Here is a list of characters from Sunnytown, a forgotten Equestrian hamlet that's haunted by zombies.
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Sunnytown
Sunnytown is a cursed place located in what is now the Everfree Forest. Hundreds of years ago, it was a bustling place much like Ponyville. open/close all folders
General
- Adaptational Karma: In the original game, it was made unclear what caused Sunnytown to be filled with decay and zombies. Here, it's revealed that Pakak, the trickster god of Mischief and Karma, was responsible, having been so enraged by the murder of an innocent filly that he made a curse that locked the culprits (and those who condoned it) in a Vicious Cycle, repeating the fateful day every year for eternity until they accepted responsibility for their actions.
- Adaptational Villainy: Save for Ruby, Mitta, and those who atoned, the Sunnytowners here are far more fanatic, cruel, deluded, and vicious in their persecution of those Cutie Marks (and those who don't). Various entries on the Sunnytowners reveal that before Ruby Heart, they claimed many victims until Pakak happened to attend their party. Mitta's entry also reveals that the worst of them participated in psychologically abusing her for centuries, turning Mitta into a Broken Bird whose trauma could still be felt in the present day despite mostly getting over it.
- Cursed with Awesome:
- In Sunnytown, Cutie Marks were treated as a sign of Cutie Pox infection because a deadly bout of Cutie Pox ravaged their town, killing more than half of the population. While their fears were understandable, they became so paranoid that they murdered a young filly when she got her Cutie Mark. Pakak rightly points out to the Sunnytowners that if they even bothered to check if Ruby Heart was actually infected or not, a cruel and senseless death would've been avoided.
- Their curse of zombification was intended by Pakak to make the Sunnytowners realize that killing a young filly out of paranoia and hatred towards Cutie Marks was wrong, and atone for their crimes. Grey Hoof and his most fanatical followers learned to use the curse to their advantage, as being invincible zombies unburdened by mortal requirements makes them very persistent killers. Fortunately, Pakak's curse prevents them from leaving Sunnytown after a certain perimeter, and Mitta breaking free from the curse and becoming the Everfree Forest's Guardian ensures they won't be taking any more victims.
- Curse Escape Clause: The only way for the Sunnytowners to break Pakak's zombification curse is to accept responsibility for their actions and protect Ruby Heart (or a magical simulation of her) from getting killed on that fateful day. After that, they are turned back to normal Ponies.
- Evil Makes You Monstrous: Invoked by Pakak, who cursed the Sunnytowners to become zombies for murdering Ruby Heart out of paranoia. The only way they could turn back to normal is if they accept responsibility and atoen for their crimes, starting with protecting "Ruby Heart" (actually a magical hologram version of her generated by Pakak's curse) from being killed.
- Freudian Excuse: Deconstructed. The Cutie Pox left the surviving Sunnytowners so traumatized that they became willing to do anything to prevent another infection. However, they lost massive sympathy points when they decided to kill Ruby Heart for earning a Cutie Mark by burning her alive, without checking to see if she was actually infected or not. This enraged Pakak, who emerged from his Pony disguise and cursed them with zombification until they accepted responsibility and atoned for their crimes.
- Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: While Pakak acknowledges that Cutie Pox infection is a legitimate fear, he points out that letting fear completely take hold will lead to acts of cruelty and hatred. The Sunnytowners lost their source of sympathy when they let their fear of the Cutie Pox influence them into murdering an innocent foal for getting a Cutie Mark, without checking if she was actually infected or not.
- Implacable Man: Justified; after they were cursed with zombification by Pakak, they became unburdened by mortal requirements such as food, air, and sleep. This is what allows them to pursue potential victims, without stop, which eventually became necessary for someone like Mitta to step in and guard the Everfree Forest so people wouldn't wander in and get killed by the zombies. Thankfully want keeps the Sunnytowners from reaching father is their curse preventing them from leaving Sunnytown after a certain perimeter.
- Karmic Transformation: For murdering a young filly over baseless reasons and condoning it, the Sunnytowners were cursed by Pakak to become zombies, forced to relive the day of Ruby Heart's death every year. The only way to get out of it was to accept responsibility for what happened and protect a magical simulation of Ruby Heart from her killers. As shown with the repentant Sunnytowners, those who succeed are turned back into normal Ponies.
- Laser-Guided Karma: They killed Ruby Heart for getting a Cutie Mark by burning her alive in her own fireplace, convinced she was "infected", without bothering to check if it'll actually lead to infection. Pakak turned them into zombies as punishment for this cruel act.
