Characters / Codex Equus Kerajaan Pantheon

Here is a list of characters from the Kerajaan Pantheon, the main pantheon of Kerajaan Cahaya.

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Kerajaan Pantheon

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General

• Fantasy Pantheon: The Kerajaan Pantheon is a larger pantheon of which the Church of the Stars is a sub-group. Both of them watch over the kingdom of Kerajaan Cahaya, and many of its members are invested in the natural growth of their subjects.
• Heinz Hybrid: Some members are hybrids with traits from three or more parent races.
• Hybrid Power: Some members are divine hybrids, so they have the combined racial magics of each of their parents' races.

Prince Comet Dancer, the Glimmering Omen

Classification: Ethereal

Portfolio: Space, Omens, Cold

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Prince Comet Dancer (his entry here) is the Sparkle Virgalicorn god of Space, Omens, and Cold, and is Queen Dazzleglow's son and the Crown-Prince of Kerajaan Cahaya.

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• Anthropomorphic Personification: He's a Virgalicorn god who embodies Space, Omens, and Cold.
• Beware the Silly Ones: Like Princess Starglow, one of his maternal aunts, he's silly and upbeat. However, he despises all kinds of racism, including tribalism, due to how he was treated in his youth for being a hybrid, and he's an ancient Sparkle Virgalicorn god who is very powerful.
• Divine Parentage: His mother is Queen Dazzleglow, while his father, Sky Lander, is a mortal Ponylander Zebra.
• Elemental Absorption: As a god of Cold, he can absorb heat like his aunt, Princess Brightglow.
• Elemental Hair Composition: His mane and tail are made of light, with both specifically resembling a comet's tail.
• Gentle Giant: As a "Tier IV"-ranked god, he's pretty large, being slightly shorter than his mother. He's also a compassionate, kind, and upbeat (if a bit silly) stallion who wants to help guide people in ensuring good futures while avoiding bad futures.
• Good Wings, Evil Wings: A "Multicolored Wings" example. He has started molting and growing a colorful wing gradient by the Fourth Age, showing that while he's an ancient Alicorn god, he's actually younger than his mother, Queen Dazzleglow.
• Heinz Hybrid: Many people think he's merely a Pony/Zebra hybrid, but he's actually a three-way hybrid - he's part Sparkle Pony (themselves Celestial Pony/Equusian Pony hybrids) through his mother, Dazzleglow, and part Zebra through his mortal father. As a result of his heritage, he has Zebra stripes and a tribal-style Cutie Mark.
• An Ice Person: Being a god of Cold gives him powerful cryokinesis.
• In the Blood: He gets his optimism from his mother, Queen Dazzleglow, while his silliness and upbeat personality comes from Princess Starglow, one of his maternal aunts.
• Magic Hair: He has a mane and tail made of light, with both specifically resembling a comet's tail.
• The Magnificent: Known as "the Glittering Omen", due to being a god of Omens who always glows whenever he feels something bad is about to happen.
• Master of None: By his own admission, despite his Heinz Hybrid heritage giving him a huge number of racial abilities to use at any time, he's not a master at any of them and in fact has trouble keeping track of said abilities.
• Our Kelpies Are Different: As a Sparkle Virgalicorn hybrid, he can manifest traits of a Zebrican Kelpie due to his father being a mortal Zebra. His Kelpie traits give him water powers, among other things.
• Seers: As a god of Omens, he can receive prophetic dreams and magically project them, though in his case, his domain focuses on bad futures. He also glows and gets a Gut Feeling whenever something bad is about to happen. It's noted that as he grew up, he learned to predict and provide omens for good futures as well as bad.

Dame Patch, the Legendary Knight/Princess Berani Cahaya, the Legendary Knight

See her folder entry here.

Prince Dissonant Tune, the Song of Corruption

Classification: Ascendant

Portfolio: Music, Vice, Corruption, Revelry

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

"Those who choose to dance to my songs of vice and corruption shall sing for me in eternal damnation!"

Prince Dissonant Tune (his entry here) is the Dhampiric Alicorn god of Music, Vice, Corruption, and Revelry, and is a villainous deity who serves a constructive role.

