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General

Adaptational Karma: The Principalities of Equestria is this as a whole. For mistreating and shunning Princess Luna out of racism and irrational fear of her nights, the mortal Equestrians had to deal with an angry, maddened Fallen goddess who subjected the nation to a devastating civil war out of revenge as much it was out of desire to be loved and adored by her subjects. Celestia was also included since her arrogance was a huge contributing factor in Luna's transformation into Nightmare Moon. Tuzu, the Magic Primeval allowed all this to happen so the Equestrians will be forced to realize the consequences of their bigotry and fear.
All for Nothing: A great tragedy could be found in the fact that despite the monumental effort and even questionable methods Princess Celestia made to prevent history from repeating itself, all her attempts to turn the Principalities Equestria into a peaceful, harmonious nation that would never again experience bloodshed on the scale as the 'First Equestrian Civil War' (and other closely related events like 'Nightmare Night' and 'War of Sun and Moon') came to nothing, and even made it more likely by making Equestrian vulnerable to social/cultural complacency, foreign invasion and society-wide ignorance of the darker sides of their own nature. Sapient nature proved too incorrigible to contained or be corrected, and history would repeat itself with the outbreak of the Second Equestrian Civil War decades after then-Princess Luna's return and redemption.
Aristocrats Are Evil: A common problem for Equestria to deal with. Most of them are extremely corrupt, incompetent, and reactionary, to the point where even the ruling Alicorns have a hard time trying to serve Equestria without being stonewalled by them. Notably, their presence is why Equestria was almost completely decimated by the Storm Empire during the "Storm King Crisis" conflict, as their uselessness prevented the government from issuing reforms that could have made Equestria more prepared for dangerous threats like Lord Tirek and the Storm King. With that in mind, the Equestrian public has directed their ire from Celestia to them once their deeds became known. The corruption of the Equestrian aristocracy eventually reaches the point of treasonous when a sizeable fraction of them joined forces with other groups and factions to launch a Coup De Tat, which finally gave the Equestrian crown and other heroic forces the justification they need to launch a massive purge after the coup was foiled and triggered a civil war.
Broken Pedestal: Save for Princess Twilight, who to common public knowledge actively tried to resolve things during the Storm King Crisis, the Equestrians' public confidence in the Princesses' power and influence broke to the point where racist factions began revealing themselves to openly challenge them, and conspiracy theorist groups have accused the Princesses, especially Celestia, of being tyrants who left their subjects to fall and be enslaved by their enemies.
Civil War: Experienced one in the form of the canon Nightmare Night that saw Princess Luna become Nightmare Moon, which was heavily implied to be this, rather than merely the magical sisterly spat that was depicted in canon. Equestria eventually experienced a 'Second Equestrian Civil War' after multiple factions within Equestrian political/military institutions hostile to Equestrian crown and values launched a failed coup, resulting in a purge and the political crisis rocking the nation at the time to boil over.
Drugs Are Bad: The nascent democracy in Equestria enacted a 'Herbs Proscription Act' early in the reign of the Princess Amicitia Sparkle Equestria due to the real and perceived 'Herbs Crisis' which saw increasingly problematic abuse and addiction of various mundane and magical herbs with drug-like properties in Equestrian society. However, it's Deconstructed in that while the herbs were bad when abused, they have many benevolent uses as well, and the Act's attempt to ban ALL herbs which could be abused instead of impose much needed and more reasonable regulation on the market not only prevents benevolent uses, but far from curbing the problem actually worsens it in some ways as the demand for them did not disappear overnight, and its proscription opened the way from crime to take advantage of and corruption to take hold in Equestrian society.
Evil Reactionary: Oh yes. Most prominent are the various tribalist factions such as the Scions of Hurricane, Children of Platinum, and Guardians of Puddinghead, who all want to overthrow the ruling Alicorns as divine "tyrants" and return to Equestria to how it was pre-Founding, with their race elected as the rightful rulers of Ponykind. After the "Storm King Crisis", such factions have emerged to take advantage of the instability of their country and challenge the Equestrian Alicorns' power. Fortunately for Equestria, there are benevolent forces and individuals who make sure their plans don't succeed.
Gender-Restricted Ability: Due to being around the Alicorn Princesses for so long, some Equestrians believe that only females are worthy and capable of becoming Alicorns, with "proof" lying in the supposed absence of male Alicorns and the Ascension of Princess Twilight Sparkle, who was before then a Child Prodigy and one of the most powerful unicorn mares of her generation. Many also believed, in relation, that only mares are capable of showing incredible magical talent, as 'evidenced' by the likes of Twilight/Amicitia, Sunset Shimmer, Trixie Lulamoon, and Starlight Glimmer. Because of this, Equestrian society became quite misandrist in some places before Twilight/Amicitia took the throne, with stallions and colts being abused and/or marginalized in favor of mares and fillies, while male Alicorns like Prince Léon are seen as a threat to the status quo. Both Luminiferous and the Alicorn Princesses themselves have decried the belief as a load of bunk, with the latter stating that anyone, mare or stallion, becoming an Alicorn is a cause for celebration.
Hegemonic Empire: Used to be this in the years between the founding to the reign of Discord, in the Classical Equestrian period. At least two of its competing successor state during the 'Tournament of Crowns' are this and the Empire.
History Repeats:
- In a repeat of the failed Prohibition of alcohol in 1920s Ponyland, the 'Herb Proscription Act' early in the reign of Princess Amicitia not only failed to curb the excesses of herb abuse, but ushered forth a 'Proscription Era' of crime and corruption in Equestria as various evils both constructive and destructive took advantage of the legislations' excesses and loopholes for their own gain and at the expense of the Ponies of Equestria.
- Despite all efforts and sacrifices, noble goals and questionable means, all to make sure it would never happen again, Equestria would be plunged into another Civil War one thousand years after the first one as political instability combined with economic turmoil, constant external crises/conflicts and malicious manipulation from the background to push the country's social tensions past breaking point.
Laser-Guided Karma: A nation-wide example. The 'First Equestrian Civil War', as well as concurrent/related events like 'Nightmare Night' and 'War of Sun and Moon', were engineered by Tuzu, the Magic Primeval (or at least allowed to happen) so the Equestrians are forced to see that the hardships they suffered were a direct result of their racist mistreatment of Princess Luna and their irrational fear of her nights. Even Celestia herself was included in the punishment, since her sister's Fall and turn to villainy was a direct result of her own arrogance and condoning her subjects' behavior for years.
Matriarchy: Enlightened type; like in canon, Equestria is ruled by the Royal Sisters, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, as well as Princess Twilight Sparkle. However, the Equestrian government is mix-gendered, with Celestia's adoptive nephew, Prince-Regent Blueblood, being one of the most prominent political players. However, it's noted that the Equestrians have lived with the Alicorn Princesses for so long that the public introduction of Prince Léon, a male Alicorn, has caused some to see him as a potential threat to the existing social hierarchy, claiming that only females are more "worthy" and "capable" of becoming Alicorns. Both Luminiferous and the Alicorn Princesses themselves have decried the belief as a load of bunk, with the latter stating that anyone becoming an Alicorn is a cause for celebration.
Monster Town: A few is implied to exist, such as the community of Dragontown in Fillydelphia which is mainly composed of Free Dragons who moved into Equestria that isn't part of the Equestrian or any other Dragonflights.
Oh, No... Not Again!: A lot of Equestrians were incredibly frustrated when Despotic Destiny returned and started the 'War Against Order' as he sought to takeover Equestria and turn it into his new Kingdom of Order, since they had already gone through an internal conflict and multiple foreign ones - to say nothing of all the times they had already been attacked by hostile forces within and without.
Canterlot Pony: We just had a civil war, godsdammit!
Older Than They Look: Equestria as a nation is actually around 4,500 years old, with the events of Hearths Warming Eve taking place around that time and leading to the rise of the classical Equestrian Empire, which lasted for around 2,000 years before Discord took over and started the 500 years-long 'War Against Chaos'. Then the Alicorn Princesses took over central Equestria after the end of Discord's reign, founding the 'Principalities of Equestria', while the Crystal Empire in northern Equestria and the Empire of Trot in southern Equestria arose as rival successor states, resulting in a thousand-years-long geopolitical rivalry known as the 'Tournament of Crowns' that ended with the Principalities becoming the undisputed inheritor of the old empire with the eclipse of their rivals and carrying on after Nightmare Night for the next thousand years to the present day. Why is none of this mentioned in public/canon? Well...
Orwellian Retcon: After Nightmare Night and the Equestrian Civil War, the renewed Celestian Autocracy decided to began implementing wide-scale social-engineering programs in a well-meaning, if ultimately futile, attempt to avert internecine carnage on such a scale again. Among many things they did, the Canterlot government extensively edited, sanitized and even outright covered-up much of Equestria's historical records to excise anything that might promote violence and bloodshed. Equestria as a nation is actually around 4,500 years old; but up to 3,389 years or more were taken out, leaving only 1,111 years that had been implied in canon as of S8E7 "Horse Play". Wonder why details on the classic Equestrian Empire and the Tournament of Crowns were never mentioned in canon, and Nightmare Moon and her civil war was relegated to a Nightmare Night myth and festival? THIS trope was why.
The Protagonist: Equestrians tend to be given more focus as individuals and as a nation in regards to the setting and stories in the Codexverse, either at the center of the event or are at least notable participants. Daring Do, the Mane Six, and the Royal Princesses are just a few examples. It's taken even further with the Codexverse's previous name, which is Codex Equestria.
Politically-Active Princess: As "Princess" is an official ruling title in Equestria, Celestia, Luna, and Twilight Sparkle are directly involved in ruling their lands.
Princesses Rule: Justified and exaggerated. From what was implied, "Princess" is the highest official ruling title a person of royalty could receive in Equestria, despite Celestia, Luna, and Twilight being immortal Alicorn matriarchs and technically being Queens.
The Purge: After the corrupt Equestrian aristocracy and other political/social/economic factions previously tolerated within Equestria which are hostile to its ideals and the greater welfare of the Equestrian people showed their true colours with the failed 'Canterlot Coup', Luna's long-planned/awaited 'Great Purge' - codenamed 'Operation Sixty-Six' - moved in to finally arrest and removed them as an internal threat they are from Equestrian society. Subverting most portrayals of this trope, it is portrayed as being completely necessary.
Rebuilt Pedestal: Celestia, and by extension Luna, after publicly defeating her Evil Counterpart and vocalizing her efforts to strive to do right by her Equestrian subjects and to take a more proactive role in making sure that the remaining traces of damage left by the Storm King, as well as the recent damage left by Tyrantlestia, are recovered from. With this in mind, the public turns their attention and wrath on those really responsible for the Storm King Crisis getting so bad as it did.
Royals Who Actually Do Something: Almost all members of the Equestrian royal family are highly beloved and respected by their subjects because they're benevolent individuals who go out of their way to help their lives and protect them from enemies. Prince Blueblood is mostly regarded as a controversial figure than his female relatives due to his public facades, though he still has the same idealism and wants to help Equestria.
Shocking Defeat Legacy: From what's implied so far, the 'Storm King Crisis' was this for Equestria. In a single blow, the Storm King managed to shake up Equestria more than the other villains had and since:
- Most of Equestria was occupied for at least months (while the war itself would last a few more years), leading to significant damage and loss of lives.
- The Royal Guard and Air-Fleet was decimated to the point it is in process of being replaced by the Royal Equestrian Army and the Royal Equestrian Aeroforce.
- Equestria was finally and fully forced out of isolationism to formally ally with other World Powers.
- Public confidence in the Princesses were shaken enough that Ponies who questioned Equestria's values (most notoriously the Tribalists) are starting to crawl out of the woodwork. Notably, the ire drawn from the supposed inaction of the Princesses during the Storm King's invasion resulted in the birth of Tyrantlestia, an evil Tulpa version of Celestia who echoes the belief that the latter is really a tyrant. Her public defeat actually allows things to swing back into the favor of Celestia.
State Sec:
- In various entries it's mentioned that at some point, during Princess Amicitia's reign, an order of Mage-Inquisitors were created to serve as agents of the Crown for the purpose of protecting it and the nation from internal and external threats. She may be inspired by the allied Terran Empire's Inquisition, who are psychic powers wielding Internal Security agents.
- It's also implied that Luna, the Nightbringer kept in touch with the Night Guards even after her abdication (justified in that she may be the mother goddess of Equestria's Batponies), who apparently serve this role to some capacity.
- The Royal Equestrian Ministry of Internal Security was mentioned in Jagged Severed Talon's entry to had been formed at some point before the 'Great Purge' following the failed 'Canterlot Coup' and rising to prominence up until the 'War of Order', being one of the authorities hunting down nobles, generals and other renegades who were freed from custody and supported the Kingdom of Order.
Sugar Bowl: As in Canon, Equestria is this. It's downplayed as given various tidbits implied that although the land is legitimately idyllic, peaceful and harmonious, it had experienced its own share of historical tragedies and dark times, like the canon Nightmare Night (which was a bloody civil war rather than just a magical sisterly spat), and its current idyllic state is the fruit of many centuries of effort and struggle by the Princesses and their Pony/non-Pony subjects.

