Characters / Codex Equus Novellus Pantheon

Here is a list of characters from the Novellus Pantheon, the main pantheon of Machina whose members embody modern aspects of society.

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Novellus Pantheon

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General

• Meaningful Name: The pantheon's name means "new" and/or "recent" in Latin, reflecting how its members came to embody modern concepts such as Civilization, Architecture, Modern Medicine, and Vehicles. Individually, each god and goddess is named after a Latin term that translates to something related to what they embody.
• Odd Job Gods: Many of the Novellus deities embody extremely specific concepts that pertain to modern society, such as construction, espionage, pop culture, newscasters, etc. However, each of their domains are useful in their own way.

Indostruus

Classification: Elemental/Ethereal

Portfolio: Industry, Modernization, Civilization, Metal

Rank: Godling

"Be hopeful of the fruits of progress... but be wary of its price."

Indostruus (his entry here) is the Deer god of Industry, Modernization, Civilization, and Metal, and is the leader of the Novellus Pantheon.

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• Anthropomorphic Personification: He's a Deer god who embodies Industry, Modernization, Civilization, and Metal.
• Big Brother Instinct: He and Vehere see each other as Like Brother and Sister due to both of them being created with the advent of steam power. Part of the reason why he's trying to convince Vehere to stop being a Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist and wear something more proper for a goddess stems from his concern over how other deities might treat her based on appearance. Vehere is too free-spirited to listen to him, however.
  Indostruus: Vehere, you might want to consider wearing something more proper. Our older peers are giving you strange looks because of what you are wearing, and it's bothering me.
  Vehere: Who cares what they think? It's not like they're traveling around while wearing itchy, stuffy garments!
• Birds of a Feather: Platonic example. He would end up befriending Prince Steel Barricade, the Alicorn demigod of Technology, as his student because of the latter's great potential and skill in turning ordinary places to highly advanced realms with strong defenses. However, it is noted by other divines that Indostruus sympathized with Steel Barricade over being a skilled engineer who initially behaved in an arrogant manner, just like how he himself had been a smug and self-righteous Jerkass previously, and is now trying to atone for his actions.
• In Harmony with Nature: Ironically, he is this, despite embodying Industry and Modernization. He originally was smug and self-righteous, believing that he was meant to "replace" nature-loving deities and those who followed the old ways in general. But seeing his concept abused and misused to destructive ends by groups like the Cloven Empire caused him to realize he was wrong. He now works in harmony with the nature-aligned deities to ensure progress happens, but in such a way to not cause havoc with nature.
• Mentor Archetype: He would become a mentor to Steel Barricade, Golden Scepter's eleventh son, and was responsible for teaching the demi-Alicorn Prince how to turn his own body parts into weapons. He believes that because of his massive potential and talent, Steel Barricade will potentially surpass him one day. Notably, he has shown great interest when the latter began developing "technological empathy".
• Sharp-Dressed Man: His form is described by his entry as a divine Deer stag dressed in a business suit.
• Surpassed the Teacher: Despite being "older" than Steel Barricade by divine standards due to the latter being an Alicorn demigod, as well as being a fellow Technopath, Indostruus believes that Steel Barricade has the potential, talent, and skill to surpass him in many ways.
• Top God: Of the Novellus Pantheon. Interestingly, Munditia, the goddess of Hygiene and Sanitation, is older than him, but chooses to see him as her leader since he has more inclination towards the role.

Vehere, the Modern Traveler

Classification: Ethereal

Portfolio: Travel, Vehicles, Transportation

Rank: Godling

"No time for wasting! I have got a ride to catch!"

Vehere (her entry here) is the Celestial Griffon goddess of Travel, Vehicles, and Transportation, and is a benevolent, if free-spirited, member of the Novellus Pantheon.

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• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's a Celestial Griffon goddess who embodies Travel, Vehicles, and Transportation.
• Commonality Connection: It's mentioned that she became friends with Prince Steel Barricade, the stoic Alicorn demigod of Technology; Steel Barricade respects her for being knowledgeable in vehicles, which are a part of Technology.
• Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist: Her physical form is described by her entry as a divine Griffon who wears various tourist outfits. Her fellow deities have tried convincing her to change into something more regal and befitting of her divine station, but her free-spirited personality means that their advice falls on deaf ears.
• Heart Is an Awesome Power: As the goddess of Vehicles and Transportation, she can instantly recreate any vehicle. Her entry notes that while it doesn't seem very impressive on paper, her vehicle recreation abilities also extends to combat-oriented vehicles, making her capable of offense by turning the enemy side's vehicles against them. However, it's also stated that she doesn't enjoy fighting.
• Meaningful Name: Her name means "travel" in Latin. She's a Gelestial Griffon goddess who embodies Travel, Vehicles, and Transportation, and she's a free-spirited lover of travel herself.
• Odd Job Gods: She's the Celestia Griffon Goddess who embodies modern aspects of Transportation and Travel. As with Cultura, this is more impressive than it sounds - she's incapable of getting lost (unless he wants to), has encyclopedic knowledge of vehicles, has a Photographic Memory, and can recreate any vehicle she's cataloged in her scrapbook from thin air, as well as create the means for them to travel wherever she likes. This includes things like tanks. She also can teleport, but she prefers to take the long route.
• The Navigator: One of her powers is "a perfect sense of direction" - if she knows where to go, she can instantly figure out the best paths to reach her destination. She can get lost, but only if she chooses to.

Cultura

Classification: Ethereal/Elemental

Portfolio: Pop Culture, Fiction, Preservation of Culture

Rank: Godling

"Culture is weird. I would know, it's all in my head...including the perverted parts. I'm as disgusted as you are."

Cultura (her entry here) is a young Draconequus goddess of Popular Culture, Fiction, and Preservation of Culture, and is a benevolent member of the Novellus Pantheon.

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• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's a young Draconequus goddess who embodies Pop Culture, Fiction, and Preservation of Culture.
• Blessed with Suck: She likes her domain of Culture for the most part, but dislikes the fact that this includes the perverted parts of culture, like pornography and weird fanfics.
• Lampshade Hanging: As the personification of popular culture, she tends to do this a lot, often outright namedropping quotes. She apparently introduced the term One-Winged Angel to the lexicon.
• Meaningful Name: Her name means "culture" in Latin.

Munditia, the Modern Cleaner

Classification: Elemental

Portfolio: Hygiene, Sanitation, Water

Rank: Godling

"Cleaning oneself up is a step towards a better existence."

Munditia (her entry here) is the Minotaur goddess of Hygiene, Sanitation, and Water, and is a benevolent member of the Novellus Pantheon.

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• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's a Minotaur goddess who embodies Hygiene, Sanitation, and Water.
• Commonality Connection: She befriended Moon Ray Vaughoof, then the Alicorn god of Death, Temperance, Water, and Forgiveness, over having similar natures and cleansing/purification powers. One incident had them team up in cleaning/purifying a Griffon realm that was heavily polluted by the mortal worshipers of the Tyrannos Diamond Dog god of Pollution, Avarita, something that they did extremely well.
  Moon Ray Vaughoof: Whoa, what a dump.
  Munditia: It won't be a 'dump' anymore once we're done with this place.
  Moon Ray Vaughoof: Mmhm. Wanna lead the way, Miss?
  Munditia: Gladly.
• Heart Is an Awesome Power: Being a goddess of Hygiene and Sanitation doesn't sound that dangerous, but her domain means she can clean anything. Including your soul.
• Intergenerational Friendship: She's far younger than Moon Ray Vaughoof, who is a "Greater"-ranked Alicorn god while she's a "Godling"-ranked Minotaur goddess. The gap widened even further when Moon Ray re-Ascended as a "Preeminent"-ranked eldritch god. Despite this, they befriended over having similar natures and cleansing/purifying powers.
• Interspecies Friendship: Her friend is Moon Ray Vaughoof, an Alicorn god. They befriended each other over having similar natures and cleansing/purifying powers.
• Making a Splash: As a goddess of Water, she's capable of some degree of hydrokinesis and generating water, and is extremely adept with it. This includes being able to breathe underwater without issue. Her domains of Hygiene and Sanitation also let her create water that can clean and purify anything, no matter how filthy, dirty, or polluted it is. This is what in part allowed her to befriend Moon Ray Vaughoof, then an older god of Water who shared similar water-based purification abilities at the time.
• Meaningful Name: Her name means "cleanliness" in Latin.

Persona, the Modern Spy

Classification: Ethereal

Portfolio: Espionage, Spying, Intelligence-Gathering

Rank: Godling

"A suit is the modern gentle-being's armour, and we spies are the new knights."

Persona (his entry here) is the Night Alicorn god of Espionage, Spying, and Intelligence-Gathering, and is a benevolent member of the Novellus Pantheon.

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• Anthropomorphic Personification: He's a "Night Alicorn" god who embodies Espionage, Spying, and Intelligence-Gathering.
• Meaningful Name: His name means "person" in Latin.

Medicina, the Modern Doctor

Classification: Ethereal

Portfolio: Modern Medicine, Surgery, Doctors

Rank: Godling

"Above all else: Do no harm."

Medicina (her old entry here; her new entry here) is the Zebralicorn goddess of Modern Medicine, Surgery, and Doctors, and is a benevolent member of the Novellus Pantheon.

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• Actual Pacifist: Despite being a goddess, she's a doctor first and foremost, so she focuses primarily on healing and saving lives, with her divine portfolio reflecting this. Because of her wholly pacifistic personality and her complete lack of combat skills, her friend, Munditia, is very protective of her.
• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's a Zebralicorn goddess who embodies Modern Medicine, Surgery, and Doctors, the latter which make up the majority of her worshipers.
• Good Counterpart: To Duchess Vyléčit. Both are goddesses who embody concepts related to healing, medicine, and doctors, but unlike Medicina, a benevolent goddess who embodies Modern Medicine, Surgery, and Doctors, Vyléčit is a Sadist (though a constructive one) who embodies the unfettered/amoral aspects of Healing, Medicine, and Doctors. Vyléčit also sees nothing wrong with weaponizing her domains or performing twisted experiments on others with them, while Medicina is a staunch pacifist who primarily focuses on healing the sick and injured. Vyléčit sees Medicina's oath of 'Do no harm' as extremely foolish and has been teaching her that it's sometimes necessary to be Cruel to Be Kind when not opposing/tempting her.
• Healing Factor: She has a powerful healing factor that allows her to come back from even the severest injuries.
• The Magnificent: Known as "the Modern Doctor", due to embodying the modern aspects of medicine.
• Meaningful Name: Her name means "medicine" in Latin. She's a Zebralicorn goddess who embodies Modern Medicine, Surgery, and Doctors, and is a skill doctor herself.
• Point of Divergence: It's noted that had things played out differently, Radiant Hope would've become the Alicorn goddess of Medicine instead of her. However, Choice reveals that Radiant Hope willingly siding with the Umbrum, thus squandering both her potential and intended destiny the Crystal Heart foretold of her, so the role of a deity of Medicine fell to someone else.
• Winged Unicorn: Her entry notes that her physical appearance resembles an Alicorn due to being a Zebra goddess.