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• Abstract Apotheosis: Dissonant Ascended to godhood as a Dhampyr Alicorn of Music, Vice, Corruption, and Revelry by spreading vice and corruption for constructive purposes, while punishing those who willingly and unrepentantly gave in to their temptations.
• Abusive Parents: Dissonant was afraid of becoming one and repeating the cycle of abuse, which tanked any romantic relationships he had. Fortunately, his lover, Zmeniť, helped him overcome his issues, leading to Hudba's birth. While he did screw up as a parent, Dissonant learned from his mistakes, proving that his fears were unfounded.
• The Ace: Like War Rock, Dissonant is a musical prodigy, which factored into him becoming a "prodigy deity". It's deconstructed as he holds a lot of baggage from both his abusive foalhood and being wrongly condemned for being War Rock's son. Fortunately, Mentálne is helping him recover.
• Affectionate Nickname: Dissonant is known as "Dissy" among familiy and friends. On the flipside, he calls his daughter Hudba "Huddy".
• Always Someone Better: Deconstructed. While Dissonant's stepfather was a successful musician in his own right, he gradually ruined himself with his Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll lifestyle. Discovering that his bastard stepson was born a musical prodigy became one of the reasons why he abused Dissonant, and why he initially tried murdering the latter after murdering his mother in a fit of maddened rage.
• Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: He and Zmeniť told Codex Equus interviewers that their daughter, Hudba, was very chubby and adorable as a baby, giving Hudba herself no shortage of embarrassment.
• Anthropomorphic Personification: He's a Dhampiric Alicorn god who embodies Music, Vice, Corruption, and Revelry.
• Arch-Enemy: He was noted to have become one for Blue Suede Heartstrings in the Second Age, though he later boasted he was much better at it than War Rock was, due to having certain lines that he wouldn't cross.
• Ate It All: He once ate all the cookies Velvet Heart made, leaving none for his adoptive sister, Ruya Clearfeather. This annoys Ruya and gets him scolded by Velvet, and it's implied it happened frequently.
  Ruya: MOM! Dissonant ate the last cookie again!
  Prince Dissonant Tune: I didn't see your name on it!
  Velvet Heart: Dissy, I know you like my cookies, but leave some for your sister, too!
• Badass Boast: After resuming his music career from a hiatus, he boasted, "No, I'm not War Rock. I'm better," in response to accusations and claims regarding him being War Rock 'reborn'. And because he's a musical prodigy who eventually Ascended as a 'prodigy deity', he can really back up his boasts.
• Bad Powers, Bad People: Played with. His domains of Vice and Corruption give him access to dark magic, which includes spells that allow him to foul up forested environments, kill people with a withering touch, and spread vice and magical/moral corruption. Yet he's a constructive villain who uses his evil to test heroes. Outside of his villainy, he's much nicer, albeit a Jerk with a Heart of Gold.
• Bad Powers, Good People: Played with. His domains of Vice and Corruption give him access to dark magic, which includes spells that allow him to foul up forested environments and kill everything in it, kill people with a withering touch, as well as spread vice and magical/moral corruption. He's a constructive villain who uses his evil to test heroes, so outside of his villainy, he's much nicer, albeit a Jerk with a Heart of Gold.
• Bastard Bastard: Played with. He's one of War Rock's illegitimate sons and is a villain like his birth father was, but unlike him, Dissonant follows 'constructive Evil' and uses his domains of Vice, Corruption, and Revelry to test/motivate heroes. Outside of that, he's a Jerk with a Heart of Gold. His early life as a mortal deconstructs it, however: He was expected to be a villainous bastard by virtue of his parentage despite really having nothing to do with War Rock or his villainy, which gave Dissonant a lot of grief. Convinced he might as well be evil, he emulated War Rock's self-destructive hedonism and narcissism for a time, and ended up hospitalized following a near-fatal drug overdose. But after meeting Luminiferous during a low point in his life and learning of Moon Ray Vaughoof's life story, Dissonant was inspired to punish the wicked for their vices and corruption, leading to him becoming a villain for constructive purposes.
• Bear Hug: After he reunites with his birth mother's spirit, they give each other a tearful 'bear-hug'.
• Beauty Is Bad: He's described as extremely handsome, both as a mortal and as an Alicorn. It's played with; he's a villain like War Rock, but he is a constructive one who tests heroes with his evil and punishes those who willingly gave in to his temptations without repenting. He also has a softer side, if a bit rough around the edges.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: One of the reasons why he's very close to Moon Ray Vaughoof. Besides idolizing him, he received helpful advice from Moon Ray regarding personal grievances following the 'Big Comeback Tour' and the 'Applewood Rescue'. Then he was adopted by Moon Ray, who proceeded to be the loving father that both his stepfather and birth father wasn't. It's because of this that he sees Moon Ray as his true father despite knowing of the latter's flaws, and when he meets War Rock in person in the Fourth Age, he disowns War Rock as his father.
• Being Evil Sucks: Played with. While he's an 'evil' Alicorn god of Vice and Corruption, he follows the philosophy of 'constructive Evil' and tests/motivates heroes so they can become strong enough to face genuinely wicked individuals. However, he once went through a phase in his mortal youth where he adopted the same unfettered, self-destructive behaviors that his birth father had in life, believing that being one of War Rock's bastard sons automatically made him evil. While he appeared to enjoy it, he was utterly miserable the entire time, and being hospitalized for a drug overdose made him realize this. It wasn't until meeting Luminiferous and learning of Moon Ray Vaughoof's life story that he embraces the idea of being evil for constructive purposes.
• Being Good Sucks: Deconstructed. Originally, he became a musician just to play music, but being an illegitimate son of War Rock caused people to judge, mistreat, and shun him for his birth father's crimes despite not doing anything to truly warrant it. Despite his attempts to remain good, the mistreatment didn't stop, causing him to act like War Rock for a time because if his parentage made him 'evil', he might as well be evil. However, he felt utterly miserable the entire time, and after being hospitalized for a near-fatal overdose, he suffered an existential crisis and questioned the purpose of his birth. Meeting Luminiferous made him aware of the many paths he could take in life, but finding Moon Ray Vaughoof's memorial statue in Silicon Valley and learning of his life story inspired him to embrace the philosophy of 'constructive Evil'. He's now a villain and god who embodies 'evil' concepts like Vice and Corruption, but he uses them for constructive purposes.
• Big Little Brother: He's biologically younger than his half-sister, Princess Winter Opera, but because he Ascended first, he's now taller and 'older' than her by divine standards.
• Big "SHUT UP!": He stutters, "Sh-Shut up!" after Moon Ray/Canticum Lunae bluntly tells him that he failed as Hudba's father. Unfortunately for him, Moon Ray/Canticum refuses to budge and continues chewing him out.
  Prince Canticum Lunae Cahaya: Ah ain't shuttin' up 'cause that's the truth!
• Blatant Lies: No, he didn't cry Tears of Joy when he learned his hero, Moon Ray Vaughoof, is going to adopt him as his son. He just drank so much water that day that it spilled through his eyes. Moon Ray later teases him for it.
• Breaking the Cycle of Bad Parenting:
  • Dissonant's birth father, War Rock, was essentially a narcissistic, sociopathic monster who abandoned his kids. Dissonant's stepfather resented and abused him, and later tried to kill him after killing his mother in a rage. Years later, after falling in love with Zmeniť and siring Hudba, Dissonant vowed to be the good father that Hudba deserved and has made good on his promise, despite his own fears, insecurities, and mistakes as a parent.
  • Dissonant's biological grandparents were perfectionists who constantly pushed their musically-talented son to succeed and then spoiled him rotten as a reward whenever he did, turning War Rock into a narcissistic, entitled sociopath who inflicted much harm on everyone around him. By stark contrast, Dissonant made huge efforts in being a genuinely good father to his daughter, Hudba; he initially tried compensating for his abusive foalhood by spoiling Hudba, only to realize his mistake when it turned her into a Spoiled Brat and got him chewed out by Moon Ray/Canticum Lunae.
• Broken Ace: Much like his birth father, he's a musical prodigy, which factored into his Ascension as a 'prodigy deity' later on. However, because of his abusive childhood and the wrongful mistreatment he received from others for being related to War Rock, he suffers from numerous psychological issues such as a bad temper, distrust towards authority figures, an utter hatred for Abusive Parents, and an Inferiority Superiority Complex that makes him question his place in the world at times. Fortunately, being Happily Adopted by his idol, Moon Ray Vaughoof, is doing wonders for his psyche, and he's receiving psychiatric help from Mentálne.
• Broken Pedestal:
  • Implied with his stepfather. Dissonant used to idolize his stepfather as a colt and took up music to earn the older stallion's love and praise. However, his stepfather was extremely resentful of him for being a bastard hybrid on top of being a musical prodigy, and eventually killed Dissonant's mother in a maddened rage before trying to go after his son as well. The incident was extremely traumatizing to then-young Dissonant, and it contributed to his hatred of Abusive Parents.
  • Subverted with Moon Ray Vaughoof. Dissonant genuinely sees Moon Ray as a model citizen for overcoming his addictions and wants everyone to be like him in the face of temptation. Even after becoming friends and seeing Moon Ray's flaws, his admiration of the older stallion never wavered. He also cried Tears of Joy when he learned he's going to be Happily Adopted by Moon Ray as his son (though he denies it). Moon Ray giving him some genuine advice during some emotionally low moments in the past helped, too.
• Buffy Speak: While attempting to figure out exactly what species Valefor is, he calls the former an "evil undead... demon... thing..." Cinder II responds that she thinks Valefor is technically a wraith.
• Card-Carrying Villain: Deconstructed. He started emulating War Rock's self-destructive behaviors after coming to the conclusion that his parentage made him 'evil', so he might as well act like it. This led to him doing things like ruining the lives of fellow musicians who threatened his fames, clashing with authority figures, consuming drugs, participating in unrestrained sexual activity, and studying dark magic. However, while he appeared unapologetic on the outside, he was utterly miserable on the inside. Being hospitalized for a near-fatal overdose led to him suffering an existential crisis, wondering what his purpose in life really was and why he was born in the first place. Luminiferous encouraging him not to despair by showing him alternative paths he can take influenced him to take a hiatus from music, but it's not until he finds Moon Ray Vaughoof's memorial statue and learns of Moon Ray's struggles with addiction that he's inspired to take up constructive villainy.
• Close to Home:
  • He despises Abusive Parents in general. This stems from living with a stepfather who abused him for being a bastard hybrid with (in his eyes) undeserved musical talent/potential, and later tried to kill him after killing his mother, Dandelion Breeze, in a maddened rage. His birth father, War Rock, being completely absent and indifferent to his many illegitimate children played a factor in this as well. It's deconstructed as, by his own admission, he has a hard time accepting that abusive parents can change their ways thanks to his experiences.
  • He hates the Hitler Ate Sugar trope with a passion. This stems from being wrongly judged/mistreated by extremely intolerant and hypocritical people who saw him as 'evil' thanks to his parentage, and watching many good musicians being wrongly persecuted and ruined for petty, trivial reasons. He believes the moral self-righteousness of his time was what blinded people to the atrocities committed by real criminals like Glittering Glamour and Wishful Fix, and enabled those same criminals to do horrible things undetected and unimpeded.
• Commonality Connection: He has befriended many villainous deities such as Temnobog, 'Princess' Cold Heart, and Yetareme in part due to following "[[Necessarily Constructive Evil]]" like they are.
• Cool Big Bro:
  • Despite his punkster appearance and evil, he is a Friend to All Children and serves as a big brother figure for them. Harming a child in his presence is not a very good idea.
  • He was excited and happy to learn that he has a sibling to look after in Ruya Clearfeather, a teenage Northern Griffoness. However, while he's generally very protective of Ruya, he's not above annoying his adoptive sister, as shown when he ate all of Velvet Heart's cookies before Ruya could have one. He's also not above getting Ruya into participating in his harebrained shenanigans, such as the time when he and Ruya carved a few drunk-looking Jack-O-Lanterns for Nightmare Night, complete with one of said Jack-O-Lanterns "puking" its innards out◊.
    (Moon Ray and Velvet heart look at their children's Jack-O-Lantern presentation with Stunned Silence)
    Ruya Clearfeather: It was Dissy's idea.
    Prince Dissonant Tune: (cheerfully) Yeah, it was my idea.
• Create Your Own Villain: He himself is a positive example. Luminiferous encouraging him during a very low point in his life, and Moon Ray Vaughoof overcoming his history of drug abuse, were what ultimtely inspired him to a constructively evil villain who punished wicked musicians while tempting good ones. He eventually becomes the Alicorn god of Music, Vice, Corruption, and Revelry, allowing him to be an Evil Counterpart for many benevolent Alicorn musicians like Blue Suede Heartstrings and Healing Song.
• Dark and Troubled Past: He was an illegitimate child born from an affair between his mother, Dandelion Breeze, and War Rock. His bastard status got him abused by his stepfather, a failing musician who already envied him for being musical prodigy. His stepfather eventually murdered Dandelion for her infidelity and would have gone after him as well, but committed suicide after neighbors called the police on him. Though raised by a loving foster family, his choice to become a professional musician would see him being judged and mistreated by everyone for heavily resembling his birth father. He gradually became convinced his parentage automatically made him evil and started acting like it, too, but was utterly miserable deep down and had an existential crisis after being hospitalized for a near-fatal drug overdose. But after being encouraged by Luminiferous, he would come across Moon Ray Vaughoof's memorial statue in Silicon Valley and learn of his story, inspiring him to punish the music industries for their sins and corruption and setting him down the path of (constructive) villainy.
• Dark Is Evil: Played with. He's an evil, black-and-red-haired Alicorn god who embodies things like Vice, Corruption, and Revelry in addition to Music, and he dresses like a punk with a black leather jacket. In the Second Age, he wore a black and red Goth-themed supervillain costume with a cape and dark-tinted goggles to protect his eyes; he admits he styled his costume after his birth father's clothes, but only to spite War Rock, not emulate him. While he's a villain and unapologetically evil, he uses his evil to test and motivate heroes, and has a softer side outside of it.
• Dark Is Not Evil: Played with. He's an evil, black-and-red-haired Alicorn god who embodies things like Vice, Corruption, and Revelry in addition to Music, and moonlit as a music-themed villain with a black and red Goth-themed supervillain costume with a cape and dark-tinted goggles to protect his eyes. But outside his villainy, he's a Jerk with a Heart of Gold who loves his family/friends and is very fond of young children. And while he's evil, he genuinely wants people to resist and overcome vice/corruption like Moon Ray Vaughoof did in life, and plays the villain for this reason.
• Daywalking Vampire: His Dhampir heritage gives him the ability to tolerate sunlight and walk around in daylight without suffering instant side-effects. By contrast, War Rock, a full vampire, immediately caught fire during his final battle with Melody and Ace once the morning sun appeared.
• Deadpan Snarker: It's noted that he likes joking around, but has a somewhat sarcastic sense of humor. One incident had him make a snarky response upon being caught and cornered by a Poenan Cleric and her forces, which caught her off guard long enough for an enraged Moon Ray Vaughoof to arrive and save his son from eternal damnation.
  Poenan Cleric: Any last words, foul one?!
  Prince Dissonant Tune: Yes. I would like my death barbecued, with a side of fries and soda.
  Poenan Cleric: I...! What?
• Defacement Insult: He and his friend, Zmeniť, were believed In-Universe to be responsible for vandalizing an Alvslog tree statue of High King Irminsul by writing "IRMINSUL IS A TREE-FUCKER" on it, while covering the statue with other things like garbage, splattered food, and lingerie. Given Zmeniť's hatred of her father, it's very likely, but nothing can be said for sure. Nonetheless, this act of blasphemy enraged the Alvslog Deer Herds into calling for harsh punishments for the culprits.
• Deity of Human Origin: He was originally an Earth Pony Dhampir, born out of wedlock through an affair between his mother and a vampirized War Rock. Eventually, after some years of spreading constructive Evil, as well as being tutored by both Luminiferous and the divine children of the Grand Primevals (likely Adversus, Nekelmu, or both), he would Ascend and become the Dhampir Alicorn god of Music, Vice, Corruption, and Revelry.
• Delinquent Hair: He usually styles his mane into a 'Death Hawk'-style mohawk. While he's not a delinquent, he's a constructive villain who tests heroes with his evil, and generally acts like The Quincy Punk so he can motivate them. He did go through a phase in his mortal youth where he became a narcissistic hedonist like War Rock was in life, but it made him utterly miserable.
• Detect Evil: As a god of Corruption, he can detect foul magics, and see moral corruption as a festering rot taking form on a person's body.
• Dhampyr: He was born as an Earth Pony Dhampir, thanks to his birth father, War Rock, being already a Vampire when he had a one-night stand with his mother. His heritage gives him traits like tufted ears, draconic pupils, and sharp vampiric fangs, as well as enhanced physical abilities such as enhanced strength, durability, hearing, and speed. Notably, his heritage granted him automatic access to magic in an Age where magic was largely absent. He also has increased tolerance towards traditional Vampire weaknesses such as sunlight and garlic; while he can still be weakened by sunlight and garlic causes physical discomfort when eaten, they don't outright kill him as they would full-blooded Vampires. He's still vulnerable to holy magic and enchanted silver, and he needs blood to sustain himself despite being able to eat other foods.
• Divine Parentage: He would later be adopted by Moon Ray Vaughoof as his son after moving to Kerajaan Cahaya; according to Moon Ray, Dissonant cried Tears of Joy, though Dissonant denies it. This means that through Moon Ray, he is a grandson of Gavisus Manes and a great-grandson of Obitus Equus, the oldest Equuid god of Death in existence.
• Disappeared Dad: Justified.
  • His stepfather killed himself after murdering his mother to avoid being arrested by the police. Meanwhile, his birth father, War Rock, was a deadbeat who saw his children as unwanted consequences of his hedonism, and was killed by Melody and Ace to stop his rampage after he became a vampire. This would give him a lot of psychological baggage as an adult and contribute to his hatred of Abusive Parents.
  • It's also implied that his foster father, who was a much better parent to him in comparison, ended up being outlived by him once he became an Alicorn.
• Doting Parent: Deconstructed. He spoiled and doted on his young daughter, Hudba, as a way to compensate for his abusive foalhood and ensure that she would never suffer as he did. However, his overindulgent parenting and lack of discipline caused Hudba to become a Spoiled Brat, putting her at risk of becoming like her biological grandfather, War Rock, who became irredeemably evil in part thanks to his own parents spoiling him. This leads to Moon Ray/Canticum Lunae bluntly telling him that he "did a pretty bad job" in raising Hudba, making him realize how much he screwed up and try fix his mistakes. He succeeds, and while he still dotes on Hudba, he has gotten better at disciplining his daughter and is now more willing to do so whenever she screwed up.
• Embodiment of Vice: He literally embodies Vice as a concept, which means he has access to various curses and elemental spells based on all sins and vices. He can also empower himself based on how much vice is in a given area. When combined with his Corruption domain, he essentially becomes a powerful warlock (though he admits his half-sister, Winter Opera, is a better witch due to embodying Dark Magic).
• The Empath: Being a god of Vice and Corruption grants him empathic abilities that allows him to sense and encourage vice and corruption in others.
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Despite being a supervillain-turned-God of Evil, he has a few parental figures in his life that he loves dearly.
  • He loved his birth mother, Dandelion Breeze, who protected him from his abusive stepfather, and was traumatized by her murder. The same thing applied to his foster mother who raised him after Dandelion's death. He would later reunite with Dandelion's spirit and give her a Bear Hug after Moon Ray summoned her to help him overcome his foalhood trauma. He was also enraged when he realizes during a Codex Equus interview that War Rock murdered Dandelion by proxy by sending her back home, knowing her increasingly abusive husband would kill her for her infidelity.
  • A gender-inverted example is his adoptive father, Moon Ray Vaughoof. Dissonant idolized Moon Ray from the start despite knowing of the latter's flaws, and sees him as a model citizen for overcoming his drug addictions. And during a period of emotional upset following the 'Big Comeback Tour' and the 'Applewood Rescue' events, Moon Ray gave him honest advice about life that cheered him up. Learning that he's going to be adopted as Moon Ray's son moved Dissonant so much that he cried Tears of Joy, though he denies it.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite being a constructive villain, he genuinely loves his adoptive family, as well as his surviving half-siblings like Princess Winter Opera. It's noted that out of everyone in his life, he's closest to Moon Ray Vaughoof because the latter helped him out during his emotional lows as well as overcoming his drug and alcohol addictions; according to Moon Ray, he cried when he learned he was going to be adopted by him. This applies to many of his friends as well, like Prince Healing Song and Film Trivia, as well as his friend-turned-lover Zmeniť and his daughter Hudba.
• Even Evil Has Standards:
  • Like his birth father, War Rock, Dissonant is a musician-turned-villain. Unlike War Rock, he has certain lines that he wouldn't cross, such as the various things War Rock did in his quest for immortality and godhood. Dissonant believes having an honor code is why he made a 'better' Arch-Enemy for Blue Suede Heartstrings than War Rock did. He was also furious when he learned of War Rock's more despicable actions, such as his rape of Healing Song and his murder of Dissonant's birth mother by proxy, both which fueled his grudge towards his birth father even further.
  • Dissonant once led an early Third Age kingdom deep into corruption because he was greatly disgusted with how their unfettered obsession with beauty, fashion, and food made them abusive towards those who failed to meet their standards. This contributed to the rise of Queen Eclaira, who felt so miserable over being abused for her mediocre looks that she did everything she could to become the Fairest of Them All, including learning dark sorcery under Vondur and devouring Princess Praline to absorb her divinity (though Praline herself escaped unharmed).
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Played with. While he does understand the concept of goodness and can comprehend it, he was used to the utter depravity, corruption, and violence that defined the Second Age because that's what he grew up with. This made him stick out like a sore thumb in the Third Age because he saw its tamer brand of "evil" as comparable to "schoolyard pranks", which led to him butting heads with his friend, 'Princess' Cold Heart because she saw his perception of evil as utterly monstrous. Once the more depraved Fourth Age rolled in, he started feeling right at home.
• Evil Is Hammy: His entry describes him as being loud, and as a supervillain, he acts vain in a hammy way. According to this Codexverse quote, he still acts like this after joining the Kerajaan Pantheon, punishing wicked shades in his Hell-Realm for music-related crimes like abusing/exploiting musicians, endangering people by stalking and obsessing over them, and sabotaging other musicians' careers to get rid of threats to their own fame.
  Prince Dissonant Tune: (yelling) I DON'T HEAR ANY SINGING!!!
• Evil Makes You Ugly: As a god of Corruption, he has the ability to see people's moral corruption as a festering rot that appears on their bodies. The more corrupted they are, the more rot they have. However, he can't see the rot if people deeply suppress it, which is how he was unable to detect Blue Suede Heartstrings' growing mental instability at the time.
• Evil Sorcerer: As a god of Vice and Corruption, he's pretty well-versed in dark magic, including Malrègnarian dark magic which he learned during a visit at one point, on top of wielding Magic Music that his Music domain grants him. However, he sees his older half-sister, Princess Winter Opera, as the more powerful sorceress due to being a goddess of Dark Magic.
• Evil Versus Evil: Because of his beliefs, he often opposed supervillains who had far worse morals than he did, especially those who followed 'destructive Evil' like War Rock's cultists. In regards to the latter, he would use them as Unwitting Pawns in his schemes to test heroes before later betraying them to proper authorities once their time is up. This naturally made him the target of many supervillains' ire, so he has to team up with superheroes to take them down.
• Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: While discussing War Rock's actions with Jade Shell, he talks about how contradictory it was for a Vampire like War Rock to spare a mare he just had a one-night stand with... when he realizes to both his horror and fury that this is how his birth mother, Dandelion Breeze, died - War Rock knew about her deteriorating marriage and sent her back home to her increasingly deranged husband to tie up a loose end while keeping his own hooves clean.
  Jade Shell: I find it weird that War Rock would spare your mom despite being a vampire at the time.
  Prince Dissonant Tune: Yeah, I thought about it for years, too. I mean, War Rock's a bloodsucker! And yet he chose not to drain my mom after sleeping with her. Unless he already had his fill or he... he... oh. THAT GODDAMNED SONUVABITCH!
• Family of Choice: He sees Moon Ray Vaughoof as his true father by virtue of being much more loving and supportive than his previous father-figures, who either abused him or treated him like an unwanted consequence of their hedonism. His surviving, Ascendant half-siblings like Princess Winter Opera are also included.
• Freudian Excuse: Many of his flaws stem from his past experiences as a mortal, though it's deconstructed as those same flaws influenced him to act in unsavory ways, regardless of his reasons. Thankfully, he's receiving some much-needed psychiatric help in dealing with his issues from young Mentálne, and being adopted by Moon Ray Vaughoof has helped him control his worst impulses.
  • Due to his traumatic foalhood experiences with his stepfather, and War Rock being completely absent and indifferent to him and his half-siblings, Dissonant utterly despises Abusive Parents. By his own admission, he initially had a hard time believing or accepting that abusive parents can change their ways, since both War Rock and his stepfather died wicked and unrepentant.
  • He suffers from anger and trust issues due to being wrongly mistreated for his birth father's crimes, especially by authority figures and superheroes who thought badly of him because of his parentage. This may be part of the reason why he acts like a rebellious Punk.
  • His Inferiority Superiority Complex also came from being wrongly judged and mistreated by people in his time for resembling War Rock (especially his vampiric traits) and being a musical prodigy like his birth father. His attempts to be a Card-Carrying Villain like War Rock left him utterly miserable and nearly killed him when he was hospitalized for a drug overdose. He gets better after that, but while he has grown comfortable with his role as a constructive villain and even enjoys it, he still questions his place in the world at times and can be hard on himself whenever he thinks he failed.
• Friend to All Children: Despite his evil nature, he's very fond of young children and serves as a big brother figure for them. It's noted that it's not a good idea to harm a child in his presence.
• From Nobody to Nightmare: He was once an innocent and sweethearted colt who idolized his increasingly abusive stepfather, and took up music just to please him. Now, he's an evil Alicorn god of Music, Vice, Corruption, and Revelry, though he plays the villain for constructive purposes.
• Generation Xerox: Though some circumstances happened differently, his daughter, Hudba, would go through almost the same trials and hardships that he himself went through as a mortal - bullied at a young age for something beyond her control, going through a phase where she acted like a complete Jerkass to everyone, and then going through a life-changing event that spurred her to become a punisher of the wicked and tester of heroes.
• Gentle Giant: Double-subverted. He's a tall and lanky-bodied Alicorn punk who acts quite rude, loud, hot-tempered, and rebellious. However, he's a constructive villain who largely acts that way to test and motivate heroes. When not being a villain or playing music, he is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold who is loyal to his family/friends and is notably a Friend to All Children.
• God of Evil: He's an Alicorn god who embodies Vice and Corruption, as well as the wicked/unfettered aspects of Music and Revelry. His entry describes him as The Quincy Punk who acts like a loud, wild, and rebellious Jerkass to people, and is unapologetically evil. However, it's subverted as he is a follower of 'constructive Evil', and much of his behavior is a front he puts up to test/motivate heroes. He did indulge in 'destructive Evil' for a time, but it was thanks to being wrongly judged and mistreated by many people for being a musical prodigy and one of War Rock's illegitimate children, which convinced him that he might as well be evil if his parentage made him such. What pushed him into 'constructive Evil' was meeting Luminiferous, which made him aware of other, better paths he could take, and learning of Moon Ray Vaughoof's life story and struggles with drug/alcohol addiction. When not playing the villain, he's actually much nicer, empathetic, and loving than he initially appears, albeit still rough around the edges.
• Goggles Do Nothing: Averted. During his days as a mortal supervillain, he wore dark-tinted goggles to protect his eyes.
• Good Needs Evil: He chose to become a constructive villain because of his admiration for Moon Ray and his efforts to become sober in life, and wants everyone else to follow Moon Ray's example when tested by evil. He also sees himself as the living embodiment of the Second-Age music industries' sins, depravities, and corruption, so the duty of punishing genuinely wicked and unrepentant individuals falls on him.
• Half-Breed Discrimination: One of the reasons why his stepfather abused him as a foal is because he was born a Dhampire instead of a full-blooded Pony, indicating his wife's infidelity. Later, as an adult, he would be ostracized and mistreated by Ponyland as a whole because he heavily resembled his birth father, War Rock, who in life had turned himself into a Vampire in a bid for godhood. This is what initially contributed to his own fall into (self-destructive) villainy.
• Happily Adopted: This happens twice in his life.
  • After losing his mother and stepfather to a Murder-Suicide as a colt (his stepfather initially intended to kill him, too, but their neighbors calling the police drove his stepfather to kill himself instead), Dissonant would be placed in a more stable and loving foster family by Social Services. This helped him with his foalhood trauma, though it's noted it still took a while for him to recover.
  • In the Fourth Age, three Ages after outliving his foster family, Dissonant would be adopted by Moon Ray Vaughoof, his idol and hero. He was so happy with the news that he apparently cried, according to Moon Ray, though Dissonant denies it. It got to the point where he disowns War Rock as his father upon meeting him in-person in the Fourth Age, as he now regards Moon Ray as his 'true' father.
• Harmful to Minors: When he was a colt, he was abused by his increasingly hateful and jealous stepfather for extremely petty reasons. Eventually, his stepfather murdered his mother in a rage and would have gone after him, too, had neighbors not called the police, upon which his stepfather killed himself. He was found hiding under his own bed by police afterward, and while he was subsequently raised by a loving foster family, it left him with trauma that contributed to his hatred of Abusive Parents.
• Hell-Bent for Leather: As part of his Punk getup, he wore a black leather jacket with various button pins on its collar. After Ascending to godhood, he now wears a divine version of his jacket.
• Hero-Worshipper:
  • He idolizes Moon Ray Vaughoof and was inspired by him to take the path of constructive villainy during a very low point in his life. Because Moon Ray redeemed himself after falling into addiction by achieving complete sobriety, Dissonant sees him as a model citizen and wants everyone else to follow Moon Ray's example when tested by evil, which he has stated a few times in his interviews with Codex Equus researchers. Moon Ray also personally helped Dissonant out during times of personal crisis, endearing himself further to him. Spending time with Moon Ray made Dissonant more aware of his idol's flaws, but despite this, his faith and devotion to the older Alicorn never wavered. According to Moon Ray, Dissonant even cried when he learned he was going to be adopted by his beloved idol as his son, though Dissonant himself denies it.
  • Deconstructed with him and his stepfather. Dissonant idolized his stepfather as a colt, and even took up music just to earn his approval and love. Unfortunately, his stepfather only saw him as a bastard hybrid that his wife sired with someone else, and Dissonant being a musical prodigy when he worked his ass off to get where he was only worsened things. Being a colt at the time, he couldn't understand why his stepfather abused him so much, which made his hero-worshiping all the more tragic. Things came to a head when, after killing Dissonant's mother in a fit of maddened rage, his stepfather tried going after him, only to change his mind and kill himself upon learning their neighbors called the police on him. Dissonant was placed in a loving foster home, but being nearly killed traumatized him and became a factor in his hatred of Abusive Parents that he would develop as an adult.
• Hidden Depths: One Codex drabble reveals that he sees the passage of time - including the end of the Second Age - as a good thing, since no one will be able to remember or judge him for being a son of War Rock anymore.
  Prince Dissonant Tune: One great thing about time: Creatures tend to forget who you're related to unless you tell them.
• History Repeats: His attempts to ensure Hudba grew up with a loving father by doting and spoiling her, yet not disciplining her when necessary, only resulted in Hudba becoming a Spoiled Brat - a.k.a. the same thing that created War Rock's rise as the hated supervillain of the Second Age. Moon Ray/Canticum bluntly spelling this out causes him to realize he screwed up as a parent and spurs him to try make amends for his mistakes.
• Hitler Ate Sugar:
  • Deconstructed. Being one of War Rock's sons who also happened to be a musical prodigy made him a frequent victim of people who judged and mistreated him for his parentage, despite not doing anything to actually deserve it. This gave him a lot of psychological issues, and because of his experiences, he hates such trigger-happy and intolerant attitudes, believing they enabled and encouraged real criminals to do horrible things unimpeded. At one point, he gave all of Ponyland a blistering "The Reason You Suck" Speech for distracting themselves with their moral hypocrisy and self-righteousness, since they're largely the reason why pedophilic criminals like Glittering Glamour and Wishful Fix were able to flourish in the first place.
