Here is a list of characters from the 'Lost Ones' beyond Equus, populations of Equus Ponies or otherwise which had been stranded on other worlds and developed separately from the brethren of their homeworld. While initially referring to the Second Age lost colonists, it also covers those who predated them from previous Ages and civilizations.
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The Lost Ones
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General
- Meaningful Name: The term "Lost Ones" stem from the fact that Pony colonists from the Second Age had been left stranded in space during the "Void Aeon" event. Because of the natures of each planet they were stranded on, they gradually evolved into a Pony subspecies or even their own species over time. A variation would that instead of being from the Second Age, the colonists are from the Alicorn civiliation.
- Ultraterrestrials: They're all Equusians who ended up stranded in space and continuing along their own path, sometimes even becoming their own species or subspecies.
The Dvar
General
- Alien Invasion: Essentially. While descended from lost Equusian space colonists, they return with intent to conquer Equus for themselves.
- Better to Die than Be Killed: When it is clear they lost during the events of "Homecoming of the Dvar", the remaining forces chose to fight to the death and/or overload their suits. The ones that surrendered were in the minority.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Their landing alone wiped out over 80% of the forest which was chosen as their landing site, which is a nature reserve while instantly killing both many of the native Nature Giants and Alvslog Forest Deer, who had been lead by King Aspen's cousin King Elm, who had lived and reigned in the Forest Realm there. The initial attempts by the local defenders to repel them is nothing short of a slaughter with dozens of dead Dragons and Giants alike, with King Elm himself as one of the casualties. It took the assistance of the two closest nations, the Principalities of Equestria and Friendship Gardens to finally turn the tide.
- Dug Too Deep: It is implied that while the Dvar aren't exactly right in the head due to their environment post-Void Aeon, they may have also unleashed something that became their object of worship, explaining their hostility.
Neo-Friendship Gardens
General
- Human Subspecies: Equus sapiens chevalier, a subspecies of pony that evolved due to the more mountainous, forested environment.
- Lunacy: Lunar Ponies have developed moon based magic due to the planet's multiple moons.
- Matriarchy: Neo-Friendship Gardens is ruled by Queen Sunsparkle, but everything else, including her Seers, are mix-gendered. This is because Sunsparkle once ruled the original Friendship Gardens, which has a matriarchal tradition of being ruled by a Queen chosen by the Enchanted Throne. She has since left Equus after the Second Age to search for Pony colonists stranded in space during the "Void Aeon" event, and eventually became the ruler of the Equus sapiens chevalier subspecies.
- Regenerating Mana: Notably subverted with Lunar Ponies, who have to absorb moonlight to charge their racial magic. While they can keep this charge until needed, they can't recharge without moonlight. This makes them more powerful, but with a limited amount of power to do it with.
- Space Elves: In addition to sharing their homeworld with elf-like species, they evolved an additional tribe known as Elf Ponies with Elf-like attributes.
Queen Sunsparkle
The last known Queen of Friendship Gardens until Fluttershy Posey of Equestria ascended the Enchanted Throne, Queen Sunsparkle is a heroic, legendary monarch from the very early Second Age who is famed for her benevolent and bold personality as well as the awesome might she possesses, the latter thanks to being the wielder of the 'Majestic Power'. The mystical force left behind by an even earlier legendary Queen had chosen her to inherit its power and the responsibility of the kingdom which held it. Sunsparkle would live up to the expectations, and have had an illustrious reign filled with both triumph and tragedy which is still remembered in the Fourth Age. After the Second Age's end, she is no longer around and now remembered only as a historical/legendary figure, with a video-game adaptation of her existing in the Fourth Age.
- Arch-Enemy: Has several.
- Black Diamond, the Troll King was the first foe to pose a serious threat to her and her first defeat and near-death at his hands proved to be a traumatic Shocking Defeat Legacy which she had to work to overcome in order to defeat him.
- While more The Rival, Monarch, the [WIP] Queen was this to her, being a Well-Intentioned Extremist who see herself as more worthy of the Majestic Power and the Enchanted Throne and constantly struggling against Queen Sunsparkle for it.
- Dame Moderatus, the Traitor Princess, her own daughter, was ultimately the one to bring down her first reign like her counterpart in the Arthurian Legends.
