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| 2 | !![[center: [- [[Characters/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Main Index]] -]]][[center: [- '''[[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTheManeCast The Main Cast:]]''' [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTwilightSparkle Twilight Sparkle]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicFluttershy Fluttershy]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRarity Rarity]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicApplejack Applejack]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRainbowDash Rainbow Dash]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPinkiePie Pinkie Pie]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSpike Spike]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicStarlightGlimmer Starlight Glimmer]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTheCutieMarkCrusaders the Cutie Mark Crusaders]]-]]] [[center: [- '''Supporting Cast:''' [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicThePrincesses The Princesses]] ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPrincessCelestia Princess Celestia]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPrincessLuna Princess Luna]]), [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicManeFamilyMembers Mane Family Members]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSchoolOfFriendship the School of Friendship]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSupportingCastPonyville Ponyville]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSupportingCastOtherLocations Other Locations]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicAnimalCompanions Animal Companions]]-]]] [[center: [-'''Antagonists:''' [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicMajorVillains Major Villains]] ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicQueenChrysalis Queen Chrysalis]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicKingSombra King Sombra]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicLordTirek Lord Tirek]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicCozyGlow Cozy Glow]]), [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicDangerousCreatures Dangerous Creatures]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicJerksAndBullies Jerks and Bullies]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRedeemed Redeemed Antagonists]] ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicDiscord Discord]])-]]] [[center: [- '''World of Equestria:''' [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRaces Races]], '''Historical Figures''', [[Characters/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 the 2017 Movie]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicToylineExclusive Toyline Exclusive]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicMiscellaneous Miscellaneous]]-]]] [[center: [-'''Minor Characters:''' [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicOneShots One-Shots]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicOthers Other Characters]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPonies Background Ponies]] ([[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPoniesCommonPonies Common Background Ponies]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPoniesSpecialPonies Special Background Ponies]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicBackgroundPoniesOthers Other Background Ponies]])-]]] [[center: [- '''Equestria Girls:''' [[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsHeroines Heroines]] ([[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSunsetShimmer Sunset Shimmer]]), [[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsVillains Villains]], [[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSupportingCast Supporting Cast]] -] ]] |
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| 5 | These individuals have played roles of great importance in Equestria's history and lore. |
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| 10 | !General Tropes |
| 11 | * PosthumousCharacter: As all of these characters lived centuries in the past at minimum, most of them are assumed to be long deceased by the time the show's events take place. |
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| 13 | !Pillars of Old Equestria |
| 14 | Six legendary heroes that defended Equestria from evil in the long distant past. |
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| 16 | [[folder:Entire Group]] |
| 17 | * ArcHero: They collectively act as this for Season 7. Three individual episodes spotlight them in turn before they're all mentioned in the season finale, and during the airing of Season 7 the "Legends of Magic" comic mini-series showed more of their adventures. [[spoiler:The main series comics also had a three-part story arc that foreshadowed the Pony of Shadows, their ancient enemy that serves as the ArcVillain for the Season 7 finale.]] |
| 18 | * BadassCrew: They were the Mane Six of the ancient era, a group of heroes that traveled Equestria fighting evil and darkness together. |
| 19 | * DreamTeam: In contrast to the Mane Six's RagtagBunchOfMisfits: they were each a legendary hero and paragon in their own right before becoming a team. However, by the point they meet the Mane Six they're fairly even in experience worldsaving so this factor doesn't come up much. |
| 20 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Meadowbrook is namedropped in Season 5's "The Cutie Map" and Sunburst names the other four in "The Crystalling -- Part 2", although he calls Flash Magnus "Flash Prance". However, it took until Season 7 for any of them to be shown in person. The '' [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyLegendsOfMagic Legends of Magic]]'' comic book also focuses on each of them for an issue, in coordination with the show; the mini-series was released over the same time that Season 7 was airing. |
| 21 | * EmbodimentOfVirtue: They represent virtues similar to the Elements of Harmony. [[spoiler:In fact, they ''created'' the Elements!]] Star Swirl is Sorcery; Rockhoof is Strength; Flash Magnus is Bravery; Somnambula is Hope; Mistmane is Beauty; and Meadowbrook is Healing. |
| 22 | * FamedInStory: All six of them are remembered as legendary heroes whose stories are still told to this day. |
| 23 | * FishOutOfTemporalWater: In the Season 7 finale they're pulled out of Limbo and back to Equestria, now a thousand years displaced. |
| 24 | * FlawedPrototype: [[spoiler:Their artifacts and virtues behave similarly to the Elements and the Elements were made from them. However, the Pillars needed Ponehenge to perform a feat the Elements can do naturally and are never shown performing a CombinedEnergyAttack without outside aid.]] |
| 25 | * {{Foil}}: Each of them is a parallel to the Mane Six, represented through one of the group idolizing them and being familiar with their legends. [[spoiler:This is a major plot point in the Season 7 finale; they can't use the Elements of Harmony, so they have to each pair up with one of the Mane Six to combine their powers in tandem.]] |
| 26 | ** Star Swirl is a magical prodigy who leads the group, like Twilight, but is far more experienced and knowledgeable in exchange for being much more asocial. |