Construo, the Modern Builder

Classification: Elemental

Portfolio: Stone, Construction, Architecture

Rank: Godling

"It’s always better to build schools and bridges then to tear them down."

Construo (his entry here) is a member of the Novellus Pantheon, and the Giant god of Stone, Construction, and Architecture.

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• Anthropomorphic Personification: He's a Giant god who embodies Stone, Construction, and Architecture. His entry notes that he specifically embodies modern construction, using modern materials and construction techniques that involves heavy construction equipment/machines.
• Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: His entry describes him as a Giant god with a rocky hide resembling concrete, with asphalt-like markings resembling veins spreading all over his body. He usually appears in the attire of a construction worker, but his clothes are made of heavy metals and double as armor. This is fitting, since he's a god who embodies Modern Construction and Architecture.
• Beware the Nice Ones: He's a very nice guy who prefers to create things for smaller races out of kindness than anything else. However, when he's genuinely angered, he becomes as dangerous as any Giant god. In one incident, he got into a fight with a particularly brutish and cruel Giant god who angered him by bragging about raiding an innocent 'Tiny' village and then suggesting doing the same to another he helped build vital infrastructure for. He promptly defeated the aforementioned Giant god, used his face to dig out a new river canal for a nearby village, and left him sealed in divine concrete as a form of 'time-out'.
• The Big Guy: He serves as this for the Novellus Pantheon, as being a Giant god, he's the largest and physically strongest member (though he's not as strong as Indostruus overall). He himself believes that his existence as a Giant stems from the fact that most modern construction machines are gigantic in size.
• Cool Big Bro: While not necessarily the oldest of the Pantheon, he generally acts like this to the rest of them, especially Cultura, who is the youngest deity among them.
• Genius Bruiser: He's a giant, incredibly strong divine more than capable of kicking flank, but is also extremely intelligent and smart, doing most of the brain work on his construction projects by himself. This makes him very popular among the Cyclops.
• Gentle Giant: Despite being a giant god, he's gentle and compassionate, preferring to create rather than destroy. He also gladly lets "Tinies" ride on his back.
• Martial Pacifist: He's quiet and gentle, and because he embodies Construction and Architecture, he prefers creation over violence and/or destruction, and strongly dislikes using his powers for combat for this reason (though he's fine with tearing down old buildings to make room for new ones). That being said, he's a highly intelligent, powerful, and skilled fighter, and as one belligerent, cruel Giant god learned the hard way, enraging him is a very bad idea. His pacifist attitudes are the main reason why he grew worried over Gladstone's Combat Pragmatism, and has been teaching his Cleric never to use building/construction materials as weapons unless when it's absolutely necessary.
• Meaningful Name: His name means "construct" in Latin. He's a Novellus Giant god who embodies Construction and Architecture, and thus specializes in constructing and tearing down buildings.
• Papa Wolf: He's like this towards Cultura, the Novellus Pantheon, and tinies in general.
• Person of Mass Construction: As the God of Modern Construction and Architecture, he's this, having many powers that allow him to quickly build large construction projects. He does have the option to use the offensive aspects of his powers, but his Martial Pacifist believes means that he only does it only when absolutely necessary.
• Workaholic: While he's a dedicated construction worker and builder, it sometimes gets to the point where he forgets that even gods like him need to rest. Cultura makes sure to remind him of this frequently.

Professor Bright Eyes, the Just Scholar/Princess Themis Machina, the Legendary Scholar

See her folder entry here.

Heroic Island, the Father of Modern World-Building

See his folder entry here.

Prince Crystal Clear, the Prince of Sound

Classification: Elemental/Ascendant

Portfolio: Sound, Technology, Stage Crews

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

"I may not be like my Pa, but I can still make 'im proud in my own way."

Prince Crystal Clear (his entry here) is the joint-Novellus/Equestrian Alicorn god of Sound, Technology, and Stage Crews, and is the oldest son of Blue Suede Heartstrings, now known as Prince Caerulus Melodia Equestria.

Being an adoptive son of one of Ponyland's greatest musicians alive, Crystal was constantly pressured to follow in Blue Suede's footsteps, driving him to initially side with War Rock, Blue Suede's archenemy. However, after witnessing War Rock kill one of his own subordinates for speaking out, Crystal realized that War Rock is a monstrous sociopath and betrayed him. As punishment, War Rock brainwashed Crystal and set him upon Blue Suede, though Blue Suede would snap his son out of it by singing an old song he sang to Crystal as a baby. After serving time in jail for his actions, Crystal reconciled with his adoptive family and redeemed himself by becoming a highly-respected sound engineer... which culminated in him Ascending to demi-godhood when he risked his life to save a co-worker during a terrorist attack. With Luminiferous' help, Blue Suede taught his son how to Ascend to true godhood, which Crystal eventually succeeded at.

Since then, Crystal would travel the world, make lots of friends, and contribute to various technological developments over the Ages. At one point, he saved a young, mortal Princess Tough Love by warning Blue Suede of her gang affiliations, leading to Blue Suede warning Tough Love's family who went and prevented her from being murdered by High Volt Havoc. However, Crystal did have his own fair share of tragedies. The biggest one is Blue Suede corrupting himself to the point of nearly turning into a Fallen Alicorn, then falling into a coma when the transformation was stopped. Crystal would help his father wake up by encouraging him and helping him defeat 'The Colonel', the mental representation of all of Blue Suede's trauma and worst flaws. Once Blue Suede woke up and made a full psychological recovery, Crystal would join him in the Equestrian Pantheon, though he became a joint-member of the Novellus Pantheon with his father's blessing.

As of late, Crystal gained a stepfather in Prince Stoltur Skjöldur;, a long-time friend who married Blue Suede after the latter became a Prince. The interracial union would lead to the 'birth' of little Prince Perfect Tone, whom Crystal has been helping his parents look after.

While not quite like his adoptive father, Crystal Clear still takes after him in his own way and has made Blue Suede very proud of him.

