Characters / Codex Equus: Virtuous Seven

Here is a list of characters from the Virtuous Seven, a group of Ascendant superheroines who first rose to fame in the Second Age, then came back to life in the Fourth Age as Alicorns.

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Virtuous Seven

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General

• Adaptational Angst Upgrade: While My Little Pony Tales did cover realistic themes like bullying, cultural differences, school, and being yourself, all members went through more tragedy and hardship here, including the overwhelming guilt of having to kill even the likes of Queen Dark Crystal to save the day (and also the trauma of being killed by her earlier before coming Back from the Dead to save the day).
• Adaptational Badass: While originally identical to their prime selves, the Tales/Virtuous Seven would ultimately be chosen by the Isle of Pony's magical cache to become super-equine and become some of the most famous superheroes of the Age. Later on, they would all Ascend under the tutelage of various benevolent deities, with Sweetheart and Starlight moving straight to true godhood due to being Archangels beforehand while the rest became demigoddesses.
• Amazon Brigade: Much like the Mane Six/Council of Friendship in the Fourth Age, all members of the Virtuous Seven were teenage fillies who later became powerful, heroic mares in their time.
• Armor Is Useless: Averted. Their Armors of Virtue are extremely useful and allow them to survive things that would very likely kill them even with their superpowers. When they ascend and resurrect in the Fourth Age, they get replicas of the armor made out of the divine metal Primordium.
• Back from the Dead:
  • The Tales/Virtuous Seven are all killed and absorbed by Queen Dark Crystal, but manage to escape and resurrect themselves thanks to a combination of factors like Melody's power of endurance.
  • Tens of thousands of years later, they ascend and become Alicorns to once more return from the grave in order to help against the oncoming threats of Second Age origin.
• Bizarre Human Biology: An important subversion In-Universe: Silversmith examined them after their empowering and discovered to his surprise nothing had actually changed biologically (minus some changes for their individual specific powers). All it'd done had activated parts of their biology that everyone had but had previously been assumed to be vestigial. This showed to him that their awakened Earth Pony magic is supposed to be the baseline for Earth Ponies but somehow had been forgotten and lost. This tips him off to the fact something had happened to make it be lost and forgotten — namely, the Interregnum, whose hateful paranoia drove its members to destroy all traces of magic and persecute anyone they found using magic, regardless of their innocence (That and a natural local reduction of activity in the background magical field, but Interregnum was the more immediate cause).
• Came Back Strong: Their method of resurrecting in the Fourth Age was by ascending, resulting in them returning as powerful true goddesses and demigoddesses.
• Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Ultimately, they managed to defeat Queen Dark Crystal in the end, despite her being a Cosmic Horror Story level threat.
• Discard and Draw: They choose to leave their Weapons of Virtue for future heroes to be chosen by once they resurrect. As they've become Alicorns embodying those virtues, they no long need the armor for the individual superpowers (as they now have functionally identical powers) and they're commissioned Primordium replicas of their old armor and Shift Weapons instead. Twilight also taught them how to channel their weapons harmonic power like the Council of Friendship do the Elements even without the actual weapon.
• Earn Your Happy Ending: According to the writer of their entries, they all achieved their life dreams, lived long happy lives, and died content of old age remembered as beloved superheroes and public figures despite all the enemies, trials, and trauma they had to face in their lives. This was an intentional counterpoint (though not a Take That!) to the Pony POV Series version (which the writer was also involved in) where the Tales Seven had to struggle to survive through the apocalypse and are largely treated as outcasts for the rest of their lives due to their role in accidentally causing it.
• Good Is Not Soft: They all may be superheroines, but they're willing to use physical force and even kill their enemies to defend the innocent, especially when confronted with truly wicked villains like Queen Dark Crystal. Another notable moment of this is when, after Blue Suede Heartstrings informs them of Healing Song's rape at War Rock's hooves, they unanimously decided that War Rock needed to die to protect more potential victims from being preyed on and/or killed.
• Henshin Hero: While they have superpowers normally, their Weapons of Virtue allow them to transform into powerful armor with a transformation phrase.
• Heroic BSoD: All of the Virtuous Seven (and their friends) are devastated when Blue Suede Heartstrings informs them that Healing Song was raped by War Rock. Melody in particular broke down crying once the reality of the situation sank in, having to be hugged by Ace.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Queen Dark Crystal informs the Tales/Virtuous Seven that the last group of heroes who defeated her all died but one and thus it's very possible the same will happen and offers them the chance to survive in order to trick them into selfishly saving themselves and letting the world die. They decide that even if that is the case, they're willing to die if that's what it takes to stop her.
• King in the Mountain: Played with. They really did die in the Second Age, with Melody being the last to go, but always had the option to come back by ascending and becoming Alicorns. They'd collectively decided that should a big threat arise they felt duty-bound to deal with, they would return. This is subverted the first time, as they weren't able to ascend in time to help with the Void Aeon, but later played straight as of the Fourth Age, when threats of a Second Age origin begin to return, they Ascend and resurrect.
• Legacy Hero: Each of them inherited the weapon, armor, and title of one of the warriors who sealed Dark Crystal away. Each would be succeeded by future heroes the Weapons of Virtue deemed worthy.
• My God, What Have I Done?:
  • They all suffered from emotional turmoil/guilt over having to kill Queen Dark Crystal in their climatic final battle, believing they have failed their idols and teachers for breaking their own Thou Shalt Not Kill codes and wondering if they were at fault for not being able to find another way. Luckily, Metamare assured them that given how monstrously evil and dangerous Queen Dark Crystal was, they did what had to be done, and the fact that they still feel bad about it does not make them bad. All in all, their reaction was perfectly understandable as they were only teenagers, even if the deed was done while they were temporarily fused together and ascended into a mature and powerful goddess of virtue at the time, meaning they are not yet emotionally prepared for an act of such monumental consequences, even if it was completely necessary.
  • Sweetheart's first entry notes that at one point, they got in a particularly nasty argument with Teddy, who at the time was still distrusted by the 'Tales Seven' for being a "brute". Sweetheart was so upset over this that she canceled her tenth birthday party. This caused the rest of the Virtuous Seven to realize their grudges and biases were hurting one of their dearest friends, so they all buried the hatchet with Teddy and became friends with him from then on.
• Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: Had awakened Earth Pony magic. While this would make them average without using their higher tier powers in other Ages, in the Second Age when no pony had access to this, they were seen as super-equine. Downplayed in that they had additional, genuinely super-equine powers on top of that.
• Pals with Jesus: All members of the Virtuous Seven were very good friends with Blue Suede Heartstrings, who had been their mentor and father-figure in many ways, and this relationship would extend to their children (including the pre-Ascension members of the divine Virtusidae). However, of the seven, only Melody and Clover would closely resonate with Blue Suede — the former due to being a fellow prodigy musician and having lost a parent (with Blue Suede personally knowing Melody's father, Rock Opera, who was his student before he died), and the latter due to bearing a very humble character.
• Semi-Divine: After training under various deities for many years, some of them came Back from the Dead in the Fourth Age as Alicorn demigoddesses. Only two of them, Starlight and Sweetheart, Ascended all the way to true godhood due to previously being Archangels.
• Small Parent, Huge Child: Due to how divine aging works, all of the Virtuous Seven are smaller than their Ascendant children, who are tens of thousands of years old by the time they come Back from the Dead as demigoddesses and/or true goddesses in the Fourth Age.
• Super Mode: They eventually gain BKM power-ups to their armor and later BKM Ultra enhancements on top of that.
• Took a Level in Badass: All members of the Virtuous Seven went from average teenage fillies living their daily lives, to powerful, beloved superheroines who also awakened their tribal magic as Earth Ponies. Later, after three Ages, they would come Back from the Dead as Alicorn goddesses (and demigoddesses) with help from several benevolent deities.
• Xenafication: The Virtuous Seven came from My Little Pony Tales, a Slice of Life tv cartoon that focused on seven teenage fillies living ordinary lives in Ponyland. Here, while they do start out normal, they become beloved superheroines and Chosen Ones picked by the Armors of Virtue in the Isle of Pony to wield them. They even helped defeat and kill Queen Dark Crystal, the living embodiment of Tellusian sapientkind's evils and vices, impressing the Grand Primevals. Three Ages after their deaths, the Virtuous Seven would Ascend and come Back from the Dead as Alicorn goddesses and demigoddesses.

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

Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant/Resurrected

Portfolio: Courage, Pranks, Knights

Rank: Demigod

"Have no fear! Patch is here to kick flanks and save the day!" (as Dame Patch)

Princess Berani Cahaya, born Patch (her entries here and here), is the Alicorn demigoddess of Courage, Pranks, and Knights, and is a member of the "Tales Seven" group that were famous super heroines in the Second Age, but later decided to come back from death in the Fourth Age to continue protecting the world.