| 27 | ** Flash Magnus is brave and boisterous, like Rainbow Dash, but he's more defensive with his shield while Dash prefers to fight directly. |
| 28 | ** Rockhoof is a stalwart physical powerhouse, like Applejack, but not nearly as responsible and level-headed as her. |
| 29 | ** Somnambula is friendly and optimistic, like Pinkie Pie, but much more dignified and less bubbly. |
| 30 | ** Mistmane is beautiful and self-sacrificing, like Rarity, but known more for her magical prowess than her looks due to her legendary sacrifice. |
| 31 | ** Meadowbrook is compassionate and in touch with nature, like Fluttershy, but her healing and alchemical abilities are her true talent, while Fluttershy's is communing with animals. |
| 32 | ** As a team they also qualify: both are teams of world-saving heroes, but the Mane Six began their career as such as a RagtagBunchOfMisfits brought together by destiny, while the Pillars had already established themselves individually as heroes before they were brought together with intent to make them into a team. |
| 33 | * GenderEqualEnsemble: Three stallions, three mares. |
| 34 | * KingInTheMountain: The Pillars, despite having lived more than a millennium in the past, are in fact still alive in the present day, but were trapped in Limbo over a thousand years in the past and have been imprisoned there since. When they're freed in "Shadow Play", to them it feels as if no time has passed at all. |
| 35 | * LikeAFishTakesToWater: With the exception of Rockhoof, the Pillars have adapted pretty well to modern Equestria by the time of "A Rockhoof and a Hard Place", either because they can still perform their original jobs (military for Flash Magnus, gardening for Mistmane, healing for Meadowbrook, and research for Star Swirl), or can use their talents and experiences for new purposes (motivational coaching for Somnambula, [[spoiler:authoring for Stygian]]). |
| 36 | * LivingLegend: They never died, they've spent over a thousand years SealedGoodInACan after sacrificing themselves to seal away the Pony of Shadows. The Mane Six set them free and they're back in Equestria again. |
| 37 | * MultinationalTeam: Star Swirl, Flash Magnus, and Meadowbrook are Equestrian, but their respective tribes only very recently (at the time) formed together into one kingdom (as Star Swirl himself ''discovered'' the Windigos that caused said unification), Mistmane is an eastern unicorn from another kingdom at the time ruled by Empress Sable Spirit, Somnambula is from a village that while now part of Equestria was at the time a separate kingdom ruled by its own Pharaoh, and Rockhoof hails from an unnamed island that likewise seems disconnected from Equestria. Their design gives this impression all around: Star Swirl has a more European design, Flash Magnus has a Greco-Roman look, Meadowbrook is equal parts South America and the DeepSouth, Mistmane has a Chinese influence, Somnambula has an Egyptian theme, and Rockhoof's village is modeled after medieval Scandinavian culture. |
| 38 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: This is their reaction when they discover that [[spoiler:Stygian wasn't trying to steal their power, but merely copy the artifacts so he could have the power to protect Equestria alongside them, meaning that they cast him out just for wanting to help]]. |
| 39 | * OnlyTheChosenMayWield: A bit [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] in this case. All of the objects the Pillars left behind when they sealed the pony of shadows can be touched or picked up by anyone. However, it's only when the Mane Six who are each a successor to the original heroes of Equestria hold and use the objects that they glow and have power. When each of the Mane six collect the signature items of their predecessors, they perform a feat or deed that reflects what their predecessor was and once they claim the item it begins to glow with energy. |
| 40 | * PrecursorHero: As a group they were the defenders of Equestria from the forces of darkness before the Mane Six became the bearers of the Elements of Harmony. [[spoiler:Again, this is a plot point; they created the seed that eventually became the Tree of Harmony, and the Elements of Harmony are reflections of the virtues of the Pillars.]] |
| 41 | * RealAfterAll: Save for Star Swirl, the six of them have faded into legends that people question if they're even true. Turns out, yes they are, and they really lived over a thousand years ago. |
| 42 | * ShipTease: The ''Legends of Magic'' comics show some of this between Rockhoof and Mage Meadowbrook. |
| 43 | ** In #9, Rockhoof briefly becomes attracted to Meadowbrook when she proves herself to be just as [[BigEater big an eater]] as him. |
| 44 | ** In #10, Meadowbrook blushes when Rockhoof compliments her. |
| 45 | * SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler:They believe the "seventh" member of their group, Stygian, became this. They're partly right; he became the Pony of Shadows, but only because they cast him out over suspicions of his plans to duplicate their powers, which he was going to do just so he could fight alongside them as an equal, not for anything evil.]] |
| 46 | * TrueCompanions: They're all very good friends with one another (except for Star Swirl, who places much less value on it at first), and were utterly heartbroken when they saw what Stygian had become and felt a great deal of guilt over how quickly they cast him out. |
| 47 | * UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:Stygian was the one who brought the Pillars together, and served as TheStrategist and researcher for the team. This didn't stop them from immediately presuming the worst when they discovered him with their artifacts. They even came to believe the whole reason he brought them together in the first place was just so he could steal their power.]] |
| 48 | * VoidBetweenTheWorlds: [[spoiler:They cast themselves into Limbo along with the Pony of Shadows to bind him there.]] |
| 49 | * TheWorfEffect: |
| 50 | ** [[spoiler:All of them are quickly defeated by a powered-up Tirek in "The Ending of the End".]] |
| 51 | ** [[spoiler:They also get easily defeated by the Knights of Harmony.]] |
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| 54 | [[folder:Star Swirl the Bearded]] |
| 55 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/star_swirl.png]] |
| 56 | ->''"Star Swirl the Bearded is only the most important conjurer of the pre-classical era..."'' |
| 57 | |
| 58 | ->'''First Mentioned:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Luna Eclipsed]]" |
| 59 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E25ShadowPlayPart1 Shadow Play – Part 1]]" |
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| 61 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Christopher Britton |
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| 63 | A wizard from the dawn of Equestria's history. He is regarded as the most powerful unicorn in history; he mentored Celestia and Luna, as well as Clover the Clever, he created more than 200 spells, and a wing in the Canterlot castle archives is named for him. Twilight Sparkle and other studious unicorns idolize him and deeply study his work. Despite his importance his fate is unknown, even to Celestia and Luna; he just vanished without a trace one day. The Season 7 finale "Shadow Play" marks his first on-screen appearance and reveals Star Swirl's connection to the Pillars of Equestria and what happened to them. As a Pillar, his relic is the book where he wrote his memoirs and the accounts of the Pillars' deeds. |