- Soiled City on a Hill: Sunnytown was once a bustling hamlet akin to Ponyville, until a deadly epidemic of Cutie Pox turned the survivors into Cutie Pox-phobic extremists. Pakak witnessed them murdering Ruby Heart for gaining a Cutie Mark during their anniversary party, and cursed them all into becoming zombies as punishment.
- Town with a Dark Secret: Well, a fairly large hamlet, but present-day Sunnytown is a very insidious place despite its name. The place is scorched and full of overgrown ruins, the ghost of a filly used to live there, and there's also zombified ponies who go after anypony they see, Cutie Marks or not. The reason why Sunnytown became what it is now is because hundreds of years ago, a Cutie Pox epidemic swept through and took with it half of the local population, causing most of the survivors to become extremely Cutie Pox-phobic. When a young filly earned her Cutie Mark in finding things, the townspeople ganged up on her, and ritualistically murdered her by burning her alive in her own fireplace. Pakak happened to be attending the party in a disguise that day, and he was so angered by this senseless death that he cursed everyone involved to become zombies. Three Leaf would imply in an interview that Ruby Heart, the filly that was killed, wasn't the only victim, making Pakak's presence purely coincidental.
- Undying Loyalty: Thanks to Grey Hoof's friendly charisma and demagoguery, almost all ponies of Sunnytown are extremely loyal to him and thus, they share his irrational hatred of Cutie Marks and will "protect" any blank ponies they come across. Because of this toxic fanaticism, both Ruby Heart and her divine mentor, Grief, have been working hard in helping the Sunnytowners break free from Grey Hoof's poisonous influence so they could repent for their crimes.
- Vicious Cycle: The curse Pakak put on them for murdering Ruby Heart focuses on their Cutie Mark-based bigotry and phobia. Once a year on a certain day, the zombified Sunnytowners will be restored to their original forms long enough to prepare for a huge party, up until the moment where Ruby will help Roneo find his gift for Starlet and earn her Cutie Mark. If they decide to persecute and kill Ruby Heart, then they will remain zombies possibly for eternity, forced to relive that day again and again as punishment. However, if they decide to acknowledge their opinions and actions as wrong and accept Ruby Heart's Cutie Mark, then they are freed from the curse and restored to their original forms.
- Our Zombies Are Different: The zombies of Sunnytown were products of a curse Pakak put on them as punishment for murdering an innocent filly out of fear of the Cutie Mark she earned. As undead, they're biologically immortal, and the fact that they're unhindered by mortal needs like eating, breathing, or sleeping allows them to pursue their victims for longer periods of time. However, Pakak's curse prevents them from leaving Sunnytown or the Everfree Forest, essentially making them prisoners in their own home.
Grey Hoof
Character: Villainous
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Type: Cursed Zombie/Extremist
Faction: Sunnytown
"All those with Cutie Marks can get the Pox, so all those with Cutie Marks HAD TO GO!"
Grey Hoof (his entry here
) is a resident of Sunnytown, and is a prime example of why no-creature should let fear and paranoia rule their hearts.- Adaptational Villainy: Grey Hoof in the Codexverse is far more insidious, fanatical, and malevolent than he was in the source material. He had Ruby Heart burned to death in her own fireplace, both to "cure" her of the Cutie Pox and to punish her family for trying to protect her, which got Sunnytown cursed with zombification by an enraged Pakak. After that, Grey Hoof turned the Sunnytowners into a murderous "Cutie Pox cult" (in Mitta's words) and allowed Mitta to be psychologically abused by her neighbors for centuries to ensure her non-interference. He also wasn't above threatening his own followers, as he tried cowing Roneo into submission by threatening Starlet and Gladstone's lives if he doesn't murder Ponies with Cutie Marks. Many Sunnytowners eventually gathered the courage to defy Grey Hoof and break free of Pakak's curse, but even then, Grey Hoof's influence was so great that it took the intervention of several benevolent deities for the Sunnytowners to recover from their trauma. Three Leaf's entry also reveals that Ruby Heart was not the first Pony Grey Hoof disposed of, making Pakak's presence in Sunnytown at the time purely coincidental.