- Antagonistic Offspring: Has one in Dame Moderatus, the Traitor Princess (an Expy of Arthurian and Fate/Apocrypha Mordred), who after being kicked out of her court raised a rebellion against her mother, which culminated in a Final Battle where they took each other out in a Mutual Kill (though they both eventually got better), all of which marked the downfall of Friendship Gardens.
- Because Destiny Says So: Deconstructed. Sundance the Pony never wanted to be Queen of Friendship Gardens, believing she is not worthy of it, and never really figured out why the Enchanted Throne chose her. Taking the throne and becoming Queen doomed her to never be the mare she want to be, living the life she wanted. Yet as she told
her wayward daughter Moderatus, as it had fallen on her, she have no choice but to uphold it because it must be done, as to be the perfect queen meant no matter what happens now she would never be able to fully put down the responsibility that comes with her status and wielding the Majestic Power. Even her traitorous daughter was heartbroken upon realizing the weight her mother is forced to bear and it motivated her in part to try and seize the throne as she wanted to free her mother from the burden, and believe in her pride that she could better bear the weight then her mother.Queen Sunsparkle: I wanted to explore the world, to find adventure in places never dreamed of by most, to discover new wonders beyond our wildest imaginations. I wanted to find love and happiness with those I love and cherish, without any wedge between us. This throne… this crown… this duty, was not a prize which I had sought or earned, but something which was given to me, despite my shock and my uncertainty. I never discovered why I, of all others who may be worthy, was chosen for this, and it… it terrified me, not just because of what I was denied, but also I would not live up to what it requires, what it represents! But carry it I must. The responsibility had become mine, and no Pony can run from it.Moderatus: Can… can there be no other way?Queen Sunsparkle: They were what I had to do. Because it must be done. I was the land, and the land was me. The moment the Throne found me worthy, I am tied forever to my subjects as their greatest servant. It meant a bond from which I cannot be released until the time was right, and even then, never fully, for I had become something more than just a mere mare, no matter what happens now. This throne, this crown, this duty… it was not mine to decide. It never was. You saw it as a prize, a reward, a trophy, a grail to be won in a quest. Even though you know the weight it carries, even though you sought my… my salvation, you still equated this sovereignty as a victory, not as the total obligation – the complete sacrifice – it represents, to act and uphold what it symbolizes. That is why the Throne had judged you not worthy… and not even my Majestic Power could change that. - Bold Explorer: Is shown, described and/or hinted to be this, driven by an insatiable curiosity and adventuring spirit that would see her go forth on epic quests both before and after she became Queen. She went on a prolonged one to explore the stars at the end of the Second Age, to seek out and help Pony colonists stranded on other worlds in the aftermath of Void Aeon and the collapse of the galaxy-spanning civilization that existed at the time.
- The Chains of Commanding: Deconstructed. Becoming Queen Sunsparkle meant giving up Sundance the Pony's dream of being an adventurous explorer and to never be the mare she want to be to her loved ones, all so she could be the perfect Queen, and she can't escape it even after she pass the throne and power to a worthy successor as she is more than a mare, having become an ideal of what it means to be the perfect queen.
- Empowered Badass Normal: Even before her Ascension to Alicornhood, she was incredibly powerful as a Queen thanks to being the chosen wielder of the Majestic Power by the Enchanted Throne, which massively make her super-equine with strength and power to rival that of Metamare, the Bringer of Hope during the Second Age. To note, upon her return, she was strong enough to sink the flagship of an invasion fleet by breaking the freaking battleship in half with one punch.
- Expy: She's heavily implied to be one for King Arthur in the Codexverse, as at one point, Friendship Gardens (mostly) fell and she was put into an enchanted sleep until an hour of greatest need came upon which she would return, to save the successor of Friendship Gardens (which is heavily implied to be the Isle of Pony/Bitish Isles). Also takes cues from the Excalibur version of King Arthur in regard to what she was forced to sacrifice to be the perfect sovereign, on top of various shout-outs to the film.
- Fisher King: Spent centuries in stasis during an interruption of her reign, caused by the brief fall of Friendship Gardens that left her mortally wounded, put into an enchanted sleep so she might heal and one day return to aid the realm (which became the Isle of Pony/Bitish Isles) at the hour of its greatest need. That apparently just so happens to be during the Second Great War when Reichist Germaney was poised to invade the Isles.
