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* ADayInTheLimelight: The Europe Side-Story is this for him.
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** On the other hand, the Cast and Crew list has Daniel Bruhl listed as Stephan.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The Europe Side-Story is this forhim.him, as well as the Catseye arc.
* DistressedDude: [[spoiler: A cell of the Loyalists led by Short Fuse manages to capture him in Ponyville]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: The Europe Side-Story is this for
* DistressedDude: [[spoiler: A cell of the Loyalists led by Short Fuse manages to capture him in Ponyville]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Weaver awakens an implanted, hostile personality within her in Ponyville, sending her to wreak havoc onto the town.]]
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* PowerPerversionPotential: She may end up going along with Stephan's plans involving her shapeshifting.
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* PowerPerversionPotential: She may end up going along with Stephan's plans involving her shapeshifting. [[spoiler: ''Love and Hate'' shows that this takes a toll on her mind.]]
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* MsFixit: MissFixit: [[spoiler:Her special talent]].
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* CynicismCatalyst: If one bad day can send you over the edge, hers was witnessing TCB!Octavia get murdered by Royal Guards.
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* CynicismCatalyst: If one bad day can send you over the edge, hers was witnessing TCB!Octavia get murdered by the Royal Guards.
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* TankGoodness: Mueller drives one.
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* AuthorAvatar: While Fluffy is probably not at all similar to him, [[https://www.fimfiction.net/group/206246/spectrum-crew/thread/162482/favorite-spectrumverse-characters#comment/4181501 he has referred to Kraber as a good match for how he plays videogames: well-intentioned, but seeing violence the way some people see hammers.]]
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** CulturalCringe: To some extent. If her talk with Harshwhinny in "Invasion Plans" is of any indication, she's become incredibly jaded with Equestria's history and culture over the years.
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** CulturalCringe: To some extent. If her talk with Harshwhinny in "Invasion Plans" is of any indication, she's become incredibly jaded with Equestria's history and culture over the years.years and is of the opinion that TCB!Equestria [[ItIsBeyondSaving is beyond saving]].
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** CulturalCringe: To some extent. If her talk with Harshwhinny in "Invasion Plans" is of any indication, she's become incredibly jaded with Equestria's history and culture over the years.
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* YouAreInCommandNow: After Marcus goes missing. When he comes back to Earth, he officially promotes her.
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* FutureBadass: As Kizuna Tallis [[https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/502994/vinyl-cosplay-and-recap-of-edc pointed out in a blog post]], Vinyl is a pretty hard {{deconstruction}} of this character archetype, as it's clear she became this way by a mixture of trauma, loss and hardship that has left her more than a little mentally unstable.
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* FutureBadass: As Kizuna Tallis [[https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/502994/vinyl-cosplay-and-recap-of-edc pointed out in a blog post]], Vinyl is a pretty hard {{deconstruction}} of this character archetype, as it's clear she only became this way by a mixture of trauma, loss and hardship that has left her more than a little mentally unstable.
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** ''Case Files'' expands on his backstory, revealing he was a normal family stallion whose well-meaning wife went off the deep end when she adopted a pair of Newfoal orphans. She eventually left him for a Newfoal, forcing him to escape to Earth with his children.
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** ''Case Files'' expands and ''Light'' expand on his backstory, revealing he was a normal family stallion whose well-meaning wife went off the deep end when the Crystal War went on, becoming a paranoid and broken mess. Later on, she adopted a pair of Newfoal orphans. orphans, while ignoring her own children. She eventually left him Aegis for a Newfoal, forcing him to escape to Earth with his children.
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* AscendedFanboy: Deconstructed. [[https://www.fimfiction.net/group/206246/spectrum-crew/thread/162482/favorite-spectrumverse-characters As Vox has put it]], Kraber can also be read as the end result of what would happen if a geek's IJustWantToBeBadass fantasies became a reality.
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* BrilliantButLazy: states in his ''Case Files'' interview that he used to "wake and bake" (likely meaning he was a bit of a [[TheStoner stoner]]) a lot back in med school.
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* BrilliantButLazy: states States in his ''Case Files'' interview that he used to "wake and bake" (likely meaning he was a bit of a [[TheStoner stoner]]) a lot back in med school.
* HumanityEnsues: After centuries of having taken on reindeer does as host bodies, she's now having to use human host to move around.
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[[folder:Scootaloo (TCB)]]
A pegasus filly, one third of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. She left the empire and lives under the care of Cheerilee and the PHL.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Her wings actually]]. They're removed by amputation.
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:Her wings are discovered to be decaying away due to a disease called "Disharmony Necrosis". She needs surgery to have them removed]].
* BrokenPedestal: For TCB!Rainbow Dash. [[spoiler: It ''really'' isn't her fault]].
* ChildSoldier: It's only implied, but she does express excitement over the possibility of learning how to fly a jet.
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A pegasus filly, one third of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. She left the empire and lives under the care of Cheerilee and the PHL.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Her wings actually]]. They're removed by amputation.
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:Her wings are discovered to be decaying away due to a disease called "Disharmony Necrosis". She needs surgery to have them removed]].
* BrokenPedestal: For TCB!Rainbow Dash. [[spoiler: It ''really'' isn't her fault]].
* ChildSoldier: It's only implied, but she does express excitement over the possibility of learning how to fly a jet.
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* EmotionlessGirl: When she's not on something exciting, she's this. She even freaks out the usually stoic Winter Truce.
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* MeetCute: With Private Adrian Shepard. The young man is instantly smitten with her, and it's implied she feels the same about him.
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** SarcasticClapping: How she makes her presence known to Comet and her family. Aquamarine is clearly unamused, but Pina doesn't let that deter her.
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* VillainousBreakdown: The first five chapters of Light, culminating in him going up to kill off all the PER in what could be read as SuicideByCop, completely losing his mind, [[spoiler: and eventually being forced to [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext suplex an equine personification of his self-loathing into a wall and beat the shit out of it.]]]]
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* VillainousBreakdown: The first five nine chapters of Light, culminating in him going up to kill off all the PER in what could be read as SuicideByCop, completely losing his mind, [[spoiler: and eventually being forced to [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext suplex an equine personification of his self-loathing into a wall and beat the shit out of it.]]]]
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Kraber's ever-present, enormous, and long-suffering earthpony friend, whose function as a pony liaison to the Bundeswehr really boils down to "keep Kraber from doing anything stupid". He has two foals that he dotes on.
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Kraber's ever-present, enormous, and long-suffering earthpony friend, whose function as a pony liaison to the Bundeswehr really boils down to "keep Kraber from doing anything stupid". He has two foals that he dotes on.
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* BadassInDistress: He gets captured by Short Fuse's gang of renegade Loyalists in "Love and Hate".
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* [[spoiler: ManchurianAgent]]: [[spoiler: "Woven Within Details" reveals that Weaver seeded Trixie's mind with a trigger phrase allowing her to awaken and manipulate the Blue Spy personality for her own ends, which is precisely what happens when Trixie goes out to save an abducted Stephan from the Loyalists, only to be {{MindRape}}d into turning against her friends and comrades]].
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An earthpony mare with a rather twisted worldview, who works as the "lab assistant" and bodyguard to one of the leading members of PHL R&D.
* AmbiguouslyEvil
* AntiHero: Type V. Pina makes no pretense at fighting in the name of a morally righteous cause.
** PunchClockHero: She's with the PHL because they have the best weaponry, and they happen to share a goal of keeping the Solar Tyrant from enslaving them.
** SociopathicHero: This mare is a bit too fond of stalking the Loyalists while hidden in the foliage of the Everfree Forest...
* BloodKnight: Craves excitement so much that her inner monologue during "Love and Hate" has her describe Newfoals as ''boring'' due to posing little sustainable threat other than attrition.
* TheCynic: Possibly the most cynical character in the entire Spectrumverse, given that she seems to regard existence in general as a sort of CosmicHorrorStory, and all sides in the war as being little different from one another. Note that this doesn't make her a NietzscheWannabe, however.
* TheFettered: Surprisingly enough, yes, since she has rules (which she thinks of as capital-r Rules), presumably to keep her from going off the deep end.
* NatureIsNotNice: In-universe, Pina reflects on how life in the Everfree Forest is nasty, brutish and short. As it happens, she likes the idea very much.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone, including the narration, refers to her as "Pina".
* ShutUpKirk: In ''The Other Side of the Mirror'', having overheard Canon!Comet's enthusiasm about human pop-culture and disgust at the Solar Empire, Pina emerges from the background and responds with this gem:
-->'''Pina:''' "Disney movies. ''Wolf Children Ame and Yuki''. Very pretty. Very nice. You see what they want you to see. There is much they do not want you to see. They want you to feel sorry for them. They will lie. Have you stopped to think? Think of the Solar Empire. [[NotSoDifferent Perhaps right now they are showing ponies their own exhibition. An exhibition like this one]]. About humans, yes. Humans and what they can do. Humans and awesome things. But reflected in a dark mirror. Yes, they have a lot to work with. You will see."
** SarcasticClapping: How she makes her presence known to Comet and her family. Aquamarine is clearly unamused, but Pina doesn't let that deter her.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Marcus orders her to covertly survey Stephan and Trixie's vacation in Ponyville. It reminds her that she hasn't done something like this for a while now...
** And of course, later on, she does the same to Fuse's group of Loyalists.
* VerbalTic: Two of them, as seen above. For one, she rarely expresses herself other than in brief, curt phrases with very few commas. And secondly, she occasionally adds "yes" at the end of her sentences.
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An earthpony mare with a rather twisted worldview, who works as the "lab assistant" and bodyguard to one of the leading members of PHL R&D.
* AmbiguouslyEvil
* AntiHero: Type V. Pina makes no pretense at fighting in the name of a morally righteous cause.
** PunchClockHero: She's with the PHL because they have the best weaponry, and they happen to share a goal of keeping the Solar Tyrant from enslaving them.
** SociopathicHero: This mare is a bit too fond of stalking the Loyalists while hidden in the foliage of the Everfree Forest...
* BloodKnight: Craves excitement so much that her inner monologue during "Love and Hate" has her describe Newfoals as ''boring'' due to posing little sustainable threat other than attrition.
* TheCynic: Possibly the most cynical character in the entire Spectrumverse, given that she seems to regard existence in general as a sort of CosmicHorrorStory, and all sides in the war as being little different from one another. Note that this doesn't make her a NietzscheWannabe, however.
* TheFettered: Surprisingly enough, yes, since she has rules (which she thinks of as capital-r Rules), presumably to keep her from going off the deep end.
* NatureIsNotNice: In-universe, Pina reflects on how life in the Everfree Forest is nasty, brutish and short. As it happens, she likes the idea very much.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone, including the narration, refers to her as "Pina".
* ShutUpKirk: In ''The Other Side of the Mirror'', having overheard Canon!Comet's enthusiasm about human pop-culture and disgust at the Solar Empire, Pina emerges from the background and responds with this gem:
-->'''Pina:''' "Disney movies. ''Wolf Children Ame and Yuki''. Very pretty. Very nice. You see what they want you to see. There is much they do not want you to see. They want you to feel sorry for them. They will lie. Have you stopped to think? Think of the Solar Empire. [[NotSoDifferent Perhaps right now they are showing ponies their own exhibition. An exhibition like this one]]. About humans, yes. Humans and what they can do. Humans and awesome things. But reflected in a dark mirror. Yes, they have a lot to work with. You will see."
** SarcasticClapping: How she makes her presence known to Comet and her family. Aquamarine is clearly unamused, but Pina doesn't let that deter her.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Marcus orders her to covertly survey Stephan and Trixie's vacation in Ponyville. It reminds her that she hasn't done something like this for a while now...
** And of course, later on, she does the same to Fuse's group of Loyalists.
* VerbalTic: Two of them, as seen above. For one, she rarely expresses herself other than in brief, curt phrases with very few commas. And secondly, she occasionally adds "yes" at the end of her sentences.
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* AuthorAvatar: Somewhat for Kizuna Tallis, as Doctor Fluffy and [=TheIdiot=] sometimes call her "the real life Vinyl" [[AuthorAppeal due to her love]] of ElectronicMusic.
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* AuthorAvatar: Somewhat for Kizuna Tallis, as Doctor Fluffy and [=TheIdiot=] sometimes call her "the real life Vinyl" [[AuthorAppeal due to her love]] of ElectronicMusic. It also helps that [[https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/502994/vinyl-cosplay-and-recap-of-edc she cosplayed Vinyl for the 2015 Las Vegas Electric Daisy Carnival]].
* FutureBadass: As Kizuna Tallis [[https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/502994/vinyl-cosplay-and-recap-of-edc pointed out in a blog post]], Vinyl is a pretty hard {{deconstruction}} of this character archetype, as it's clear she became this way by a mixture of trauma, loss and hardship that has left her more than a little mentally unstable.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In an OffScreenMomentOfAwesome (topped off with some NightmareFuel), Octavia's murder sent her into a blood-soaked rage to rival [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2 Raul Menendez]]'s.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In an OffScreenMomentOfAwesome (topped off with some NightmareFuel), Octavia's murder sent her into a blood-soaked rage to rival [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2 Raul Menendez]]'s.Menendez's]].
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* [[ClusterFBomb Carpet Various Letters Bombing]]: 'Fok!' is easily the most common word in his dialogue, though it's often used alongside various... interesting... [[BilingualBonus phrases in Afrikaans]]. According to Fluffy, as of chapter 10, Kraber has said it 491 times.
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* [[ClusterFBomb Carpet Various Letters Bombing]]: 'Fok!' is easily the most common word in his dialogue, though it's often used alongside various... interesting... [[BilingualBonus phrases in Afrikaans]]. According to Fluffy, as of chapter 10, Kraber has said it 491 times. The number is still growing.
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* MilitaryBrat: [[https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/486204/minor-retcon According to Fluffy]], he's the son of an ex-[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32_Battalion_(South_Africa) 32 Battalion]] man.
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* ComedicSociopathy: Carved "Dear Queen Molestia - NUTS!" (a reference to General Anthony [=McAulife=]'s infamous response to Germans demanding his surrender) on a Royal Guard's dead body sometime after the "Trust" chapter.
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** Unfortunately, he later ends up [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength accidentally destroying the grip (offscreen)]] and rendering it useless. Thankfully, Discord managed to procure a set of pistols that were made by Claire and Laura from ''Last Train'', which were then (apparently, they're InUniverse Anime/{{Hellsing}} fans) alchemically remade with adamantium and vibranium.
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** Unfortunately, he later ends up [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength accidentally destroying the grip (offscreen)]] and rendering it useless. Thankfully, Discord [[spoiler:Discord]] managed to procure a set of pistols that were made by Claire and Laura from ''Last Train'', which were then (apparently, they're InUniverse Anime/{{Hellsing}} fans) alchemically remade with adamantium and vibranium.
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* ExhaustedEyeBags: [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/Viktor-M-Kraber-Redone-515120941 his new portrait]] by Doctor Fluffy has them. Word of Fluffy is that he's afraid to go to sleep, thanks to the nightmares he gets. Considering the last two that he's gotten in ''Light'', this is understandable.
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* ExhaustedEyeBags: [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/Viktor-M-Kraber-Redone-515120941 his His new portrait]] by Doctor Fluffy has them. Word of Fluffy is that he's afraid to go to sleep, thanks to the nightmares he gets. Considering the last two that he's gotten in ''Light'', this is understandable.
* AuthorAvatar: Somewhat for Kizuna Tallis, as Doctor Fluffy and [=TheIdiot=] sometimes call her "the real life Vinyl" [[AuthorAppeal due to her love]] of ElectronicMusic.
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** [[spoiler:When Marcus warns her and Acevedo against spreading the truth behind TCB!Lyra and the Bag of Tirek, Vinyl argues that Ambassador Heartstrings did more to save mankind than anyone else]].
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[[folder:Ambrose Hex]]
A PHL colonel who briefly travels aboard CPX-9872 while it flees Halifax.
* ColonelBadass: To some extent.
* DeadpanSnarker: Particularly in regards to Tess.
* {{Jerkass}}: Admittedly, it's hard to blame him under the circumstances.
* OnlySaneMan: Acts the part, but the truth of the matter is debatable.
* SecretKeeper
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A PHL colonel who briefly travels aboard CPX-9872 while it flees Halifax.
* ColonelBadass: To some extent.
* DeadpanSnarker: Particularly in regards to Tess.
* {{Jerkass}}: Admittedly, it's hard to blame him under the circumstances.
* OnlySaneMan: Acts the part, but the truth of the matter is debatable.
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!!Bureau Raid Team
An advance squad sent to raid the Sleepy Hollow Conversion Bureau and retrieve its dimensional portal, which the PHL hope to reverse-engineer.
[[folder:Gilda (TCB)]]
The former friend of Rainbow Dash, turned resistance fighter for the PHL.
* ActionGirl
* BadassPrincess[-/-]RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She's revealed to be royalty, and certainly isn't afraid to get her claws dirty to fight.
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey
* CombatPragmatist: Uses her enemies' dead bodies as meat shields.
* TheGadfly: Towards Trevor.
* {{Jerkass}}: Fighting for a good cause hasn't made her a nicer person.
* LastOfHerKind: Not of her species (though the TCB!griffons aren't doing very well), but she's the last living member of the griffon royal family.
An advance squad sent to raid the Sleepy Hollow Conversion Bureau and retrieve its dimensional portal, which the PHL hope to reverse-engineer.
[[folder:Gilda (TCB)]]
The former friend of Rainbow Dash, turned resistance fighter for the PHL.
* ActionGirl
* BadassPrincess[-/-]RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She's revealed to be royalty, and certainly isn't afraid to get her claws dirty to fight.
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey
* CombatPragmatist: Uses her enemies' dead bodies as meat shields.
* TheGadfly: Towards Trevor.
* {{Jerkass}}: Fighting for a good cause hasn't made her a nicer person.
* LastOfHerKind: Not of her species (though the TCB!griffons aren't doing very well), but she's the last living member of the griffon royal family.
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The team that makes sure PHL
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The former friend of Rainbow Dash, turned resistance fighter for the PHL.
* ActionGirl
* BadassPrincess[-/-]RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She's revealed to be royalty, and certainly isn't afraid to
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The sole minotaur living in the TCB-verse, fighting alongside the PHL to avenge his race.
* {{Badass}}
* TheBigGuy
* DropTheHammer: His main weapon.
* ItsPersonal
* LastOfHisKind: For the minotaurs.
* ALoadOfBull
* TeamDad: Somewhat towards the raiding team in "The Bigger Score" since he usually has to diffuse fights and scolds Gilda and Trevor for their bickering.
The sole minotaur living in the TCB-verse, fighting alongside the PHL to avenge his race.
* {{Badass}}
* TheBigGuy
* DropTheHammer: His main weapon.
* ItsPersonal
* LastOfHisKind: For the minotaurs.
* ALoadOfBull
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!!Dr. Ernst Kasparek
An ex-PER member who grew disillusioned with the methods his allies were using. He defected to the PHL, bringing enchanted equipment that helped them to make leaps and bounds in magic enhancements. The
* TheAtoner
* DefectorFromDecadence
* TheDeterminator: Need to get to America? Steal a plane and land in New York, with only a shotgun for defense. Legs broken by PER? Use cruise control to drive instead.
* GeniusCripple: Granted, the "cripple" part is a new development thanks to the PER.
* HerrDoktor: Subverted, he's Latvian.
* IHaveNoSon: Inverted. He states his daughter has cut off all ties with him due to his association with the PER, and won't ever speak to him.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Holds a lot of guilt and self-hatred for his previous alignment with the PER.
* SirSwearsALot: Justified. He is very, very displeased about his previous faction, at one point saying that the PHL should do this to
-->"Reitman? [[Anime/DeadLeaves Whack that evil whore for all the crap she put the world through, you've got to rip off her head and piss in her skull!]]"
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* DropTheHammer: His main weapon.
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An advance squad sent to raid the Sleepy Hollow Conversion Bureau and retrieve its dimensional portal, which the PHL hope to reverse-engineer.
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The former friend of Rainbow Dash, turned resistance fighter for the PHL.
* ActionGirl
* BadassPrincess[-/-]RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She's revealed to be royalty, and certainly isn't afraid to get her claws dirty to fight.
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey
* CombatPragmatist: Uses her enemies' dead bodies as meat shields.
* TheGadfly: Towards Trevor.
* {{Jerkass}}: Fighting for a good cause hasn't made her a nicer person.
* LastOfHerKind: Not of her species (though the TCB!griffons aren't doing very well), but she's the last living member of the griffon royal family.
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The sole minotaur living in the TCB-verse, fighting alongside the PHL to avenge his race.