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| 65 | Prior to Season 7, Star Swirl was very much prone to DependingOnTheWriter. He had never appeared on the show until "Shadow Play" and details of his life were vague, so depictions of him (both his personality and his role in events in the "1000 years ago" timeframe, like the Tree of Harmony and Nightmare Moon) are very inconsistent. Following the events of "Shadow Play" fleshing out his backstory, the events of many of his prior appearances in novels and comics became a mess of {{Continuity Snarl}}s--some could still be considered canon subject to BroadStrokes, others have definitely been {{Retcon}}ned and could not possibly have happened. |
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| 67 | %% Ambiguous Disorder doesn't apply. The exact quote is not that Star Swirl "didn't understand friendship", but "didn't understand friendship as well as Twilight Sparkle". |
| 68 | * TheAce: He's regarded as ''the'' most powerful unicorn wizard in all of Equestria's thousand-year history. Unicorns like Twilight and Sunburst consider him a paragon of what they could achieve through years of hard work and study, and his spells tend to be some of the most powerful and complex. In the season 7 finale, the Pony of Shadows says that Twilight is ''almost'' as powerful as Star Swirl, and she's an alicorn. The same episode also provides this dialogue: |
| 69 | -->'''Rarity:''' Did you know he could that? \ |
| 70 | '''Twilight:''' He's Star Swirl; he can do ''anything''! |
| 71 | * AlliterativeName: Star Swirl the Bearded. |
| 72 | * AlternateSelf: The ''WebAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsDigitalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsAStarCrossed Star Crossed]]" shows he has a counterpart in the human world, who's a famous astronomer. Although there are already some EpilepticTrees[[invoked]] that they could be in fact the same person -- after all, pony Star Swirl knows of this world (that's where he banished the Sirens) and is rumored to have created the magic mirror used as portal, so it's not entirely impossible. |
| 73 | * TheArchmage: He is an obscenely powerful mage, regarded as the greatest unicorn wizard in history. When the Pony of Shadows engages in a BeamOWar with Twilight Sparkle, he notes that she's "almost" as powerful as Star Swirl. That would mean that Star Swirl's magic is not only stronger than that of an alicorn princess, but one whose special talent is magic itself (granted, he's established as far more experienced than her). |
| 74 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: The comics depict him as a DitzyGenius, a cooky and eccentric mage who is nonetheless very powerful and someone to fear if you get on his bad side. |
| 75 | * BlackAndWhiteMorality: He strongly believes in the concept of "once a villain, always a villain", and voices his opinion that there is no turning back from the path of evil. [[spoiler:This opinion changes after he realizes the truth about Stygian's motives.]] |
| 76 | * BreakTheHaughty: Downplayed, but he becomes far less pompous and arrogant after [[spoiler:realizing that he was wrong about Stygian]]. |
| 77 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: In Issue #17 of the IDW comic series, Luna considers Star Swirl to be more like Pinkie Pie; we later see in flashbacks to he and Celestia exploring alternate dimensions via a magic mirror that Luna is not far off point, with Star Swirl not quite as random as Pinkie but a lot more hyper than one would have expected. |
| 78 | * ContinuitySnarl: Season 7 and the tie-in comic ''[[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyLegendsOfMagic Legends of Magic]]'' would {{retcon}} and cleanup the BroadStrokes and give him a consistent character on the show onward. This still led to some errors with the show's continuity. |
| 79 | ** ''The Journal of the Two Sisters'' mentions him showing Celestia and Luna the Tree of Harmony. [[spoiler:Season 7 instead says he and the Pillars planted the seed that, after they were trapped in Limbo, grew into the Tree, leading to a PlotHole over how they knew about the Tree.]] |
| 80 | ** In ''Legends of Magic #11'', Star Swirl mentions banishing a centaur to Tartarus, presumably referring to Tirek. This contradicts "Twilight's Kingdom" where Celestia and Luna state that Scorpan went to them to warn them about Tirek, implying they were the ones who defeated him, as they were still in training at this point. It also contradicts Tirek's ''[[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFiendshipIsMagic FIENDship Is Magic]]'' issue, which [[RetCanon would be canonized]] by details from it mentioned in the SeriesFinale, stating Celestia was in power before Tirek attacked Equestria. |
| 81 | * {{Cosplay}}: |
| 82 | ** Twilight dresses as him for Nightmare Night in "Luna Eclipsed". |
| 83 | ** {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E11ThreesACrowd Three's a Crowd]]", where Twilight not only [[CallBack dons her old costume again]] to go to an exhibit dedicated to Star Swirl, but she's also surrounded by [[FanConvention other ponies dressed as him]], checking out the stands themed after Star Swirl the Bearded. |
| 84 | * TheCynic: In a show where TalkingTheMonsterToDeath is practically a tradition to reform them, Star Swirl quips "I doubt we can save our homeland with a ''conversation''!" and "Once a villain, ''always'' a villain." [[spoiler:When he realizes his inability to see the good in others is what directly caused Stygian to become the Pony of Shadows, he has a JerkassRealization.]] |
| 85 | * DeflectorShields: Star Swirl creates a white dome of force over the whole group when confronted with the Pony of Shadows at the climax of "Shadow Play". The villain doesn't do anything about it at first, too busy gloating, but then his dark magic slams against the shield, first cracking it and then blasting it to pieces. |
| 86 | * DependingOnTheArtist: Before he directly appeared in person in Season 7, he was prone to varying depictions in the expanded universe. While his overall image as a grey-coated unicorn stallion with a white beard and a blue cape and wizard hat remained constant, the details -- like the adornments and patterns of said cape and hat, the length of the beard and the presence or absence of a mustache -- varied a lot between appearances. |
| 87 | * DependingOnTheWriter: Because for a long time he was TheGhost in the TV show apart from the occasional in-series artist's rendition of him, his entire character is ripe for interpretation whenever he does appear, giving some inconsistent portrayals across the franchise. |
| 88 | ** In the ''Reflections'' comic arc, he's a borderline GeniusDitz who strikes a balance between Twilight and Pinkie Pie's personalities. |
| 89 | ** In ''[=FIEND=]ship Is Magic'', he's TheComicallySerious who breaks into a rap with the same gravitas as one would expect Gandalf. |
| 90 | ** In ''Legends of Magic'', he is a classic MentorArchetype, which is more in-line with how Season 7 would portray him as a stern and authoritative old wizard. |
