History Characters / CodexEquusNightShade

** Much like his older and younger brothers, he is extremely willing to protect his adoptive niece, Mercy, from being repossessed by the [[KnightTemplar Poenan Pantheon]], perhaps even more so in his case due to being a former Poenan champion. Notably, he prevented Dikaiómatos, a Poenan god who started out as a sentient sword, from obtaining Mercy and even disagrees with Dikaiómatos' confidence that he'll be able to protect Mercy from the more fanatical Poenans, pointing out that good intentions or not, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Dikaiómatos is essentially trying to kidnap his niece and in a way, he still shares the same puristic mindset that might actually be harmful to Mercy in the long run]].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** During Night Shade's time as a Poenan, Night Shade emotionally abused some of his brothers for not being "punished" enough, to the point where Steel Barricade nearly committed suicide and Crimson Star fell into a second bout of depression. As a result, it took his brothers a while to forgive Night Shade and reconcile with him as they had lingering trauma from their mistreatment, with Fanged Paw and Death Shroud still hating him until they saw he had truly changed. The same applies to Night Shade's mortal subjects, as they were terrorized by his vigilante stint and the Poenan crusades he participated in.
** By Night Shade's own admission, he kept his mental issues a secret out of fear of what would happen if someone were to find out about the "[[EnemyWithin Night Haunter]]", including his own family. While his motives were understandable, as the Poenans are infamous for their fantical ruthlessness, a lot of heartbreak could have been avoided if he told his family earlier. Fortunately, Night Shade's father and brothers were understanding when he finally revealed his problems, and they helped him recover, with Golden Scepter introducing his son to Mentálne so he could receive proper therapy.
** As he learned from his experiences with the Poenans, being someone who's completely ruthless and merciless in dealing with criminals isn't going to endear him to anyone. During his stint as a night-working vigilante, he brutally punished his targets and used terror to cow everyone else in submission. It also put him at risk of [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becoming as depraved and evil]] as the criminals he hunted down, with the "Night Haunter" constantly trying to make him give in to his inner bloodlust, hatred, and vindictiveness. It was through befriending a poor Pony family in Nocturna that Night Shade learned the value of mercy, protecting the innocent and repentant while opposing those who are genuinely evil and/or self-righteous, while realizing the true horror of his and the Poenans' extreme actions. This ultimately led to him Ascending to demi-godhood during a fight with the Poenans to protect Nocturna from being destroyed by them.

* BalefulPolymorph: After making sure that a group of captured Iron Wolves understood the full extent of their crimes, and saw that they still showed no signs of remorse after the fact, he decided to punish them accordingly by [[KarmicTransformation transforming them into non-sapient wolves to reflect their vicious, animalistic beliefs]]. Many approved of this, including [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/841651640/4847200608 the children of Dikaiosýni, the Grand Primeval goddess of Judgment]], noting that since the transformation was inflicted as a proportionate punishment instead of an act of malice, it did not violate the ancient "Primeval Laws" set in place by the Grand Primevals themselves.

Prince Night Shade (his entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Deities-and-Divines-Part-34-830291228 here]]) is the fifteenth-born son of Emperor Golden Scepter, and a demi-Alicorn Prince of the Terran Empire.

--> '''Prince Night Shade:''' [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans What's the matter?]] '''''[[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans AFRAID OF THE DARK?!]]'''''