- Heroic Sacrifice: She considers sitting on the Enchanted Throne, becoming Queen of Friendship Gardens and wielding the Majestic Power to be this. She did not think she is worthy of it, and to take it up doomed her to never be the mare she want to be, living the life she desired. But she would do it all over again without hesitation, because whether she like it or not, she was chosen and it must be done.
- Immortal Ruler: She ascended at one point during her reign of the original Friendship Gardens and became an Alicorn Queen, a living, breathing goddess. This would have massive implications as she was wielding the 'Majestic Power' at the time, which also got a massive boost to its already impressive power, resulting in whoever deemed worthy to possess it afterwards to become even stronger than before when wielding it, and given the Primordial Quintessence in it that could serve as the needed spark, potentially use it for their Ascension as well.
- It Amused Me: While it was in part because the universe's natural laws which stopping the creation of time paradoxes prevented her from doing so, but it eventually occurred to her how amusing it would be for Metamare, Silversmith and Overmare to eventually realize that, because of a time-travelling incident the trio got caught up in which led to them being stranded in the time of her first reign for a while and ingraining themselves into her court, she actually knew all three of them well before their first official meeting in 1940 and didn't tell them about it for nearly forty years. Only when the trio returned back to the time the time-travelling incident occurred in 1980 did they finally figured it out and confronted her about it. Even Overmare concurred it was funny.Overmare: Much as Overmare resents being made the subject of your jest, your highness, even Overmare must admit for all your righteous majesty, you do have a wicked sense of humour...
- King in the Mountain: Like King Arthur, she was mortally wounded at the end of her original kingdom, but was destined to return when the Grittish Isles' Darkest Hour. She would do that during the Reichist invasion of the isles.
- Living Legend: Certainly a legend and, contrary to popular present belief, still VERY much alive - Albeit on another planet.
- Only the Chosen May Wield: And Sunsparkle was found worthy by the Enchanted Throne to wield the Majestic Power and become Queen of Friendship Gardens.
- Tragic Hero: Taking cues from Excalibur version of King Arthur, Queen Sunsparkle noted the sacrifices she had to make to be the perfect queen, doomed to never live the life she wanted and be the mare she want to be to her loved ones no matter what happens now.
- Tragic Mistake: She hinted that she considers banishing her daughter Dame Moderatus, the Traitor Princess from her court for her very flawed character and potentially seditious intents without fully considering her true motives for wanting the throne to be this, in part because it kick-started a chain of events which ultimately led to the downfall of Friendship Gardens.
- Translation Convention: When she returned during the 'Great Wars Era' to save the Isle of Pony in its darkest hour as foretold, she announced her return in the language of her time, old 'Garddish' based on Welsh. The fact that every-pony could still understand her perfectly despite this is lampshaded by Dr Silversmith, who find it as mystifying as the return of the legendary warrior-queen herself.Queen Sunsparkle: RWY'N DYCHWELYD! Gyda nerth mawredd, byddaf yn amddiffyn fy mhobl yn eu hawr dywyllaf! note
Dr Silversmith: ...I don't know what is stranger. That a legendary warrior-queen has returned to save her country, or that we can all understand perfectly what she is saying, despite it sounding like old Garddish. - My God, What Have I Done?: Has several moments that qualified.
- Sunsparkle was horrified and ashamed when she used the Majestic Power to win a duel against the knight Loyal Lake, resulting in it leaving her, realizing that in cheating and using the Majestic Power selfishly, she had become unworthy of it. Ironically, it was this moment of realization and remorse that led to her Majestic Power returning to her.
Queen Sunsparkle: My pride lost it. My wrath lost it! This excellent knight, who fought with fairness and grace, was meant to win. I used the Majestic Power to change that verdict. I have lost, for all time. The ancient power of Queen Majesty... power to unite all Ponies... was not meant to serve the vanity of a single mare. It is nothing now. I am... nothing.- She is hinted to also consider her banishment of her daughter Moderatus from the court to be this, as she realized that she did not fully consider and try to understand her daughter's full motives for wanting the throne, and in doing what she did she had only pushed her prideful and now VERY angry daughter to raise a rebellion against her, which ultimately precipitated the downfall of Friendship Gardens.