  • Ironically, he initially didn't like being worshiped at all because it reminded him of how War Rock's cultists only treated him as either his father's heir or his 'second-coming'. This caused him to undergo a period of emotional upset that his adoptive father, Moon Ray Vaughoof, tried to help him deal with, though Moon Ray admitted he wasn't the best person to approach on the subject since he, too, felt awkward over being worshiped himself at the time. Instead, Moon Ray directed his son to Gagal, who helped Healing Song with a similar issue. Gagal's advice helped Dissonant recover and made him realize that he actually liked being feared and respected for being a 'constructive' villain, so he founded a religious order whose members followed his philosophy in 'constructive Evil'.
• Holy Halo: Inverted. He has a halo made of Vice energy, and he's a constructively villainous Alicorn who spreads evil and corruption to test heroes while damning the truly wicked and/or unrepentant.
• Hot-Blooded: Deconstructed. He's described by his entry as being hot-tempered, which is part of his behavior as The Quincy Punk. However, while it's part of his constructive villainy, his temper is rooted in traumatic experiences with Abusive Parents and being wrongly mistreated by those who judged him based on the crimes committed by his birth father, War Rock. He utterly despises abusive parents and (by his own admission) has difficulty accepting that they can change their ways, and is very distrustful of authority figures for doing nothing to prevent his mistreatment. His temper also makes him prone to recklessness at times. Fortunately, he has Moon Ray to rein him in, and Mentálne is helping him overcome his issues.
• Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: He's an extremely tall Alicorn compared to his younger adoptive sister, Ruya, a teenage mortal Northern Griffoness. They have a loving sibling relationship, though he can get on Ruya's nerves at times. It's justified as he was born tall thanks to War Rock's genetics, and Ascending to godhood made him even taller.
• Hypocrite: While he hates people who are quick to label certain things as 'evil' just because an evil person did it, he turned out to be guilty of doing the same thing himself by avoiding certain things that his birth father, War Rock, did in life, such as being worshipped by others and having kids. He later gets over it, thanks to his family and people who helped him overcome his issues like Gagal, Mentálne, and Zmeniť.
• I Hate You, Vampire Dad: He was born a Dhampyr because his birth father, War Rock, was already a Vampire when he had a one-night stand with his birth mother, Dandelion Breeze. In addition to being a complete deadbeat who didn't care about his many illegitimate children, War Rock did many despicable things as a supervillain, including rape (as shown with Healing Song). His heritage would lead to him being either wrongly mistreated by those who were affected by War Rock's actions, or seen as his father's "second coming" by War Rock's fanatical followers, something that would affect him until well into the Fourth Age. Understandably, he holds a grudge against War Rock to the point where he sees Moon Ray Vaughoof as his true father, and when he meets War Rock for the first time, he immediately disowns him as his father. He also refused to speak of War Rock around his daughter Hudba exactly for this reason, at least until Moon Ray/Canticum forced him to acknowledge that he was repeating history by spoiling Hudba, which is exactly what War Rock's parents did with him.
• Immortality Begins at Twenty: Subverted. Because deities in general only get Stronger with Age, he will only gain more power and eldritch traits as he gets 'older', which Queen Mzazi states is normal for Alicorns. As a "Tier IV"-ranked god and a 'prodigy deity', he possesses a chaotically rippling black and red mane made of Vice energy, a magical wing gradient going from yellow to black and red, and a baleful halo made of Vice energy.
• Incompatible Orientation: He turned down Healing Song when the latter confessed his feelings to him because he didn't "swing that way". They still stayed friends, though.
• Inferiority Superiority Complex: Zigzagged and deconstructed. He takes great pride in not becoming like War Rock and enjoys being a constructive villain, but he also suffers from insecurities about his self-worth and place in the world. This stemmed from being seen/treated by Ponyland as being as bad as his birth father just for being born his son, which made him believe that he might as well be evil. But living the same self-destructive lifestyle as War Rock only left him miserable and nearly killed him. Even after becoming an Alicorn god who tempts/punishes the wicked, he can surprisingly be hard on himself whenever he thinks he failed in his duties. Fortunately, being adopted by Moon Ray Vaughoof, who proves himself to be every bit the loving father War Rock wasn't, and receiving much-needed therapy from Mentálne is helping him recover.
• Intergenerational Friendship: He's a "Tier IV"-ranked god, making him much older than Muziki, a student of Moon Ray and a demigod (i.e. the divine equivalent of a 'baby'). Despite this, they were able to get along with each other pretty well.
• Interspecies Friendship:
  • At some point, he befriended Zmeniť, a Deer goddess of Technology, Change, and Storms who previously left the Elternteil Deer Pantheon out of rage towards their abuse and toxic hypocrisy. This led to them going on various misadventures where they sow the seeds of rebellion in oppressive and/or tyrannical societies, including an incident where he and Zmeniť vandalized a magnificent Alvslog tree statue made in honor of High King Irmisnul, Zmeniť's father. They would later graduate to Interspecies Romance after falling in love and siring a daughter in Hudba.
  • He would also end up befriending Moon Ray's student, Muziki, an Abadalicorn demigod.
• Interspecies Romance: He and Zmeniť became friends at some point, but they would later fall in love. This leads to the birth of Hudba after Zmeniť helped him overcome his insecurities regarding whether or not he'll become a bad father should he have kids.
• Ironic Hell: According to a Codexverse quote, his Hell-Realm in the Kerajaan Pantheon is an extremely cruel parody of the entertainment industries. Damned shades who exploited/abused their clients are in turn exploited and controlled by sleazy managers; those who stalked and obsessed over certain celebrities are given the same treatment; and those who bullied and sabotaged fellow musicians out of jealousy towards their fame are now bullied and sabotaged like their perceived 'rivals', among other things.
• It's All About Me: He became a musician and a supervillain purely for his own self-interests... or so he claims. In reality, he became a villain so he could test heroes and punish those who are genuinely wicked and/or unrepentant, unlike his birth father, War Rock. Ironically, he once behaved this way in his mortal youth after dealing with public mistreatment for being one of War Rock's bastard sons, and did things like ruin the lives of fellow musicians the moment they started threatening his career. Luminiferous knew of his potential for self-destructive villainy, and their meeting during an emotionally low period kicked off a series of events that led to him becoming a constructive villain.
  Prince Dissonant Tune: I'm purely out for my own self-interests. Is it wrong? Yes... to you, anyway. Am I sorry for it? No, I'm not. And there ain't a damn thing you can do about it.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's rude, hot-tempered, wild, and rebellious, and like his friend, Cold Heart, he enjoys acting like an unpleasant Jerkass to people, including fellow, benevolent musicians. And as a supervillain, he's quite hammy and gets off from the rage and hatred many heroes have for him. However, as a constructive villain, much of it is just an act he puts up to test and motivate heroes. When not being a villain, or playing music, he's a Friend to All Children, greatly sympathizes with abuse victims and those who were judged/blamed for other people's actions, and is incredibly loyal to his friends and family. He also has a somewhat sarcastic sense of humor.
• Karmic Jackpot: His decision to become a constructive villain who punished the wicked elements of the Second Age's music industries would lead to him being tutored by Luminiferous and the children of either Adversus or Nekelmu (some say both). His deeds afterward would allow him to Ascend to godhood, something his birth father, War Rock, tried obtaining for himself yet failed in the end.
• Lean and Mean: Subverted. He inherited his tall height and lanky body from War Rock, his birth father. But unlike War Rock, who is a monstrous, sociopathic villain, he's a constructive villain who tests and motivates heroes, and has a softer side outside of it.
• Like Father, Like Son:
  • Much like his adoptive father, Moon Ray Vaughoof (later 'Prince Canticum Lunae Cahaya'), he was abused and neglected by father-figures in his life and, after becoming a musician, fell into a period of addiction that nearly killed him. And like Moon Ray, he had anger issues and bore a grudge towards certain groups related to those who wronged him (drug dealers for Moon Ray, Abusive Parents for Dissonant). Fortunately, Moon Ray has shaped himself enormously since adopting Dissonant so he can be the good father his son deserved.
  • Due to being a Daddy's Girl, his daughter, Hudba, takes more after him. Like him, she's a leather-wearing musician and is prideful, loud, and hammy, especially on-stage. She also went through a phase where she behaved similarly to War Rock, which was exactly what he went through before becoming a constructive villain, though the circumstances that led to said phases are different.
• Like Father, Unlike Son: Despite both of them being villains, he is completely different from War Rock in many ways. One notable difference is their motivations for villainy: While War Rock became a villain to gain immortality and be worshiped forever, Dissonant became a villain to test/motivate heroes and punish the wicked for giving in to their temptations. And unlike War Rock, who sired hundreds of illegitimate children and only saw them as unwanted consequences of his hedonistic lifestyle, Dissonant fell in love with his friend Zmeniť and became a good father to his daughter, Hudba, even though he made mistakes in raising her.
• Loser Son of Loser Dad: Deconstructed. Like his older half-sister, Winter Opera, he was wrongly judged and mistreated by those quick to accuse him of crimes his birth father, War Rock, committed in life, despite being completely innocent. His striking resemblance to War Rock and the fact that he's a musical prodigy like his father added fuel to the fire. At first, he tried to stay good in the face of undeserved criticism, but later he snapped and followed in War Rock's hoofsteps anyway, convinced that if his parentage made him evil, he might as well be evil. Deep down, he actually felt miserable, and his self-destructive hedonism got him hospitalized following a near-fatal overdose. He went through an existential crisis afterwards, but meeting Luminiferous made him aware of better alternative paths he can take. During his soul-searching, he came across Moon Ray Vaughoof's memorial statue and learned of the latter's struggles with addiction in life. He found Moon Ray to be so inspiring that he became a constructive villain, resolving to test heroes and damn the wicked so everyone can triumph like Moon Ray in the face of vice and corruption. His experiences with this trope made him hate moral hypocrisy and sympathetic towards those who went through similar situations, but he also suffered from a lot of issues that stem from it, such as low self-esteem and distrust towards authority figures.
• Made of Evil: After Ascending to godhood, he started seeing himself as the living embodiment of the Second-Age music industries' sins, depravities, and corruption. Therefore, the duty of punishing genuinely wicked, unrepentant people and testing heroes falls on him. His mane and tail became composed of chaotically rippling Vice energy to reflect this.
• Magic Hair: After Ascending, his mane and tail became composed of chaotically rippling Vice energy.
• Magic Music: As a god of Music, he can do things like healing, providing helpful buffs to his allies, calming down and soothing listeners, and breaking certain curses with music. Because he prefers Punk Rock and embodies the unfettered aspects of Music, he uses his music to inspire emotions like fear, anger, and distrust, and has incited outright rebellion on multiple occasions. He only does the last part for constructive purposes, though, such as inspiring people to defy laws and beliefs that are genuinely harmful.
• The Magnificent: Known as "the Song of Corruption", due to embodying Corruption and being a constructively villainous Alicorn god.
• Make Some Noise: As a god of Music, he can use Sound Magic and, while not as powerful as a Sound deity like Prince Crystal Clear, is skilled in the offensive aspects of it. He can do things like turn into an entity of pure sound, unleash powerful, disorienting screams, project concussive blasts and sound waves, and manifest pure vibrations that can weaken and shatter things. Because of his musical preferences, he has manifested his sonic screams with a Punk Rock scream, and can adjust the volume and impact of them. He can also create new sounds or take existing sounds and play them on loop, which he once used to undermine a Pony Autorist rally by playing looping fart noises, turning both the rally and its hosts into a laughingstock.
• Make Them Rot: Much like Princess Hnignun, who embodies Decay, his domain of Corruption allows him to cause something or someone to wither away upon touch.
• Meaningful Appearance: Unlike War Rock, whose mane and tail are entirely red, his mane and tail are black with red stripes - signifying how he's like his dead birth father in some ways yet different in many others.
• Metal Scream: Well, Punk Rock, in his case. Whenever he unleashes sonic screams, he manifests them with a Punk Rock scream.
• Missing Mom: Justified. His birth mother, Dandelion Breeze, was killed by his stepfather for her infidelity in a fit of maddened rage, while his foster mother was presumably outlived when he became an Alicorn. He reunites with Dandelion when Moon Ray summons her spirit to help him overcome his trauma regarding her murder, leading to a Bear Hug between them.
• Mix-and-Match Critters: His true form as an Alicorn has the chimeric traits of all mortal Pony tribes, such as the Musical Pony's chest gem, the Flutter Pony's butterfly wings, and the Sea Pony's aquatic gills and tail. However, his Dhampir heritage also gives him traits of the lesser-known Night Pony tribes, of which there remains little information.
• More Deadly Than the Male: Though a 'prodigy deity' and a skilled, powerful warlock himself, he believes that his older half-sister, Princess Winter Opera, is more powerful than him because she embodies Dark Magic as a concept.
• The Music Meister: By combining his domains of Revelry and Music together, he can magically make someone suddenly start dancing and singing in impromptu musical numbers.
• My God, What Have I Done?: He realizes just how much he screwed up in raising Hudba after Moon Ray/Canticum chews him out for turning Hudba into a Spoiled Brat by spoiling her yet not properly disciplining her whenever she made serious mistakes. To make up for this, he has everyone who knew War Rock come together and psychically show Hudba their memories of what War Rock did when he was alive. Hudba was so terrified that it makes her rethink her behavior and choose to make amends for it.
• Noble Demon: He's an unapologetically evil Alicorn god, and he was a music-themed supervillain in the Second Age. However, he's a 'constructive' villain who tests heroes with his evil, so unlike his birth father, War Rock, who was a monstrous and narcissistic sociopath, he has lines he wouldn't dare cross. Ultimately, his villainy was influenced by good actions made by good people - he was inspired by Moon Ray Vaughoof's struggles with addiction and success in achieving sobriety, and wants everyone else to be like his idol.
• "Not So Different" Remark: Moon Ray/Canticum Lunae essentially tells him that by spoiling Hudba and not disciplining her for serious mistakes, he's repeating history with War Rock's parents, who did the same thing to their musically-talented son until he became a narcissistic and entitled sociopath as an adult.
  Prince Canticum Lunae Cahaya: (to Prince Dissonant Tune) Y'know why War Rock got dragged down ta yer Great Uncle Malus' Hell-Pits after he died?! It's 'cause 'is own parents never bothered ta raise 'im right n' proper! An' 'cause of that, he ran himself into the ground so hard that he died a monster, all while refusin' ta listen ta those who did their best ta redeem 'im!
• Offing the Offspring: Narrowly averted. His stepfather tried to kill him after killing his mother, yet committed suicide once he learned his neighbors called the police on him. The police found him hiding underneath his own bed, and while he was put in a good foster family, the incident left him with lingering trauma.
• Outliving One's Offspring: Inverted. He ends up outliving his birth father, his stepfather, his birth mother, and his foster parents, especially after becoming an Alicorn; what makes the case with his stepfather ironic is that the latter tried to kill him as a colt in a fit of maddened rage, only to commit suicide once he learns the neighbors heard him and called the police.
• Parental Abandonment: Justified. His mother and stepfather (the latter whom was very abusive to him growing up) died in a Murder-Suicide, while War Rock, his birth father, treated his many illegitimate children as unwanted consequences of his hedonistic lifestyle. As a result, despite turning out mostly well-adjusted due to being raised by a loving foster family, he suffered from numerous psychological issues, including an utter hatred of Abusive Parents in general. It's also implied that he ended up outliving his foster family, too, once he became an Alicorn. Fortunately, being adopted by Moon Ray Vaughoof and receiving psychiatric help from Mentálne is helping him recover.
• Parents as People: Being abandoned by his birth father, and abused and nearly killed by his stepfather, gave him a lot of emotional baggage that he still struggles with in the present day. He tried compensating for this by indulging his young daughter, Hudba, but his parenting led to her becoming a Spoiled Brat until Moon Ray/Canticum Lunae called him out on it, motivating him to fix his mistake by having everyone psychically show Hudba their memories of War Rock. Despite his fears, insecurities, and failures, he genuinely wants to be the good father that his own father-figures weren't, and loves his little "Huddy" with all his heart and soul.
• A Party, Also Known as an Orgy: As a god of Revelry, he can combine his domain with his other domains of Vice and Corruption so he can turn any party into orgies of unrestrained depravity, addiction, and hedonism with just a little 'nudge'.
• Pet the Dog:
  • One indication to his softer side is he genuinely likes Rarity's mohawk and punk attire enough to compliment them. His compliment gets Rarity blushing and giggling like a school filly.
  • He is also a genuine Friend to All Children and serves as a big brother figure for them, despite a Punk delinquent normally being the last sort of person to associate with children.
• Practically Different Generations: He's an Alicorn god who's tens of thousands of years old. His younger adoptive sister, Ruya Clearfeather, is a mortal teenage Northern Griffon.
• Psychic Powers: He has telepathy and empathy, as well as precognition. His domain of Revelry also grants him a psychic intuition that tells him what people would like in a party.
• The Quincy Punk: He usually appears as a Punk with a Death Hawk-style mohawk, a leather jacket, a white 'Anarchy' T-shirt, a studded bracelet on his left foreleg, and ear/facial piercings. Fittingly, he is quite rude, loud, wild, hot-tempered, and rebellious, which reflects in his music. And like his friend, 'Princess' Cold Heart, he enjoys being as unpleasant to people as possible. This has led to his career being rocked with multiple scandals, but he is unapologetic towards his actions. It's subverted since he acts this way as part of his constructive villainy, so outside of it he's a Jerk with a Heart of Gold who loves and is loyal to his family/friends, and is a Friend to All Children. Much of his behavior also stems from personal reasons such as an abusive upbringing or public mistreatment simply for being a supervillain's bastard son.
• Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: He was furious when he learned War Rock raped Healing Song (who was mortal at the time) to psychologically break the latter. This fueled his grudge towards his birth father even further.
  Prince Dissonant Tune: HE DID WHAT?!
• Reality Warper: Combining his domains of Vice and Corruption grants him reality-warping abilities that can transform an area into Wretched Hives full of sin and corruption. His domain of Revelry allows him to create the perfect party by magically creating objects such as food and decorations, and ensuring said food always stays fresh while the drinks flow continuously.
• Really Gets Around: Averted. Despite being a god of Vice, Corruption, and Revelry, he's actually a virgin because he's deeply scared of becoming as bad as his birth father and stepfather if he decided to enter a long-term relationship and have children (though his devotion to spreading 'constructive Evil' contributed to it as well). This changes when he befriends and later falls in love with Zmeniť, who helps him overcome his issues until he's ready to take the next step in their relationship, which leads to the birth of their daughter, Hudba.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: At one point, he gave the people Ponyland an utterly blistering speech for their moral hypocrisy, being quick to accuse innocent people of behaving like War Rock for petty reasons, while enabling and blinding themselves to the atrocities committed by real criminals in the same breath.
  Prince Dissonant Tune: You Ponies are a bunch of morons! While you're all busy pointing your hooves at each other, accusing each other of acting like War Rock for the dumbest reasons, the real monsters out there are having a good time preying on foals and other innocents! Why? Because you're all too distracted by your moral self-righteousness to actually give a damn!
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: He has red eyes, and is an evil Alicorn god of Vice and Corruption. He was also a music-themed supervillain in the Second Age. Personality-wise, he acts like a loud, rebellious, and wild Jerkass. It's subverted as he is a constructive villain who tests heroes and damns the wicked, and much of his behavior is an act. Outside of his villainy, he has a softer and more loving side.
• Rotten Rock & Roll: He's an evil Alicorn god who embodies Music, Vice, Corruption, and Revelry, and in the Second Age, he was a music-themed supervillain like War Rock. It's subverted as unlike his birth father, he follows 'constructive Evil' and plays the villain in order to test/motivate heroes. Outside of that, he's a Jerk with a Heart of Gold who loves his family and is a Friend to All Children.
• Sand In My Eyes: During an interview with Jade Shell, he vehemently denies crying Tears of Joy the day Moon Ray decided to adopt him as his son, even though he felt really happy about it. He just drank so much water that it spilled out of his eyes.
  Prince Dissonant Tune: I didn't cry when you adopted me!
  Prince Canticum Lunae Cahaya: Yeah, you did. Ah remember seein' ya cryin' waterfalls that day.
  Prince Dissonant Tune: That wasn't me crying!
  Prince Canticum Lunae Cahaya: Oh? Then what was it?
  Prince Dissonant Tune: I drank too much water and it spilled through my eyes!
  Prince Canticum Lunae Cahaya: Hehe.
  Prince Dissonant Tune: I'm serious, Dad!
  Prince Canticum Lunae Cahaya: Uh-huh, sure ya are.
• Scare 'Em Straight: His plan to make amends for turning Hudba into a Spoiled Brat involves having everyone show her what her biological paternal grandfather, War Rock, is like through their memories. The horrible things Hudba sees War Rock doing in said memories leaves her traumatized, but also makes rethink her behavior and reinvent herself as a protective patron of musicians and punisher of the wicked like her father.
• Seers: His domain of Vice grants him precognitive powers that predict what happens when people pursue their vices to unfettered degrees, and what happens when people indulge in too much virtue.
• Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll:
  • Deconstructed in his younger mortal years. Despite both his birth father and stepfather ruining themselves with unfettered hedonism, he ended up following in their hoofsteps anyway because he was led to believe that if he's evil like his birth father, he might as well act like it. This led to him doing things like having sex and taking drugs. Deep down, he hated this lifestyle, and after being hospitalized for an overdose, he started questioning why he was born. A chance meeting with a disguised Luminiferous led to him discovering the memorial statue and story of Moon Ray Vaughoof, which inspired him to take up constructive villainy.
  • After Ascending to godhood, he came to embody the unfettered, corrupt, and hedonistic aspects of the music industries, as his domains are Music, Vice, Corruption, and Revelry. Much of his powers involve encouraging vice and corruption, and with his domain of Revelry allowing him to magically create and host parties, he can turn any party into orgies of unrestrained depravity, addiction, and hedonism with just a little 'nudge'. That being said, because he's a constructive villain, the true purpose behind this is to test people's morality - if they refuse to participate in unfettered hedonism, they're spared, while those who gave in without remorse are eternally damned.
• Shadow Archetype:
  • Invoked and exploited with his Corruption-based powers. As a god of Corruption, he can create magical copies of people with all of their flaws and sins present, and none of their good traits - he has often used this ability to help heroes acknowledge their flaws and vices, and overcome them. Notably, after Blue Suede Heartstrings killed 'The Colonel' and started his recovery, Dissonant helped him come to terms with his flawed side, especially his pride, with this ability.
  • He himself acted as one for a lot of benevolent mortal/divine musicians, especially those who came from the Second Age. As a god who embodies the wicked/unfettered aspects of Music and Revelry, as well as the vices and corruption of the Second Age's music industries, he represents what happens if musicians like Melody, Blue Suede Heartstrings, and Healing Song gave in to their darker sides and let their talents go to their heads. Many of said musicians later became good friends of his (or, in Blue Suede's case, adoptive relatives), though they still oppose each other due to Dissonant's desire to morally test heroes.
• A Shared Suffering:
  • Part of the reason why he befriended Temnobog is because they're both victims of parental abuse for something completely out of their control, which he greatly sympathizes with.
  • He sympathizes with Cinder II a great deal due to both of them being hybrids (he's a Dhampyr while Cinder II is a unique Wraith-Dragon hybrid) and suffering tremendous grief over the fact. This is what drove him to help her figure out what traits and abilities her heritiage gives her.
• Sibling Yin-Yang: With Princess Winter Opera, his older half-sister. Both are illegitimate children of War Rock through various flings, but Winter Opera ended up Happily Adopted because her birth mother couldn't bear aborting her unborn daughter at War Rock's request, while Dissonant was raised by his birth mother until his resentful and abusive stepfather killed her in a fit of rage and attempted to do the same to him. Both were constantly judged by others for being related to War Rock, regardless of their actual innocence, but while Winter Opera was saved from becoming like her father by Luminiferous and Blue Suede Heartstrings, Dissonant began emulating War Rock under the belief that he might as well be evil... until a drug overdose put him in the hospital. Whereas Winter Opera became a heroine despite her heritage, Dissonant later chose to be a constructive villain who tested heroes and damned the wicked. And whereas Winter Opera is a refined Lady of Black Magic, Dissonant is a loud and rebellious Jerkass punk. Even their powers post-Ascension contrasted each other - Winter Opera's domains revolve around defying things that repress/destroy one's potential and using 'evil' things like dark magic for good, while Dissonant's domains reflect the sinful, depraved aspects of Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll and encouraging them.
• Small Role, Big Impact: His entry reveals he was indirectly responsible for the rise of Queen Eclaira, an Alicorn goddess of the Shadowpact Pantheon. Upon finding a kingdom whose unfettered obsession with beauty, fashion, and food made its residents abusive to those who failed to live up to their standards, Dissonant proceeded to tempt them further into evil in disgust. This made a young Eclaira, then a mediocre-looking Princess who was abused by her own royal family for her looks and Big Eater habits, run straight into the hooves of Overlord Vondur, only to come back later as a voracious sorceress who devoured her foalhood kingdom in revenge. Eclaira wouldn't learn of Dissonant's involvement in her life until centuries later after his entry was published into Codex Equus.
• Stalker with a Crush: In his Hell-Realm, he invokes this behavior to punish the damned shades of people who endangered others by constantly stalking and obsessing over them to disturbing extremes.
• Super-Scream: As a god of Music, he can unleash powerful, disorienting screams, which he manifests with a Punk Rock scream. He can also magically adjust the volume and impact of his screams.
• Tears of Joy: He cried in joy when he learned that he was going to be adopted by Moon Ray, whom he idolized, as his son. He denies this, though.
• Telepathy: His domains of Vice and Corruption give him telepathic abilities that allow him to detect and encourage vices and corruption in others.
• Then Let Me Be Evil: Facing constant accusations and mistreatment just for being one of War Rock's illegitimate sons later made him believe that if his parentage automatically made him 'evil', he might as well be it. As a result, he became a Card-Carrying Villain who felt no remorse for his actions afterwards, but he felt deeply miserable and a near-fatal overdose caused him to question why he was born. Fortunately, a chance meeting with Luminiferous and learning of Moon Ray Vaughoof's life story inspired him to become a constructive villain instead.
• There Are No Therapists: Justified. He admitted he never saw a therapist for the entire Second Age because he believed no one would want to help War Rock's kids, and given how Ponyland treated him and his half-siblings, his feelings are understandable. It's later averted in the Fourth Age when he finally starts seeing Mentálne, who genuinely wants to help him despite his heritage and villainy. He would also receive help from Shifa' Alhabi Moufette, one of Moon Ray's students, who would help him deal with the abuse-related trauma he suffered in his youth.
• Token Evil Teammate: His domains and beliefs in constructive Evil would make him one for the Kerajaan Pantheon after he joins it. He even settles down in its local Hell-Realms, where he punishes the wicked and/or unrepentant for various crimes in life.
• Trust Password: He developed one for Healing Song to identify him because apparently his voice sounds similar to War Rock's, which is problematic for Healing Song, who was previously terrorized by War Rock. As they gradually became friends, their 'trust password' evolved into a normal ritual for them, though they use variations.
  Prince Healing Song: Hey Dissy! How many chips did you eat today?
  Prince Dissonant Tune: Uh, about five bags worth.
  Prince Healing Song: You eat too many damn chips.
  Prince Dissonant Tune: Better than having a chip on my shoulder.
  Prince Healing Song: Eyyyyy!
• Unexpected Virgin: Despite being an evil Alicorn god of Vice, Corruption, and Revelry, it turns out he didn't sleep around as is normally expected of someone of his morality and station. The few relationships he had didn't last very long, and while his devotion to spreading constructive evil contributed to it, he also felt deeply scared of becoming a deadbeat like his birth father or an abuser like his stepfather. Fortunately, his lover Zmeniť is very understanding and doesn't shame him for it, instead helping him overcome his insecurities. This leads to the birth of their daughter, Hudba, once they finally take the next step.
• Unpleasant Parent Reveal:
  • While he already knew of War Rock's crimes, he is furious when he learns his birth father was resurrected as a Vampire Lord in the Fourth Age. Meeting him in-person shows exactly what a bastard his father is, and he essentially disowns War Rock as family.
    War Rock: That godhood you have, it should've been mine. I deserved it.
    Prince Dissonant Tune: Well, sucks to be you, Pops. Oh wait, you're not my Pops anymore. I got adopted by some-creature who truly loves me.
    War Rock: Pfft, please. Who'd want to love a bastard like you?
    Prince Dissonant Tune: Moon Ray Vaughoof, that's who. And I hope you're still allergic to sunlight, 'cause I REALLY wanna buck you straight into the damn sun right now.
  • Later invoked by him with his daughter, Hudba. To make amends for spoiling Hudba and stop her from becoming as bad as War Rock, he has everyone who knew War Rock in life telepathically show Hudba their memories of what War Rock was like when he was alive. The things Hudba sees scare her so much that she's left traumatized, but it also makes her rethink her behavior, leading to her reinventing herself as a protective patron of musicians and punisher of the wicked.
• Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Little Dissonant was a sweet, innocent colt who loved and idolized his musician stepfather, and took up music himself just to please him. By present day, he's a constructive villain who acts like The Quincy Punk to test and motivate heroes, though he still has a softer side, albeit one that's rough around the edges.
• Vampires Hate Garlic: Downplayed. As a Dhampir, he has increased tolerance to garlic and can eat it like any other person, though it gives him physical discomfort instead of outright poisoning him. His daughter, Hudba, inherited this weakness from him, though it's not really a problem due to her being a goddess and her heritage being diluted by this point.
• Villainous Lineage:
  • He inherited his Pride from his birth father, War Rock. It's deconstructed as his parentage, career choice, and behaviors got Dissonant wrongly accused and mistreated for War Rock's crimes, which convinced him that he might as well be evil since his birth father was evil. However, acting like War Rock made him utterly miserable, and he suffered an existential crisis following his hospitalization for a drug overdose. Meeting Luminiferous made him aware of the various paths he could take in life, but after finding Moon Ray Vaughoof's memorial statue in Silicon Valley and learning of his life story, he decided to become a constructive villain so he could punish the wicked.
  • It's later revealed that this is largely why he never had a long-lasting romantic relationship with anyone. He believed that being an abusive parent is inherent, and was afraid of either becoming a deadbeat like War Rock or an abusive dick like his stepfather should he decide to have kids. Fortunately, his friend-turned-lover, Zmeniť, was very understanding when she found out and helped him overcome his issues. He succeeds in being a better father to Hudba, though he did make some mistakes of his own.
• Walking Wasteland: As a god of Corruption, he can foul up forested environments, making plants/animals wither and die so long as the curse is in effect.
• Warrior Prince: He's an ancient Alicorn Prince from the Second Age, and he adopted the title after Ascending to godhood. He's also a Combat Pragmatist who is very willing to fight dirty, though he also received military combat training from his adoptive uncle, Blue Suede Heartstrings/Prince Caerulus Melodia Equestria, a war veteran and former sniper called 'The Blue Death' from the Second Martian-Tellusian War.
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: He took up music as a colt so he could please his abusive stepfather and earn his affections. Unfortunately, the reveal that he's a musical prodigy just worsened things between them, as his stepfather resented him for it on top of having to care for a bastard hybrid foal. By the present day, he has absolutely no love for his stepfather due to fully understanding what an abusive bastard he was now.
• Winged Unicorn: He became an Alicorn after Ascending to godhood under the combined tutelage of Luminiferous and the Grand Primevals' children. His entry describes him as a tall and handsome Alicorn with a black and red mane and tail made of chaotically-rippling Vice energy, a baleful Holy Halo made of Vice energy, and a pair of large, feathered bat wings with a magical gradiant going from yellow to black and red. Due to having Ascended before Winter Opera did, he's older and taller than her despite being biologically younger than his half-sister.
• With Great Power Comes Great Perks: He once used his sound magic to play looping fart noises during a Pony Autorist rally as a prank, turning both the rally and its hosts into a laughingstock.
• You're Not My Father: Upon meeting War Rock in-person in the Fourth Age, he essentially disowns him as his father, having come to regard Moon Ray Vaughoof as his 'true' father due to how nice and loving he treats him compared to War Rock.