* CloseToHome: Because of his past experiences as a brutal KnightTemplar and a member of the equally puristic Poenan Pantheon, Night Shade sees those who are genuinely self-righteous, extreme, and HolierThanThou as being NotSoDifferent than the evils they face. Notably, he was enraged when he learned of King Aspen misusing his Justice domain to give [[Music/ElvisPresley Blue Suede Heartstrings]] a wrongful punishment out of xenophobia and arrogance, as in Night Shade's mind, it counts as a grave miscarriage of justice itself.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Konrad Curze]] slowly went mad from [[UnhappyMedium being constantly plagued by the catastrophic visions granted by his foresight]], with no one to help him deal with them or his increasing psychosis. Discovering that Nostramo, his home planet, had slipped back into its depraved and criminal ways after he left for the Great Crusade [[SanitySlippage caused him to snap and fall even further]], to the point where [[SuicideByCop he let an Imperium assassin kill him]] after seeing he became NotSoDifferent from the criminals he hunted down. By contrast, Prince Night Shade grew up with a stronger moral compass due to growing up with a loving family and befriending those who cared about him, and while he suffered the same problems as Curze and nearly became as bad as him, he ultimately realized the horrific truth behind his actions and morality. This allowed him to atone for his mistakes, which saved him from receiving Curze's fate. [[spoiler:What made this even more notable is the implication that Night Shade is the present-day reincarnation of General Hanging Edge, who is the expy/ersatz of Konrad Curze and thus bore all of the latter's worst traits and impulses]].

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Initially exaggerated, to horrific degrees. While far from being the youngest of his brothers, his extreme bitterness over having some of his brothers "[[KarmaHoudini get off easy]]" for their actions (along with other factors like losing his mother to old age, being influenced by the [[KnightTemplar Poenan Pantheon]], and the [[EnemyWithin Night Haunter]]'s whispers) led to him mistreating said brothers on the reason that they weren't "punished" enough in his eyes. The emotional abuse led to Steel Barricade [[DrivenToSuicide nearly committing suicide]] out of guilt and self-loathing until Clear Voice and Red Blade intervened, while Crimson Star went through depression again after Night Shade shouted at him that he wished his brother "died in penance that fateful night instead of living on to earn his wings". This earned him a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from a [[TranquilFury coldly furious]] Fanged Paw (though Written Word and Bright Eyes forcibly separated them) and later led to his brothers [[WhatTheHellHero calling him out on his hypocrisy]] when they saw he sided with the Poenans and started doing horrible things to his own subjects, not realizing that Night had just undergone a HeelRealization at that moment upon seeing said horrible things being done by his peers. Fortunately, after [[HeelFaceTurn changing his ways]] and ultimately deciding to [[TheAtoner accept responsibility for his actions and atone for his mistakes]], he has been trying to redeem himself in the eyes of his older/younger brothers, which went a long way in repairing his relationships with his family [[RealityEnsues even though some of his brothers still distrust him somewhat]].

* CruelMercy: Night Shade personally believes that the worst punishments are sometimes those done out of mercy, as, in his words, "mercy can be cruel".
** He agrees with, and is wholly supportive of disgraced ex-King Golden City's ultimate fate: After being deprived of the Heart of Oro and reduced to a powerless mortal, Golden City and other prisoners are taken back to Equestria, where Golden Scepter is paraded through the streets as a criminal while onlookers jeer and throw produce at him instead of lauding/worshiping him as a heroic conqueror. Finally, after he is judged by Celestia, Golden City is transferred to the Terran Empire, and locked inside the deepest dungeons where he would die forgotten in complete ignominy.

** One incident involved him chasing down a pegasus stallion closely associated with the Striga family, whose members have all been imprisoned for [[Film/GetOut transferring their rich clients' souls into living bodies of their victims as a form of quasi-immortality]]. Notably, Night Shade chased the pegasus stallion ''all the way to Neighpon'', where the Black Heron Corpse Investigation Team also pursued the target to try bring him to justice themselves after they were tipped off by a dead "client" who ran afoul of the runaway criminal. The intersecting pursuits led to the pegasus stallion running straight into Night Shade's hooves, though Night Shade did thank the Black Herons for their help.