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• '80s Hair: In her youth, she had 80's-style hair. She styled her hair this way even long after the fashion of that period died out.
• Achievements in Ignorance: Patch once managed to Take Over the World by complete accident.
• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's now an Alicorn demigoddess who embodies Courage, Pranks, and Knights.
• Back from the Dead: Ascension allows those who achieve it to transcend the normal limits of life and death. This allows Patch, now Princess Patch, to return to the mortal/material plane.
• Book Dumb: Described as 'not very book-smart', Patch always let her actions speak louder than words, although when very properly driven she could be dangerously cunning and clever, creating comprehensive plans that allow her and her friends to get out of difficult situations and even save the day. She of all the Tales/Virtuous Seven was the one who came up with the plan that allowed them to escape from Overmare at the end of their brief captivity at her domain in the Overdom.
  • Played for laughs: Overmare apparently failed to convince her to join her side during the Tales/Virtuous Seven's brief captivity in her Overdom because Patch, being not very bright, couldn't even understand half of what the highly-intelligent super-villain was saying. This left Overmare utterly frustrated, though there are hints to suggest that it was partly an act and Patch was actually pranking her.
    Patch: I... sorry, miss, but I didn't understand half of what you just said. Can you repeat all that with simpler words?
• Boxing Lessons for Superman: After the group were kidnapped by Overmare due to her rushing into things, she went to the Isle of Pony and trained to be a knight. This greatly augmented her natural superequine strength, making her far more effective and teaching her how to utilize a multitude of weapons.
• Came Back Strong: Her method of resurrection is by becoming an Alicorn Demi-Goddess, so this trope is at play by default.
• Carry a Big Stick: She has, as one of her weapons from her enchanted Armor of Courage, a powerful mace known as Mace of Courage, which she must wield to activate her magical armor and can then use it to whack her enemies sky-high with her enhanced strength.
• Cool Old Lady: She remained a fun and loving mother (and grandmother) even when she was pushing 200. That being said, even in her old age, she was still able to fight to some capacity.
• Cool Sword: She also wields an enchanted magical sword which she would eventually pass on to her daughter Princess Stitching Time in the Fourth Age (tens of thousands of years after the fact), which would be used to slay one of the Shadowed Ones. Stitching Time would call it "Mother's Love"
• Crazy-Prepared: Knowing there was a Serialkiller named Killer DM who killed his victims by forcing them into a Deadly Game of “Castles and Cavaliers” where they die in real life if killed in the game. As such, she comes to every game with a character based off Old Man Henderson, just in case. When Killer DM actually lures them into her game, it pays off.
• Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Downplayed, but battling and punching out the emperor of one of the Maretian factions with your defector Maretian ally/friend in an iconic duel at the end of 'Final Maretian-Tellusian War' is nothing to scoff at.
• Emotion Bomb: As a demigoddess of Courage, she can project an aura of courage that makes affected people more courageous.
• Fearless Fool: Has this problem with her Hot-Blooded enthusiasm for heroism and recklessness, which bite her in the flanks on more than one occasions. Fortunately she does acknowledge that flaw, and eventually took proper training as a knight to help overcome it.
• Heroic Lineage: One of her daughters would become the Alicorn goddess of Time, Princess Stitching Time. Stitching Time would also be recruited by Ourophion as one of his assistants and agents in preserving time across the universe.
• Hero-Worshipper: Patch idolized heroes and superheroes and wanted to be one herself, a wish that eventually came true for both good or ill. She literally fainted the first time she ran into Metamare, the Paragon from Beyond personally.
  Patch: ''(completely over-awed) Y-You're Metamare... you're the Metamare...
• He's Back!: After a good, long rest and adventuring in the afterlife, her daughter's redemption and return, Patch's heroic sense of duty, and what's heavily implied to be coming threats of 'Second Age' origins drives her to seek ascension in order to come back and help things out.
• Hot-Blooded: The most actively/enthusiastically heroic of the Tales/Virtuous Seven and had Jumped at the Call whenever she heard it at first opportunity. A drabble shows her first reaction upon hearing of a renegade faction firing missiles at everyone worldwide is to immediately grab her sword and face them head on as soon as she made sure her family is getting to the shelters. Needless to say, she got along swimmingly with Dragon Rider, who is similarly hot-blooded.
  Patch: (to her husband) Alright, Buddy, you get the kids to the shelter, I'm grabbing my sword and kicking some flank!
  Stitching Time: (cheering) Kick their flanks, mama!
• Humble Hero: As she was back when she was mortal, while her return caused a big stir, she doesn't make a big deal out of it.
• Inexplicably Identical Individuals: She and her childhood friend Rosie look incredibly similar, having the same eye, fur, and hair color. Justified, as Patch's birth mother was Rosie's mother's Body Double and both were lost at sea at the same time.
• Jumped at the Call: It wouldn't be Patch if her decision to ascend to godhood and come back to the mortal world as a heroic demigoddess isn't due to this.
• Kid Hero: Classified as one in her mortal youth, having become involved in heroics and becoming a superhero barely out of her teens, as is the case of the rest of the Tales/Virtuous Seven.
• Leeroy Jenkins: Early on Patch is known for having this problem, often charging into situations without thinking and thinking with enough bravado they can save the day, which has sometimes backfired, most notably getting herself and her fellow Virtous Seven captured by the Overdom and held captive there for a time.
  • Patch turned out to be none other than the In-Universe Expy, having charged into a dungeon full of high-level mobs in a Realm of Battle MMORPG session with the others without thinking nor knowing the meticulous plan her friends had came up with while she was offline. This led to them getting their characters massacred in the subsequent skirmish and being forced to respawn.
    Patch: Alright, I'm back, let's do this! PAAAAATCH THE BRAAAAAVE - !!!
    Bon Bon: ...Oh King In Heaven, she just ran in! Come on, we have to save her!
    Starlight: Stick to the plan, Bon Bon! STICK TO THE PLAN!
• Let's Get Dangerous!: While seemingly not very bright and can be rather reckless in her heroism, when properly driven she can become incredibly cunning, clever and capable. See her performance at the 'Winter Wedding Incident' and during her captivity by Overmare, Metamare and Silversmith's Arch-Enemy with her friends.
• Long-Lived: She lived for around 200 years before passing away, surrounded by family and with no regrets. It's noted that between her awakened Earth-Pony magic and anti-senescence treatments, she could had lived far longer were it not for the damage accumulated from her heroic career.
• Lost Orphaned Royalty: As in canon, subverted: she was believed by her friends to be the lost Princess of the Isle of Pony, but it was actually her friend Rosie. However, there's a reason for the mix-up: She was most likely the lost daughter of Queen Starburst's Body Double.
• Magic Knight: Is classified as such, having awakened to her Earth Pony magic (where the rest had forgotten and unable to access it in that Age) that gives her super-strength as well as being a Chosen One destined to wield a number of magically-enchanted weapons and armour to battle the forces of evil.
• Magnetic Hero: Legendary heroic status making her an inspiring figure aside, one of her domains as a demigoddess of courage is to project an aura of courage around herself and allows her to rally those under its influence against foes and circumstances that terrifies them.
• The Magnificent:
  • During the Second Age, she was known as "the Courageous Knight" for her heroic deeds, which presumably led to her knighting.
  • After coming Back from the Dead in the Fourth Age, her title would change to "the Legendary Knight", her reputation having survived the test of time long after the Second Age came to an abrupt end.
• Master Swordsman: Complementing her title, Patch became this trope at some point in her life, and her sword is passed onto her daughter Princess Stitching Time well after her death, named 'Mother's Love'.
• Missing Mom: Justified; Stitching Time's Ascension to godhood meant that she would eventually outlive her mother. However, even after death, Dame Patch would still intervene in great crises — the first time would be the "Hooves of Oblivion" conflict, where she convinced Stitching Time/Final Epoch to cease her desperate attempts to bring back the Second Age. The second time would be the "Final Ragnarok" conflict, when she possessed Stitching Time's sword to defeat/kill Fegrð of the Shadowed Ones. She eventually comes all the way back as an Alicorn.
• Multi-Melee Master: She normally carried at least her Mace of Courage and a sword.
• Never Mess with Granny: She remained an active superheroine even when she was an old mare. Downplayed as old age did eventually force her to retire, but she was still more than capable of kicking flanks when needed even after returning the Mace of Courage to the Isle of Pony.
• Noodle Incident: Patch once managed to Take Over the World by complete accident. It didn't last, but she took advantage of it to implement policies such as a global 'Talk Like A Pirate' day, and letting deposed dictators' own liberated subjects get some schadenfreude by pelting their former oppressors with pies and rotten produce, including Tropika's dictator, allowing both Bright Eyes and Moki Sunbright the chance to humiliate the former tyrant for all the grief he and his regime gave Moki.
• Obfuscating Stupidity: She's aware that she's Book Dumb, however she's not actually stupid, in fact she's very intelligent. She's not adverse to pretending to be dumber than she actually is to trick enemies. It's ambiguous whether she was too Book Dumb to understand Overmare and Dr. Gaslight's manipulations, or she did and was just smart enough not to fall for them, but either way she was willing to Troll both to get under their skin.
• Old Master: After she retired in her old age, she was a mentor of several Shadow Sentinels and their sidekicks.
• Only the Chosen May Wield: She and her fellow Seven were chosen by the Armor of Seven Virtues to wield them in times of crisis, due to resonating with each virtue the Armors embodied. In her case, she would be chosen to wield the Armor of Courage, gaining abilities such as magically increasing her own strength based on how dangerous her foes are (which allowed her to fight threats like Overmare on multiple occasions), and empowering both her armor and weapons to deal stronger blows. This part of the reason why Overmare's attempt to weaponize the Armor of Seven Virtues failed — the Armors had deemed her unworthy, and even if she succeeded in her attempt, the cost would've been too much to bear.
• Posthumous Character: She died of old age long before the 'Fourth Age' starts. However, even after death, she still played important roles in crises that her daughter, Stitching Time, was involved in. It's later averted when she decides to come Back from the Dead to continue protecting the world.
• The Prankster: She likes making good-natured pranks on others, although she can go too far with it if she had too much fun, which on one occasion led to the other Tales/Virtous Seven teaming up to pull an elaborate prank on her involving an Alien Abduction to make her see the error of her excessively-pranking ways. She carried this over to her normal life and superhero career, although incidentally one of her more personal nemeses was also this trope, a prankster villain known as Screwball.
  • Patch had the distinct honour of being the first Pony on Tellus to prank someone across interplanetary distances, when she swapped a data-drive containing a blueprint for a weapon with a fake which she was forced to give to a Maretian infiltrator in order to make him/her/them spare a group of scientists they were holding hostage at Death Ray point. Rather than the blueprints, the fake contains only this video.
  • She still loves pulling pranks tens of thousands of years later. She gets along swimmingly with the likes of Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Pakak because of this, and one of the first things they did together was the prank the living daylights out of corrupt nobles in Canterlot.
• Refusing Paradise: Having died and been ushered to her eternal reward in the Heaven-Realms, Patch could had just stay there forever and no longer be troubled by matters of the mortal world. And for a time she was, before her heroic calling made her reconsider. Her giving up her eternal reward (at least in part, since she could still go back and visit her departed loved ones) for what would be eternal duty is portrayed as this and is considered no less admirable for it by many.
• Retired Badass: She kept being a superhero well into old age, but eventually had to retire due to age catching up with her and returned the Mace of Courage to its pedestal along with its power. This didn't stop her from occasionally using the fact she had nearly 200 years of combat experience and was an awakened Earth Pony to thrash criminals unlucky enough to cross her path.
• Spell Blade: As the wielder of the Armor of Courage, she could empower her own weapons and armor so they could deal much stronger blows than they normally would have at their base level. She retained this ability after Ascending and becoming the Alicorn demigoddess of Courage.
• Strong and Skilled: The physically strongest of the Seven, she was initially Unskilled, but Strong but trained as a knight, making her the most skilled fighter of the group as well. Notably, by the end of her life she'd become so skilled she was one of the trainers for the Shadow Sentinels and their sidekicks even in old age.
• Strong as They Need to Be: This is one of her powers granted by the Armor of Courage. Whenever she faced foes that were well above her capabilities, her strength would magically increase to match said foes, as this is registered as a courageous act. This, combined with her unorthodox fighting methods, allowed her to fight threats like Overmare, whom she clashed with on a few occasions while substituting for Metamare. After Ascending to demi-godhood, she would retain this ability as part of her Courage domain.
• Super-Strength: Her main power as a superhero. Being one of the 'Chosen Ones' of the Isle of pony, she gained access to the full potential of Earth Pony magic that isn't available to most Ponies during the 'Second Age', and on top of that her strength is unique as it is tied to her courage, becoming stronger the more fearless she feels.
• Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth: When Killer DM lures the Seven into his Deadly Game, Patch pulls out an In-Universe Expy of Old Man Henderson she'd prepared just in case they ran into him. By the end, Killer DM willingly surrenders, begging the cops to take him away.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Patch's return caused concerns for the victorious overlord and dark goddess Iniquitous, Vicearch of Malregnar, because she knows that Patch was one of the heroes whose essence eventually led to the birth and rise of Virtuecrat Fairytale, who currently stands as her Good Counterpart that keeps her and her Evil in check. Patch's relation and character means it's all but certain she would side with Fairytale in their stalemated conflict, which given her future potential could tilt the current Balance of Power between them in Fairytale's favour. This is leading to Iniquitous to start reconsidering her and her dominion's policy of keeping themselves and their great power out of worldly affairs and align with other dark gods to help tilt the balance back. And she had heard that Changeling Emperor Blackthorn and Temnobog are up to something big...
• Your Mom: As per her mischievous personality, she dishes these out as one of the many insults she throws at her enemies in order to trip them up or enrage them. She gives an unusual variant to a Fallen Godling aligned with the Autorists/Tribalists during the 'Terra Equus Continental War', which confounded him so thoroughly it left him open for a sucker-punch.
  Fallen Godling: You got something to say to me, worm?!
  Princess Patch: Your mother has a job and is a respected member of her community.
  Fallen Godling: I... you... what?!

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

Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant/Resurrected

Portfolio: Justice, Nature, Technology

Rank: Demigod

"Justice is not just a means to an end, but an end in itself. If it failed to be served, or pursued to the expense of all else - even our Equinity - then it is no different from injustice. Both means and ends are intertwined, and recognizing this is what will ensure a fairer, most just world." (as Professor Bright Eyes)

Princess Themis Machina, born Bright Eyes (her entries here and here) is the Alicorn demigoddess of Justice, Nature, and Technology, and is a member of both the Novellus and Iustitian Pantheons.