Canterlot

See their folder entries here.

Manehattan

One of the richest and most populous cities in Equestria, like its borough namesake in Second Age Ponyland Manehattan is a hub of commerce and finance and a melting pot of many nationalities who immigrated to Equestria for the chance of a better life in a land of friendship, magic and opportunity.

General

Commie Land: During the Second Equestrian Civil War, the city fell to a proletarian uprising and became the Manehattan Commune, where the means of production and commerce are cooperatively-controlled by the Manehattanites and the property of its wealthy elites seized and redistributed to the needy. Unlike their Clovenist counterparts in Roedinia or Communist counterparts in the Second Age, it turned out much better and nicer, and managed to actually survive pass the civil war as a self-governing autonomous region of post-SECW Equestria.
Corrupt Corporate Executive: As industrialisation and commerce picked up, Manehattan became home to many 'Gaudy Counts', the Fourth Age equivalent of Second Age Ponyland's infamous 'Robber Barons', who exploited workers and employees to create stupendous wealth for themselves and using it to corrupt local and national politics in their favour. All this would bite them in their collective flanks during the Second Equestrian Civil War when the city fell to a proletarian uprising, as the angry labour-revolutionaries targetted them for their actions and forcefully seized their wealth and property for redistribution.
Chummy Commies: Thanks to moderate revolutionaries such as Combinists managing to get the upper-hoof in influence and support over their hardline radical counterparts such as the Clovenists, the Manehattan Commune and the post-Civil War self-governing autonomous region it became evolved into a fully democratic government and truly egalitarian society that got along with Equestria and Mustangia.
The Juggernaut: Because of its industrial/commerce infrastructure and dense population, during the Second Equestrian Civil War the Manehattan Commune became one of the most powerful and dangerous factions from the large heavily-armed military forces they managed to mobilise to fight the other facions. It was partly because of this that Prime Minister Starlight Glimmer chose to negotiate the city and surrounding territories' return to Equestria as a self-governing autonomous region, since a military campaign to reclaim it would be too costly and damaging to both sides.
Land of One City: The Manehattan Commune and the post-Civil War self-governing autonomous region it became consists of Manehattan and the territories it managed to take control before the Civil War ended.

Brass Fittings

Steel Girdle

Fillydelphia

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Ponyville

See their folder entries here.

Founders of Equestria

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Chancellor Puddinghead

One of the three Founders of Equestria, and leader of the Earth pony tribe. The Guardians of Puddinghead tribalist faction is named after her, as its members see themselves as "guardians" of her legacy.

Posthumous Character: She and her fellow Founders are long dead by present day. However, it's rumored In-Universe that they managed to Ascend to godhood.

Commander Hurricane

One of the three Founders of Equestria, and leader of the Pegasi tribe. The Scions of Hurricane tribalist faction is named after him, as its members see themselves as "inheritors" of his legacy.

Posthumous Character: He and his fellow Founders are long dead by present day. However, it's rumored In-Universe that they managed to Ascend to godhood.

Princess Platinum

One of the three Founders of Equestria, and leader of the Unicorn tribe. She is the ancestor and founder of House Platinum, among them being Prince Vladimir Polaris Blueblood of Canterlot, who is the adoptive nephew of Princess Celestia. The Children of Platinum tribalist faction is named after her, as many of its members are her blood descendants and thus follow her ideals closely.

Fantastic Racism: From what was implied by the Hearth's Warming tale, she looked down on the other Pony tribes, until her flaws and tribalist views contributed to the coming of the Windigos. The disaster caused her to realize the error of her ways and cast aside her biases so she could work together with Hurricane and Puddinghead to found Equestria. Ironically, the Children of Platinum tribalist faction claim to follow her ideals despite her having disavowed them.
Large and in Charge: Implied. Prince Blueblood notes that she was a very tall unicorn mare in life, and both her male and female descendants took after her, him included. She was also the ruling Princess of the unicorn Pony tribe, until she founded Equestria and gave up her position as ruler of the country to the Royal Alicorn Sisters, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Being her technical descendant, Prince Léon is expected to be tall as her as well.
Prince Blueblood: Princess Platinum was known for being very tall in life, so as a consequence, her descendants were often tall mares and stallions. When I reached my teens, I had such a huge growth spurt that I towered over my classmates in almost a week! Of course, I'm still dwarfed by dear Aunt Celly, since she's an Alicorn. I would also expect nothing less from Léon when he gets older.
Posthumous Character: She and her fellow Founders are long dead by present day. However, it's rumored In-Universe that they managed to Ascend to godhood.

Cloudsdale's School for Gifted Pegasi

Sunny Showers (her entry here

) is a young filly who attends Cloudsdale's School for Gifted Pegasi, and is a prodigy tulpa-maker/master despite her young age.

Alliterative Name: Sunny Showers.
A Dog Named "Dog": She has a cloud tulpa named... Cloudy.

Manehattan's School for Gifted Earth Ponies

Principal Fissure Tectonic

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Neutral Good

Type: Principal/Geo Archmage/Noble/National Hero

Faction: Equestria, Manehatten, School for Gifted Earth Ponies

"Oh, I'm more than just a 'harmless old stallion'. I kick flanks for breakfast every morning."

Principal Fissure Tectonic (his entry here

) is the Principal of Manehatten's School for Gifted Earth Ponies, and is a powerful archmage and respected Equestrian hero.

Assassin Outclassin': He once saved Prince Léon from an Autorist threatening the Alicorn toddler by putting the assailant through nine walls.
Papa Wolf: He responded to an Autorist's attempt to threaten young Prince Léon's life by putting the assailant through nine walls.

Falling Rock

Expy: She's based on Toph from Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Canterlot's School for Gifted Unicorns

Professor Fire Ruby

Character: Hero

Alignment: Lawful Good

Type: Unicorn (Former), Polymorph, Dragoness, Gifted Student, Teacher, Archmage, War Hero

Faction: Principalities of Equestria, School for Gifted Unicorns

Professor Fire Ruby (her entry here

) is a Unicorn mare-turned-Dragonness whose freak magical transformation would have massive, long-term effects on both her life and Equestria as a whole.

Notable Families

General

The Clan: Many of the notable families of Equestria would be classified as such, with many branches and generations, each possessing their own unique traits, all of them sharing only the commonality of having an important impact in Equestrian if not global history.

Apple Clan

General

The Clan: The Apple Clan is one of the biggest in Equestria and also among the most diverse in composition, going from farmers in Ponyville to buckeroos in Appleloosa, from respectable business-Ponies in Manehattan to crime lords in Baltimare, and even include Giants like Big Apple and mortally-incarnated deities like Black Diamond Apple.

Big Apple

Giant Foot of Stomping: Like many Giants, Big Apple and his Equestrian Giant branch of the Apple Clan doesn't hesitate in bringin their hooves down on the occasional Tinies, though mostly on the evil ones.
Mouse World: Inverted. Due to spatial distortions, magical influence and natural selection in the Equestrian Giant lands, everything there as well as many living things there are similarly enormous sized, some even growing in proportion to the Equestrian Giants themselves. Some of the apples Big Apple and his branch grows there dwarves even the blue ribbon apples Applejack and the Ponyville Apple family's orcharc grows, which occasionally shows up in Equestria whenever one of them drops into the river and floats out of the Giant Lands.
Our Giants Are Bigger: Big Apple is a member of a branch of the Apple Clan who are Equestrian Giants, Equestria's local race/culture of Giants hailing from Equestria's Giant Lands.
Sapient Eat Sapient: Applejack notes like many Giants, Big Apple and his branch of the family don't have issues with eating Tinies, though due to their good morals mostly confine themselves to eating evil and villainous Tinies.
Applejack: Ah always wanna try one of their super-sized delicious apple pies... Just gotta remind 'em to NOT put any 'special toppings' on it. Ah heard Big Apple an' kin are good ponies, but they'll still eat or squish a 'Tiny' if they're evil.
Applebloom: ... Meep!
Wowing Cthulhu: Big Apple was completely stupefied when he saw Applejack managed to eat not one, but three of his branch's giant-sized pies. He subsequently noted with an appetite that big as a Tiny, if Applejack was ever turned into a Giant, she might eat the whole planet.
Big Apple: How...how did yah eat THREE Giant-Sized pies?!
Applejack: Ah missed lunch.

Braeburn Apple

Hero of Another Story: Was involved in an action-filled incident in Manehattan (he and his wife Little Strongheart were visiting relatives) where he found himself fighting to protect his family and friends from a bunch of terrorists who took an entire office party hostage.
Terrorist: You really think that you, a small town lawpony, could beat me AND my friends?
Braeburn Apple: Yippee-ki-yay, melon farmer!
What the Hell, Hero?: Braeburn was horrified by the conduct of Knight-Captain Jagged Severing Talons of the Night Lords, who broke all the legs of a Pony cultist and terrorized him to the point of madness while interrogating the recalcitrant captive where his cult had taken all the children of Appleloosa to be sacrificed for their profane rituals. While he would lodge complaints over this, the borderline sociopathic Night Lord Knight-Captain ignored his protests, and ultimately it was deemed completely necessary due to the urgency of the situation involved.
Braeburn Apple: Ya just broke the poor fella's legs! All four of 'em!
Jagged Severing Talons: I am rather surprised it took this long. Craven cultists like him usually give up on the first one.
Braeburn Apple: This ain't how we do things around 'ere...!
Jagged Severing Talons: Oh, my apologies - I was not informed. Worry not; he will live, if it matters to you this much.

Apple Flavour/'Bad Apple', the Boss of Baltimare

"Honour, respect, family - it is valuing these things that made the Apple Clan great, regardless of where the Apple falls from the tree. Those who show they value those things as well to me and others, they are folks I can respect - people who I can maybe do a favour for and would ask for no more than one in return. But those who don’t… well, it’s as they say back in older times: ‘I will make them an offer they can’t refuse’."

First introduced in a few

Drabbles

, Apple Flavour is the patriarch of the Baltimare branch of the Apple Clan and a wealthy and influential proprietor of a successful Apple jam business and its subsidies. Despite this, many of the Apple Clan keep their distance from him, as there's a reason why he has the 'Boss of Baltimare' as his epitaph...