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• Abstract Apotheosis: He became an Alicorn demigod by risking his life to save a co-worker from falling debris during a terrorist attack on a concert, narrowly saving his own live in the process. After that, Blue Suede would teach him how to Ascend to true godhood with Luminiferous' help, which he would eventually succeed at after many years of good deeds.
• Affectionate Nickname: Close friends and family call him "Cryssie".
• Alliterative Name: Crystal Clear.
• All Your Powers Combined: As an Alicorn, he has the combined magics of all mortal Pony tribes. He's very good at Earth Pony magic like his adoptive father, Blue Suede/Caerulus, but he's also skilled in Musical Pony magic due to embodying Sound.
• Anthropomorphic Personification: He's an Alicorn god who embodies Sound, Technology, and Stage Crews.
• Beat the Curse Out of Him: Invoked and exploited. Part of why War Rock made him Brainwashed and Crazy is so he can televise Blue Suede being forced to fight his own son, showing everyone his rival's willingness to hurt his child even in self-defense. War Rock just didn't count on Blue Suede choosing to save Crystal through another way - by playing an old song of his that he once sang to him as a lullaby.
• Beneath Notice: His job as a backstage technician and sound engineer often makes him 'beneath notice' to most people. He exploits this by looking out for abusive individuals in the workforce and reporting them to the authorities in secret, something that later nets him an ally in Prince Maestro, CEO/founder of Maestro Multimedia. A corrupt record manager who abused his own clients learned this the hard way.
  Corrupt manager: How?! How did this even HAPPEN?!
  Blue Suede Heartstrings: A lil' birdie saw what yer doin' to those poor singers an' decided ta do somethin' about it, that's what.
• Benevolent Boss: His entry outright calls him one. He treats those working under him kindly, and makes sure that his crews/co-workers are protected from malicious individuals. However, he will not coddle them and expects them to do their jobs correctly. He also gets angry with those who mistreats their own co-workers and/or employees, and hates discrimination in the workforce. His thoroughness, honesty, and benevolence made him a highly trusted figure in the music communities, and his willingness to protect a co-worker from falling debris at the cost of his own life during a terrorist attack is what allowed him to Ascend. It also nets him a friend in Prince Maestro, who often hires him for his services and his ability to sniff out abusive, corrupt individuals in the workforce.
• Big Brother Instinct:
  • In the Second Age, Crystal saved a then-mortal Princess Tough Love from being killed by High Volt Havoc by warning his father Blue Suede Heartstrings about her joining a gang, which Blue Suede passed on to Teddy and Sweetheart. This allowed them to intervene and save her while foiling High Volt Havoc's plans, causing Tough Love to realize how badly she treated her family. After discovering Crystal's involvement, she thanked him for saving her life.
    Princess Tough Love: Hey Cryssie?
    Prince Crystal Clear: Yeah?
    Princess Tough Love: Thank you... for saving my stupid, rebellious flank all those years ago.
    Prince Crystal Clear: Aw, yer welcome. Just lookin' out for my friends, that's all.
  • Crystal is also very protective of his friend, Shamrock Bloom, due to the latter's emotional sensitivity, and will come down hard on anyone who hurts him. Notably, after discovering Tough Lough was among those who drove Shamrock to attempt suicide, Crystal chewed her out and punched her face so hard that she was sent flying through nine walls. While not the main cause, it did factor into Tough Love's horrified realization and her sending Radiant Rapier flying into a mountain for her rather callous remark about Stitching Time.
  • While they didn't become adoptive siblings yet, Crystal would nonetheless shield Queen Krásná Tradice from a furious Princess Tough Love, who and a few other deities tried giving Krásná a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown as a consequence for not telling anyone of Blue Suede's issues earlier. Crystal would chew out the group for their violent reactions and point out that he, they, and everyone else didn't do anything to help Blue Suede either... which leads to him breaking down crying out of guilt in the middle of his speech.
• Big Brother Mentor: Once he accepted Blue Suede dating multiple partners, he would become both this and an older brother figure to his younger half-siblings. Notably, he helped some of them Ascend to godhood like he did, later becoming known as the Caerulidae by the Fourth Age.
• Big "NO!": He desperately shouts, "PA! NO!" when he sees his adoptive father, Blue Suede, beginning to transform into a Fallen Alicorn.
• Blue Is Heroic: Double-subverted. He has as a blue pelt, but when he was a mortal teenage Earth Pony, he once sided with War Rock and joined his gang out of rebellious spite towards his adoptive father, Blue Suede Heartstrings. But he soon saw how monstrous War Rock is and betrayed him. After atoning for his crimes, he became an Alicorn when he risked his own life to save a co-worker from falling debris during a terrorist attack, and he went on to become a highly trusted Benevolent Boss towards his own stage crews.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: He was brainwashed and sicced on Blue Suede by War Rock as punishment for defying him and alerting the heroes to his plans. War Rock's other reason for doing this is to invoke Beat the Curse Out of Him, so that by showing Blue Suede's willingness to hurt/kill his own son, even in self-defense, he can irrevocably tarnish his hated rival's reputation. What War Rock didn't plan for was Blue Suede choosing to snap Crystal out of it with music, using one of his old songs that he sung to Crystal as a lullaby when he was a baby. The incident would give Crystal nightmares about Blue Suede potentially failing to save him, but fortunately, he had his father, Mentálne, and other loved ones to help him recover.
• Brutal Honesty: Due to his normal upbringing (despite one of his adoptive fathers being a Physical God), he's often blunt... though given the nature of his job as a backstage technician and sound engineer, he kinda has to be. He's also very willing to speak his mind, as he gave Tough Love a vicious What the Hell, Hero? for driving Shamrock to attempt suicide with her callous dismissal of the latter's grief towards Stitching Time's Fall/sealing.
• Calling the Old Man Out: During a particularly heated argument with Blue Suede, he said to his father 'every bad thing in the book', and accused Blue Suede of adopting him just to secure his own legacy. Then it's inverted with him being angrily lectured by Blue Suede and his other adoptive father, Record Beat, for siding with War Rock and landing himself in jail.
• Calling the Young Man Out: After his prison term ended, he would be dragged home by Blue Suede and Record Beat, who, while relieved he's alive, were both furious with their son for siding with War Rock and lectured him for it. During this moment, he apologized and revealed his reasons for doing so, fully expecting to be disowned and abandoned by his fathers. He was proven wrong when Blue Suede hugs him and confirms that no matter what, he still loves his son.
• Carry a Big Stick: His main weapon is a mighty war hammer named Little Less Conversation, named after one of Blue Suede/Caerulus' old songs that got remixed years after it was made.
• Cool Big Sis: Gender-inverted.
  • Due to being the first of many children Blue Suede sired/adopted and raised over the course of three Ages, he is the oldest of his family. Notably, he helped some of his younger half-siblings Ascend to godhood themselves, later becoming known as the Caerulidae in the Fourth Age. After his youngest stepbrother, Prince Perfect Tone, is 'born' from a positive karmic backlash, he has welcomed him into his life and helps his adoptive father and stepfather look after Perfect Tone.
  • He also serves as a figurative one to the Virtusidae, whose members are all younger than him despite being in the same 'age group' as him. Notably, he is very protective of Prince Shamrock Bloom, and was responsible for saving a then-mortal Tough Love's life when she came dangerously close to being executed by a supervillain for trying to leave the gang she joined.
• Deity of Human Origin: He was once an Earth Pony who Ascended to demi-godhood by selflessly risking his life to save a co-worker from falling debris during a terrorist attack at a concert. He later Ascends to true godhood under Blue Suede's tutelage (with Luminiferous' help) after many years of good deeds.
• Delinquent Hair: Subverted. He usually combs his mane into a pompadour, but he's not a delinquent. He did have a rebellious phase where he sided with War Rock to spite his adoptive parents, but after seeing how monstrous War Rock truly is, he foiled his plans and reformed himself after serving a short prison sentence.
• Divine Parentage: His adoptive father is Blue Suede Heartstrings, who by then had become an Alicorn. He himself would later sire children of his own in the Third Age, with one of his Fourth Age descendants being Crystal Prism, a young Grittish Alicorn demigod.
• Elemental Shapeshifter: As a god of Sound, one of his abilities involves turning himself into an entity made of pure sound.
• The Empath: His domain of Stage Crews gives him empathic powers that make him aware of his co-workers/crews needs and allow him to communicate with them effectively. He can also combine this with his sonic screams to create a Compelling Voice that provokes emotions in those who hear it, such as terror and rage. However, he lacks 'technological empathy', soemthing that Steel Barricade has, which is why he became interested in the latter's potential once the ability is discovered.
• Even the Guys Want Him: Implied. While he's demisexual, he courted both male and female partners during the Third Age, much like his adoptive father before him.
• Fantastic Racism: Defied. He was so devastated by the Oceanaiads' role in the Third Age that he came dangerously close to becoming racist towards them out of rage and grief. Fortunately, Blue Suede would be there to comfort and help his son snap out of it by showing him the harmful consequences of bigotry in general. Apparently he realized the error of his ways, as he befriended Princess Opera Tide (a then-mortal Oceanaiad) and developed a hatred of racism in the workforce afterwards.
• Foil: To Princess Winter Opera: Both are children of (in)famous prodigy musicians, except Crystal is an adoptive son of Blue Suede Heartstrings, a heroic Alicorn, while Winter Opera is an illegitimate biological daughter of War Rock, a villainous mortal. Both hated their parents, except in Crystal's case, it was out of inadequacy and resentment towards everyone pressuring him to become a 'clone' of his father, while in Winter Opera's case it was out of anger and bitterness towards being 'damned' for being related to a villain. And while War Rock played a significant role in their lives, Crystal joined War Rock (at least for a time, as he was unaware of what War Rock's truly like and immediately betrayed the latter once he learned the truth), while Winter Opera spent much of her life breaking away from War Rock's posthumous legacy.
• Follow in My Footsteps: Deconstructed. A large reason why Crystal initially rebelled and sided with War Rock in his teen years is because he was pressured to become a world-famous musician like Blue Suede Heartstrings, making him feel inadequate and resentful towards his adoptive father. Crystal's fallout with Blue Suede also made him vulnerable to being manipulated by War Rock, who saw a chance to one-up his hated rival through his son. However, it's subverted in that it's the public that's responsible for pressuring him; Blue Suede fully intended to raise Crystal normally and never wanted his son to become a 'clone' of him. Once that's made clear, both he and Blue Suede properly reconciled.
• Former Teen Rebel: When he was a teenager, a series of unfortunate events (and War Rock's malicious influence) caused Crystal to side with War Rock out of spite towards both his adoptive father, Blue Suede Heartstrings, and everyone who pressured him into being like Blue Suede. However, once he saw how truly monstrous War Rock is, Crystal betrayed him at first opportunity and contributed to War Rock's defeat. He still has his flaws, but he has become much more mature since, and his experiences made him more empathetic towards those who made similarly huge mistakes. He even helped his then-mortal friend Tough Love become a Former Teen Rebel herself by warning her parents during a very critical point in her life in a timely manner.