* {{Fanboy}}: As noted in his entry, he's a huge comic book fan and idolizes dark superheroes like [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Batmane]] and the Shadow Sentinels. When he met Captain Umbra Wing, the Fourth-Age Shadow Sentinel, in person, he apparently "acted like a fanboy" (which he vehemently denies to this day) and asked for his autograph. He also initially kept his love for comic books a secret from his brothers out of fear that they'll ridicule him, until Golden Scepter revealed to him his own secret library of Second-Age comics and Neighponese manga, showing that they really aren't so different. Night Shade's love for comic books played an important role in his CharacterDevelopment, as befriending a young colt who idolized superheroes during his time in Nocturna influenced him to be more merciful and forgiving, leading to his Ascension when he tried to protect Nocturna from being destroyed by the Poenan Pantheon without [[HeWhoFightsMonsters losing himself in the process]].

** His participation in the Poenan crusades against Temnoist factions/cultists in one of the Terran Empire's client-states led to Night Shade getting chewed out by a few of his brothers who were disgusted and angry with him, with Death Shroud being the most damning of them. Even more poetic is that Night Shade had just experienced a HeelRealization that his brothers didn't notice, much like how Night Shade himself didn't see that his brothers he mistreated had genuinely changed and only focused on punishing them for their mistakes.

* LikeFatherLikeSon: As he would find out later, his father, Golden Scepter, is also a comic book reader/collector and has a huge secret library containing all the comics and Neighponese manga he collected during the Second Age. This allowed Night Shade to relax and be more open with his own love for comic books, when before he hid it out of fear of ridicule.

** Much like his older and younger brothers, he is extremely willing to protect his adoptive niece, Mercy, from being repossessed by the [[KnightTemplar Poenan Pantheon]], perhaps even more so in his case due to being a former Poenan champion. Notably, he prevented Dikaiómatos, a Poenan god who started out as a sentient sword, from obtaining Mercy and even disagrees with Dikaiómatos' confidence that he'll be able to protect Mercy from the more fanatical Poenans, pointing out that good intentions or not, [[RealityEnsues Dikaiómatos is essentially trying to kidnap his niece and in a way, he still shares the same puristic mindset that might actually be harmful to Mercy in the long run]].

* RealityEnsues:
** During Night Shade's time as a Poenan, Night Shade emotionally abused some of his brothers for not being "punished" enough, to the point where Steel Barricade nearly committed suicide and Crimson Star fell into a second bout of depression. As a result, it took his brothers a while to forgive Night Shade and reconcile with him as they had lingering trauma from their mistreatment, with Fanged Paw and Death Shroud still hating him until they saw he had truly changed. The same applies to Night Shade's mortal subjects, as they were terrorized by his vigilante stint and the Poenan crusades he participated in.
** By Night Shade's own admission, he kept his mental issues a secret out of fear of what would happen if someone were to find out about the "[[EnemyWithin Night Haunter]]", including his own family. While his motives were understandable, as the Poenans are infamous for their fantical ruthlessness, a lot of heartbreak could have been avoided if he told his family earlier. Fortunately, Night Shade's father and brothers were understanding when he finally revealed his problems, and they helped him recover, with Golden Scepter introducing his son to Mentálne so he could receive proper therapy.
** As he learned from his experiences with the Poenans, being someone who's completely ruthless and merciless in dealing with criminals isn't going to endear him to anyone. During his stint as a night-working vigilante, he brutally punished his targets and used terror to cow everyone else in submission. It also put him at risk of [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becoming as depraved and evil]] as the criminals he hunted down, with the "Night Haunter" constantly trying to make him give in to his inner bloodlust, hatred, and vindictiveness. It was through befriending a poor Pony family in Nocturna that Night Shade learned the value of mercy, protecting the innocent and repentant while opposing those who are genuinely evil and/or self-righteous, while realizing the true horror of his and the Poenans' extreme actions. This ultimately led to him Ascending to demi-godhood during a fight with the Poenans to protect Nocturna from being destroyed by them.