| 91 | * EarlyBirdCameo: He shows up first in the comics (the ''Reflections'' arc in particular) before finally making a physical appearance in the season 7 finale. |
| 92 | * FamedInStory: He is a really big deal in Equestria, from having library wings named after him to ponies cosplaying as him to visit his fan conventions. On the other hand, it's more likely that he's a really big deal to eggheads like Twilight since her friends didn't recognize her costume as him. |
| 93 | * FatalFlaw: {{Pride}}. He's one of the most powerful unicorns ever and he knows it, but this puts him on a pedestal where he looks down on others. Even when with the other Pillars, his comrades with powers and heroic deeds comparable to his own, he behaves more like a leader giving orders than a friend, and treats them like subordinates rather than equals. [[spoiler:The major reason Stygian turned to evil was because Star Swirl and the Pillars jumped to the conclusion his ritual with their artifacts was for something nefarious, and Star Swirl rejects any suggestion that he might be wrong about Stygian and there being a chance he could be reasoned with. The climax of "Shadow Play" sees him have a JerkassRealization and he swallows his pride, apologizes to Stygian for what he did to him, and later admitting to Celestia that Twilight knows more about friendship than him.]] |
| 94 | * GenderFlip: The toyline's Star Swirl has always been female, even in G4, but the name is used for a male character in this show. |
| 95 | * TheGhost: Played with. He's been mentioned a lot in the show, but every depiction of Star Swirl himself so far has been stylized artwork of some sort. He appears for real in the official tie-in comics, and in the show's finale for Season 7, "Shadow Play". |
| 96 | * GoodIsNotNice: He is shown to be this in "Shadow Play". He's definitely a valiant and selfless hero who is willing to do everything it takes to save Equestria, but at the same time he's a cold, haughty and serious individual who doesn't care all that much for the feelings of others. In addition, he is all too willing to banish the Pony of Shadows to Limbo rather than consider other alternatives. |
| 97 | * GrumpyOldMan: In "Shadow Play" he's given this characterization, being dismissive of the Mane Six's heroics and particularly Twilight's magical talent and knowledge, and acting as though they don't realize the danger he's trying to stop. However, this probably has something to do with Twilight and her friends accidentally releasing the Pony of Shadows and not fully knowing about their adventures instead of not respecting them. By the end of the episode he's been given his dose of HumblePie and mellows out, complete with apologies. |
| 98 | * TheHerosIdol: Twilight Sparkle idolizes him, often raving about his advancements in the field of magic. |
| 99 | * TheIllegible: Twilight Sparkle has lots of trouble deciphering his hornwriting in "Shadow Play -- Part 1", despite being an expert in Old Ponish. She calls it "almost another language entirely". |
| 100 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: |
| 101 | ** He's arrogant, stern and cynical, but everything he does is out of a genuine desire to protect Equestria and its people. He also has a softer side, as shown in his interactions with Celestia and Luna, and he is humble enough to admit when he has made a mistake. |
| 102 | ** His appearance in the "Legends of Magic" comic series also supports this, showing him to be a stern and [[BrutalHonesty brutally honest]] teacher, who, despite appearances, deeply cares about his two students and would gladly charge into battle to save them. |
| 103 | * KnightTemplar: "Shadow Play" reveals him to be this. Sure, he genuinely wants to protect Equestria; however, his gung-ho willingness to ShootTheDog before another, more peaceful solution is quite concerning. [[spoiler:In fact, this is revealed to have caused the PoorCommunicationKills moment that led to Stygian's StartOfDarkness in the first place -- which finally forces Star Swirl to eat some humble pie and reconsider his outlook.]] |
| 104 | * LightIsGood: Unlike other unicorns who have ColorCodedWizardry with their magical auras, Star Swirl's magic manifests in pure, white light. |
| 105 | * LockedIntoStrangeness: ''Literature/TheJournalOfTheTwoSisters'' reveals that, before Celestia and Luna began doing it, it fell to teams of unicorns uniting their magic to control the sun and moon every day. Star Swirl's white hair resulted from him trying to do it himself when no other unicorns could be found at the time; before then he was brown-haired. |
| 106 | * LonelyAtTheTop: Implied in "Magical Mystery Cure"; a famous mage who created 200+ spells and is still studied in the modern day, yet according to Celestia he "didn't understand friendship" the way Twilight did, and thus he failed at crafting his final spell. |
| 107 | * TheMagnificent: "The Bearded". |
| 108 | * TheMentor: He was this to Clover the Clever, one of the founders of Equestria, as well as both Celestia and Luna back when they were in their early days of princesshood. |
| 109 | * MyGreatestFailure: ''[=FIEND=]ship Is Magic'' shows that he wanted to redeem the Sirens, believing their abilities could have been used for good, but failed. Unable to defeat them in battle either, he was forced to use his last resort and banish them to the human world. This might give the implication that this is what caused him to develop his cynical worldview (unless the events truly were retconned). |
| 110 | * MysticalWhiteHair: His mane and beard are white, and ''Journal of the Two Sisters'' states this is a side-effect of trying to control the sun and moon by himself. |
| 111 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: |
| 112 | ** In the ''Reflections'' arc of the comic books, he really should've destroyed his notes after realizing the trouble dimension hoping would cause to the multiverse. This led to Celestia managing to re-create the spell and the events of the arc that followed. |
| 113 | ** Also in the comics, his trying to warn people to stay away from the tainted pond via a sign in Chrysalis's story ended up splitting the tree holding her and her kind and unleashing them across Equestria for the first time. |
| 114 | ** The season 7 finale is entirely his fault [[spoiler:for not acknowledging Stygian and going off an assumption rather then get any solid facts. Granted, Stygian shared the blame for not saying anything as well (and none of the Pillars questioning things) but Star Swirl acted way too rashly without bothering to help solve the problem]]. |
| 115 | ** Similarly, the entirety of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'' happened only because Star Swirl used his favorite method of getting rid of villains, a.k.a. banishing them, on the Sirens, leaving them free to roam in the human world. And, as seen at the film's opening, still being able to wreck some havoc even before Equestrian magic made its way to the human world. Although, considering that Sunset Shimmer was able to improve her reputation at Canterlot High School due to helping to stop the Sirens, it is debatable to what extent this trope applies to this case. |