Hudba, the Rhythmic Muse

See her folder entry here.

Muziki, the Angel of the Blues

Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant/Resurrected

Portfolio: Temperance, Addiction, Ice

Rank: Demigod

"To obsess over certain things is to live a wasted existence. I would know, because I have done the same thing."

Muziki (his entry here) is the Abadalicorn demigod of Temperance, Addiction, and Ice, and is a young musician who got a second chance at life after repenting for his sins.

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• Abstract Apotheosis: After spending years atoning for his sins by working as an Angel of Temperance under Moon Ray, he would confront and forgive his abusive, racist ex-agent, Fair Cut, letting go of all the hatred he once had for him.
• Angelic Transformation: He was turned into an Angel of Temperance by Moon Ray Vaughoof after resolving to make up for his drug-dealing ways in life, so he could earn a second chance at life.
• Anthropomorphic Personification: He's an Abadalicorn demigod who embodies Temperance, Addiction, and Ice.
• Armor-Piercing Response: He would receive one from Moon Ray after explaining his situation and trying to justify his actions as a drug dealer. The response was what caused him to remember how he became a musician in the first place and break down in guilt, realizing that rather than keep looking for a better alternative path like Moon Ray did, he gave up and turned to crime instead.
  Moon Ray Vaughoof: Ah found another way, didn't Ah? Lots of ponies have hard lives, kid.
• Artifact of Attraction: As a demigod of Addiction, he can use the 'Want-It Need-It' spell and make everyone obsess over a chosen target of choice. However, he doesn't like using this ability.
• Ascended Fanboy: Literally — he idolized Moon Ray Vaughoof and became a musician to revive the Blues genre. While he ends up meeting Moon Ray himself under extremely unfortunate circumstances, he becomes a student of the latter and later Ascends to demi-godhood thanks to Moon Ray. Now he's a Blues musician like his idol.
• Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: His Cutie Mark is a tribal iteration of a saxophone, which is typically associated with jazz music. While he became a Blues musician instead, his Cutie Mark is still a representation of his musical inclinations and talent.
• The Atoner: After being screwed over by his corrupt agent and oppressed by local Tribalists, he turned to drug-dealing in his desperation to earn money, knowing full well what drugs do to people and that he was getting innocent youths addicted. After dying of an overdose and being confronted on his actions by Moon Ray, he realized that he wasted his life on crime instead of looking for other ways to succeed. He then resolves to make up for his drug-dealing so he could earn a second chance at life. Moon Ray obliges his request and turns him into an Angel of Temperance so he could do just that. After years of atonement and forgiving his agent, he comes Back from the Dead, Ascending to demi-godhood in the process.
• Back from the Dead: Invoked. He died wasting his life on drug-dealing and getting others addicted just to survive, and felt extremely guilty for what he did. To make up for his sins, he wanted to return to life, which Moon Ray explains is extremely difficult because it required a bigger divine 'Spark' to revive him and grant him godhood. Despite this, he chose to train under Moon Ray anyway because otherwise he would be bound to the afterlife like Moon Ray was prior to the latter's re-Ascension. Eventually, he succeeds in his goal, Ascending to demi-godhood and returning to life like he wanted.
• Badass Cape: Like Moon Ray, his mentor, he would take to wearing a poncho, but mixing in Zebrican tribal stylings and bearing earthy colors.
• Bad Powers, Good People: He's a god of Addiction, a domain usually possessed by Fallen and 'constructively Evil' deities. However, instead of causing addictions to tempt mortals, he uses his domain for positive purposes such as sensing addictions, and magically suppressing them to make others realize they've become addicted. That being said, he can inflict addictions (with the accompanying symptoms), but he usually does it to teach people the dangers of addiction and punish drug dealers for leading innocents into addiction. His domain also grants him access to the 'Want-It Need-It' spell, but he doesn't like using it.
• Came Back Strong: His method of resurrection involved returning to the mortal planes as a demigod. While it was much harder to achieve compared to becoming a Death god, he eventually succeeds thanks to Moon Ray's tutelage, making him much stronger than he originally was in life.
• Dark and Troubled Past: He grew up in an Equestrian neighborhood populated by Tribalist gangs and thus suffered discrimination for much of his early life. When he tried becoming a Blues musician like his idol, Moon Ray Vaughoof, he ended up with a corrupt agent, Fair Cut, who ruthlessly exploited him out of racism and later threw him away like trash. An attempt to confront Fair Cut over this led to him getting savagely beaten and left for dead by a Tribalist gang Fair Cut hired to get rid of him. Despondent and desperate, he became a drug dealer to make ends meet, but ended up alienating his family and getting many youths addicted to drugs. After dying from an overdose, he meets Moon Ray himself... and breaks down crying out of shame and guilt for what he did in life. Fortunately, as he expressed genuine remorse for his actions, things would turn up for him from there.
• Deity of Human Origin: He became an Abadalicorn demigod after spending years atoning for his sins as an Angel of Temperance under his mentor, Moon Ray Vaughoof, and then forgiving his racist ex-agent, Fair Cut, for abusing and exploiting him.
• Determinator: His entry notes this to be one of his flaws; he can be determined to do something to where he becomes stubborn. This likely stems from how his first attempts to achieve his dream of becoming a musician failed in the cruelest way possible.
• Elemental Embodiment: He embodies Ice, which is one of his domains. His entry notes his Ice domain is a spin-off of Moon Ray's Water domain.
• Embodiment of Virtue: He became a demigod of Temperance after Ascending and coming Back from the Dead. He's noted to have similar powers as Moon Ray, whom he shares his Temperance domain with, but they're far weaker compared to his mentor's.
• Fantastic Racism: Due to being an Abada growing up in an Equestrian neighborhood plagued with Tribalist gangs, he was often discriminated against. His race also got him ruthlessly exploited by his corrupt agent, Fair Cut, who cheated him out of his fame and fortune by giving his songs to non-Abada musicians before throwing him away like trash. When he confronted Fair Cut over it, Fair Cut had a Tribalist gang beat him and leave him for dead. The Tribalist attitudes in his neighborhood also prevented him from getting other jobs, leading to him becoming a drug dealer. But after fatally overdosing and meeting Moon Ray, he realizes what he had done and resolves to return to life so he could atone for his crimes. He succeeds, and later uses his wealth and power to expose and get rid of the Tribalist gangs once and for all.
• Forgiveness: Both on the giving and receiving ends.
  • After dying from a drug overdose and meeting his idol, Moon Ray Vaughoof, Muziki tries to justify his becoming a drug dealer with his past experiences with racism and abuse. But when Moon Ray points out that he "found another way" despite having a similarly hard life, Muziki realizes that he just gave up and proceeds to break down over how he wasted his own life in the face of suffering. Muziki's genuine remorse is what moves Moon Ray to forgive and help him come Back from the Dead once he decides to atone for his actions.
  • Despite wanting to hate his abusive, racist ex-agent, Fair Cut, Muziki discovers that in his absence, Fair Cut actually became an addicted, pathetic, and broken shell of a stallion who wasted his life on trivial things like women, money, and alcohol. This makes Muziki realize they're very similar to each other, so he genuinely forgives Fair Cut to rob the older stallion of any power he once held over him, before allowing Malus Manes to drag his ex-agent down to the Hell-Realms.
• Freudian Excuse: Some of his flaws, such as his perfectionism, stubbornness, cynicism, and bad reactions to racist insults, were direct consequences of growing up being constantly abused and discriminated against, whether by Tribalist gangs or his corrupt agent, Fair Cut. The sheer racism in his neighborhood was what drove him to turn to drug-dealing after Fair Cut destroyed his dreams of being a musician and no one wanted to hire him by virtue of his race. However, it's deconstructed; when he meets Moon Ray after dying and tries justifying his actions, Moon Ray simply points out that "[Lots] of have Ponies have hard lives", causing him to realize that instead of looking for other ways to achieve his dream and overcoming his hardships like Moon Ray did, he just gave up and wasted his life on trying to survive. This pushes him to try atoning for his actions by returning to life and undoing the damage he caused in life.
• Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: He genuinely had it bad, what with his neighborhood being rife with Tribalist gangs and his corrupt agent screwing him over out of racism. However, he still became a drug dealer and got youths addicted to drugs despite knowing what he was doing was wrong. When Moon Ray tears down all his justifications and excuses with an Armor-Piercing Response, he realizes that he gave up instead of looking for other ways to succeed and verbally beats himself up for it.
  Muziki: (sobbing) I... Look, I... I wanted to be... to be like you... but they wouldn't let me... I wanted to be a musician! But... I could never get anywhere... I... I needed the money I...
  Moon Ray Vaughoof: ...But ya knew what that stuff ya were peddlin' does folks, didn't ya?
  Muziki: I hated it... I hated every minute of it... but... but I didn't know any other way I...
  Moon Ray Vaughoof: Ah found another way, didn't Ah? Lots of ponies have hard lives, kid.
• God in Human Form: Justified. After coming back to life as a demigod and becoming a professional Blues musician for real, he initially hid his demi-divinity to avoid accusations of riding on it to become successful. It's later averted; following Moon Ray's acceptance of his own pride, he would later learn the same lesson and be more open with his demigod form.
• Hero-Worshipper: He idolized Moon Ray Vaughoof through stories of the latter's accomplishments in the Second Age, and wanted to become a Blues musician like him so he can bring the Blues genre back to prominence in the Fourth Age. However, being discriminated against by Tribalist gangs and horrifically screwed over by a racist, greedy agent dashed his dreams, and made him so desperate for money that he turned to drug-dealing. Once he died of an overdose and met Moon Ray in person, he was so ashamed that he couldn't bear to look at his foalhood hero in the eye. Thankfully, Moon Ray showing him mercy while also pointing out what he did wrong motivated him to atone for his actions, and eventually he would come Back from the Dead as a demigod.
• An Ice Person: As a demigod of Ice, he has the ability to control ice. He can freeze things, manipulate it in various forms, and has a natural immunity to cold. It also makes him stronger. When performing on-stage, he uses his ice magic to produce a great range of special stage effects. His entry notes that his Ice domain is an elemental spin-off of Moon Ray's Water domain.
• Immortality Begins at Twenty: Subverted; he's a demigod, which by divine standards are the equivalent of divine infants. Unlike true deities, who become more powerful and eldritch the 'older' they are, his demigod status lasts indefinitely until he Ascends to true godhood.
• Intergenerational Friendship: He's a demigod, the divine equivalent of a baby, while Dissonant Tune, Moon Ray's adoptive son, is an ancient "Tier IV"-ranked god. Yet they were able to get along pretty well.
• Interspecies Friendship: He, an Abadalicorn demigod, would end up befriending Moon Ray's adoptive son, Dissonant Tune, an Alicorn god.
• Justified Criminal: Deconstructed. Upon dying from a drug overdose and meeting Moon Ray Vaughoof, his idol, Muziki breaks down and explains the racism he suffered and tries to justify his drug-dealing as a necessary measure to keep his family financially afloat... even though he knew that he'll be harming innocent people in the process. Moon Ray proceeds to point out that he had a hard life, too, and yet he worked hard until he overcame it. This is what makes Muzuki remember the stories that inspired him to get into music and realize he had given up by turning to drug-dealing, and he bitterly lampshades this while beating himself up for it.
  Muziki: I... I... I don't have an excuse... I... I should've tried harder... I should've looked elsewhere... I should've done a million other things... I wasted my life.
• Karmic Death: While the circumstances that led to it were tragic, he still became a drug dealer and got many young Ponies addicted, even deluding himself that it was the only way for him and his family to survive despite knowing what he was doing was wrong. Predictably, he later dies of an overdose, and he is met by Moon Ray, who forces him to realize the truth of his actions.
• Karmic Jackpot: His genuine remorse for his drug-dealing, and his efforts in atoning for it by working as an Angel of Temperance under Moon Ray, would eventually allow him to come Back from the Dead as a full-fledged Abadalicorn demigod, fulfilling his goal in earning a second chance at life.
• Laser-Guided Karma: Invoked. After forgiving his racist, abusive ex-agent, Fair Cut, and Ascending to demi-godhood, he would return to becoming a Blues musician under a better agent thanks to Moon Ray calling Prince Maestro I. Once he finally got the big break he wanted, he used his newly-gained wealth to fix up his neighborhood and have the Tribalists who abused him arrested for their crimes.
• Magic Hair: Subverted; due to being a very young demigod, his mane and tail have not developed magical traits yet.
• The Magnificent: Known as "the Angel of the Blues", due to being a blues musician who started out as an Angel of Temperance before Ascending to demi-godhood.
• Meaningful Name: Muziki translates to "music" in Swahili. While not a Music deity, he's a Blues musician like his mentor, Moon Ray Vaughoof. It also counts as a Punny Name because it sounds and is spelled similarly to the English version.
• Mix-and-Match Critters: Subverted; the equal of an Alicorn for Zebra tribes only gains wings when they become demigods, mostly remaining physically their own tribe. He won't gain aspects of all Zebra tribes (including Kelpies) until he Ascends to true godhood.
• My God, What Have I Done?: After dying from a drug overdose and meeting his idol Moon Ray Vaughoof, who was sent by the Three Deaths to redeem him, he initially tried explaining why he became a drug dealer and justifying his fall into crime. It's not until Moon Ray delivers an Armor-Piercing Response that he realizes how he just gave up in the face of suffering instead of working hard to overcome it like Moon Ray did with his own problems, and he verbally beats himself up for it. It's this display of genuine remorse that moves Moon Ray to forgive him for his sins.
• No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: His attempt to confront his corrupt agent, Fair Cut, only got him savagely beaten and left for dead in the gutter as Fair Cut had sent a Tribalist gang to deal with him.
• "Not So Different" Remark: Despite wanting to hate Fair Cut for how he mistreated him, he realizes upon seeing the sorry stated his ex-agent died in that ultimately, he and Fair Cut are similar in that they allowed their desires for worldly things to destroy them. This leads to him forgiving Fair Cut and leaving his ex-agent to be condemned by Malus Manes for his crimes.
• Our Angels Are Different: He was a mortal who was turned into an Angel of Temperance by Moon Ray Vaughoof after death so he could atone for his drug-dealing in life.
• Our Gods Are Different: He's an "Ascendant deity", the rarest of the three main types of deities in the Codexverse. He's also a demigod and thus is considered an infant by divine standards; his entry notes he won't start developing eldritch traits until he Ascends to true godhood. And as an Abadalicorn, he is an Ethnic God that represents all the mortal Zebra races, including Abadas (the Zebra equivalent of Unicorns).
• The Perfectionist: He developed perfectionist tendencies after succeeding in becoming a Blues musician the second time around, and feels somewhat paranoid about failing. This came from being affected by his experiences of being exploited and cheated out of a promising music career by his corrupt ex-agent, Fair Cut.
• Punny Name: His name sounds and is spelled similarly to "music".
• Redemption Equals Life: After becoming a drug dealer and dying because of it, he sought to return Back from the Dead to make up for his wasted life, despite Moon Ray pointing out to him that doing so is much harder than becoming a Trimortidae. Eventually, after years of training under Moon Ray and working as an Angel of Temperance to atone for his drug-dealing, he succeeds in his original goal and comes back in flesh and blood as an Abadalicorn demigod.
• Semi-Divine: He became an Abadalicorn demigod after years of atoning for his sins in drug-dealing and forgiving his ex-agent, Fair Cut, for exploiting and abusing him. Because demigods in general are the equivalent of an infant by divine standards, he's incredibly weak compared to his mentor, Moon Ray, an ancient and powerful Alicorn 'prodigy'.
• Sympathy for the Devil:
  • In general, he pities those who focus too much on worldly things like material wealth, since ultimately such things can't be taken into the afterlife when they die. This came from his experiences of becoming so fixated on financial stability that he turned to drug-dealing in his desperation to earn money, leading to his fatal overdose and death.
  • During his post-mortem confrontation with Fair Cut's spirit, he gradually realized that he and Fair Cut were extremely similar, having become so fixated on worldly things that they destroyed themselves in the end, dying as a result. This spurs him to forgive Fair Cut, if only to rob his ex-agent of the power he held over him, before allowing Malus Manes to drag his ex-agent down to the Hell-Realms.
• Tall Poppy Syndrome: The main reason why he hid his demi-divinity after Ascending is because he wanted to avoid accusations of riding on it to become a successful Blues musician. He gets over this after Moon Ray Vaughoof starts becoming more accepting of taking pride in himself, leading to him learning the same lesson and revealing his demigod form.
• A Taste of Their Own Medicine: As a demigod of Addiction, he gained the power to make people feel various addictions and their accompanying symptoms. He usually inflicts this on drug dealers so they would experience the suffering they caused others through peddling drugs and make them realize what they're doing is wrong.
• Took a Level in Badass: He was a mortal Abada who, after dying from a drug overdose, repented for his sins as a drug-dealer and worked under Moon Ray as an Angel of Temperance. After training under Moon Ray for many years, he succeeds in Ascending to demi-godhood, in the process bringing himself to life as he intended.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: In his mortal youth, he was an optimistic Abada who wanted to become a Blues musician. But after being cheated out of a promising music career by Fair Cut, being left for dead by the Tribalist gang hired by Fair Cut to beat him up after he confronted his agent, and being prevented from getting a normal job by the local Tribalists in his neighborhood, he turned to drug-dealing out of desperation. However, this came at the cost of becoming an addict himself to cope with his guilt, and behaving in an increasingly withdrawn and cold manner around his family. By the time he died of an overdose, his relationships with his family had deteriorated significantly.
• Took a Level in Kindness: After dying and meeting Moon Ray Vaughoof, he would realize the harm he inflicted after his death and become an Angel of Temperance to atone for his drug-dealing. Moon Ray's influence led to him becoming more forgiving and compassionate, which later allowed him to Ascend when he forgave his ex-agent, Fair Cut, for exploiting and abusing him. It's noted that after he came Back from the Dead as a demigod, he has regained his passion for music and determination to succeed, and he has reconciled with his surviving family after apologizing to them for his behavior.
• Winged Unicorn: He's not a pure Alicorn, but an Abadalicorn, a Zebra-derived deity that represents all the mortal Zebra tribes. Thus, he has wings and longer versions of an Abada's double horns, but due to being rather young by divine standards, he doesn't have any eldritch traits yet.
• With Great Power Comes Great Perks: When performing on-stage, he uses his Ice domain to produce a great range of special stage effects.
• Would Hurt a Child: He was willing to get kids addicted to drugs if it'll help him earn money to keep his struggling family financially afloat. Deep down, though, he felt extremely guilty over this and turned to drugs to cope with it. After dying, he realizes the full scope of his crimes when Moon Ray arrives and confronts him on his actions, spurring him to try atone for his actions so he wouldn't be remembered as a "monster".