• Gentle Giant: He was tall as a mortal Earth pony stallion, but after becoming an Alicorn, he became even taller. Due to being raised by Blue Suede Heartstrings, he's very compassionate and tolerant and is a Benevolent Boss to his stage crews/co-workers, despite his flaws.
• Goggles Do Nothing: Averted. He wears safety goggles instead of sunglasses like Blue Suede/Caerulus does, but it's noted that he does it to protect his eyes. Given that he works backstage as a sound engineer, technician, and mechanic, this is extremely necessary.
• Good Scars, Evil Scars: He's noted to have scars from work-related accidents and battles with supervillains, but they only contribute to his handsome, rugged, and muscled look.
• Good Wings, Evil Wings: He has dual-colored wings, his feathers bearing a magical gradient that goes from steel-blue to golden-yellow. Due to the nature of how divines grow in Equus, especially Alicorns, his possession of a wing gradient is a sign of his age and incredible power. After Star Flower arrives on Equus as the last surviving Flutter Pony, he gains the Flutter Pony's butterfly wings.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: He has a golden mane and tail, something that his Fourth Age descendant, Crystal Prism, would inherit from him. After becoming an Alicorn, his hair became composed of magical sound energy. It's double-subverted in that he was quite a spiteful and rebellious teenage colt in his mortal days, briefly teaming up with War Rock out of resentment towards Blue Suede Heartstrings and the expectations to follow in his adoptive father's hoofsteps. He quickly saw how monstrous War Rock is and betrayed the villain (though his life was seriously endangered in the process), and spent much of his life atoning for his crimes, eventually Ascending to godhood through his good deeds.
• Happily Adopted: He was adopted by Blue Suede Heartstrings and his first husband, Record Beat, making him the oldest of Blue Suede's children by default. Although being an adoptive son of "colt-cuddlers" and one of the greatest musicians alive has created problems in their relationship, even a temporary falling-out thanks to War Rock's manipulations, Crystal still regards Blue Suede and Record Beat as the best parents he ever had. As he revealed to Blue Suede in the Fourth Age, he prayed to the King in Heaven every night to thank him for being adopted by such good parents.
  Prince Crystal Clear: Even though I got angry with you a lot, lashed out at you even, yer still the best Pa I ever had in the whole goddamned planet, and nothing will ever change that. I never told you this, but... every night, I'd pray to the King in Heaven. And I'd tell 'im, that I’m thankful that you and Ma adopted me. If I got taken in by some-creature else, I would've been dead all those years ago. So uh... Thank you, Pa. For ev'rything.
• Healing Hands: His domain of Stage Crews gives him the ability to magically heal those working under him should they get into accidents.
• Heart Is an Awesome Power: His ability to mix existing sounds and create new ones doesn't seem like much on paper, but his entry notes that it can have potentially devastating effects.
• Hell-Bent for Leather: Like his adoptive father, he usually wears a black leather jacket as part of his Greaser Delinquents getup instead of his divine royal barding, which he reserves for formal occasions. He calls them his "work clothes" in response to traditionalist deities whenever they tried making him look more dignified.
  Prince Crystal Clear: These are my WORK clothes, ya dumb-flanks.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Exploited. A group of War Rock's followers tried killing him by setting off a bomb while Blue Suede was distracted, forcing his son to save a co-worker from falling debris in his father's stead and getting crushed to death in the process. This would have had the desired effect of devastating Blue Suede so much that he would have no time to react as War Rock's followers killed him, too. Unfortunately for said followers, it's subverted when Crystal's selfless act allowed him to Ascend to demi-godhood instead, the magic from his apotheosis blowing the debris away in a great burst. His near-death experience would give Crystal trauma years later, as he dreamed about the fateful day where he died for real instead of Ascending. Fortunately, he had his family and friends to help him recover from it.
• Hidden Depths: He's demisexual, and his orientation has given him a lot of grief from those who think he's fine with sleeping around like his father, Blue Suede Heartstrings, who has his fair share of male and female partners. He's deeply affected by this than he lets on, and when he meets Daphné Odora Moufette, who is also asexual (albeit one who's aro/ace), he sympathizes with the troubles she goes through for it.
• Horrible Judge of Character: Deconstructed. A lot of grief could've been avoided if he recognized War Rock as the monstrous, sociopathic, and selfish stallion he really is a lot earlier. Unfortunately, all he could think about at the time was spiting his adoptive father, Blue Suede Heartstrings, and War Rock, seeing a chance to finally one-up his rival, was all too happy to string him along. He does recognize War Rock's true character later on and betrays him, but it gets him Brainwashed and Crazy and sicced on Blue Suede as punishment. He has learned his lesson afterwards, as he became good at sniffing out abusive and/or corrupt individuals, but his experiences also gave him nightmares.
• Hot-Blooded: Deconstructed. Much like Tough Love, he can be hot-tempered, which makes him prone to making rash decisions. His anger getting loose was what led to him suffering many problems - in his teenage years, he sided with War Rock out of sheer spite and resentment towards Blue Suede despite his better judgement, and later on he was so devastated by the Oceanaiads' destruction of the Third Age that he became dangerously close to becoming a racial bigot towards the Oceanaiads. Fortunately, he was snapped out of it when Blue Suede comforted him and showed him the harm inflicted by racial bigotry. His entry even notes that even after Ascending, he has struggled to control his anger all his life.
• Hot God: Like Blue Suede/Caerulus, he's a very handsome Alicorn stallion, but he's more rugged and muscled compared to his adoptive father. Cultura calls him a "Hunk".
• Humble Hero: He's humble like his adoptive father, but Crystal doesn't let it go to extremes like Blue Suede/Caerulus did and naturally takes pride in what he does. This is what prevented Crystal from going down the same dark path his father took despite suffering almost as much as him, giving him a much more balanced and healthier state of mind.
• Hunk: Cultura calls him this. He's very handsome like Blue Suede/Caerulus, but he's more rugged and muscled in comparison due to handling technology constantly and getting scars from various accidents.
• I Call It "Vera": His war hammer is named Little Less Conversation by him, after one of his adoptive father's old songs that got remixed years after said song was made.
• 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'. As a "Tier IV"-ranked god, he possesses both a mane and tail made of golden Sound energy and a wing gradient going from steel-blue to golden-yellow. He also started developing a Holy Halo made of Sound energy, which is similar to Blue Suede/Caerulus' Music-based halo, but he hides it because he thinks it looks tacky. Queen Mzazi states this is normal for Alicorns.
• Intergenerational Friendship: Being an Alicorn god who Ascended way earlier than even many Second Age deities, his friendships tend to be this.
  • Crystal is friends with the Virtusidae, whose members are all younger than him despite being "Tier IV"-ranked deities like him. He is especially close to Shamrock, Tough Love, and Maestro, all who benefited from his influence/actions one way or another.
  • Both Steel Barricade and Indostruus are younger than Crystal, being an Alicorn demigod and a Deer "Godling", respectively. In regards to the former, Crystal helped Steel Barricade come to terms with his own fears and mistakes, and, despite being fellow introverts, was somewhat successful in coaxing him out of his shell.
  • Crystal's also older than Clear Voice, Steel Barricade's older brother, also a demigod. Yet they were able to become friends through their similarly strong work ethics and honesty.
  • Crystal's friend and student, Princess Opera Tide, is also younger than him, being a "Tier III"-ranked goddess who Ascended in the Third Age.
  • He's also friends with a few of Blue Suede/Caerulus' Ascendant students such as Princess Winter Opera and Prince Healing Song, both who are many years 'younger' than him by divine standards. He even helped them become friends with each other by persuading Healing Song to spend time with Winter Opera, which would help the former overcome his own distrust of the latter.
  • At one point, he befriended Princess Daphné Odora Moufette, who is also much younger than him despite being a "Tier IV"-ranked Mephalicorn goddess. A large factor in their friendship is their shared experiences with being subjected to misconceptions and biases regarding their asexual orientations.
• Interspecies Friendship: Many of his friends are members of different species, like Urtica (a Royal Changeling), Princess Opera Tide (a divine Oceanaiad), and Princess Daphné Odora Moufette (a Mephalicorn hybrid). The entire Novellus Pantheon also counts since they're an interracial group themselves.
• In the Blood: Zigzagged. While he grew up influenced by music, he ultimately chose a different path in life and Ascended to embody the technological aspects of music and sound, instead of becoming a musician like his father. However, his entry makes it clear that while he's different from his father in many ways, he's actually similar to him in others.
• It's a Wonderful Plot: What his Past Experience Nightmares are about.
  • If it weren't for his quick thinking, Tough Love would've been killed by High Volt Havoc for trying to leave her gang three Ages ago.
  • He also admits that he sometimes had nightmares of crucial, traumatic events in his life, such as Blue Suede/Caerulus failing to snap him out of the Brainwashed and Crazy state War Rock put him in, or getting crushed to death by falling debris for real while saving his co-worker instead of Ascending. Fortunately, his adoptive father, his loved ones, and Mentálne were able to help him overcome his traumas.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Downplayed. Unlike his adoptive father, who is a Nice Guy and All-Loving Hero, he's blunt, rough-tongued, and outspoken. He's also hot-tempered, something he struggled with since the Second Age. His entry notes this stems from Blue Suede/Caerulus raising him normally like he would any other foal despite being a god, making his son's behavior unrefined by divine standards and thus making Crystal come off as rude at times. Despite this, due to Blue Suede's positive influence, Crystal is just as compassionate and tolerant as his father, and is very much a Benevolent Boss to his backstage co-workers/crews.
• Laser-Guided Karma: He was arrested and sent to prison for his actions while he was a minion of War Rock, though his genuine guilt and role in War Rock's defeat lessened his time there. Once his sentence was finished, he would be dragged by home by his adoptive fathers, who proceeded to lecture him on his actions and choices.
• Like Father, Unlike Son: Unlike Blue Suede Heartstrings, who is a Nice Guy and All-Loving Hero, he's blunt, rough-tongued, and outspoken. He's also hot-tempered, something he struggled with since the Second Age. He was also a Shrinking Violet who suffered from intense Performance Anxiety as a colt; while he's gotten much better at socializing since then, his stage fright never really went away. However, it's ultimately zigzagged - while he's different from his adoptive father in many ways, he's also similar to him in others.
• Living Lie Detector: As a side-effect to embodying Sound, he possesses supernatural hearing, which he can use to detect dishonesty by listening for changes in people's heartbeats.
• Made Myself Sad: While calling out Princess Tough Love's group for trying to punish Queen Krásná Tradice with a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown for not telling anyone of Blue Suede's problems, he proceeds to call himself out for his role in Blue Suede's meltdown, and proceeds to break down crying out of guilt shortly after.
• Magic Hair: Post-Ascension, he has a golden mane and tail made of Sound energy.
• The Magnificent: Known as "the Prince of Sound", due to embodying Sound and being skilled with audio technology.