| 116 | * NotQuiteFlight: As with several other notably powerful unicorns, he can accomplish this by levitating himself with his magic. |
| 117 | * OddFriendship: With Scorpan, who had arrived in Equestria to conquer it with his brother Tirek before coming to love the ponies' lifestyle. |
| 118 | * OldMaster: By the time he began performing the great deeds for which he became famous, he was already well grown into his "the Bearded" moniker. Even a young Celestia, pretty much a PhysicalGod, is cowed when he gets angry at her. |
| 119 | * PalsWithJesus: |
| 120 | ** He was around when Equestria was founded, and was Celestia and Luna's personal mentor, friend, and adviser. |
| 121 | ** "Friendship University" shows that [[spoiler:he has been sending Twilight postcards during his travels across Equestria, gladly calling her his friend.]] |
| 122 | * PlotTumor: He was mentioned a few times in Season 2 as a particularly powerful and important historical sorcerer, but was specifically said to be comparatively obscure; Luna recognized Star Swirl when Twilight dressed up as him in "Luna Eclipsed", but it was a RunningGag that no-one else did. Expanded worldbuilding over the series' run established him as one of the founders of Equestria, a personal friend and mentor to Celestia and Luna, and connected in some manner to several major antagonists. |
| 123 | * PrecursorHero: He didn't just conceive lots of unicorn magic in his days, but also fought against evil creatures on his own, as shown with the Sirens in ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks Rainbow Rocks]]'' that he banished to the human world. |
| 124 | * {{Pride}}: His FatalFlaw. When he thinks he's right, he ''refuses'' to be contradicted or reconsider. [[spoiler:The entire Pony of Shadows crisis is because he was too prideful to consider he might be wrong about Stygian's motives.]] |
| 125 | * {{Retcon}}: |
| 126 | ** The comics first depict him as being around after Luna's banishment as Nightmare Moon. The show and comic later established he vanished before this event. |
| 127 | ** Season 7 changes the story of how he banished the Sirens as shown in the ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFiendshipIsMagic'' comics. The Sirens' issue of the comics described him as, after the Dazzlings came to Canterlot and brainwashed its citizenry into loving them, banishing them through a magic mirror as a last-ditch resort after failing to defeat them by himself in a music contest. "Shadow Play" instead shows him as having defeated the Sirens alongside the other Pillars after they turned the inhabitants of an isolated hamlet violent and hateful, banishing them through a temporary portal as a first resort after a straightforward magical battle. |
| 128 | * RobeAndWizardHat: He wears a deep blue robe and a broad-brimmed, pointed hat, both decorated with stars and moons and with small golden bells adorning the hem of his cloak and the brim and tip of his hat. Twilight wears all of these on Nightmare Night to emulate him. |
| 129 | * ShootTheDog: |
| 130 | ** During the flashback sequences of the ''Reflections'' storyline, Star Swirl was less than pleased that Celestia was using the dimensional mirror without him just so she could visit with the alternate universe version of King Sombra, especially since he had warned her that crossing over too much could create a dimensional paradox that would threaten the stability of both worlds. He then sealed the mirror shut, which sent Celestia running off in tears. Even though they later reconciled, it was stated that their relationship afterwards was never the same. |
| 131 | ** [[spoiler:His assumption of Stygian doing something evil ended up leading the Pony of Shadows to take control of him and turn him evil. Once Star Swirl finds out what Stygian was really doing, he realizes he went right into this trope without thinking.]] |
| 132 | * SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: He shoots down the idea of trying to reason with the Pony of Shadows, and thinks that true reformation of a villain is impossible. |
| 133 | * SpellBook: Yep, he has one. It's his SecretDiary and also his dedicated artifact among the Pillars. |
| 134 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: "Star Swirl" and "Starswirl" have both been used. Since he was first named from a list of names pre-approved by Hasbro, the most obvious assumption was that his name is supposed to be spelled the same way as the toyline's Star Swirl. However, the credits of "[[https://derpicdn.net/img/2017/10/7/1554500/large.png Shadow Play]]" and "[[https://derpicdn.net/img/2018/8/4/1798156/large.png Friendship University]]" spell his name as "Starswirl", a single word without any dividing space. |
| 135 | * TookALevelInKindness: "Friendship University" shows that [[spoiler:he has become much more humble, friendly and idealistic since "Shadow Play", helping ponies during his travels, and even being willing to give the [[ConArtist Flim-Flam Brothers]] the benefit of the doubt.]] |
| 136 | * UnseenNoMore: He is referenced in various episodes since season 2. He only shows up for the first time in the season 7 finale and makes a few other appearances in the following seasons. |
| 137 | * UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:In "Friendship University", Flim and Flam use his enrollment at their University to quickly earn them accreditation, and as an incentive to bring in more students, telling them they can study in the same class as Star Swirl if they work hard enough.]] |
| 138 | * WalkingTheEarth: [[spoiler:At the end of Season 7, Celestia and Luna invite him to return to Canterlot as a teacher, but Star Swirl says he first wants to see more of what's become of Equestria while he's been away.]] |
| 139 | * WhatTheHellHero: |
| 140 | ** Gives one to Celestia in the ''Reflections'' storyline of the comics for allowing her romance with the alternate universe Sombra to cloud her judgement and leading her to risk the stability of both worlds. |
| 141 | ** Gives a few to Twilight and Starlight in "Shadow Play", the former for thinking she could unseal just the Pillars without releasing the Pony of Shadows, and the latter for thinking there's any other way to stop the villain other than sealing him away. |
| 142 | ** He in turn gets one as well [[spoiler: when it's found out how Stygian became the Pony of Shadows, and likewise dismissing Twilight and Starlight's suggestions of trying to talk down the problem than resort to force.]] |
| 143 | * WizardBeard: Why do you think he's called Star Swirl '''the Bearded'''? A long beard is a must for this archetypal wizard. In the book seen in ''Rainbow Rocks'', his beard is truly humongous and occupies most of the illustration. In the stylized illustration of a season 4 flashback he is shown to have had a large beard even when Celestia calls him a "young unicorn wizard." |
| 144 | * WizardClassic: The very image of the old, bearded sorcerer with a cape and hat conjuring spells that warp the world to his will. |