* WhatTheHellHero: His entry notes that after his brothers learned he sided with the Poenan Pantheon and witnessed the atrocities he and his fellow Poenans had done to their own subjects, they got furious and called Night Shade out on the hypocrisy of his morals and actions, with the most damning of them being Death Shroud. Ironically, they never saw that Night Shade had just experienced a HeelRealization, which is rather poetic since [[LaserGuidedKarma he mistreated his wayward brothers for screwing up and receiving little punishment, while never seeing or caring that said brothers had genuinely atoned for their mistakes]].
--> '''Prince Death Shroud:''' You DISGUST me, Brother! This isn't Justice! This isn't Fair Punishment! This is PLAYING GOD WITH YOUR OWN SUBJECTS!\\

* ElementalHair: Both his mane and tail are currently composed of rippling, ethereal darkness post-Ascension, which comes from [[AnthropomorphicPersonification being the Alicorn demigod of Darkness]].

* MagicHair: His mane and tail are both described as being made of rippling, [[ElementalHair ethereal darkness]] post-Ascension.

!!!'''Divine Classification:''' Ethereal/Ascendant

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[[Characters/CodexEquusSecondAgeHeroes Second-Age Heroes]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusSecondAgeVillains Second-Age Villains]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusFourthAgeHeroes Fourth-Age Heroes]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusPillarsOfEquestria Pillars of Equestria]], [[Characters/CodexEquusSisterhoodOfMagicalFillies Sisterhood of Magical Fillies]] [[[Characters/CodexEquusDazzlingDivas Dazzling Divas]]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusFourthAgeVillains Fourth-Age Villains]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusAlicornAscendancy Alicorn Ascendancy]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTyrannosPantheon Tyrannos Pantheon]], [[Characters/CodexEquusChildrenOfIspita Children of Ispita]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTheShadowedOnes The Shadowed Ones]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTribalists Tribalists]], [[Characters/CodexEquusAutorists Autorists]], [[Characters/CodexEquusHydianites Hydiantes]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusTheGrandPrimevals The Grand Primevals]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusEfevresi Efévresi]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusAmaredae Amaredae]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusEquestrianPantheon Equestrian Pantheon]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusBlueSuedeHeartstrings Blue Suede Heartstrings]], [[Characters/CodexEquusBossaNovaHeartstrings Bossa Nova Heartstrings]], [[Characters/CodexEquusWinterOpera Winter Opera]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusStadterhirsch Städterhirsch]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusBreeziePantheon Breezie Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusDiamondDogPantheon Diamond Dog Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusGremlinPantheon Gremlin Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusBogolenyaDeerPantheon Bogolenya Deer Pantheon]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusBelyolen Belyolen]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTemnobog Temnobog]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTheFourTerrors The Four Terrors]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusAbyssinianPantheon Abyssinian Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusChurchOfTheStars Church of the Stars]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusHealingSong Healing Song]], [[Characters/CodexEquusGoldenScepter Golden Scepter]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusVirtusidae Virtusidae]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusElderQuintumvirate Elder Quintumvirate]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusPoenanPantheon Poenan Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusColticPantheon Coltic Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTrimortidae Trimortidae]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusCaearnarianDeerPantheon Caearnarian Deer Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusHoyklanDeerPantheon Hoyklan Deer Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusElternteilDeerPantheon Elternteil Deer Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusMinotaurPantheon Minotaur Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusJotunnPantheon Jotunn Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTaurenGiantPantheon Tauren Giant Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusDraconicPantheon Draconic Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusShinseinaPantheon Shinseina Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusDharmadeshvarPantheon Dharmadeshvar Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusZebrafricanPantheon Zebrafrican Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusOldOrosianPantheon Old Orosian Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusPramanthanPantheon Pramanthan Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusGreatSkunkPantheon Great Skunk Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusSauropodianPantheon Sauropodian Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusKaluanPantheon Kaluan Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusNovellusPantheon Novellus Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusUnaffiliatedDeities Unaffiliated Deities]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusPrincipalitiesOfEquestria Principalities of Equestria]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusCanterlot Canterlot]], [[Characters/CodexEquusPonyville Ponyville]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusSunnytown Sunnytown]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusGrittishIsles Grittish Isles]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusCrystalEmpire Crystal Empire]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusLuchalibre Luchalibre]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusAlvslogDeerRealms Alvslog Deer Realms]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusErobresegDeerRealms Erobreseg Deer Realms]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusNordskeltDeerRealms Nordskelt Deer Realms]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusCaearnar Caearnar]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusAbyssinia Abyssinia]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTheStormEmpire The Storm Empire]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTerranEmpire Terran Empire]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusAureusidae Aureusidae]] [[[Characters/CodexEquusBlazingHoof Blazing Hoof]], [[Characters/CodexEquusFangedPaw Fanged Paw]], [[Characters/CodexEquusForgingScale Forging Scale]], [[Characters/CodexEquusClearVoice Clear Voice]], [[Characters/CodexEquusCrimsonStar Crimson Star]], [[Characters/CodexEquusBrightEyes Bright Eyes]], [[Characters/CodexEquusSteelBarricade Steel Barricade]], [[Characters/CodexEquusDeathShroud Death Shroud]], [[Characters/CodexEquusWrittenWord Written Word]], '''Night Shade''', [[Characters/CodexEquusRedBlade Red Blade]]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusTheChangelingCourts The Changeling Courts]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusTheChangelingCourtsSpringCourt Spring Court]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTheChangelingCourtsSummerCourt Summer Court]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTheChangelingCourtsAutumnCourt Autumn Court]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTheChangelingCourtsWinterCourt Winter Court]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusKulesianMazlanderCommonwealth Kulesian-Mazlander Commonwealth]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusMalregnarEmpire Malrègnar Empire]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusVertusia Vertusia]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusNewCrypta New Crypta]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusShadowpactEmpire Shadowpact Empire]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTheClovenEmpire The Cloven Empire]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusZebrica Zebrica]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusFriendshipGardens Friendship Gardens]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusHyrule Hyrule]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusMachina Machina]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusFederalRepublicOfPonyland Federal Republic of Ponyland]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusColtalia Coltalia]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusNeighpon Neighpon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusImperiumOfPonykind Imperium of Ponykind]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusKerajaanCahaya Kerajaan Cahaya]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusSauropoda Sauropoda]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusHybridHaven Hybrid Haven]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusMeridia Meridia]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusDragonflights Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusGiants Giants]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusMephitidia Mephitidia]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusMousikos Mousikós]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusAlicornCivilization Alicorn Civilization]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusEmpireOfTheFae Empire of the Fae]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTheVisitors The Visitors]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusCreaturesAndMonsters Creatures and Monsters]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusHistoricalAndMythicalCharacters Historical and Mythical Characters]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTheLostOnes The Lost Ones]]]]-]]]