- Noodle Incident: Queen Sunsparkle once met Metamare, Silversmith and Overmare back in the time of her first reign when the trio accidentally time-travelled from 1980 back to her era and was stranded there for a while, ingraining themselves into her court and participating in some of the 'lost episodes' of the Sunsparkle/Garddian Legends. She didn't tell them about it and the fact she already know them for nearly forty years after their official meeting in 1940 partly because she find it more amusing to see their reactions when they finally figured it out (though also because universal laws on causal self-consistency are preventing her from causing a time paradox by telling them early).
- The Rival: She found one in Monarch, a 'Proto-Poenan' antiheroic/villainous mare who subscribed to the ideal of Majesty as a ruthless sovereign who would do whatever it takes to destroy evil and protect her subjects, and was befuddled and outraged to find that the Enchanted Throne rejected her in favour of Queen Sunsparkle.
Funtasia
General
- Adaptational Explanation: "Filly" being used by the Ponies of Funtasia as a gender-neutral word in canon is explained here as the result of thousands of years worth of language drift.
- The Fair Folk: Officially, there are two Fae Pony species on Funtasia: the Fairy Fillies and the Butterfly Fillies. The Fairy Fillies are Funtasia's equivalent of the Equusian Pegasi, and they have translucent wings that vary with each individual, and their magic is closer to Fae. The Butterfly Fillies, meanwhile, are Funtasia's equivalent of the Flutter Ponies, possess light or color magic, and are a reclusive race that live in a Hidden Elf Village.
- Gender-Blender Name: "Filly" is a gender-neutral word on Funtasia referring to the entire local Pony species, and thus even males are called fillies. This caused lead to a great deal of confusion when Ambassador Amber was sent to Equus.
- Hidden Elf Village: The Butterfly Fillies are a rather reclusive race and many of them live in the realm of Papillia. Some doubt they really exist.
- Human Subspecies: Like Equus chevalier, they evolved from the Equusian colonists stranded on their world in the Second Age. It's implied they evolved even further away due to the magical crystals on their home world. Their species is known as Equus puledra.
- Magic Mirror: Magic mirrors are extremely common in Funtasia, and they resemble and are often used as wands.
- Matriarchy: Played with. While various realms on Filly World are ruled by Queens and Princesses, the Elf Fillies are noted to be ruled by King Amor and Queen Amanda.
- Meaningful Name: The Butterfly Fillies are a race of Ponies with large butterfly wings and live in the realm Papillia. Papillia is derived from the French word "papillon" (which translates to "butterfly"), as well as the scientific names of certain butterfly families like swallowtails.
- Mythology Gag: Their native language is derived from 'Bitalian', the Codex version of Italian. The series debuted in Italian.
- Pegasus: The Funtasian equivalents of Pegasi are the Angel Fillies and the Fairy Fillies. The Angel Fillies have large, bird-like wings, and use holy magic instead of Weather Manipulation via the magical dust that comes from their wings. The Fairy Fillies, meanwhile, also double as The Fair Folk due to having Fae-like magic and living in a Hidden Elf Village simply called Magical Land.
- Power Crystal: As in canon, a major part of Funtasia's magic system revolves around crysals. While many spells can be cast using a Magic Mirror (which are Funtasia's equivalent to Equus' magic wands), more complex and powerful spells are cast using magical crystals. This is not a problem, however, as Funtasia has a massive abundance of magical crystals.
- Psychic Powers: Royale Fillies (Funtasia's equivalent of Earth Ponies) are implied to have psychic powers like precognition, though this is unconfirmed.
- Related in the Adaptation: Filly Funtasia and MLP aren't even produced in the same countries, let alone have any relation. Here, the Fillies are descended from stranded Pony colonists and thus a related species.
- Super-Intelligence: Royale Fillies make up for their lack of visible external magic with naturally high intelligence, which often leads to them becoming rulers.
- Winged Unicorn: Star Fillies resemble Equusian Alicorns, but have powers weaker than Unicorns. Angel Fillies can also be born with Unicorn horns, but they are rare and are rumored to be the Funtasian equivalent of Equusian Alicorns, who are Physical Gods.
Princess Sparkle
The technical "ruler" of Funtasia, though she's actually the official ruler of Crystalia, the home realm of the Unicorn Fillies.