- Create Your Own Hero:
- If he had not killed Mitta's younger sister for earning her Cutie Mark, reduced her to being Sunnytown's prisoner/scapegoat via centuries of psychological abuse, and tried pursuing a then-blank Apple Bloom to "protect" her, Grey Hoof wouldn't have motivated Mitta to finally gather the courage to defy him. Or pave the way for her to become a divine champion and the current Guardian of the Everfree Forest, and one of his worst enemies.
- Ruby Heart herself applies, too. Had she not been killed by Grey Hoof, she wouldn't have eventually attracted the Three Deaths' attention and become a Confessor, which would allow her to redeem some of the regretful Sunnytowners.
- Dark Is Evil: He has a black mane and tail and a grey pelt, hence his name. He's also a completely insane cult leader and a murderer who disposed of several Ponies for developing Cutie Marks, which got him and his entire town cursed by Pakak when the latter witnessed Ruby Heart's murder.
- Freudian Excuse: Deconstructed. He's extremely focused on "protecting" ponies from getting Cutie Marks because he was born during a time when Sunnytown was ravaged by Cutie Pox, taking with it half the population as well as his parents. However, he's so far gone in the head that he's willing to use his experiences as an excuse to commit more atrocities against Ponykind, and has influenced his most ardent followers into behaving exactly like him. Pakak himself states that while Grey Hoof's fear is legitimate, he still let that fear motivate him into doing cruel and hateful things in the name of preventing that fear.
- Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: While his background is tragic and his fear understandable, he took it so far as to murder innocents for gaining Cutie Marks out of misguided belief that he's "protecting" them from Cutie Pox infection. Appropriately, public reactions to him in modern Equestria range from fear to anger and disgust, with many people rightfully seeing him as a deluded foal-killer and "crack-nut". Applejack in particular made it clear that she'll "applebuck" him seven ways across Equus if he comes after her sister again.
- Happily Adopted: After his parents died to Cutie Pox, he was adopted by paternal relatives, who raised him as their own son. Not that it prevented him from becoming the delusional nut he is now...
- I Did What I Had to Do: He genuinely believes that his actions were for the good of Sunnytown, which is partially why he's so monstrous. When confronted by Apple Bloom over this, he devolves into a screaming madman while trying to justify his actions.
- Implacable Man: Justified; part of what makes him so frightening is that due to being a zombie, he is unburdened by mortal requirements such as food, air, and sleep. This is what allows him to pursue his victims easily, without stop. Thankfully, the only thing that stops him is Pakak's curse, which keeps Grey Hoof and his followers from leaving Sunnytown after a certain perimeter.
- I Reject Your Reality: He genuinely believes that he's doing good by "protecting" ponies from Cutie Pox infection, which actually means he kills them just like he did Ruby Heart. However, he's so deeply insane that he constantly rejects Ruby's attempts to redeem him, still seeing her as an infected monster that needs to be killed. Ruby would later admit to her friends, Midnight Bell and Crystal Prism, that she eventually gave up after realizing that he wouldn't change.
- I Was Quite a Looker: He was described as being very handsome for his age pre-Curse, to the point where several local mares (including his childhood friend, Three Leaf) were attracted to him. Now he's cursed into becoming a decayed zombie until he atones for his crimes, which has been acknowledged In-Universe by many as extremely unlikely due to his insanity.
- Karmic Transformation: It's stated in his entry that when Pakak cursed Sunnytown for murdering Ruby Heart, Grey Hoof was among the first to become zombies, since his actions directly led to the death of an innocent filly over something so harmless. As a consequence, because his appearance was made to reflect his monstrous actions, people rightly treat him with fear and disgust. It's noted that because of his deep insanity and refusal to change, he will most likely stay in his zombified form until the potential end of Time and Known History.
- Kill It with Fire: He caused Ruby's death by having her burned alive in her family's fireplace for earning her Cutie Mark. This is what got Pakak on the warpath when he witnessed it.
- Meaningful Name: Grey Hoof is an Earth pony stallion with a grey pelt.
- Nephewism: Justified; his parents died from Cutie Pox infection when he was a baby, so he was adopted by paternal relatives.
- Nightmare Fuel: In-Universe; he and his actions inspire instinctive fear for parents with foals, especially those who haven't earned their Cutie Marks yet.
- Parental Abandonment: Justified; Grey Hoof's parents both died from Cutie Pox infection when he was just a baby. It's implied that learning the truth of their deaths at a later age was what caused his Start of Darkness.