[[Characters/CodexEquusSecondAgeHeroes Second-Age Heroes]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusSecondAgeVillains Second-Age Villains]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusFourthAgeHeroes Fourth-Age Heroes]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusPillarsOfEquestria Pillars of Equestria]], [[Characters/CodexEquusSisterhoodOfMagicalFillies Sisterhood of Magical Fillies]] [[[Characters/CodexEquusDazzlingDivas Dazzling Divas]]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusFourthAgeVillains Fourth-Age Villains]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusAlicornAscendancy Alicorn Ascendancy]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTyrannosPantheon Tyrannos Pantheon]], [[Characters/CodexEquusChildrenOfIspita Children of Ispita]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTheShadowedOnes The Shadowed Ones]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTribalists Tribalists]], [[Characters/CodexEquusAutorists Autorists]], [[Characters/CodexEquusHydianites Hydiantes]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusTheGrandPrimevals The Grand Primevals]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusEfevresi Efévresi]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusAmaredae Amaredae]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusEquestrianPantheon Equestrian Pantheon]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusBlueSuedeHeartstrings Blue Suede Heartstrings]], [[Characters/CodexEquusBossaNovaHeartstrings Bossa Nova Heartstrings]], [[Characters/CodexEquusWinterOpera Winter Opera]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusStadterhirsch Städterhirsch]] |[[Characters/CodexEquusBreeziePantheon Breezie Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusDiamondDogPantheon Diamond Dog Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusGremlinPantheon Gremlin Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusBogolenyaDeerPantheon Bogolenya Deer Pantheon]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusBelyolen Belyolen]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTemnobog Temnobog]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTheFourTerrors The Four Terrors]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusAbyssinianPantheon Abyssinian Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusChurchOfTheStars Church of the Stars]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusHealingSong Healing Song]], [[Characters/CodexEquusGoldenScepter Golden Scepter]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusVirtusidae Virtusidae]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusElderQuintumvirate Elder Quintumvirate]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusPoenanPantheon Poenan Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusColticPantheon Coltic Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTrimortidae Trimortidae]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusCaearnarianDeerPantheon Caearnarian Deer Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusHoyklanDeerPantheon Hoyklan Deer Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusElternteilDeerPantheon Elternteil Deer Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusMinotaurPantheon Minotaur Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusJotunnPantheon Jotunn Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTaurenGiantPantheon Tauren Giant Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusDraconicPantheon Draconic Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusShinseinaPantheon Shinseina Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusDharmadeshvarPantheon Dharmadeshvar Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusZebrafricanPantheon Zebrafrican Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusOldOrosianPantheon Old Orosian Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusPramanthanPantheon Pramanthan Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusGreatSkunkPantheon Great Skunk Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusSauropodianPantheon Sauropodian Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusKaluanPantheon Kaluan Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusNovellusPantheon Novellus Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusUnaffiliatedDeities Unaffiliated Deities]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusPrincipalitiesOfEquestria Principalities of Equestria]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusCanterlot Canterlot]], [[Characters/CodexEquusPonyville Ponyville]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusSunnytown Sunnytown]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusGrittishIsles Grittish Isles]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusCrystalEmpire Crystal Empire]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusLuchalibre Luchalibre]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusAlvslogDeerRealms Alvslog Deer Realms]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusErobresegDeerRealms Erobreseg Deer Realms]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusNordskeltDeerRealms Nordskelt Deer Realms]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusCaearnar Caearnar]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusAbyssinia Abyssinia]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTheStormEmpire The Storm Empire]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTerranEmpire Terran Empire]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusAureusidae Aureusidae]] [[[Characters/CodexEquusBlazingHoof Blazing Hoof]], [[Characters/CodexEquusFangedPaw Fanged Paw]], [[Characters/CodexEquusForgingScale Forging Scale]], [[Characters/CodexEquusClearVoice Clear Voice]], [[Characters/CodexEquusCrimsonStar Crimson Star]], [[Characters/CodexEquusBrightEyes Bright Eyes]], [[Characters/CodexEquusSteelBarricade Steel Barricade]], [[Characters/CodexEquusDeathShroud Death Shroud]], [[Characters/CodexEquusWrittenWord Written Word]], '''Night Shade''', [[Characters/CodexEquusRedBlade Red Blade]]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusTheChangelingCourts The Changeling Courts]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusTheChangelingCourtsSpringCourt Spring Court]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTheChangelingCourtsSummerCourt Summer Court]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTheChangelingCourtsAutumnCourt Autumn Court]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTheChangelingCourtsWinterCourt Winter Court]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusKulesianMazlanderCommonwealth Kulesian-Mazlander Commonwealth]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusMalregnarEmpire Malrègnar Empire]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusVertusia Vertusia]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusNewCrypta New Crypta]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusShadowpactEmpire Shadowpact Empire]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTheClovenEmpire The Cloven Empire]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusZebrica Zebrica]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusFriendshipGardens Friendship Gardens]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusHyrule Hyrule]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusMachina Machina]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusFederalRepublicOfPonyland Federal Republic of Ponyland]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusColtalia Coltalia]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusNeighpon Neighpon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusImperiumOfPonykind Imperium of Ponykind]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusKerajaanCahaya Kerajaan Cahaya]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusSauropoda Sauropoda]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusHybridHaven Hybrid Haven]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusMeridia Meridia]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusDragonflights Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusGiants Giants]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusMephitidia Mephitidia]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusMousikos Mousikós]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusAlicornCivilization Alicorn Civilization]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusEmpireOfTheFae Empire of the Fae]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTheVisitors The Visitors]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusCreaturesAndMonsters Creatures and Monsters]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusHistoricalAndMythicalCharacters Historical and Mythical Characters]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTheLostOnes The Lost Ones]]]]-]]]