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• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's an Alicorn demigoddess who embodies Justice, Nature, and Technology.
• Back from the Dead: Like the rest of the Virtuous Seven, her ascension to divinity (or at least demi-divinity) had freed her from restrictions between life and death, which allowed her to return from the afterlife to save the world once again.
• Big Damn Heroes: Resurrected and returned to the side of her daughter Princess Radiant Rapier in the Fourth Age, protecting her, her followers and a wanted criminal in their custody from a force of Poenans who are attempting to kill both the criminal (for merciless punishment) and Radiant Rapier (for quitting and turning her back on the pantheon).
• Cassandra Truth: Having studied history and knowing where it would lead, Bright Eyes/Themis was profoundly disappointed when despite her warnings Equestrian politicians passed the 'Herbs Proscription Act' which mandates a total ban of all mundane and magical herbs which could be abused and lead to addiction, knowing full well it would end up like the doomed Prohibition of alcohol in Ponyland during the 1920s.
• Child Prodigy: She's noted as being incredibly intelligent in her youth, something Silversmith picked up on during a public event while she was a little filly. He made sure to foster it and help her grow as a genius by becoming her mentor, while making sure to monitor and ensure her ego never causes her to become another Overmare.
• Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: Bright Eyes delivered a scathing deconstruction of Overmare — widely considered the greatest supervillain of the Second Age and archenemy of both her mentor Dr Silversmith and idol Metamare — right to her face. It's notable in that not only did she got away with it, the reason why she did was because it did what few others had ever successfully managed to do - it shook Overmare to her core.
• Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?:
  • Downplayed, but Bright Eyes defeated a powerful general of the Ackackian Maretian race in the Final Battle at the end of 'Final Maretian-Tellusian War' by herself, according to a drabble set in that event. Played straight when she and the Virtuous/Tales Seven destroyed Queen Dark Crystal while fused and ascended into Fairytale, the Goddess of Virtue.
  • She did this in-universe during a session of Ogres & Oubliettes — her character, a Bladesinger named Dame Silver Hoof, delivered the final blow to the story's Big Bad, a villainous god who tried killing all the gods (save for himself) to give mortal sapientkind the freedom to change the world however they wished to. This references the Pony POV Series where Bright Eyes fought and killed D___t's shadow of existence, rendering him Deader than Dead, but unlike her Pony POV counterpart, her O&O character did not survive.
• Dodge the Bullet: Eventually, her powers grow sufficiently that she can dodge automatic gunfire.
• Eye Beams: As a divine Twinkle-Eye Pony, she gained these upon resurrection.
• Facepalm: Her opinion regarding the 'Herb Proscription Act' which passed despite her warnings, and all the problems in the 'Proscription Era' which followed, was reportedly summarised in one frustrated 'Face-Hoof'.
• Gadgeteer Genius: Because of her intelligence and knowledge, she proved to be an able innovator who had been able to invent various gadgets and technologies even before she left high school. To note, she was involved in the development of the Faster-Than-Light Engine.
• Genius Bruiser: Was the most intelligent and knowledgeable of the Virtuous/Tales Seven and fought criminals and villains primarily through strategy and skill.
• Green Thumb: As a demigoddess of Nature, she gained the ability to manipulate both plant and animal life, which she used to restore damaged environments following her Ascension/resurrection. Her domain of Nature also grants her Druid magic, which she's quite eager to learn about.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: Downplayed, but she was noted to have a bit of a temper problem which she had to gradually grow out of.
• Heroic Sacrifice: This happens In-Universe. During a session of Ogres & Oubliettes, she died landing the final blow to the story's Big Bad, a villainous god who tried committing genocide on all the gods (save for himself) so he could give mortal sapientkind the freedom to change the world however they wished to. This references the Pony POV Series where Bright Eyes fought and killed D___t's shadow of existence, rendering him Deader than Dead, though she survived the fight in that story.
• Humble Hero: Was an incredible genius since she was young, but never lets it go to her head and became an Insufferable Genius. To note, she would rather stay with her friends in the same class if jumping grades meant sacrificing their friendship. Silversmith, her idol and eventual mentor, considers this humility and cultivating it just as if not more important than her genius, as it means, heavens-forbid, they wouldn't have to deal with another Overmare.
• Magic Knight: In-Universe. During a session of Ogres & Oubliettes hosted by the Fourth Age's Spike, she played as a Bladesinger named Dame Silver Hoof.
• The Magnificent:
  • She was known as "the Scholar of Justice" in the Second Age, both due to her intelligence but also due to her strong sense of justice and righteousness. This is apparently a title that comes with the Armour/Weapon of Virtue that she acquired, though the previous holder, Shining Lance, ended up becoming a Fallen Hero.
  • After coming Back from the Dead, she would become known as "the Legendary Scholar", due to how stories of her heroic genius survived the test of time long after the Second Age ended.
• Mutants: She always had the Twinkle Eye pony mutation, but the extremely low amounts of magic of the Second Age means it never manifested. Her resurrection, however, resulted in it properly activating and her reforming with it.
• One-Steve Limit: Averted. She shares her name with Emperor Golden Scepter's ninth son, Prince Bright Eyes, who was named in honor of her. This ends up creating awkward situations after she comes back from death as a demigoddess; every time someone called her name, they would also get Prince Bright Eyes' attention. This is later played straight when she is renamed Princess Themis Machina, finally putting the matter to rest.
• Parrying Bullets: As she's capable of dodging them, Bright Eyes was also capable of doing this, both with her rapier and specialized bracers on her foreleg armor.
• Point of Divergence: Discussed. At one point, she brought to Vicearch Iniquitous' attention the possibility of the old Malrègnarian Realms being ruled by the Old Vertusian Pantheon instead of the Old Malrègnarian Pantheon. Living under the influence of a more competent and genuinely kind pantheon who cared about its mortal followers meant that either Iniquitous would have had a much harder time fighting them, or she would not have embraced Evil at all in order to fix her lands from the ground up. Or, if she did embrace Evil, follow Evil in a constructive manner similarly to Temnobog and 'Princess' Cold Heart.
• President Superhero: Eventually became President of Ponyland. She didn't stop being a superhero and regularly had to remind her secret service she was capable of dodging bullets.
  Secret Service Agent: I love it when the president is a superhero.
• Psychic Powers: As it turns out, she was a psyker and a disguised Golden Scepter trained her in telepathy, letting her better coordinate the group.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Bright Eyes delivered a scathing one to Overmare herself, deconstructing not only her actions as a villain, but also one of her motives for turning to supervillainy - her inability to accept that Silversmith Sr. beat her in a chess game. And it succeeds in doing something few had achieved: Rattling Overmare to her core.
  Bright Eyes: This isn't justice.
  Overmare: What do you mean?
  Bright Eyes: You were wronged, your father was wronged. You DESERVED justice for what happened to you... but what you're doing now? All the threats, all the damage, all the attempted conquests? This isn't justice. This is you trying to put yourself on a pedestal and taking your wrath out on everyone!
  Overmare: So you believe ME to be just a common, PETTY despot? I am afraid, young scholar, you are gravely mistaken. The Overmare wishes not to oppress, but to SAVE the world from itself - A goal which even the 'heroes' you admire comes no closer to achieving today. I TRULY have the best interests of Ponykind in mind; surely, you can see it is only as simple as that. And where they and all others fail, I WILL succeed.
  Bright Eyes: "... If that really mattered to you, you would've buried the hatchet with Doctor Silversmith and saved it years ago.
• Royal Rapier: Her signature weapon is the Rapier of Justice. It makes for a very good compliment to her specific power it grants being being able to speed up her mental processes and target specific weakpoints. She also dates and ends up marrying Lancer, making her the heiress to his family's fortune, and becomes President of Ponyland eventually.
• Science Cannot Comprehend Phlebotinum: She had a problem with this when faced with things that are seemingly beyond understanding by science, reason and logic. While her mentor was open-minded enough to, perhaps correctly, conclude that it merely means they lack the necessary knowledge and means to understand it yet (but eventually will), Bright Eyes' entry noted that it took her a while to come to the same viewpoint. Both she and Silversmith are not necessarily wrong, owing to the Science Fantasy nature of the Codexverse setting.
• Technopath: As a demigoddess of Technology, she shares similar abilities with her friend, Prince Steel Barricade, including the power to manipulate technology in various ways. However, because she Ascended to demi-godhood much later than he did, she's far weaker and more inexperienced than him.
• Top God: As the founder of the Iustitian Pantheon, she is its leader by default.
• Utopia Justifies the Means: Defied with a passion, refusing to compromise her principles even if it means survival and achieving a better world. To her, it's not worth the price if they had to cross every line and sacrifice everything they value and hold dear to do so, since the whole point of winning is partly to preserve them. Best exemplified in her reaction to Overmare and her means, even if it would had achieved utopia and greatness for Ponykind, as well as vetoing plans by the Ponyland military R&D to create new weapons systems to crossed too many legal and ethical lines while President of Ponyland, even rejecting arguments of necessity.
• Virtue Is Weakness: Subverted hard. Disagreeing with Iniquitous's assertion that Good Is Impotent and doomed to fail in containing Evil in the long run, Princess Bright Eyes pointed out the Vertusian Pantheon were more capable and benevolent than Old Malregnarian Pantheon that Iniquitous had devoured and destroyed, and believes that it is only the old gods of her lands that are weak and incompetent, not virtue and goodness in itself as Iniquitous believes.

Professor Starlight, the Diligent Teacher/Princess Starlight, the Legendary Teacher

Character: Heroic

Alignment: Lawful Good

Type: Teen Hero, Chosen Hero, Teacher, Archangel of Death, Genius

Faction: The Virtuous/Tales Seven, the Three Deaths

"To always look out for those in need and be there for them. For me at least, THAT is what it means to be diligent."

Starlight (her entry here) is the leader of the "Tales/Virtuous Seven" group from the Second Age, and one of the greatest teachers to have come from that specific era.

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• Badass Teacher: As her moniker suggests, she became a teacher as was her dream. She remained a superhero even after becoming one. A drabble shows her talk down a school shooter while tanking their shots to prevent any death.
• Celestial Paragons and Archangels: She became an Angel of Death after dying to continue protecting the innocent and ensuring the wicked could do no harm in the afterlife. Tens of thousands of years later, she's now the Three Death's chief Archangel.
• Dented Iron: The amount of damage she'd taken over her career ultimately shortened her life span and resulted in her being the first of the Seven to die.
• Determinator: She isn't called "the Diligent Teacher" for nothing. If people are relying on her, she'll never quit, even if she gets knocked down a hundred times. Even when it seemed hopeless, she took a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown from Queen Dark Crystal that ultimately allowed Melody to free herself and their friends to turn the tide.
• Heroic Sacrifice:
  • Ended up Taking the Bullet for Princess Rosy during the Winter Wedding. Subverted in that her newly awakened Super-Toughness let her tank it, but she didn't know that at the time.
  • Played Straight when she fights Void Killer to hold him off and stop him from completing his plan to destroy the entire solar system. She knew that being as old as she was and having a lifetime of built up damage even if she survived, it'd take a massive toll on her. Sure enough, this costs her 50 years of her life and forces her to retire then and then from superheroing.
• Immune to Bullets: While the armor the Tales Seven got protects them from most conventional weaponry, she is unique as her Super-Toughness eventually makes her impervious to small arms fire even without it. This came in handy in dealing with those who would try attack her or others with guns, such as a robber who tried stealing from a mall vendor with a stolen military-grade gun (and shot himself in the leg after trying to shoot Starlight's leg), or a tormented student who tried to go on a rampage against the bully who picked on him and (until that point) always got away with no punishment.
• The Last Dance: Her fight with Void Killer was this. Her body was beginning to fail her due to how much damage she'd survived and while she likely would've lived a good bit longer, she knew she still had one good fight left and used it to halt Void Killer until someone who could beat her arrived. She succeeded, but the fight took 50 years of her life and she died not long after of natural causes. She had no regrets.
• The Magnificent: Known as "the Diligent Teacher".
• Never Mess with Granny: She was over 100 years old when she fought Void Killer, a being in Metamare's tier of power. She still managed to hold him off for hours until Void Rider showed up to destroy him.
• Official Couple: Her classmate Slipknot asks to date her after realizing he nearly missed his chance when Dark Crystal temporarily killed her. The two eventually marry.
• One-Steve Limit: Averted. There's a Fourth Age unicorn (ex)villainess named Starlight Glimmer.
• Super-Toughness: Her superpower given by the Armor of Diligence. While their armor lets them survive a lot of punishment, she can tank a massive amount of damage. It eventually grew to the point she didn't even need her armor to No-Sell small arms fire with no injury. However, even it had its limitations, and the amount of damage she took over her life made her die youngest of the Seven.

Clover Bloom, the Humble Seer/Princess Sealladh Seamrag Grittin, the Legendary Seer

Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant/Resurrected

Portfolio: Humility, Ballet, Luck

Rank: Demigod

"I am no hero. I just see what I can do to help, that's all."

Princess Sealladh Seamrag Grittin, born Clover Bloom (her entries here and here), is the Alicorn demigoddess of Humility, Ballet, and Luck, and was a legendary superheroine in the Second Age, having chosen to come back from the dead and protect the world in the Fourth Age.