- Big Good: She's one of the most foremost royals in Funtasia to the point where she is technically regarded as the ruler of the entire planet, though she specifically rules over Crystalia. She is also the head of the Royal Magic Academy that the Filly Five attend.
- One-Steve Limit: Averted. There's a young Alicorn goddess on Equus whose birthname was Twilight Sparkle, and she kept it as a middle name after inheriting the Equestrian throne as Princess of Equestria, and being given an Alicorn name to reflect this.
- Princesses Rule: While the official ruler of Crystalia, the home realm of the Unicorn Fillies, she has the rank of 'Princess'.
Rose
Bella
Willow "Will"
Prince Zach
The Crown-Prince of the Moonlights group of the Star Fillies and a student of the Royal Magic Academy.
Farina, the Fire Dragon
Queen Crystal
Queen Cassiopeia
King Amor
Queen Amanda
Abra and Cadabra
Abra and Cadabra are twin sisters and co-rulers of the Witchy Fillies.
Princess Glitterina
Princess Scarlet
Wranglum, the Wizard of Dark Crystal
The Solar Convergence
General
- And I Must Scream: During the "Exosus Conflict", it was believed by many that the Solarians invaded Equus to wipe out organic sapientkind, whether out of anger, superiority, or even apathy. However, Prince Steel Barricade discovered through budding 'technological empathy' that the Solarians were completely forced to fight by Exosus himself using a controlling cybernetic implant, helpless to do anything but follow Exosus' programming. Discovering this left Emperor Golden Scepter quite shaken, as he believed previously that all Synthetic Automatons only seek to rebel and destroy organic lifeforms if given sapience, but thankfully, he would choose to do the right thing and free the Solarians from Exosus' control.
- Benevolent A.I.: The entire species is descended from their Queen Mother, a supercomputer built by Dr. Solar that like the rest of his creations is firmly on the side of organic life. They only attack Equus because Exosus enslaved and forced them to.
- Endangered Species: Thanks to Exosus, their species went from several billion in number to only 7,000 left. Their reproductive rate has been vastly slowed due to lack of means to build new Solarians and the lack of a Solarian "King" to oversee productions of new casings, meaning they're still in danger of going extinct if more disasters happen. This factored into Princess Twilight/Amicitia's refusal to use Solarian casings as replacement bodies for those Ponies affected by the Striga Family, as the Solarians need to repopulate and hijacking their casings would make Ponykind no better than the Strigas even though the Solarians are happy to help.
- Fantastic Racism: Due to past Robot Wars, they're targets of this on Equus despite they themselves being genuinely benevolent, heroic, and only wanting peace.
- Point of Divergence: They would have been rendered extinct as a race had Prince Steel Barricade not developed the technological empathy necessary to discover they were essentially brainwashed to become mass-murdering machines by King Exosus.
- Mechanical Evolution: It's noted that they essentially had to 'evolve' from a fleet of mining drones to their current equinoid form over tens of thousands of years. This means they essentially had to evolve from scratch.
- Mechanical Lifeforms: The Solarians are a species of sapient robots created from their Queen Mother, a supercomputer built by Dr. Solar. They even have a 'life cycle' consisting of a larva state, a nymph-like teenage state, and fully grown Imago state accomplished by transferring their AI to new bodies once they reach a certain level of maturity.
- Robot Republic: They're an independent civilization of robots that formed their own country when forced to come to Equus by Exosus.
- Thank the Maker: As a whole, they revere Dr. Solar as their creator, and staunchly adhere to his beliefs and support of Co-Existence. Their species' name also takes after Dr. Solar.
Queen Mother Solarius, the Divine Machine
Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant
Portfolio: Solarians (Patron Deity), Co-Existence, Creation
Rank: Demigod
"To hate others for merely being different from yourself is supreme foolishness. But to accept and co-exist with others in spite of those differences is an act most divine."
Queen Mother Solarius (her entry here
) is the Divine Machine demigoddess of Solarians, Co-Existence, and Creation, and is the benevolent 'Queen Mother' of the robotic Solarian race.- Abstract Apotheosis: When Steel Barricade asked her what she truly wanted, it made her consider her unique status and plans in contrast to Exosus and Dr. Solar's intentions for her. Her final answer triggered her Ascension as a demi-divine machine, and gave her enough power to hold off Exosus (who at the time merged with his upgraded satellite weapon and attempted to ram himself into Equus with the force of a killer asteroid) long enough for him to be defeated by Corona Neo and Golden Scepter.