* {{Badass}}
* TheBigGuy
* DropTheHammer: His main weapon.
* ItsPersonal
* LastOfHisKind: For the minotaurs.
* ALoadOfBull
* TeamDad: Somewhat towards the raiding team in "The Bigger Score" since he usually has to diffuse fights and scolds Gilda and Trevor for their bickering.
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An advance squad sent to raid the Sleepy Hollow Conversion Bureau and retrieve its dimensional portal, which the PHL hope to reverse-engineer.
[[folder:Gilda (TCB)]]
The former friend of Rainbow Dash, turned resistance fighter for the PHL.
* ActionGirl
* BadassPrincess[-/-]RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She's revealed to be royalty, and certainly isn't afraid to get her claws dirty to fight.
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey
* CombatPragmatist: Uses her enemies' dead bodies as meat shields.
* TheGadfly: Towards Trevor.
* {{Jerkass}}: Fighting for a good cause hasn't made her a nicer person.
* LastOfHerKind: Not of her species (though the TCB!griffons aren't doing very well), but she's the last living member of the griffon royal family.
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The sole minotaur living in the TCB-verse, fighting alongside the PHL to avenge his race.
* {{Badass}}
* TheBigGuy
* DropTheHammer: His main weapon.
* ItsPersonal
* LastOfHisKind: For the minotaurs.
* ALoadOfBull
* TeamDad: Somewhat towards the raiding team in "The Bigger Score" since he usually has to diffuse fights and scolds Gilda and Trevor for their bickering.
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The granddaughter of the late TCB!Sint Erklass, former Arch-Mage of Adlaborn. Like her canon universe counterpart, her soul is bound to a magical cloak which seizes control of the body of whomever wears it. Her current host is a mysterious young woman known only as Lawrin.
* EarlyBirdCameo: It's stated that she was around during the ''Last Train'' affair and knows things that happened that the audience (as of now) don't.
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The granddaughter of the late TCB!Sint Erklass, former Arch-Mage of Adlaborn. Like her canon universe counterpart, her soul is bound to a magical cloak which seizes control of the body of whomever wears it. Her current host is a mysterious young woman known only as Lawrin.
* EarlyBirdCameo: It's stated that she was around during the ''Last Train'' affair and knows things that happened that the audience (as of now) don't.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: She finally follows her late grandmother's advice and [[spoiler:gets right out of Equestria]].
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* EyeScream: After Canon!Icewind and several other Guards resign in protest of Equestria helping humanity, she comments that she vaguely remembers gouging out his counterpart's eyes in Paris. No-one around her [[JustForPun bats an eye]] at this remark.
* HeroWorshipper: Regards Lyra as the best of ponykind. [[spoiler: And doesn't undergo BrokenPedestal after learning what caused the war]]. Her attitude towards Marcus is somewhat frostier, though.
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* EyeScream: After Canon!Icewind and several other Guards resign in protest of Equestria helping humanity, she comments that she vaguely remembers gouging out his counterpart's eyes in Paris. No-one No one around her [[JustForPun bats an eye]] at this remark.
* HeroWorshipper: Regards Lyra as the best of ponykind. [[spoiler: And she doesn't undergo BrokenPedestal after learning what caused the war]]. Her attitude towards Marcus is somewhat frostier, though.
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Not quite as lucky as her friends, Applebloom was stuck in the Solar Empire as the war raged on, getting a front row seat to all that has happened.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Has just barely avoided this herself, as her head was often and randomly filled with irrational feelings of hatred for humanity right before she snapped herself out of it]].
* BrokenPedestal: For Applejack. To be fair, [[spoiler:it ''really'' isn't AJ's fault]].
* DespairEventHorizon: Like with Big Mac, Granny Smith's death, the newfoals, being separated from her friends and seeing what her sister became have driven her to the edge of sadness.
* NiceHat: Gains a replica of Creator/ClintEastwood's stetson hat when [[spoiler:she leaves the Empire]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: She finally follows her late grandmother's advice and [[spoiler:gets right out of Equestria]].
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!Ponies for Human Life
The PHL began as a peaceful pro-human group started by Ambassador Lyra Heartstrings, but gained military backing after USMC Colonel Marcus Renee was assigned as her bodyguard, catapulting him into a position of unprecedented power. Since then, the "Ponies for Human Life" title has become something of a misnomer due to the inclusion of humans and other sapient beings from Equus. Currently, the PHL are also working in tandem with a United Nations taskforce led by Colonel Renee.
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* {{Action Girl}}s: Any female member in their ranks (and there are plenty) can qualify.
* {{Badass}}es
* BreakTheCutie: Every. Single. Pony.
* {{Category Traitor}}s: The ponies in the PHL are labeled as "Betrayers" and often treated as humans-in-all-but-race by the Solar Empire. Human members are also hated by the HLF for their cooperation with the ponies, being considered an "affront to all humanity" and "halfway to becoming Newfoals".
* ChildSoldiers: The PHL has taken many war orphans, both human and pony, under its wing. While their leaders are unhappy about sending children out onto the front lines, the Empire's merciless nature and constant loss of manpower has made it a heart-breaking necessity.
** Youngsters known to be fighting for the PHL include Dinky, Pipsqueak, the Cutie Mark Crusaders and a boy named [[Manga/AttackOnTitan Jean Kirchstein]], the last of whom [[spoiler: is burnt to death by Queen Celestia]].
* [[DefectorFromDecadence Defectors From Decadence]]: All of the ponies in the group. TCB!Spitfire in particular resigned from the Wonderbolts in disgust over her country's policies.
* DirtyBusiness: Whether it's [[ChildSoldiers using children as soldiers]], [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing their enemies for information]] or [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill employing lethal force]], they will do it to save mankind from Celestia's madness. But that doesn't mean they enjoy resorting to such methods.
* FutureBadass: Since TCB!Equestria is four years ahead of its canon counterpart, most of the ponies count.
** Before the war, Lyra was flighty, lazy and eccentric. During the war, she became the most respected pony on Earth and the leader of a multinational resistance group. She remains a revered figure even in death.
** Cheerilee is one of the few members to be endowed with some powerful, yet volatile magic runes which heighten her physical endurance.
** Trixie makes use of her talents as an illusionist (with a helpful dose of Changeling magic) to go undercover behind enemy lines.
* {{Heroic Bystander}}s: The majority of the pony members are civilians who chose to make a stand against Queen Celestia's regime.
* {{Hero Worshipper}}s: According to Marcus, many of the ponies (and some humans) revere TCB!Lyra in the same way as the in-show ponies do with Celestia.
** This is further explored and deconstructed in ''Last Train From Oblivion'', where it is shown to not necessarily be a good thing.
** It's deconstructed again in the chapter "Training Days: First Month". Marcus worries that people will project TCB!Lyra onto Canon!Lyra, which could put severe mental strain on the innocent little unicorn.
* HumansAreWarriors: Pretty much true of every human member.
* IconOfRebellion: The PHL's symbol is a white-on-blue representation of a lyre within a laurel wreath.
** Two other notable examples are a graffito of Lyra calling on people to resist the Empire, and a poster of a PHL pony defending a human child from TCB!Rainbow Dash.
* ItsPersonal: Nearly everyone involved has lost someone they've loved. More broadly, the humans want to take back their planet, and the ponies feel betrayed by Queen Celestia.
* LaResistance
* LoweredRecruitingStandards: Like many human military forces, they have ChildSoldiers (one of which is apparently not even old enough to vote) and have accepted at least one ex-HLF soldier into their ranks (Kraber) who really should have been institutionalized by this point.
* MildlyMilitary: Not true of most human combatants, and certainly not "mild" in the sense that everyone involved is desperately fighting for survival, but applies in that its highest-ranking members include civilians such as a musician-turned-ambassador, a schoolteacher and a physicist.
* MultinationalTeam: Alien ponies cooperating with a United Nations taskforce, which includes soldiers from all over the world.
* OhMyGods: A closer reading of the text shows that the ponies now swear in Luna's name rather than Celestia's. [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen It's not exactly hard to see why]]...
** Some of the more zealous PHL ponies use terms such as "for Lyra's sake" or "by the Golden Lyre".
* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: Albeit a rather well-organized bunch, thanks to having career soldiers on board.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The PHL are not exactly the kinds of people who believe in such a thing as overkill. Which is justified, considering the HopelessWar they're embroiled in. [[WhatMeasureIsAMook It does help from an ethical standpoint that most of their firepower is directed at zombie-like former humans]].
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!!PHL High Command
[[folder:Col. Marcus Renee]]
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[[caption-width-right:298:He's a colonel, not a commander. [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/Marcus-Renee-no-3-450301562 Art by Doctor Fluffy]].]]
The main protagonist of the story, Colonel Marcus Renee is a leading member of the PHL and the UN Taskforce, as well as a very capable human combatant augmented with magic runes that greatly enhance his strength. Nevertheless, the war has not been kind to him.
* ActionBomb: If he gets doused with the potion, he has about five minutes to get it off of him before the runes blow him up.
* AndThisIsFor: Broke one of Canon!Applejack's legs because he mistook her for her TCB counterpart, who had taken his family from him.
* AntiMagic: His {{Power Tattoo}}s protect him from more lethal kinds of magic.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: In "War March and Past Sins", he initially refused to believe that [[spoiler:his mother, Megan, is the same one King Spykoran met over a thousand years ago, and that her legacy of dealing with ponies has now been passed to him]], but then reconsiders when he thinks about his home world's own situation.
* AsTheGoodBookSays: Quotes Revelation 21:6 in Chapter 11, "Sanguine Meetings and Bloodied Past".
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Managed to make Princess Celestia bleed for the first time in centuries.
** AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He became vital to the PHL because he was ''very'' good at his job, and once he had authority he ended up getting all the cool new toys for better asskicking.
* BattleAura: His runes send out a blast of telekinetic force whenever he releases the magic built up in them. They're accompanied with a slight blue glow.
* BerserkButton: The TCB!ponies in general. And upon meeting Prince Blueblood for the first time, we get this gem.
--> '''Marcus:''' "Oh... dear... God. I have the sudden urge to throttle something... violently."
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Attempted to slit his throat when he thought he was about to be ponified by the Canon!Mane Six, only for the knife to be taken from him. In desperation, he tried to faceplant on the knife, but wound up knocking himself out.
* BigBrotherInstinct: One of his major sources of {{Mangst}} is the fact that he was forced to kill his own ponified little brother.
* BlessedWithSuck: The Runes. They are capable of extreme power, but need to be embedded into the body of the user, and even if said user has had them for over two years, they can still be very difficult to control (though he does get a better handling of them with some tutelage from Princess Celestia).
** Even more [[spoiler: in "Sons of Legacies, Part 3" once it's discovered that after getting purged of Sombra, Marcus's runes basically fused with him, making his tissues alicorn-like. His body actually needs magic to survive. Expel too much, and he could die]].
* BreakTheBadass: Marcus breaks down to ManlyTears four times during the story. First is after he kills his ponified brother. Second when he meets Canon!Lyra for the first time, after confusing her for her TCB counterpart. Third is when he explains the state of his world to the Canon!Mane Six. Lastly is when he reflects on his mother's death and that [[spoiler:she ''did'' want to tell him about her adventures in Dream Valley but couldn't spit it out]].
* ChildhoodFriends: Somewhat with Porter Stanley, owing to Marcus's father having saved the life of Porter's father in the Gulf War.
* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: After a fashion, considering he is the son of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends Megan Williams]]]].
* ColonelBadass
* ColonelKilgore: Although he's not happy about it, Marcus thinks of himself as one.
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: The reason why Marcus handles his experiences in the war better than Celestia.
* CrisisOfFaith: In "War March and Past Sins", it's revealed that Marcus lost faith in the idea of a loving and just God after 9/11, and his subsequent experiences where God never did a thing against the evils of the world. He ends up discussing it with [[spoiler:Discord]].
* DefiantToTheEnd: Intended to go down like this, mouthing off at Canon!Twilight due to thinking he was about to be ponified.
* {{Determinator}}: During his fight with the Canon!Mane Six, he keeps on fighting even after being blasted through a glass window (and it's not SoftGlass either) courtesy of the party cannon and being thrown into a wall. He also is able to resist both TCB and Canon Fluttershy's signature Stare.
* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: [[spoiler: After being exposed to Sombra's powers, his own magical powers increased to such an absurd degree that he now possesses alicornal tissue, causing him to be ridiculously magically and physically powerful]].
* TheDreaded: To HLF members.
* DrivenToMadness: The war has been one traumatizing, psychotic episode for Marcus, who is barely holding onto his sanity by the time the main story rolls around.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: It's Dwayne. He even admits outright he hates it.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: His Runes turn him from a scarily competent Marine into something on a whole new level.
* {{Expy}}: Doctor Fluffy states that he [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/Marcus-Renee-no-3-450301562 based Marcus' facial features on]] [[VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}} BJ Blazkowicz]], specifically how he looks in ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder''.
** On the other hand, Kizuna Tallis goes for the ComicBookFantasyCasting route, stating that she envisions [[Series/StrikeBack Philip Winchester]] as Marcus.
* GenerationXerox: A Marine like his father, and like his mother, [[spoiler: he's dealing with ponies and mystical evil forces]].
* GeniusBruiser: According to Cheerilee, he has a degree in physics.
* HandCannon: Marcus's Colt ([[IncrediblyLamePun *snicker*]]) [[CoolGuns M1911]] has been magically modified into one.
** Unfortunately, he later ends up [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength accidentally destroying the grip (offscreen)]] and rendering it useless. Thankfully, Discord managed to procure a set of pistols that were made by Claire and Laura from ''Last Train'', which were then (apparently, they're InUniverse Anime/{{Hellsing}} fans) alchemically remade with adamantium and vibranium.
* HappilyFailedSuicide: Marcus tried to kill himself in Canon!Equestria, only to find out that he was WrongGenreSavvy, and he now has allies that can actually turn the tide of the war.
* TheHero: For the PHL, though from a narrative perspective he is more of a SupportingProtagonist.
* InterspeciesRomance: With TCB!Cheerilee.
* ItsPersonal: His reasons for wanting the TCB versions of the Mane Six dead, ranging from TCB!Twilight ponifiying (and marrying) his younger brother Jacob, TCB!Applejack for "taking his family away from him", TCB!Rainbow Dash for converting his soldiers, and TCB!Fluttershy for coming close to converting him with her Stare.
* LanternJawOfJustice: [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/Marcus-Renee-no-3-450301562#comments Very square-jawed]].
* MessianicArchetype: While not to quite the same extent as [[BigGood TCB!Lyra]], Marcus is the leader of the PHL's fighting forces and [[HopeBringer a source of inspiration to humanity]]. [[spoiler: Discord]] even goes so far as to state that if he were ever killed or ponified, it could very well be the last straw to make humanity and the rebellious ponies lose all remaining hope.
* RapidFireNo: He lets out a string of these in "War March and Past Sins" when Dragon King Spykoran identifies his heirloom heart-shaped locket as [[spoiler:the Rainbow of Light]].
* RealMenWearPink: Appropriately enough for a male action hero in a ''My Little Pony'' fanfic, he's a Marine who's unafraid to wear the aforementioned heart-shaped locket.
* SemperFi
* UnskilledButStrong: Despite his runes granting him magical abilities, he has a lot of trouble using them for more than enhancing his strength and stamina, releasing a BattleAura and basic telekinesis such as lifting and pushing, due to not having a horn to focus it through. However, the things Marcus can do, he does with an incredible amount of force. He does learn to get better control of them through Canon!Celestia's tutelage, but [[spoiler:Sombra]] thinks it's still pretty sloppy.
* UnstoppableRage: The runes seem to give him a huge boost of aggression when active.
* WrongGenreSavvy: He was initially convinced he ended up in a past version of Equestria before they met with Earth, and tries to kill Celestia to prevent the war.
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Want to live longer? Don't mess with Marcus.
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The PHL's founder and original leader, Ambassador Lyra Heartstrings is still a symbol of true harmony between humans and ponies after her execution by Queen Celestia.
* {{Adorkable}}: Shows signs of this in her journal.
* AllLovingHero: Judging from her last words.
** Though it's worth noting her attitude to Queen Celestia was like [[SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Kal-El's towards Darkseid]] in that she would have accepted her arch-enemy's death as the lesser evil.
* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome
* {{Ambadassador}}: Was the Equestrian ambassador to the United Kingdom, and the leader of the PHL.
* TheAtoner: Albeit, a more unaware version of this. See ForWantOfANail.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: While not much has been seen of her in combat, it's clear she was no slouch judging by her [[MultiArmedAndDangerous assault arms]].
* BeingGoodSucks: Defying Queen Celestia (whom she was almost certainly on good terms with, to be made an ambassador) and denouncing her beloved home country were not the easiest decisions for her to make, especially given the fear and mistrust she faced from many of the same humans she vowed to protect. Not to mention, dying a martyr's death is inspiring only when it isn't happening to you.
* BigGood: To the PHL. Even some members of the HLF mourned her death despite their anti-pony sentiments.
* BiTheWay[-/-]CovertPervert: She apparently wasn't unfaithful, but she did have a bit of a reputation as an "experimental" sort of mare.
** Marcus responding to Canon!Lyra's question as to whether they were lovers by saying "you'd think I would be used to your antics by now" could be read in more than one way.
* BreakTheCutie: When Equestria first encountered Earth, she was excited. By the time Newfoals were commonplace, she was... less so.
** Even before the manifestation, she had also lost her parents to an attack by Sombra's forces, causing her to become something of a StepfordSmiler for a while.
* DefiantToTheEnd
* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler: She found the Bag of Tirek, kick-starting the whole mess in the first place]].
* FaceDeathWithDignity
* FinalSpeech: Made one before her death at Queen Celestia's hooves that heavily references ''Film/TheGreatDictator''.
* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler: Everything that happened in the story can be traced back to TCB!Lyra deciding to go on a scuba-diving trip with some friends, where she uncovered a wrecked ship that held the Bag of Tirek onboard. She wasn't aware of this though, as evidenced by her journal entries. Canon!Lyra on the other hand rejected going on that trip in order to practice for the Canterlot Royal Orchestra tryouts]].
* HiddenDepths: Went from being the equivalent of Ponyville's resident UFO-logist to a respected leader of the human and pony resistance.
** FromNobodyToNightmare: Well, a nightmare to the Solar Empire, anyway. Who would have guessed that a fringe historian would go on to lead an uprising?
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Averted in a significant way. [[spoiler: She wasn't immune to the power of Tirek's Bag]].
* InspirationalMartyr: To the point where people are petitioning for the Pope to canonize her as a saint.
* LiterallyShatteredLives: Queen Celestia executed her by turning her to stone and having her crushed by a mob.
* MessianicArchetype: This Lyra almost single-hoofedly gave humanity and ponykind a reason to keep trusting each other after the war began.
** At one point, Marcus outright says that she is a messiah-like figure to the PHL, which is why he decides against taking Canon!Lyra with him back to Earth, since she could never live up to their expectations, though he does agree to let her train alongside the Mane Six.
** [[spoiler: Taken one step further after it is revealed that she presented Marcus with a uniquely powerful "redeemer" rune to tattoo on his body, the implication being that this rune could purge Queen Celestia of Tirek's influence, and Lyra got it from [[{{God}} the Scribe]] in person]].
* NayTheist: While the Solar Tyrant is far from omnipotent, she's still very powerful. By contrast, Lyra is merely a little green unicorn. She was also the one whose defiance led to the creation of the most effective military force battling against the Solar Empire.
* NoPlaceForMeThere: [[spoiler: Saving mankind and making up for her mistake required setting in motion a chain of events (i.e. Marcus taking command of the PHL's troops, his arrival in Canon!Equestria alerting Princess Celestia to the situation, Discord reconciling with his sisters, etc.) that she wouldn't live to see]].
* TheParagon: While members of the PHL can fall anywhere on the moral spectrum, Lyra was and is still regarded as one of the most noble and selfless people in the group. [[spoiler: Shame about being indirectly responsible for all the war and destruction]].
* PosthumousCharacter
* PrimAndProperBun: The Asia Side-Story describes Ambassador Lyra as keeping her mane tied into a bun, in contrast to Canon!Lyra's distinctive unkempt hairstyle.
* [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil A Pupil Of Mine Until She Turned To Evil]]: Inverted in that she was one of the unicorns studying at Celestia's School (though she was never a personal student like Twilight) and rebelled against her former teacher after Celestia went to the dark side. [[spoiler: Which is then further complicated after factoring in that Lyra discovered the very ArtifactOfDoom which caused Celestia's corruption. Oops]].
* RebelLeader: And her death ended up making her a martyr.