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• Adaptation Name Change:
  • In canon, her name is Clover. The Codexverse gives her a full name, Clover Bloom, with the explanation that she prefers to go by her first name.
  • Following her Ascension to demi-godhood as an Alicorn and joining the Coltic Pantheon, she changed her name to Princess Sealladh Seamrag Grittin to reflect this change.
• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's an Alicorn demigoddess who embodies Humility, Ballet, and Luck.
• Crossover Relatives: She's the Second Age ancestor of many deities and mortal heroes, such as G3's Princess Starsong Melody/Cantare, and G4's Clover the Clever and Princess Twilight/Amicitia Sparkle.
• Dance Battler: She was a ballerina, and thus when she took to superhero work, she incorporated it into her fighting style and became one of these.
• Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: She manages to destroy the Devil's Mirror, the source of Winter Queen's power and one of Morning Star's children (technically, as the Devil's Mirror was a corrupted mirror that developed sentience over time), on her own.
• Faint in Shock: In one incident, she met Bossa Nova Heartstrings, whom she thought was her mentor Blue due to looking extremely alike. When Bossa Nova revealed that he and Blue are identical twin brothers, she was so shocked that she immediately fainted. They shared a laugh over it once everything was cleared up.
  Bossa Nova Heartstrings: So this must be the lucky mare my brother's been talking so much about.
  Clover Bloom: Blue?
  Bossa Nova Heartstrings: Nah, I'm red. My brother - my twin - he's the blue one.
  (Clover faints)
  Bossa Nova Heartstrings: Aaaaaand she's out...
• Heroic BSoD: Sent into one after her misreading of her precognition resulted in Patch being killed and absorbed by Dark Crystal, with Dark Crystal's Breaking Lecture making it worse. She recovered and the group managed to destroy Dark Crystal after resurrecting and becoming Fairytale, but Clover fell back into this afterwards due to guilt. This culminated when, after some prodding from a worried Blue Suede Heartstrings, she broke down sobbing when she confessed her guilt to him. Thankfully she recovered thanks to Blue's advice.
• Heroic Lineage: She's the Second Age ancestor of many deities and mortal heroes, such as Princess Starsong Melody/Cantare, Clover the Clever, and Princess Twilight/Amicitia Sparkle.
• Humble Hero: She's the Humble Seer for a reason, being extremely humble even once she's achieved genuinely impressive and heroic things. This allowed her to destroy the Devil's Mirror, as she was too humble to fall for its temptations.
• An Ice Person: Gained the Blizzard Jewel when its former owner Winter Witch dubbed Clover more worthy of it than herself, giving Clover ice and snow manipulation powers. As her Blades of Humility function as skates, this was a major upgrade.
• It's All My Fault: She blamed herself for Dark Crystal killing and absorbing Patch long after the battle ended in the Tales Seven group's favor, as she misread her precognition and Patch died doing a plan she genuinely thought would work. While the Seven were all resurrected and managed to win, Clover would harbor crushing guilt over it for weeks until her mentor, Blue Suede Heartstrings, helped her through it.
• Long-Lived: She passed away peacefully and happily at age 300 due to her awakened Earth Pony magic and anti-senescence treatments.
• The Magnificent:
  • In the Second Age, she was known as "the Humble Seer", due to being a Humble Hero who possesses precognitive abilities.
  • In the Fourth Age, she would be known as "the Legendary Seer", due to how stories about her heroic deeds survived the test of time long after the Second Age ended.
• Mama Bear: A crooked manager took to exploiting her son Shamrock. When Clover found out, she and Blue Suede Heartstrings stormed the manager's office and both spent over an hour giving him a brutal chewing out over it.
• Meaningful Name: She's named after the clover, which symbolizes good luck, and she's a Seer who has luck-based powers. Later, after Ascending to demi-godhood and moving to the Coltic Pantheon, she would be renamed "Princess Sealladh Seamrag Grittin", which translates to "clover's vision" in Scottish Gaelic, referring to her Humility-based precognitive powers.
• My God, What Have I Done?: During the battle with Dark Crystal, she misread her precognition and only checked if they could steal the Book of Darkness, not if they could actually seal Dark Crystal away in it again. Dark Crystal saw this coming and prepared for it, and kills and absorbs Patch as a result. Clover has this reaction, and Dark Crystal's Breaking Lecture over it allowed the witch to kill and absorb Clover. Even after the group manages to resurrect and defeat Dark Crystal, Clover harbors immense guilt over her mistake for months until Blue finally talks her through it.
• Official Couple: She ends up dating and marrying a classmate of hers named Dandy.
• One-Steve Limit: Averted. There's a Fourth Age unicorn named Clover the Clever, who lived during the "Three Tribes Era" and is her descendant.
• Seers: As her epithet suggest, her unique power is a specialized precognition that allows her to see if what her side is trying to do is possible and can work. Blue Suede Heartstrings, who also has magical foresight due to being the Alicorn god of Humility and was once her mentor figure of sorts, might have had something to do with it.
• She's Back: After spending over a month following the fight with Dark Crystal in a Heroic BSoD over accidentally getting Patch temporally killed in the fight, she finally snaps out of it upon realizing Winter Queen's blizzard would threaten her loved ones. She proceeds to not only snap out of her depression, but beat Winter Queen and destroy the Devil's Mirror.
• You Are Better Than You Think You Are: She would receive one from her older sister, Meadowlark. When she doubted her ability to Ascend to godhood like Patch and Melody did, Meadowlark encouraged her to try, bringing up her past Second-Age achievements to remind her of what she can do if she tried.
  Meadowlark: Clover, you saved the world. You defeated the child of an evil god. And you're my little sister. I know you can do it. I always have.

Saint Sweetheart, the Loving Peacemaker/Princess Astrea Sanctus Equestria, the Legendary Peacemaker

Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant/Resurrected

Portfolio: Love, Peace, Healing

Rank: Godling

"A little kindness could change the world." (as Saint Sweetheart)

Princess Astrea Sanctus Equestria, born Sweetheart (her entries here and here), is the Alicorn goddess of Love, Peace, and Healing, and was a legendary superheroine in the Second Age, having decided to continue protecting the world alongside her friends in the Fourth Age.

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• All-Loving Hero: As in canon, she's this. To note, she had Santa Hooves take her to freaking Overmare so she could offer to heal some of her scars and injuries as a gift, purely because she felt even she, widely considered the greatest Super Villain of the 'Second Age', deserved love and compassion, and if she had received it earlier in her life things may have been different.
• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's now an Alicorn goddess who embodies Love, Peace, and Healing after deciding to come back from the dead and help the world in the Fourth Age.
• The Chains of Commanding: She really didn't expect being put in charge of a Heaven-Realm in place of the abdicated ex-Princess Celestia after coming back an Alicorn demigoddess, and was uncertain that she would be able to. However, her friends, including then-Prince Caerulus Melodia Equestria, encouraged her to take it anyway by pointing out she rightly earned her status as a Saint.
• Celestial Paragons and Archangels: She was rewarded for her saintly life by becoming an angel upon death. Tens of thousands of years later, she's become an Archangel. This allowed her to skip the demigod phase and go straight to true godhood once she manages to Ascend.
• Child Prodigy: Not to Bright Eyes' degree, but she was extremely intelligent for her age, and the reason she was in the same grade as the rest of the Seven was because she was promoted ahead a few grades. Unlike Bright Eyes, she's more into becoming a doctor than a scholar, and just devoted her intelligent in that direction.
• Fantastic Racism: Defied. While understandable given the multiple Maretian invasions, many Second Age ponies harbored racism towards Maretians in general, regardless whether if they were actually involved in the invasions or not. Sweetheart, however, does not, and was the first one to give the Butt-Ugly Maretians the benefit of the doubt as a result. This is because her mother once spared a group of Maretian soldiers during a Solsmas blizzard, resulting in defection to Tellus and becoming her 'uncles'.
• Got Volunteered: This happens to her during a meeting held by the Equestrian Pantheon concerning the arrival of many new members. When someone asks who will look after the Heaven-Realm of Elysium in place of Celestia, who previously ruled over it, everyone proceeds to look at Sweetheart/Astraea Sanctus... who turns to be the best deity for the job due being a Saint and (former) Archangel.
  Princess Astraea Sanctus Equestria: (upon suddenly becoming the center of attention) ...Why is everyone staring at me?
• Happily Adopted: Was the proud adoptive mother of the most notable Spike of the Second Age.
• Healing Hands: She had this as a specific superpower. Some of her descendants, like True Heart and Chief Priestess Healing Heart, inherited it from her as well.
• Heaven: She presently rules over Equestria's Heaven-realm of Elysium.
• Kid Hero: In the Second Age, she was this. While all the Tales Seven are classified as this due to barely being in their teens at the time, she is notable for having been legally a child when she became a superhero: she was only 11.
• Love Goddess: One of her domains is Love, though in her case she embodies Agape Love. This gives her powers similar to those possessed by her mentor, King Ibrida, such as projecting an empathic aura that makes those around her feel warm and loved, and a variety of Love-based spells.
• The Magnificent:
  • In the Second Age, she was known as "the Loving Peacemaker". She also became so beloved and respected she was canonized as "Saint Sweetheart".
  • In the Fourth Age, she would be known as "the Legendary Peacemaker".
• Martial Pacifist: Known to detest violence and try to do everything to resolve conflict peacefully, hence her title. That being said, she fought against evil and injustice alongside the other Tales/Virtuous Seven and other heroic individuals and groups, showing that she would take a stand and fight if necessary.
• Meaningful Name: Astraea in Classical Mythology is the goddess of justice, innocence, purity and precision. While not exactly the same portfolio, these domains means that Astraea Sanctus is the perfect god to be placed in charge of Elysium due to her own experiences.
• Official Couple: As in canon, she officially dates Teddy, though the Codexverse expands on it by having her ultimately marrying and having several children with him, including Princess Tough Love.
• The Order: She founded and led an order of heroic armoured medics known as the 'Guardians of Love', dedicated to protecting and saving lives from disasters, monsters and, including the Apple Clan and Heart Family of Fourth Age Equestria's Ponyville, or at least the branches of the family that produces holy ponies and nurses.
• Our Werebeasts Are Different:
  • Was at one point confronted with a strain of a Were-beast virus that her Arch-Enemy 'Dr Kabuto' developed to create an army of were-creatures, with each Were-beast id supervillain attacks. She would also become the distant ancestor with Teddy of many famous clans and familien their transformed state effectively becoming a copy of Kabuto in personality. Sweetheart's solution was to use her own Holy Magic to override the 'morality template' of the virus strain with herself. This made her the creator of her own strain of Were-beasts - specifically, Wereskunks - which operate on her own morality, which existed well into the 'Fourth Age' with her own heroic order, the Guardians of Love, possessing a suborder who willingly infects themselves with this strain so to gain the strength and abilities that come with it as well as the moral fortitude and agelessness that would allow them to protect and help people well beyond mortal limits. After coming back from death as a demigoddess, she chooses to infect herself with the Wereskunk strain she created via Professor Kabuto, becoming a divine Wereskunk Alpha in the process.
• Semi-Divine: Averted. What makes her notable among the Tales/Virtuous Seven is that she's supposed to be a demigoddess like her friends. But due to having been an Archangel for so long, she was given enough power for her to actually skip demi-godhood and become a full-blooded deity upon Ascending.
• Sidekick: Due to only being eleven when the group became superheroes, she was officially classified as the group's sidekick at first.
• Smelly Skunk: She becomes a divine Wereskunk after her resurrection using the strain she infected Kabuto with. This gives her powers akin to a Great Skunk Goddess, including spray so potent it can incapacitate a adult dragon.
• Winged Unicorn: After Ascending under the tutelage of King Ibrida, she became an Alicorn. However, unlike most of her friends (save for Starlight), because she spent three Ages as an Archangel, she had enough power to 'skip' the demigod stage and Ascend true godhood instead.
• You Are Better Than You Think You Are: When she was unanimously elected as the new ruler of the Heaven-Realm Elysium in place of her predecessor, Celestia, she immediately started voicing doubts over whether she could rule or not, pointing out that she was primarily trained in healing and medicine. Her friends encouraged her to take the position anyway by pointing out that she rightly earned it, and that she has people who can help her in watching over Elysium.
  Princess Astraea Sanctus Equestria: I... Ruling Elysium? But- But I've never ruled anything before. I don't think I'll be very good at it.
  Princess Melody: That's okay. I never ruled before, either, and neither did the other girls. But we're all in different pantheons now. We'll learn as we go.
  Princess Astraea Sanctus Equestria: But I'm a healer and medic. I only know how to help and heal creatures.
  Prince Caerulus Melodia Equestria: An' that's why we chose ya, Sweetheart. Ya always knew how ta help an' heal creatures when they need it most. Ah was there when ya became an Angel, an' Ah was there when ya became an Archangel. That alone means ya really deserved yer title as 'Saint'. Ah know rulin' a Heaven-Realm looks hard, but remember: Yer not alone. The Trimortidae are here ta help ya out.
  Prince Rubeus Stella Equestria: Blue's right. If the chair's givin' ya heartache, don't be afraid ta come ta us. We're all behind ya, Sweetheart. One-hundred percent.
  Princess Astraea Sanctus Equestria: Thank you, guys... I don't know what to say...