Affably Evil: Is very respectful of Applejack despite her and other Apple Clan's mistrust for him, as he values family despite everything and is implied to understand their not unjustified apprehension for him and his branch of the clan.
Applejack: What are you doing here, uncle Bad Apple?
Apple Flavour: You know how it is, my dear niece. I do many things, but forsaking family is never one of them.
Black Sheep: Or rather, 'Bad Apple' of the Apple Clan, on account of being a crime lord. Many in the Apple Clan keep their distance from him and his branch only except when it is absolutely necessary, and Applejack even know and call him as 'Uncle Bad Apple'. He appears to take this in stride.
The Don: Head of the Baltimare branch of the Apple Clan and also the head of the Malus crime syndicate, which his family also helps run.
Expy: Inspired and based very loosely on Don Vito Corleone from The Godfather.
Family-Values Villain: He values family along with other things like respect and honour.
Godzilla Threshold: One for the wider Apple Clan on account of being a crime lord, as many other Apples keep their distance from him and only turn to him for help as an absolute last resort, even if he is more than happy to help out family.
Meaningful Name: His nickname, uncle 'Bad Apple' is derived from the expression that 'a bad apple spoils the bunch', which reflects his and his branch's status as the Black Sheep of the Apple Clan whom much of the family keep their distance from.
Noble Demon: Is stated to be a principled and moral Pony who values honour, respect and family despite being a powerful crime lord, which earned him favours (and patronage) from constructive evil forces.
Open Secret: Although never officially proven and exposed, it is implied that many people know Apple Flavour is the preeminent crime lord of Baltimare, the head of the Malus crime syndicate.
The Patriarch: He is the founder and head of the Baltimare branch of the Apple Clan.
Villain with Good Publicity: On the surface, he's a wealthy and influential proprietor of a successful Apple jam business, and while he had been accused of being a crime lord, it was never officially proven or exposed. It's implied that he enjoys this among even those who know the truth as he is an Affably Evil Noble Demon Family-Values Villain who inspires respect as much as fear as The Don.

Orange Clan

Rich Clan

Sandwich Clan

One of the more infamous families of Equestria, the Sandwich Clan is notable for their eccentricies, with half of them being at best weirdos and the other half being at worst outright insane. Even so, many of them would possess incredible talent or committed famous/infamous deeds (or both) which would leave behind considerable impact on Equestrian society and history.

General

Ax-Crazy: What roughly half of them are at worst, being insane maniacs who are either inconvenient at best with their madness or outright villainous at worst. Notable members in this category include Marine Sandwich, who would become an enemy of Applejack and Pinkie Pie.
Cloudcuckoolander: What roughly half of them are at best, being eccentric weirdos who may be noble and heroic when not causing problems. Among this group include the likes of Cheese Sandwich and maybe Soup Sandwich (A co-founder and first Mayor of Ponyville).

Cheese Sandwich, the Festive Wanderer

Cain and Abel: Currently in conflict with his sister Marine Sandwich, the Culinary Shadow, over both her actions becoming a Ravenous Regent of Queen Eclaira, the Voracious Shadow and also because of his marriage to Pinkie Pie, an Arch-Enemy of her. Despite this, she lets him visit their parents, who have moved to the Shadowpact Empire to be with her.
Happily Married: Happily married to Pinkie Pie/Princess Thalia.

Soup Sandwich, first Mayor of Ponyville

See his entry here

Marine Sandwich, the Culinary Shadow

See her folder entry here

Spoiled Clan

General

Corrupt Corporate Executive: It's heavily implied that many of the wealthy members of the Spoiled Clan are this, though at least some draw the line at high treason.
Even Evil Has Standards: It's noted that while some of them were just as sleazy as he was, many in the Spoiled Clan were just as horrified and outraged as the rest of Equestria was on Spoiled Cavier for secretly helping a foreign country launch an act of state terrorism just so he can have a community of Free Dragons gotten rid of without dirtying his own hooves in his racism and greed for a share of their hoards and the real estate their community sits on. His branch of the Clan disowned him after he and his crimes were exposed by the Ministry of Internal Security (MIS), leading to his and his cronies' arrest.

Spoiled Cavier

First depicted in a Drabble

, Spoiled Cavier is a businessmane turned newly-elected mayor of Fillydelphia who turned out to be sleazy (and racist) on a level which beguiles belief, but whose corrupt actions would ultimately lead to his downfall in politics and under the law when Equestrian authorities uncovered his contribution to an act of state terrorism by a foreign power.

Corrupt Corporate Executive: Was a slimey businessmane running a slimey major fisheries and shipping business before he entered politics. Part of his reasons for wanting Dragontown removed from Fillydelphia, other than racism, was because he wants the prime real estate they are sitting on to build more fish-processing plants and warehouses for his and his corporate friends' businesses, as well as a share of the Free Dragons' hoards. Later on this was upgraded to...
Corrupt Politician: Can't get any more corrupt than using implicit racism for his mayoral campaign ('Fillydelphia for Fillydelphians!' was his slogan), implied election fraud, planting cronies in departments all over Fillydelphia, working with Talon Baisians to try and get rid of Dragontown in the guise of an act of foreign state terrorism.
Fantastic Racism: Noted to dislike non-Ponies and never hid his contempt for them, like the dragons of Dragontown, often for the pettiest of reasons (it's implied his biggest reason for hating them is simply because they smell). He have financial links with Tribalist groups both domestic and afar, and it's through one such group that the Talon Baisians contacted him with an offer to get rid of the Dragons of Dragontown for him, which he was all too eager to accept even without the share of the Dragon hoards they promised him.
Greed: He was a Corrupt Corporate Executive even before he became a Sleazy Politician, and part of his reasons for helping the Talon Baisians destroy Dragontown, other than prejudice, was wanting the piece of prime real estate to build more fish processing plants and warehouses for his and his corporate friends' businesses and a share of the dragons' hoards once they are killed off.
Laser-Guided Karma: He thought he could get away with corruption, sedition, conspiracy and flat-out high treason over enabling the Talon Baisian attack on Dragontown, but the Royal Equestrian Ministry of Internal Security was on his flank and eventually roasted it.
Meaningful Name: Spoiled 'Cavier' - a rather expensive delicacy - is fitting for a Pony who is a rotten, greedy businessmane who became a sleazy politician and a rotten racist traitor on top of that.
The Mole: Acted as this for the Talon Baisians, being one of those malignant elements in Equestrian society and politics contacted by the Talon Baisians to undermine Equestria's security and defences from within so they could sneak a force of dragon-slayers into Fillydelphia to destroy Dragontown without anypony noticing them until it's almost too late.
Obviously Evil: While the Codexverse generally opposes condemning people by their superficial traits as one of its themes, in this case Spoiled Cavier is a fitting name for a racist, corrupt and traitorous businessmane-turn-politician.
The Quisling: He was working with Talon Baisians who contacted him through one of the Tribalist groups he had financial ties with, and worked with the other rotten Equestrians in high places they also contacted to undermine Equestrian defences so they can't detect and later stop the Talon Bais taskforce from sneaking into Fillydelphia and attack Dragontown.
Treachery Is a Special Kind of Evil: This guy is so corrupt he not only allowed but actively enabled state terrorism by a foreign hostile nation to murder emigraes in his country out of greed and racism.
Villainous Breakdown: He broke down in disbelief and terror when he was confronted and exposed by Sterilizing Agent, the Minister of Internal Security personally over his role in enabling the Talon Baisian attack on Dragontown, followed by his and his cronies' arrest by Royal Equestrian Ministry of Internal Security troopers and agents.

Spoiled Rich (nee Spoiled Milk)

See her folder entry here

Royal Equestrian Armed Forces

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Royal Guards

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Royal Equestrian Army

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Royal Equestrian Aeroforce

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'Spectre-1'/Spectre of Fillydelphia

Nameless and mysterious, 'Spectre-1' (their entry here

) is an aerofighter pilot who would achieve renown over the course of their service as one of the greatest figher aces in Known History, inspiring hope among Equestrians and their allies and instilling terror upon their enemies.

The Ace: Pun aside, this pilot became an ace on literally their first combat mission by downing five aerial crafts (and that's just the official count). They are widely considered one of the greatest Ace Pilot in Known History by the end of their service, having never once been shot down, almost never defeated in a dogfight, and almost never failed a mission except by circumstances beyond their control.
Ace Pilot: Widely considered one of the greatest not just of their time but also in Known History. By the end of their service they had acquired no less than 500+ confirmed kills^note (with many more unconfirmed or disputed ones), and had succeeded in many missions and operations which either helped saved Equestria and the world or should had been impossible for most pilots to achieve.
Awesomeness by Analysis: One of Spectre-1's recipe for success as an Ace Pilot is having an uncanny knack at quickly reading their opponents' style and their aerofighters' abilities, as well as possessing an intuitive understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of their aerofighters, allowing them to properly compensate and adjust their strategies in battle.
Beyond the Impossible: Has a reputation for pulling this off in battle, from many an Airstrike Impossible to pulling off feats which shouldn't be possible, such as downing enemy airships despite not actually being equipped with armaments to do so (in one case via an Indy Ploy).
Crazy Enough to Work: Spectre-1 is known for a willingness to take incredible risks to see missions or battles through, pushing their aerofighters and their own luck to the absolute limits with near-insane gambits to survive and win.
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?:
- Downplayed, but during the First Vega War Spectre-1 managed to score the first kill against an invading extraequusian spacefighter via using terrain against it.
- Another downplayed example: Spectre-1 once fought air pirate and Ace Pilot Captain/Prince Polistes, an Autumn Court Changeling demigod, to a draw in an epic aerial duel.
- A more straightforward example has Spectre-1 shooting down a dragon with a missile during one of the conflicts of the 'Draconic Reformation' era which Equestria got involved in.
- Through a daring gambit, Spectre-1 would during the 'Return of the Mad Wind' conflict kill a Griffon demigod scion of Aeolus by luring him in pursuit to the upper edge of the atmosphere (which weakens him and his domains of wind and darkness with lack of air and unfiltered exposure to sunlight), then nailing him with a bunker buster bomb designed to be able to penetrate over 50 metres of concrete.
The Dreaded: Their mere appearance in the battlefield has a devastating morale effect on Equestria's enemies, with their reputation as a near-unbeatable Ace Pilot terrifying their opponents which further works to their advantage in a fight. And they live up to their reputation as well, with enemy chatter often painting every engagement like a Mook Horror Show as they shot down everyone who got in their way.
Everyone Has Standards: Implied to have a code of honour which, among other things, do not harass and even protect enemy pilots who had been shot down and are parachuting to safety. They even shot down a friendly ally aerofighter who was planning to strafe a parachuting enemy pilot, breaking their well-known silence to make clear they do not approve of such behaviour.
Spectre-1: No.
The Ghost: Virtually NOTHING is known of their identity by both military secret and personal preference, and in-universe and out- they are never directly depicted in person, only in battle whilst piloting their aerofighters.
Hero Killer: For the enemy, Spectre-1 is this for many of their aces. It's noted Spectre-1 was singlehoofedly responsible for shooting down nearly half of all aerofighter aces on the side of the Tribalist and Autorist factions during the Terra Equus Continental War, including taking out three of their greatest ones in a single battle.
Hope Bringer: Spectre-1's status as a Living Legend serves to inspire hope among Equestria's military and civilians as well as their allies whenever they turn up. Their mere appearance had known to signal the turning tide of battle in Equestria's favour.
Indy Ploy: One pillar of Spectre-1's success was their creative resourcefulness, innovating and improvising where conventional methods fail in order to eke out a victory or live to fight another day. One example of this is when they managed to take out at least one Gaelist Dragonslayer airship despite lacking the armaments for it by luring and tricking a pursuing Gaelist aeroflyer to crash into it as an improvised missile.
Implacable Man: Known to be relentless in battle. Once they engage, they do not stop until every enemy is shot down. Few pilots survived battles against them as a result.
Jack of All Stats: Post-career analysis of Spectre-1 suggests that while Spectre-1 was not the best in any individual skill which many an Ace Pilot often excels in, they're quite skilled in virtually ALL of them, making them an incredibly versatile pilot who could adapt their tactics and styles to virtually any enemy and situation.
Living Legend: Spectre-1 over the course of their career (which is implied to had spanned decades) accured a renowned reputation over their countless victories in the air and the many near-impossible missions they accomplished.
Mook Horror Show: Many engagements by enemy pilots against Spectre-1 turn into this, as Spectre-1's status as a One-Man Army as well as relentlessness in aerial combat ensures most don't survive battles against them, with enemy chatter often showing pilots devolving into horror and panic as they are being shot down one by one.
One-Man Army: Like Mobius-1 of Strangereal in the Second Age, Spectre-1 is rated to be worth an entire squadron by themselves due to sheer skills. Entire squadrons of aerofighters and other aerial craft had been annihilated by Spectre-1 in battle.
The Quiet One: Usually silent, which furthers their mystique as well as dreadful status in battle. It makes the few times they do break silence all the more profound. Some speculate they have a naturally reserved or even shy character because of this.
Red Baron: Was given the nickname 'The Spectre of Fillydelphia' by Equestrian media and public for their awe-inspiring actions over Dragontown and Fillydelphia. This nickname stuck when it was taken up as their callsign, 'Spectre-1'.
Undying Loyalty: Implied, as it's mentioned that Spectre-1 and their squadron stuck with the loyalists during the Second Equestrian Civil War. It's also been observed that Spectre-1 went out of their way to help their fellow pilots in aerial battles.
Shrouded in Myth: Virtually nothing is known about them by both military secrecy and personal reclusiveness, leaving much of their entire character and feats up for speculation.
Stealth Hi/Bye: Was given their Red Baron nickname 'The Spectre' partly because they are often spotted by witnesses coming out of nowhere during or entering engagements and then disappears out of sight as quickly as they came, i.e. like a spectre.
Worthy Opponent: Implied. Some enemy pilots who survived engagements with them (of which very few did) claimed that Spectre-1 salutes those who gave them a good fight before being shot down.