* ReluctantWarrior: Preferred persuading people over to her side than fighting them, including the HLF. If the King of England is to be believed, she would have been a MartialPacifist in a more idealistic setting.
-->'''King William V:''' "We can say all we like about her prowess in battle. But I hope to God that becomes a footnote in history because Lyra was never about battle. If there was a peaceful solution, she'd try for it."
* [[RenaissanceMan Renaissance Mare]]: The ''Case Files'' side-story reveals that [[BrilliantButLazy when she applied herself]], Lyra was close to being Twilight 2.0. Amongst other things, she personally oversaw the design of ArtificialLimbs, and various {{Magitek}} weapons and devices for the PHL to use.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: She publicly defected from Equestria, revealed the truth about the potion to humanity, and founded the PHL. Her defiance of the Queen in fact helped spur many ponies (like Firebrand, Blizzard Flurry and Aegis) to reject the conversion of humanity and join the fight.
* ShadowArchetype: A heroic example to TCB!Twilight. Went to Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns? Check. Was one of Princess Cadance's charges? Check. Had an obsessive interest for unusual subjects (in this case, humans)? Check. Proved unexpectedly well-suited for leading people into fighting the good fight? Check.
** During one of her visions, Lightning Dust sees Lyra as an alicorn.
* TakeOurWordForIt: Similarly to [[Film/{{Terminator}} John Connor]], TCB!Lyra is a resistance leader whom we rarely see in action ([[PosthumousCharacter for obvious reasons]]) but is treated with awe and respect by the people who believe in her cause.
* TheUnchosenOne: She died before she could bring about the BigBad's defeat, yet the way she stayed loyal to the principles of old Equestria inspired many humans and ponies to hold back from falling into mutual hatred and slaughter.
* [[spoiler: UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom]]: [[spoiler: She was famous in the TCB-verse for finding the sunken ship of the KV-62 archaeological party headed by Dr. Waggoner on a scuba-diving trip. Unfortunately, said ship also carried a certain ArtifactOfDoom...]]
** [[spoiler: UnwittingPawn]]: [[spoiler: It's also very likely that the Bag of Tirek did subtly influence her to carry it over to TCB!Celestia]].
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[[folder:Cheerilee (TCB)]]
Formerly Ponyville's school teacher, now a high-ranking member of the PHL.
* AlliterativeName: Her full name is Cheerilee Cherry.
* BadassTeacher
* BerserkButton: Harming kids in any way. [[spoiler: Just ask Queen Celestia's Mirror Pool clone]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* CurbStompBattle: Apparently, Cheerilee delivered a diplomatic one to the Taliban. Marcus was sick, so he sent her in his place. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome The meeting was over in an hour]], with them fully backing the PHL and the UN.
* DefectorFromDecadence
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Yes, [[spoiler: Cheerilee DID just punch the shit out of Celestia]]. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: it was only an avatar created by the Mirror Pool]].
* FriendToAllChildren: To both human children and foals.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Marcus.
* InUniverseNickname: Affectionately called "the Teacher" by some.
* MamaBear: [[spoiler: Not even an alicorn is safe from her when she goes into this mode]].
* NiceGirl: As in canon.
* ParentalSubstitute: Regards all the war orphans adopted by the PHL as her own children.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* RebelLeader: Gets promoted to Commander of the PHL Forces on Marcus's recommendation.
* [[RoseHairedSweetie Rose-Maned Pony]]: Has somehow managed to hold onto her sweet nature despite all the horrors she's surrounded by.
* TakingUpTheMantle: She's well on the way to taking over Lyra's role as the BigGood.
* UnskilledButStrong: Thanks to having runic enhancement. The magic boost she receives is enough to hurt [[spoiler:Queen Celestia]]!
* UnstoppableRage: Falls into this when Queen Celestia kills a [[ChildSoldiers teenage boy soldier]].
* WorthLivingFor: How Marcus sees her.
* YouAreInCommandNow: After Marcus goes missing.
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[[folder:Doctor Whooves[-/-]Time Turner (TCB)]]
A brilliant earth pony [[spoiler: and a former Time Lord]] physicist and one of the PHL's most resourceful strategists.
* [[spoiler: {{Animorphism}}]]: [[spoiler: He is ''[[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]]'', and turned into a pony at one point]].
* BadassPacifist: Hates violence in general.
** MartialPacifist: Nevertheless, he knows that some enemies can't be negotiated with, making violence more of the very last resort.
* BunnyEarsLawyer
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: Well, given who he is...]]
* DoesNotLikeGuns: Or weapons of any kind.
* HappilyMarried: To Derpy Hooves.
* MadScientist
* OverprotectiveDad: Downplayed. He vocally hates the idea of sending his daughters into battle, but reluctantly accepts ChildSoldiers as a necessary evil.
* [[spoiler: ProHumanTranshuman]]: [[spoiler: Sorta. Being a Time Lord, he was never human to begin with, but he's also the only non-pony (other than Verity Carter) to turn into a pony without any ill side-effects]].
* TheSmartGuy
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Stephan.
* YouCantFightFate: [[spoiler: TCB!Lyra's death was an immutable fixed point in history, and Doctor Whooves couldn't save her life because of this]].
[[/folder]]
!!Bundeswehr
[[folder:Maj. Stephan Bauer]]
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[[caption-width-right:313: The Knight of Germania. Art by [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/Major-Stephan-Bauer-458545498 Proudtobe]].]]
A Bundeswehr major notable for going into battle wearing power armor and wielding a claymore, hence his nickname, "the Knight of Germania".
* ActionBomb: He keeps enough C4 on him to level a two-story building if he is ever hit by potion.
* AndThisIsFor: He pulls this on Queen Celestia when he thinks she killed his soldiers.
* BadassNormal: Does a pretty good job at keeping up with Marcus despite lacking the Runes.
* BattleCouple: With TCB!Trixie.
* BerserkButton: Anything related to Queen Celestia.
* {{BFS}}: Has a machete that turns into a claymore (think like [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife's sword]]) that is very light for its size, courtesy of changeling magic.
* BoldlyComing
* BreakTheBadass: Facing the Dark Door and being forced to witness his worst fears actually caused him to break down into BrokenTears.
* ChivalrousPervert: As of "Training Days: First Days, Part 1". He's a little [[PowerPerversionPotential too happy to take advantage of Trixie's]] VoluntaryShapeshifting.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: In the comments for "Sons of Legacies, Part 3", Kizuna Tallis states she envisions [[Series/StrikeBack Sullivan]] [[Film/ThreeHundredRiseOfAnEmpire Stapleton]] as Stephan.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The Europe Side-Story is this for him.
* DrillSergeantNasty: He's very tough on his new recruits and certainly won't be going easy on the Canon!Mane Six while training them.
* InterspeciesRomance: With TCB!Trixie.
* JerkassFacade: You can't afford to show too much softness as a soldier, but he's probably one of the nicest and most compassionate humans in the story. It's just best not to provoke him.
* TheLancer: To Marcus.
* MajorlyAwesome
* MyGreatestFailure: He was once forced to MercyKill a classroom full of ponified children during an evacuation gone wrong in France.
* NotSoStoic: Aside from breaking down sobbing after being in the hold of the Dark Door, he also spends much of "Training Days: First Days, Part 1" inwardly geeking out over fighting alongside dragons.
* OnlySaneMan: While he's as worn down by the war as one would expect, Stephan seems to have fewer PTSD issues than Marcus or Kraber.
* RedBaron: He gained his nickname, "The Knight of Germania", due to being German and using PoweredArmor and a sword.
* SeenItAll:
-->"I am talking with you, [[spoiler: the God of Chaos]], or whatever you call yourself now. I saved the Crystal Empire, fighting alongside two alicorns, one whom I wanted to see dead, and now I am in a different Equestria, facing the challenge of training an army of griffons, dragons, Diamond Dogs and other mystical creatures from to fight in our war! I've had tea with Princess Celestia, and found that she is actually rather nice! At this point, [[spoiler: dear darling Discord]], there isn't much that can surprise me anymore."
* ShellShockedVeteran: Though his PTSD is not nearly as bad as Marcus' or Kraber's, he does have his respective issues. For one thing, he ''did'' lose his home and was forced to kill a classroom full of children who became Newfoals to prevent them from attacking his men.
* UnstoppableRage: Falls into this in ''Strike'' when he thinks Queen Celestia killed his soldiers.
* WeAreNotTheWehrmacht
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Blue Spy[-/-]Trixie Lulamoon (TCB)]]
A clever shape-shifting unicorn spy, assassin and possibly the rebel ponies' greatest war asset.
* AntiHero
* BattleCouple: With Stephan.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: She fell in love with Stephan because he was the only person who treated her with genuine respect and care.
* BecomingTheMask: What Trixie fears is happening to her, due to the alternate personalities she uses to do her spying starting to become fully sapient personalities.
* ColdBloodedTorture: She uses psychological torture on a Royal Guard by threatening to cut up his (absent) family. It should be noted that she hates herself for it, and when she discovers [[spoiler: Spike alone and tortured]], she breaks down in tears.
* DefectorFromDecadence
* HeroicBSOD: Gets a brief but powerful one after [[spoiler: finding a tortured Spike in a prison cell]].
* InterspeciesRomance: With Stephan.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* KnifeNut
* KnightInSourArmour
* LargeHam: Trixie shows that she's still got it in her when she can't help but compare her crimes to those of "some vampiric tyrant of old".
* PowerPerversionPotential: She may end up going along with Stephan's plans involving her shapeshifting.
* TheRedBaron: Her alias, "the Blue Spy".
* RescueRomance: The other reason why she fell in love with Stephan.
* SheWhoFightsMonsters: Fears she's becoming just as ruthless as the people she fights against.
* SplitPersonality: It's lucky that Trixie is such an egomaniac, or she'd have lost herself a long time ago. Also, she does make a big point of defying GollumMadeMeDoIt.
* TookALevelInBadass: With training from Stephan and [[spoiler: TCB!Chrysalis]], she goes from an egotistical magician to a skilled shape-shifting spy with a vast array of bombs and considerable skill with a blade.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Has this power as the Blue Spy. [[spoiler: TCB!Chrysalis taught her as a last gift against the Solar Tyrant]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Bauer's Regiment]]
* ColdSniper: Sharpshooter Alicia.
* [[FlatCharacter Flat Characters]]
* NiceGuy: Daniel.
* OldSoldier: Peter and Mueller.
* WeAreNotTheWehrmacht
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sgt. Viktor Kraber]]
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[[caption-width-right:315:Kraber, [[AxCrazy in his element]]. Art by [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/Kraber-and-Aegis-Semi-WIP-452659322 Doctor Fluffy]].]]
A bitter and violent half-South African/half-German ex-HLF soldier, currently holding the rank of Stabsunteroffizier in the Bundeswehr. Kraber takes ShellShockedVeteran to an extreme beyond any other protagonist in the story. His life since the barrier's appearance has been rather depressing – ever since finding his children were ponified at their own birthday party, [[DrivenToMadness he's gradually taken leave of his sanity]].
He's also probably the most ubiquitous character in the 'verse, having (maybe) cameoed in the Asia story, being mentioned in ''Adrift'', and having appeared in the main story,''Last Train'', ''Case Files'', ''Multiverse Journey'', ''Calm Before The Storm'', as well as the central role in '' The Light Despondent'', and even appearing in FanFic/TheAvatarOfAlbion in a (not so) quick cameo.
* AdultFear: TCB!Pinkie Pie (whom he hired to plan out his children's birthday party) ponified his family, and the only reason he didn't get converted along with them was because he got stuck in traffic. When he arrived home, [[NothingIsScarier the house was eerily silent and empty]] and it took some time before the realization hit him.
* TheAlcoholic
* AmoralAfrikaner: Well, at least part Afrikaner, and it isn't clear which side of his family is from there. And the "amoral" part is subverted, since being around Aegis has changed him for the better. This is revealed in ''Light Despondent'' to be at least partly an affectation so Kraber can terrify people. On top of that, Kraber ''is'' a Sharlto Copley fan.
* AntiHero: Somewhere between a ruthless PayEvilUntoEvil version and an UnscrupulousHero. To his credit, he does make an effort to kill the right ponies and people. But it's also made clear he's [[GoodIsNotNice not a nice person]].
* TheAtoner: He was in the HLF, who are {{Right Wing Militia Fanatic}}s with a KillEmAll mindset with regards to ''all'' ponies (both [[DefectorFromDecadence PHL]] and PER members) in this universe. Still, he does hold plenty of guilt over the crimes committed during his time with them, insisting in his interview in ''Case Files'' that he's no hero. His friendship with [[MoralityPet Aegis]] and desire to redirect his murderous impulses ''solely'' towards the Imperial Equestrians are evidence of this.
* AxCrazy: His sanity seems to decrease each chapter, [[spoiler:which nearly gets Luna killed, twice]]. Though he's a bit more self-aware about it than other examples, freely admitting that he's crazy and very, [[ShellShockedVeteran very traumatized]]. It's also implied on some occasions that he was a bit unhinged before the Barrier came.
* {{Badass}}: He's survived being in the HLF up until 2022, managed to blow up no fewer than three Conversion Bureaus, got in a fight with the TCB!Elements and fell three stories with minor injuries, shot out TCB!Celestia's spine, slaughtered untold numbers of PER...
** BadassBeard: [[http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/452659322?ga_submit_new=10%3A1399491884 According to official artwork]]. May also qualify as BeardOfEvil.
** BadassNormal: Falls three stories after being BlownAcrossTheRoom by a party cannon, gets in a shotgun fight with a {{Teleport Spam}}ming KnifeNut Pinkie Pie, and takes a display case to the chest, all with apparently no ill effects.
* BadDreams[=/=]PsychicDreamsForEveryone: In Chapter 3 of ''The Light Despondent''.
* BatterUp: Used his wife's baseball bat to fight Newfoals during the earliest days of the war.
* BerserkButton: TCB!Pinkie Pie's very existence as well as being reminded of what happened to his kids.
** Which is likely why his other BerserkButton is the implication that he ponifies people just because he works with ponies.
** Being called a rapist is yet another. It's implied this stems from the statutory rape allegations he faced while he was in college. However, he and Kate did love each other, and he didn't know Kate was underage at the time.
* {{BFG}}: His [=MG2019=] light machine gun, which is .338 caliber, likely a .338 Norma Magnum. He later upgrades to an [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/MG2023-AISW-LMG-and-Colt-Quetzalcoatl-485373165?ga_submit_new=10%253A1412012631&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1&ga_recent=1 'MG2023']] with an underbarrel LightningGun... with lightning that tracks toward the bullets he's fired.
* BiTheWay
* BloodKnight: Before his recruitment into the Bundeswehr, anyway. He's gotten better, though his trigger finger remains very itchy.
* BrilliantButLazy: states in his ''Case Files'' interview that he used to "wake and bake" (likely meaning he was a bit of a [[TheStoner stoner]]) a lot back in med school.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: For all his faults, he does work as a doctor for the PHL, and he's reasonably competent as a squad leader.
* BreakoutCharacter: Evidently. He initially appeared in only a few chapters in the main story, but quickly grew to become one of the most ubiquitous characters in the verse, appearing by mention or physically in several chapters as well as getting his own side story.
* CasanovaWannabe: Ironically, considering his previous allegiances, he's evidently hit on a lot ponies.
* CelebrityParadox: Averted. While he is modeled after Sharlto Copley, it's made clear in ''Calm Before The Storm'' that Sharlto Copley does exist in the Spectrumverse, meaning Kraber is just a celebrity lookalike. However, Kraber is certainly aware of the resemblance, judging by his desire to be played by Sharlto Copley in a movie, (preferably while playing Copley himself in a cameo) and claiming that he's "Like what'd happen if Sharlto Copley was cast [in a film] of ''Literature/MarabouStorkNightmares''."
* ClosetGeek[-/-]PopCulturedBadass: He likes ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale''. And, oddly enough, he appears to like a lot of first-person shooters, such as ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' and the ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}'' remake.
* TheCloudCuckooLanderWasRight: Never believed magic was harmful to human tissue. Turns out he was right!
* [[ClusterFBomb Carpet Various Letters Bombing]]: 'fok!' is easily the most common word in his dialogue, though it's often used alongside various... interesting... [[BilingualBonus phrases in Afrikaans]].
* CoolGuns: His first LMG is almost identical to an [=MG42=]. He later upgrades [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/MG2023-AISW-LMG-and-Colt-Quetzalcoatl-485373165?ga_submit_new=10%253A1412012631&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1&ga_recent=1 to these two weapons.]]
* ComedicSociopathy: Carved "Dear Queen Molestia - NUTS!" (a reference to General Anthony [=McAulife=]'s infamous response to Germans demanding his surrender) on a Royal Guard's dead body sometime after the "Trust" chapter.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: He's modeled off [[Film/{{Elysium}} Kruger]] and [[Film/DistrictNine Wikus]], both of whom are played by Sharlto Copley.
* CompositeCharacter: See the entry for {{Expy}}. Though considering his frequent bouts of murderous insanity, there's probably a lot more of Kruger in him than Wikus.
* {{Cosplay}}: Apparently was into this before the war, and managed to cosplay [[Anime/{{Redline}} Sweet JP]].
* CulturedBadass[=/=]PopCulturedBadass: Reads classic literature such as ''Liteature/HeartOfDarkness'', but he's also a fan of the NewWeird, such as Creator/ChinaMieville and Jeff Vandermeer, and he likes ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}''.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Lost his mind after finding his children were ponified, and joined a German HLF faction. It's telling that in ''Case Files'', he has the [[LongList longest list of criminal charges against him]].
* DeathSeeker: WordOfGod states that he's suicidal due to his sheer guilt over what he did as an HLF member. He's taken on many suicide missions as well.
* DespairEventHorizon: Seems to cross it in ''Light'', with part of his reasoning for getting healed with magic (which, as far as anyone knows, could kill him) is because nobody will miss him.
* {{Determinator}}: He simply doesn't give up, and the fact that he hasn't killed himself (successfully) probably qualifies him as one. But it's probably the chapter "Philistine" that cements him as this. When faced with a hospital full of PER, his solution is to press on and kill all of them. And, when faced with a super-Newfoal with increasingly ridiculous amounts of shield magic and PER fighting alongside her, while suffering from a broken rib, bleeding internally, a hole in his stomach, a broken collarbone, and a leg wound, hallucinating, and losing his mind, he ignores the pain, keeps going, and manages to survive having all his limbs rapidly healed with magic.
* TheDreaded: He's feared by some ponies during his HLF days.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He may have ''plenty'' of loose screws and hates the TCB!Mane Six with every fiber of his being (especially TCB!Pinkie Pie), but even he is sickened by [[spoiler:what the Bag of Tirek has done to them and the experiments conducted to make the potion work]].
** And despite being TheAtoner, he never admits any guilt to what he did to the PER. Indeed, his need for redemption stems more from making up for his crimes towards innocent ponies than any pro-Bureau collaborators.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/Viktor-M-Kraber-Redone-515120941 his new portrait]] by Doctor Fluffy has them. Word of Fluffy is that he's afraid to go to sleep, thanks to the nightmares he gets. Considering the last two that he's gotten in ''Light'', this is understandable.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Film/{{District9}} Wikus van der Merwe]] in that he's a morally ambiguous and foulmouthed family man who lost his comfortable life, underwent unspeakable ordeals and SanitySlippage, gets revenge on those that hurt him through the use of a {{BFG}}, and eventually discards his FantasticRacism.
** And [[Film/{{Elysium}} Kruger]] by virtue of being (half) South African, taking an unhealthy interest in killing, ''[[DrivenToMadness being utterly insane]]'', plus looking almost exactly like him except with different armor. What makes this weird, however, is that Kraber is explicitly a fan of ''District 9'', and his status as the AmoralAfrikaner is at least partly an act. Lampshaded by Verity, who considers him a "pretentious, Sharlto Copley-obsessed bliksem[[note]]bastard[[/note]]."
* FeelNoPain: Judging by the gap between Stephan consigning him to the hospital and the actual battle, he must have been walking around with several cracked ribs, cracked scapula, and torn muscles for about an hour without noticing. Either Kraber has great pain tolerance, or he's just too crazy to care. Though, judging by Light, he ''can'' feel pain, he's just [[{{Determinator}} really good at ignoring it]].
* FriendToAllChildren: Due to losing his own. Aegis claims that his two foals love Kraber and consider him an HonoraryUncle. He also lends Dancing Day his stuffed wolf Ambassador Nikai the Second as a reward for her work in keeping the [[CoolTrain 501]] running. To clarify, the toy is a TragicKeepsake that belonged to one of his kids.