Melody, the Enduring Rockstar/Princess Melodia Duratura Equestria, the Legendary Rockstar

Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant/Resurrected

Portfolio: Endurance, Music, Confidence

Rank: Demigod

"I can keep it up for as long as it takes!" (as Melody)

Princess Melodia Duratura Equestria, born Melody (her entries here and here), is the Alicorn demigoddess of Endurance, Music, and Confidence, and was a legendary superheroine in the Second Age, having decided to come back from the dead and continue protecting the world in the Fourth Age.

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• Abstract Apotheosis: She became the Alicorn demigoddess of Endurance, Music, and Confidence after training under Bossa Nova Heartstrings for many years in order to come Back from the Dead and surprise his younger twin brother, Blue Suede Heartstrings.
• Acquired Situational Narcissism: Her winning the Battle of the Bands held by PTV, combined with receiving the lead role in a school play, caused her to develop an inflated ego and become a selfish Jerkass to her friends and family. To teach her a lesson, her friends intentionally did their own roles wrong during a rehearsal and stormed off afterward. This popped her ego and forced her to realize how awfully she behaved, and reconciled with everyone she wronged. This actually prevented her from going down the same route that her future Arch-Enemy, War Rock, took, which she admitted she was extremely grateful for.
• Action Fashionista: As a musician, she often wore rocker's attire and makeup and changed what she wore frequently. After Ascending to demi-godhood, she took to wearing elaborate barding and dresses, most of them comissioned from Rarity. Even her corresponding Armor of Virtue has a customized rockstar appearance, complete with a Badass Cape. She's also a legendary superheroine and swordsmare who took on the likes of monsters and deities during the Second Age, and she's presently a 'prodigy' demigoddess whose physical and magical growth rates are faster compared to 'normal' deities.
• Adaptational Angst Upgrade: She lost her father, Rock Opera (who wasn't seen or mentioned in canon), to a plane crash when she was very young. While she ultimately chose to move on and become a rockstar herself to honor her deceased father, it's noted that his death had affected her to a degree, as she greatly sympathizes with those who lost family members and refused to abandon a wounded Bitish royal guard because he also had a family of his own. She also had to deal with the pain of discovering that her father became a wicked celebrity out of desperation to live as well as being alienated by her father's worst flaws.
• Adaptational Backstory Change: Melody's father was a rising musical prodigy named Rock Opera, and he was the one who inspired her to pursue music in the first place. Unfortunately, Rock Opera died in a plane crash when Melody was young and her sisters, Ting-A-Ling and Jing-A-Ling, were still babies, and while grief-stricken, Melody chose to become a famous rockstar herself to honor her father's memory. This explains Melody's talent in music and why her father is absent in canon.
• Adaptational Badass: She's not only a musical prodigy, but she's also the wielder of the Greatsword of Endurance (which gives her endurance-related powers like immunity to mind-control and protection from fatigue) and a combat-experienced superheroine. She's a powerful musical mage, notably labeled as an "Archmage" among mortals in this regard, due to having a unique voice frequency that allows her to sing up dimensional portals. In the Fourth Age, after training for many years under Bossa Nova Heartstrings in order to come Back from the Dead, she Ascends and becomes the Alicorn demigoddess of Endurance, Music, and Confidence, giving her upgraded powers of what she originally possessed along with some new ones. She's also a "prodigy deity", which makes her stronger and grow faster than ordinary deities (and demi-deities).
• Adaptational Skill: Unlike her canon counterpart, she's a superheroine who knows physical combat, and can fight with a sword.
• Adaptation Name Change: In My Little Pony Tales, her name was Melody. Here, she was renamed Princess Melodia Duratura Equestria upon joining the Equestrian Pantheon.
• The Ageless: She gained immortality upon being turned into a Vampire by War Rock, but later lost it after being cured of her vampirism, having decided that it was more trouble than it was worth. In the Fourth Age, she later gets it back upon becoming a Vampire again while protecting her husband Ace from War Rock, though as a demigoddess she's already immortal by this point.
• All Your Powers Combined: As an Alicorn, she naturally has the combined magics of all Pony tribes. due to being a musician first and foremost, she prefers to manifest her Musical Pony powers.
• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's now an Alicorn demigoddess who embodies Endurance, Music, and Confidence after deciding to come back from the dead and continue helping the world in the Fourth Age.
• Arch-Enemy: War Rock is this for her. In addition to representing everything she could have potentially become had she not learned the importance of humility, War Rock also kidnapped and used her as an integral part of his plan to summon an Archdemon, threatening the lives of her friends (including her coltfriend, Ace) if she didn't comply. He also made unwanted advances towards her and turned her into a Vampire, too, with the intent of making her his Sex Slave, though he completely failed in regards to the latter. It wasn't until War Rock kidnapped and raped one of her friends, a then-mortal Prince Healing Song, that she decided War Rock must die to protect more potential victims, and she and Ace proceeded to kill him by fighting War Rock (who had become a Vampire by that point) long enough for him to be exposed to sunlight.
• The Archmage: She is retroactively seen as an Archmage due to her incredible power and talent in Magic Music, being capable of things like opening/closing dimensional barriers with her voice (an ability her Evil Counterpart, Melodrama, also shared). This is helped by her being a natural-born prodigy. She was so powerful that she became one of few people who could legitimately rival Blue Suede Heartstrings as the greatest musician of the Second Age. When she became an Alicorn demigoddess of Music, her musical powers became even stronger, though she's naturally weaker than Blue Suede due to how divine aging works.
• Badass Cape: As part of her Armor of Endurance's rocker motif, she gets a cape that resembled those worn by her mentor, Blue Suede Heartstrings, in several of his concerts. She's also a famous superheroine and member of the Virtuous Seven who fought some of the greatest threats of the Second Age, and later comes Back from the Dead as an Alicorn demigoddess.
• Badass Family: She is not only a superheroine and demigoddess, but many of her family members are capable as well. Her husband, Ace, is a felow demigod who also held the position of Green Ranger (before Babs Seed inherited it), and many of her children were either heroes, Ascendant deities, or both. Even her descendants, such as the Muse Quartet and Sunset Shimmer, have managed to Ascend as demigoddesses or true goddesses. Meanwhile, her father, Rock Opera, is a Death god who specializes in tormenting the wicked dead, and her mother, Timely Aid, was turned into an Angel of Healing by her husband so she could keep him honest. One of her younger sisters, Ting-A-Ling, also became the Green Hunter Beetleborg, though at the time she was still a minor.
• Battle of the Bands: She and her band, the Rockin' Beats, would participate in one hosted by entertainment personality Dazzle on PTV. Despite working hard for it, she had a falling-out with her bandmates when she forgot to get a babysitter for her younger sisters, Ting-A-Ling and Jing-A-Ling, which she tried resolving by bringing them along while they participated in the competition. While her sisters did cause some property damage, she and her band were ultimately able to keep Ting-A-Ling and Jing-A-Ling safe and win the competition by a landslide when Ting-A-Ling and Jing-A-Ling performed along with them.
• BFS: Her signature weapon is the Greatsword of Endurance, which comes with her corresponding Armor of Virtue and is magicallly scaled to match her height. She was chosen to wield it after refusing to abandon a wounded Isle of Pony royal guard (whom she discovered was a family-stallion) to his fate during the "Winter Wedding Crisis".
• Big Brother Instinct: As the older sister of twins Ting-A-Ling and Jing-A-Ling, she loves them to bits and will do everything to protect them, even if she messes up with them.
  • Because she didn't think to hire a babysitter while she and the Rockin' Beats were performing in PTV's Battle of the Bands contest, she had to take Ting-A-Ling and Jing-A-Ling along. While the twins caused some property damage, she still succeeded in protecting them, and the Rockin' Beats ultimately won by a landslide thanks to Ting-A-Ling and Jing-A-Ling performing alongside the band.
  • During the Final Battle with Rita the Repulsive, both she and Bon Bon would come to the Beetleborgs' rescue after the latter group got trounced in a Curb-Stomp Battle that also saw their first set of powers destroyed. While she was not happy to learn that Ting-A-Ling was one of the Beetleborgs and had gone behind her back to become a superhero, she nonetheless let Ting-A-Ling tag along as her Kid Sidekick and trained her younger sister in combat.
    Overlord Neighkus: I am Neighkus, Overlord of the Second Dimension.
    Melody: And I'm Melody, her big sister, now get away from her, you jerk!
• Big Damn Reunion:
  • She ends up reuniting with her father, Rock Opera, after he came Back from the Dead during the "Big Comeback Tour" event. They both proceeded to break down crying as they hugged each other for the first time in years.
  Rock Opera: M-Melody?!
  Melody: ...Dad?!
  • After coming Back from the Dead in the Fourth Age as an Alicorn demigoddess, she proceeded to hold a "comeback tour" where she performed her old song, "Sweet Music", and revealed herself to her son Maestro I and Blue Suede Heartstrings as a surprise. She then proceeds to jump off the stage, hug-tackling them both, followed by Patch due to her inexperience with flying.
  • Several decades after her Ascension, she is shocked to find that Ace, her husband, managed to Ascend to demi-godhood and return to the mortal planes like she did. She runs to Ace crying Tears of Joy and hugs him, despite him being greatly smaller than her.
• Big "WHAT?!": She shouts this in horror when she learns that War Rock raped her friend, Healing Song.
  Melody: War Rock did WHAT to him?!
• Blue Is Heroic: She has a blue mane and tail, her Armor of Virtue was light blue, and she was a student/friend of an Alicorn god named Blue Suede Heartstrings. She's also a member of the Virtuous Seven, a legendary superheroine, and wielder of the Greatsword of Endurance (before she gave it up for future successors to wield). Later on, she would come Back from the Dead as an Alicorn demigoddess in the Fourth Age after failing to do so in time for the "Void Aeon" event.
• Cluster F-Bomb: While she was (unwillingly) helping War Rock set up his demon-summoning ritual, she secretly recorded a morse code as part of a "demo video" and made sure it was delivered to the rollerskating rink her friend Bright Eyes worked at. The morse code informed the rest of the Virtuous Seven of the situation with War Rock, and included two paragraphs of very creative insults directed at War Rock that Bright Eyes notes would get her "grounded for a year" if she said them around her parents.
  Bright Eyes: (translating Melody's message) It says, transliterated, 'War Rock is trying to make me help summon an evil demon and has Ace and the Beats hostage. He'll kill 'em if I don't go along with him. Here's the address, save 'em as soon as possible. If I can sing this thing up, I'll try to sing it back down once they're safe.' And then she spends like two paragraphs calling him incredibly creative insults I'd be grounded for a year if I said them.
• Commonality Connection: In her mortal life, she found a very good friend and mentor in Blue Suede Heartstrings, who became an Alicorn god at this point, due to their shared passion and talents in music. It's noted in Blue Suede's first entry that like him, she had also invented and likely experimented with several musical genres herself.
• Cool Big Sis: Despite her apparent flaws, she loved her younger sisters, Ting-A-Ling and Jing-A-Ling, very much and is very protective of them. Consequently, both Ting-A-Ling and Jing-A-Ling look up to her and eventually followed in her hoofsteps by becoming musicians themselves; Ting-A-Ling also becomes the Green Hunter Beetleborg, making a superheroine like her big sister, though the fact that Ting-A-Ling did it without anyone's knowledge got her in trouble.
• Crossover Relatives: She's the ancestor of the Third Age's Muse Quartet — Melody/Aoide, Muse/Mese, Jazzy/Nete, and Rocky/Mneme — all four who were part of Hasbro's g2 Musical Pony toyline. Through Rocky/Mneme, she's the ancestor of the Fourth Age's Sunset Shimmer. She's also the ancestor of G3's Sunny Daze, who would go on to become Princess Soleia of the Kaluan Pantheon.
• Cursed with Awesome: She saw her vampirism as this when she first got it. While the powers were cool and made her immortal, it came with a lot of annoying weaknesses — for one, she needed blood and can't eat anything that contained garlic (which meant no pizza for her). She's also vulnerable to sunlight, and being around Sweetheart always made her instinctively see the latter as a threat because of her holy magic. Because of this, she decided to cure herself and was happier without her condition. However, she gets turned again in the Fourth Age while protecting Ace from War Rock, and decides to keep her vampirism after learning her demi-divinity reduced her weaknesses to tolerable levels.
• Dark Is Not Evil: After War Rock turned her into a vampire, her pink fur became darker (among other vampiric traits), and her preferred One-Winged Angel form is a gigantic, demonic bat. Thanks to her power of Endurance, she stayed herself despite War Rock trying to control her as her sire, and became a Friendly Neighborhood Vampire who simply learned to adapt to her condition and continue her heroics until she found a cure.
• Deity of Human Origin: She was originally a mortal Earth Pony who eventually came Back from the Dead as an Alicorn demigoddess of Endurance, Music, and Confidence after training under Bossa Nova Heartstrings for many years. At first, like her friends, she wanted to Ascend in time to help out during the "Void Aeon", but when it didn't work out, she ended up Ascending in te Fourth Age instead.
• Determinator: Like her father, Rock Opera, she's a very driven mare who works hard to achieve her goals, whether it be becoming a famous rockstar in honor of her father's memory or rescuing an Isle of Pony royal guard from certain death so he could still have a family to come home to. This eventually got her chosen by the Armors of Virtue to be the wielder of the Greatsword of Endurance, protecting her from physical fatigue and giving her the power to both No-Sell all forms of mind control and heal from her own injuries. Her power of Endurance turned out to be a huge boon for the Virtuous Six, allowing them to perform such feats like coming Back from the Dead after they were killed and devoured by Queen Dark Crystal, and resisting the arcane influence of Vicearch Iniquitous. In the Fourth Age, she would Ascend as the Alicorn demigoddess of Endurance under Bossa Nova Heartstrings' tutelage, giving her enhanced versions of her old power. However, it can be deconstructed at times as her determination can make her so obsessed with something that she forgets everything else, like forgetting to hire a babysitter to watch over her younger sisters on the day she was to perform for a Battle of the Bands with the Rockin' Beats on PTV.