Royal Equestrian Navy

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Equestrian Vampirekind/Blood Court

One thousand years ago, during the War of Sun and Moon/First Equestrian Civil War/Nightmare Night, Luna sought to gain an advantage against her sister Celestia in their internecine conflict by creating forces which were granted her boons or remade by her power. Among them were the first of Equestrian Vampirekind, her own lineage of Vampires. With their supernatural capabilities, it was hoped that they would help her even the odds and win the conflict against the sister.

Despite their undeniable power, they ultimately couldn't help their mistress win. Following the war a sizeable fraction of those who survived approached Princess Celestia with a truce, agreeing to keep themselves and their own kind out of trouble and out of sight in exchange for peace and clemency. The post-war Celestian Autocracy agreed, and this secret pact allowed them to survive and thrive out of sight to modern times as part of Equestrian society, sleeping or hidden amongst normal Ponies during the day but waking to and acting out their true nature at night.

Although young for a Vampiric lineage (with older breeds across the world predating them by thousands to tens of thousands of years), they are also remarkably strong for their age due to being tailored specifically for war, allowing them to punch well above their weight in age and makes each of them a force to be reckoned with.

General

Amazonian Beauty: Equestrian Vampires could grow tall (and gorgeous) as well as powerful as they age, making female vampires this trope after a few centuries (and also necessitating shapeshifting and glamours to hide their true forms).
Bloodlust: Like many vampires, Equestrian Vampires has this, and Vinyl Scratch's entries and drabbles noted that while Equestrian Vampires could recharge by drinking blood from a blood-bank or bury themselves in the soil of the earth, nothing makes an Equestrian Vampire more alive like feeding on a live Pony/Sapient, as drinking warm, fresh blood is very intoxicating for their kind.
Blue Blood: The Equestrian Blood Court invokes this trope with its structure, which is an aristocratic oligarchy under which all its members belong, organized in major and minor 'Bloodlines' which serve as analogues to noble houses. Being a vampire under this society comes with abiding to many rules as well as expectations, and many things revolves around patronage from one's Sire and those of higher ranks. They also embrace high culture and indulges in politics like any other aristocracy. Things could get stuffy enough that some vampires like Vinyl Scratch leaves it to go their own way, believing the lack of benefits and support from Equestrian Vampire society for things like reliable access to blood and protection from monster-hunters and other villainous vampires to be acceptable costs for the freedom their independence offers.
Council of Vampires: In the absence of Princess Luna/Nightmare Moon, at the top of the Blood Court is a ruling body of seven Equestrian Vampire Lords/Ladies, who are implied to be around or in charge since the nights of Nightmare Night and the First Equestrian Civil War.
The Dreaded: While generally not out to do no harm, they are still bucking vampires, with even the nicest heroic Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire capable of inspiring dread to any mortal merely by their appearances. Then you find out how dangerous they really are when they actually go all-out in battle.
Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire: Mandated by ancient agreement with Princess Celestia following First Equestrian Civil War as a condition of a truce between them and the Equestrian Crown. They are allowed to live and even thrive in the night among Equestrian society so long as they keep themselves out of trouble and keep their own kind from causing trouble. Some like Vinyl Scratch takes a more active role in protecting mortal Ponies from other monsters and their own villainous kind.
Game Face: Normally hidden behind glamours and shapeshifting, Equestrian Vampires in their true forms could pull off pretty terrifying versions of this trope.
Hemo Erotic: To highlight the monstrous passions and literal Bloodlust vampires experiences by nature, the act of drinking warm and fresh blood from living beings is described as ecstasy for vampires like Vinyl Scratch, and those Equestrian Vampires depicted so far in the act of feeding are described as being literally aroused from drinking the blood of their victims.
Horror Hunger: While there are other means to recharge other than feeding on others, such as burying oneself in soil at the park or in a bathtub full of it, or buy blood from a blood-bank, it's noted nothing compares to the sheer ecstasy of feeding on the warm fresh blood of live Ponies and other beings, and sooner or later the compulsion to feed would be too strong for even the strongest Equestrian Vampire to resist (and in fact might even worsen it), which could cause some like Vinyl Scratch no end of angst. Some gets around it by attacking and feeding on those who deserve it, and even then never to kill them or turn them into Vampires/Familiars/Ghouls.
The Masquerade: Used to maintain one and still does to some extent, but had relaxed the rules in the years leading up to Luna's return. Some like Vinyl Scratch had been walking around in Ponyville with her status as a vampire being common knowledge among the denizens of the town for generations.
One-Man Army: On account of being specifically tailored for war, their abilities could turn even the youngest of them (with proper training) into a force on the battlefield, able to infiltrate enemy lines in hidden subtefuge and tear through enemy ranks in open battle.
Our Vampires Are Different: Equestrian Vampirekind originated from Princess Luna/Nightmare Moon's attempts to create supernatural super-soldiers to fight her sister's forces during the 'First Equestrian Civil War' a thousand years ago. Naturally, being derived from other strains and possessing Luna/NNM's own unique touches, Equestrian vampires resembles and varies from other Vampirekinds worldwide in many ways. Due to the In-Universe Min-Maxing of their abilities they could punch well above their weight due to being tailored for combat, although some older lineages like that of 'Atlocard'/Queen Victorious Princess of the Griffish Isles blows them and many others out of the water in sheer capabilities. The list of abilities include but by no means limited to:
- Bat People: Regardless of previous tribe, Equestrian Vampires possesses bat-wings beneath their glamours and shapeshifting, making them pseudo-'Pegacorns' with the power of flight.
- Daywalking Vampire: Downplayed. Unlike Vampires like War Rock, Equestrian Vampires are more resistant to sunlight, though they can be still weakened and harmed by it. This can be exploited in battles by Equestrian Vampires against other vampires as it makes holding down other non-Equestrian vampires until day breaks a valid tactic.
- Mind Manipulation: Equestrian Vampires can hypnotize other Ponies with her eyes if they could maintain concentration and contact long enough. This also maintains glamours which allows them to hide their vampiric features, such as their bat-wings.
- People Puppets: Equestrian Vampires can apparently turn Ponies into familiars/ghouls after feeding on them without turning them into Vampires, but can choose not to.
- Power Floats: Equestrian Vampires, whether or not they originally had Unicorn magic, is capable of levitating by a form of telekinesis.
- Super-Speed: Equestrian Vampires could move so fast an ordinary crossbow-wielding marks-pony struggled to track and hit them in any way, appearing like a blur running, parkouring and flying.
- Super-Strength: Equestrian Vampires are strong enough to throw a fully-grown stallion against a wall hard enough to break his bones and shatter masonry. This also translates to their telekinetic grip.
- Super-Toughness: Equestrian Vampires' limbs alone are tough enough to block a skull-shattering blow from a stallion without a scratch.
- Telepathy: Equestrian Vampires could read minds and broadcast thoughts to others through her vampiric telepathy.
- Viral Transformation: Equestrian Vampires could turn those whose blood they drink into Vampires, although they have control over the process and could choose not to do it.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: While glamours helped covered up their traits, it's implied Equestrian Vampires can also shapeshift, which is convenient in hiding the fact the older ones has proportions to rival Canterlot model Fleur De Lis or fashion critic Hoity Toity in their true forms.
Pay Evil unto Evil: Many Equestrian Vampires cope with the inevitable and irresistable allure to feed on living beings like their former fellow Ponies by taking out their bloodlust on the wicked and criminal, often stopping short of killing them with their blood-drinking as well as restraining from making them vampires themselves or their ghouls/familiars.
Pintsize Powerhouse: It's noted despite their relative youth as a lineage, Equestrian Vampires are capable of punching well above their weight in power and abilities due to being tailored specifically for combat and espionage, with all traditional vampiric strengths maximized and their traditional weaknesses minimized as much as possible.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Equestrian Vampires' eyes glow red whenever their vampiric nature manifests, giving them truly terrifying appearances together with their other traits. The more they embrace their vampiric urges and summons their powers the more prominent they appear, to the point they drown out their pupils when they starts feeding on blood.
Super-Soldier: What they were originally created to be by Princess Luna. This explained why they are remarkably strong despite their relatively young existence as a lineage: namely, they were literally tailored for combat, with all their strengths as vampires maximized as much as achievable while all the usual weaknesses are mitigated as much as possible. This deliberate In-Universe Min-Maxing allows them to punch well above their weight.
Terror Hero: Many of them, like Vinyl Scratch, became one on the occasions they choose to do good, for the same reason any bad guy would be afraid if they meet an angry and thirsty night-stalking blood-sucking monster while they try to rob or do worse to innocents in an alleyway.
Undying Loyalty: To Princess Luna. It's implied they had welcomed her return and would had fought alongside her again had she decided (As Nightmare Moon) to continue her war with her sister Princess Celestia upon her return.

Count Sanguine Passion

The Sire of Vinyl Scratch.

Canon Character All Along: Heavily implied to be [WIP]
Vampire Monarch: Count Sanguine Passion is among the seven ruling Vampire Lords/Ladies (which describes higher-level vampires one up above normal ones in power if not always in age) of the Equestrian Blood Court's governing body, making him this both in vampiric and political power by default.

Count New Moon Serenade

Divine Date: New Moon is positively smitten with Luna, to the point of willingly step up to become the first to receive her enhancement and become the first Equestrian Vampire as proof of his love for her. Tragically, as it happened during the First Equestrian Civil War when Luna spiralled into corruption and insanity as Nightmare Moon, it didn't last.
Et Tu, Brute?: Despite loving Luna wholeheartedly and fought for her during the First Equestrian Civil War, he would eventually betray Luna/Nightmare Moon as he realize to his horror that the night goddess is no longer the goddess he once loved, becoming increasingly corrupt and insane as the war dragged on. He still loved her however, and betrayed her as much to save her from herself as it is to end the war and prevent more suffering.
Monster Progenitor: Whether the other ruling Vampire Lords/Ladies of the Blood Court were sired by him or Luna just repeated the same process, New Moon Serenade is the first Equestrian Vampire.
Parent with New Paramour: Ultimately became this for his son Lunar Requiem when he moved on from Luna to find a new love, reasoning that even if she returned back to her old self she would never truly forgive him for his betrayal. To his credit he loved his new love as much as he once loved Luna.
Just the First Citizen: While he is one of the seven ruling Vampire Lords/Ladies of the Equestrian Blood Court, he is implied to hold no greater formal authority than his peers on paper, though in practice he is considered their first among equals.
Vampire Monarch: One of the seven ruling Vampire Lords/Ladies of the Equestrian Blood Court, and specifically the 'first amongst equals' of them as the first Equestrian Vampire.