** But it's also rather nastily averted in a flashback from the same chapter of ''Light Despondent'', where he [[spoiler: murders a family of PHL-affiliated ponies taken prisoner by the PER, laughing manically as he does so]].
* FromNobodyToNightmare: ''Case Files'' explains he was a BrilliantButLazy medical school student who accidentally got his (underage) girlfriend pregnant. He stepped up to the plate, got his degree and lived a happy life as a dedicated family man. Then along came a certain ill-fated birthday party...
* FutureMeScaresMe: Played with - they're alternate versions of him, the horror of one alternate comes from the world around him rather than his personal qualities, and he actually sees a brave (yet, strangely enough, female) version of himself in another universe, but he's mostly fixated on the horror of an alternate him being reminiscent of a chaos space marine.
* GenreSavvy[-/-]CrazyPrepared: He's well aware that a stealth op with him is likely to fail, so he brings lots of guns.
* [[GratuitousForeignLanguage Gratuitous Foreign Slang]]: He frequently uses South African slang in "Trust". He mentions having family there, so that's probably where he picked it up.
* GunNut: The man loves huge weaponry.
* TheGunslinger: Has elements of the Vaporizer, but he's a very good shot with a revolver on the occasions that he uses it.
* HairTriggerTemper[=/=]SuddenlyShouting: Happens in Chapter 3 of ''Light'', where his own mentions of his actions in the HLF are enough to send him into screaming rage.
* HearingVoices[-/-]{{Hallucinations}}: Continuously in ''Light Despondent'', from a time when he was even less sane.
* HeelRealization: In a flashback from ''Calm Before the Storm'', Kraber saw a pair of pony refugees cower from him in fear and imagined his wife and children looking at him with disappointment.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Overlaps with PetTheDog, as he bonds instantly with a fellow HLF member's fluffy Samoyed.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: His regret and low self-worth over his actions in the HLF are major parts of his character, but it's made clear in ''Light'' that he deeply hates himself, considering himself a mass-murdering psychopath and a terrible person. He does react with almost childlike joy when he finds out that he isn't, in fact, a sociopath.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Aegis. Though considering that they share a bed, that should be [[HoYay called into question...]]
* HiddenDepths: Claims in Chapter 4 of ''Calm'' that he wanted to be a writer, and make radio dramas. Knowing him, he was probably inspired by ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale''.
** Once played Francis Begbie in a play of Literature/{{Trainspotting}}, and can still pull off a decent Scottish accent as of the time of the fic.
* ICallItVera: Owns a [[HandCannon 13mm shotgun revolver]] that he calls "Margaret". Later upgrades to a 28-gauge (14mm) shotgun revolver... [[HandCannon which shoots ammunition that explodes, and is also contained within wax slugs, making it a miniature cluster bomb launcher.]] He calls it a '[[Videogame/BorderlandsThePresequel Fragnum]]'.
* INeedAFreakingDrink:
** In "Trust" and ''Case Files'', he frequently asks for bourbon.
** After Canon!Luna [[spoiler: shows him the potion tests]], he says that he really needs some Kentucky Bourbon.
--->'''Kraber''': "I'm not gesuip (drunk) enough to tell you that."
* InformedJudaism: Is unexpectedly revealed to be Jewish in Chapter 3 of ''Calm Before The Storm''. The irony of having been part of a borderline-fascist organization is not lost on him.
* IOweYouMyLife: Kraber and Aegis became friends because Aegis saved his life during a raid on an HLF compound.
* ItsAllMyFault: He blames himself for his children's ponification, due to having hired TCB!Pinkie Pie to throw their birthday party in the first place.
* ItsPersonal: Towards TCB!Pinkie Pie, who ponified his family at his childrens' birthday.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Abrasive, alcoholic, lecherous, hard to deal with... but his heart's usually in the right place, unless it involves the PER.
* LongList: While in the HLF, he committed crimes such as:
-->''Murder, mass murder, conspiracy to commit murder, illegal possession of firearms, assault, impersonating a police officer, illegally crossing borders between countries, impersonating a child protective services officer, torture, smuggling firearms, practicing medicine without a license, arson, forgery, vandalism, kidnapping, robbery, theft of military property...''
* KickTheDog: Has more than a few moments of this in ''Light Despondent'' prior to his HeelFaceTurn.
* MadBomber: According to the Timeline and ''Adrift'', he's managed to blow up at least three conversion bureaus.
* TheMedic: Although he's had his medical license revoked, he does some work as a field doctor for PHL soldiers.
* MoreDakka: Evidently a favorite tactic of his; the [=MG2019=] he carries is frequently described as having a fire rate "like a buzzsaw".
* MrExposition: Of ''The Light Despondent''.
* NoodleIncident: Did something so terrible to his former commanding officer in the HLF that even he considered to be going too far. And then there's the "corpses in a vinyard" thing...
* NotSoDifferent[=/=]ShadowArchetype: [[https://www.fimfiction.net/group/206246/spectrum-crew/thread/150475/a-theory-about-kraber-and-verity Doctor Fluffy suspects this is true of him]] and Verity.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping[-/-]FunetikAksent: Speaks in a Scottish accent inspired by the works of Creator/IrvineWelsh in chapters 4, 5, and 6 to keep people from realizing his identity. However, bits of his South African lilt routinely creep through, [[PaperThinDisguise but somehow, it works...]]
* {{Omniglot}}: He's fluent in English, German and Afrikaans, can hold a conversation in Swahili, he's shown in chapter 3 of ''Light'' speaking Hebrew, and he also reads ''Heart of Darkness'' in the original Polish.
* PapaWolf[-/-]CrusadingWidower: Kraber's whole crusade against TCB!Equestria boils down to his desire to avenge his wife and children.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: He would know as an ex-HLF man.
* PetTheDog: In the HLF, he let two ponies named Astral Nectar and Dancing Day through a security checkpoint, and, more literally, was shown to love a fluffy samoyed in the next chapter.
* SanityBall: Claims that he ended up holding it later in the HLF. Having grown very aware of his fractured mental state, he hated it.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Tries to save civilians instead of securing the factory early in Chapter 4 of ''Calm''. He eventually has to, but it's impressive CharacterDevelopment to show that he's so focused on saving people.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Canon!Luna can see his nightmares hang over him even when he's awake.
* ShownTheirWork: Everything he says in Afrikaans (and the various bits of slang that do not originate in Afrikaans) is completely accurate.
* SirSwearsALot: Throws a lot of {{Cluster F Bomb}}s. The swearword count only grows when you consider the numerous South African [[ForeignCussWord phrases he utters]], which are impressively vile and creative.
** CountryMatters: Has said this repeatedly, though because [[BilingualBonus it's all translated into Afrikaans]], the average reader might miss it.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Want to know why his character folder is so big despite him appearing for only a handful of chapters in the main story? Well, there are actually a [[CreatorsFavorite good]] [[WriterOnBoard many]] [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped reasons]], but narrative-wise, Kraber serves to provide a human face to the members of the HLF and other people who wouldn't respond with nobility and heroism to a CrapsackWorld such as that of ''The Conversion Bureau''.
** He also lands a killing blow to [[spoiler:the Tyrant's clone]], saving Stephan at a crucial moment.
* SociopathicHero: Though it's made clear by Lunar Phase that he's not a [[ShownTheirWork clinical sociopath.]]
* TakeThat: He is basically one giant middle finger aimed specifically at Chatoyance's story ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/22989/The-PER%3A-Michelson-and-Morely---The-Speed-Of-Right-- The PER: Michelson and Morely - The Speed of Right]]'', in which the eponymous PER agents ponified a bunch of children at a birthday party with a pinata full of potion. Specifically, he's what happens when the father comes home and does not like what he finds.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Every weapon Kraber gets his hands on seems to be somewhat over the top in terms of firepower. There's few other labels one can ascribe to a man that modified a 14mm shotgun revolver to shoot miniature cluster bombs, anyway.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Befriends, and later has GladToBeAliveSex with Yael Ze'ev in Chapters 4 and 5 of ''Calm Before The Storm''.
* TookALevelInKindness: As of Chapter 3 of ''Calm Before The Storm'', he doesn't really see a point in torture anymore, saying he's sick and tired of it.
** And in the PHL chapter of ''Case Files'', he stays out of Aegis' interview, as an apology for being drunk, angry, and barely remembering to mention him in his own interview.
* TortureTechnician: Mentions tying a pony clown (it's not clear if he was a Newfoal or a natural born pony) and torturing him for fifteen straight hours to find out what happened to his family. This is also one of the many criminal charges brought up against him for his time in the HLF.
* TragicKeepsake: He still keeps the stuffed animals that belonged to his children, and sleeps with them.
* TraumaCongaLine: ''Light Despondent'' is that trope incarnate for him.
* UnstoppableRage: When he's anywhere near TCB!Pinkie Pie, or the Element Bearers in general. This is evidently so common for him that Stephan outright expects him to disobey orders.
* VillainousBreakdown: The first five chapters of Light, culminating in him going up to kill off all the PER in what could be read as SuicideByCop, completely losing his mind, [[spoiler: and eventually being forced to [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext suplex an equine personification of his self-loathing into a wall and beat the shit out of it.]]]]
* WeaponOfChoice: He prefers high-capacity shotguns, light machineguns, and revolvers that happen to be {{Hand Cannon}}s. All his appearances so far have him using some revolver with a bore almost half an inch in diameter, and an LMG.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Early on in ''Light'', while an HLF member, Kraber believes he's a heroic partisan striking against a corrupt government.
* YouKilledMyFather: Inverted; his vendetta against TCB!Pinkie Pie stems from how she ponified his children at their own birthday party.
[[/folder]]
!!Civilian Consultants
[[folder:Bon-Bon (TCB)]]
Lyra Heartstrings' earthpony girlfriend, who was forced to watch her get executed.
* BlessedWithSuck: She can see into the future, but is an insane and completely broken mess.
* BreakTheCutie: Went completely crazy after Lyra's death.
* BystanderSyndrome: Bon-Bon probably wouldn't have cared much about helping mankind if her girlfriend wasn't so fond of them.
* DespairEventHorizon[-/-]MaddenIntoMisanthropy: Almost crosses into this during a fit of madness, but Doctor Whooves succeeds in snapping her out of it.
* DrivenToMadness: Played painfully straight.
* ForcedToWatch: With regards to Lyra's execution, which completely shattered her sanity.
* HeelFaceTurn: She was actually on board with the conversion bureaus, but changed her tune quickly after seeing a Newfoal try to kill Lyra.
* {{Jerkass}}[-/-]JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Prior to her HeelFaceTurn, the fact that her lack of sympathy for the humans' plight didn't cause Lyra to break up with her implies it can't have ran all that deep. It's also possible that Bon-Bon was just bitter at seeing her girlfriend wear herself out leading a seemingly hopeless cause.
* MadOracle: The trauma of Lyra's death caused her to have a "temporal stroke" which makes her able to view the past, present and future at the same time. It does come in useful sometimes.
* SanitySlippage: Implied in TCB!Lyra's journal entries, in which she claims that Bon-Bon hadn't taken life on the run well.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Notice how a lot of her character is defined by her relationship with Lyra, even after the latter's death?
* TraumaCongaLine: Bon-Bon followed Lyra into exile on Earth, presumably out of love, even though she initially supported Conversion, and was disowned by her parents for that. She stayed with her girlfriend through thick and thin, countless assassination attempts befalling them both. In the end, she saw the mare she loved get turned to stone and smashed by an angry mob. And this was before the "temporal stroke" cracked her mind like an egg.
* WhenSheSmiles: Other characters note that whenever she looks happy again, chances are things may just get better.
* [[WidowWoman Widow Mare]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Princess Cadance (TCB)]]
One of the minor princesses, Cadance in the TCB-verse is a pegacorn who never ascended to alicornhood.
* AllLovingHero: She ''is'' the Princess of Love, after all.
* BrokenBird: A far less cynical example than the norm, but she qualifies, as TCB!Shining Armor ([[spoiler:who was placed under MindControl into obeying every one of Queen Celestia's orders]]) did leave her and at one point, according to Marcus, tried to drag her back to Equestria to the Tyrant. Also applies literally in that this version of Cadance isn't an alicorn, rendering her vestigial wings useless.
* TheExile: Princess Luna's last act before getting petrified was to help her escape to Earth.
* TheHeart
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Though unable to access her full potential, Cadance can use ThePowerOfLove to [[spoiler: override Celestia's brainwashing]].
* TheIdealist: Of the various members of the PHL, she's the closest.
* MagicalNanny: To TCB!Twilight, as in canon, but it's shown she was also Lyra's foalsitter. They even share the same little song and dance.
* RebelliousPrincess: In that she's a princess and one of many rebels against her tyrannical aunt.
[[/folder]]
!!New York City - Rank & File
[[folder:Derpy Hooves (TCB)]]
Ponyville's pegasus mailmare, who now serves as a field nurse to ponies and humans alike.
* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: To Amethyst Star. It's because Amethyst is adopted [[spoiler:from one of her time-travel adventures]].
* ActionMom: Not shown fighting, but does spend a lot of time risking her life out in the field to assist the injured.
* AllLovingHero
* AngerBornOfWorry: Does not like it when Doctor Whooves overexerts himself in his work.
* TheCameo: Plays a brief yet essential part in "The Answer".
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
* HappilyMarried: To Doctor Whooves.
* HolyBacklight: Makes her appearance "gliding like an angel".
* TheMedic
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Vinyl Scratch (TCB)]]
One half of the inseparable duo of Octavia Melody and Vinyl Scratch, this DJ has endured a lot since her best friend died on the first day of war.
* AntiHero
* AxCrazy: This Vinyl doesn't seem to be... quite all there. It's less apparent than certain other characters like TCB!Trixie or Kraber, but the years have made her more bloodthirsty.
* [[BashBrothers Bash Cousins]]: Together with Allie Way.
* BrokenTears: Upon seeing Octavia (from Canon!Equus) again for the first time.
* CelebritySurvivor
* CoolShades: But of course!
* CynicismCatalyst: If one bad day can send you over the edge, hers was witnessing TCB!Octavia get murdered by Royal Guards.
* EyeScream: After Canon!Icewind and several other Guards resign in protest of Equestria helping humanity, she comments that she vaguely remembers gouging out his counterpart's eyes in Paris. No-one around her [[JustForPun bats an eye]] at this remark.
* HeroWorshipper: Regards Lyra as the best of ponykind. [[spoiler: And doesn't undergo BrokenPedestal after learning what caused the war]]. Her attitude towards Marcus is somewhat frostier, though.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters
* InsultBackfire: She's been called "no better than the humans" by Imperials, but is so disgusted with what the Empire has done to mankind that she'd almost rather be human.
** IResembleThatRemark: Unfortunately, her brutality suggests that VillainHasAPoint is in effect here.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Her crude exterior belies a loyal friend.
** [[spoiler:When Marcus warns her and Acevedo against spreading the truth behind TCB!Lyra and the Bag of Tirek, Vinyl argues that Ambassador Heartstrings did more to save mankind than anyone else]].
* MagicMusic: A weaponized bass canon, to be exact.
* OddFriendship: Hits it off quite quickly with AscendedFanboy Isaac Acevedo.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In an OffScreenMomentOfAwesome (and NightmareFuel), Octavia's murder sent her into a blood-soaked rage to rival [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII Raul Menendez]]'s.
[[/folder]]
!!Eastern Seaboard - Rank & File
[[folder:Aegis (real name: Claw Hammer)]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aegis_8250.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:"And now you have to show common sense?!"[[http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/452659322?ga_submit_new=10%3A1399491884 Art by Doctor Fluffy]].]]
Kraber's ever-present, enormous, and long-suffering earthpony friend, whose function as a pony liaison to the Bundeswehr really boils down to "keep Kraber from doing anything stupid".
* ActionDad: Has two foals, who are currently living in South Africa with Kraber's relatives, by virtue of neither him nor Kraber being in a good enough situation to serve as parents.
* AlcoholicParent: Downplayed. Though he's most definitely not abusive, he has an alcohol intake that could rival Kraber's.
* BarrierWarrior
* BashBrothers: No matter what, he has Kraber's back, and Kraber has his.
* {{BFG}}: Carries a 25mm automatic grenade launcher in "Knell".
* TheBigGuy: [[http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/452659322?ga_submit_new=10%3A1399491884 He's larger than the average pony]]. WordOfGod is that this was an accident because, when drawing Kraber, he wasn't sure how big Aegis was supposed to be.
* BiTheWay: Considering that he shares a bed with Kraber.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He makes a mention of having a brush with a re-education camp with Verdant Tract (another PHL pony) back in Equestria, and he doesn't "feel like pressing his luck" on the subject.
** ''Case Files'' expands on his backstory, revealing he was a normal family stallion whose well-meaning wife went off the deep end when she adopted a pair of Newfoal orphans. She eventually left him for a Newfoal, forcing him to escape to Earth with his children.
* DeadpanSnarker: He even [[NervesOfSteel mouths off to]] TCB!Celestia.
* DrowningMySorrows: According to ''Case Files'', he spent a lot of his time in Britain drunk.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Punches Kraber in the knee to keep him from going up against TCB!Pinkie Pie by himself.
* GunNut: To a lesser degree than Kraber - he doesn't {{Squee}} at the thought of new weapons, but he's just as excited by big weaponry as Kraber is.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kraber.
* HiddenDepths: Implied to like superheroes, considering that he says his current alias reminds him of a superhero name.
* MoralityPet: Though he wouldn't like to be referred to as a pet, it's shown that Aegis is one of the ''very'' few things during the war that's actually kept Kraber sane. [[AxCrazy Relatively speaking, that is]].
* NervesOfSteel: Very little can scare him, save for [[spoiler: Princess Luna becoming Nightmare Moon]]. Making him a good counterpoint to [[HotBlooded Kra]][[BloodKnight ber]].
* NotSoAboveItAll: Still, he has fairly goofy moments in Chapter 4 of ''Calm''.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* OnlySaneMan: Forced to play this role to Kraber, who, as it turns out, is very grateful for it.
* PinkElephants: Somehow managed to see [[spoiler: the Scribe, or a manifestation of her]] while drunk off his flank.
* RedOniBlueOni: A calming, more relaxed counterpoint to Kraber's boisterousness.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ambrose Hex]]
A PHL colonel who briefly travels aboard CPX-9872 while it flees Halifax.
* ColonelBadass: To some extent.
* DeadpanSnarker: Particularly in regards to Tess.
* {{Jerkass}}: Admittedly, it's hard to blame him under the circumstances.
* OnlySaneMan: Acts the part, but the truth of the matter is debatable.
* SecretKeeper
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Claire and Laura]]
A rather mentally disturbed pair of PHL women based in Truro
* {{Blood Knight}}s
* GunNut: Their primary sidearms are both taken directly from the ''Hellsing'' mythos: Claire weilds Alucard's 13mm Jackal, while Laura carries his .454 Casul.
* PsychoLesbian: Well, Laura's psychotic, and she does go for the ladies, but she's not a stalker or madly in love with anyone.
* SociopathicHero: Laura fights only for the thrill of it and [[IFightForTheStrongestSide for what she believes will be the winning side]].
* TokenEvilTeammate: The PHL aren't a spotlessly "heroic" organization, but very few of them are as willfully depraved as Laura.
* {{Ubermensch}}: Laura believes she is one, enough to seek to mold other people into becoming amoral sociopaths. She seems to have succeeded with Claire, and has quickly planted a few ideas in Tess Jones too.
** Although her intention to get a kick out of the world ending makes her closer to a NietzscheWannabe.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Firelock (TCB)]]
An orphan filly affiliated with the PHL.
* AscendedExtra: Based on a canon background filly commonly called "Firelock".
* ChildSoldier
* CreepyChild
* TheFundamentalist: Maybe. She swears in Lyra's name quite a bit, though Lyra never claimed to be a goddess or messiah.
* GunNut: Uses her knowledge of firearms to teach Tess Jones how to use one properly.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior
* WeHardlyKnewYe
[[/folder]]
!!Bureau Raid Team
An advance squad sent to raid the Sleepy Hollow Conversion Bureau and retrieve its dimensional portal, which the PHL hope to reverse-engineer.
[[folder:Gilda (TCB)]]
The former friend of Rainbow Dash, turned resistance fighter for the PHL.
* ActionGirl
* BadassPrincess[-/-]RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She's revealed to be royalty, and certainly isn't afraid to get her claws dirty to fight.
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey
* CombatPragmatist: Uses her enemies' dead bodies as meat shields.
* TheGadfly: Towards Trevor.
* {{Jerkass}}: Fighting for a good cause hasn't made her a nicer person.