| 145 | * WorldsStrongestMan: He's regarded as the most powerful unicorn to have ever lived. King Sombra's feats even as a flesh-and-blood unicorn king actually seem to suggest he's more powerful than Star Swirl, though not many creatures in Equestria knew about him. He was certainly this for the period before Sombra showed up and enslaved the Crystal Empire, as well as the period between his being freed from Limbo and Sombra's brief revival. Following Sombra's second death, this title goes back to Star Swirl once again. The Pony of Shadows states he's more powerful than Twilight Sparkle, an alicorn and the bearer of the Element of Magic. [[spoiler:This seems to have changed by the "The Ending of the End"; In Part 1, Star Swirl's magic blasts are unable to harm Tirek (even with Mistmane backing him up), yet in Part 2, Twilight is able to knock Tirek down (and [[FlyingTeeth dislodge a tooth]]) with one blast to the face. It should be noted that at that point, Tirek has become even stronger from absorbing all the Pillars' magic.]] |
| 146 | [[/folder]] |
| 147 | |
| 148 | [[folder:Rockhoof]] |
| 149 | [[quoteright:218:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/campfire_tales___rockhoof_by_cheezedoodle96_dbmf96n_6.png]] |
| 150 | ->''"Rockhoof was known far and wide for his incredible strength. But he didn't start out that way..."'' |
| 151 | |
| 152 | ->'''First Mentioned:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E2TheCrystallingPart2 The Crystalling – Part 2]]"\ |
| 153 | '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E16CampfireTales Campfire Tales]]"\ |
| 154 | '''First Speaking Appearance:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E26ShadowPlayPart2 Shadow Play – Part 2]]" |
| 155 | |
| 156 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Matt Cowlrick |
| 157 | |
| 158 | An earth pony from a seaside village that dreamed of nothing more than joining the warriors of the Mighty Helm that protected it, but he was too scrawny and weak. When a volcanic eruption threatened the village, Rockhoof's will to protect it was so strong that he spontaneously grew into a mightly stallion, and rapidly dug a trench to divert the lava flow and save his people. As a Pillar, his relic is his trusty shovel. |
| 159 | ---- |
| 160 | * {{Acrofatic}}: ZigZagged briefly in ''Legends of Magic''. After a lifestyle of partying makes him fat, he shows off some athletic prowess saving two Helms and running down a mountain. Other than that, his weight impedes his ability to deal with the cherufe on the volcano and it prompts him to get back in shape. |
| 161 | * BigEater: In ''Legends of Magic'', he takes this to comical levels -- most of his nights out are spent taking on one eating challenge after another, ranging from scarfing down bowls full of oats and mountains of bread to literally eating his way out of a pit full of corn. Deconstructed when destiny calls and his eating habits have caught up to him. |
| 162 | * TheBigGuy: Both literally and figuratively. As the embodiment of Strength, Rockhoof is the physical powerhouse of the Pillars. Further, he's utterly massive, taller at his shoulders than many other ponies are at their head, and he's also a lot bulkier than other ponies tend to be. |
| 163 | * BoisterousBruiser: At the end of his segment and in ''Legends of Magic'', he is almost always posing, yelling his dialogue, eating and drinking to excess, and kicking ass. |
| 164 | * BraidsOfBarbarism: Rockhoof, a pony famous for his great strength and hailing from a culture visually inspired by medieval Scandinavia, sports a long braid in his mane in his bulked-up form. |
| 165 | * BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:When Tirek drains his magic, Rockhoof reverts back to the scrawny stallion he once was. He is later restored by Twilight's magic after he and the other Pillars are teleported out of their prison cells.]] |
| 166 | * CommonalityConnection: In the final issue of the first Season 10 comic arc, he forms a connection with [[spoiler:Tempest Shadow]], as they are both warriors to the core who love a good fight. |
| 167 | * DespairEventHorizon: Rockhoof reaches it in "A Rockhoof and a Hard Place" when [[spoiler:he starts to feel that he has no place in the modern world. He asks Twilight to cast a spell to [[TakenForGranite turn him to stone]], so he can be remembered as the hero he once was, rather than the "disappointment" he's become.]] |
| 168 | * {{Determinator}}: Despite his initial lack of strength, and knowing full well that the odds were against him, Rockhoof put everything he had into digging the trench to save his village. His determination was rewarded by his sudden increase in strength. |
| 169 | * DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: One of Rockhoof's biggest problems throughout "A Rockhoof and a Hard Place" is that he unwittingly causes damage or destruction whenever attempting a new livelihood because he's just ''that'' strong that nearly everything is more fragile than he is. |
| 170 | * EasilyForgiven: |
| 171 | ** An out-of-shape Rockhoof retreats from investigating the volcano near his village in failure, resulting in a stern talking to from Captain Steela. After he loses the weight he gained from partying, he and Steela climb the mountain together where they find the cherufe that was giving Rockhoof a hard time. Rockhoof reunites the cherufe with its mother, and Steela thanks him for saving the village again. |
| 172 | ** After Rockhoof accidentally causes the Hippogriff navy to crash into some rocks during "A Rockhoof and a Hard Place", General Seaspray dismisses him but doesn't show any signs of anger when doing it, even saying [[ItHasBeenAnHonor it was an honor]] to serve with him. Silverstream later excitedly tells the tale to her classmates after hearing it from her brother Terramar. |
| 173 | * EyeRemember: When Rockhoof sees what appears to be a fire in "A Rockhoof and a Hard Place" (actually Spike and Smolder having a fire-breathing contest), images of the volcano he fought appear in both his eyes. |
| 174 | * FastTunnelling: After his massive gain in strength, he became fast enough to dig his trench at running speed. |
| 175 | * FatComicRelief: Rockhoof temporarily becomes this in the comic with the village ponies even mocking him after his excessive partying takes its toll. His armor is way too small, flies are buzzing around him, he tires easily when climbing the mountain and he gets burned by a cherufe while retreating from the volcano. |
| 176 | * TheFatEpisode: His featured issue in ''Legends of Magic'', brought on by excessive eating and partying. |
| 177 | * FormerlyFit: Defied. When he realizes that his eating habits have impeded his speed and stamina, Rockhoof gets right back to training. |
| 178 | * FriendToAllChildren: In "A Rockhoof and a Hard Place". He quickly becomes popular with the School of Friendship students (especially Yona) due to his larger-than-life personality and habit of telling tall tales. |
| 179 | * TheGlomp: |
| 180 | ** Right after saving his village, Rockhoof gave the members of the Mighty Helm a big hug, showing that he held no grudge against them. |
| 181 | ** In the comics issue #89; After Zecora refuses a hug from her old friend Marini, Rockhoof eagerly takes her place, squeezing tightly. |
| 182 | * GrowingMusclesSequence: Rockhoof magically became bigger and stronger, apparently just from being willing to risk his life to save his village from an erupting volcano. |
| 183 | * HotBlooded: Both his greatest strength and his FatalFlaw. His tendency to launch himself into everything he does with all his heart is clearly what made him a hero, but it also leaves him with little sense of proportion. |