Masquerade, the Mistress of Masks/Princess Maya Dolos Ponyland, the Princess of Disguise

Classification: Ascendant/Ethereal

Portfolio: Disguise, Theater, Moon

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Princess Maya Dolos Ponyland, born Masquerade (her entry here), is the Alicorn goddess of Disguise, Theater, and the Moon, and is a benevolent yet guile and cunning member of the Kerajaan Pantheon.

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• Abstract Apotheosis: After many years of performing heroic deeds as the Dream Kingdom's spymaster, Masquerade would Ascend as the Alicorn goddess of Disguise, Theater, and Moon, becoming Princess Maya Dolos Ponyland.
• Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Unlike her canon counterpart, Masquerade here was badly affected by her time as one of the Jewel Wizard's slaves, and suffered from four Ages worth of PTSD and claustrophobia.
• Adaptational Backstory Change: Masquerade/Maya served as Queen Majesty's spymaster and fought many threats, including Fallen deities like Abbadon, before Ascending to godhood at one point in her life. Her entry also explains how she was enslaved by the Jewel Wizard: Masquerade/Maya was pursuing an acting career when the Jewel Wizard kidnapped her and forced her to work in his mines. She went blind after living in total darkness until Applejack I killed the Jewel Wizard, saving Masquerade/Maya and her fellow slaves. The experience gave her PTSD and severe claustrophobia that went untreated for four Ages due to her repressing her trauma.
• Adaptational Badass: In addition to everything Masquerade did in My Little Pony 'n Friends, she also served as a spymaster under Queen Majesty and fought Abbadon, an ancient Fallen deity and one of Amareros' many sons. She also managed to Ascend to godhood at some point as Princess Maya Dolos Ponyland, and secretly involved herself in many historical events over the Ages before resurfacing as herself in the Fourth Age. It was during the "Dark Ages Crisis" that she became the Bearer of the Rainbow of Light's Imagination aspect, which didn't happen in canon.
• Adaptation Name Change: Masquerade's canon name is changed to Princess Maya Dolos Ponyland here. In-Universe it's justified with her choosing to change her name to reflect her feat of Ascending to godhood.
• Adaptation Species Change: Masquerade/Maya was a Pegasus in canon, but here she's presently an Alicorn goddess.
• All Your Powers Combined: As an Alicorn goddess, Masquerade/Maya possesses the combined magics of all the mortal Pony tribes.
• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's an Alicorn goddess who embodies Disguise, Theater, and the Moon.
• Barrier Warrior: As a Moon goddess, Masquerade/Maya can form protective barriers with moonlight.
• Been There, Shaped History: After the first fight with Abbadon, Masquerade/Maya would spend the next three Ages playing major roles in many events under various disguises. She prefers to be secretive about who or what she was in those events, as she likes giving an air of mystery to her accomplishments... though it's believed In-Universe that she was a playwright and filmmaker during those three Ages.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Masquerade/Maya is a compassionate, kindhearted, and imaginative mare, but she can get aggressive if her friends are threatened. She's also a legendary First Age heroine and spymaster, as well as a powerful Alicorn goddess. She also suffers from severe PTSD and Claustrophobia from her time as one of the Jewel Wizard's Pony slaves, which went untreated for four Ages.
• Blue Is Heroic: Part of her mane, tail, and Cutie Mark is colored (light) blue, and she is a heroic spymaster who uses her skills in acting to protect others and sabotage enemies from behind the scenes.
• Canon Character All Along: Princess Maya Dolos Ponyland is actually Masquerade, a G1 Pegasus character from My Little Pony 'n Friends. It's justified as she changed her name in accordance to ancient Alicorn traditions to reflect her transformation into a goddess.
• The Chosen One: During the "Dark Ages Crisis", she would be discovered to have a strong resonance with the Rainbow of Light, among other Ponies like her. With training, she became a Harmony Bearer capable of channeling the Rainbow of Light's Imagination aspect.
• Claustrophobia: Masquerade/Maya's experiences from being enslaved by the Jewel Wizard and forced to toil away in his dark mines left her with severe claustrophobia, which isn't helped by her being a Pegasus. Because she hid her phobia, she went untreated for four Ages, she became prone to suffering panic attacks in certain situations, such as being subjected to Smellba I's olfactory torture. Fortunately, she's finally receiving psychiatric help from Mentálne in the Fourth Age.
• Cold-Blooded Torture: On the receiving end. At one point, Masquerade was captured and tortured by Smellba, a Hydianite Skunk witch, in order to get her secrets. While she managed to avoid giving up any of her secrets, the olfactory torture triggered her extremely traumatic memories of her time as one of the Jewel Wizard's slaves, causing her to have a panic attack. She was extremely thankful when Posey drove off Smellba and saved her (along with other captives Smellba took).
• Dark and Troubled Past: Pun aside, her past was horrible. She was an aspiring actress who was kidnapped by the Jewel Wizard and forced to work in his mines as a slave, going blind after years of mining gems in the dark. She was eventually rescued and healed by Applejack I, but her experiences left her with severe PTSD and claustrophobia. At one point, she was captured by Smellba I, whose scent-based torture awoke traumatic memories of the Jewel Wizard and caused her to have a panic attack. Even after things did get better for her and she Ascended to godhood, her trauma went untreated for four Ages due to her keeping it hidden. It wasn't until the Fourth Age that she would receive psychiatric help from Mentálne.
• Deity of Human Origin: Masquerade was once a mortal Pegasus who went from one of the Jewel Wizard's slaves to Queen Majesty's main playwright, actress, and spymaster. After many years of good deeds, she would Ascend as Princess Maya Dolos Ponyland, the Alicorn goddess of Disguise, Theater, and the Moon.
• Disabled in the Adaptation: Unlike her canon counterpart, Masquerade here was badly affected by her time as one of the Jewel Wizard's slaves, developing claustrophobia that went beyond a Pegasus' dislike of closed spaces. Due to this, she has panic attacks whenever something triggers her PTSD.
• Dressing as the Enemy: Masquerade/Maya once stopped a group of small winged Fae called the "Fly-By-Knights" from fighting Majesty's young son, a then-young Prince Arcaniss (aka Spike) by disguising herself as a Dragon while having her friends cast spells to imitate a Dragon's powers. It surprisingly worked and the Fly-By-Knights were scared off.
• Energy Weapon: As a Moon goddess, she can fire moonlight in the form of energy beams.
• Eye Beams: Being a Twinkle-Eyed Pony gives her the ability to channel her own Primordial Quintessence through her jeweled eyes and fire powerful energy beams.
• The Fashionista: While she constantly wears a pink tail bow as was common fashion in the First Age, she also wears a variety of costumes and likes changing her outfits frequently.
• Freak Out: Because of her PTSD and resulting claustrophobia, which she hid for four Ages, she became prone to having panic attacks in certain situations. One unfortunate encounter with Smellba I led to her being kidnapped and tortured with scent magic; while she refused to give up vital information (and succeeded in doing so), it led to her reliving horrible past memories that made her beg Smellba to stop. Even recounting the incident to Mentálne nearly sent her into a panic attack until Mentálne calmed her down.
• Freudian Excuse: Masquerade's PTSD, which includes her Claustrophobia and panic attacks, stems from her past as a former slave of the Jewel Wizard, who forced her and others to mine gems for him for years. However, it's deconstructed as rather than seek help in dealing with her trauma, she chose to hide it from everyone, including her own friends. She eventually relents and decides to see Mentálne in the Fourth Age.
• God of the Moon: As a goddess of the Moon, Masquerade/Maya has similar powers to ex-Princess Luna's. She can generate moonlight and use it in the form of powerful beams, blades, and barriers, etc. She can use moonlight as one would normal light, and can move the moon itself, but she has only done it occasionally while subbing for Luna. Her domain also makes her more powerful at night. In relation to her domain, she has a degree of gravity magic and tidal manipulation.
• Goggles Do Something Unusual: Masquerade has a pair of sunglasses that was exposed to rainbow magic, giving it the ability to change the colors of other Ponies. It's mainly just a party trick.
• Gravity Master: As a Moon goddess, Masquerade has a degree of gravity magic.
• Heavenly Blue: Part of Masquerade's mane, tail, and Cutie Mark is colored (light) blue, and she is presently an Alicorn goddess of Disguise, Theater, and Moon who serves as a heroic spymaster for Kerajaan Cahaya.
• Imagination-Based Superpower: As the Bearer of Imagination, she can create 'props' by simply imagining them, which provides her some degree of both object and weapon generation.
• Interspecies Friendship:
  • In the First Age, Masquerade befriended a mysterious human known as "The Man on the Moon", believed to be Luna's predecessor in controlling the moon. Wizard Wantall exploited this by disguising as the Man on the Moon and tricking Masquerade into giving a booby-trapped gift to Queen Majesty, who would be used as a hostage to get the Rainbow Waterfall. Masquerade was extremely guilt-ridden, but she made up for it by helping the others trick Wantall and free Majesty from captivity.
  • Post-Ascension, Masquerade would befriend Queen Ithomiini Avalon, a Royal Changeling, due to both the Changelings' disguising skills and their respective interests in acting and filming being related.
• Karmic Jackpot:
  • She was the first Pony to discover the Craanastis were actually benevolent, allowing her to save Posey from the Flor'zz with their help. Posey would later return the favor by rescuing her and others from being tortured by Smellba I.
  • At one point, she Ascended to godhood as Princess Maya Dolos Ponyland. It's implied she earned it by performing various good deeds (as well as being exposed to the PQ of various deities who helped her).
• Light 'em Up: As a Moon goddess, she can use moonlight in the same way one woud use normal light.
• Lunacy: As a goddess of the Moon, she has similar powers to ex-Princess Luna, though she also embodies Disguise and Theater, referring to certain aspects of the Moon like illusions and metamorphasis. It can be inferred that she embodies the maddening aspects of the Moon as well, since she held a lot of trauma from her time as one of the Jewel Wizard's slave that she buried for four Ages.
• Made a Slave: She was kidnapped as a filly by the Jewel Wizard, who proceeded to enslave her and make her work in his mines alongside other Ponies who received the same fate. Years of working in the dark made her go blind, and while she and her fellow slaves were rescued by Applejack I, who restored their sight in the process, her experiences as a former slave left her trauma as well as severe claustrophobia. Thankfully, she's receiving therapy from Mentálne, who's helping her overcome her trauma.
• Magic Hair: Her mane and tail became composed of moonlight after she Ascended to godhood.
• Making a Splash: Her Moon domain allows her to manipulate tides to some degree.
• Mask of Sanity: The reason why no one knew of her panic attacks is because she hid them so well, especially after becoming a goddess of Theater. It finally drops when she starts seeing Mentálne in the Fourth Age.
• Master Actor: Justified, as being a goddess of Theater makes her a master actress to supernatural degrees and gives her illusion magic in addition. Her domain of Theater also explains how she was able to hide any panic attacks she had while in disguise.
• Master of Disguise: Literally. As a goddess of Disguise, she can disguise herself as anything and/or anyone she desires by shapeshifting her appearance. However, unlike Changelings, her power extends to made-up personas she imagined herself. She can also disguise her powers to approximate the powers of what she's disguised as.
• Master of Illusion: As a goddess of Theater, she can create powerful illusions that affect the environment or help her disguises by making herself appear she's using powers she actually doesn't have. She can create auditory illusions as well.
• Meaningful Name:
  • A masquerade refers to deceptions, illusions, and disguises, as well as formal ball events where participants are required to wear masks. Masquerade is a master actress and a very cunning Pony whose intelligence and wits rivals those of Royal Changelings. It also refers to how she hid her trauma of being the Jewel Wizard's slave for four Ages, until she relented and sought help from Mentálne in the Fourth Age.
  • Her Alicorn name, Maya Dolos Ponyland, is also significant. 'Maya' refers to the illusionary powers wielded by Hindu gods and demons, while 'Dolos' refers to Dolos, the Greek spirit of trickery and guile.
• Mentor Archetype: After resurfacing in the Fourth Age in her true Alicorn form, she would act as a mentor for Persona of the Novellus Pantheon, due to both of them being deities with portfolios that involve disguises and/or espionage.
• Mutants: She's one of the progenitors of the Twinkle-Eyed Ponies, having gone blind after years of working in the dark mines as a slave before having her sight restored when Applejack I shattered the Jewel Wizard's throne, causing the magically-charged gem shards to merge with her damaged eyes. She would see this as merely a magical alteration, but it would be three Ages later that what she gained would turn into a genetic mutation.
• The Perfectionist: One of Masquerade/Maya's flaws is that she has a bit of a perfectionist streak, getting very stressed when things don't go her way.
• Personality Powers: Masquerade's domains of Disguise and Theater come from her skill and love for acting, having pursued an acting career prior to her kidnapping. Her domain of Moon comes from her friendship with the mysterious Man on the Moon.
• Spontaneous Weapon Creation: Justified; being the Bearer of Imagination lets Masquerade create "props", including weaponry, by imagining them into existence.
• The Spymaster: After her rescue from the Jewel Wizard by the first Applejack, Masquerade/Maya would be hired by Queen Majesty in part to serve as her spymaster, as her skill in acting and disguises made her perfect for the job. As Majesty's spymaster, she proved instrumental in several conflicts via leading spy operations; once, she successfully managed to disguise herself as King Grogar to lure his Donkey minion, the First Age's Bray, into a trap. Even after Ascending, she continued her role until the First Age ended, after which she spent the following Ages in disguise, reemerging in the Fourth Age to serve as Kerajaan Cahaya's spymaster.
• Stepford Smiler: Of the "Unstable" type. Masquerade is a compassionate and kindhearted goddess who suffers from severe PTSD as a former slave of the Jewel Wizard, which was not helped by her being a former Pegasus. Her domains of Disguise and Theater allowed her to hide her trauma effectively, but this led to her PTSD being untreated for four ages, prolonging her suffering. It's after meeting Mentálne that she finally gets help in overcoming her traumas.
• Voluntary Shapeshifting: As a goddess of Disguise, she is a master shapeshifter. Unlike Changelings, though, she isn't limited to pre-existing creatures and objects, as she can transform into fictional personas she made up.
• Willfully Weak: Masquerade/Maya is an incredibly ancient and powerful Alicorn goddess from the First Age, but as a goddess of Disguise, she can hide her true extent of her power to varying degrees in order to better fit her disguises.
• Winged Unicorn: Masquerade an Alicorn, which she became after Ascending to godhood in the First Age; specifically, she's a Twinkle-Eye Alicorn due to having magically-charged gemstones merge with her eyes in her youth, curing her blindness. Her entry describes her as a yellow-furred Alicorn with a multicolored mane and tail made of moonlight.