* LastOfHerKind: Not of her species (though the TCB!griffons aren't doing very well), but she's the last living member of the griffon royal family.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Iron Will (TCB)]]
The sole minotaur living in the TCB-verse, fighting alongside the PHL to avenge his race.
* {{Badass}}
* TheBigGuy
* DropTheHammer: His main weapon.
* ItsPersonal
* LastOfHisKind: For the minotaurs.
* ALoadOfBull
* TeamDad: Somewhat towards the raiding team in "The Bigger Score" since he usually has to diffuse fights and scolds Gilda and Trevor for their bickering.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''GTA V'' Crew]]
Michael, Franklin, Trevor and Lester from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' who've (inexplicably) joined the resistance.
* AntiHero: Type V, all of them. Although they are definitely opposed to Queen Celestia, they are still not going to fight her unless they are paid handsomely.
* AscendedFanon: The reason why they're here. One fan wrote a DownerEnding [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/133962/1/the-conversion-bureau-the-other-side-of-the-spectrum-side-story-inner-rage/chapter-1 recursive fanfic centered around a ponified Trevor Philips]], and so he and the rest of the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' crew appeared in the main story.
* AxCrazy: Trevor, naturally, mixed with HairTriggerTemper.
* BadassCrew
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Michael helps keep Trevor in line.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: They may be ruthless criminals, but even they're downright frightened of [[TheDreaded Queen Celestia]].
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: See OnlyInItForTheMoney.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: While they, like every human not aligned with the PER, want to survive above all else, that doesn't mean they'll risk their lives for free.
* ShipTease: Between Franklin and a PHL mare named Shimmering Sigil.
* TokenEvilTeammate: All four serve as this to the PHL, though Trevor is the most obvious example, even amongst the crew themselves.
* VitriolicBestBuds: If there's one thing they share with the true-hearted ponies, it's the value they place on friendship.
[[/folder]]
!!Reclaimers
A more radical wing of the PHL who wish to pre-emptively purge the United States' Eastern Seaboard of all PER and HLF presence before Barrierfall.
[[folder:Lt. Yael Ze'ev]]
[[quoteright:298:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yael_ze_ev_by_haruaxeman-d818rg9_2057.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:298:"So... we couldn't ''not'' help them."]]
A female Israeli soldier, evidently quite high-ranked in the IDF that accompanies Kraber and Aegis in their raid on a Dead End in Detroit. [[AllthereInTheManual Other facts about her can only be found on]] [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/Yael-Ze-ev-485817849?ga_submit_new=10%253A1412207526 Fluffy's deviantart]]. She's FamedInStory for having fought the HLF on numerous occasions.
* BadassIsraeli: According to ''Many Faces'', she's from Tel Aviv.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: She was at Reykjavik and found the camera with footage of Queen Celestia, and was also a friend of [[WeHardlyKnewYe Sutra Cross]].
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Played with. Despite [[AllThereInTheManual having been lit on fire at least once]], there's still some facial scarring from the burns. Still, she looks pretty good for someone that was lit on fire.
* ButNotTooBlack: Half Ethiopian. Though the Ethiopian person was also Jewish.
* TheCassandra: As revealed in an interview in Last Train, she was of the opinion that the HLF was too dangerous to simply leave lying around in favor of entirely prioritizing the invasion. She apparently went to great lengths to prove her point, doing [[WellIntentionedExtremist things that are implied to have gotten her demoted.]]
* CloserToEarth: She's certainly more professional than Kraber, anyway. [[BloodKnight Not like that's hard...]]
* TheCynic: Crosses over with ProperlyParanoid in regards to her fears about the HLF and barrierfall.
* DeadLittleSister: Subverted - her sister's fine, and "her legs work again," but it's implied the HLF did something to her sister that made Yael snap.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DefrostingIceQueen: Becomes more trusting of Kraber over the course of her story.
* FamedInStory: For killing lots of HLF.
* FantasticRacism: Claims to have very nearly avoided this, saying that the ponies that made their way to Israel were so miserable she ''had'' to help.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: She compares the Conversion War to UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust.
* GladToBeAliveSex: Has this with Kraber at the end of Chapter 5 of ''Calm''.
* NotAMorningPerson: If her interview with True Quill is anything to judge by.
* OnlySaneWoman: Serves as this to Kraber's squad, questioning his bizarre sense of humor and bloodlust.
** NotSoAboveItAll: However, she's just as prone to bloodlust and ultraviolence as the rest.
** NotSoDifferent: And it falls to Aegis to keep her from arguing with Kraber and bringing down the PER on them.
* IOweYouMyLife: She and Kraber have this going on - he saved her from a PER member by [[GroinAttack kicking him in the groin so hard his balls fell off]], and she shot a pegasus that was going to ponify him.
* PopCulturedBadass: She likes ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' just as much as Kraber and Aegis.
* ShallowLoveInterest: To Viktor Kraber.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Admits in an interview with True Quill that she and her country are somewhat paranoid. Though, InUniverse, both were ProperlyParanoid.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's "somewhere between 5'11 and 6 foot 3."
* VitriolicBestBuds: Seems to develop into this with Kraber and Aegis.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: It's implied that she is this, judging by the fears she had of being seen as a fascist for the measures she wanted to take against the HLF.
* WouldNotHurtAChild: Her standard response to foals in the PER is to take them to different parents to get adopted, instead of shooting them.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Heliotrope]]
Yael Ze'ev's best friend, a somewhat sarcastic pegasus mare with a flight suit that lets her turn invisible.
* ActionGirl: Par for the course.
* AxCrazy: A mild case. She seems to enjoy flying without being noticed, and the fact that she went along with Kraber's plan to reference ''Anime/DeadLeaves'' while kicking a Newfoal in the face shows a somewhat immature side to her.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Served in the Crystal War repairing [[CoolAirship skyliners]], but never touched the Royal Guard charter, had the bad luck to be caught on the ''Great Equestrian'' when Kith and Kin exploded, and Kraber also shot her once. He did say he was sorry, though.
* GadgeteerGenius: She made the flight-suit herself.
* {{Invisibility}}
* VisualPun: Was only introduced into ''Calm'' so Doctor Fluffy could get away with saying "[[Anime/DeadLeaves Have you seen my heliotrope?]]"
* WalkingArmory: By pony standards. She wears wing blades, carries a big knife, and favors silenced rifles in her assault yoke.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Johnny C Heald]]
A PHL member [[EarlyBirdCameo first seen in]] ''Case Files'', [[ImprobableAimingSkills shooting a man's hand off with a kalashnikov]]. He's a friend of Kraber and Aegis at the time of ''Calm.''
* AuthorAvatar: He's essentially Doctor Fluffy with a different name.
** CreatorProvincialism: Right down to the area they call home.
* CulturedBadass: He has knowledge of philosophy, and does sketches when not on duty with the PHL.
** PopCulturedBadass: He's also a fan of WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros.
* GunNut: He can manage to identify PHL and HLF hardware by watching footage from a helicopter, while also probably drunk.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Wolfdogs in particular, thanks to a little thing called AuthorAppeal.
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Apparently, his first name is actually "Johnny C".
* HonoraryUncle: Appears to have taken up this role for Dancing Day.
* NiceJewishBoy: One with a lot of firepower.
* RevolversAreJustBetter: Appears to own a revolver of the same type as Acevedo.
* WarriorPoet: He thinks he could be one... and promptly dismisses the notion.
[[/folder]]
!!Equus Operatives
Ponies for Human Life members covertly operating back in Imperial Equestria.
[[folder:Fancy Pants (TCB)]]
A aristocratic unicorn from Canterlot who aids the PHL from behind the scenes despite the risk it will put him through.
* {{BFS}}: [[spoiler: His magic allows him to wield ''five at the same time'', to be exact]].
* [[spoiler: DefiantToTheEnd]]: [[spoiler: After Queen Celestia discovers he's a PHL spy, she goes into his home to dispose of him personally. He refuses to go down without a fight, to say the least]].
** [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome]]: [[spoiler: He knows what's going to happen to him when Queen Celestia finds him. His response? Go out in the most badass way possible]].
* DoubleAgent: In a way. He has ties to both the PHL and the Equestrian Resistance, two groups with aligned goals but opposing ideologies. It's downplayed in that both sides know this and regard him as more of a middleman.
* GenreSavvy: Knows full well that he's not in the old Equestria where "[[LampshadeHanging problems could be solved within thirty minutes and capped off with a speech]]."
* GentlemanAdventurer: Was an adventurer in his youth, and the spark hasn't gone out of him yet. [[spoiler: Sure enough, he goes down facing the most fierce beast he ever encountered, Queen Celestia herself]].
* HappilyMarried[-/-]MayDecemberRomance: With Fleur de Lis.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: After the Newfoals and authorities discover he's a PHL spy, he sends Fleur away to safety and then kills several Newfoals and Royal Guards before mouthing off to Queen Celestia]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: On the outside, he's a foppish IdleRich aristocrat. In truth, he's a spy for the human/pony resistance.
* OhCrap: Has a massive one when he sees the Solar Empire's newest weapon against the human resistance.
* RedBaron: Far more {{Badass}} than his real name is his nickname, [[spoiler: "Five Blade Fancy"]].
* RetiredBadass: [[spoiler: He explored distant lands far beyond Equestria's borders, collected weapons from those places and even learned their fighting styles. He picks up the swords one last time to fight off the Newfoals and ensure Fleur escaped safely]].
* ReverseMole: Uses his social position, wealth, and connections to gain inside information to the Empire's secrets.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight
* UnclePennybags
* UnstoppableRage: Flies into this when [[spoiler: a Newfoal attempts to hurt a pregnant Fleur]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Big Macintosh (TCB)]]
Applejack's big brother remained in Equestria to manage the farm, but secretly hates the slave plantation it has become.
* AdultFear: He was rightfully and genuinely frightened that Applebloom could have become just as hateful and murderous towards the humans if she had stayed in the Empire any longer. And of course, there's his worries over how much Applejack changed for the worse, and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what]] [[DrivenToSuicide could]] happen if she were to realize exactly what she did to the humans and to her family.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Wants desperately to snap Applejack back to normal and worries a lot for Applebloom too. He also mentions giving Diamond Tiara food poisoning once for bullying Applebloom.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Has just barely avoided this, claiming that "thoughts I know weren't mine" frequently appeared in his head while he was in TCB!Equestria]].
* DespairEventHorizon: In his own words, his grandmother's death, sister's radical personality changes, the propaganda, and TCB!Equestria in general has "hollowed [him] out like an old Nightmare Night pumpkin." On top of that, he's aware that things will never be the same again thanks to the EndOfAnAge.
* MyGreatestFailure: He hates himself for letting Applejack allow the Newfoals to work on the farm and letting Sweet Apple Acres turn into what's essentially a slave plantation.
* ReverseMole: Being the brother of a BadLiar who is honest to a fault puts him in a great place to funnel vital information to the PHL.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The entire point of his segment of the "Empire" chapter of ''Calm Before The Storm''.
* ShipTease: With TCB!Carrot Top.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Joined the PHL because of what TCB!Applejack became.
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[[folder:Carrot Top (TCB)]]
One of the Apple clan's neighbors, a carrot farmer and Big Mac's partner-in-crime.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She supplies the Blue Spy with home-made grenades, created using ingredients from her farm. TruthInTelevision, too!
* ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: [[spoiler: When Fleur de Lis has to flee the Empire, before dying, Fancy directs her to Golden Harvest Ranch as her means of escape]].
* NiceGirl: Though with a bit of CynicismCatalyst thrown in. Carrot isn't at all happy at what Equestria has become.
* SamaritanSyndrome
* ShipTease: With TCB!Big Mac.
* ShrinkingViolet
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[[folder:Sweetie Belle (TCB)]]
Before getting indoctrinated, Rarity had the presence of mind to send her little sister away. Sweetie Belle now lives in Zecora's old hut within the Everfree Forest, but don't worry, she's more than capable of fending for herself.
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: Extends this offer to TCB!Applebloom. [[spoiler: Bloom takes her up on it]].
* KnifeNut: Even TCB!Trixie is a little disturbed at how well she wields a machete.
* MagicMusic: [[spoiler: Her special talent]].
* ShesAllGrownUp
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Upon meeting TCB!Applebloom again, it's clear their relationshiop has soured.
* WildChild
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!Ponies for Human Life
The PHL began as a peaceful pro-human group started by Ambassador Lyra Heartstrings, but gained military backing after USMC Colonel Marcus Renee was assigned as her bodyguard, catapulting him into a position of unprecedented power. Since then, the "Ponies for Human Life" title has become something of a misnomer due to the inclusion of humans and other sapient beings from Equus. Currently, the PHL are also working in tandem with a United Nations taskforce led by Colonel Renee.
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[[folder:In General]]
* {{Action Girl}}s: Any female member in their ranks (and there are plenty) can qualify.
* {{Badass}}es
* BreakTheCutie: Every. Single. Pony.
* {{Category Traitor}}s: The ponies in the PHL are labeled as "Betrayers" and often treated as humans-in-all-but-race by the Solar Empire. Human members are also hated by the HLF for their cooperation with the ponies, being considered an "affront to all humanity" and "halfway to becoming Newfoals".
* ChildSoldiers: The PHL has taken many war orphans, both human and pony, under its wing. While their leaders are unhappy about sending children out onto the front lines, the Empire's merciless nature and constant loss of manpower has made it a heart-breaking necessity.
** Youngsters known to be fighting for the PHL include Dinky, Pipsqueak, the Cutie Mark Crusaders and a boy named [[Manga/AttackOnTitan Jean Kirchstein]], the last of whom [[spoiler: is burnt to death by Queen Celestia]].
* [[DefectorFromDecadence Defectors From Decadence]]: All of the ponies in the group. TCB!Spitfire in particular resigned from the Wonderbolts in disgust over her country's policies.
* DirtyBusiness: Whether it's [[ChildSoldiers using children as soldiers]], [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing their enemies for information]] or [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill employing lethal force]], they will do it to save mankind from Celestia's madness. But that doesn't mean they enjoy resorting to such methods.
* FutureBadass: Since TCB!Equestria is four years ahead of its canon counterpart, most of the ponies count.
** Before the war, Lyra was flighty, lazy and eccentric. During the war, she became the most respected pony on Earth and the leader of a multinational resistance group. She remains a revered figure even in death.
** Cheerilee is one of the few members to be endowed with some powerful, yet volatile magic runes which heighten her physical endurance.
** Trixie makes use of her talents as an illusionist (with a helpful dose of Changeling magic) to go undercover behind enemy lines.
* {{Heroic Bystander}}s: The majority of the pony members are civilians who chose to make a stand against Queen Celestia's regime.
* {{Hero Worshipper}}s: According to Marcus, many of the ponies (and some humans) revere TCB!Lyra in the same way as the in-show ponies do with Celestia.
** This is further explored and deconstructed in ''Last Train From Oblivion'', where it is shown to not necessarily be a good thing.
** It's deconstructed again in the chapter "Training Days: First Month". Marcus worries that people will project TCB!Lyra onto Canon!Lyra, which could put severe mental strain on the innocent little unicorn.
* HumansAreWarriors: Pretty much true of every human member.
* IconOfRebellion: The PHL's symbol is a white-on-blue representation of a lyre within a laurel wreath.
** Two other notable examples are a graffito of Lyra calling on people to resist the Empire, and a poster of a PHL pony defending a human child from TCB!Rainbow Dash.
* ItsPersonal: Nearly everyone involved has lost someone they've loved. More broadly, the humans want to take back their planet, and the ponies feel betrayed by Queen Celestia.
* LaResistance
* LoweredRecruitingStandards: Like many human military forces, they have ChildSoldiers (one of which is apparently not even old enough to vote) and have accepted at least one ex-HLF soldier into their ranks (Kraber) who really should have been institutionalized by this point.
* MildlyMilitary: Not true of most human combatants, and certainly not "mild" in the sense that everyone involved is desperately fighting for survival, but applies in that its highest-ranking members include civilians such as a musician-turned-ambassador, a schoolteacher and a physicist.
* MultinationalTeam: Alien ponies cooperating with a United Nations taskforce, which includes soldiers from all over the world.
* OhMyGods: A closer reading of the text shows that the ponies now swear in Luna's name rather than Celestia's. [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen It's not exactly hard to see why]]...
** Some of the more zealous PHL ponies use terms such as "for Lyra's sake" or "by the Golden Lyre".
* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: Albeit a rather well-organized bunch, thanks to having career soldiers on board.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The PHL are not exactly the kinds of people who believe in such a thing as overkill. Which is justified, considering the HopelessWar they're embroiled in. [[WhatMeasureIsAMook It does help from an ethical standpoint that most of their firepower is directed at zombie-like former humans]].
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!!PHL High Command
[[folder:Col. Marcus Renee]]
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[[caption-width-right:298:He's a colonel, not a commander. [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/Marcus-Renee-no-3-450301562 Art by Doctor Fluffy]].]]
The main protagonist of the story, Colonel Marcus Renee is a leading member of the PHL and the UN Taskforce, as well as a very capable human combatant augmented with magic runes that greatly enhance his strength. Nevertheless, the war has not been kind to him.
* ActionBomb: If he gets doused with the potion, he has about five minutes to get it off of him before the runes blow him up.
* AndThisIsFor: Broke one of Canon!Applejack's legs because he mistook her for her TCB counterpart, who had taken his family from him.
* AntiMagic: His {{Power Tattoo}}s protect him from more lethal kinds of magic.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: In "War March and Past Sins", he initially refused to believe that [[spoiler:his mother, Megan, is the same one King Spykoran met over a thousand years ago, and that her legacy of dealing with ponies has now been passed to him]], but then reconsiders when he thinks about his home world's own situation.
* AsTheGoodBookSays: Quotes Revelation 21:6 in Chapter 11, "Sanguine Meetings and Bloodied Past".
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Managed to make Princess Celestia bleed for the first time in centuries.
** AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He became vital to the PHL because he was ''very'' good at his job, and once he had authority he ended up getting all the cool new toys for better asskicking.
* BattleAura: His runes send out a blast of telekinetic force whenever he releases the magic built up in them. They're accompanied with a slight blue glow.
* BerserkButton: The TCB!ponies in general. And upon meeting Prince Blueblood for the first time, we get this gem.
--> '''Marcus:''' "Oh... dear... God. I have the sudden urge to throttle something... violently."
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Attempted to slit his throat when he thought he was about to be ponified by the Canon!Mane Six, only for the knife to be taken from him. In desperation, he tried to faceplant on the knife, but wound up knocking himself out.
* BigBrotherInstinct: One of his major sources of {{Mangst}} is the fact that he was forced to kill his own ponified little brother.
* BlessedWithSuck: The Runes. They are capable of extreme power, but need to be embedded into the body of the user, and even if said user has had them for over two years, they can still be very difficult to control (though he does get a better handling of them with some tutelage from Princess Celestia).
** Even more [[spoiler: in "Sons of Legacies, Part 3" once it's discovered that after getting purged of Sombra, Marcus's runes basically fused with him, making his tissues alicorn-like. His body actually needs magic to survive. Expel too much, and he could die]].
* BreakTheBadass: Marcus breaks down to ManlyTears four times during the story. First is after he kills his ponified brother. Second when he meets Canon!Lyra for the first time, after confusing her for her TCB counterpart. Third is when he explains the state of his world to the Canon!Mane Six. Lastly is when he reflects on his mother's death and that [[spoiler:she ''did'' want to tell him about her adventures in Dream Valley but couldn't spit it out]].
* ChildhoodFriends: Somewhat with Porter Stanley, owing to Marcus's father having saved the life of Porter's father in the Gulf War.
* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: After a fashion, considering he is the son of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends Megan Williams]]]].
* ColonelBadass
* ColonelKilgore: Although he's not happy about it, Marcus thinks of himself as one.
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: The reason why Marcus handles his experiences in the war better than Celestia.
* CrisisOfFaith: In "War March and Past Sins", it's revealed that Marcus lost faith in the idea of a loving and just God after 9/11, and his subsequent experiences where God never did a thing against the evils of the world. He ends up discussing it with [[spoiler:Discord]].
* DefiantToTheEnd: Intended to go down like this, mouthing off at Canon!Twilight due to thinking he was about to be ponified.
* {{Determinator}}: During his fight with the Canon!Mane Six, he keeps on fighting even after being blasted through a glass window (and it's not SoftGlass either) courtesy of the party cannon and being thrown into a wall. He also is able to resist both TCB and Canon Fluttershy's signature Stare.
* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: [[spoiler: After being exposed to Sombra's powers, his own magical powers increased to such an absurd degree that he now possesses alicornal tissue, causing him to be ridiculously magically and physically powerful]].