[[Characters/CodexEquusSecondAgeHeroes Second-Age Heroes]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusSecondAgeVillains Second-Age Villains]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusFourthAgeHeroes Fourth-Age Heroes]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusPillarsOfEquestria Pillars of Equestria]], [[Characters/CodexEquusSisterhoodOfMagicalFillies Sisterhood of Magical Fillies]] [[[Characters/CodexEquusDazzlingDivas Dazzling Divas]]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusFourthAgeVillains Fourth-Age Villains]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusAlicornAscendancy Alicorn Ascendancy]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTyrannosPantheon Tyrannos Pantheon]], [[Characters/CodexEquusChildrenOfIspita Children of Ispita]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTheShadowedOnes The Shadowed Ones]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTribalists Tribalists]], [[Characters/CodexEquusAutorists Autorists]], [[Characters/CodexEquusHydianites Hydiantes]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusTheGrandPrimevals The Grand Primevals]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusEfevresi Efévresi]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusAmaredae Amaredae]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusEquestrianPantheon Equestrian Pantheon]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusBlueSuedeHeartstrings Blue Suede Heartstrings]], [[Characters/CodexEquusBossaNovaHeartstrings Bossa Nova Heartstrings]], [[Characters/CodexEquusWinterOpera Winter Opera]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusBreeziePantheon Breezie Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusDiamondDogPantheon Diamond Dog Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusGremlinPantheon Gremlin Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusBogolenyaDeerPantheon Bogolenya Deer Pantheon]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusBelyolen Belyolen]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTemnobog Temnobog]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTheFourTerrors The Four Terrors]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusAbyssinianPantheon Abyssinian Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusChurchOfTheStars Church of the Stars]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusHealingSong Healing Song]], [[Characters/CodexEquusGoldenScepter Golden Scepter]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusVirtusidae Virtusidae]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusElderQuintumvirate Elder Quintumvirate]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusPoenanPantheon Poenan Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusColticPantheon Coltic Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTrimortidae Trimortidae]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusCaearnarianDeerPantheon Caearnarian Deer Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusHoyklanDeerPantheon Hoyklan Deer Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusElternteilDeerPantheon Elternteil Deer Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusMinotaurPantheon Minotaur Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusJotunnPantheon Jotunn Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTaurenGiantPantheon Tauren Giant Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusDraconicPantheon Draconic Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusShinseinaPantheon Shinseina Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusDharmadeshvarPantheon Dharmadeshvar Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusZebrafricanPantheon Zebrafrican Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusOldOrosianPantheon Old Orosian Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusPramanthanPantheon Pramanthan Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusGreatSkunkPantheon Great Skunk Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusSauropodianPantheon Sauropodian Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusKaluanPantheon Kaluan Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusNovellusPantheon Novellus Pantheon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusUnaffiliatedDeities Unaffiliated Deities]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusPrincipalitiesOfEquestria Principalities of Equestria]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusCanterlot Canterlot]], [[Characters/CodexEquusPonyville Ponyville]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusSunnytown Sunnytown]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusGrittishIsles Grittish Isles]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusCrystalEmpire Crystal Empire]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusLuchalibre Luchalibre]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusAlvslogDeerRealms Alvslog Deer Realms]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusErobresegDeerRealms Erobreseg Deer Realms]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusNordskeltDeerRealms Nordskelt Deer Realms]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusCaearnar Caearnar]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusAbyssinia Abyssinia]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTheStormEmpire The Storm Empire]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTerranEmpire Terran Empire]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusAureusidae Aureusidae]] [[[Characters/CodexEquusBlazingHoof Blazing Hoof]], [[Characters/CodexEquusFangedPaw Fanged Paw]], [[Characters/CodexEquusForgingScale Forging Scale]], [[Characters/CodexEquusClearVoice Clear Voice]], [[Characters/CodexEquusCrimsonStar Crimson Star]], [[Characters/CodexEquusBrightEyes Bright Eyes]], [[Characters/CodexEquusSteelBarricade Steel Barricade]], [[Characters/CodexEquusDeathShroud Death Shroud]], [[Characters/CodexEquusWrittenWord Written Word]], '''Night Shade''', [[Characters/CodexEquusRedBlade Red Blade]]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusTheChangelingCourts The Changeling Courts]] ([[Characters/CodexEquusTheChangelingCourtsSpringCourt Spring Court]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTheChangelingCourtsSummerCourt Summer Court]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTheChangelingCourtsAutumnCourt Autumn Court]], [[Characters/CodexEquusTheChangelingCourtsWinterCourt Winter Court]]) | [[Characters/CodexEquusKulesianMazlanderCommonwealth Kulesian-Mazlander Commonwealth]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusMalregnarEmpire Malrègnar Empire]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusVertusia Vertusia]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusNewCrypta New Crypta]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusShadowpactEmpire Shadowpact Empire]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTheClovenEmpire The Cloven Empire]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusZebrica Zebrica]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusFriendshipGardens Friendship Gardens]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusHyrule Hyrule]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusMachina Machina]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusFederalRepublicOfPonyland Federal Republic of Ponyland]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusColtalia Coltalia]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusNeighpon Neighpon]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusImperiumOfPonykind Imperium of Ponykind]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusKerajaanCahaya Kerajaan Cahaya]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusSauropoda Sauropoda]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusHybridHaven Hybrid Haven]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusMeridia Meridia]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusDragonflights Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusGiants Giants]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusMephitidia Mephitidia]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusMousikos Mousikós]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusAlicornCivilization Alicorn Civilization]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusEmpireOfTheFae Empire of the Fae]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTheVisitors The Visitors]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusCreaturesAndMonsters Creatures and Monsters]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusHistoricalAndMythicalCharacters Historical and Mythical Characters]] | [[Characters/CodexEquusTheLostOnes The Lost Ones]]]]-]]]