DJ Long Play

The adoptive elder brother of Vinyl Scratch by virtue of predating her as a Fledging but eventually acknowledging each other as adoptive family of their mutual Sire/surrogate parent Count Sanguine Passion.

Canon Immigrant: Came from the MLP FIM Expanded Universe comics.

Vinyl Scratch/"DJ Pone-3"

See her folder entry here

Equestrian Werekind/Beast Clans

General

Be Careful What You Wish For: One Equestrian Werewolf villain managed to cure himself of his lycanthropy through heinous means... leaving him powerless, right in front of the heroes who were trying to stop him. Cue a righteous beatdown of epic proportions on the spot, as well as a long prison sentence afterwards for the crimes he committed to cure himself.

Crimson Coyote

"Tonight, the Crimson Coyote will paint the land red with the blood of the wicked!"

The Crimson Coyote (first introduced here

) is one of the more famous/infamous legends in the Equestrian Southwestern frontier, an enigmatic bounty-hunter and vigilante with the power to transform into a werewolf/coyote who acts as an antiheroic protector of the town of Dodge Junction and nearby areas.

Anti-Hero: Specifically stated to be this, channelling his rage and bloodlust from both his childhood trauma and his Equestrian Werekind nature to hunt down and defeat/kill evildoers.
Dark and Troubled Past: From what little known, he saw his loved ones get killed and he himself bitten by an Equestrian Werebeast, which left him with rage issues from both his trauma and his Werecreature nature which he decides to channel through bounty-hunting and vigilantism.
Our Werebeasts Are Different: He's an Equestrian Werecreature, more specifically a Werecoyote.
Red Baron: The 'Crimson Coyote'. His real name is unknown.

Others

Captain Mlinzi

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Lawful Good

Type: Virgasus/Soldier/Hero

Faction: Hybrid Haven/Principalities of Equestria/Royal Equestrian Legions

Badass Family: He's Zecora's cousin, who ended up being an effective and powerful rebel leader during the Storm King Crisis. He's now a captain of the Dusk Legion of the Royal Equestrian Legions and every bit as tough as that suggests.
Half-Breed Discrimination: Due to being half pegasus, the situation in Zebrafrica forced him and his family to flee to Hybrid Haven for this reason.

Daring Do, the Adventurer of Many Wonders

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Neutral Good

Type: Adventurer, Pegasus, Treasure Hunter, Writer

Faction: Principalities of Equestria

"Another day, another dungeon!"

Daring Do (her entry here

) is a professional adventurer and novelist who records her adventures under her real name, "A.K. Yearling". Rainbow Dash is a huge fan of her, and faithfully reads every book she publishes.

Awesome Moment of Crowning: Played with, but the donning of the 'Crown of Crimson Sun' once worn by High Queen Sekra was done more or less out of desperation as various hostile factions fighting over it converged on her to seize the crown (and its legendary power) for themselves. When the dust settled, she emerged an entirely different person...
Battle in the Center of the Mind: Engaged in one with Sekra the Indomitable after Sekra possessed/transfigured her body to reincarnated back into the living world from the Crown of the Crimson Sun where the High Queen of Crypta had slept through the ages until Daring Do donned her crown in desperation to keep it from falling into the wrong hooves. She and Sekra eventually came to an agreement and reconciled to a degree.
Born Lucky: Is noted to be a 'Lucky Pony', carrying certain mutations that enable her to subconsciously bend luck and causality to her favour, which when combined with her own guile and skills enables her to pull off many incredible escapes, defeat implacable foes and win against near-impossible odds in many of her adventures. That being said, there are limits to that ability in that it can't save her from every situation, As the desperate circumstances that would ultimately force her to don the Crown of the Crimson Sun in Crypta would show...
Collector of the Strange: AK Yearling/Daring Do keeps some of the relics and artifacts she found for herself that she does not donate to a museum (if they are harmless/safe) or hoofed over to local authorities and pantheons for safekeeping (if they are too dangerous), following a strict standard she sets for herself what goes into it. She had amassed an admirable collection of these artifacts over the course of her adventures, many of which have useful powers and properties which she would use on occasions
Darker and Edgier: Many of her adventures are much more gory and gritty than what the published materials suggested, having either been toned down by herself or by the editors owing to the strict censorship laws and regulations Equestria has. To note, she made it clear in her head in the 'Goldenclaw Legacy' story that she won't be mentioning the parts where she blew up an apartment full of Autorist agents and getting one clinging onto their auto-carriage during a chase slamming into a lamppost with almost guaranteed fatal to crippling injuries.
Despair Event Horizon: Daring was demoralized to the point of nearly giving up on adventuring on two occasions, due to her enemies' schemes to slander her name. One was when Doctor Cabelleron tried to slander her good name by anonymously inciting controversy over all the damage she had done, and the other is when Cabelleron and Ahuizotl both worked together with other malicious parties to expose A.K. Yearling as Daring Do and paint her as a plundering, greedy thief. Both times, Daring's resolve and support from her friends and allies, such as Rainbow Dash and Queen Dazzleglow, helped restore her confidence and reputation. The latter attempt is implied to have pushed her too far, as her Final Battle with her two mortal foes saw them either Killed Off for Real or otherwise out of her life for good.
Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: After her final battle with her two main adversaries (implied to have been killed off or out of everypony's hair for good) and publishing her story as the 'Grand Finale' of the Daring Do series, Daring Do is noted to be looking for something to fill in the void in her soul left behind, even as she continued her adventures. She would find that purpose in Crypta, where in her Darkest Hour, she donned the crown of High Queen Sekra, and found herself transfigured in both body and mind by the lost Alicorn goddess...
Empowered Badass Normal: As champion of Queen Dazzleglow and Luminiferous the Devil Child, Daring Do has access to Divine Unity, giving her access to both gods' powers and also has her future potential maximized.
Final Battle: Daring Do had one against her two primary adversaries Ahuizotl and Dr Cabelleron some time after the end of the show's final season. Although what happened is yet to be revealed, it is confirmed that both her adversaries are either dead or gone for good.
Greed:
- One of her character flaws, much more than her books implied, but otherwise as expected of many treasure-hunting adventurers. Her entry explicitly noted that she is motivated to adventure-archaeology and writing down her adventures as stories in part to earn money and living in comfort. However, she had been compared to Rarity, the Element of Generosity in that she channels her Greed in a 'constructive' manner for the benefit of the greater good, donating much to repair damages caused by her adventures and making sure dangerous relics and artifacts won't fall into the wrong hooves/claws.
- She notes that she used to be worse, not considering the damage her actions might cause others. She learned her lesson, however.
Godzilla Threshold: After a lifetime of adventure full of close-calls and desperate escapes, she was finally pushed to cross it when she was cornered by a host of squabbling hostile factions seeking to take the legendary 'Crown of the Burning Sun' worn by Sekra the Indomitable. With death all-but-certain and nothing left to lose, she donned the crown for the power to prevail. Let's just say she got far, FAR more than she hoped for...
Heroic Willpower: When Sekra the Indomitable was about to finish off the defeated Council of Friendship in their first battle during the 'New Crypta Conquest', Daring Do, who had only just reawakened after the traumatic possession and transfiguration of her body by Sekra sometime back, manages to stop Sekra from pulling off the Coup de Grâce and regain control of her own body through sheer force of will, even briefly forcing Sekra back into the Crown and transforming herself back in her old form. Of course, not even Daring Do could hold out against the overwhelming might of an indomitable Alicorn conqueror for long, but it gave Amicitia and the others just enough time to escape and fight another day.
Daring Do: NO! I won't... let you... hurt... my... FRIENDS - !
Lighter and Softer: Invoked in-universe. Many of Daring Do's exploits were far more violent and grim than her novels make them out to be; in order to appeal to a younger audience, she edits certain parts or removes them altogether.
Master Actor: Daring Do is noted to be a consummate actor, able to juggle both her alias as a supposedly travel-phobic and reclusive writer of AK Yearling and her alias as a globe-trotting adventurer-archaeologist with no one being the wiser save for a small group of confidants, at least until her secret identity was exposed.
Nothing Is the Same Anymore: In the form of three Wham Episodes that would turn her life completely upside down and she herself irrevocably altered.
- Ahuizotl and Dr Cabelleron exposes her identity and with malicious assistance slanders her and her adventure in the media in the most negative light. It took intervention from those her heroic adventuring helped and those who supported and acted as her patron to preserve her reputation and prevent her from crossing the Despair Event Horizon.
- Leading directly from events above, she finds herself in a Final Battle between her two archenemies. While details as to exactly what happened remains unclear, it is known for certain that she emerged victorious, her two primary archenemies either Killed Off for Real or suffered a definitive if Uncertain Doom. She publishes this in a final Daring Do novel that serves as the Grand Finale of the Daring Do book series.
- Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life to fill in the void left behind, she continues her adventuring, eventually finding herself in a fight/race against other malicious or hostile forces to find and retrieve the Crown of the legendary High Queen Sekra, founder and ruler of the Empire of Crypta. Cornered, on verge of certain doom, and desperate to keep the artifact from falling in the other parties' hooves, she donned the Crown to access its powers - and is possessed and transfigured by Sekra herself, who reawakens and returns to the physical world through her, annihilates the intruders in her full divine glory and begins to rebuild her long-ruined and forgotten empire with her 'Tomb Kings' and subjects both undead and the living.
Running Gag: Every time she visits Neighpon, it's always attacked by a villainous Kaiju. This would be something her daughter/clone Daydream Do would inherit. She even lampshades it.
Daring Do: First reptile bird monsters and now a giant turtle...why am I surprised? This is how every visit I take to Neighpon goes.
Secret-Keeper: She knows of Queen Dazzleglow's plans to promote friendship and unity so "The Cycle" would not affect her kingdom, but was requested that she keep it secret so Dazzleglow's enemies would not find out and attempt to ruin her.
Tranquil Fury: Daring Do was NOT pleased with Sekra the Indomitable possessing/'stealing' her body to reincarnate back into the living world after Daring Do donned the Crown of the Crimson Sun in her desperate attempt to keep it from falling the wrong hooves. In the resulting 'property dispute' that followed she made her displeasure clear to Sekra, ancient haughty Third Age world-conquering god-queen be damned.
This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself: Daring Do requested Sekra the Indomitable to let her have control of the body they both now share - complete with her magically turning back to her old form - so she could fight a weakened and now mortal King Golden City, the Gilded Conqueror at base form in a one-on-one Final Battle. She could had let Sekra scorch the old Equestrian conquering warlock to ashes, but after all their previous battles and clashes and seeing his atrocities and unrepentant villainy, she felt Golden City does not deserve a warrior's death that he would want. She wants him to go down knowing that he was never a god nor conqueror he believes himself to be - just a tyrannical, genocidal monster of a mortal Pony who had lived and reigned well past his time and deserve to be consigned to the dustbin of history.

Glittering Coin

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Neutral Good

Type: Filly/Earth pony/"Ill Girl"/Aspiring Designer/Departed Soul

Faction: Principalities of Equestria, Manehattan

"I wanna make pretty dresses like Rarity when I grow up!"

Glittering Coin (her entry here

) is a young Equestrian filly who was one of many people affected by the Striga Family.