North Star/Omen, the Heroic Seer/Princess Polaris Cahaya, the Heavenly Seer

Classification: Ascendant/Elemental

Portfolio: Divination, Sky, Metal

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Princess Polaris Cahaya, born North Star, is the Alicorn goddess of Divination, Sky, and Metal, and is a benevolent member of the Kerajaan Pantheon.

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• Adaptational Badass: Lilith Clay/Omen started out as a mild precog, then grew in power over time, especially once she became the superheroine Omen. Here, she went even further by Ascending to godhood.
• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's an Alicorn goddess who embodies Divination, Sky, and Metal.
• Expy: Of Lilith Clay/Omen. Much like Lilith, she was a psychic with Seer powers, influencing her to become the superheroine "Omen". Unlike Lilith, she outlived her character inspiration and Ascended to godhood.
• Fix Fic: According to one of the Codexverse writers, she wanted to adapt Lilith Clay/Omen into the Codexverse because she disliked how the writers of Teen Titans subjected Lilith to numerous Retcons, and wanted to give her a backstory that's actually coherent.
• Meaningful Rename: Her Alicorn name is "Polaris Cahaya". Polaris translates to "North Star" in Latin, referring to her birth name. Cahaya refers to Kerajaan Cahaya, the kingdom she would watch over after she joined the Kerajaan Pantheon. She adopted part of the kingdom's name into her own in accordance to an ancient Alicorn tradition where full-fledged Alicorn royalty name themselves after the place they rule/watch over.
• Physical God: As an Alicorn goddess from the Second Age, she is very ancient and incredibly powerful.
• Seers: She possessed strong precognitive abilities as a mortal, which formed the basis of her superhero identity, Omen. She would later Ascend, becoming the goddess of Divination.
• Spared by the Adaptation: Unlike Lilith Clay/Omen, who died in Graduation Day via Neck Snap as a way to get her killed, she survives and Ascends to godhood.
• Winged Unicorn: She's an Alicorn.

Meli’āki, the Dragon of Light

Classification: Elemental/Ethereal

Portfolio: Light, Purification, Holy Magic

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

"We all have a light in our hearts, and we should protect that light from those who seek to snuff it out."

Meli’āki (her entry here) is the Ryujin/Abyssinian goddess of Light, Purification, and Holy Magic, and is a benevolent member of the Kerajaan Pantheon despite her heritage and past.

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• Adaptational Badass: One of Gatomon's evolved forms is Holydramon, a Holy Dragon Digimon with holy-type attacks. Here, she's depicted as an ancient Dragon/Abyssinian hybrid goddess whose true form resembles Holydramon, and is a 'prodigy deity' who specializes in purifying and utterly destroying infernals, undead, and other foul entities.
• Adaptation Species Change: Gatomon in her canon series is a cat-like, Holy Beast-type Digimon, with one of her evolved forms being a draconic Digmimon named Holydramon with feline traits. Here, she's a Dragon/Abyssinian hybrid goddess.
• Adoption Angst: Her first adoptive father, Count Draclawa, was incredibly abusive to her and taught her to repress her half-Dragon traits because a prophecy foretold she would kill him permanently if she didn't. He also made her work for him as one of his top enforcers. This led to her meeting Moon Ray Vaughoof, who redeemed her after realizing she was abused. Moon Ray's kindness pushed her to betray Count Draclawa during a major battle and kill him as was foretold, but the abuse she suffered left her with poor self-esteem regarding her heritage and scars (especially her scarred paws). Thankfully, Moon Ray adopted her and proved himself to be the father Count Draclawa was not.
• Animal Motifs: Her overall appearance following her manifestation of her Dragon traits is noted to resemble an Eastern Dragon, due to her being a Dragon/Abyssinian hybrid. Eastern Dragons are often depicted in Asian folklore as benevolent creatures, and her transformation marks her Heel–Face Turn.
• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's a Ryujin/Abyssinian goddess who embodies Light, Purification, and Holy Magic.
• Back from the Dead: She was helping Count Draclawa perform a spell that would resurrect an army of villains, which led to her meeting Moon Ray Vaughoof when he arrived to stop them. Once she performs a Heel–Face Turn and manifests her full power, she gains the ability to avert this for Vampires by purifying their vampirism, ensuring they'd die as mortals with no way of coming back.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: Despite working as Count Draclawa's enforcers, she ends up siding with Moon Ray Vaughoof because he's the first person to treat her with genuine kindness.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Following her adoption by Moon Ray and her Heel–Face Turn, she became more empathetic and compassionate to others, especially children. She's also frequently the first to try help others and offer a shoulder to cry on when she picks up on their pain. And thanks to Moon Ray Vaughoof's influence, she became more forgiving. However, she despises those who hurt children or abuse family members, and as Count Draclawa showed, she's not afraid to smite evildoers when warranted.
• Beware the Silly Ones: She enjoys playing pranks, but she is not afraid of smiting entities who are genuinely foul and corrupt with her holy magic.
• Breath Weapon: She has a 'light breath' where she breathes fire made of holy light. As the fate of Count Draclawa showed, it's very effective against Vampires. It's noted that no other Dragon, divine or mortal, has this ability, making it unique for her.
• Broken Bird: She was abused for years first by her birth mother, Fik'iri, then by the Count Draclawa who adopted her, just for being born a divine Dragon/Abyssinian hybrid, though the motivations for the abuse were different (Fik'iri used her as Revenge by Proxy against a Ryujin ex-lover who humiliated her, and Count Draclawa wanted to avert a prophecy involving her). As a result, she had terrible self-esteem and felt utterly ashamed of her half-Dragon ancestry. And because Count Draclawa horribly scarred her, especially her front paws, she often hid them by wearing gloves out of self-consciousness. Fortunately, both therapy and being adopted by a loving family has been helping her recover from her trauma.
• Calling Parents by Their Name: As Fik'iri had been nothing but abusive to her in her youth for extremely petty reasons, she calls her by name instead of addressing her as her mother and disowns her as family, even though she also forgives her.
• Catlike Dragons: Her true divine form is a massive, pink-furred Dragon/Abyssinian hybrid with a body resembling an Eastern Dragon with a cat-like face and legs, and multiple, large angelic wings. It's also a reference to Magnadramon, Gatamon's mega form, given that she's an Expy of the latter. But because she was horrifically abused by both her birth mother and the Count Draclawa who 'adopted' her for being half-Dragon, she repressed her Draconic traits for years until she met Moon Ray Vaughoof, who accepted her hybrid heritage and adopted her.
• Clothing-Concealed Injury: Her paws were horribly scarred by the Count Draclawa's abuse of her, and she constantly wore clawed gloves to hide this out of shame. When her gloves get knocked off during a fight with Moon Ray Vaughoof, she panics and rushes to put them back on. While this gets her harshly scolded by the Count Draclawa, it quickly clues Moon Ray in to her abuse (due to having been permanently scarred by an abuser himself) and motivates him to try redeem her. He succeeds.
• Cool Big Sis: She would become close to Ruya Clearfeather, her younger mortal adoptive sister, and sympathizes with the latter's background and childhood.
• Cruel Mercy: Instead of retaliating against Fik'iri for the abuse she suffered, she decides to forgive her mother and leave her to suffer in complete ignominy, made even worse by the Humiliation Conga Fik'iri suffered during the 'Abyssinian divine Revolution' moments before.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: After accepting Moon Ray as her father, she manifests the Dragon side of her heritage in full and confronts Count Draclawa for years of abuse. Being a Vampire, Draclawa doesn't even stand a chance and is rendered Deader than Dead by having his vampirism purged from him completely, leavin him to die a mortal.
• Dark and Troubled Past: She was horrifically abused by her mother, Fik'iri, by proxy for being the daughter of a Ryujin who humiliated her after their breakup, and she was often forced by Fik'iri to repress her half-Dragon traits. After Fik'iri threw her out of the Abyssinian Pantheon entirely, she was found by a Count Draclawa and subjected to even more abuse because he was afraid she would kill him according to a prophecy if she manifested her Dragon traits. This included scarring her paws so badly that she constantly wore gloves to hide them. When she encounters Moon Ray Vaughoof, the first person to treat her with genuine kindness, she genuinely accepts him as her father, though it took her a while to come around due to her issues.
• Deader than Dead: This is what her domains allow her to inflict on vampires - she not only reduces them to ash, but also purifies their vampirism so her targets will end up dying as mortal beings instead, leaving them unable to resurrect themselves in any way.
• The Dog Bites Back: After being horrifically abused for years by the Count Draclawa who 'adopted' her and forced her to repress her Dragon side to prevent a prophecy about his death from coming true, she eventually betrays him when she meets Moon Ray Vaughoof, the first person to treat her with genuine kindness. She finally unleashes her repressed Dragon side - in the process reaching her full power - before firing a blast of holy flame that not only reduces the Count Draclawa to ash, but purifies him of his vampirism so he wouldn't be resurrected.
• Dragon Ancestry: Her birth father was a Ryujin, whereas her mother, Fik'iri, is a divine Abyssinian. This mixed heritage gave her access to both parents' racial magics, but also led to her suffering a lot of Half-Breed Discrimination from both her mother and the Count Draclawa who adopted her.
• Dragons Are Divine: She's half-Ryujin, and thus a divine dragon/Abyssinian hybrid. She also possesses Light and Holy Magic as domains.
• Elemental Embodiment: She's a goddess of Light, which gives her light-based magic.
• Expy: Of Gatomon. Both were innocent creatures up until they encountered a Vampire-like entity who brutally tortured them and conditioned them to never reach their full power - the reason being that they each possessed light magic, which would kill their abusers if used against them. As the result of their torture, both Gatomon and Meli’āki wore gloves to hide their scarred hands. And like Gatomon, Meli’āki became an obedient minion until she met someone who showed her genuine kindness, driving her to pull a Heel–Face Turn and oppose her former master. They even evolve into Dragon-like creatures with feline traits after reaching that point. Unlike Gatomon, however, it took one try for Meli’āki to kill her abuser who was reduced to ash by her holy fire, whereas Gatomon's abuser, Myotismon, took three fatal hits before dying for good.
• Family of Choice: While she does have biological parents and was previously raised by a Count Draclawa, she sees Moon Ray Vaughoof's family as her true family after being adopted by them. It's understandable as both Count Draclawa and her birth mother, Fik'iri, were incredibly abusive to her.
• Fantastic Racism: Averted. She gets along pretty well with her adoptive brother, Prince Dissonant Tune, a Dhampyr, which is pretty ironic considering that she was horrifically abused by a Vampire in the past.
• Forgiveness: Moon Ray Vaughoof's influence has led to her being willing to forgive those who are genuinely repentant of their crimes. Despite having every reason not to, she ultimately chooses to forgive Fik'iri, if only to rob her mother of any influence she once had over her, with her reasoning being that Fik'iri had gone through a spectacular Humiliation Conga as Laser-Guided Karma for her actions, which in her eyes made for a far better punishment than she could ever think of. She also forgives the Abyssinians because many of them were simply influenced by Fik'iri and therefore didn't know any better. She would later teach a then-mortal Dumortierite about the importance of forgiveness when they met during the latter's soul-searching journey,
• Freakiness Shame:
  • Due to both Fik'iri and Count Draclawa teaching her never to manifest the Dragon half of her heritage for malicious reasons, she genuinely came to believe that being half-Dragon is shameful and suffered from huge self-esteem issues because of it. She also genuinely believed Moon Ray Vaughoof would reject her after seeing her hybrid Ryujin/Abyssinian form in full. Moon Ray telling her otherwise makes her genuinely smile and cry Tears of Joy.
  • She was also very self-conscious about her scars to the point where she constantly wore clawed gloves to hide them. When her gloves were knocked off during a fight with Moon Ray Vaughoof, she immediately tried putting them back on, clueing Moon Ray in to her abuse. While she has gotten better about this since being adopted by Moon Ray, she still has lingering self-esteem issues over it.
• Freudian Excuse:
  • Her insecurities regarding her hybrid heritage came from being heavily indoctrinated by abusive parental figures to repress her heritage and see it as 'shameful'. When she manifested her half-Dragon traits for the first time and realized later that Moon Ray saw her, she genuinely believed he would reject her in disgust like her mother and Count Draclawa did. Fortunately, Moon Ray assures her he still loves her just the way she is.
  • Similarly, her self-conscious need to hide her scarred paws by wearing gloves comes from the abuse she suffered under Count Draclawa, her first adoptive father. Whenever her gloves come off somehow, she'll immediately focus on retrieving and putting them back on before doing anything else. While her trauma regarding this still lingers, she has improved a lot since being adopted by Moon Ray.
• Friend to All Children: She is protective and loving towards children, and often lets them ride on her back when she's in her true divine form. Children are also the only people she allows to touch her since she normally Hates Being Touched by people she doesn't know very well.
• Gentle Giant: Her true divine form is a massive, beautiful Ryujin/Abyssinian hybrid with large angelic wings; she initially appeared as a pure-blooded Abyssinian goddess thanks to Fik'iri and Count Draclawa conditioning her to see her Dragon half as 'shameful', but she mostly got over this after meeting Moon Ray Vaughoof, who treated her with genuine kindness. Following her Heel–Face Turn and adoption, she became more playful, empathetic, and compassionate to others, and is very protective of children. That being said, she is not afraid of smiting genuinely wicked people, as she did to the Count Draclawla who abused her for most of her life.
• God of Good: She's a Ryujin/Abyssinian goddess who embodies Light, Purification, and Holy Magic, which essentially makes her extremely fatal to foul beings like vampires (such as Count Draclawa), demons, and even Dhampyrs like her adoptive brother, Dissonant Tune. Her portfolio is precisely why Count Draclawa forced her to repress her Ryujin side, since according to a prophecy, he would die if she unleashed her full power. He ends up bringing this about anyway when she has enough of his abuse and betrays him. Luckily, she has the ability to chose who cannot be hurt by her, granting them immunity to their holy power.
• God of Light: Of the "Lord of Light" type. One of her domains is Light, which naturally gives her light magic; this includes a 'light breath' that is not possessed by any other Dragon, mortal or divine.
• Good Wings, Evil Wings: Her complete Dragon/Abyssinian form has large, angelic wings, which not only pegs her as a benevolent goddess, but also marks the moment where she betrays Count Draclawa and sides with Moon Ray instead.
• Half-Breed Angst: Because of Fik'iri and Count Draclawa's abusive indoctrination, she saw the Dragon half of her heritage as being utterly shameful, leaving her with extremely poor self-esteem. It got to the point where she genuinely expected Moon Ray to reject her after fully manifesting her Dragon heritage to kill Count Draclawa. Fortunately, Moon Ray would still accept her regardless, and she would see numerous psychiatric deities to overcome her trauma afterward.
• Half-Breed Discrimination: Both Fik'iri and Count Draclawa hammered into her the belief that her half-Dragon side was shameful for malicious reasons - the former out of spite towards her Ryujin ex-lover for humiliating her, and the latter to avert a prophecy where he would be killed by a Dragon/Abyssinian hybrid goddess with holy light magic. As a result, she suffered from severe self-esteem issues due to genuinely seeing herself as a freak for being half-Dragon, until Moon Ray Vaughoof adopted her and assured her she isn't. She's currently seeing multiple psychiatric deities in order to overcome this problem.
• Happily Adopted: Despite fearing rejection for being a Dragon/Abyssinian goddess, she accepted Moon Ray Vaughoof as her father after he shows her genuine kindness that both Fik'iri and Count Draclawa never showed her. Even after Moon Ray becomes an eldritch god, she never stops loving him.
• Hates Being Touched: As a consequence of her abusive past, she hates being touched people she doesn't know very well, the only exception to this being children.
• Hates Their Parent: She understandably hates the Count Draclawa who adopted her, only to abuse her for being half-Dragon and make her work for him as one of his top enforcers. Once she is shown genuine kindness by Moon Ray, she manifests her repressed Dragon traits and kills Count Draclawa with her power. She also hated her biological mother, Fik'iri, for abusing and later abandoning her completely, which led to her hating the Abyssinians by proxy for being a reminder of Fik'iri's abuse. But thanks to Moon Ray's influence, she forgives Fik'iri instead and leaves her to her humiliation. It's unknown what she thinks about her biological father, the Ryujin who humiliated Fik'iri.
• Hiding Your Heritage: Despite being a goddess, she repressed her half-Dragon traits due to suffering horrific physical and mental abuse from both her birth mother and first adoptive father out of racism. This stunted her growth physically and magically, until meeting Moon Ray makes her see that there are people who do accept her for what she is, allowing her to manifest her half-Dragon traits in full. While she has come to terms with her hybrid heritage since then, she does have the option to switch to a fully Abyssinian-blooded goddess when she feels like it.
• Holy Halo: She has a golden halo that sometimes manifests itself behind her head, which marks her as a 'prodigy deity'. It not only pegs her as a benevolent goddess, but also marked her breaking free of her servitude to the Count Draclawa who once 'raised' her.
• Holy Hand Grenade: As a goddess of Purification, she can purify various poisons, curses, and other magical ailments, allowing her to restore tainted lands and save lives. This also makes her a nightmare for vampires, as she's capable of not only turning them to ash and preventing them from resurrecting (which she did with the Count Draclawa who abused her), but also purging their vampirism and rendering them mortal. Her domain of Holy Magic gives her the ability to radiate a holy aura that can burn, damage, and/or paralyze corrupt and evil beings, with a unique bonus in being able to decide who isn't holy and can be hurt by her power.
• Honor Thy Abuser: Subverted. While she does forgive Fik'iri for abusing her, she makes it absolutely clear to her birth mother that she's only doing so to rob her of what little power and influence she has over her.
• Hybrid Power: Being a divine Dragon/Abyssinian hybrid gives her not only the Abyssinians' illusion magic, but also the combined elemental magics of all Dragon types. This is a huge reason why Count Draclawa forced her to repress her Dragon side, since manifesting it would allow her to kill him permanently as predicted by a prophecy about his demise.
• Immortality Begins at Twenty: Subverted. Because she was born a full-blooded goddess rather than a demigoddess, she will continue to grow, becoming more powerful and eldritch as she gets 'older' by divine standards. And because she's a 'prodigy', her divine aging process is accelerated to abnormal degrees.
• Love Redeems: She originally worked as a top enforcer for Count Draclawa, until a chance encounter with Moon Ray Vaughoof exposes her to genuine love and kindness for the first time in her life. This influences her to betray Count Draclawa and kill him for years of abuse.
• The Magnificent: Known as "the Dragon of Light", due to being a goddess of Light - specifically one that was prophesied to kill the Count Draclawa who abused her.
• Master of Illusion: Being half-Abyssinian through her mother, Fik'iri, allows her to use her race's illusion magic.
• Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: She wouldn't have gained the strength to betray Count Draclawa if he actually treated her nicely, instead of horrifically abusing and indoctrinating her to repress her half-Dragon heritage for years. As a result, she sides with Moon Ray Vaughoof, the first person to show her kindness, and kills Count Draclawa in revenge.
• Not Worth Killing: At the end of the 'Abyssinian Divine Revolution', she would go confront a defeated and depowered Fik'iri... only to forgive her mother and leave her to suffer in complete ignominy instead, citing the fact that the Humiliation Conga Fik'iri suffered as a result of her own actions did a far better job in punishing her than anything she could potentially dish out.
  Meli’āki: ...You're not worth it.
  Fik'iri: W-What?
  Meli’āki: ...You're not worth it. You're not worth me doing anything to do. And you're not my mother. You never were. I forgive you, not because you deserve it, but because I'm done giving you power over me anymore. Your actions have already punished you better than I ever could. So I'm going to leave you to it, and never give you another thought. Goodbye, Fik'iri.
• Our Gods Are Different: She's an Elemental/Ethereal deity, being a God of Light with domains like Holy Magic and Purification. She's also an Ryujin/Abyssinian hybrid goddess, which gives her incredible power, but made her the subject of abusive indoctrinattion by malicious parental figures who rejected her half-Dragon heritage for petty reasons. Once she is given genuine kindness, she manifests her repressed Dragon traits, allowing her to kill the Count Draclawa that abused her with her full power. She is also a 'prodigy deity' and because of it, her magical and physical growth rates are accelerated past a normal deity's, and sometimes manifests a golden halo.
• Patricide: She kills her first 'adoptive' father, the Count Draclawa, for his cruel abuse by manifesting the repressed Dragon side of her heritage and killing him with her full power, while purifying him so he won't have any way to be resurrected.
• Pay Evil unto Evil: Defied with her biological mother, Fik'iri. While she has every chance to retaliate against Fik'iri for all the abuse she suffered under her paws as a kitten, she decides the Humiliation Conga Fik'iri earned for her actions was a far better punishment than anything she could dish out. Instead, she forgives Fik'iri and leaves her mother to suffer in complete ignominy.
• The Prankster: Following her Heel–Face Turn, she started enjoying playing pranks.
• Pre-Mortem One-Liner: She roars an awesome one at the Count Draclawa who brutally abused her before completely incinerating him with a mouth-blast of holy fire.
  Meli’āki: Drawclawa! DISAPPEAR INTO LIGHT!!! (blasts Count Draclawa to ash with holy fire).
• Reduced to Dust: This is what she does to the Count Draclawa who abused her after betraying him. She fires a mouth-blast of holy fire, which not only reduces him to ash, but purifies him of his vampirism so he dies a mortal without any way to come Back from the Dead. Then she scatters his ashes with her tail; she initially considered doing something more profane out of vindictiveness but realized people were watching her.
• Revenge by Proxy: On the receiving end by Fik'iri. Because she's the hybrid daughter of a Ryujin who publicly humiliated her (and was powerful enough to get away with it), Fik'iri proceeded to abuse her and force her to repress her Dragon traits out of anger towards her ex-lover. Then she was thrown out of the Abyssinian Pantheon entirely after Fik'iri got bored with her. This, combined with Count Draclawa's abuse, would make her develop severe self-esteem issues regarding her heritage that would affect her for years.
• Scars Are Forever:
• A Shared Suffering: She greatly sympathizes with Ruya Clearfeather, one of her adoptive sisters, for her horrible background and being abused/exploited by others for much of her chickhood.
• Silence of Sadness: She reacts with silence when Moon Ray asks about her scarred paws, knowing full well that the Count Draclawa who 'adopted' her will punish her for speaking. It just makes Moon Ray more determined to redeem her.
• Sizeshifter: While her true form is a massive Ryujin/Abyssinian hybrid, she can change herself into an Abyssinian, or just shrink her Ryujin form.
• Super-Empowering: As a goddess of Holy Magic, she can bless and empower others, though it doesn't work on those who are evil-aligned even if she made them immune to her powers.
• Talking the Monster to Death: On the receiving end. Once Moon Ray figures out she was horrifically abused into working for the Count Draclawa who 'adopted' her, he tried to redeem her by reaching out to her as fellow abuse victims, reasoning her, and offering to adopt her himself, despite clashing with her multiple times. He would eventually succeed as his kindness finally motivates her to betray Count Draclawa during a major battle and kill him.
• Tears of Joy: She cries out of sheer happiness and hugs Moon Ray when he tells her he still accepts her as his adoptive daughter, hybrid heritage or no.
• White Mage: As a goddess of Holy Magic, she possesses powerful holy magic on top of her purification abilities as a goddess of Purification, and can radiate a holy aura that affects corrupt and/or evil beings. She also embodies true righteousness and purity, and is notably capable of deciding who can be hurt by her powers. This is convenient as her adoptive brother, Prince Dissonant Tune, is a Dhampiric Alicorn god of Vice and Corruption and thus would be badly burned by her powers under normal circumstances. Her domain also allows her to bless and empower others.
• You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Contrary to her fears of being rejected for being half-Ryujin, Moon Ray still accepts her as his daughter and assures her that she's far from the strangest thing he's ever seen. She's so moved by it that she starts crying out of sheer happiness.
  Moon Ray Vaughoof: Look kid, Ah've got a giant robot for a cousin. Ya bein' some big ol' cat dragon? Don't matter ta me none.
• You're Not My Father: While confronting a depowered Fik'iri, she forgives her, but makes it clear she's doing so to rob Fik'iri of any power over her and disowns her as her mother.