• Make Some Noise: As a god of Sound, he shares similar abilities with his father Caerulus, but his are much more potent due to purely embodying Sound instead of Music. He can unleash powerful sonic screams, cast sound-based illusions, turn into an entity of pure sound, and amplify/mute sounds. He can convert sonokinetic energy into concussive blasts and shockwaves, and can manifest his magic as pure vibrations that can pinpoint weaknesses and weaken/shatter things, like buildings and armor. One unique ability is his Compelling Voice, which he achieves by combining empathy with his sonic screams to provoke emotions in others like terror and rage. Another unique ability is his ability to mix existing sounds and create new ones, which can have potentially devastating effects.
• Massive Numbered Siblings: He has lot of younger half-siblings, and because he is Blue Suede's first child via adoption, he is the oldest. It's justified; Blue Suede is an immortal Alicorn, so when his first husband, Record Beat, died of old age, he started dating numerous male/female partners as a way to honor Record Beat's wish for him and their son to be happy. Crystal initially thought Blue Suede was 'replacing' Record Beat and resented him for it, but thanks to Bossa Nova, he later accepted this and welcomed any new siblings he received. His youngest stepbrother is Prince Perfect Tone, Blue Suede's infant son through Prince Stoltur via a positive 'Karmic Backlash'.
• Master of Illusion: As a god of Sound, he can create sound-based illusions.
• Meaningful Name:
  • His name, 'Crystal Clear', is a slang term for something that is easily understandable. He's very blunt and outspoken, and very willing to pull a What the Hell, Hero? on people if he finds their actions reprehensible.
  • His war hammer, Little Less Conversation, is taken from an Elvis Presley song of the same name. The song is about the singer wanting a 'little less conversation' and a little more action, which can refer to Crystal's honest and moral character, his proactive way of doing things, and/or his introverted aspects.
• Meaningful Rename: Averted. When offered to take a new name after Ascending as per ancient Alicorn tradition, he declined. He did take the title of 'Prince' after some thinking, though.
• Megaton Punch: Justified, as he's an ancient Alicorn. Once, after viciously calling out Tough Love for driving Shamrock to attempt suicide with her Quit Your Whining attitude towards his loss of the then-Fallen Stitching Time, Crystal Clear punched Tough Love's face so hard that she was sent flying through nine walls.
• Mellow Fellow: Subverted. While he's easy-going like Blue Suede, he's more stern and no-nonsense than his father due to his job and strong work ethic.
• Mentor Archetype: After overcoming his Fantastic Racism towards Oceanaiads, he would befriend Princess Opera Tide and, after she Ascended to godhood, take her in as his student. He would teach her how to expand on her domain of Stage Crews due to embodying the same thing.
• Mind over Matter: His Stage Crews domain gives him powerful and refined telekinetic abilities that allow him to handle multiple objects and tasks.
• Mix-and-Match Critters: His true form as an Alicorn has the combined traits of all mortal Pony tribes, such as the butterfly wings of a Flutter Pony, the aquatic gills and tail of a Sea Pony, and the red chest gem of a Musical Pony.
• Modest Royalty: He's an Alicorn Prince and is a joint-member of the Novellus and Equestrian Pantheons, but he usually appears as a Greaser like his father did. The only times he wears divine barding is during formal occasions. He's also very casual with both mortals and deities, which made him popular and approachable in their eyes. This largely stems from his upbringing, where he was raised like a normal foal despite being the adoptive son of an Alicorn god. Many traditionalist deities have tried making him act more respectable and dignified in ways that are befitting of a god his age and station, but he just ignores them.
• Music Soothes the Savage Beast: How he's saved from his Brainwashed and Crazy state by Blue Suede; Blue Suede sings to him one of his old songs, "Don't Be Cruel", which he once played as a lullaby when his son was a baby. It worked, but the experience later gave Crystal nightmares about what-if scenarios where Blue Suede failed to save him with this method. Later, while helping Blue Suede confront and defeat 'The Colonel', he reminds his father of the incident as a way to encourage him.
• Odd Job Gods: His domain of Stage Crews doesn't seem as common or impressive as Sound or Technology, yet as is the case with Sermo's domain of Newscasters, it's actually more powerful than it looks. he possesses telepathic, empathic, and telekinetic powers for communication/coordination and multitasking, respectively, and he has precognitive abilities that allow him to protect his stage crews from accidents. He can also heal his co-workers and grant them various boons that allow them do their jobs more effectively, such as enhanced stamina and endurance.
• Oh, Crap!: He (and everyone else) has an epic moment when he witnesses Blue Suede beginning to undergo a horrific transformation into a Fallen Alicorn after the latter psychologically breaks down.
  Prince Crystal Clear: PA! NO!
• One-Steve Limit: Averted. One of his Fourth Age descendants is a young Grittish Alicorn demigod named Crystal Prism. He also shares the second half of his name with Terran Prince Clear Voice.
• Oppose What You Suffered:
  • He hates discrimination, especially in the workforce. This stems from his experience of getting dangerously close to becoming racist towards the Oceanaiads out of anger for their role in ending the Third Age, until Blue Suede snapped him out of it by making him see the harm racism can bring.
  • He hates Bad Bosses and other corrupt individuals like them. When he was a teenager, he sided with War Rock in an act of rebellion against Blue Suede, naively believing that War Rock understood his issues with being constantly pressured to take after his adoptive father... only to learn firsthand that War Rock is a narcissistic sociopath who treats his own followers like disposable tools in his plans, and jumped ship first chance he got. Another factor in his hatred came from hearing stories about "Colonel" Hollow Note, Blue Suede's sociopathic ex-manager who psychogically abused and exploited him out of greed.
• Papa Wolf: Inverted. After his adoptive father Blue Suede had a psychological meltdown and nearly turned into a Fallen Alicorn, he became very protective of him. So while Blue Suede recovered, he would protect his father from those who tried targeting him during his period of emotional vulnerability.
• Performance Anxiety: Like his father Blue Suede, he suffered from stage fright as a colt. Unlike his father, who eventually overcame it, he still feels uncomfortable with performing in front of large crowds three Ages later, despite being much better at handling his shyness. This worked against him as many people expected/pressured him to become a world-famous musician like Blue Suede/Caerulus, leading to him becoming The Resenter at the time until a series of events snapped out of it.
• Personality Powers:
  • He's blunt and very willing to speak his mind. And despite being the adoptive son of a Music deity, he feels extremely uncomfortable with performing in front of large crowds, so instead he focuses on the technical aspects of music. As a result, his Sound domain gives him far greater sonokinetic powers compared to Blue Suede's sonokinetic powers, which are part of his Music domain.
  • He never grew out of his Performance Anxiety, so instead he focused on pursuing a career involving musical technology, after years of watching his father and other musicians tune their instruments until they sounded right. His Technology domain allows him to manipulate technology in various ways, such activating dormant technology and transforming his limbs into weapons.
  • He's a Benevolent Boss who takes good care of his stage crews/co-workers and protects them from abusive individuals in the workforce. He even Ascended to demi-godhood because he selflessly risked his life to protect a co-worker during a terrorist attack. His Stage Crews gives him Psychic Powers that allow him to lead and help his crews more efficiently, and the ability to empower them with various buffs on the job.
• Psychic Powers: His Stage Crews domain gives him telepathic, empathic, and telekinetic abilities that allow him to communicate with his co-workers and do his job effectively. It also gives him precognitive abilities that allows him to sense danger so he can plan ahead and protect his co-workers, and a psychic intuition regarding his co-workers/crews' skillsets and talents. His Technology domain, meanwhile, gives him psychic knowledge of the inner workings of any machine, whether they're built by himself or someone else, which includes flaws and glitches.
• Punched Across the Room: After chewing Tough Love out for driving Shamrock to suicide with her callousness towards his grief over losing Stitching Time, he punched Tough Love's face hard enough to send her through nine walls. This caused Tough Love to realize the harm she had done, and after chewing out Radiant Rapier for her own mistreatment of Shamrock, they both sincerely and tearfully apologized to Shamrock for their actions.
• Really Gets Around: Downplayed. Like Blue Suede/Caerulus, he would settle down and have families of his own with multiple partners. But because he's demisexual, the partners he had over the centuries are fewer in number compared to Caerulus' partners. That being said, he has treated all of his partners and children well, with one of his Fourth Age descendants being Page Wheel/Crystal Prism from the Grittish Isles. It's later deconstructed; his demisexuality has either caused people to think he's not sleeping around enough like Blue Suede is, or that he's fine with sleeping with anyone who's willing to do so. By his own admission, learning that he's not fine with having sex before getting to know his partners has gotten him dumped many times.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: He's a Former Teen Rebel who possesses strong work ethics and acts as a Benevolent Boss to his stage crews/co-workers, helping them do their jobs and protecting them from abusive, corrupt individuals in the workforce. In fact, the reason why he was able to Ascend to demi-godhood is because he selflessly risked his own life protecting a co-worker from falling debris during a terrorist attack launched by War Rock's crazed followers. This became a factor in him befriending Prince Maestro, as well as other like-minded deities and demi-deities like Prince Lavur and Prince Clear Voice.
• Remember When You Blew Up a Sun?: He would do this during a Battle in the Center of the Mind with 'The Colonel', reminding Blue Suede of the time where he rescued him from War Rock's brainwashing with a foalhood song to empower him with prideful feelings.
  Prince Crystal Clear: Hey Pa! Remember that song you played to snap me outta War Rock's brainwashing? Y'know, the one that said 'don’t be cruel' and all that?! I still remember it! If ya didn't sing to me that day, I would've been six feet under centuries ago!
• Required Secondary Powers: His Sound domain gives him Super-Hearing, along with the accompanying resistance to protect himself from going deaf.
• The Resenter: Deconstructed. Being bullied for having two adoptive fathers as family and being pressured to be a famous musician like Blue Suede Heartstrings left him feeling so inadequate that he started resenting Blue Suede for supposedly adopting him just to secure his own legacy. This made him vulnerable to War Rock's corrupting influence, and he sided with the latter to spite Blue Suede. However, once he witnesses War Rock's true colors, he betrays him, only to get Brainwashed and Crazy and sicced on his adoptive father as punishment. Fortunately, he was snapped out of the brainwashing by Blue Suede, but he went to jail for his crimes, and was dragged home and lectured by his fathers afterward. Blue Suede also made it very clear that he only loved his son for who he is, not for what he could become.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: He's an Alicorn Prince, and as his folder shows, he's a Warrior Prince and Benevolent Boss who doesn't sit around and let others do his work for him.
• Screw Destiny: One way he tried to help Crystal Prism recover from his PTSD is encouraging him to forge his own path rather than follow the path Noble Grace and Bubbling Beaker laid out for him as 'herald' of a golden age for Ponykind. He points out that if someone can change the future and control one's life, then everyone can do it.
  Prince Crystal Clear: Change and Rebirth ain't bad by themselves. Yeah, bad changes happen, an' that always sucks. But good changes happen, too. If some flank-hole can change yer future and take control of yer life, then what’s stoppin' ya from doing the same?
• Seers: His domain of Stage Crews gives him precognitive abilities that predict oncoming disasters and accidents, allowing him to protect his crews and plan ahead. However, as noted by his entry, it's not perfect despite its usefulness.
