's backstory, many nobles are unicorns and thus look down on those who are non-unicorns, including non-unicorn nobles. Their tribalism is so deeply ingrained that Blueblood had to develop the same attitudes in order to covertly circumvent them.
* MortonsFork: This is what the Alicorn Princesses and their royal/noble allies face, in regards to [[AristocratsAreEvil their backwards, arrogant, corrupt, and incompetent nobility]]. As Princess Luna described to Crystal Prism, even goddesses such as themselves need middle-ponies to carry out their will and balance out the needs the government and their subjects. This would create a problem, especially once those same individuals began falling to corruption - if the Alicorn Princesses tried using force to implement the reforms they wanted, they would be decried as "tyrants" and overthrown, giving the corrupt nobility more power and opportunity to do whatever they wanted. But if the Alicorn Princesses did nothing in vain hope that at least one or two nobles will notice the problem and try improve an increasingly hopeless situation, the same thing will happen regardless. However, unlike Celestia, [[TheFettered who would try use words to appeal to the nobles' better nature and get them to change]], Luna is far more pragmatic and ruthless on the matter, believing that the problem would be solved permanently if the nobility was subjected to "a good old-fashioned PURGE". [[spoiler:In the end, Luna turned out to be right]].
* ThePurge: Eventually, after so many years of being corrupt, bigoted and reactionary idiots, the Canterlot nobility finally went too far when a sizeable fraction of them [[spoiler:supported a Coup against the Equestrian Crown and government over the election of Starlight Glimmer, the Egalitarian Principal as the new prime minister]]. This however was fortunately detected ahead of time and was foiled, with Luna and her allies [[spoiler:launching 'Operation Sixty Six', marking the beginning of the Great Purge which would not only cleanse any and all Canterlot noble houses who had stood in the way of reforms and had their stranglehold in Equestrian society for too long, but also root out and wiped out many malignant elements of Equestrian society and politics such as traitorous generals, unscrupulous businessmanes, corrupt politicians, extremist radicals and others deemed enemies of the state and threat to Equestrian government and values of friendship and harmony]]. Many hundreds, if not thousands of nobles were arrested, if not outright killed, and whole noble houses were destroyed. Those who remain were either crown loyalists and allies who finally get to rise to positions to do good, or those who were spared the purges and learnt to fall in line, or ''else''.
* SupernaturalElite: As in canon, most of Canterlot's nobility are powerful, wealthy, and influential unicorns from ancient families. The royal Alicorns, however, take it one step further by being the highest living forms of authority in Equestria, with Princess Celestia and her younger sister, Princess Luna, serving as the ruling diarchs. Even Prince Léon, an Alicorn toddler, is considered royalty, though his young age means he won't be as active until he's older.
* TokenGoodTeammate: There are a few nobles who aren't deeply corrupt and/or incompetent, such as Blueblood, Fancy Pants, Fleur-De-Lis, Twilight Velvet and Night Light. Unlike the vast majority of their peers, the aforementioned ponies are all working hard to ensure that some good occurs in their country. Princess Luna notes to Crystal Prism that people like them are becoming a "rarer breed" with each generation, which might become a problem in troubled times, so a more thorough "purge" of the entire nobility itself might be the only way to get rid of the rampant corruption.

--> '''Clovenist Activist:''' We made a speech calling out the Princess, and [[WhatTheHellHero now you are going to 'investigate' us for it]]? I'm an Equestrian citizen! ''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion Where is my guaranteed freedom of speech?!''

* WhatTheHellHero: Cont occasionally overstepped their bounds, leading to them being called out by the likes of [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/904477912/4985893516 Equestrian media]] and principled members of the [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/904477912/4985893900 Equestrian Pantheon]] for their excesses and being put back into line by Princess Amicitia and the Equestrian government.

* TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: They HATE seditionists and traitors more than anything else, and many of their investigations and outright purges are aimed at rooting them out. And much to their own concern, there is a surprising great number of them all over Equestria.

* IDidWhatIHaveToDo: REMIS sees itself as unfortunate but needed safeguard in Equestria against internal and external threats, having been nearly destroyed by them more than once in recent years and only surviving by the skin of their teeth, and thus is willing to use more controversial and questionable means to ensure Equestria's safety, much to the concerns and consternations of those [[WhatTheHellHero who do not approve of their methods]].