Armor-Piercing Question: She would receive one from Blue Goldstone, who sympathized with her desire to live yet questioned her willingness to use other people's bodies to fulfill her own dreams at their expense. This partially and ultimately factored into her choice to let herself be exorcised so the original owner of her host body can live.
Blue Goldstone: I know you really want to live, Glittering. But the Pony inside that body you're using? They want to live, too. And what your parents did - what the Striga Family did - was wrong. If something happens to you after that, what then? Are you gonna keep using body after body to keep on living? And what happens if you see someone doing the same thing? Are you gonna do something about it? Or are you gonna tell yourself that doing this horrible thing is okay?
Break the Cutie: She really didn't take it well when she learned her illness wasn't "cured" at all, and that she's a spirit occupying a host body that belonged to the original owner's spirit, who was trapped inside their own body against their will. When it was time for her to be exorcised, she ran away in tears, unable to accept her fate. It took some convincing from the Trimortidae and Rarity for her to let herself be exorcised so the original owner of her host body can live.
Delicate and Sickly: Pre-transfer, she was one. She was afflicted with a hereditary genetic defect that caused her magic core to recognize her own body as a threat and destroy it from the inside. This left her in terrible pain, especially when she tried using her Earth pony magic. She was eventually 'cured' when her parents desperately sought out the Striga Family, who used necromancy to transfer her spirit into the body of an orphaned unicorn filly, but it came at the cost of her host body's spirit being sent to the Sunken Place'. She didn't take it too well when she learned of this.
Heroic BSoD: On the day she's supposed to be exorcised from her host body, she ran away in tears, unable to accept her fate or comprehend the horror of what she was unwittingly doing. It took talking with Bossa Nova and Blue Goldstone, as well as her idol, Rarity, for her to get over it, leading to her performing a Heroic Sacrifice so the original owner of her host body can live.
Mind over Matter: After her soul was transferred by the Striga Family into the body of a young Unicorn filly, she gained the ability to use arcane telekinesis. However, because she gained the ability with little chance to practice it, she wasn't very good at it and using it to do homework exhausted her.
Snooping Little Kid: She decides to go investigate instead of doing her homework when she overhears her parents in a heated conversation with someone. It turns out the person her parents were arguing with his Prince Night Shade, and he wanted to question her as part of his investigations into the Striga Family because she's one of many 'clients' whose souls were transferred into host bodies.

Long Kingfish

Assassination Attempt: Like his real Human self Huey Long, he was a victim of this, which makes his return in the Fourth Age all the more inexplicable and surprising, even for him.
Back from the Dead: He's not an analogue or even a reincarnation, but the ACTUAL Codexverse 'real deal', having somehow returned to life via a Voodoo charm a Zebra supporter's child gave to him as a gift back in the Second Age, which preserved his soul after his untimely assassination and allowed him to reincarnate by possessing a magically-repaired body of a recently violently-deceased thief who stole the amulet from an exotic pawn shop where it ended up after being lost for tens of thousands of years.
Determinator: Nothing, not even being dead for tens of thousands of years and inexplicably brought back to life in a different time and place is going to stop this Southern populist from doing everything he can to help make the lives of the common people who put their trust in him better, by any way possible.
Dirty Communists: Long Kingfish has an unfavorable opinion of Socialists and Communists back in the Second Age, which partly inspired him to launch his 'Share the Wealth' programme. This is the reason why he distrusted Starlight Glimmer and her new Equalist/Egalist political movement/party when he heard about her entering Equestrian politics, and becomes one of her biggest political rivals as a result. However, he still despise the Tribalists and Autorists more, which causes him to put aside his differences with Starlight Glimmer against them and more pressing issues for the greater good of Equestria.
Expy: A Ponified Huey Long, the famous populist politician from Louisiana who wanted to make "Every Man A King" and help the common people by whatever means necessary. And not just a 'Fourth Age' analogue of the RL/'Second Age' populist politician either; a Codexverse Drabble reveals he's the actual guy who unexpectedly managed to come back to life in the present day.
Meaningful Name: He's based on Huey Long, and his name combines both Huey's surname and his nickname as "The Kingfish".
Noble Bigot: He's prejudiced against Socialists, Communists in the Second Age, and he has started to hate Clovenists as well. This is the main reason why he distrusted Starlight Glimmer and her new Equalist/Egalist political movement/party when he heard about her entering Equestrian politics, and becomes one of her biggest political rivals as a result. However, he's still dedicated to helping the common people and he despises tribal/racial bigots more, so he's more willing to put aside his differences with Starlight Glimmer for the greater good of Equestria.
No Historical Figures Were Harmed: He's based on Huey Long, whose nickname is "The Kingfish". Much like his historical counterpart, he is a politician who did amoral things to achieve his goal of helping the common people. And like Huey Long, he was also assassinated, though he unexpectedly managed to survive and come back to life thanks to a magical Zebrafrican artifact gifted to him by a grateful Zebra family he once helped out in the Second Age.
The Rival: It's heavily implied he's going to become one to Starlight Glimmer on a political level, given the Egalitarian Principal eventually became the Prime Minister of the Principalities of Equestria. Of course given their shared stances on many issues as well as their respective skills and talents it's likely they're going to be each others' Worthy Opponent or Friendly Enemy.
Walking Spoiler: A drabble revealed that this Long Kingfish is not a Fourth Age analogue of the Second Age Creolesiana senator, governor and presidential candidate, nor a reincarnation, but the REAL DEAL himself, having somehow returned to life after his assassination two Ages back and given a second chance to finish what he started.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: Admits he had done things he is not proud of, but he had done it to better the lives of the common folks who put their trust in him.

Aniwaaye

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Type: Kaiju/Divine Champion/Uplifted Beast

Faction: Great Skunk Pantheon/Principalities of Equestria/Hayseed Swamp

Super Prototype: She was the Great Skunk Pantheon's first attempt at making a race of giant skunks. However, the process Went Horribly Right, resulting in her becoming a Kaiju and being far more powerful. As a result, she's this trope to the Giant Skunks the Pantheon would later create.

Ms. Make Believe

Badass Pacifist: A group of tribalists broke onto the set of her Leymit show. She managed to calmly talk them into rethinking their lives and turning themselves in.
Expy: Subverted: she's the descendant of an Expy of Fred Rogers, though In-Universe she makes a Spiritual Successor to his show.

Officer Starshell Crabb

Officer Starshell Crabb (His entry here

) is a member of the Fillydelphia Police Department who stands out even by the standards of the city, by virtue of being a crustacean Craanaasti/Crabnasty. Despite this, he's a dedicated officer who would be well commended for his actions in the line of duty.

Bash Brothers: He's presently partnered with Officer Blue Baton, the police mare who found him when he washed ashore near Fillydelphia, and so far they made an effective team.
Big Creepy-Crawlies: Is a sapient crab resembling a Coconut Crab (The largest terrestrial arthropod in Real Life) the size of a Pony/Griffon on account of being a Craanaasti.
Big Damn Heroes: Before he became a cop, he tracked down and saved his marenapped friend Dr. Beach Comb from a group of crooks who broke into the Fillydelphia Institute of Marine Research where he was staying, and after he became an officer he was commended for heroic actions such as saving Ponies from a burning building and stopping Gaelist terrorists from killing defenceless young drakes and hatchlings.
Canon Character All Along: He's a member of the Craanaasti, which are better known both in- and out-universe as the Crabnasties.
Close-Range Combatant: His toughness and strength makes him very dangerous at close quarters, but he lacks ranged combat abilities and are vulnerable to ranged weapons which could penetrate his touch shells.
Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: He admitted in his youth he found himself listless and without any idea what to do with his life, which drove him to leave home on a ship looking for it, and subsequently getting shipwrecked by a storm and washed up in Fillydelphia. He chalked this up as less a freak coincidence and more to his racial gods answering his prayers and letting him find said purpose as a police officer.
The Dreaded: While many warmed up to him on account of his character, his non-Pony appearance as well as stiled, broken and mechanical translated speeches and lack of facial expressions and Pony mannerisms make some feel afraid or creeped out by him. This however had been used to his advantage to scare crooks and deter crime.
Starshell Crabb: {{- HALT POLICE HALT HALT POLICE POLICE HALT - }}
Pony Crook: Oh hay no! I'm not getting arrested by anything THAT creepy!
Eloquent in My Native Tongue: He is much more fluent in his native method of communication, which consists of complex series of audible 'stridulations' (created by rubbing and beating body parts against carapace) combined with visual sign language via moving his claws and legs. This causes problems for Ponies who can't read his sounds and actions (and vice-versa for Starshell who can't understand Equestrian words and expressions), and even the best Equestrian magical translation spells so far which converts his stridulations/signs to readible texts come off as stilted, broken and mechanical.
Fantastic Racism: On the receiving end of some in Fillydelphia, especially under the tenure of the rotten and racist Mayor Spoiled Caviar who used every dirty trick in the book to kick him out of the force and city. He largely ignored them, and has many more Fillydelphians defending him than disgusted with his existence. He is inexplicably apprehensive of Rarity Belle and vice-versa however, like all other giant crabs sapient and non-sapient.
For Great Justice: He has a strong sense of justice and obligation, which motivated him to find and rescue his friend Dr. Beach Comb and eventually join the Fillydelphia Police Force.
Giant Enemy Crab: He served as this for Talon Bais soldiers and dragonslayers during their terrorist attack on Dragontown, on account of being the same size as they are.
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: Justified: His claws are strong but are not make for dexterity, even with the smaller one, and thus he has difficulty holding and using his sidearms accurately. He is a lousy shot, and prefers acting as a shield for his partner Blue Baton and closing the distance to fight with his claws and legs, where he has an advantage due to his strength and durability.
I Work Alone: Downplayed as he is very much willing to work with his fellow officers and his kind is generally much more sociable than their non-sapient terrestrial and aquatic animal counterparts, but he is still rather self-reliant and independent, and in certain times when instincts kick in he could be rather antisocial and reclusive.
Lightning Bruiser: Downplayed, but he's surprisingly fast for someone moving around on crustacean legs for his size, which surprised many Ponies. Combined with his bulk and strength, he could hit like a freight train.
Mating Season Mayhem: He gets irascible and aggressive during mating seasons of his people, made worse by the fact he has no female mates to relieve his instincts for years until contact and travel was eventually established with his home islands.
Meaningful Name: It's not his real name, just an Equestrian assumed alias on account of the language barrier making his actual name impossible to pronounce or understood, but his Equestrian identity is quite fitting considering he's... well, a crab. His first name 'Starshell' comes from the fact he have yellow blots on his blue shell which resembles patterns of stars.
Minority Police Officer: While it's imply like the rest of Fillydelphia the police department has its own share of unusual and weird members, Starshell Crabbs stands out for being... well, an intelligent sapient crab with a strong sense of justice and duty.
Nervous Wreck: Due to racial instincts, whenever he moults his shell he is filled with an irrational fear which drives him to hide and shut himself inside his underground burrow. As he explains it, his kind experiences extreme sense of vulnerability without their shell and can't get rid of it unless they are alone in a safe hiding spot or their new shells grows and hardens enough, after which they feel normal again.
Starshell Crabb: {{FEEL LIKE IN DANGER. NAKED WITHOUT PROTECTION. LIKE THREAT EVERYWHERE. FEAR. TERROR. HORROR. ONLY SAFE UNDERGROUND. AT PEACE WHEN HIDING ALONE. ONLY ENDS WHEN SHELL HARDENS.}}
No-Sell: He's physically tough enough to handle most crooks and what they throw at him, a fact one realized when he jumped on and trying to bash him into submission with a chair, only to find that he's barely even wobbled by the blows before the chair broke and he was thrown off.
Crook: Dammit! What the hay are you made of?!
Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: While his abilities are fairly standard with regard to his Craanaasti race, it allows him to become a very capable police officer as he proved to be a much tougher, stronger, better climber, better tracker and better fighter than most police officers and crooks in Fillydelphia.
The Nose Knows: He has a very good sense of smell thanks to his olfactory antennae which the rest of his kind possess, and which allows him to pick up scents and track down trails which even his fellow normal cops and investigators have trouble finding and following. He used this to track down the burglars who broke into the FIMR where he was staying and rescue his marenapped friend Dr. Beach Comb, and later became immense help to investigators tracking trails and evidence.
One-Man Army: Downplayed realistic portrayal. His racial abilities give him enough strength and durability to take on whole gangs of crooks in close quarters, though he has trouble taking on individuals who have weapons that could actually hurt him at range.
Outside-Context Problem: The Gaelist troops and Dragonslayers trying to destroy Dragontown expected many kinds of complications. Getting trounced in close-quarters by a giant crab in police uniform tough enough to tank their weapons and strong enough to snap them in half was not one of them.
Gaelist Soldier: Sir! We’re meeting unexpected resistance! We can’t clear the house!
Gaelist Dragonslayer: What ‘unexpected’ resistance?
Gaelist Soldier: It’s… it’s a giant crab! In police gear!
Gaelist Dragonslayer: ...What.
Poor Communication Kills: Subverted. The considerable gap between crustacean and equine communications makes interaction difficult at first, but thanks to magic and proper knowledge this was largely remedied.
Power Pincers: His pincers are powerful enough to pick up and throw Ponies, and snap Griffon soldiers in half in battle.
Super Cop: Downplayed as he is fairly normal by his kind's standards. His unique set of abilities still made him a surprisingly effective police officer by Pony standards.
Super-Strength: He's noted to be strong enough that his pincers and legs could dent metal sheets and bash/stab through wooden walls, and toss Ponies and snap Griffon soldiers in half.
Super-Toughness: Thanks to his carapace, he's tough enough to tank crossbow bolts and even light pneumatic-catapult fire. There is a limit to that resilience however as he was injured fighting Gaelist forces, who possess weapons that could penetrate dragon scales.
You Shall Not Pass!: During the Talon Bais Gaelists' attack on Dragontown, he was one of the officers present and managed to stop a squad of soldiers from entering a house and slaughtering a few defenceless young drakes and hatchlings. He was injured in the process, but recovered and was commended for his actions along with other officers who were present to defend the community.