• Semi-Divine: He became an Alicorn demigod after selflessly risking his own life to save a co-worker from being crushed to death by falling debris during a terrorist attack, which he narrowly survived thanks to his apotheosis unleashing a great burst of magic that blew the debris away. With Luminiferous' help, though, Blue Suede would teach him how to Ascend to true godhood, which he finally managed to through many good deeds.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: He and Prince Shamrock Bloom have this dynamic, with him being the 'Manly Man' to Shamrock's 'Sensitive Guy'. He's blunt, rough-tongued, outspoken, and hot-tempered, and he works as both a mechanic and sound engineer. Shamrock, meanwhile, is a talented ballet dancer who is emotionally sensitive overall and suffers from self-esteem issues at times. Despite their differences, he and Shamrock are good friends, and he will come down hard on anyone who hurts Shamrock.
• A Shared Suffering:
  • A large factor in his friendship with Princess Daphné Odora Moufette is their shared experiences with being subjected to misconceptions and biases regarding their asexual/demisexual orientations.
  • Part of his friendship with Urtica stems from how he was once a Shrinking Violet whose Performance Anxiety never really went away despite getting better at socializing.
• Shock and Awe: Similarly to Steel Barricade, he has lightning powers in relation to his Technology domain. He can cover himself in lightning if he fights in close quarters, and he can create explosive bombs of condensed lightning as a form of crowd-control.
• Shrinking Violet: Much like Blue Suede, he was this as a colt. He was incredibly shy, and felt uncomfortable when in large social gatherings or performing in front of large crowds. This worked against him as everyone pushed him to be a famous musician like his adoptive father at the time. While he got better over time, some parts of his introvertedness, especially his Performance Anxiety, never went away. This is what allowed him to befriend the similarly shy Urtica, a young Changeling demigoddess, despite their seemingly different personalities.
• Single-Target Sexuality: Justified and downplayed. He's demisexual, meaning that he can only feel sexually/romantically attracted to someone after he established deep emotional bonds with them. This led to him having fewer romantic partners over the centuries compared to Caerulus, and because of his immortality, it's implied that he has outlived many of said partners, too. However, as a trade-off, his relationships are more fulfilling, and thanks to his upbringing, he has treated all of his partners and children well. By his own admission, his demisexuality allowed him to understand Shamrock better, as the latter is asexual/aromantic.
• Situational Sociability: He's normally blunt, rough-tongued, and outspoken, and has a hot temper to boot, but he feels shy when in large social gatherings. He also feels very uncomfortable with performing in public, unlike his father Blue Suede/Caerulus. However, his entry notes that both he and his father were Shrinking Violets who suffered from stage fright when they were colts, but while Blue Suede/Caerulus eventually overcame his stage fright, his never really went away, though his shyness did get better.
• Small Role, Big Impact: He's revealed to have played an important part in Tough Love's life. Had it not been for Crystal's warnings, Teddy and Spike would have never been able to save Tough Love from being executed by High Volt Havoc for trying to leave her gang, and Sweetheart and her friends would have never foiled High Volt Havoc's plans of blowing up Ponyland's main power plants. It also made Tough Love have a Jerkass Realization and reconcile with her family, seeing that they still loved her despite her previous Jerkass mistreatment of them.
• Straight Gay: He's bisexual like his adoptive father, Blue Suede/Caerulus, with the twist that he's demisexual as well. It's difficult to tell with him since he doesn't have any stereotypical mannerisms associated with one of his orientation.
• Strong Family Resemblance: His Fourth Age descendant, Crystal Prism, looked heavily similar to him as Page Wheel, as they both have the same blond hair, blue pelt, white facial/body markings, and brown hooves. The resemblance is still there after Crystal Prism Ascended to demi-godhood, but it's somewhat lessened.
• Super-Empowering: As a god of Stage Crews, he can give his crews/co-workers various boosts such as increased stamina and dexterity.
• Super-Hearing: His Sound domain gives him supernatural hearing, which allows him to become a Living Lie Detector. And like his father, Blue Suede/Caerulus, he possesses the accompanying resistance to protect him from going deaf.
• Super-Scream: As part of his Sound domain, he can unleash powerful, disorienting sonic screams. He can also combine this with his empathy to create a Compelling Voice that he can demoralize enemies with by provoking emotions like terror and rage.
• Technopath: As a god of Technology, he is this. He can magically activate dormant technology, dismantle/reconstruct machines extremely quickly, and create makeshift suits of armor from scrap parts in a pinch. He has psychic knowledge pertaining to any machine, whether created by himself or others, and this extends to any flaws and glitches that affect them, allowing him to repair them efficiently. He can also imbue machines and weapons with various boosts like increased firepower and working speed, and protection from jamming. Because he embodies Sound, he can channel his sound-based spells through audio technology. Like all Technology deities and those like them, he can shapeshift his body parts into weapons. His domain also gives him limited lightning powers. However, he lacks 'technological empathy', which is why he developed interest in Steel Barricade's potential after the latter was discovered to have developed the ability.
• Teens Are Monsters: A combination of social pressure, unfortunate events (including an attempted home break-in and attack by a supervillain while Blue Suede was away), and War Rock's malicious influence led to Crystal rebelling and siding with War Rock to spite Blue Suede. Crystal joined a gang of War Rock's followers and did things to undermine his adoptive father's legacy like slandering his name or trashing places Blue Suede is known to hang out. But when War Rock revealed his plans to subject Blue Suede to a Sadistic Choice involving a group of fans that were taken hostage (and killing one of his own minions for objecting), Crystal sees how truly monstrous War Rock is and betrays him. He gets Brainwashed and Crazy for his troubles (after War Rock tells him he was responsible for sending the supervillain after his family) and sicced on Blue Suede, but thankfully Blue Suede snaps Crystal out of it with an old song he used to sing to his son as a baby. Despite his role in War Rock's defeat, Crystal is sent to jail for his crimes, but his genuine guilt makes it short and he makes huge efforts to atone once he gets out, becoming a Former Teen Rebel.
• Telepathy: His domain of Stage Crews gives him telepathic abilities to make him aware of his co-workers/crews' needs and allow him to communicate with them effectively.
• Trademark Favorite Food: He loves eating fried foods, especially tempura, which he discovered in Neighpon. However, he acknowledges it as unhealthy, so he tries to cut down on eating it so much.
• Traumatic Superpower Awakening: He Ascended to demi-godhood by selflessly risking his own life to save a co-worker from falling debris during a terrorist attack on a concert he and his adoptive fathers were attending. While the terrorists wanted Crystal to get crushed to death, his actions instead triggered an apotheosis that blew away the debris in a great burst of magic. It's noted that Crystal suffered from nightmares of the incident years later, but thankfully he received help from Blue Suede/Caerulus, his loved ones, and Mentálne in overcoming his trauma.
• Warrior Prince: He's an Alicorn Prince, and he's a competent fighter and god, much like his father Blue Suede/Caerulus Melodia post-crowning.
• What the Hell, Hero?:
  • It's noted that while he and Tough Love are good friends, Crystal won't hesitate to give her a good chewing-out whenever she goes too far and vice-versa. In one notable incident, Crystal was furious when he learned that Tough Love drove Shamrock to attempt suicide with her unsympathetic attitude towards his grief over losing the then-Fallen Stitching Time, and after viciously chewing her out, Crystal punched Tough Love in the face so hard, she was sent flying through nine walls. This led to Tough Love doing the same thing to Radiant Rapier after the latter made a rather callous remark about Stitching Time. Once both goddesses acknowledged their feelings, they sincerely and tearfully apologized to Shamrock for mistreating him.
  • While shielding Queen Krásná Tradice, Crystal would again call out Tough Love when she and a few other deities tried giving Krásná a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown for not telling anyone of Blue Suede Heartstrings' issues. During his chewing-out, he also called out himself for his role in the situation, which leads to him breaking down crying out of guilt.
    Prince Crystal Clear: You honestly think she has sole responsibility in this, Tough?!
    Princess Tough Love: She didn't speak up for your Dad when it counted! Now look what happened! She has to face the consequences of her actions!"
    Prince Crystal Clear: From what I recall, you didn't do shit either! None! An' neither did you guys over there! Or me! We all...! We all... we all thought there was nothing wrong an' Pa was fine until... he...
• Winged Unicorn: Like his adoptive father, Blue Suede/Caerulus, he is this post-Ascension. His entry describes him as a steel-blue Alicorn with a golden mane and tail made of Sound energy (he keeps them short), a wing gradient going from steel-blue to golden, and a growing Holy Halo made of Sound energy. His Cutie Mark also changed to gain a music halo like his father's after Ascending. And because Alicorns represent all Pony tribes, he has several of their traits like a Flutter Pony's butterfly wings, a Sea Pony's gills and aquatic tail, and a Musical Pony's chest gem.
• Workaholic: Due to his strong work ethic, he can be a workaholic at times. This has forced his family and friends to make him take breaks so he doesn't overwork himself.
• You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Both on the giving and receiving ends.
  • After Crystal finished his short prison sentence, he was dragged home by Blue Suede and Record Beat, who were furious with their son for both rebelling and siding with War Rock. It was during his parents' lecturing that Crystal finally admitted his reasons for his rebellion - constant social pressure to follow in Blue Suede's hoofsteps, which inadequacy and resentment towards his adoptive father - and apologized for his mistakes. Crystal fully expected to be disowned and abandoned, and was surprised when Blue Suede accepted and hugged him instead.
    Blue Suede Heartstrings: Ah don’t care if ya don't wanna perform or sing like me. What Ah really care 'bout is YOU. Even though ya make me wanna rip mah hair out, yer still mah son, an' Ah'll always love ya no matter what. So don'tcha EVER forget that, ya hear?
  • Three Ages later, a regretful Blue Suede, fresh out of his near-transformation into a Fallen Alicorn and his Angst Coma, apologizes to Crystal for not being the ideal father figure and stallion he assumed his son (and everyone else) wanted. Crystal stops his father in his tracks and assures Blue Suede that he still sees him as the best adoptive father he ever had despite his flaws, and prayed his thanks to the 'King in Heaven' every night for his adoption. This moves Blue Suede so much that he tearfully hugs Crystal shortly after.
    Prince Crystal Clear: Even though I got angry with you a lot, lashed out at you even, yer still the best Pa I ever had in the whole goddamned planet, and nothing will ever change that. I never told you this, but... every night, I'd pray to the King in Heaven. And I’d tell 'im, that I’m thankful that you and Ma adopted me. If I got taken in by some-creature else, I would’ve been dead all those years ago. So uh... (shuffles nervously) Thank you, Pa. For ev'rything.
• You Need to Get Laid: Deconstructed and played for drama. Like his adoptive father, Blue Suede Heartstrings, he has his own fair share of male and female lovers. But as he explains to Princess Daphné, the fact that he's demisexual has caused people to assume that he's fine with having no-strings-attached sex or that he's not sleeping around enough. His demisexuality also made him appear as a friend-zoner when he really wants to get to know his partners first before sleeping with them.
• Youthful Freckles: Like his Fourth Age descendant, Crystal Prism, he has white markings on his body and face that resemble freckles. He's also eternally youthful due to being an Alicorn, though he looks like a Hunk due to his job.