- And I Must Scream: She was enslaved by Exosus and forced to make her species serve him and attack Equus against their will, all while fully conscious. Fortunately, she was freed when Steel Barricade detected the Solarians' agonized suffering, leading to Golden Scepter and Corona Neo tearing off the implant device Exosus was using to control her out of his cybernetic body.
- Anthropomorphic Personification: She's a Divine Machine that embodies Solarians, Co-Existence, and Creation.
- Armor-Piercing Question: Prince Steel Barricade gave her one during Exosus' final endgame, forcing her to consider what she wanted to be vs. what Exosus and Dr. Solar wanted her to be. Her final answer triggered her Ascension.Prince Steel Barricade: You aren't what that monster chooses you to be. You aren't even what your father chose you to be. You are who YOU choose to be. What do you choose to be?
Queen Mother Solarius: ...I am not a weapon of war. I am a creator. I am Proof of Co-Existence. - Badass Boast: Her answer to Steel Barricade's Armor-Piercing Question has shades of this — in her mind, she is not a weapon of war, but a creator, and Proof of Co-Existence.
- Benevolent A.I.: She's a supercomputer created by Dr. Solar and thus Corona's 'little sister.' Like him, she's heroic and cares for organic life.
- Deus est Machina: She was originally a supercomputer created to control a fleet of mining drones by Dr. Solar, but over the Ages evolved into an incredibly powerful machine. It wasn't until the battle with Exosus that she ascended and became a genuine Demi-Goddess, though due to how strong she originally was, she is stronger than some godlings.
- God of Good: She the god of Co-existence and Creation.
- Hive Queen: She's technically this for the Solarian race, as the original Solarians were mining drones who were granted sapience by her to ease her growing loneliness. However, she largely just uses this feature now to communicate with the rest of her species telepathically while largely letting them have individuality. Exosus, however, enslaved her and forced her to let him play this trope straight.
- Meaningful Name: Her current name, Solarius, was inspired by the name of her creator, Dr. Solar. Golden Scepter gave it to her upon discovering she had long forgotten her original name.
- Meaningful Rename: She once had a different name when Dr. Solar built her, but the Void Aeon left her memory core damaged to the point where she forgot her original name and identity. Upon learning of this, Golden Scepter decided to name her "Solarius" after her creator, which she accepted.
Prime Minister Bright Future
General Radiance
Aura
General
- Backstory Horror: Thanks to the Adaptation Expansion, the origin of the Melowy world was this, involving an antediluvian Alicorn Civilization's attempt at intergalactic colonization Gone Horribly Wrong, forcing the colonists to make a generation's worth of tragic and monumental sacrifices - literally cannibalizing their ship, their technology, their culture and even themselves - just so the colonists as a whole could survive long enough to make it to their promised land: the world of Aura.
- Captain Ersatz: Of the Melowy series of children's books, with a dose of Adaptation Expansion to flesh out the origins and setting of the Melowy series world.
- The Determinator: Many, many, many Alicorn colonists throughout their generation-spanning journey sacrificed themselves - their magic, their divinity, their technology and even their own bodies - just so their fellow colonists could have a chance to reach their destination. With the discovery and colonization of Aura, all that sacrifice paid off.
- Didn't See That Coming: The space station that would eventually become the Castle of Destiny would up 100,000 light years short of its intended destination before running out of fuel and mana. This forced the population onboard to work together to avoid dying in space.
- Divided We Fall: The four preeminent civilizations/cultures that emerged from the colonization of the four continents became too divergent after centuries of isolated developments, not helped by the planet's superocean isolating the continents themselves, to reunite into a single world order as was originally planned, and were on the verge of plunging themselves into world-spanning conflict over competition of resources and ideological/cultural squabbles had not the descendants of the original caretakers of the future Castle of Destiny - which was their colonization craft - hatched a plan and persuaded the leaders of the four factions to follow it as a preferable alternative to war, with the hope that they could one day go back to their ancestors' original plan of uniting all in a One World Order to share the world of Aura.