* TheDreaded: To HLF members.
* DrivenToMadness: The war has been one traumatizing, psychotic episode for Marcus, who is barely holding onto his sanity by the time the main story rolls around.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: It's Dwayne. He even admits outright he hates it.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: His Runes turn him from a scarily competent Marine into something on a whole new level.
* {{Expy}}: Doctor Fluffy states that he [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/Marcus-Renee-no-3-450301562 based Marcus' facial features on]] [[VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}} BJ Blazkowicz]], specifically how he looks in ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder''.
** On the other hand, Kizuna Tallis goes for the ComicBookFantasyCasting route, stating that she envisions [[Series/StrikeBack Philip Winchester]] as Marcus.
* GenerationXerox: A Marine like his father, and like his mother, [[spoiler: he's dealing with ponies and mystical evil forces]].
* GeniusBruiser: According to Cheerilee, he has a degree in physics.
* HandCannon: Marcus's Colt ([[IncrediblyLamePun *snicker*]]) [[CoolGuns M1911]] has been magically modified into one.
** Unfortunately, he later ends up [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength accidentally destroying the grip (offscreen)]] and rendering it useless. Thankfully, Discord managed to procure a set of pistols that were made by Claire and Laura from ''Last Train'', which were then (apparently, they're InUniverse Anime/{{Hellsing}} fans) alchemically remade with adamantium and vibranium.
* HappilyFailedSuicide: Marcus tried to kill himself in Canon!Equestria, only to find out that he was WrongGenreSavvy, and he now has allies that can actually turn the tide of the war.
* TheHero: For the PHL, though from a narrative perspective he is more of a SupportingProtagonist.
* InterspeciesRomance: With TCB!Cheerilee.
* ItsPersonal: His reasons for wanting the TCB versions of the Mane Six dead, ranging from TCB!Twilight ponifiying (and marrying) his younger brother Jacob, TCB!Applejack for "taking his family away from him", TCB!Rainbow Dash for converting his soldiers, and TCB!Fluttershy for coming close to converting him with her Stare.
* LanternJawOfJustice: [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/Marcus-Renee-no-3-450301562#comments Very square-jawed]].
* MessianicArchetype: While not to quite the same extent as [[BigGood TCB!Lyra]], Marcus is the leader of the PHL's fighting forces and [[HopeBringer a source of inspiration to humanity]]. [[spoiler: Discord]] even goes so far as to state that if he were ever killed or ponified, it could very well be the last straw to make humanity and the rebellious ponies lose all remaining hope.
* RapidFireNo: He lets out a string of these in "War March and Past Sins" when Dragon King Spykoran identifies his heirloom heart-shaped locket as [[spoiler:the Rainbow of Light]].
* RealMenWearPink: Appropriately enough for a male action hero in a ''My Little Pony'' fanfic, he's a Marine who's unafraid to wear the aforementioned heart-shaped locket.
* SemperFi
* UnskilledButStrong: Despite his runes granting him magical abilities, he has a lot of trouble using them for more than enhancing his strength and stamina, releasing a BattleAura and basic telekinesis such as lifting and pushing, due to not having a horn to focus it through. However, the things Marcus can do, he does with an incredible amount of force. He does learn to get better control of them through Canon!Celestia's tutelage, but [[spoiler:Sombra]] thinks it's still pretty sloppy.
* UnstoppableRage: The runes seem to give him a huge boost of aggression when active.
* WrongGenreSavvy: He was initially convinced he ended up in a past version of Equestria before they met with Earth, and tries to kill Celestia to prevent the war.
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Want to live longer? Don't mess with Marcus.
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[[folder:Lyra Heartstrings (TCB)]]
The PHL's founder and original leader, Ambassador Lyra Heartstrings is still a symbol of true harmony between humans and ponies after her execution by Queen Celestia.
* {{Adorkable}}: Shows signs of this in her journal.
* AllLovingHero: Judging from her last words.
** Though it's worth noting her attitude to Queen Celestia was like [[SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Kal-El's towards Darkseid]] in that she would have accepted her arch-enemy's death as the lesser evil.
* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome
* {{Ambadassador}}: Was the Equestrian ambassador to the United Kingdom, and the leader of the PHL.
* TheAtoner: Albeit, a more unaware version of this. See ForWantOfANail.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: While not much has been seen of her in combat, it's clear she was no slouch judging by her [[MultiArmedAndDangerous assault arms]].
* BeingGoodSucks: Defying Queen Celestia (whom she was almost certainly on good terms with, to be made an ambassador) and denouncing her beloved home country were not the easiest decisions for her to make, especially given the fear and mistrust she faced from many of the same humans she vowed to protect. Not to mention, dying a martyr's death is inspiring only when it isn't happening to you.
* BigGood: To the PHL. Even some members of the HLF mourned her death despite their anti-pony sentiments.
* BiTheWay[-/-]CovertPervert: She apparently wasn't unfaithful, but she did have a bit of a reputation as an "experimental" sort of mare.
** Marcus responding to Canon!Lyra's question as to whether they were lovers by saying "you'd think I would be used to your antics by now" could be read in more than one way.
* BreakTheCutie: When Equestria first encountered Earth, she was excited. By the time Newfoals were commonplace, she was... less so.
** Even before the manifestation, she had also lost her parents to an attack by Sombra's forces, causing her to become something of a StepfordSmiler for a while.
* DefiantToTheEnd
* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler: She found the Bag of Tirek, kick-starting the whole mess in the first place]].
* FaceDeathWithDignity
* FinalSpeech: Made one before her death at Queen Celestia's hooves that heavily references ''Film/TheGreatDictator''.
* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler: Everything that happened in the story can be traced back to TCB!Lyra deciding to go on a scuba-diving trip with some friends, where she uncovered a wrecked ship that held the Bag of Tirek onboard. She wasn't aware of this though, as evidenced by her journal entries. Canon!Lyra on the other hand rejected going on that trip in order to practice for the Canterlot Royal Orchestra tryouts]].
* HiddenDepths: Went from being the equivalent of Ponyville's resident UFO-logist to a respected leader of the human and pony resistance.
** FromNobodyToNightmare: Well, a nightmare to the Solar Empire, anyway. Who would have guessed that a fringe historian would go on to lead an uprising?
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Averted in a significant way. [[spoiler: She wasn't immune to the power of Tirek's Bag]].
* InspirationalMartyr: To the point where people are petitioning for the Pope to canonize her as a saint.
* LiterallyShatteredLives: Queen Celestia executed her by turning her to stone and having her crushed by a mob.
* MessianicArchetype: This Lyra almost single-hoofedly gave humanity and ponykind a reason to keep trusting each other after the war began.
** At one point, Marcus outright says that she is a messiah-like figure to the PHL, which is why he decides against taking Canon!Lyra with him back to Earth, since she could never live up to their expectations, though he does agree to let her train alongside the Mane Six.
** [[spoiler: Taken one step further after it is revealed that she presented Marcus with a uniquely powerful "redeemer" rune to tattoo on his body, the implication being that this rune could purge Queen Celestia of Tirek's influence, and Lyra got it from [[{{God}} the Scribe]] in person]].
* NayTheist: While the Solar Tyrant is far from omnipotent, she's still very powerful. By contrast, Lyra is merely a little green unicorn. She was also the one whose defiance led to the creation of the most effective military force battling against the Solar Empire.
* NoPlaceForMeThere: [[spoiler: Saving mankind and making up for her mistake required setting in motion a chain of events (i.e. Marcus taking command of the PHL's troops, his arrival in Canon!Equestria alerting Princess Celestia to the situation, Discord reconciling with his sisters, etc.) that she wouldn't live to see]].
* TheParagon: While members of the PHL can fall anywhere on the moral spectrum, Lyra was and is still regarded as one of the most noble and selfless people in the group. [[spoiler: Shame about being indirectly responsible for all the war and destruction]].
* PosthumousCharacter
* PrimAndProperBun: The Asia Side-Story describes Ambassador Lyra as keeping her mane tied into a bun, in contrast to Canon!Lyra's distinctive unkempt hairstyle.
* [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil A Pupil Of Mine Until She Turned To Evil]]: Inverted in that she was one of the unicorns studying at Celestia's School (though she was never a personal student like Twilight) and rebelled against her former teacher after Celestia went to the dark side. [[spoiler: Which is then further complicated after factoring in that Lyra discovered the very ArtifactOfDoom which caused Celestia's corruption. Oops]].
* RebelLeader: And her death ended up making her a martyr.
* ReluctantWarrior: Preferred persuading people over to her side than fighting them, including the HLF. If the King of England is to be believed, she would have been a MartialPacifist in a more idealistic setting.
-->'''King William V:''' "We can say all we like about her prowess in battle. But I hope to God that becomes a footnote in history because Lyra was never about battle. If there was a peaceful solution, she'd try for it."
* [[RenaissanceMan Renaissance Mare]]: The ''Case Files'' side-story reveals that [[BrilliantButLazy when she applied herself]], Lyra was close to being Twilight 2.0. Amongst other things, she personally oversaw the design of ArtificialLimbs, and various {{Magitek}} weapons and devices for the PHL to use.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: She publicly defected from Equestria, revealed the truth about the potion to humanity, and founded the PHL. Her defiance of the Queen in fact helped spur many ponies (like Firebrand, Blizzard Flurry and Aegis) to reject the conversion of humanity and join the fight.
* ShadowArchetype: A heroic example to TCB!Twilight. Went to Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns? Check. Was one of Princess Cadance's charges? Check. Had an obsessive interest for unusual subjects (in this case, humans)? Check. Proved unexpectedly well-suited for leading people into fighting the good fight? Check.
** During one of her visions, Lightning Dust sees Lyra as an alicorn.
* TakeOurWordForIt: Similarly to [[Film/{{Terminator}} John Connor]], TCB!Lyra is a resistance leader whom we rarely see in action ([[PosthumousCharacter for obvious reasons]]) but is treated with awe and respect by the people who believe in her cause.
* TheUnchosenOne: She died before she could bring about the BigBad's defeat, yet the way she stayed loyal to the principles of old Equestria inspired many humans and ponies to hold back from falling into mutual hatred and slaughter.
* [[spoiler: UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom]]: [[spoiler: She was famous in the TCB-verse for finding the sunken ship of the KV-62 archaeological party headed by Dr. Waggoner on a scuba-diving trip. Unfortunately, said ship also carried a certain ArtifactOfDoom...]]
** [[spoiler: UnwittingPawn]]: [[spoiler: It's also very likely that the Bag of Tirek did subtly influence her to carry it over to TCB!Celestia]].
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[[folder:Cheerilee (TCB)]]
Formerly Ponyville's school teacher, now a high-ranking member of the PHL.
* AlliterativeName: Her full name is Cheerilee Cherry.
* BadassTeacher
* BerserkButton: Harming kids in any way. [[spoiler: Just ask Queen Celestia's Mirror Pool clone]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* CurbStompBattle: Apparently, Cheerilee delivered a diplomatic one to the Taliban. Marcus was sick, so he sent her in his place. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome The meeting was over in an hour]], with them fully backing the PHL and the UN.
* DefectorFromDecadence
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Yes, [[spoiler: Cheerilee DID just punch the shit out of Celestia]]. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: it was only an avatar created by the Mirror Pool]].
* FriendToAllChildren: To both human children and foals.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Marcus.
* InUniverseNickname: Affectionately called "the Teacher" by some.
* MamaBear: [[spoiler: Not even an alicorn is safe from her when she goes into this mode]].
* NiceGirl: As in canon.
* ParentalSubstitute: Regards all the war orphans adopted by the PHL as her own children.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* RebelLeader: Gets promoted to Commander of the PHL Forces on Marcus's recommendation.
* [[RoseHairedSweetie Rose-Maned Pony]]: Has somehow managed to hold onto her sweet nature despite all the horrors she's surrounded by.
* TakingUpTheMantle: She's well on the way to taking over Lyra's role as the BigGood.
* UnskilledButStrong: Thanks to having runic enhancement. The magic boost she receives is enough to hurt [[spoiler:Queen Celestia]]!
* UnstoppableRage: Falls into this when Queen Celestia kills a [[ChildSoldiers teenage boy soldier]].
* WorthLivingFor: How Marcus sees her.
* YouAreInCommandNow: After Marcus goes missing.
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[[folder:Doctor Whooves[-/-]Time Turner (TCB)]]
A brilliant earth pony [[spoiler: and a former Time Lord]] physicist and one of the PHL's most resourceful strategists.
* [[spoiler: {{Animorphism}}]]: [[spoiler: He is ''[[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]]'', and turned into a pony at one point]].
* BadassPacifist: Hates violence in general.
** MartialPacifist: Nevertheless, he knows that some enemies can't be negotiated with, making violence more of the very last resort.
* BunnyEarsLawyer
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: Well, given who he is...]]
* DoesNotLikeGuns: Or weapons of any kind.
* HappilyMarried: To Derpy Hooves.
* MadScientist
* OverprotectiveDad: Downplayed. He vocally hates the idea of sending his daughters into battle, but reluctantly accepts ChildSoldiers as a necessary evil.
* [[spoiler: ProHumanTranshuman]]: [[spoiler: Sorta. Being a Time Lord, he was never human to begin with, but he's also the only non-pony (other than Verity Carter) to turn into a pony without any ill side-effects]].
* TheSmartGuy
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Stephan.
* YouCantFightFate: [[spoiler: TCB!Lyra's death was an immutable fixed point in history, and Doctor Whooves couldn't save her life because of this]].
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!!Bundeswehr
[[folder:Maj. Stephan Bauer]]
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[[caption-width-right:313: The Knight of Germania. Art by [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/Major-Stephan-Bauer-458545498 Proudtobe]].]]
A Bundeswehr major notable for going into battle wearing power armor and wielding a claymore, hence his nickname, "the Knight of Germania".
* ActionBomb: He keeps enough C4 on him to level a two-story building if he is ever hit by potion.
* AndThisIsFor: He pulls this on Queen Celestia when he thinks she killed his soldiers.
* BadassNormal: Does a pretty good job at keeping up with Marcus despite lacking the Runes.
* BattleCouple: With TCB!Trixie.
* BerserkButton: Anything related to Queen Celestia.
* {{BFS}}: Has a machete that turns into a claymore (think like [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife's sword]]) that is very light for its size, courtesy of changeling magic.
* BoldlyComing
* BreakTheBadass: Facing the Dark Door and being forced to witness his worst fears actually caused him to break down into BrokenTears.
* ChivalrousPervert: As of "Training Days: First Days, Part 1". He's a little [[PowerPerversionPotential too happy to take advantage of Trixie's]] VoluntaryShapeshifting.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: In the comments for "Sons of Legacies, Part 3", Kizuna Tallis states she envisions [[Series/StrikeBack Sullivan]] [[Film/ThreeHundredRiseOfAnEmpire Stapleton]] as Stephan.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The Europe Side-Story is this for him.
* DrillSergeantNasty: He's very tough on his new recruits and certainly won't be going easy on the Canon!Mane Six while training them.
* InterspeciesRomance: With TCB!Trixie.
* JerkassFacade: You can't afford to show too much softness as a soldier, but he's probably one of the nicest and most compassionate humans in the story. It's just best not to provoke him.
* TheLancer: To Marcus.
* MajorlyAwesome
* MyGreatestFailure: He was once forced to MercyKill a classroom full of ponified children during an evacuation gone wrong in France.
* NotSoStoic: Aside from breaking down sobbing after being in the hold of the Dark Door, he also spends much of "Training Days: First Days, Part 1" inwardly geeking out over fighting alongside dragons.
* OnlySaneMan: While he's as worn down by the war as one would expect, Stephan seems to have fewer PTSD issues than Marcus or Kraber.
* RedBaron: He gained his nickname, "The Knight of Germania", due to being German and using PoweredArmor and a sword.
* SeenItAll:
-->"I am talking with you, [[spoiler: the God of Chaos]], or whatever you call yourself now. I saved the Crystal Empire, fighting alongside two alicorns, one whom I wanted to see dead, and now I am in a different Equestria, facing the challenge of training an army of griffons, dragons, Diamond Dogs and other mystical creatures from to fight in our war! I've had tea with Princess Celestia, and found that she is actually rather nice! At this point, [[spoiler: dear darling Discord]], there isn't much that can surprise me anymore."
* ShellShockedVeteran: Though his PTSD is not nearly as bad as Marcus' or Kraber's, he does have his respective issues. For one thing, he ''did'' lose his home and was forced to kill a classroom full of children who became Newfoals to prevent them from attacking his men.
* UnstoppableRage: Falls into this in ''Strike'' when he thinks Queen Celestia killed his soldiers.
* WeAreNotTheWehrmacht
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[[folder:The Blue Spy[-/-]Trixie Lulamoon (TCB)]]
A clever shape-shifting unicorn spy, assassin and possibly the rebel ponies' greatest war asset.
* AntiHero
* BattleCouple: With Stephan.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: She fell in love with Stephan because he was the only person who treated her with genuine respect and care.
* BecomingTheMask: What Trixie fears is happening to her, due to the alternate personalities she uses to do her spying starting to become fully sapient personalities.
* ColdBloodedTorture: She uses psychological torture on a Royal Guard by threatening to cut up his (absent) family. It should be noted that she hates herself for it, and when she discovers [[spoiler: Spike alone and tortured]], she breaks down in tears.
* DefectorFromDecadence
* HeroicBSOD: Gets a brief but powerful one after [[spoiler: finding a tortured Spike in a prison cell]].
* InterspeciesRomance: With Stephan.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* KnifeNut
* KnightInSourArmour
* LargeHam: Trixie shows that she's still got it in her when she can't help but compare her crimes to those of "some vampiric tyrant of old".
* PowerPerversionPotential: She may end up going along with Stephan's plans involving her shapeshifting.
* TheRedBaron: Her alias, "the Blue Spy".
* RescueRomance: The other reason why she fell in love with Stephan.
* SheWhoFightsMonsters: Fears she's becoming just as ruthless as the people she fights against.
* SplitPersonality: It's lucky that Trixie is such an egomaniac, or she'd have lost herself a long time ago. Also, she does make a big point of defying GollumMadeMeDoIt.
* TookALevelInBadass: With training from Stephan and [[spoiler: TCB!Chrysalis]], she goes from an egotistical magician to a skilled shape-shifting spy with a vast array of bombs and considerable skill with a blade.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Has this power as the Blue Spy. [[spoiler: TCB!Chrysalis taught her as a last gift against the Solar Tyrant]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Bauer's Regiment]]
* ColdSniper: Sharpshooter Alicia.
* [[FlatCharacter Flat Characters]]
* NiceGuy: Daniel.
* OldSoldier: Peter and Mueller.
* WeAreNotTheWehrmacht
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sgt. Viktor Kraber]]
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[[caption-width-right:315:Kraber, [[AxCrazy in his element]]. Art by [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/Kraber-and-Aegis-Semi-WIP-452659322 Doctor Fluffy]].]]
A bitter and violent half-South African/half-German ex-HLF soldier, currently holding the rank of Stabsunteroffizier in the Bundeswehr. Kraber takes ShellShockedVeteran to an extreme beyond any other protagonist in the story. His life since the barrier's appearance has been rather depressing – ever since finding his children were ponified at their own birthday party, [[DrivenToMadness he's gradually taken leave of his sanity]].
He's also probably the most ubiquitous character in the 'verse, having (maybe) cameoed in the Asia story, being mentioned in ''Adrift'', and having appeared in the main story,''Last Train'', ''Case Files'', ''Multiverse Journey'', ''Calm Before The Storm'', as well as the central role in '' The Light Despondent'', and even appearing in FanFic/TheAvatarOfAlbion in a (not so) quick cameo.
* AdultFear: TCB!Pinkie Pie (whom he hired to plan out his children's birthday party) ponified his family, and the only reason he didn't get converted along with them was because he got stuck in traffic. When he arrived home, [[NothingIsScarier the house was eerily silent and empty]] and it took some time before the realization hit him.
* TheAlcoholic
* AmoralAfrikaner: Well, at least part Afrikaner, and it isn't clear which side of his family is from there. And the "amoral" part is subverted, since being around Aegis has changed him for the better. This is revealed in ''Light Despondent'' to be at least partly an affectation so Kraber can terrify people. On top of that, Kraber ''is'' a Sharlto Copley fan.
* AntiHero: Somewhere between a ruthless PayEvilUntoEvil version and an UnscrupulousHero. To his credit, he does make an effort to kill the right ponies and people. But it's also made clear he's [[GoodIsNotNice not a nice person]].