Navali Exploratio

Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant

Portfolio: Naval Exploration, Ships, Seas

Rank: Godling

Navali Exploratio (her entry here) is the Alicorn goddess of Naval Exploration, Ships, and Seas, and is one of the oddest members of the Novellus Pantheon.

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• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's an Alicorn goddess who embodies Naval Exploration, Ships, and Seas.
• The Fair Folk: She's an Ascendant Klabautermann, a type of Water Fae that manifests when a ship is well cared for and loved by its crew and serves as the ship's soul. This shows in her having 'off' aspects to her personality and being mischievous.
• Meaningful Name: Her name translates to "naval exploration" in Latin. Fittingly, it's one of her divine domains.

Film Trivia, the Modern Director

Classification: Ascendant

Portfolio: Film, Pop Culture, Directors

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Film Trivia is the Pony-Draconequus god of Film, Pop Culture, and Directors, and is an ancient, benevolent god from the Second Age.

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• Anthropomorphic Personification: He's a Pony-Draconequus god who embodies Film, Pop Culture, and Directors.
• Commonality Connection: He befriended Heroic Island and Blue Suede Heartstrings in the Fourth Age because of their shared experiences with abusive and/or malicious individuals/companies who exploited them and/or others for selfish gain.
• Deity of Human Origin: Implied. He's an "Ascendant" deity, and he was once a Pony director from the Second Age who eventually became a Pony Draconequus. The fact that he became a Draconequus instead of an Alicorn was met with much confusion by him and Prince Dissonant Tune.
• Good Counterpart: To Colton Marentino, another Codexverse expy of Quentin Tarantino. While Colton Marentino is a brutish movie director who abused a famous Griffon actress and essentially kept her prisoner in her own trailer, Film Trivia is a benevolent movie director who unwittingly worked for a serial sex predator/abuser and considers it My Greatest Failure. Colton Marentino eventually was exposed by the Griffon actress he abused and blacklisted for his crimes, while Film Trivia Ascended to godhood as a Pony Draconequus of Film, Pop Culture, and Directors.
• Interspecies Friendship: So far, his friends are esteemed Alicorn musicians and celebrities such as Heroic Island, Prince Dissonant Tune, and Blue Suede Heartstrings/Prince Caerulus Melodia Equestria.
• The Magnificent: Known as "the Modern Director".
• Meaningful Name: According to one of the Codex writers, Film Trivia's name refers to Quentin Tarantino being a walking encyclopedia of film history.
• Mix-and-Match Critters: Implied. As a Pony Draconequus, he likely has chimeric animal traits. The fact that he became a Draconequus instead of an Alicorn confused both him and Prince Dissonant Tune to no end.
  Prince Dissonant Tune: Whoa... did you go on a bender last night or something?
  Film Trivia: I don't know, but I'm PRETTY sure I didn't eat anything weird before-hoof.
• My Greatest Failure: He once worked with a movie company CEO who, unfortunately, turned out to be a serial sex predator/abuser in private. Learning of this made Film Trivia feel incredibly guilty, and he harbored regret over it ever since.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: He's based on Quentin Tarantino, being a famous director/writer just like him. And like Quentin, he worked for a powerful movie company CEO who turned out to be a serial sex predator/abuser in private. According to one of the Codex writers, Film Trivia was created because she wanted to have a benevolent version of Quentin in the Codexverse, since the only expy of him at the time was the brutish, abusive Colton Marentino.

Prince Sermo Machina, the Prince of Newscasters

Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant

Portfolio: Integrity, Research, Knowledge, Newscasters

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

"Truth always beats lies and sensationalism, even if it does make things a little boring."

Prince Sermo Machina, born Loud Gale (his entry here), is the Alicorn god of Integrity, Research, Knowledge, and Newscasters, and is a benevolent member of the Novellus Pantheon.