* BalefulPolymorph: After making sure that a group of captured Iron Wolves understood the full extent of their crimes, and saw that they still showed no signs of remorse after the fact, he decided to punish them accordingly by [[KarmicTransformation transforming them into non-sapient wolves to reflect their vicious, animalistic beliefs]]. Many approved of this, including the children of Dikaiosýni, the Grand Primeval goddess of Judgment, noting that since the transformation was inflicted as a proportionate punishment instead of an act of malice, it did not violate the ancient "Primeval Laws" set in place by the Grand Primevals themselves.

** After behaving in an arrogant, vindictive, puristic, and ruthless manner thanks to the Poenan Pantheon's influence, and hurting those close to him, he would [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere flee and abandon his Poenan squad]] to his family after his brothers caught him in the middle of one of the Poenan Pantheon's crusades, resulting in Night Shade ending up in the realm of Nocturna. Night Shade's turning point came when he saved a single Pony mother from being mugged and killed by thieves, and his friendships with the mare and his family [[MoralityPet would change his perceptions on justice and mercy]] as he tried eliminating Nocturna's corruption and criminal underworld. This would ultimately lead to him [[DeityOfHumanOrigin Ascending to demi-godhood]] during a fight with the Poenans who tried killing him and destroying Nocturna, as his experiences and friendships, combined with [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling out the "Night Haunter" for trying to corrupt him]], led to Night Shade gaining a new purpose in protecting the innocent and repentant from the truly evil and self-righteous.