| 184 | * IGotBigger: Rockhoof used to be [[https://derpicdn.net/img/2017/8/29/1522861/large.png downright scrawny]]. When we're first introduced to him, the other guardponies made fun of him when he couldn't pull an ax out of a target. |
| 185 | * LegendaryWeapon: His shovel. Unlike Flash Magnus's shield, there doesn't seem to be anything particularly special or magical about it other than acting as a focus for his proto-Element of Strength, and in fact it wasn't even the shovel that he saved his village with (as it was destroyed in his ''Legends of Magic'' comic). It's legendary because it's his main weapon and iconic item. |
| 186 | * LightningBruiser: He's the strongest earth pony to ever live and a mountain of a stallion, but he's also anything but ''slow''. |
| 187 | * MrViceGuy: In ''Legends of Magic''. He is a genuinely brave and heroic character, but gluttony and pride nearly prove his undoing. |
| 188 | * OneSidedArmWrestling: At the beginning of the comics arc "The Farasian Shores", Rockhoof is seen struggling in a hoof wrestling match against Big Macintosh, who isn't even paying attention. |
| 189 | * OutOfJobIntoThePlot: What kicks off the events of "A Rockhoof and a Hard Place"; His attempts to help out with the excavation of his old village don't work out, due to his overpowering strength and lack of regard for the historical nature of the artifacts, leading Professor Fossil to send him over to Twilight. |
| 190 | * ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Played with during his story. When he sees the volcano erupt, his eyes bulge and he seems to let out a high-pitched scream. But it is revealed through a scene transition that this sound was actually Apple Bloom letting out a squeal of delight at her favorite part. It is unknown how Rockhoof's scream actually sounded. |
| 191 | * ShockwaveStomp: Due to a combination of his size and strength, he can create minor shockwaves by slamming his hoof on the ground, or even just by sitting down. |
| 192 | * ShovelStrike: He kept the shovel he was using when he gained his incredible strength as his signature item, and it's more or less his weapon. Even when the original was destroyed in his ''Legends'' comic, he created a new one and used it instead. |
| 193 | * StatingTheObvious: In #91 of the comics, when the group he's with reach a large gorge: |
| 194 | -->'''Rockhoof:''' Fearless leader Applejack, I know this is a foreign land, and I am from a distant time, but given my expertise in the ways of digging and such... I would wager a guess that this is a hole. And a big one at that.\ |
| 195 | '''Applejack:''' ''[stares at him for a panel]'' Thank you for that analysis, Rockhoof. |
| 196 | * SuddenlyVoiced: He speaks in the Season 7 finale, after having had no speaking lines in his debut episode. |
| 197 | * SuperStrength: He's super-strong even by earth pony standards, which is saying something. With nothing but his shovel as a lever, he can hurl giant boulders through the air. |
| 198 | * ThereWasADoor: A RunningGag in "A Rockhoof and a Hard Place". |
| 199 | ** To be fair, Rockhoof does use the door to the classroom... it's just that with his large bulk and the shovel on his back, he also resizes the doorframe at the same time. |
| 200 | --->'''Rockhoof:''' [[IncomingHam HELLO, CLASS!]] *SMASH* |
| 201 | ** He later bursts through the wall of the same classroom when he believes there's a fire on the second floor, and evacuates the students through the hole. |
| 202 | * UndyingLoyalty: Like all three legendary figures from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E16CampfireTales Campfire Tales]]", he displays great loyalty towards something. In his case, it's his village, which he worked desperately to save from the volcano even at risk of his life. |
| 203 | * VocalEvolution: His voice shows to change with his form. When he speaks in his strong muscular form he sounds like a grownup viking. But, as seen in the finale, [[spoiler:when Triek drains him of his magic and turns him back into his small form, his voice becomes much smaller and squeakier]]. |
| 204 | * TheVoiceless: Rockhoof doesn't speak a word during his story, and has to wait until the Season 7 finale to get spoken lines. |
| 205 | * WorldsStrongestMan: He's referred to as "the strongest pony in the realm" in the synopsis for his ''Legends of Magic'' comic. While Star Swirl is the strongest ''unicorn'' in Equestrian history and in magical strength, it seems Rockhoof is the strongest ''earth pony'' and in ''physical'' strength. If his story is to be believed, he once beat an ''Ursa Major'' one-on-one with nothing but a shovel. |
| 206 | * WreckedWeapon: |
| 207 | ** He loses his original shovel during his ''Legends of Magic'' issue. |
| 208 | ** In the finale, [[spoiler:his second is broken when he tries to attack Tirek, causing it to shatter against the centaur's leg]]. |
| 209 | ** The handle of his third shovel snaps in comics Issue #92 when he lands a particularly powerful blow against the Grootslang. |
| 210 | * YouShallNotPass: In the final issue of the comics' first "Season 10" story, he and [[spoiler:Tempest Shadow]] (and later, Applejack) hold off the Grootslang while their friends get to shelter. They put up a decent fight, but are ultimately beaten back (with Rockhoof being knocked unconscious). |
| 211 | [[/folder]] |
| 212 | |
| 213 | [[folder:Mistmane]] |
| 214 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mistmane_3.png]] |
| 215 | [[caption-width-right:300:Click here for her youthful appearance[[note]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mlp_vector___mistmane_by_jhayarr23_dbnk5t7.png[[/note]] ]] |
| 216 | ->''"Mistmane was a very promising young sorceress. She was as talented as she was beautiful and kind..."'' |
| 217 | |
| 218 | ->'''First Mentioned:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E2TheCrystallingPart2 The Crystalling – Part 2]]"\ |
| 219 | '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E16CampfireTales Campfire Tales]]" |
| 220 | |
| 221 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EllenRayHennessy |
| 222 | |
| 223 | A famous unicorn sorceress, Mistmane was the most beautiful pony in her homeland. While she was away to study magic, her friend Sable Spirit botched a spell to make herself beautiful and made herself ugly, and in jealousy ruined the village to take away its beauty. Upon her return, Mistmane performed a powerful spell that restored both Sable and the village to their former glory, but did so at the cost of her looks. As a Pillar, her relic is the single flower she used as a focus for her beauty spell. |
| 224 | ---- |
| 225 | * AnimalTalk: She's able to do this by the time of her appearance in ''Legends of Magic'', and teaches Luna how to do it too. It's noted as not being based on speech, but in the ability to read body language and think more deeply about context. |
| 226 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Mistmane was the most beautiful and gentlest unicorn in the land, and also a magical prodigy who could employ some very impressive and powerful magic in a duel. |
| 227 | * CastFromLifespan: She presents a non-fatal version. Mistmane cast a spell that restored the beauty to her land at the cost of her own youth and beauty. |