Prince Blaze Brave, the Dragon of Courage

Classification: Ethereal/Elemental/Ascendant

Portfolio: Courage, Fire, Resilience

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

"Courage! It is a fire that makes us strong and resilient in the face of overwhelming opposition!"

Prince Blaze Brave, born Bio-Soldat - 001 "Drachenritter" (his entry here) is the Dragon/Minotaur god of Courage, Fire, and Resilience, and is the adoptive son of Dame/Princess Patch.

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• Adaptational Badass: WarGreymon is the Mega evolutionary form of Agumon, being a Flying Brick and Lightning Bruiser with abilities like Flash Step and energy/fire manipulation, and his main weapons being a pair of Wolverine Claws-style gauntlets designed to kill Dramon-type Digimon. He can also fuse with MetalGarurumon to form Omnimon. Here, he can do all of the above, except he became a god, making his pre-existing abilities far stronger in addition to granting him unique powers based on his domains of Courage, Fire, and Resilience.
• Adaptation Species Change: In the Digimon series, WarGreymon is the Mega evolutionary form of Agumon, with his form being identified as a "Dragon Man". Here, Blaze Brave was a Dragon/Minotaur hybrid engineered by Uberreich with his respective parent species' DNA to serve as a Super-Soldier weapon.
• Alliterative Name: Blaze Brave.
• Anthropomorphic Personification: He's a Dragon/Minotaur god who embodies Courage, Fire, and Resilience.
• Arch-Enemy: He absolutely hates the Reichists, especially Endsieg, because the latter was directly responsible for not only the death of his creator, but also for constantly abusing and torturing him and his friend, Snow Wolf, in trying to turn them into living weapons for the Neo-Reichists. This gave him anger issues in which he would fly into a berserker rage should he hear about Reichist involvement, and had to be talked down by his family.
• Barrier Warrior: He can manifest his fire magic as shields.
• Bash Brothers: He and Snow Wolf are best friends, owing to their time as Uberreich prisoners and engineered super-soldiers; once they were freed by Patch and other superheroes, they both proceeded to go on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge against the Neo-Reichists who made their life hell. Their relationship in this regard didn't change much after they both Ascended to godhood.
• Beware the Nice Ones: He is a courageous and benevolent hero and god who often puts himself at risk to save others, and has a dorky side to him that shows up when doing things like watching animane or playing video games. However, he's willing to kill or eat wicked people even though he doesn't like it, and his horrific upbringing as one of Uberreich's engineered hybrid super-soldiers left him with a burning grudge towards the Neo-Reichists — especially Endsieg, who abused both him and his friend Snow Wolf and killed their creator for betraying Uberreich. Anything related to Endsieg tends to trigger a berserker rage in him due to this.
• Big Little Brother: He's younger than Princess Stitching Time, but as a Dragon/Minotaur hybrid, he automatically towers over her as much as he does his adoptive parents.
• Death Glare: He gives Endsieg a terrifying glare before going on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge against him, forcing his long-time tormentor to flee for his life.
• Deity of Human Origin: He was originally a mortal Dragon/Minotaur hybrid created by the Neo-Reichists to serve as their living weapon, but was freed by Patch. Eventually, thanks to various deities — including his "Uncle Bluey", Blue Suede Heartstrings — he would Ascend and become a god of Courage, Fire, and Resilience.
• Delightful Dragon: Despite his horrible origins and upbringing, he remained a heroic person, thanks to his deceased creator influencing him to develop that mindset by showing him images of benevolent superheroes and other similar figures. After he was freed and adopted into a loving family, he finally had the opportunity to become a superhero, something that would continue after he Ascended to godhood.
• Dragons Are Divine: He's part-Dragon, and after being freed from Uberreich's control, he later Ascends to godhood under the tutelage of many Second Age deities, including his Honorary Uncle, Blue Suede Heartstrings.
• Elemental Embodiment: One of his domains is Fire, which gives him fire magic.
• Elemental Hair Composition: After Ascending to godhood, his red mane became composed of fire.
• Endearingly Dorky: Despite his intimidating size and heroic personality, he's actually a dork who enjoys animane (the Codex version of anime), comics, and video-games, though he needs game controllers that are properly scaled to his hands in order to play. He can also act childish and endearingly nerdy at times.
• Expy: Of WarGreymon.
• Flaming Sword: He can manifest his fire magic in the form of blades.
• Gentle Giant: He's a gigantic Dragon/Minotaur hybrid and towered over Patch, who would become his adoptive mother. Naturally, when he Ascended to godhood, he got even bigger. Personality-wise, he's a heroic god who's courageous just like Patch and is willing to put himself at risk to save others. He believes in fighting for the right reasons and dislikes killing and eating people, but will do so against unrepentantly wicked people. Despite his size and personality, however, he's Endearingly Dorky, as he loves animane, comics, and video games. He's also very close to his adoptive family and friends, especially Snow Wolf, owing to their shared history with Uberreich.
• God of Fire: Being a half-Dragon god gives him Dragonkind's elemental powers, but he prefers fire. He's also a god of Fire, allowing him to do more with his fire magic by manifesting it as blades, shields, and other things. One of his attacks involves forming a gigantic sphere of condensed, explosive fire and throwing it at his opponents. It's noted that his fire manipulation is the strongest of all his elemental abilities.
• Good Is Not Soft: While he's a heroic god who tries not to kill if he can help it, he's not adverse to doing so and is perfectly willing to eat his foes if the situation called for it.
• Happily Adopted: After he was freed from Neo-Reichist control, he would be adopted by Patch and her husband Buddy, something that made him break down crying while hugging Patch. This would give him an older sister in Princess Stitching Time, whom he would become close to despite butting heads with each other over their strong personalities.
• Hot-Blooded: He is very hot-blooded thanks to Patch's influence and being half-Minotaur.
• Hybrid Power: As a Dragon/Minotaur hybrid, he possesses the strength-based magics of the former race and the elemental powers of the latter race, making him incredibly strong. Following his Ascension to godhood, his Dragon half gave him all of Dragonkind's elemental powers.
• Interspecies Adoption: He, a Dragon/Minotaur hybrid, would be officially adopted by two Ponies, Patch and her husband, Buddy, following his being freed from Neo-Reichist control. It's noted that being given a true family caused him to cry while hugging his adoptive mother.
• Leeroy Jenkins: Much like his adoptive mother, Patch, he has a habit of impulsively rushing into situations without thinking it through; he has gotten better at it since, but it still poses an issue for him.
• The Magnificent: Known as "the Dragon of Courage", due to being a Dragon/Minotaur hybrid superhero who also happens to be a god of Courage.
• Meaningful Name:
  • His birth name, Drachenritter, translates to "Dragon Knight" in German, referring to his part-Dragon heritage, his intended role as a living weapon for Uberreich, and later, after being freed, his heroic personality. It also refers to WarGreymon, who resembles a draconic-looking Knight and served as inspiration for his character.
  • His new name, Blaze Brave, refers to his courageous personality that was influenced by his adoptive mother, Patch, as well as his domains of Courage and Fire.
• Oppose What You Suffered: He fights to save others so he could ensure that no one else suffers like he and Snow Wolf did under Uberreich.
• Point of Divergence: His entry notes that he and his friend Snow Wolf, then called "Metallbestie", would have been doomed to live and die as weapons for Uberreich had a group of superheroes — including a then-mortal Princess Patch of the Virtuous Seven — had not raided the base they were held in.
• Small Parent, Huge Child: As a Dragon/Minotaur hybrid, he automatically towers over his adoptive Pony parents, Patch and Buddy. He became even bigger as a god as he Ascended in the Second Age, thus growing over tens of thousands of years, while Patch and Buddy came Back from the Dead as demi-deities, making them both tiny compared to him.
• Tyke-Bomb: Both he and his friend, Snow Wolf, were created by Uberreich to effectively serve as hybrid super-soldiers, and were horribly abused by Endsieg in order to indoctrinate them to Uberreich's cause. What made worse is that they're the only existing hybrids in Uberreich's control, as their creator deleted all files containing information to make more hybrids following a crisis of conscience. Fortunately, he and Snow Wolf refused to break because their creator inspired them with images of superheroes and otehr benevolent figures. It's not until a group of superheroes raided the base they were held in that he and Snow Wolf were finally freed, and Patch, one of the heroes, would adopt him after everything was over.
• You Killed My Father: A huge part of his grudge towards Endsieg is the fact that the latter murdered his creator, the closest he had to a father-figure, in cold blood for sabotaging the Neo-Reichists' super-soldier project, then horribly abusing him and his friend Snow Wolf to indoctrinate them both. When he was first set free by Patch, he proceeded to go on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge with intent to kill Endsieg, but unfortunately Endsieg managed to escape his wrath. He also nearly went berserk when he learned of Endsieg's resurrection in the Fourth Age until his family talked him down, and participated in both the "Dark Ages Crisis" and the "Terra Equus Continental War" to oppose Endsieg.

Cerah, the (WIP title)

Classification: Ascendant/Ethereal

Portfolio: Future, Space, Learning

Rank: Demigod

Affiliation: Frieden Pantheon (main), Kerajaan Pantheon

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Steel String/Steel String, the Saint of Brotherhood

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Lawful/Neutral Good

Type: Saint/True Companion/Angel/Cool Big Bro/Martial Artist

Faction: Kerajaan Cahaya, Heaven-Realms

"As long as the fire of brotherhood still burns, there is nothing that could stand in our way." ()

Steel String (his entries here and here) is an old friend of Healing Song's from the Second Age, and the bassist of the Healing String Groove Band.