• Didn't Think This Through: She was so determined to do well in PTV's musical competition thatn she forgot to get a babysitter for her younger sisters, Ting-A-Ling and Jing-A-Ling, which led to a falling-out between her and her bandmates when it meant she couldn't participate due to having to watch her sisters herself. Out of guilt, she decided to take her sisters along, but later admitted it was a bad idea as Ting-A-Ling and Jing-A-Ling caused some property damage. Ultimately, she and her band, the Rockin' Beats, managed to win the competition by a landslide because Ting-A-Ling and Jing-A-Ling came along, allowing the twins to perform alongside them.
• Discard and Draw: While becoming a Vampire did give her a big power-up along with cool powers, she eventually decides the weaknesses that came with her condition aren't worth the benefits, and cured herself to be rid of it. On Patch's suggestion, she trains her voice under Blue Suede Heartstrings and gets Magic Music, becoming an abnormally powerful musical mage due to possessing a unique frequency that, among other things, allows her to open up dimensional barriers just by singing. While her musical magic isn't a huge power-up in comparison, it has fewer drawbacks and is much more fitting for her as a Pony. In the Fourth Age, she comes Back from the Dead as a demigoddess, only to get turned into a Vampire by War Rock again while protecting Ace from him. This time, however, she decides to keep her vampirism after learning her demi-divinity suppressed most of her vampiric weaknesses.
• Divine Parentage: Her father, Rock Opera/Racconto, would become a member of the Trimortidae and the Alicorn god of Death, Dark Magic, Storytelling, and Dreams after dying in a plane crash. She herself would become the mortal parent of many Virtusidae, including her son, Prince Maestro I, and three Ages later she would Ascend to demi-godhood in order to come Back from the Dead.
• Due to the Dead:
  • Being a singer and the last of her friends to pass away, she wrote a song in tribute and remembrance of each of her friends every time one of them passed. She even wrote one for herself, but deliberately left the last stanza unfinished so others could write in their own lyrics.
  • This is also essentially why she chose to become a musician — to pay tribute to her deceased father, Rock Opera, who died suddenly in a plane crash, and fulfill his dream of becoming a famous rockstar. Fortunately for her, the existence of afterlife realms means that she gets to reunite with her father eventually.
• The Empath: As a demigoddess of Confidence, she possesses empathic abilities that let her sense what's preventing people from having confidence, such as depression, low self-esteem, and other things. She can also magically ease the symptoms of such things.
• Embodiment of Virtue: She was the wielder of the Greatsword of Endurance, having been chosen by it for refusing to abandon a wounded guard to his fate despite her own injuries during the "Winter Wedding Crisis". Due to her position, she possessed a Healing Factor, as well as immunity to both physical/mental fatigue and all forms of mind-control. This later factored into her Ascension, as she now embodies Endurance.
• The Fashionista: As a mortal musician, she often wore a rocker's attire and makeup and changed up what she wore frequently. After Ascending to demi-godhood, she started wearing elaborate barding and dresses that were mostly commissioned from Rarity. However, her combat capability and status as a legendary superheroine makes her an Action Fashionista.
• Follow in My Footsteps: While her choice to become a musician like Rock Opera did was partially to honor his memory, another reason for it is because she idolized her father and wanted to be like him when she grew up. Blue Suede Heartstrings, her mentor, was pleased to see her doing this because Rock Opera was one of his students and she reminded him so much of his father.
• For Halloween, I Am Going as Myself: After she was turned into a Vampire by War Rock, she proceeds to joke self-deprecatingly to Bon Bon (who's a Werefox Alpha) about not needing "Halloween costumes" being one of many perks of her Vampiric transformation.
  Melody: Well, on the bright side, we won't need Halloween costumes this year.
• Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: At one point, she was turned into a Vampire by War Rock with intent to make her his Vampiric servant and Sex Slave. Fortunately, her power of Endurance allowed her to remain herself (blood consumption and other weaknesses aside) and protected her from being hypnotized by War Rock. She proceeded to buck him in the groin in retaliation. While she adapted to her condition and even became a Terror Hero for a while, she came to see her vampirism as being Cursed with Awesome, and decided to get herself cured. However, when she got turned again in the Fourth Age, she kept her vampirism this time as her demi-divinity suppressed most of her vampiric weaknesses to tolerable levels.
• Friendly Rivalry:
  • She and the Rockin' Beats once clashed with Death Metal and his band, the Heavy Metal Acolytes, back when they worked as War Rock's enforcers. However, after she put them in jail, the Heavy Metal Acolytes reconsidered their life choices thanks to seeing her genuine benevolence, and pulled a collective Heel–Face Turn afterwards. Now she and Death Metal are purely friendly rivals.
    Melody: So... you've gone straight?
    Death Metal: That's right, love. What can we say? You've been a good influence.
    Melody: Hehe. That's what heroes do, isn't it?
  • After coming Back from the Dead as an Alicorn demigoddess in the Fourth Age, she would also become friendly rivals with Sapphire Shores, who covered several of her songs in the past.
• Generation Xerox:
  • Like her mother, Timely Aid, she ends up befriending and later falling in love with a talented stallion who was a prideful Jerkass at first, but later shaped himself up for her sake. They would even marry and have children who would go on to become Ascendant deities.
  • Like her father, Rock Opera, she was born a musical prodigy who let her talents and fame get to her head at one point in her life, turning her into a Jerkass who alienated her friends with her huge ego. However, she realized the error of her ways and humbled herself, becoming a kinder mare. And like Rock Opera, she would Ascend to godhood after she died, though in her case she Ascended without a Death domain so she could continue helping the world as a superheroine.
• Girl Group: Like in canon, she's the lead singer and frontmane of the Rockin' Beats, an all-female band consisting of herself and her friends Tuneful, the twins Half-Note and Sweet Notes, and Pretty Beat.
• Good Counterpart: To War Rock. Both of them were musical prodigies, except Melody's parents raised her with love and encouraged her talents without pushing her, while War Rock's parents were perfectionists who constantly pushed him to succeed and then spoiled him rotten for his successes. Melody is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold who is genuinely heroic and cares about her friends and family despite her apparent flaws, and Blue Suede Heartstrings' advice helped her temper her ego. War Rock is a narcissistic sociopath whose It's All About Me attitude led to him resenting Blue Suede for his successes, to the point where he became a villain upon learning that Blue Suede became a god. Melody became Happily Married to Ace once they both got over their shared egos, with lots of children they both love dearly, while War Rock was a hedonist who left behind a trail of broken hearts, raped at least one Pony (Healing Song), and abandoned his illegitimate children without a second thought. While both became Vampires, Melody ultimately chose to reject it despite its perks, while War Rock embraced it if it means getting the immortality he wanted. And while both became Alicorns, Melody earned it legitimately by training under Bossa Nova Heartstrings, while War Rock stole his godhood from one of Blue Suede's friends out of spite and ended up damning himself in the process.
• Groin Attack:
  • In response to War Rock converting her into a Vampire and attempting to hypnotize her into becoming his Sex Slave, she promptly bucks him in the groin so hard that she actually cracks his pelvis. War Rock heals from it thanks to his vampiric condition, but notes he'll be very angry if the damage was permanent.
  • During one of her fights with War Rock, she does it again by calling him "stupid" in Bitalian and taking advantage of his confusion.
    War Rock: Any last words?
    Melody: Yeah. Sei un idiota!
    War Rock: ...Wait, wha-GAH!
    Melody: It means you're stupid, stupid!
• Healing Factor: As part of her power of Endurance, she gained a healing factor that let her recover from injuries more rapidly by using 100% of its muscle power, allowing her body to keep up with her. She retains this ability after Ascending as a demigoddess of Endurance.
• Heavenly Blue: She has a blue mane and tail, her Armor of Virtue was light blue, and she was a student/friend of an Alicorn god named Blue Suede Heartstrings. She herself would come Back from the Dead as an Alicorn demigoddess in the Fourth Age after failing to do so in time for the "Void Aeon" event.
• Heroes Prefer Swords: She's a legendary superheroine from the Second Age, and during her time as the Bearer of Endurance, she wielded the Greatsword of Endurance. Presently, she wields a Shift Weapon that takes the form of a Greatsword, though its second form is a Magitek guitar based off of Blue Suede's.
• Heroic BSoD: She breaks down crying after Blue Suede Heartstrings informs her of Healing Song's rape and the reality of the situation sinks in, with Ace silently hugging her.
• Heroic Self-Deprecation: She once joked to Bon Bon about not needing "Halloween costumes" due to being already a Vampire, thanks to War Rock.
• Immortality Begins at Twenty: Subverted, as deities get Stronger with Age in the Codexverse, with signs of their age being their increasing power and eldritch appearance. As a demigoddess, she's the equivalent of a divine infant, though being a "prodigy deity" means she ages much faster than a normal demi-deity would. This makes her much bigger than Ace when he Ascends to demi-godhood himself, making him almost comically smaller than his wife.
• Immune to Mind Control: One of the powers granted by her power of Endurance: mind control simply doesn't work on her. This annoyed War Rock greatly, as his repeated attempts to brainwash her were all met with failure. Even turning her into his Vampiric servant didn't work, as the first thing she did was kick War Rock in the groin so hard that his pelvis shattered (he healed from it). She retained this ability after Ascending as a demigoddess of Endurance.
• In the Blood: Like her father, Rock Opera, she developed a love and talent for music, which was helped by her being a Daddy's Girl and Rock Opera himself encouraging her to follow in his hoofsteps. However, she inherited his flaws as well, such as his stubborn determination to keep going despite his better judgement, his ego, and his temper — except Rock Opera represented what could've happened to her if she didn't have friends to humble her early on.
• Jack of All Trades: She's called this by her entry. Compared to her friends, who tended to specialize in a specific area, her combat talents covered all areas but they didn't particularly stand out due to not focusing on one thing. This was a double-edged sword — she's able to help her friends in any role she chose, but didn't excel in them herself, unlike her friends.
• Jerkass Realization:
  • Like in canon, she quickly accused Teddy of stealing her vintage cassette player during his mock trial, and remained adamant that he did it despite his innocence and Sweetheart's attempts to prove otherwise. Once the truth gets out, she realizes she was wrong to accuse Teddy without sufficient evidence. This experience led to her being merciful towards War Rock's children, including a then-mortal Prince Winter Opera, as she recognized that many of them were completely innocent of their father's crimes and she shouldn't judge them based on their connection to him.
  • She, along with the other Virtuous Seven, distrusted Teddy for being a "brute" to the point of getting into a particularly nasty argument with him. But when she learns Sweetheart canceled her tenth birthday party because of Teddy's mistreatment, she realizes that her grudges and biases were hurting one of her beloved friends, so she buried the hatchet with Teddy and befriended him.
  • Her receiving the lead role in a school play, and her resulting popularity from winning PTV's music competition, caused her to develop an inflated ego that alienated her friends and family. Karma later bites her when her friends intentionally messed up their roles during a rehearsal and stormed off the stage, forcing her to see what a jackass she became. By her admission, she is extremely grateful that her friends popped her ego, as without them, she would have gone down the same route as her then-future Arch-Enemy, War Rock.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: As in canon, she can be prideful, hot-tempered, and insensitive, and has a tendency to obsess over a goal to the point of ignoring everything else. However, she is a genuinely heroic mare and she loves her family and friends dearly. What helped contain her ego is Blue Suede Heartstrings, who advised her not to let her ego run loose, which helped her avoid the pitfalls that afflicted her Arch-Enemy and fellow Second-Age musician, War Rock.
  Blue Suede Heartstrings: (to Melody) Word of advice, kid: Nothing puts a 'Kick me!' sign on your flank faster than claiming you're better than your fellas. I've seen fellow musicians get in a rumble over a diss like that in my time, and boy, some of 'em ain't pretty to see.
• Karmic Jackpot: Despite being exhausted herself, she still remained determined to save a wounded royal guard during Princess Spring Heart's attack on the Isle of Pony so his family wouldn't lose a husband and father. This not only led to her being empowered, saving both of their lives, but also got her chosen by the Sword of Endurance to be its wielder.
• Laugh Themselves Sick: At one point, she gets into a conversation with Blue Suede/Caerulus, who mentions how the sheer size difference between him and his husband, Stoltur Skjöldur, isn't a problem for them due to his own Performance domain. She was found laughing on the floor by Prince Ace once she finally realized what Blue Suede/Caerulus was talking about.
  Prince Caerulus Melodia Equestria: Ah know it LOOKS like a problem, but really, Ah'm a god of Performance an' a former actor. So when the chips are down, size ain't a problem wit' me an' Stolts.
• Long-Lived: Melody was the last of the Virtuous/Tales Seven to die of old age, having went on to live for 500 years thanks to her power of Endurance, being in shape to put out grand concerts and performances well into her 480s.
• Magic Music: After being persuaded by Patch to do so, she later learned how to use magical music from Blue Suede Heartstrings so she can put her singing voice to good use. Notably, due to her voice's unique frequency, she is abnormally proficient in musical magic to the point where she can open and/or close dimensional barriers just by singing — something that War Rock kidnapped her for in order to summon an Archdemon he made a pact with. Her voice was used by Silversmith Sr. in closing the portals that the villains of Mirrorverse Tellus used to invade mainline Tellus/Equus, and it's theorized that her Evil Counterpart, Melodrama, possesses similar abilities. She could also make powerful sonic screams once she learned how to. After becoming an Alicorn demigoddess of Music, she gained abilities similar to to Blue Suede's, but much weaker than his due to her divine 'age'. Her first entry even classified her as The Archmage among mortals pre-Ascension, music-wise.
• The Magnificent:
  • In the Second Age, she was known as "the Enduring Rockstar", due to being both a musician and the Bearer of Endurance.
  • In the Fourth Age, she would be known as "the Legendary Rockstar", due to being a renowned superheroine and musician who returned as a demigoddess, allowing her to continue protecting the world once again.
• Meaningful Name: Her birth name, Melody, refers to a sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying. Her Alicorn name is Melodia Duratura, which translates to "enduring melody" in Italian, referring to both her powers as a demi-goddess of Music and Endurance and her (former) status as the Bearer of Endurance. According to her, she was inspired by her father and her part-Bitalian heritage.