* TheAtoner: He was in the HLF, who are {{Right Wing Militia Fanatic}}s with a KillEmAll mindset with regards to ''all'' ponies (both [[DefectorFromDecadence PHL]] and PER members) in this universe. Still, he does hold plenty of guilt over the crimes committed during his time with them, insisting in his interview in ''Case Files'' that he's no hero. His friendship with [[MoralityPet Aegis]] and desire to redirect his murderous impulses ''solely'' towards the Imperial Equestrians are evidence of this.
* AxCrazy: His sanity seems to decrease each chapter, [[spoiler:which nearly gets Luna killed, twice]]. Though he's a bit more self-aware about it than other examples, freely admitting that he's crazy and very, [[ShellShockedVeteran very traumatized]]. It's also implied on some occasions that he was a bit unhinged before the Barrier came.
* {{Badass}}: He's survived being in the HLF up until 2022, managed to blow up no fewer than three Conversion Bureaus, got in a fight with the TCB!Elements and fell three stories with minor injuries, shot out TCB!Celestia's spine, slaughtered untold numbers of PER...
** BadassBeard: [[http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/452659322?ga_submit_new=10%3A1399491884 According to official artwork]]. May also qualify as BeardOfEvil.
** BadassNormal: Falls three stories after being BlownAcrossTheRoom by a party cannon, gets in a shotgun fight with a {{Teleport Spam}}ming KnifeNut Pinkie Pie, and takes a display case to the chest, all with apparently no ill effects.
* BadDreams[=/=]PsychicDreamsForEveryone: In Chapter 3 of ''The Light Despondent''.
* BatterUp: Used his wife's baseball bat to fight Newfoals during the earliest days of the war.
* BerserkButton: TCB!Pinkie Pie's very existence as well as being reminded of what happened to his kids.
** Which is likely why his other BerserkButton is the implication that he ponifies people just because he works with ponies.
** Being called a rapist is yet another. It's implied this stems from the statutory rape allegations he faced while he was in college. However, he and Kate did love each other, and he didn't know Kate was underage at the time.
* {{BFG}}: His [=MG2019=] light machine gun, which is .338 caliber, likely a .338 Norma Magnum. He later upgrades to an [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/MG2023-AISW-LMG-and-Colt-Quetzalcoatl-485373165?ga_submit_new=10%253A1412012631&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1&ga_recent=1 'MG2023']] with an underbarrel LightningGun... with lightning that tracks toward the bullets he's fired.
* BiTheWay
* BloodKnight: Before his recruitment into the Bundeswehr, anyway. He's gotten better, though his trigger finger remains very itchy.
* BrilliantButLazy: states in his ''Case Files'' interview that he used to "wake and bake" (likely meaning he was a bit of a [[TheStoner stoner]]) a lot back in med school.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: For all his faults, he does work as a doctor for the PHL, and he's reasonably competent as a squad leader.
* BreakoutCharacter: Evidently. He initially appeared in only a few chapters in the main story, but quickly grew to become one of the most ubiquitous characters in the verse, appearing by mention or physically in several chapters as well as getting his own side story.
* CasanovaWannabe: Ironically, considering his previous allegiances, he's evidently hit on a lot ponies.
* CelebrityParadox: Averted. While he is modeled after Sharlto Copley, it's made clear in ''Calm Before The Storm'' that Sharlto Copley does exist in the Spectrumverse, meaning Kraber is just a celebrity lookalike. However, Kraber is certainly aware of the resemblance, judging by his desire to be played by Sharlto Copley in a movie, (preferably while playing Copley himself in a cameo) and claiming that he's "Like what'd happen if Sharlto Copley was cast [in a film] of ''Literature/MarabouStorkNightmares''."
* ClosetGeek[-/-]PopCulturedBadass: He likes ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale''. And, oddly enough, he appears to like a lot of first-person shooters, such as ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' and the ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}'' remake.
* TheCloudCuckooLanderWasRight: Never believed magic was harmful to human tissue. Turns out he was right!
* [[ClusterFBomb Carpet Various Letters Bombing]]: 'fok!' is easily the most common word in his dialogue, though it's often used alongside various... interesting... [[BilingualBonus phrases in Afrikaans]].
* CoolGuns: His first LMG is almost identical to an [=MG42=]. He later upgrades [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/MG2023-AISW-LMG-and-Colt-Quetzalcoatl-485373165?ga_submit_new=10%253A1412012631&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1&ga_recent=1 to these two weapons.]]
* ComedicSociopathy: Carved "Dear Queen Molestia - NUTS!" (a reference to General Anthony [=McAulife=]'s infamous response to Germans demanding his surrender) on a Royal Guard's dead body sometime after the "Trust" chapter.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: He's modeled off [[Film/{{Elysium}} Kruger]] and [[Film/DistrictNine Wikus]], both of whom are played by Sharlto Copley.
* CompositeCharacter: See the entry for {{Expy}}. Though considering his frequent bouts of murderous insanity, there's probably a lot more of Kruger in him than Wikus.
* {{Cosplay}}: Apparently was into this before the war, and managed to cosplay [[Anime/{{Redline}} Sweet JP]].
* CulturedBadass[=/=]PopCulturedBadass: Reads classic literature such as ''Liteature/HeartOfDarkness'', but he's also a fan of the NewWeird, such as Creator/ChinaMieville and Jeff Vandermeer, and he likes ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}''.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Lost his mind after finding his children were ponified, and joined a German HLF faction. It's telling that in ''Case Files'', he has the [[LongList longest list of criminal charges against him]].
* DeathSeeker: WordOfGod states that he's suicidal due to his sheer guilt over what he did as an HLF member. He's taken on many suicide missions as well.
* DespairEventHorizon: Seems to cross it in ''Light'', with part of his reasoning for getting healed with magic (which, as far as anyone knows, could kill him) is because nobody will miss him.
* {{Determinator}}: He simply doesn't give up, and the fact that he hasn't killed himself (successfully) probably qualifies him as one. But it's probably the chapter "Philistine" that cements him as this. When faced with a hospital full of PER, his solution is to press on and kill all of them. And, when faced with a super-Newfoal with increasingly ridiculous amounts of shield magic and PER fighting alongside her, while suffering from a broken rib, bleeding internally, a hole in his stomach, a broken collarbone, and a leg wound, hallucinating, and losing his mind, he ignores the pain, keeps going, and manages to survive having all his limbs rapidly healed with magic.
* TheDreaded: He's feared by some ponies during his HLF days.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He may have ''plenty'' of loose screws and hates the TCB!Mane Six with every fiber of his being (especially TCB!Pinkie Pie), but even he is sickened by [[spoiler:what the Bag of Tirek has done to them and the experiments conducted to make the potion work]].
** And despite being TheAtoner, he never admits any guilt to what he did to the PER. Indeed, his need for redemption stems more from making up for his crimes towards innocent ponies than any pro-Bureau collaborators.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/Viktor-M-Kraber-Redone-515120941 his new portrait]] by Doctor Fluffy has them. Word of Fluffy is that he's afraid to go to sleep, thanks to the nightmares he gets. Considering the last two that he's gotten in ''Light'', this is understandable.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Film/{{District9}} Wikus van der Merwe]] in that he's a morally ambiguous and foulmouthed family man who lost his comfortable life, underwent unspeakable ordeals and SanitySlippage, gets revenge on those that hurt him through the use of a {{BFG}}, and eventually discards his FantasticRacism.
** And [[Film/{{Elysium}} Kruger]] by virtue of being (half) South African, taking an unhealthy interest in killing, ''[[DrivenToMadness being utterly insane]]'', plus looking almost exactly like him except with different armor. What makes this weird, however, is that Kraber is explicitly a fan of ''District 9'', and his status as the AmoralAfrikaner is at least partly an act. Lampshaded by Verity, who considers him a "pretentious, Sharlto Copley-obsessed bliksem[[note]]bastard[[/note]]."
* FeelNoPain: Judging by the gap between Stephan consigning him to the hospital and the actual battle, he must have been walking around with several cracked ribs, cracked scapula, and torn muscles for about an hour without noticing. Either Kraber has great pain tolerance, or he's just too crazy to care. Though, judging by Light, he ''can'' feel pain, he's just [[{{Determinator}} really good at ignoring it]].
* FriendToAllChildren: Due to losing his own. Aegis claims that his two foals love Kraber and consider him an HonoraryUncle. He also lends Dancing Day his stuffed wolf Ambassador Nikai the Second as a reward for her work in keeping the [[CoolTrain 501]] running. To clarify, the toy is a TragicKeepsake that belonged to one of his kids.
** But it's also rather nastily averted in a flashback from the same chapter of ''Light Despondent'', where he [[spoiler: murders a family of PHL-affiliated ponies taken prisoner by the PER, laughing manically as he does so]].
* FromNobodyToNightmare: ''Case Files'' explains he was a BrilliantButLazy medical school student who accidentally got his (underage) girlfriend pregnant. He stepped up to the plate, got his degree and lived a happy life as a dedicated family man. Then along came a certain ill-fated birthday party...
* FutureMeScaresMe: Played with - they're alternate versions of him, the horror of one alternate comes from the world around him rather than his personal qualities, and he actually sees a brave (yet, strangely enough, female) version of himself in another universe, but he's mostly fixated on the horror of an alternate him being reminiscent of a chaos space marine.
* GenreSavvy[-/-]CrazyPrepared: He's well aware that a stealth op with him is likely to fail, so he brings lots of guns.
* [[GratuitousForeignLanguage Gratuitous Foreign Slang]]: He frequently uses South African slang in "Trust". He mentions having family there, so that's probably where he picked it up.
* GunNut: The man loves huge weaponry.
* TheGunslinger: Has elements of the Vaporizer, but he's a very good shot with a revolver on the occasions that he uses it.
* HairTriggerTemper[=/=]SuddenlyShouting: Happens in Chapter 3 of ''Light'', where his own mentions of his actions in the HLF are enough to send him into screaming rage.
* HearingVoices[-/-]{{Hallucinations}}: Continuously in ''Light Despondent'', from a time when he was even less sane.
* HeelRealization: In a flashback from ''Calm Before the Storm'', Kraber saw a pair of pony refugees cower from him in fear and imagined his wife and children looking at him with disappointment.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Overlaps with PetTheDog, as he bonds instantly with a fellow HLF member's fluffy Samoyed.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: His regret and low self-worth over his actions in the HLF are major parts of his character, but it's made clear in ''Light'' that he deeply hates himself, considering himself a mass-murdering psychopath and a terrible person. He does react with almost childlike joy when he finds out that he isn't, in fact, a sociopath.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Aegis. Though considering that they share a bed, that should be [[HoYay called into question...]]
* HiddenDepths: Claims in Chapter 4 of ''Calm'' that he wanted to be a writer, and make radio dramas. Knowing him, he was probably inspired by ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale''.
** Once played Francis Begbie in a play of Literature/{{Trainspotting}}, and can still pull off a decent Scottish accent as of the time of the fic.
* ICallItVera: Owns a [[HandCannon 13mm shotgun revolver]] that he calls "Margaret". Later upgrades to a 28-gauge (14mm) shotgun revolver... [[HandCannon which shoots ammunition that explodes, and is also contained within wax slugs, making it a miniature cluster bomb launcher.]] He calls it a '[[Videogame/BorderlandsThePresequel Fragnum]]'.
* INeedAFreakingDrink:
** In "Trust" and ''Case Files'', he frequently asks for bourbon.
** After Canon!Luna [[spoiler: shows him the potion tests]], he says that he really needs some Kentucky Bourbon.
--->'''Kraber''': "I'm not gesuip (drunk) enough to tell you that."
* InformedJudaism: Is unexpectedly revealed to be Jewish in Chapter 3 of ''Calm Before The Storm''. The irony of having been part of a borderline-fascist organization is not lost on him.
* IOweYouMyLife: Kraber and Aegis became friends because Aegis saved his life during a raid on an HLF compound.
* ItsAllMyFault: He blames himself for his children's ponification, due to having hired TCB!Pinkie Pie to throw their birthday party in the first place.
* ItsPersonal: Towards TCB!Pinkie Pie, who ponified his family at his childrens' birthday.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Abrasive, alcoholic, lecherous, hard to deal with... but his heart's usually in the right place, unless it involves the PER.
* LongList: While in the HLF, he committed crimes such as:
-->''Murder, mass murder, conspiracy to commit murder, illegal possession of firearms, assault, impersonating a police officer, illegally crossing borders between countries, impersonating a child protective services officer, torture, smuggling firearms, practicing medicine without a license, arson, forgery, vandalism, kidnapping, robbery, theft of military property...''
* KickTheDog: Has more than a few moments of this in ''Light Despondent'' prior to his HeelFaceTurn.
* MadBomber: According to the Timeline and ''Adrift'', he's managed to blow up at least three conversion bureaus.
* TheMedic: Although he's had his medical license revoked, he does some work as a field doctor for PHL soldiers.
* MoreDakka: Evidently a favorite tactic of his; the [=MG2019=] he carries is frequently described as having a fire rate "like a buzzsaw".
* MrExposition: Of ''The Light Despondent''.
* NoodleIncident: Did something so terrible to his former commanding officer in the HLF that even he considered to be going too far. And then there's the "corpses in a vinyard" thing...
* NotSoDifferent[=/=]ShadowArchetype: [[https://www.fimfiction.net/group/206246/spectrum-crew/thread/150475/a-theory-about-kraber-and-verity Doctor Fluffy suspects this is true of him]] and Verity.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping[-/-]FunetikAksent: Speaks in a Scottish accent inspired by the works of Creator/IrvineWelsh in chapters 4, 5, and 6 to keep people from realizing his identity. However, bits of his South African lilt routinely creep through, [[PaperThinDisguise but somehow, it works...]]
* {{Omniglot}}: He's fluent in English, German and Afrikaans, can hold a conversation in Swahili, he's shown in chapter 3 of ''Light'' speaking Hebrew, and he also reads ''Heart of Darkness'' in the original Polish.
* PapaWolf[-/-]CrusadingWidower: Kraber's whole crusade against TCB!Equestria boils down to his desire to avenge his wife and children.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: He would know as an ex-HLF man.
* PetTheDog: In the HLF, he let two ponies named Astral Nectar and Dancing Day through a security checkpoint, and, more literally, was shown to love a fluffy samoyed in the next chapter.
* SanityBall: Claims that he ended up holding it later in the HLF. Having grown very aware of his fractured mental state, he hated it.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Tries to save civilians instead of securing the factory early in Chapter 4 of ''Calm''. He eventually has to, but it's impressive CharacterDevelopment to show that he's so focused on saving people.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Canon!Luna can see his nightmares hang over him even when he's awake.
* ShownTheirWork: Everything he says in Afrikaans (and the various bits of slang that do not originate in Afrikaans) is completely accurate.
* SirSwearsALot: Throws a lot of {{Cluster F Bomb}}s. The swearword count only grows when you consider the numerous South African [[ForeignCussWord phrases he utters]], which are impressively vile and creative.
** CountryMatters: Has said this repeatedly, though because [[BilingualBonus it's all translated into Afrikaans]], the average reader might miss it.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Want to know why his character folder is so big despite him appearing for only a handful of chapters in the main story? Well, there are actually a [[CreatorsFavorite good]] [[WriterOnBoard many]] [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped reasons]], but narrative-wise, Kraber serves to provide a human face to the members of the HLF and other people who wouldn't respond with nobility and heroism to a CrapsackWorld such as that of ''The Conversion Bureau''.
** He also lands a killing blow to [[spoiler:the Tyrant's clone]], saving Stephan at a crucial moment.
* SociopathicHero: Though it's made clear by Lunar Phase that he's not a [[ShownTheirWork clinical sociopath.]]
* TakeThat: He is basically one giant middle finger aimed specifically at Chatoyance's story ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/22989/The-PER%3A-Michelson-and-Morely---The-Speed-Of-Right-- The PER: Michelson and Morely - The Speed of Right]]'', in which the eponymous PER agents ponified a bunch of children at a birthday party with a pinata full of potion. Specifically, he's what happens when the father comes home and does not like what he finds.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Every weapon Kraber gets his hands on seems to be somewhat over the top in terms of firepower. There's few other labels one can ascribe to a man that modified a 14mm shotgun revolver to shoot miniature cluster bombs, anyway.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Befriends, and later has GladToBeAliveSex with Yael Ze'ev in Chapters 4 and 5 of ''Calm Before The Storm''.
* TookALevelInKindness: As of Chapter 3 of ''Calm Before The Storm'', he doesn't really see a point in torture anymore, saying he's sick and tired of it.
** And in the PHL chapter of ''Case Files'', he stays out of Aegis' interview, as an apology for being drunk, angry, and barely remembering to mention him in his own interview.
* TortureTechnician: Mentions tying a pony clown (it's not clear if he was a Newfoal or a natural born pony) and torturing him for fifteen straight hours to find out what happened to his family. This is also one of the many criminal charges brought up against him for his time in the HLF.
* TragicKeepsake: He still keeps the stuffed animals that belonged to his children, and sleeps with them.
* TraumaCongaLine: ''Light Despondent'' is that trope incarnate for him.
* UnstoppableRage: When he's anywhere near TCB!Pinkie Pie, or the Element Bearers in general. This is evidently so common for him that Stephan outright expects him to disobey orders.
* VillainousBreakdown: The first five chapters of Light, culminating in him going up to kill off all the PER in what could be read as SuicideByCop, completely losing his mind, [[spoiler: and eventually being forced to [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext suplex an equine personification of his self-loathing into a wall and beat the shit out of it.]]]]
* WeaponOfChoice: He prefers high-capacity shotguns, light machineguns, and revolvers that happen to be {{Hand Cannon}}s. All his appearances so far have him using some revolver with a bore almost half an inch in diameter, and an LMG.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Early on in ''Light'', while an HLF member, Kraber believes he's a heroic partisan striking against a corrupt government.
* YouKilledMyFather: Inverted; his vendetta against TCB!Pinkie Pie stems from how she ponified his children at their own birthday party.
[[/folder]]
!!Civilian Consultants
[[folder:Bon-Bon (TCB)]]
Lyra Heartstrings' earthpony girlfriend, who was forced to watch her get executed.
* BlessedWithSuck: She can see into the future, but is an insane and completely broken mess.
* BreakTheCutie: Went completely crazy after Lyra's death.
* BystanderSyndrome: Bon-Bon probably wouldn't have cared much about helping mankind if her girlfriend wasn't so fond of them.
* DespairEventHorizon[-/-]MaddenIntoMisanthropy: Almost crosses into this during a fit of madness, but Doctor Whooves succeeds in snapping her out of it.
* DrivenToMadness: Played painfully straight.
* ForcedToWatch: With regards to Lyra's execution, which completely shattered her sanity.
* HeelFaceTurn: She was actually on board with the conversion bureaus, but changed her tune quickly after seeing a Newfoal try to kill Lyra.
* {{Jerkass}}[-/-]JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Prior to her HeelFaceTurn, the fact that her lack of sympathy for the humans' plight didn't cause Lyra to break up with her implies it can't have ran all that deep. It's also possible that Bon-Bon was just bitter at seeing her girlfriend wear herself out leading a seemingly hopeless cause.
* MadOracle: The trauma of Lyra's death caused her to have a "temporal stroke" which makes her able to view the past, present and future at the same time. It does come in useful sometimes.
* SanitySlippage: Implied in TCB!Lyra's journal entries, in which she claims that Bon-Bon hadn't taken life on the run well.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Notice how a lot of her character is defined by her relationship with Lyra, even after the latter's death?
* TraumaCongaLine: Bon-Bon followed Lyra into exile on Earth, presumably out of love, even though she initially supported Conversion, and was disowned by her parents for that. She stayed with her girlfriend through thick and thin, countless assassination attempts befalling them both. In the end, she saw the mare she loved get turned to stone and smashed by an angry mob. And this was before the "temporal stroke" cracked her mind like an egg.
* WhenSheSmiles: Other characters note that whenever she looks happy again, chances are things may just get better.
* [[WidowWoman Widow Mare]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Princess Cadance (TCB)]]
One of the minor princesses, Cadance in the TCB-verse is a pegacorn who never ascended to alicornhood.
* AllLovingHero: She ''is'' the Princess of Love, after all.
* BrokenBird: A far less cynical example than the norm, but she qualifies, as TCB!Shining Armor ([[spoiler:who was placed under MindControl into obeying every one of Queen Celestia's orders]]) did leave her and at one point, according to Marcus, tried to drag her back to Equestria to the Tyrant. Also applies literally in that this version of Cadance isn't an alicorn, rendering her vestigial wings useless.
* TheExile: Princess Luna's last act before getting petrified was to help her escape to Earth.