- Start of Darkness: It's implied that learning from his relatives what happened to his birth parents caused Grey Hoof to develop an extreme fear of Cutie Pox and Cutie Marks in general. The rest was history...
- Tautological Templar: Deconstructed. He genuinely believes that his worldview is right and that he's acting for the good of both Sunnytown and Equestria, while everyone else who opposes him are deemed threats that need to be put down for the greater good. But in the eyes of everyone else, Grey Hoof is a "crack-nut" and a foal-killer who keeps deluding himself with lies. Because of Grey Hoof's charisma, many Sunnytowners behave just like him even when his flaws are glaringly obvious, and once they realize the error of their ways, they're left incredibly guilty over what they did.
- Toxic Friend Influence: Deconstructed. He was Three Leaf's childhood friend and one-time crush, and when they were foals, the pain of losing their families to Cutie Pox allowed them to bond. However, Three Leaf's entry notes that while he likely did appreciate the support, it didn't stop him from going down a dark path, and his charisma and fondness for Three Leaf, combined with her naivety, is what allowed him to manipulate her into supporting him for centuries. His insanity and deluded beliefs also made their friendship deeply emotionally/mentally abusive - Three Leaf was left unable to pursue what she really loved due to her fear/distrust of Cutie Marks, and when she discovered that Grey Hoof murdered her adoptive mother (and lied about it for centuries), she angrily cut ties with him. However, she still bore an eagerness to please others and a habit of being obsessively clingy, which made her reluctant to accept psychiatric help. Blue Suede Heartstrings magically severing her friendship "rope" with his domain of Philia Love allowed Three Leaf to finally move on, but it still took some time for her to make significant progress in her emotional/mental recovery. As the Draconequus goddess Cosmos cynically put it, "[Grey Hoof] took that innocent mare's hoof and dragged her along through the mud."
- Undying Loyalty: Invoked and deconstructed. Due to his charisma, friendliness, and love for fun, he inspired this in his neighbors and fellow Sunnytowners, some of whom are deeply loyal to him to this day. Unfortunately, Grey Hoof's extreme fear of Cutie Pox meant that he's able to influence the townspeople into forming lynch mobs against innocent ponies if they get a Cutie Mark, which resulted in Ruby Heart's wrongful condemnation and murder. Pakak's curse and time turned his followers' loyalty into extreme fanaticism, with them refusing to believe that what they're doing is wrong. Ruby Heart and her mentor, Grief, have been working hard at moving the Sunnytowners away from Grey Hoof's toxic influence so they can repent for their sins.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Deconstructed. He genuinely believes that those who get Cutie Marks are put at huge risk for Cutie Pox infection, so he sought to "protect" them (i.e. kill them). According to Pakak, the fear is legitimate, but the bad thing is Grey Hoof and his followers let that fear rule their hearts to the point where they were willing to do cruel and horrible things to prevent it. Grey Hoof is also so deeply insane that he simply refuses to accept any belief other than his own, making attempts to reform him useless. Even Ruby Heart gave up on helping him due to this.
- Would Hurt a Child:
- He turned Sunnytown against Ruby for earning her Cutie Mark from helping a neighbor, and personally took part in Ruby's murder by burning her alive in her family's own fireplace. Unfortunately for him, this enraged the Karmic god Pakak, who had been attending the party disguised as a pony, into cursing Sunnytown's populace with zombification for their crimes.
- He also tried to "protect" Apple Bloom from getting a Cutie Mark after she discovered Sunnytown's horrible secret. Fortunately for her, she was aided in her escape by both Ruby Heart's ghost, who teleported Apple Bloom to safety, and Ruby's older sister, the zombified Mitta, who broke out of her centuries-long guilt and depression to free herself from her prison, and pulled a You Shall Not Pass! on Grey Hoof and his followers by unleashing her plant magic on them.
- You Monster!: Apple Bloom called him and his followers "crack-nuts" and "sick buckers" after correctly guessing they were responsible for the burnt skeleton she found in the old fireplace. Grey Hoof loses his composure because of this and is reduced to a screaming mad-stallion trying to justify his actions.
Ruby Heart, the Confessor/Redeemer
- See her folder entry here.
Mitta, the Light of Everfree
- See her folder entry here.
Roneo
- See his folder entry here.
Starlet, the Dazzling Star
- See her folder entry here.
Three Leaf, the Broken Song/Voice of Hope
- See her folder entry here.
Gladstone, the Steadfast Builder
- See his folder entry here.