• Meaningful Rename: Upon joining the Equestrian Pantheon, she would be crowned as Princess Melodia Duratura Equestria, which translates to "enduring melody" in Italian. According to her, she was inspired by her father and her part-Bitalian heritage.
• Mix-and-Match Critters: Like her friends, she gained the chimeric traits of all Pony tribes upon Ascending to demi-godhood, but she prefers to manifest the Musical Ponies' chest gem.
• Morph Weapon: Her current weapon is a Shift Weapon that appears as a Greatsword much like her old Greatsword of Endurance. However, its second form is a Magitek guitar based off of Blue Suede Heartstrings' own guitar, with its ultimate attack being a powerful sonic "concert" attack.
• Mutants: Double-subverted. She actually has Magic Music, as her singing voice possessed a unique frequency that War Rock needed to summon the Archdemon he made a pact with, which would make her a Metapony (i.e. the Second Age's term for any Pony who can wield magic) by the standards of the magic-less Second Age. However, unlike her friend Clover Bloom, she's not a genuine mutant... unless one takes into account that many of her descendants, including the Muse Trio, are Musical Ponies, making her the origin of the Musical Pony gene that all modern Alicorns now possess.
• My God, What Have I Done?: She has a heartbreaking one after Blue Suede falls into a coma right after being snapped out of his Nightmare transformation, taking Bossa Nova with him through their twin bond. Despite being close friends with Blue Suede, both she and everyone else ignored his plight when he needed it most on the assumption that he was fine, causing his traumas and mental instability to worsen until he finally snapped.
  Princess Melody: We... we were supposed to be his friends... We were all supposed to be there for him... But we just ignored him when he needed it most and- and assumed he was fine...
• No-Sell: Thanks to her power of Endurance, she's rendered Immune to Mind Control, which gave War Rock no end of frustration whenever he tried using mind control to make her follow his orders, like singing to summon an Archdemon. This extended to his control over her as her sire when he turned her into a Vampire, as all attempts to make her his Sex Slave failed and only got him a Groin Attack for his troubles.
• Official Couple: She ends up eventually dating Ace and the two marry.
• Oh, No... Not Again!: Her reaction to being turned into a Vampire by War Rock a second time while protecting Ace is to treat it as a mere nuisance before continuing to fight. Learning that being a demigoddess either negated or suppressed most of her vampiric weaknesses to tolerable levels helped.
  War Rock: Horseapples...
  Princess Melody: Oh great, again? Oh well.
• One-Steve Limit: Averted; one of her Third Age descendants is Melody, who would later become the Alicorn goddess Queen Aoide Mousikós. This is later played straight when she is renamed Princess Melodia Duratura Equestria upon Ascending to demi-godhood and joining the Equestrian Pantheon in the Fourth Age.
• One-Winged Angel: During her first stint as a Vampire, her preferred form was a gigantic demonic bat based on one of her favorite record covers. She lost it upon being cured, but later regained it in the Fourth Age after being turned back into a Vampire while protecting Ace from War Rock.
• Our Vampires Are Different: Upon being infected by War Rock the first time in the Second Age, she became a Vampire with immortality, as well as an increase in physical and magical power and abilities like Voluntary Shapeshifting. she also gained traits like darker fur, animalistic eyes, fangs, and bat-like ears. It's noted that her strain in particular turned her into a high-ranking Vampire, roughly on par with War Rock. However, she also possessed traditional weaknesses like sunlight, garlic, and holy magic, which prevented her from eating certain foods like pizza and made things awkward for those of her friends who did wield holy magic, like Sweetheart. While accepting the perks, she ultimately chose to give up her vampirism after deeming it too much trouble than it's worth... only to regain it again while protecting Ace from War Rock during the 'Dark Ages Crisis'. This time, however, she accepted her vampirism once she learned her demi-divinity suppressed her weaknesses to tolerable levels, as she had become an Alicorn demigoddess by this point.
• Personality Powers: She's a determined individual who is driven to achieve her goals no matter what it takes, whether it be becoming a famous rockstar or saving a wounded royal guard so he could still be there for his family. She ends up being chosen as the Bearer of Endurance, giving her powers like immunity to mind-control, a Healing Factor, and the ability to keep going without suffering physical fatigue. Three Ages later, she Ascends to demi-godhood as the Alicorn demigoddess of Endurance, Music, and Confidence, all which come from her drive, her confidence, and her love for music.
• Pink Means Feminine: She has pink fur, and while bearing a rougher personality, she is the most fashionable of the Virtuous besides Bon Bon, as she dressed up like a rockstar and frequently changed her outfits.
• The Power of Love: After she and Blue Suede discovered that Rock Opera became an Applewood local, she tried making her father see the error of his ways so he would change his mind. She does this by bringing up how he met her mother, Timely Aid, which leads to Rock Opera remembering his love for his family and breaking down in horror over his actions.
  Melody: Dad... I'm sorry you weren't able to be there for us. Hell, I'm sorry for everything you went through since the crash. If I were in your place, I know I wouldn't like it either. But is this really how you want to be remembered? As a monster?
  Rock Opera: Kid, I-I don't understand...
  Melody: Do you remember how you met Mom?
  Rock Opera: "..."
  Melody: ...You met Mom because you were an arrogant jerk like I was a few times. You let your fame go to your head and you nearly paid for it with your life. Mom was one of few Ponies who stayed with you until you got better, and you... you fell in love with her.
  Rock Opera: ...But I didn't know how to contact her, because I never thought to ask for her number. I didn't know if she still wanted to see me after everything she went through, taking care of me.
  Melody: But she did. She was so happy when you finally called her and asked her out. One thing led to another...
  Rock Opera: ...And then we got married... and... you-you were born... and... Oh dèi, what have I done?
• Pride: One flaw that she inherited from her father, Rock Opera, is her ego. While she's very confident in her own abilities, she generally doesn't let herself get overconfident to the point of falling behind in her practice and getting sloppy. That being said, she has let her ego go to her head at times, alienating her friends and, for a time, straining her relationship with her coltfriend, the similarly prideful Ace. Unlike her Arch-Enemy War Rock, however, she does recognize when she has gone too far, and Blue Suede Heartstrings' advice has led to her becoming more humble.
• Rambunctious Italian: She's part-Bitalian through her father, Rock Opera, and like him, she can be egotistical, hot-tempered, and determined to fulfill a goal to the point of forgetting everything else. She also, by her own admission, knows a lot of Bitalian swear-words that would "get [her] mouth scrubbed with soap" if her mother, Timely Aid, were to hear them. Despite her flaws, she's a Jerk with a Heart of Gold who is genuinely heroic and close to her family and friends.
• Rape and Revenge: By her and Ace's admission, part of the reason they decided to kill War Rock is so they could avenge their friend, Healing Song, who was kidnapped and raped by War Rock previously.
• Rousing Speech: As a demigoddess of Confidence, she can give rousing speeches that invigorate her allies and fill them with confidence.
• Semi-Divine: She's presently an Alicorn demigoddess of Endurance, Music, and Confidence, after training for many years under Bossa Nova Heartstrings' wing.
• Sex Slave: War Rock had this in mind for her, as he kept calling her "[his] sweet Melody" and even converted her into a Vampire after turning himself into one purely so he could hypnotize her into becoming his slave. Instead, as the Bearer of Endurance, she resists him every time. She even outright admits this and wasn't even surprised that War Rock would go on to rape Healing Song, one of her friends, despite still being horrified by it. Even War Rock himself doesn't deny his intentions for her.
  Melody: I wish I could say it surprised me War Rock would do... that... but I'm not. Keep in mind, he wanted to turn me into his vampire slave and kept calling me things like 'my sweet Melody.' I get the feeling if he'd gotten the chance, he'd have done the exact same thing to me.
• A Shared Suffering:
  • After helping the long-lost Princess Rosy reunite with her family, she ends up becoming closer to her friend Patch, as she herself lost her father at a young age and thus sympathized with Patch being an orphan.
  • Following her first transformation into a Vampire, she ends up becoming closer to her friend Bon Bon, who likewise ends up turning into a supernatural creature (in Bon Bon's case, a Werefox) thanks to a supervillain, whether directly or indirectly. She also likewise bonds with Nurturing Heart/White Witch, a "psychic vampire", with the latter teaching her on how to be a benevolent vampire.
  • While a prisoner of Overmare's, she ends up sympathizing with the latter over having loved and lost their beloved fathers, who didn't live long enough to see what their daughters would eventually become. While she failed to convince Overmare to make a Heel–Face Turn by bringing up how her father would feel if she became a supervillainess for his sake (as Overmare's father is dead), she nonetheless earned Overmare's respect simply by connecting to her grief.
    Melody: Do you really think your dad would want you to hurt this many people for his sake?
    Overmare: (narrowing her eyes) ...What makes you believe you have the right to lecture Overmare on her father?
    Melody: Because you're not the only one who lost theirs, and spend every day trying to live up to what they believed you could do... what they never could, because they died before they could.
  • On the other hand, part of why Blue Suede Heartstrings resonated with her is because he sympathized with her over losing her father, having lost his own parents (which is made worse by the fact that her father was also his student). It's noted he became almost like a father-figure to her in light of this.
• Sins of Our Fathers: Defied.
  • She refused to judge or mistreat Princess Winter Opera for being War Rock's daughter because in her youth, she let her foalhood biases and anger against Teddy overwhelm her common sense to the point of nearly ruining her friendships. When Winter Opera (who was a mortal at the time) tried apologizing to her for all the pain her caused her, she assures Winter that she did nothing wrong. It's implied she also convinced her husband, Ace, to stop distrusting Winter Opera for her relations, too.
    Winter Opera: I'm sorry.
    Melody: For what?
    Winter Opera: For all the pain my father caused you and your friends. I want to make it up to you.
    Melody: No, don't. You did nothing wrong, Winter. Just because you're War Rock's daughter doesn't mean you should be blamed for his crimes. If there’s one thing I've learned as a filly, it's that you shouldn't judge Ponies without solid proof, and I nearly lost a dear friend that way.
  • Despite her close friendship with Blue Suede Heartstrings, she refused to begrudge the twins Half-Note and Sweet Notes for being related to "Colonel" Hollow Note, as he's not only friends and bandmates with them, but she also recognizes they're completely different from their paternal grandfather (who abused and exploited Blue Suede for years) in personality.
• The Sleepless: Her power of Endurance could theoretically let her go on for days without feeling tired, as it protects her from physical fatigue, though she still sleeps to remain mentally healthy. She retains this ability after Ascending as a demigoddess of Endurance.
• Taking the Bullet: During the 'Dark Ages Crisis', she jumped in front of her husband, Prince Ace, to protect him from being turned into a Vampire by War Rock. This led to her being turned back into a Vampire again, but this time she kept her condition after learning her demi-divinity suppressed its accompanying weaknesses to tolerable levels.
• Talking Down the Suicidal: As a demigoddess of Confidence, she can magically ease the symptoms of mental disorders that would affect one's confidence like depression, which makes her ideal for talking down the suicidal.
• Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: Justified; deities age differently than mortals, which means they only get bigger, stronger, and more eldritch the 'older' they are. Because she Ascended to godhood several decades before Ace did, she is much bigger than her husband despite the two of them being "prodigy" demigods. This has led to things looking a bit comical at times; at one point, Bossa Nova Heartstrings mistook Ace for her son.
• Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Her being a vampire for a few months didn't affect her life nearly as much as one would expect, with her bandmates just rolling with it and arranging for her concerts to take place at nighttime to account for her weaknesses. Justified, as this was Equus/Tellus and thus such things aren't nearly as odd as they'd be in real life.
• Vampires Hate Garlic: As a Vampire, one of her weaknesses is garlic, which meant she can't eat anything that contained garlic, including pizza. This contributed to her decision to cure herself... only to regain it in the Fourth Age while protecting Ace from War Rock. However, by this point she had already Ascended to demi-godhood and her demi-divinity lessened all of her vampiric weaknesses.
• Victory by Endurance: Her fighting style consists of outmaneuvering her foes until they got tired. This was how she and Ace defeated War Rock — they took advantage of his weakness to light by fighting him until morning, taking War Rock completely by surprise and allowing her and Ace to kill him.
• Voluntary Shapeshifting: As a Vampire, she gained shapeshifting as one of her abilities, and can even assume a One-Winged Angel form. She lost it after being cured, then regained it after being turned back in the Fourth Age.
• Weakened by the Light: As a Vampire, one of her weaknesses is sunlight, requiring her to wear her Armor of Virtue constantly whenever she went out in the daytime. This contributed to her decision to cure herself... only to regain it in the Fourth Age while protecting Ace from War Rock. However, by this point she had already Ascended to demi-godhood and her demi-divinity lessened all of her vampiric weaknesses.
• What You Are in the Dark:
  • Despite having been personally wronged by War Rock many times, she refuses to judge his children just for being related to him, having been forced to learn a lesson on judging others without solid evidence in her youth. She assures a then-mortal Winter Opera that she did nothing wrong when the latter tried apologizing for her father's actions.
  • She also doesn't judge her friends and bandmates, Half-Note and Sweet Notes, for being related to "Colonel" Hollow Note because she recognized they're completely different from their paternal grandfather, personality-wise.
• Winged Unicorn: In the Fourth Age, she is revived when she Ascends as the Alicorn demigoddess of Endurance, Music, and Confidence under Bossa Nova Heartstrings' tutelage. Of her friends, she's a "prodigy deity" and thus grows faster than they do.
• You Remind Me of X: Part of the reason why Blue Suede Heartstrings bonded with her so well is because her deceased father, Rock Opera, had been one of his students before dying suddenly in a plane crash. And as his daughter, she inherited Rock Opera's green eyes.
  Melody: You knew my Dad?
  Blue Suede Heartstrings: Yeah... He was a risin' star just like ye when 'e was younger. Ah was 'is teacher... an' ya have 'is eyes.