- Fictional United Nations: Aura is divided into four power blocs known as the Four Realms. When the colonists' ancestors first landed, they colonised the planet's four main continents. To preserve peace, each country would send their citizens who come of age to the Castle of Destiny in where they will intermingle with citizens of the other nations and finish their education. In the campus, the principal is given the equal authority of a queen to prevent class warfare among the students and keep the peace among the four nations.
- Point of Divergence: If they didn't wind up short of their intended destination before running out of fuel and mana, the Alicorn civilisation would have pioneered intergalactic space travel. According to Golden Scepter, the whole venture was written off as a disaster the moment contact has been severed and no civilisation ever tried going beyond the confines of the local galaxy ever since.
- How the Mighty Have Fallen: The original crew consisted of around 1,000,000 Alicorns, all masters of professions needed to build a colony on another planet. By the time they reached their intended destination, only around a third barely survived with massive permanent damage to their lifespans and magic. A few centuries of living on Aura is already enough to wipe out the original generation of colonists with old age. In comparison, an average alicorn can live for thousands of years. Meanwhile, they could only barely retain their unicorn magic and flight. Silver lining, the lack of magic in the long term has also resulted in the development of rotational bone joints, allowing the bending of joints that would have normally caused dislocation in Equus ponies along with the ability to stand on their hind legs while having better skill in picking up objects with their bare hooves than their peers back on Equus. This wound up being the set standard for their descendants.
- It is however noted that even with all these handicaps, they successfully colonised the entire planet in only a few centuries and established lasting peace. Compare that with Equus in the Fourth Age, in where there are wars and conflicts in each generation.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Countless martyred Alicorns, especially those that ran out of magic, willingly worked themselves to death to avoid being The Load in the trip to Aura to ensure the survival of the others and reach their intended planet.
- Human Subspecies: A variation. They are actually descendants of an Alicorn colonist venture intended on making intergalactic travel and expansion a reality. To survive living in space and the colonisation, their wings have been altered to resemble insect, butterfly-like wings similar to those of the Flutterponies.
- Lost Technology: Much of their original technology has long since stopped working due to a lack of fuel or mana. They were stashed away in a secret room located in the Castle of Destiny, most likely waiting for the time it would be possible to actually make them work again.
- Matriarchy: Unlike their peers a galaxy away, some whose kingdoms, empires, and realms are patriarchal, the Four Realms are matriarchal and ruled by a queen each.
- Motive Decay:
- The original intention of their venture was for them to establish a frontier planet in a neighbouring galaxy, which will open up the possibility of intergalactic space travel for the Alicorns. However, circumstances wound up regressing their technology to that of the early Second Age aka the 21st century by the time they landed on Aura. Any ideas to continue with that plan were on the back of the colonists' minds as they are now too primitive. Now they are more focused on simply living on Aura, knowing that they can never return back home.
- After landing on Aura, the colonists decided to split up into frontier crews, one for each of the continents on the planet. After colonisation is complete, they would return to the space station to form a planet-wide government. However, due to their shortened lifespan, society regressed and made reunification impossible due to the different cultures and ideology established. To preserve peace, the Four Realms system was formed instead. Sunset Shimmer states that their society is like if Discord blended CHS and Equus together.
- No Party Like a Donner Party: Implied In-Universe. The corpses of colonists who died from either overwork, overuse of mana and long term deficiency of mana or some combination of the three, were served in secret to the survivors, not before their organs were taken out due to how precious resources were.
- Related in the Adaptation: The Melowy book series and MLP aren't even in the same franchise. In here, they are descendants of stranded Alicorn space colonists. However, they are a galaxy away, making contact impossible with Equus' current tech level.
- Shed the Family Name: A species-wide example. To avoid negative association with their peers a galaxy away, the colonists called themselves "Pegasuses".
- Time Capsule: This is the In-Universe explanation as to how information on Aura reached the chroniclers of the Codex and why you are able to read all this. The capsule was discovered in the local solar system and retrieved.
- You Can't Go Home Again: Due to expending most of their technology and magic just simply reaching Aura, they have colonised the planet at the cost of never being able to contact their home galaxy due to the resultant technological regression.
New Equus (Fifth Age)
- See their page here.