Prancy Drew, the Filly Investigator

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Lawful Good

Type: Kid Hero, Intrepid Investigator, Aspiring Journalist, Unicorn Filly

Faction: Curious Coast, Equestria

“Prancy Drew is on the case!”

Cheerful and curious by nature, Prancy Drew (Her entry here) is a young filly resident of the town of Curious Coast who despite her very young age has become nationally famous as a detective of unmatched skill.

Badass Normal: Prancy Drew is for all intents and purposes an ordinary filly, but has the potential to grow up becoming one of the greatest investigators of her generation.
Canon Foreigner: Has appeared in "MLP: Friends Forever" issue 16, where she was hired by Diamond Tiara's father to help his daughter win a scavenger hunt.
Expy: Of Velma from Scooby Doo, at least in terms of appearance.
Kid Detective: A very talented one, having cracked many unsolved mysterious and cases which stumped even adults despite being a school-aged filly.
Underestimating Badassery: Her youth made many grown ups underestimate her skills and resourcefulness, something she manages to make the most of when it becomes apparent. During the famous case which made her famous, the staff and higher ups of the crooked pharmaceutical company she was investigating merely believed she was just a kid with a hyperactive imagination and didn't go all out trying to stop her investigation, giving her the chance to ultimately expose them.

Serene Plain, the White-Robed Sage

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Lawful Good

Type: Ancient Planeswalker, Venerable Magician, Lawful Arbitrator, Enlightened Sage

Faction: Equusian Planeswalkers (Informal), Principalities of Equestria, himself

“Friendship is magic, and there is no greater magic than the bonds we make across space and time.”

An ancient Planeswalker of local origin, Serene Plain (his entry here) was once an ordinary young colt whose traumatic near-death during the downfall of old Equestrian Empire and the start of the War Against Chaos ignited his Planeswalker's Spark. He would return centuries later one of the most powerful mortals on Equus, having accured vast knowledge, power, tools and experience from countless planes and universes over subjective ages, and seek to use it to foster peace, order and unity wherever he goes out of a desire to protect and encourage life and other beings to flourish without fear of chaos and uncertainty.

Expy: He's a quintessential example of a philosophically/magically White-aligned Planeswalker, whose characters gravitate towards putting value in the group, the community, and its civilization as a whole and sought to bring peace through structure and stability, their magic reflecting their temperaments with its emphasis on things such as protection, cooperating creature summons, rule-setting and balance/equalising 'mass destruction' spells.
Heroic Sacrifice: His younger mortal self nearly lost his life aggravating and luring away a terrible monster that was accosting his family and other refugees, allowing them to escape.
Meaningful Name: Serene Plain reflects both his temperament and that of his class. White-aligned Planeswalkers often tether to draw mana from plains and fields.
Traumatic Superpower Awakening: Like many Planeswalkers, Serene Plain's Planeswalker Spark awakened due to a traumatic experience, in his case being mortally-wounded by a monster he lured away from his family and other refugees (as well as the horrors he experienced in the chaos and turmoil of the downfall of the classical Equestrian Empire and the beginning of the War Against Chaos)

Stoic Silverhoof

See his folder entry here

Svengallop

Adaptational Karma: In canon, his fate after "The Mane Attraction" is only alluded to with cameos of him looking rather displeased with his situation, and Amy Keating Rogers stating that "nopony falls for his BS again". Here, it's revealed that the Alicorn god of Music, Blue Suede Heartstrings, was furious with Svengallop's mistreatment of Coloratura, and proceeded to have him blacklisted from the entire music industry by informing everyone of Svengallop's actions after giving him an angry and thorough chewing-out.
It's All About Me: He used popstar Countess Coloratura as his Meal Ticket to pamper himself with fame and wealth. This enraged Blue Suede Heartstrings, and when Svengallop tries to use the excuse of looking out for his client's "best interests", Blue doesn't buy it and angrily chews him out in front of a shocked Applejack. It's heavily implied that once everyone in the music industry learns of his behavior thanks to Blue, they blacklist Svengallop entirely, leaving him out of a job and with no one to ride on anymore.
Laser-Guided Karma: He used Countess Coloratura as his Meal Ticket by pampering himself with her fame and wealth, while micromanaging almost every aspect of her life and career under the excuse of "looking out for [his] client's best interests". This not only got him fired as Coloratura's manager, but also made him the target of a furious Blue Suede Heartstrings, who thoroughly chews him out before having him blacklisted from the entire music industry.
Meal Ticket: He latched himself onto Countess Coloratura, the most famous popstar in Equestria, so he could ride off her fame and wealth at her expense, which Blue Suede Heartstrings compares to finding a gold mine and stripping it of its riches. This not only gets him chewed out by an angry Blue, who befriended Coloratura over a shared love for music, but also gets blacklisted from the entire music industry thanks to Blue making good on his threat to let everyone know of his bullshit. According to Blue, Svengallop's behavior towards Coloratura reminded him too much of his own former manager from the Second Age, "Colonel" Hollow Note, who also exploited Blue in the same manner until he couldn't take it anymore.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: He receives one from an absolutely furious Blue Suede Heartstrings after trying to excuse his actions towards Countess Coloratura as "looking out for [his] client's best interests".
Svengallop: I-I was just looking out for my client's best interests! If it wasn't for me, she wouldn't have become-!
Blue Suede Heartstrings: NO, IT'S 'CAUSE OF YOU THAT COLORATURA WAS SUFFERIN' ON AN' OFF-STAGE, ORDERIN' HER AROUND LEFT AN' RIGHT WHILE YOU SAT BACK AN' ENJOYED THE FAME AN' DOLLARS HER SINGIN' GAVE YOU! INSTEAD O' BEIN' THERE FOR HER AN' SUPPORTIN' HER, YOU CONTROLLED HER AN' USED HER LIKE- LIKE SOME SORT OF GOLD MINE!
The Svengali: Like his canon self, he is one here, exploiting Coloratura's fame and wealth behind her back and controlling almost every aspect of her life and career for his own gain. This earns Svengallop the wrath of a furious Blue Suede Heartstrings, who was sorely reminded of his own Second Age manager, "Colonel" Hollow Note, and proceeded to let the entire music industry know of Svengallop's behavior after thoroughly chewing him out. He lost his job and was completely blacklisted from said music industry in addition.
Villains Want Mercy: After being confronted and yelled at by a furious Blue Suede Heartstrings, he proceeds to beg for mercy from the Alicorn god of Music. Blue's response?
Blue Suede Heartstrings: OH, I'LL GIVE YOU MERCY, ALRIGHT! I'LL MAKE SURE EVERY SINGLE MARE AN' STALLION IN THE SINGIN' BUSINESS KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE! I'LL MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE WILL WANNA HIRE YOU OR EVEN TALK T' YOU, EVER AGAIN!

Trixie Lulamoon, the Guile Illusionist/Splendid Sorceress II

See her folder here.

Professor Earth Sight

Blind Seer: She was born blind but learned to use geomancy to see. She's very good at it, able to see over vast distances with leylines. This inspired her to invent the Leyline Communication Network and Leymits, which effectively brings the world into the Fourth Age's equivalent of a new 'Information Age'.

Valorous

A Diamond Dog pup who got separated from his birth parents by renegades and adopted by an Earth Pony farming couple known as the Canns, mostly Moo-Rule but later Huge Trash.

Adaptational Species Change: Valorous is a Diamond Dog instead of a Beagle like Courage is.
Adaptational Wimp: While still quite resourceful and very willing to put his life on the line to protect his foster family no matter how scared he gets, Valorous doesn't have the Same "Toon Physics" abilities of Courage - making him pretty much a true Badflank Normal.
Badass Normal: Valorous has no super-powers, but has defeated numerous powerful paranormal threats on sheer determination and ingenuity.
Cowardly Lion: Despite being scared of almost everything (and for good reason concerning all the crazy and scary stuff he encounters), he is still willing to put his life on the line to protect his foster family from everything from serial killers to full-blown high level supernatural menaces.
Dark and Troubled Past: He's a Courage Expy. This is a given.
Expy: Of Courage the Cowardly Dog.
Gadgeteer Genius: Smart enough to design and build a surprisingly advanced computer as well as devise other respectable devices as needed.
Undying Loyalty: To the Canns, as is expected for a Courage Expy. When his foster parents are in danger, he will never abandon them no matter HOW scared he gets.

Huge Trash Cann

Adaptational Nice Guy: While still a greedy and overly stubborn grouch, he shows much more care for his wife Moo-Rule than Eustace usually shows Muriel and he is also far less abusive toward Valorous than Eustace is to Courage.
Dark and Troubled Past: Had a father walk out on him shortly after he was born (and would later become a demon), got abused by his mother and bullied by his older brother - yeah, it's safe to say he qualifies.
Decomposite Character: While a Eustace Bagge Expy, Huge Trash hasn't pulled anywhere near the sort of stuff the actual Eustace at his worst has pulled. Instead, Eustace's worst acts have been pulled here by Huge Trash's father Big Garbage (who died but ended up becoming a high-level demon).
Everybody Has Standards: Even though he is a greedy and overly stubborn grouch, Huge Trash draws the line at violent crimes - especially murder (which has caused friction with Valorous's older adopted brother, who is a mercenary deity).
Expy: Of Eustace Bagge from Courage the Cowardly Dog.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Definitely shows his more caring side a lot more often than the actual Eustace.

Historical Figures

Snowdrops Wintertide

First mentioned in the 'Order of the Weathersmiths

' entry, Snowdrops Wintertide is a Pegasi general from the Three Tribes Era who was infamous for being a depraved, bloodthirsty and psychopathic warlord even by the more barbaric standards of her time, a Pony so dangerous many speculated she was born solely to beat other Ponies to death. She is notable for weaponizing snowflakes into deadly implements of warfare with the help of unscrupulous Weathersmiths under her employ, which she had used to devastate her foes. This infamy makes for jarring contrasts with her distant descendant Snowdrops of Cloudsdale, who would turn out to be so diametrically different in character.