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• Affectionate Nickname: He's one of many people in Healing Song's life who calls him "Healey".
• Alliterative Name: Steel String.
• Angelic Transformation: He was transformed into an Angel by the Three Deaths on his request he could protect the world and provide "siblings" for lonely people. It also turned him into a 'Pseudoalicorn' due to having been a Unicorn prior.
• Badass Boast: His folder/entry quote is essentially this - as long as the 'fire of brotherhood' still burns, there is nothing that could stand in anyone's way.
• Barrier Warrior: His light magic allows him to produce light barriers.
• Big Brother Instinct: Due to treating Healing Song as a surrogate little brother, he can be fiercely protective of him.
  • He (and others) gives War Rock a Death Glare for treating Healing Song like a helpless invalid. And after Healing Song snarks back at War Rock and threatens him to get out, Steel String is among the first to rise to Healing Song's defense, standing at his side and putting a hoof on Healing Song's shoulder while still maintaining his Death Glare on War Rock. It results in War Rock swallowing his pride and leaving the premises to save face.
  • He was furious when a crooked record executive tried exploiting Healing Song's blindness, and proceeded to rough up the stallion as payback (including throwing him across his own desk) until his bandmates restrained him. He ultimately chooses to call the police on the record executive instead.
    Steel String: You can insult me, you can laugh at me behind my back, but I will NOT tolerate anyone bullying Healey or using him like a meal-ticket!
  • After learning martial arts, he started using that to protect Healing Song from War Rock's deluded fans when they tried attacking Healing Song for "ruining" their idol after War Rock's death. Healing Song sometimes joked that he actually recruited Steel String into the band as a bodyguard.
• Big Damn Reunion: Three Ages after becoming an Angel, he would reunite with Prince Healing Song in the Fourth Age while they both helped protect a town from proto-tribalists. Healing Song had heard of Steel String's exploits before, but didn't believe them at first because he was there when his bassist died and thought he wouldn't be coming back. Once they finally meet in-person after the fight, they would have a tearful reunion, with Healing Song hugging Steel String while bawling in his forelegs.
• Blinded by the Light: His light magic allows him to produce blinding flashbangs.
• Celebrity Power: He's based on Joe Rockman, Jeff Healey's bassist, though the Codexverse writer responsible for his entry notes the similarities are superficial. Unlike Joe, he became an Angel and a Patron Saint of siblings (biological or otherwise) after death.
• Chronic Hero Syndrome: Following his promotion to Angel, he became unwilling to ignore someone in need, which has led to him running himself ragged sometimes.
• Cool Big Bro: Upon meeting a then-mortal Healing Song, he quickly began acting like a surrogate older brother for him to make up for not having a biological sibling. He's generally supportive of Healing Song and trusts him to do his own thing, and naturally he's very protective of him. However, it's noted that he can go overboard in his protective tendencies, which strained their friendship later on after Healing Song was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He also worried about Healing Song at first because the latter was a Blind Musician, which he admits got snarked at by Healing Song a few times. Despite the road bumps in their relationship and Healing Song Ascended to godhood, they nonetheless remained good friends up until his death from old age. His friendship with Healing Song did cause some resentment as he became more known for that than his musical contributions (until Healing Song made it clear he wasn't going to let his bandmates be ignored), and hilariously, it also caused people to treat both him and Healing Song like a romantic couple, which horrified him but caused Healing Song to laugh.
• Dark Is Not Evil: His attire hasn't changed at all since the Second Age, with him either wearing a black bomber jacket or (occasionally) a black Second Age-style suit. He is a mortal soul-turned-Angel who left his eternal reward behind because he essentially wanted to be a big brother-figure for the entire world.
• Death Glare: He, Tempo Groove, and other musicians present at the time give War Rock this after War Rock started insulting Healing Song and treating him like an invalid. When Healing song enraged War Rock by snarking right back and threatening him to get out, Steel String was among the first to stand by Healing Song's side while never taking his glare off of War Rock. This made War Rock swallow his pride, back down, and leave the premises to save face.
• The Empath: He has empathic powers that make him hear the prayers of those who wish for a sibling of their own, as well as sense what is preventing siblings from reconciling.
• Fainting: Happens to him twice.
  • By his own admission, he fainted when he learned he was going to be a student of Sweetheart, one of the Virtuous Seven heroines, following his promotion to Angel.
  • Learning from Healing Song that he was essentially depicted as a superhero by his own fans after his death also led to him fainting.
• Friend to All Children: While in the Heaven-Realms, he would hang around the spirits of deceased children and babies and be their big brother-figure. This is what partially contributed to his boredom, his desire to help lonely people find 'siblings' who care for them, and his ultimate choice to leave his eternal reward behind and become an Angel.
• Godhood Seeker: Averted. By the time he became an elderly stallion, he was content with his own successes and how his life turned out in general. So when an Ascendant Healing Song offered him a chance to become an Alicorn like him, he refused, and later died without regrets.
• Healing Hands: Like Sweetheart post-Ascension, being an Angel gives him healing powers. When combining his power with Healing Song's, he can induce a wide 'area of effect' that heals/rejuvenates allies.
• Holy Halo: After he became an angel, he has a halo adorning his head. His Cutie Mark changed to reflect this, depicting a bass adorned with a halo and flanked with white wings.
• Holy Hand Grenade: Like Sweetheart post-Ascension, being an Angel gives him purification powers.
• Innocently Insensitive: By his own admission, he initially worried for Healing Song because of his blindness during their early days as a band, which got him a few snarks. He soon wised up and learned to trust Healing Song's capabilities.
• It Has Been an Honor: On his deathbed, he tells a now-immortal Healing Song that it was "fun" touring with him and encourages him to keep playing music long after both he and Tempo Groove are dead.
  Steel String: (to Prince Healing Song) ...It was fun touring with you, Healey. I had the time of my life. Keep on playing music, bro...
• Karmic Jackpot: While not as famous or well-known as Healing Song, his kindness and modesty did earn him many admirers of his own, especially after he talked to a lot of musicians who were mistreated/fired by War Rock following the latter's death. His close friendship with Healing Song also earned him praise from Blue Suede Heartstrings, who cited the Healing String Groove Band as an example of what a band should be. By the time he died of old age, he would be fondly remembered by both his fans and deities who knew him closely enough to keep remembering him long after the Second Age's end, such as Blue and Healing Song. He even got Shrouded in Myth posthumously in some of his fans' depictions, which Healing Song found highly amusing.
• Knight Templar Big Brother: While he learned his lesson with Healing Song, he still occasionally becomes overbearing and overprotective towards anyone he looks after. He admits it's a problem he struggles to deal with due to his protective nature and his job as a Patron Saint of siblings.
• The Lancer: Cultura described him as being this to Healing Song when they were in a band and he was still into music. He's often a cool, soft-spoken, and levelheaded stallion to the point of looking like The Stoic, while Healing Song is kind, humble, and good-humored, though he can be rather sarcastic and blunt at times, especially when provoked. It's downplayed in that Steel String is not actually stoic as people believe, and people who know him note that he's actually very easygoing and fun-loving.
• Last Disrespects: Defied. He refuses to attend War Rock's funeral (implied to have been rather small due to how extremely unpopular he was by then) partly out of hatred, and partly out of desire to avoid doing things like urinating on War Rock's grave. This gets him into an argument with Healing Song, who attends the funeral anyway despite having every right not to.
  Steel String: I'm not going.
  Healing Song: Steel...
  Steel String: No way in hell am I going.
  Healing Song: Steel, War Rock's not coming back. Melody said she blew the ashes away just to make sure he doesn't.
  Steel String: I know, but that's not what I'm worried about. What I'm more worried about is me making an ass of myself while I'm attending the damn funeral.
• Light 'em Up: As an Angel, he can generate/control light in certain ways, such as light barriers and flashbangs. However, like Moon Ray Vaughoof and Blue Suede Heartstrings, he can use his chosen instrument (in his case, the bass) to perform greater feats such as intricate light-based constructs, light up pathways with multiple orbs of light, and prolonged brightness. When combined with Healing Song's voice and the power of his staff, Medela Lux, his power can induce a wide Area of Effect that calms allies and heals/rejuvenates them, while curing them of status ailments caused by dark magic and killing anything weak to light magic. This makes him powerful against Darkness Elementals and certain vampires.
• The Magnificent: Known as "the Saint of Brotherhood" due to being the Patron Saint of brotherhood and siblings, as well as being a supportive brother figure towards anyone he finds.
• Mistaken for Gay: Hilariously, shortly after moving to Kerajaan Cahaya, he has once again become the subject of people who 'ship' him with Healing Song or otherwise treat them both as a romantic couple. This frustrates him to no end since he only sees Healing Song as his friend and little brother.
  Steel String: Goddammit! Again?!
  Moon Ray Vaughoof: Honestly, with how close you two are, I ain't surprised...
  Steel String: I don't swing that way!
• Nobody Loves the Bassist: Defied and ultimately averted. He originally started playing with the bass because (in his words) "everyone played the guitar too much". He did enjoy some modest success as a teenager, and he became a celebrity after co-founding the Healing String Groove Band with Healing Song and Tempo Groove, but many people would know him more for his close friendship with Healing Song. By Steel String's own admission, he harbored some jealousy over the fact that Healing Song got more attention as a guitarist and musical prodigy, which he hid from the others out of shame as to not ruin their friendship, but Healing Song figured it out anyway and made it clear he wasn't going to let his bandmates go unnoticed. And according to Healing Song, one of their potential band names didn't include Steel String's name, but Healing Song put it in anyway because he didn't want to make his bassist feel excluded. Steel String gradually stopped caring about his fame over time, becoming content with how his life turned out, and even refused to achieve godhood himself when Healing Song offered it to him. By the time he died of old age, he would be fondly remembered by fans as well as deities who knew him closely to still remember him well past the Second Age, including Healing Song himself.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: He's based on Jeff Healey's bassist, Joe Rockman, though it's mostly superficial, as his character is remarkably different than his real life counterpart; the Codexverse writer responsible for his entry has stated that very little information on Joe Rockman exists, which forced her to come up with a unique backstory for a character based on him to make up for it.
• Oh, Crap!: After meeting Prism Glow/Aurora Angel I in the Heaven-Realms post-death and learning of the Interregnum's existence, he realized he was (somehow) never persecuted for being a unicorn despite living openly as one all his life, causing him to be Properly Paranoid. A Trimortidae would assure him that many Interregnum members were sent to the Hell-Realms after death as punishment for their ruthless persecution of innocent magical entities and other unfettered things they did to rid Tellus completely of magic.
• Our Angels Are Different: He was once a mortal Unicorn who was turned into an Angel by the Three Deaths on his request so he could protect the world and provide "siblings" for lonely people. And because he was a Unicorn, his Angelic Transformation turned him into a 'Pseudoalicorn'.
• Pals with Jesus: He's well-acquainted with a few gods from the Second Age, such as Blue Suede Heartstrings and Healing Song. It's justified in both cases - he knew Healing Song when the latter was a mortal, and their friendship would later impress Blue Suede. This might be why he wasn't antagonized by the Interregnum at all for being born a Unicorn, despite living his entire life with his Unicorn horn in full display.
• Patron Saint: After he was turned into an Angel, he became worshiped as a Saint of Siblings and Brotherhood by those who feel unloved and unwanted. His Psychic Powers mainly revolve around hearing the prayers of those who wish for a sibling of their own, and guiding them to people who will look after and care for them not unlike an older sibling.
• Personality Powers: Much of his life was defined by his brotherly relationship with Healing Song. After hanging around the souls of dead children and babies in the Heaven-Realms, and witnessing millions of people being ushered in following their deaths during the 'Void Aeon', he decided to become a big brother figure for the entire world. Fittingly, his Angelic Transformation would turn him into a Patron Saint of Siblings and Brotherhood, giving him Psychic Powers that revolve around guiding lonely people to those who will look after them, and helping warring siblings reconcile with each other.
• Properly Paranoid: After learning of the Interregnum's existence post-death and realizing that he lived openly as a unicorn his entire life without (somehow) attracting their attention, he became rather paranoid for a while. Fortunately, a Trimortidae would assure the poor stallion that many Interregnum members were Dragged Off to Hell as punishment for wrongly persecuting innocent magical entities for the sake of 'protecting' Equus from magic itself, so they wouldn't hurt anyone again. He relaxed after this, but learning of the Interregnum still had an impact on him.
• Psychic Powers: As a Patron Saint of siblings and brotherhood, he mainly possesses telepathic and empathic powers that makes him hear the prayers of lonely people who wish for a sibling of their own. This allows him to guide his devotees to people who will look after them and care for them not unlike an older sibling.
• Refusing Paradise: Although content with dying and satisfied with his life, he gradually grew bored and restless in the Heaven-Realms due to factors like learning of the Interregnum, hanging around the souls of dead children and babies, and thinking about how Healing Song is faring without him. He eventually concluded that the world needs a big brother figure to look after it, which leads to him being turned into an Angel by the Three Deaths on his request.
• The Resenter: By his own admission, he started becoming jealous of Healing Song because the latter is a musical prodigy and thus more loved by the public, while he's just a bassist. However, he was ashamed of this and hid it from his friends so his feelings wouldn't ruin their friendship. Healing Song found out anyway and made it clear that he wouldn't let his bandmates be ignored by their fans. After this, he reconciled with Healing Song and gradually didn't care if he was as famous as him or not.
• Restrained Revenge: He initially tried roughing up a crooked record executive as payback for trying to exploit Healing Song's blindness, but then his bandmates restrained him. He ultimately settled for calling the police on the record executive instead.
• Shrouded in Myth: In life, he was just a simply competent bassist who became a martial artist after War Rock attacked Healing Song, and gained the ability to use unicorn magic after Healing Song taught him to awaken it. After his death, his fans started turning him into a legendary figure by depicting him as a godlike, straight-faced, badass figure who fights enemies with music and ki powers. Healing Song found this highly amusing.
• Siblings Wanted: Justified. He grew up an only child which made him incredibly lonely, but his parents had trouble conceiving foals and eventually settled with raising just one after it miraculously survived beyond childbirth. This served as the basis for his close friendship with Healing Song - in his eyes, Healing Song is the little brother he always wanted to have. It also became the reason why's he's often fiercely protective of Healing Song to the point of almost reaching Knight Templar Big Brother levels on occasion, as he's afraid of losing the closest he has to a sibling. This nearly drove a wedge into their friendship after Healing Song was diagnosed with terminal cancer; Steel String tried coddling him, only for Healing Song to get fed up and confront him on it. They reconciled after he confessed his reasons for his behavior and learned to come to terms with Healing Song's mortality.
• The Stoic: Subverted. He's still soft-spoken, cool, and level-headed, but not to the point of actual stoicism.
• Super-Empowering: As a Patron Saint of brotherhood, he can bless people with the strength to protect their siblings, friends, and other loved ones during their darkest hours. Notably, he has empowered both brothers and sisters despite his domain of patronage, as in his eyes, anyone can be a sibling for others.
• Telepathy: He has telepathic powers that make him hear the prayers of those who wish for a sibling of their own, as well as sense what is preventing siblings from reconciling.
• True Companions: In life, he was this with Tempo Groove and Healing Song. He treats both of them like family, but he was especially close to Healing Song, whom he sees as his little brother. He became known for this more than his bass-playing among his fans in his early music career (which he admits caused some jealousy until Healing Song resolved the issue), to the point where some went as far to start interpreting him and Healing Song as a romantic couple. Steel String was horrified, while Healing Song just laughed and cleared things up with his fans.
• Winged Unicorn: He's described as being a 'Pseudoalicorn' - while he looks like an Alicorn due to being a Unicorn who was given wings upon being promoted to Angel, he lacks a true Alicorn's divinity and the ability to manifest traits from all mortal Pony tribes.
• Wrong-Name Outburst: In his panic over learning of the Interregnum's existence and realizing that he was somehow never persecuted for living openly as a unicorn, he accidentally misnames the Interregnum as 'Interrogation'.
  Steel String: How in the buck did I not get caught or killed by those Interrogation guys?!
• You Are Not Alone: After War Rock's death, he would go around and talk to musicians who had been mistreated by War Rock and/or fired by him for even minor or perceived slip-ups, just to give them emotional support and ensure their stories don't go unheard.

Tempo Groove

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Lawful/Chaotic Good

Type: Drummer, Earth Pony, "True Companion", Prankster, Teacher

Faction: Caneighda, Ponyland, the Healing String Groove Band

Tempo Groove (his entry here) was one of Prince Healing Song's friends pre-Ascension, and a drummer of the Healing String Groove Band.

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• All Drummers Are Animals: Played with. While he's a drummer, he shares Steel String's dim view of musicians who get into bad stage antics. That being said, he did get into a lot of misadventures himself off-stage, such as the time where he got startled and fell into a fountain pool while posing for a fan.
  Photo caption: No, Tempo, get out of there. Your job is to make sweet jams, not pretend you're a kid in a pool.
• Badass Teacher: He would serve as Healing Song's drummer for many years thanks to having his life extended by his friend's divinity, but later he developed an interest in teaching and retired to become a music teacher full-time. While not an outright superhero, he has his own unique powers and skills that he can use in a pinch, thanks to being taught by Blue Suede Heartstrings.
• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: A male example - he's the "Redhead" to Healing Song's "Blonde" and Steel String's "Brunette/Black". However, during his time as a musician and member of the Healing String Groove Band, he dyed his hair black to keep Healing Song the In-Universe "face" of the band.
• Celebrity Power: He's based on Jeff Healey's drummer, Tom Stephen, albeit superficially. Unlike him, he has sound magic, Earth Pony magic, and some degree of military combat training, as well as natural athleticism, climbing skills, and trickery.
• Class Clown: He was seen as one by his classmates as a foal — according to him, he was an "absolute hellion" who constantly got in trouble for playing pranks and causing general mischief. His teachers saw him as a troublemaker, while his parents ran themselves ragged trying to discipline. He eventually stopped and matured after reciving his first drum kit as a gift, since he had an outlet for all the energy he had.
• Cool Teacher: Following his employment as a music teacher and subsequent retirement from music, he became popular with his students for his sense of humor, even occasionally inviting over his former bandmates, Steel String and Healing Song/Medela, to play for them. Hilariously, in a roundabout way, he also caught his class goofing off while he was away in a few incidents, such as the time where they badly performed the song "Careless Whisper" by Second-Age pop duo Wham!.
  Tempo Groove: (jokingly) I must be in Hell now.
• Dumb and Drummer: Averted. While he did have a rather rambunctious childhood and is known for being The Prankster, he's emotionally perceptive and becoming a drummer actually helped him mellow out. He also became a competent fighter under Blue Suede's tutelage and was able to get a full-time job as a music teacher. He's well aware of his reputation and how it caused people to dismiss him as a clown, and is genuinely hurt by this, despite his joking demeanor — when Steel String accused him of not caring about Healing Song's then-upcoming death, he didn't speak to his friend for a while until Steel String apologized for his words.
• Fantasy-Forbidding Father: Averted. He didn't realize until years later why his parents (and teachers) were so accepting of his choice to become a musician — his drumming actually prevented him from being the Class Clown he once was as a colt by giving him something to focus on.
  Tempo Groove: At first, I wondered why no-Pony was complaining about my choice to be a drummer despite their disapproval about... pretty much everything I did. I mean, every-Pony wanted me to be a more respectable student and Pony, and not just my parents. So why did they stop? It wasn't until years later that I realized why - my constant drumming kept me focused and prevented me from doing my usual shenanigans.
• Heroic BSoD: Twice.
  • He was deeply affected by Moon Ray's death (more specifically, how Healing Song was affected by it) and War Rock's attacks on Healing Song. Despite putting on a brave face for his friends' sake, he ends up breaking down in front of Blue Suede Heartstrings after seeking him out because he didn't know how to properly express or deal with his feelings.
    Tempo Groove: I-I'm sorry, Blue, it's just... Everything's happening all at once and it's so hard to deal with it. Moon Ray's gone. War Rock's being an absolute flank-hole. And Steel and I are worrying our flanks off thinking Healey could get injured or die any minute now. Poor Steel... I wanna help protect Healey, too, so Steel's not running himself ragged doing the same, but... I can't.. I just can't-!
    Blue Suede Heartstrings: Shh... it's okay. Ah'm here. Ya don't gotta keep it in anymore...
  • When he receives the news from Blue Suede that War Rock raped Healing Song, his response is to simply sit down, looking absolutely shell-shocked.
• Hero of Another Story: While he participated in the "Big Comeback Tour" following the Interregnum's fall, he didn't participate in the concurrent "Applewood Rescue" event, instead staying in Caneighda to protect people from the revived celebrities running amok there. In his words:
  Tempo Groove: Some-pony's gotta make sure every-pony back home is okay.
• Long-Lived: He was able to live much longer than the typical Pony in the Second Age thanks to being exposed to various magics, including Healing Song/Medela's Primordial Quintessence after the latter Ascended.
• Make Some Noise: He gained sound magic after learning under Blue Suede Heartstrings, allowing him to do things like ways such as amplifying certain sounds, creating echoes, muting his presence, and producing concussive shockwaves. In his case, he has used his sound magic to eavesdrop on conversations and sneak past danger, as well as distract/disorient his enemies. More dangerously, he has developed a degree of vibration manipulation, and can amplify the impact of his attacks by strengthening the vibrations around his hooves.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: He's based on Jeff Healey's drummer, Tom Stephen, though it's mostly superficial, as his character is remarkably different than his real life counterpart; the Codexverse writer responsible for his entry has stated that very little information on Tom Stephen exists, which forced her to come up with a unique backstory for a character based on him to make up for it.
• Puppy-Dog Eyes: He's described by people close to him In-Universe as having natural "puppy-dog eyes". He admits to exploiting this as a colt to avoid punishment for his shenanigans.
• Quirky Curls: He has a short, curly red mane and tail, and as a colt he was a mischievous Class Clown who was, according to him, an "absolute hellion" who constantly got into trouble for playing pranks on people and causing general mischief. While he mellowed out over time, he still remained good-humored, which made him a Cool Teacher later on.
• Red Is Heroic: He has natural red hair, though he dyed it black during his time as a musician and member of the Healing String Groove Band. While not on par with the Second Age's gods or superheroes, he's still a heroic individual with powers of his own, which he used to help out in numerous situations.
• Sharp-Dressed Man: After retiring as a musician to become a music teacher, he would wear suits as was required by his job.

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