* TheHeart
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Though unable to access her full potential, Cadance can use ThePowerOfLove to [[spoiler: override Celestia's brainwashing]].
* TheIdealist: Of the various members of the PHL, she's the closest.
* MagicalNanny: To TCB!Twilight, as in canon, but it's shown she was also Lyra's foalsitter. They even share the same little song and dance.
* RebelliousPrincess: In that she's a princess and one of many rebels against her tyrannical aunt.
[[/folder]]
!!New York City - Rank & File
[[folder:Derpy Hooves (TCB)]]
Ponyville's pegasus mailmare, who now serves as a field nurse to ponies and humans alike.
* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: To Amethyst Star. It's because Amethyst is adopted [[spoiler:from one of her time-travel adventures]].
* ActionMom: Not shown fighting, but does spend a lot of time risking her life out in the field to assist the injured.
* AllLovingHero
* AngerBornOfWorry: Does not like it when Doctor Whooves overexerts himself in his work.
* TheCameo: Plays a brief yet essential part in "The Answer".
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
* HappilyMarried: To Doctor Whooves.
* HolyBacklight: Makes her appearance "gliding like an angel".
* TheMedic
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Vinyl Scratch (TCB)]]
One half of the inseparable duo of Octavia Melody and Vinyl Scratch, this DJ has endured a lot since her best friend died on the first day of war.
* AntiHero
* AxCrazy: This Vinyl doesn't seem to be... quite all there. It's less apparent than certain other characters like TCB!Trixie or Kraber, but the years have made her more bloodthirsty.
* [[BashBrothers Bash Cousins]]: Together with Allie Way.
* BrokenTears: Upon seeing Octavia (from Canon!Equus) again for the first time.
* CelebritySurvivor
* CoolShades: But of course!
* CynicismCatalyst: If one bad day can send you over the edge, hers was witnessing TCB!Octavia get murdered by Royal Guards.
* EyeScream: After Canon!Icewind and several other Guards resign in protest of Equestria helping humanity, she comments that she vaguely remembers gouging out his counterpart's eyes in Paris. No-one around her [[JustForPun bats an eye]] at this remark.
* HeroWorshipper: Regards Lyra as the best of ponykind. [[spoiler: And doesn't undergo BrokenPedestal after learning what caused the war]]. Her attitude towards Marcus is somewhat frostier, though.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters
* InsultBackfire: She's been called "no better than the humans" by Imperials, but is so disgusted with what the Empire has done to mankind that she'd almost rather be human.
** IResembleThatRemark: Unfortunately, her brutality suggests that VillainHasAPoint is in effect here.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Her crude exterior belies a loyal friend.
** [[spoiler:When Marcus warns her and Acevedo against spreading the truth behind TCB!Lyra and the Bag of Tirek, Vinyl argues that Ambassador Heartstrings did more to save mankind than anyone else]].
* MagicMusic: A weaponized bass canon, to be exact.
* OddFriendship: Hits it off quite quickly with AscendedFanboy Isaac Acevedo.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In an OffScreenMomentOfAwesome (and NightmareFuel), Octavia's murder sent her into a blood-soaked rage to rival [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII Raul Menendez]]'s.
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!!Eastern Seaboard - Rank & File
[[folder:Aegis (real name: Claw Hammer)]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aegis_8250.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:"And now you have to show common sense?!"[[http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/452659322?ga_submit_new=10%3A1399491884 Art by Doctor Fluffy]].]]
Kraber's ever-present, enormous, and long-suffering earthpony friend, whose function as a pony liaison to the Bundeswehr really boils down to "keep Kraber from doing anything stupid".
* ActionDad: Has two foals, who are currently living in South Africa with Kraber's relatives, by virtue of neither him nor Kraber being in a good enough situation to serve as parents.
* AlcoholicParent: Downplayed. Though he's most definitely not abusive, he has an alcohol intake that could rival Kraber's.
* BarrierWarrior
* BashBrothers: No matter what, he has Kraber's back, and Kraber has his.
* {{BFG}}: Carries a 25mm automatic grenade launcher in "Knell".
* TheBigGuy: [[http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/452659322?ga_submit_new=10%3A1399491884 He's larger than the average pony]]. WordOfGod is that this was an accident because, when drawing Kraber, he wasn't sure how big Aegis was supposed to be.
* BiTheWay: Considering that he shares a bed with Kraber.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He makes a mention of having a brush with a re-education camp with Verdant Tract (another PHL pony) back in Equestria, and he doesn't "feel like pressing his luck" on the subject.
** ''Case Files'' expands on his backstory, revealing he was a normal family stallion whose well-meaning wife went off the deep end when she adopted a pair of Newfoal orphans. She eventually left him for a Newfoal, forcing him to escape to Earth with his children.
* DeadpanSnarker: He even [[NervesOfSteel mouths off to]] TCB!Celestia.
* DrowningMySorrows: According to ''Case Files'', he spent a lot of his time in Britain drunk.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Punches Kraber in the knee to keep him from going up against TCB!Pinkie Pie by himself.
* GunNut: To a lesser degree than Kraber - he doesn't {{Squee}} at the thought of new weapons, but he's just as excited by big weaponry as Kraber is.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kraber.
* HiddenDepths: Implied to like superheroes, considering that he says his current alias reminds him of a superhero name.
* MoralityPet: Though he wouldn't like to be referred to as a pet, it's shown that Aegis is one of the ''very'' few things during the war that's actually kept Kraber sane. [[AxCrazy Relatively speaking, that is]].
* NervesOfSteel: Very little can scare him, save for [[spoiler: Princess Luna becoming Nightmare Moon]]. Making him a good counterpoint to [[HotBlooded Kra]][[BloodKnight ber]].
* NotSoAboveItAll: Still, he has fairly goofy moments in Chapter 4 of ''Calm''.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* OnlySaneMan: Forced to play this role to Kraber, who, as it turns out, is very grateful for it.
* PinkElephants: Somehow managed to see [[spoiler: the Scribe, or a manifestation of her]] while drunk off his flank.
* RedOniBlueOni: A calming, more relaxed counterpoint to Kraber's boisterousness.
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[[folder:Ambrose Hex]]
A PHL colonel who briefly travels aboard CPX-9872 while it flees Halifax.
* ColonelBadass: To some extent.
* DeadpanSnarker: Particularly in regards to Tess.
* {{Jerkass}}: Admittedly, it's hard to blame him under the circumstances.
* OnlySaneMan: Acts the part, but the truth of the matter is debatable.
* SecretKeeper
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[[folder:Claire and Laura]]
A rather mentally disturbed pair of PHL women based in Truro
* {{Blood Knight}}s
* GunNut: Their primary sidearms are both taken directly from the ''Hellsing'' mythos: Claire weilds Alucard's 13mm Jackal, while Laura carries his .454 Casul.
* PsychoLesbian: Well, Laura's psychotic, and she does go for the ladies, but she's not a stalker or madly in love with anyone.
* SociopathicHero: Laura fights only for the thrill of it and [[IFightForTheStrongestSide for what she believes will be the winning side]].
* TokenEvilTeammate: The PHL aren't a spotlessly "heroic" organization, but very few of them are as willfully depraved as Laura.
* {{Ubermensch}}: Laura believes she is one, enough to seek to mold other people into becoming amoral sociopaths. She seems to have succeeded with Claire, and has quickly planted a few ideas in Tess Jones too.
** Although her intention to get a kick out of the world ending makes her closer to a NietzscheWannabe.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Firelock (TCB)]]
An orphan filly affiliated with the PHL.
* AscendedExtra: Based on a canon background filly commonly called "Firelock".
* ChildSoldier
* CreepyChild
* TheFundamentalist: Maybe. She swears in Lyra's name quite a bit, though Lyra never claimed to be a goddess or messiah.
* GunNut: Uses her knowledge of firearms to teach Tess Jones how to use one properly.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior
* WeHardlyKnewYe
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!!Bureau Raid Team
An advance squad sent to raid the Sleepy Hollow Conversion Bureau and retrieve its dimensional portal, which the PHL hope to reverse-engineer.
[[folder:Gilda (TCB)]]
The former friend of Rainbow Dash, turned resistance fighter for the PHL.
* ActionGirl
* BadassPrincess[-/-]RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She's revealed to be royalty, and certainly isn't afraid to get her claws dirty to fight.
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey
* CombatPragmatist: Uses her enemies' dead bodies as meat shields.
* TheGadfly: Towards Trevor.
* {{Jerkass}}: Fighting for a good cause hasn't made her a nicer person.
* LastOfHerKind: Not of her species (though the TCB!griffons aren't doing very well), but she's the last living member of the griffon royal family.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Iron Will (TCB)]]
The sole minotaur living in the TCB-verse, fighting alongside the PHL to avenge his race.
* {{Badass}}
* TheBigGuy
* DropTheHammer: His main weapon.
* ItsPersonal
* LastOfHisKind: For the minotaurs.
* ALoadOfBull
* TeamDad: Somewhat towards the raiding team in "The Bigger Score" since he usually has to diffuse fights and scolds Gilda and Trevor for their bickering.
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[[folder:''GTA V'' Crew]]
Michael, Franklin, Trevor and Lester from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' who've (inexplicably) joined the resistance.
* AntiHero: Type V, all of them. Although they are definitely opposed to Queen Celestia, they are still not going to fight her unless they are paid handsomely.
* AscendedFanon: The reason why they're here. One fan wrote a DownerEnding [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/133962/1/the-conversion-bureau-the-other-side-of-the-spectrum-side-story-inner-rage/chapter-1 recursive fanfic centered around a ponified Trevor Philips]], and so he and the rest of the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' crew appeared in the main story.
* AxCrazy: Trevor, naturally, mixed with HairTriggerTemper.
* BadassCrew
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Michael helps keep Trevor in line.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: They may be ruthless criminals, but even they're downright frightened of [[TheDreaded Queen Celestia]].
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: See OnlyInItForTheMoney.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: While they, like every human not aligned with the PER, want to survive above all else, that doesn't mean they'll risk their lives for free.
* ShipTease: Between Franklin and a PHL mare named Shimmering Sigil.
* TokenEvilTeammate: All four serve as this to the PHL, though Trevor is the most obvious example, even amongst the crew themselves.
* VitriolicBestBuds: If there's one thing they share with the true-hearted ponies, it's the value they place on friendship.
[[/folder]]
!!Reclaimers
A more radical wing of the PHL who wish to pre-emptively purge the United States' Eastern Seaboard of all PER and HLF presence before Barrierfall.
[[folder:Lt. Yael Ze'ev]]
[[quoteright:298:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yael_ze_ev_by_haruaxeman-d818rg9_2057.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:298:"So... we couldn't ''not'' help them."]]
A female Israeli soldier, evidently quite high-ranked in the IDF that accompanies Kraber and Aegis in their raid on a Dead End in Detroit. [[AllthereInTheManual Other facts about her can only be found on]] [[http://haruaxeman.deviantart.com/art/Yael-Ze-ev-485817849?ga_submit_new=10%253A1412207526 Fluffy's deviantart]]. She's FamedInStory for having fought the HLF on numerous occasions.
* BadassIsraeli: According to ''Many Faces'', she's from Tel Aviv.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: She was at Reykjavik and found the camera with footage of Queen Celestia, and was also a friend of [[WeHardlyKnewYe Sutra Cross]].
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Played with. Despite [[AllThereInTheManual having been lit on fire at least once]], there's still some facial scarring from the burns. Still, she looks pretty good for someone that was lit on fire.
* ButNotTooBlack: Half Ethiopian. Though the Ethiopian person was also Jewish.
* TheCassandra: As revealed in an interview in Last Train, she was of the opinion that the HLF was too dangerous to simply leave lying around in favor of entirely prioritizing the invasion. She apparently went to great lengths to prove her point, doing [[WellIntentionedExtremist things that are implied to have gotten her demoted.]]
* CloserToEarth: She's certainly more professional than Kraber, anyway. [[BloodKnight Not like that's hard...]]
* TheCynic: Crosses over with ProperlyParanoid in regards to her fears about the HLF and barrierfall.
* DeadLittleSister: Subverted - her sister's fine, and "her legs work again," but it's implied the HLF did something to her sister that made Yael snap.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DefrostingIceQueen: Becomes more trusting of Kraber over the course of her story.
* FamedInStory: For killing lots of HLF.
* FantasticRacism: Claims to have very nearly avoided this, saying that the ponies that made their way to Israel were so miserable she ''had'' to help.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: She compares the Conversion War to UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust.
* GladToBeAliveSex: Has this with Kraber at the end of Chapter 5 of ''Calm''.
* NotAMorningPerson: If her interview with True Quill is anything to judge by.
* OnlySaneWoman: Serves as this to Kraber's squad, questioning his bizarre sense of humor and bloodlust.
** NotSoAboveItAll: However, she's just as prone to bloodlust and ultraviolence as the rest.
** NotSoDifferent: And it falls to Aegis to keep her from arguing with Kraber and bringing down the PER on them.
* IOweYouMyLife: She and Kraber have this going on - he saved her from a PER member by [[GroinAttack kicking him in the groin so hard his balls fell off]], and she shot a pegasus that was going to ponify him.
* PopCulturedBadass: She likes ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' just as much as Kraber and Aegis.
* ShallowLoveInterest: To Viktor Kraber.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Admits in an interview with True Quill that she and her country are somewhat paranoid. Though, InUniverse, both were ProperlyParanoid.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's "somewhere between 5'11 and 6 foot 3."
* VitriolicBestBuds: Seems to develop into this with Kraber and Aegis.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: It's implied that she is this, judging by the fears she had of being seen as a fascist for the measures she wanted to take against the HLF.
* WouldNotHurtAChild: Her standard response to foals in the PER is to take them to different parents to get adopted, instead of shooting them.
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[[folder:Heliotrope]]
Yael Ze'ev's best friend, a somewhat sarcastic pegasus mare with a flight suit that lets her turn invisible.
* ActionGirl: Par for the course.
* AxCrazy: A mild case. She seems to enjoy flying without being noticed, and the fact that she went along with Kraber's plan to reference ''Anime/DeadLeaves'' while kicking a Newfoal in the face shows a somewhat immature side to her.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Served in the Crystal War repairing [[CoolAirship skyliners]], but never touched the Royal Guard charter, had the bad luck to be caught on the ''Great Equestrian'' when Kith and Kin exploded, and Kraber also shot her once. He did say he was sorry, though.
* GadgeteerGenius: She made the flight-suit herself.
* {{Invisibility}}
* VisualPun: Was only introduced into ''Calm'' so Doctor Fluffy could get away with saying "[[Anime/DeadLeaves Have you seen my heliotrope?]]"
* WalkingArmory: By pony standards. She wears wing blades, carries a big knife, and favors silenced rifles in her assault yoke.
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[[folder:Johnny C Heald]]
A PHL member [[EarlyBirdCameo first seen in]] ''Case Files'', [[ImprobableAimingSkills shooting a man's hand off with a kalashnikov]]. He's a friend of Kraber and Aegis at the time of ''Calm.''
* AuthorAvatar: He's essentially Doctor Fluffy with a different name.
** CreatorProvincialism: Right down to the area they call home.
* CulturedBadass: He has knowledge of philosophy, and does sketches when not on duty with the PHL.
** PopCulturedBadass: He's also a fan of WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros.
* GunNut: He can manage to identify PHL and HLF hardware by watching footage from a helicopter, while also probably drunk.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Wolfdogs in particular, thanks to a little thing called AuthorAppeal.
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Apparently, his first name is actually "Johnny C".
* HonoraryUncle: Appears to have taken up this role for Dancing Day.
* NiceJewishBoy: One with a lot of firepower.
* RevolversAreJustBetter: Appears to own a revolver of the same type as Acevedo.
* WarriorPoet: He thinks he could be one... and promptly dismisses the notion.
[[/folder]]
!!Equus Operatives
Ponies for Human Life members covertly operating back in Imperial Equestria.
[[folder:Fancy Pants (TCB)]]
A aristocratic unicorn from Canterlot who aids the PHL from behind the scenes despite the risk it will put him through.
* {{BFS}}: [[spoiler: His magic allows him to wield ''five at the same time'', to be exact]].
* [[spoiler: DefiantToTheEnd]]: [[spoiler: After Queen Celestia discovers he's a PHL spy, she goes into his home to dispose of him personally. He refuses to go down without a fight, to say the least]].
** [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome]]: [[spoiler: He knows what's going to happen to him when Queen Celestia finds him. His response? Go out in the most badass way possible]].
* DoubleAgent: In a way. He has ties to both the PHL and the Equestrian Resistance, two groups with aligned goals but opposing ideologies. It's downplayed in that both sides know this and regard him as more of a middleman.
* GenreSavvy: Knows full well that he's not in the old Equestria where "[[LampshadeHanging problems could be solved within thirty minutes and capped off with a speech]]."
* GentlemanAdventurer: Was an adventurer in his youth, and the spark hasn't gone out of him yet. [[spoiler: Sure enough, he goes down facing the most fierce beast he ever encountered, Queen Celestia herself]].
* HappilyMarried[-/-]MayDecemberRomance: With Fleur de Lis.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: After the Newfoals and authorities discover he's a PHL spy, he sends Fleur away to safety and then kills several Newfoals and Royal Guards before mouthing off to Queen Celestia]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: On the outside, he's a foppish IdleRich aristocrat. In truth, he's a spy for the human/pony resistance.
* OhCrap: Has a massive one when he sees the Solar Empire's newest weapon against the human resistance.
* RedBaron: Far more {{Badass}} than his real name is his nickname, [[spoiler: "Five Blade Fancy"]].
* RetiredBadass: [[spoiler: He explored distant lands far beyond Equestria's borders, collected weapons from those places and even learned their fighting styles. He picks up the swords one last time to fight off the Newfoals and ensure Fleur escaped safely]].
* ReverseMole: Uses his social position, wealth, and connections to gain inside information to the Empire's secrets.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight
* UnclePennybags
* UnstoppableRage: Flies into this when [[spoiler: a Newfoal attempts to hurt a pregnant Fleur]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Big Macintosh (TCB)]]
Applejack's big brother remained in Equestria to manage the farm, but secretly hates the slave plantation it has become.
* AdultFear: He was rightfully and genuinely frightened that Applebloom could have become just as hateful and murderous towards the humans if she had stayed in the Empire any longer. And of course, there's his worries over how much Applejack changed for the worse, and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what]] [[DrivenToSuicide could]] happen if she were to realize exactly what she did to the humans and to her family.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Wants desperately to snap Applejack back to normal and worries a lot for Applebloom too. He also mentions giving Diamond Tiara food poisoning once for bullying Applebloom.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Has just barely avoided this, claiming that "thoughts I know weren't mine" frequently appeared in his head while he was in TCB!Equestria]].
* DespairEventHorizon: In his own words, his grandmother's death, sister's radical personality changes, the propaganda, and TCB!Equestria in general has "hollowed [him] out like an old Nightmare Night pumpkin." On top of that, he's aware that things will never be the same again thanks to the EndOfAnAge.
* MyGreatestFailure: He hates himself for letting Applejack allow the Newfoals to work on the farm and letting Sweet Apple Acres turn into what's essentially a slave plantation.
* ReverseMole: Being the brother of a BadLiar who is honest to a fault puts him in a great place to funnel vital information to the PHL.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The entire point of his segment of the "Empire" chapter of ''Calm Before The Storm''.
* ShipTease: With TCB!Carrot Top.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Joined the PHL because of what TCB!Applejack became.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Carrot Top (TCB)]]
One of the Apple clan's neighbors, a carrot farmer and Big Mac's partner-in-crime.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She supplies the Blue Spy with home-made grenades, created using ingredients from her farm. TruthInTelevision, too!
* ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: [[spoiler: When Fleur de Lis has to flee the Empire, before dying, Fancy directs her to Golden Harvest Ranch as her means of escape]].
* NiceGirl: Though with a bit of CynicismCatalyst thrown in. Carrot isn't at all happy at what Equestria has become.
* SamaritanSyndrome
* ShipTease: With TCB!Big Mac.
* ShrinkingViolet
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sweetie Belle (TCB)]]
Before getting indoctrinated, Rarity had the presence of mind to send her little sister away. Sweetie Belle now lives in Zecora's old hut within the Everfree Forest, but don't worry, she's more than capable of fending for herself.
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: Extends this offer to TCB!Applebloom. [[spoiler: Bloom takes her up on it]].
* KnifeNut: Even TCB!Trixie is a little disturbed at how well she wields a machete.
* MagicMusic: [[spoiler: Her special talent]].
* ShesAllGrownUp
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Upon meeting TCB!Applebloom again, it's clear their relationshiop has soured.
* WildChild
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