Ax-Crazy: SO very much this, with 'Depraved', 'Bloodthirsty' and 'Psychopathic' used in the same sentence to describe her. It's considered jarring in-universe that her more famous distant descendant is so different in character from her.
Canon Foreigner: Based on a FIM fan's reinterpretation of Snowdrops, which is the creation of another fan, working on the premise that Snowdrops' character is an in-universe Orwellian Retcon of another Pony who is actually the complete opposite of gentle, kindhearted Snowdrops: a violent, hateful and cruel maniac who made bloodshed, not snowflakes, into an art-form. Here, both versions exist, with GENERAL Snowdrops Wintertide being the original Snowdrops' ancestor during the Three Tribes era.
Demon of Human Origin: It's heavily implied that she's not actually dead, but had ascended to full demonhood thanks to an evil goddess called the "Gorequeen".
The Dreaded: Being a Pony seemingly born solely to beat other Ponies to death, she was undoubtedly this.
Everyone Has Standards: While the Three Tribes Era Ponies are implied to be no saints, General Snowdrops Wintertide is considered depraved, bloodthirsty and psychopathic even by THEIR standards.
Fantastic Racism: According to the original Recursive Fanfiction, she had a thing against Unicorns and lost an eye headbutting one in a tavern fight. Which she herself started. Codexverse drabbles and quotes also added a contempt for Griffons in her character.
Flechette Storm: Weaponized snowflakes into ice-shurikens and is the inventor of the 'Iceblade Storm', both with the help of unscrupulous Weathersmiths under her employ. She and her forces could unleash a literal version of this with razor-sharp snowflakes that could shred whole armies of her enemies.
Not Quite Dead: It is heavily implied from a Codexverse drabble post that she is not entirely dead, but thanks to an evil goddess called the "Gorequeen", she became something much, MUCH worse...

Snowdrops of Cloudsdale

First mentioned in the 'Order of the Weathersmiths

' entry like her infamous ancestor, Snowdrops of Cloudsdale was a young Pegasi filly who lived thousands of years after the Three Tribes era as a distant descendant of the Pegasi warlord of the same name, and was a personal friend of Princess Luna prior to her becoming Nightmare Moon. Despite being kicked out of House Wintertide for being born with congenital blindness, she nevertheless achieves renown during her tragically short life as not only for her gentle and kindhearted character, but also being one of the most skilled weather-artisans of her generation. She remains well-remembered in contrast to her more villainous ancestor as the main character of her own fable.

Abusive Parents: Her family, House Wintertide, disowned her for being born blind. This is the reason why she did not have 'Wintertide' in her name like her similarly-named ancestor.
Canon Foreigner: Is Codexverse's version of Snowdrops, a popular fan-character in the MLP FIM fandom who was the main character of a popular fan-made video of the same name.
Child Prodigy: Despite her handicap, she became the most renowned weather-artisan of her generation, specializing in crafted snowflakes and ice-sculptures. Her works were so intricate, delicate and complex in design that virtually no-pony had been able to replicate them long after her death.
Famed In-Story: More so then her more monstrous ancestor.
Handicapped Badass: She was born blind (and got kicked out of her family for it), but nevertheless rose to become one of the best artisans of her era.
Nice Guy: Was gentle and kindhearted where her distant ancestor was vicious and brutal, to the point it is widely considered jarring in-universe.
Pals with Jesus: Despite being a blind pegasus mare who was kicked out of her noble House for having a disability, she was a very close friend of then-Princess Luna prior to the latter becoming Nightmare Moon.
Too Good for This Sinful Earth: Lived a tragically short life, but nevertheless left a bigger, more constructive mark in history then her more dangerous and vile ancestral namesake.

Validus Maximus/Validus the Great, the First Equestrian Emperor

Character: Heroic/Neutral/Villainous (Subjective)

Alignment: Lawful Good/Lawful Neutral/Lawful Evil (Subjective)

Type: Charismatic Leader, Frontline General, War Hero, Usurping Dictator, Empire Builder

Faction: Equestrian Republican/Imperial Legions, Classical Equestrian Republic/Empire

“If our enemies would not accept our olive branches, they should expect to receive our piercing lances. For those who would not be a friend of Equestria is but another foe which must be conquered.”

Validus Maximus (His entry here) was a general from the Classical Equestrian Era who would go on to become the founder of the classical Equestrian Empire, and remains a highly controversial figure in posterity over whether he was a heroic leader who saved Equestria and its Friendship and Harmony from destruction, or a villainous tyrant who ended Equestrian democracy for millennia and perverted the vision of the Founders.

The Ace: He was a fearless soldier, cunning strategist and charismatic leader who fought and won most of his battles, and proved to also be a capable administrator and persuasive diplomat.
Civil War: Unintentionally provoked one. His growing popularity and power alarmed the political elites of the Equestrian republic, who feared he would turn against the republic or insist on political changes which could turn Equestria into a dictatorship or damage their wealth and influence. When his political allies were on the verge of coming into power and he was about to be married into a political family which could make way for consulship, a cabal of them launched a coup and declared him enemy of the state, causing him to turn on the republic for real, put the regime to the sword and establish his own dictatorship.
Et Tu, Brute?: He was shocked, angry and disappointed that his childhood friend and former master Sententia, with whom he was having a growing rift over disagreements in ideals and methods, sided with the coup cabal which overthrew Validus' political allies, not only for trying to get him arrested and killed but also betraying his own principles siding with the corrupt politicians and reactionary elites whom he sworn to fight. This and Sententia's execution left him quite embittered for the rest of his life.
Four-Star Badass: This stallion was one of the greatest generals in Equestrian history and in the Fourth Age, having won most of his battles which threw back many raiders and invaders assailing the then-dying Equestrian republic, and had often fought on the frontlines personally.
From Nobody to Nightmare / From Zero to Hero: Depending on who you ask. Either way, he went from the son of indentured servants to being the founder and absolute ruler of the classical Equestrian Empire.
Frontline General: A fearless soldier and charismatic leader, Validus fought on the front lines alongside his troops in all his battles and conquests as general and even as emperor. While this ultimately got him killed, he considers it A Good Way to Die.
A Good Way to Die: He wanted to die in battle fighting the enemies of Equestria, and seemingly got his wish when he perished in his last battle.
Our Founder: Not of Equestria, but the old Equestrian Empire which would succeed the classical Equestrian Republic.
The Dictatorship: Established one in Hearth and over Equestria after winning a brief Civil War against a faction of political elites which launched a coup against his political allies and tried to have him arrested. It was the final nail in the coffin of the by-then crumbling classical Equestrian republican system and paved the way for Classical Equestria's transformation into a militant expansionistic autocratic empire.
Tyrant Takes the Helm: To many, his usurpation of the Equestrian government in a Civil War was unjustifiable, and him becoming Equestria's dictator-for-life and eventually emperor marked the end of Equestrian democracy for the next few millennia.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: The balanced view modern history takes of him portrays him as a stallion who was sincerely dedicated to saving and restoring Equestria and its ideals, but did many ruthless, questionable things to that end, including destroying Equestrian democracy and turning it into a militant expansionistic autocratic empire.
Villainous Valor: Many sources concur that whatever his true character, he was a charismatic, brave, passionate and determined soldier.
Villain with Good Publicity: While many detract him as a tyrant who exploited chaos and instability to seize absolute power, it should be noted that he was highly popular for the victories he won for Equestria and many soldiers and citizens acclaimed his ascension to power as the first emperor.

Marejora the Conniving

“If we do not seek the best in life, can we truly say we lived?”

The sixth mare in classical Equestria to become empress, Marejora (her entry here

) and her ambitions and manipulations nearly brought down but also restored the old Equestrian Empire.

0% Approval Rating: Became feared and scorned towards the end of her reign once word of her scheming and manipulation came out, although no one dared to challenge her due to her iron grip on power. She maintained her controversial manipulations to this day.
Adaptational Heroism: Marjora does not learn the error of her ambitious ways until the end of the episode when she lost both her husband and son. Here Marejora starts having doubts when her on Baiulus goes mad and actively tried to fix her own mistake during his reign and in her own reign.
Ambition Is Evil: And how! Marejora would do whatever it takes to achieve greater power and prominence for herself and her family, even to the point of manipulating family and friends alike and murdering those who stand in her way.
The Atoner: Ambitions aside, Marejora's decision to take the throne after her mad son's death was partly to fix the mess her mad son's reign had made. For most part, she succeeded in restoring the Equestrian Empire to its former glory.
Driven to Suicide: Almost contemplated poison out of despair of losing both her husband Haybeus and her son Baiulus - until one of her allies pointed out the throne of Hearth is empty with her son's death. She wasted no time changing her mind and becoming empress.
Expy: Based on Marjora from The Simpsons episode "I, Carumbus"
My God, What Have I Done?: While remainining ambitious until her last days, she came to regret some of her ruthless actions to achieve power and prominence after it led to the deaths of those she loved. She was quick to realise she created a monster out of her son when Baiulus went mad with power after his ascension to Equestrian emperor.

Haybeus

Baiulus the Mad

Lausa the Brilliant

First introduced in Marejora the Conniving's entry, Lausa would become the Empress of Equestria after her mother's death, and would prove to be leagues better than she or her mad brother would ever be as one

Calling the Old Man Out: She called out her mother for her ambitions and schemes, correctly seeing that it was entirely her mother's fault Baiulus became emperor and then went mad with power. To Marejora's credit, she concedes she probably deserve it.
Golden Age: Ushered forth one for Equestria under her reign. For this she was hailed as the first of the Six Great Imperators, who were considered the greatest rulers of old Equestria.
The Magnificent: Called 'the Brilliant' for her illustrious reign, brought about by her brilliance.
Parental Issues: Being more moral pony than her mother, she and Marejora remain estrangled for most of their lives, especially after Marejora's manipulation led to the mad reign of Baiulus and the deaths of both her father and brother.

Characters / Codex Equus Principalities Of Equestria

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Principalities of Equestria

Canterlot

Manehattan

Fillydelphia

Ponyville

Founders of Equestria

Cloudsdale's School for Gifted Pegasi

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Lawful Good

Type: Teacher/Researcher/Aeromancer/Parent

Faction: Equestria, Cloudsdale, School for Gifted Pegasi

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Neutral Good

Type: Principal/Weather Archmage/Eccentric/National Heroine

Faction: Equestria, Cloudsdale, School for Gifted Pegasi

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Neutral Good

Type: Student/Researcher/Wind Mage/Child

Faction: Equestria, Cloudsdale, School for Gifted Pegasi

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Neutral Good

Type: Student/Researcher/Illusionist/Child

Faction: Equestria, Cloudsdale, School for Gifted Pegasi

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Neutral Good

Type: Student/Researcher/Tulpa-Master/Child

Faction: Equestria, Cloudsdale, School for Gifted Pegasi

Manehattan's School for Gifted Earth Ponies

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Neutral Good

Type: Principal/Geo Archmage/Noble/National Hero

Faction: Equestria, Manehatten, School for Gifted Earth Ponies

Canterlot's School for Gifted Unicorns

Character: Hero

Alignment: Lawful Good

Type: Unicorn (Former), Polymorph, Dragoness, Gifted Student, Teacher, Archmage, War Hero

Faction: Principalities of Equestria, School for Gifted Unicorns

Notable Families

Apple Clan

Orange Clan

Rich Clan

Sandwich Clan

Spoiled Clan

Royal Equestrian Armed Forces

Royal Guards

Royal Equestrian Army

Royal Equestrian Aeroforce

Royal Equestrian Navy

Equestrian Vampirekind/Blood Court

Equestrian Werekind/Beast Clans

Others

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Lawful Good

Type: Virgasus/Soldier/Hero

Faction: Hybrid Haven/Principalities of Equestria/Royal Equestrian Legions

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Neutral Good

Type: Adventurer, Pegasus, Treasure Hunter, Writer

Faction: Principalities of Equestria

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Neutral Good

Type: Filly/Earth pony/"Ill Girl"/Aspiring Designer/Departed Soul

Faction: Principalities of Equestria, Manehattan

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Type: Kaiju/Divine Champion/Uplifted Beast

Faction: Great Skunk Pantheon/Principalities of Equestria/Hayseed Swamp

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Lawful Good

Type: Kid Hero, Intrepid Investigator, Aspiring Journalist, Unicorn Filly

Faction: Curious Coast, Equestria

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Lawful Good

Type: Ancient Planeswalker, Venerable Magician, Lawful Arbitrator, Enlightened Sage

Faction: Equusian Planeswalkers (Informal), Principalities of Equestria, himself

Historical Figures

Character: Heroic/Neutral/Villainous (Subjective)

Alignment: Lawful Good/Lawful Neutral/Lawful Evil (Subjective)