Bon Bon, the Faithful Designer/Princess Fasan Creideamh Grittin, the Legendary Designer

Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant/Resurrected

Portfolio: Faith, Fashion, Conscience

Rank: Demigod

"Faith is not just blindly believing without question or doubt. True faith is believing because you KNOW it can happen." (as Bon Bon)

Princess Fasan Creideamh Grittin, born Bon Bon (her entries here and here), is the Alicorn demigoddess of Faith, Fashion, and Conscience, and was a legendary superheroine in the Second Age, having chosen to come back from the dead and protect the world in the Fourth Age.

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• Anthropomorphic Personification: She's an Alicorn demigoddess who embodies Faith, Fashion, and Conscience.
• Arch-Enemy: Has one in the form of Fairest Monarch, a vain supervillainess who uses an artifact created by the infamous Fallen Alicorn Morning Star aeons past to steal the beauty from others to maintain her own and attempted to steal hers until Bon Bon defeated her, restored her victims and destroyed the artifact, earning her Fairest Monarch's undying enmity.
• Badass Family: Her father is a rescue worker whom she later empowered with her power of Faith, and her younger brother Twink later became one of the Big Bad Beetleborgs.
• Cape Snag: She is noted to have a famous "agreed-to-disagreement" with her fashion designer mentor Pleasant P. Mode over the whole "No Capes" thing. While Pleasant P. Mode believes the costs outweighs the benefits, Bon Bon on the contrary believes they could be remedied with some special modifications to grant superheroes the advantages of capes without issues.
  Bon Bon: While I can respect Miss Mode's points on how troublesome capes can be, I don't ENTIRELY agree with them. Thanks to notes taken from Starlight and Bright Eyes, I know that capes can be practical as well as look good. I mean, look how many uses the Shadow Sentinels got out of their capes. Not only do their capes double as gliders, they can also be used as an extra layer of protection from enemy gunfire AND to make light sources harder to spot during stealth missions. Why, they can even be used to decoy certain enemies AND be used as additional weapons - such as catching debris to use as ammunition and to blind certain enemies temporarily.
• Crisis of Faith: Experienced one after an encounter with the infamous technological supervillain and subordinate of Overmare, Calculous, the Broken Cog, who confronted her with her religion's doctrinal intolerance towards 'sexual deviants' and other arbitrary prejudices/bigotry in the Scriptures, which puts her in an uncomfortable three-way position: whether to be faithful to the letter (hence mandating her to be intolerant towards 'deviants' condemned in its scriptures), deviate from the teachings of her church to be be accepting and care of others regardless of differences (Thus stop being faithful), or accepting that may be, owing to the inherent doctrinal contradictions and apparent hypocrisies, that the entire religion that she followed all her life may be misguided if not outright wrong. Bon Bon was left in Stunned Silence and very badly shaken by Calculous' points, and it took a while for her to find a solid counter-argument and rekindle her faith. She later managed to give him a huge Shut Up, Hannibal! and rattle him right back.
• The Magnificent:
  • In the Second Age, she was known as "the Faithful Designer".
  • In the Fourth Age, she would be known as "the Legendary Designer".
• Monster Lord: She becomes an Alpha Werefox, and thus is considerably stronger than a normal one and can't be killed by traditional silver weaponry, only specially enchanted silver.
• Monster Progenitor: She's the progenitor of a strain of Werefox virus containing her morality. All of her children were also natural born Werefoxes as well.
• Our Werebeasts Are Different: Was exposed to the infamous Dr. Kabuto's Werecreature Virus at one point and was turned into a 'Werefox Alpha', granting her greatly enhanced speed, strength and senses, an incredibly potent Healing Factor that made her Nigh-Invulnerability to damage (except to silver weaponry, and even then they have to be specially enchanted/blessed or otherwise they would just hurt very much), and even ageless immortality until she decides to cure herself so she can die and join her friends and family in the afterlife. She also acquires special abilities unique to foxes and enhanced by her super-natural/science nature, in the form of pheromones which she could repel enemies or seduce foes if she wants to. Incidentally, she could infect others with that strain, but thankfully due to its 'morality template' being overridden with her own, every-pony who gets infected and turn into a were-fox like her also acquires her personality and morality. After coming back from the dead as a demigoddess in the Fourth Age, she had herself reinfected with her Werefox strain by her daughter Praline, this time becoming a divine Werefox Alpha.
• Shut Up, Hannibal!: Gives one to Calculous in response to his previous Breaking Lecture after recovering. While most of it is refuting his points, the part that actually shut him up was forgiving him and robbing him of any influence on her, something Calculous is fundamentally incapable of doing to the ones who harmed him.
  Bon Bon: I forgive you for hurting me. For those things you did. For everything. That doesn't mean I have to forget them. It definitely doesn't mean I have to let you get away with them. What it does mean is I'm not giving what you did power over me. The sins you can't forgive rule you, but I won't let them rule me. So, Calculous, I say it one more time and mean it. I know you have a lie detector in all that tech somewhere so turn it on and listen. I. Forgive. You.
• Super-Empowering: Her power of Faith works like this, allowing her to amplify the strength and abilities of others she has faith in, making them even more effective. At what she called '100% Faith', she can even grant herculean strength to an Unawakened Earth Pony (allowing them to go mano-o-mano with A-List Supervillains) and permanently awaken their natural racial trait, as demonstrated with her own father. As a Werefox, she's naturally able to infect others with the strain and make them like her, but rarely does so.
• Super Mode: For all intents and purposes, her Werefox form is this, allowing her to become a lot stronger. This was important, as her personal combat capabilities were rather low prior.
• Support Party Member: Her mere presence alone can empower her friends and allies' abilities by multiple folds, making her a very powerful asset to have. Patch even went as far as to consider her the team's 'secret weapon'.
• Token Religious Teammate: Of the Seven, she's noted to be very religious, belonging to the Magnean Religions that worships the 'King of Heaven', with her family being followers of the Roamane Magnean Church.
• Wonderful Werewolf: Wonderful Werefox, technically, as a result of being infected with a Werecreature virus engineered by the infamous Doctor 'Kabuto', becoming a Werefox. However, because of her own heroic character and the 'morality template' of the strain is overridden by her own morality, she and any Werefox she creates via biting others are this trope by default. She would become this again in the Fourth Age via reinfecting herself with her own benevolent Werefox strain and becoming a Werefox Alpha once more.

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