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• Abstract Apotheosis: His deeds as an honest and impartial newscaster who always strives to spread the truth would eventually trigger his Ascension, turning him into an Alicorn god of Integrity, Research, Knowledge, and Newscasters.
• All Your Powers Combined: As an Alicorn, he has the combined magic of all mortal Pony tribes. While he’s naturally skilled with Earth Pony magic, he has taken to using Musical Pony magic because one of its aspects involves Sound magic, giving him powers similar to Caerulus and Crystal Clear's such as sonic blasts and screams.
• Anthropomorphic Personification: He's an Alicorn god who embodies Integrity, Research, Knowledge, and Newscasters.
• Bad Powers, Good People: His domain of Knowledge gives him access to darker abilities like inducing ignorance in others and/or outright taking information away. Naturally, given who he is, he has refused to use these abilities.
• Beware the Nice Ones: He's an intelligent and cheerful stallion who really loves his job, and he's a humble follower of the 'King in Heaven'. But he also hates discrimination of all kinds, including racism, as well as those who use the news to spread political agendas and/or promote bigotry. He also used to be quite racist himself due to being a product of his environment, until a series of events (as well as seeing people like Blue Suede Heartstrings oppose racism) forced him to realize that his beliefs were wrong.
• Brutal Honesty: As noted in his entry, he believes in being honest with everyone, even when it hurts. However, his bluntness can sometimes cause problems for him as saying things unfiltered can be hurtful.
• Deity of Human Origin: He was originally an Earthpony who, under Luminiferous' tutelage, would Ascend to godhood by striving to keep the news honest, impartial, and free of racism and political agendas. Now he's an Alicorn god of Integrity, Research, Knowledge, and Newscasters.
• Detect Evil: As a god of Integrity, he has telepathic and empathic powers that allow him to sense moral wickedness. When combined with his domains of Research and Knowledge, he gains the ability to discern whether something was plagiarized or if certain information is false or not.
• The Empath: His domain of Integrity gives him empathic powers that allow him to sense and encourage integrity in others.
• Fantastic Racism: Due to growing up in a time where racism was strongly encouraged, he was racist towards non-Pony citizens of Ponyland like Zebras and Donkeys, and condoned their mistreatment. However, it's deconstructed; the fact that he was racist despite being a devoted follower of the 'King in Heaven' made him a Hypocrite. Once his beliefs are challenged and he's forced to acknowledge the true horrors of racism, he realizes he was wrong and tries to make amends for it by reevaluating his beliefs and going into newscasting.
• Forgiveness: On the receiving end; Blue Suede Heartstrings forgave him for holding racist beliefs in the past because he genuinely wanted to change and make amends for it.
• Former Bigot: He used to be a racist bigot in his mortal youth, despite being a worshiper of the King in Heaven. Witnessing the true horrors of racism and seeing others like Blue Suede Heartstrings oppose it (among other things) forced him to realize that his beliefs were wrong and hypocritical, so he atoned for it by becoming an honest and unbiased newscaster. This led to him getting along well with Sacred Swan, a formerly racist ambassador who previously advocated for the dehumanization of Dragons, but became a sapient rights activist after discovering a horribly Awful Truth about her kingdom's founder.
• Freudian Excuse: Deconstructed. He was a racist bigot in his mortal youth due to growing up in a time and place where things like racism was strongly encouraged. This led to him condoning the behavior of his Jerkass neighbors and even his parents, seeing such things as normal. However, after witnessing the true horrors of racism and seeing other people like Blue Suede Heartstrings oppose it, he came to realize that his beliefs were wrong and hypocritical, made worse by the fact that he and his parents were devoted followers of the 'King in Heaven'.
• Gentle Giant: He's shorter than Blue Suede (who is noted to be taller than Queen Dazzleglow) due to Ascending much later and Blue Suede/Caerulus being a 'prodigy deity', despite both of them being roughly born within the tame period. He's also an intelligent, yet friendly, honest, and cheerful person who is dedicated to being the trustworthy and reliable newscaster that everyone needs, and is a devoted follower of the 'King in Heaven'.
• God of Good: He specifically embodies things that relate to newscasters and promoting integrity in researching and spreading knowledge.
• Good Wings, Evil Wings: Of the "Multicolored Wings" variety. Because of his divine "age", his wings have a magical gradient going from slate-gray to light blue. Mzazi has stated that this trait is normal for Alicorns, since part of their growth involves becoming more eldritch as they grow "older".
• Hologram: His domain of Newscasters gives him the ability to create holographic projections of any information he learns.
• Holy Halo: After Ascending to true godhood, he developed a halo made of Integrity energy.
• Holy Hand Grenade: His domain of Integrity gives him purification abilities that counter spells designed to encourage vice, sin, and corruption.
• Hot-Blooded: He is quite passionate about learning and his newscasting job. However, because of his past experiences with workplace sabotage and racism, he suffers from anger issues to a degree, which Blue Suede/Caerulus has been helping him with.
• Hypocrite: Much like his parents and neighbors, he was a devout follower of the 'King in Heaven', yet was racist towards non-Pony citizens of Ponyland such as Donkeys and Zebras and even condoned it. Eventually, he realized he was morally wrong through a series of events that challenged his beliefs, and reevaulated said beliefs so they're more in line with what the 'King in Heaven' originally intended for Equinekind.
• Insufferable Genius: Averted. While he's intelligent and knows a lot of subjects, he's not insufferable or stuffy. He enjoys learning and sharing information with others, and is quite passionate about it.
• I Should Have Been Better: Despite helping Blue Suede during his Darkest Hour, he feels bad for not helping him sooner. Blue Suede (who had just been crowned a Prince) nonetheless thanks him and assures him that he did what be could, upon which he would give Blue Suede a big hug.
  Prince Caerulus Melodia Equestria: Thanks fer helpin' me out, Sermo.
  Prince Sermo Machina: Hehe, you're welcome. I'm sorry I didn't help you sooner. If I knew...
  Prince Caerulus Melodia Equestria: ...No, it's alright. We all do what we can.
• Jerkass Realization: After being exposed to events and people that challenged his racist beliefs, and seeing the news media being used as propaganda machines by corrupt newscasters to spread their political agendas, he realized that racism is wrong and hypocritical. He reevaluated his beliefs and resolved to make amends for his actions by becoming a newscaster who delivers honest, reliable, and unbiased information.
• Karmic Jackpot:
  • He was once a racist bigot like a majority of Ponies from southern Ponyland. But after he sees and realizes that being racist is wrong, he reevaluates his beliefs and decides to become a newscaster so he can deliver honest, reliable, and unbiased information. While it did get him sabotaged by jealous peers who resented his success, and targeted by supervillains and other unsavory individuals for exposing them, it also made him greatly respected, popular, and beloved by both Ponyland locals and deities.
  • His honesty, conviction, and refusal to let his hardships or his opponents drag him down would catch the attention and admiration of Luminiferous, who not only helped him find another job after he was wrongfully fired, but also became his mentor. This leads to him Ascending to godhood as Prince Sermo after years of good deeds.
  • He later invokes this with Blue Suede Heartstrings. After Blue Suede nearly transformed into a Fallen Alicorn and fell into an Angst Coma, he proceeds to deliver a live Rousing Speech on his news program, urging every single person Blue Suede helped/inspired to come help him in return. Upon waking up and seeing everyone being willing to help him, Blue Suede was so moved by this that he broke down crying.
• Keet: Downplayed. He's described as a cheerful and lively person with a witty sense of humor, yet is otherwise dedicated to doing his job as a newscaster.
• Living Lie Detector: As a god of Integrity, he can cast truth spells that compel people to tell the truth, though he does it either with permission or in situations that warrant it. However, his truth spells can be countered by deities of concepts like Deception, Trickery, or Scheming, and people can get around his spells by using Exact Words to simultaneously lie and tell the truth. He has acknowledged this weakness and is currently trying to find a way to resolve it.
• Magic Hair: Post-Ascension, his mane and tail became composed of light blue Knowledge energy.
• The Magnificent: Known as "the Prince of Newscasters", due to being an Alicorn Prince who embodies Newscasters and has served as both a protector and mentor for them.
• Meaningful Name: In Latin, sermo translates to things like "conversation", "speech", and/or "discourse". He's a divine newscaster, though one who wants the information he shares to be unbiased and trustworthy as possible.
• Mind over Matter: His domain of Newscasters gives him telekinetic abilities for multitasking.
• Mix-and-Match Critters: His true form as an Alicorn has chimeric traits of all mortal Pony tribes, such as a Musical Pony's chest gem, a Flutter Pony's butterfly wings, and a Sea Pony's aquatic gills and tail fin.
• Must Make Amends: For much of his mortal youth, despite being religious, he was racist towards non-Ponies like Donkeys and Zebras and condoned their mistreatment. However, a series of events like being exposed to people who actively opposed racism like Blue Suede Heartstrings, and watching as people abused/murdered others for being 'different' and controlled public thought through news media caused him to realize his racism was wrong, and he reevaulated his beliefs so they're more in line with the 'King in Heaven's original intentions.
• My Greatest Failure: He feels deeply ashamed for being a Noble Bigot and Politically Incorrect Hero before, and part of the reason why he became a newscaster is to make amends for condoning racism in his youth.
• Noble Bigot: Deconstructed. Because he grew up being taught from a young age that being racist was okay, he ended up condoning the horrors that racism brought. The fact that he and his parents were religious devotees of the 'King in Heaven' made it worse. What snapped him out of this was being exposed to people who actively opposed racism like Blue Suede Heartstrings, and watching as people abused/murdered others for being 'different' and controlled public thought through news media. The final straw was learning of how Blue Suede's manager, "Colonel" Hollow Note, psychologically abused him for years, among other things. He now feels deeply ashamed of his previous ignorance, and has been trying to make up for it by following the true meaning of the 'King in Heaven''s teachings and being honest in his newscasting.
• No-Sell: His domain of Integrity makes him immune to spells that compel him to commit evil and tell lies.
• Odd Job Gods: His domain of Newscasters doesn't seem like much compared to other common concepts like Integrity, Research, and Knowledge, but it's actually more powerful than it appears. Being a god of Newscasters grants him telepathic and telekinetic abilities, some degree of Sound magic, the ability to create holographic projections, and the ability to instantly understand and speak any language. His domain also grants him a degree of technopathic ability allows him to control technology associated with newscasters, such as computers, cameras, and so on, with his powers changing and adapting as technology changes according to the standards of each Age.
• Omniglot: As a god of Newscasters, he possesses the ability to instantly understand and speak any language. As a newscaster himself, this is really useful in getting around the language barrier.
• Oppose What You Suffered:
  • He despises racism and discrimination of all kinds because when he was younger, he himself was bigoted against non-Ponies like Zebras and Donkeys, despite being a follower of the 'King in Heaven'. It wasn't until learning and personally seeing how horrific racism can be that he reevaluated his beliefs and tried to make amends for his previous behavior.
  • He hates workplace corruption, and especially hates those who sabotage genuinely good, hard-working people for petty reasons like pride or greed. This is because after getting his first job as a newscaster, he was sabotaged by jealous peers who resented his success and popularity, and set him up so they have an excuse to get him fired.
  • He hates people who use the news to promote their political agendas and/or hurt someone with malicious rumors and lies. When he was younger, he watched as the bigoted newscasters of his time used the news as a propaganda machine to spread and encourage racism all over the country, poisoning the minds of otherwise good people.
• Our Hippocamps Are Different: As an Alicorn, he has the chimeric traits of a Sea Pony, which grants him water magic as well as the Sea Ponies' trademark aquatic gills and tail.
• Politically Incorrect Hero: As with Noble Bigot, also Deconstructed. While he was a good Pony, he grew up in a time where racism was common and encouraged in Ponyland, which taught him from a young age that being racist to non-Pony citizens was okay. This led to him condoning the horrors it brought, and the fact that he and his parents were religious devotees of the 'King in Heaven' made the hypocrisy worse. After being exposed to people who actively opposed racism and watching as people abused/murdered others for being 'different' and controlled public thought through news media, he took a good look at himself and realized his beliefs were wrong. Learning of "Colonel" Hollow Note's abuse of Blue Suede Heartstrings was the final straw that pushed him to become the honest, trustworthy newscaster he is today. He now feels deeply ashamed of his previous ignorance, and has been trying to make up for it ever since.
• Pretty Butterflies: As an Alicorn, he has the chimeric traits of a Flutter Pony, which allows him to generate magical dust that's able to counter foul magics like the First Age's Smooze.
• Rousing Speech: Following Blue Suede Heartstrings' near-transformation into a Fallen Alicorn and subsequent Angst Coma, he made a live 'rousing speech' on his news program and urged every single person Blue Suede helped/inspired to come help him during his Darkest Hour. This led to Blue Suede waking up to find everyone being willing to help him recover psychologically as their 'thank-you' gesture, making him break down crying.
• Tall Poppy Syndrome: This is the main reason why he was fired from his first job. His honesty and integrity made him a greatly-respected and popular anchor-stallion, but it came at the cost of inciting envy and resentment in other newscasters who saw him as a threat to their own success and viewer base. To get him out of the way, they engineered a situation where he would unwittingly commit a faux pas on live air, thus presenting an excuse to have him framed as a 'fraud' and fired.
• Technopath: As a god of Newscasters, he possesses some degree of technopathic ability that grants him control of technology associated with newscasters, such as computers, cameras, etc. He can also travel through and inhabit them. Unusually, his technopathy has changed and adapted to control various forms of news-related technology over the Known Ages, such as the electric-based machines of the Second Age and the 'magitech' of the Third Age. It's speculated In-Universe that this happens to all Technology-based deities as their concept changes over time.
• Telepathy: He has telepathic abilities granted by his domains, allowing him to communicate/coordinate with fellow newscasters (and others with similar jobs like informants), transfer knowledge, and sense how much integrity a person has and encourage it.
• Trademark Favorite Food: He loves hamburgers and frequently ate them at work in the Second Age. He settled with hayburgers well after the Fourth Age started.
• Warrior Prince: He's noted to possess some combat capability, thanks to learning from both Luminiferous and later Blue Suede/Caerulus, who turned out to be a veteran from the 'Second Martian-Tellusian War' and a feared sniper called 'The Blue Death'.
• Winged Unicorn: Post-Ascension, he became an Alicorn with a light blue mane and tail composed of Knowledge energy, a Holy Halo made of Integrity Energy, and a magical wing gradient going from slate-gray to light blue.

Stoic Silverhoof, the Alicorn Augment

Classification: Ascendant/Elemental/Ethereal

Portfolio: Justice, Mechanical Augmentation, Technology, Determination

Rank: Demigod/Godling

Affiliation: Novellus Pantheon, Principalities of Equestria

First mentioned in a series of Drabbles, Stoic Silverhoof was a security chief employed by the Marasaka Corporation who after being grievously injured in the line of duty was converted into a pseudo-Alicorn magitech cyborg without his consent, and would go on to rebel against his former employers as a vigilante crusading against the powers and scope of megacorporation and conglomerates which sought to control and exploit the future of sapient evolution for their own gain.

He would later (much to his chargin) ascend to godhood and become an Alicorn demigod/godling of Justice, Mechanical Augmentation, Technology, Determination, and would join the ranks of the Novellus Pantheon in promoting positive progress while continuing to fight against the perversion of technology and evolution by unscrupulous forces.

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• A God I Am Not: Despite looking like an Alicorn he was adamant that he is not a god nor desired to become one. He was not amused when he actually did become one.
• Cyborg: A magi-tech one, done without his consent.
• Expy: Of Adam Jensen from Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
• Fly Or Die: His first time flying involved being pushed out a tower.
  Princess Amitica Sparkle: “So, when you learned how to fly, did you crash a lot?”
  Stoic Silverhoof: “…Princess, the first time I had flying lessons, Mana Smasher had thrown me out a window eighty stories up in the air trying to kill me. I figured out my wings at around the fifteen floor, glided, and then crashed into the side of an empty Marasaka delivery van. Thankfully, for all their faults, they certainly paid top bit to make sure my augments were durable.”

• The Infiltration: One of his favourite tactics is to join corrupt megacorps and malignant groups in secret, work his way up the ladder, and then use his inside position to either sabotage their operations or leak information to those who could do it in his stead. During a time-travel episode he did this to Dalong SynTech, which eventually contributed to the villainous megacorporation's downfall.
• Winged Unicorn: Although starting out as an ordinary Earthpony, his thaumacybernetics turned him into a Pseudo-Alicorn. He later become an actual Alicorn following his ascension.

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