| 228 | * EquivalentExchange: Mistmane cast a spell to restore life to her home village and Sable Spirit's beauty, but in exchange, her own appearance became elderly and withered. |
| 229 | * FertileFeet: Late in life, Mistmane causes flowers to grow from the ground wherever she walks. |
| 230 | * FriendshipFavoritism: While she showed forgiveness toward her old friend Sable Spirit after everything she did (to the point of sacrificing her beauty for her), Mistmane saw Stygian as nothing but irredeemable after he became the Pony of Shadows. |
| 231 | * GreaterNeedThanMine: Mistmane willingly gives up her own beauty to restore beauty to her home. The gesture is so selfless and heartfelt that it changes Sable Spirit for the better. Is it any wonder as to why this is ''Rarity's'' favorite legend? |
| 232 | * GreenThumb: Not only can she make flowers grow wherever she walks, she's capable of growing plants with her magic. While the primary usage of it is to restore beauty, she's capable of using it offensively by summoning powerful vines to trap opponents. |
| 233 | * HoldingBackThePhlebotinum: It's noticeable that despite being a unicorn with a very prominent horn, Mistmane never uses her magic in her ''Legends of Magic'' appearance. She even holds off from using telekinesis, preferring to manipulate objects with her own hooves. |
| 234 | * MagicHair: Her mane constantly flows, as if unaffected by gravity, not unlike Celestia and Luna's. This is most likely a sign of her high level of magic. |
| 235 | * MercyRewarded: Shows mercy to Sable Spirit after defeating her by restoring her youth and beauty, even at the cost of her own. This act inspires Sable Spirit to [[HeelFaceTurn change her ways]] and become TheGoodQueen for their homeland. |
| 236 | * RapidAging: Undergoes this as she sacrifices her beauty to bring her village back to life. |
| 237 | * TarnishingTheirOwnBeauty: Mistmane was willing to give up her looks just to help her friend and home. |
| 238 | * UndyingLoyalty: Like all three legendary figures from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E16CampfireTales Campifre Tales]]", she displays great loyalty towards something. In her case, it's towards her old friend Sable Spirit, whose beauty she restores alongside the land's even after seeing how cruel she had become. |
| 239 | * VocalEvolution: Her voice becomes old and wrinkly to go with her RapidAging appearance after she sacrifices her beauty. |
| 240 | * WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Mistmane, before sacrificing her beauty to restore that of her homeland, was (at least according to Rarity) the most beautiful unicorn in the land. |
| 241 | * {{Wutai}}: The land Mistmane comes from is heavily influenced by Oriental culture, especially imperial-age China, from the architecture to the way the local ponies dress to the background music. |
| 242 | * YoungerThanSheLooks: She looks like an old mare, but she's in truth no older than her fellow Pillars. She gained her old appearance as the result of sacrificing her beauty to restore her homeland and her friend Sable Spirit. |
| 243 | [[/folder]] |
| 244 | |
| 245 | [[folder:Flash Magnus]] |
| 246 | [[quoteright:228:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flash_magnus_by_cloudyglow_dblqp2n.png]] |
| 247 | ->''"A long time ago, before the Wonderbolts were even founded, Flash Magnus was a lowly cadet in the Royal Legion..."'' |
| 248 | |
| 249 | ->'''First Mentioned:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E2TheCrystallingPart2 The Crystalling – Part 2]]"\ |
| 250 | '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E16CampfireTales Campfire Tales]]" |
| 251 | |
| 252 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Giles Panton |
| 253 | |
| 254 | A pegasus soldier from the Cloudsdale Royal Legion. After a pair of dragons captured his companions and his allies were too afraid to attempt rescue, Flash Magnus distracted the dragons with nothing but a magical shield to defend him. His comrades were rescued and Flash Magnus became honored for his bravery, keeping the shield as proof of his valor. As a Pillar, his relic is his shield, Netitus. |
| 255 | ---- |
| 256 | * AshFace: After leading the two dragons into a huge stormcloud, Flash Magnus is seen covered in ash from being struck by lightning. |
| 257 | * BirdsOfAFeather: Out of all the Pillars, he gets along the best with his counterpart in the Mane Six; he and Rainbow Dash quickly establish a bond of mutual respect, due to sharing similar confident, courageous personalities. |
| 258 | * HonorBeforeReason: His sense of honor seems determined to drive him into foolish decisions, and Ironhead always tries to argue him out of them. Still, his courage and ability to inspire others always helps him beat the odds. |
| 259 | * ImplausibleBoardingSkills: At a few points, Flash Magnus uses the shield Netitus to briefly surf on the dragons' fire breath. |
| 260 | * {{Irony}}: Flash Magnus earned his shield (and his legendary reputation) by facing hostile dragons. In the present, his shield not only ended up in the Dragon Lands, but in the claws of Garble, one of the worst dragons of them all. |
| 261 | * LegendaryWeapon: Netitus, a legendary magical shield that he was given by his superior while going to save his captured comrades. It's fireproof and invulnerable enough to protect him from beams that can vaporize solid rock without any harm to him. His reaction to being given it implies it was already legendary when he ''got'' it, he just made it more so. |
| 262 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: When acting as bait to divert the dragons, Flash Magnus is given Netitus, a legendary fireproof shield, to protect himself from the dragons' fire breath. During the Pillars' battle with the Sirens, it proved strong enough to withstand their BreathWeapon powerful enough to vaporize solid rock. |
| 263 | * MadeOfIndestructium: Netitus, his legendary shield, is unbreakable. It's not only completely fireproof, but it can withstand blasts capable of vaporizing huge boulders in second completely unharmed. After over a thousand years of neglect, it just needs a quick cleaning to be good as new. |
| 264 | * NamedWeapons: His shield is called Netitus, and it's also a magical legendary artifact. |
| 265 | * NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Whether it's his own companions or griffon civilians, Flash Magnus will never abandon anyone to an uncertain fate. |
| 266 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: In his ''Legends of Magic'' appearance. After being ordered not to assist the griffons in dealing with the powerful storm heading their way for fear of provoking war, he goes off to rescue them anyway and his fellow squad members follow suit. |
| 267 | * ShieldSurf: When distracting the dragons in "Campfire Tales", he briefly stands on Netitus and uses it to surf across the flames one of the dragons is spewing. |
| 268 | * StoneWall: Unlike Star Swirl, Mistmane, and Rockhoof, who were most famous for their combat prowess and their ability to alter the world around them, his most notable trait was the defensive abilities of his legendary shield. Said shield is ''insanely'' durable, to the point Flash Magnus can tank a beam capable of vaporizing huge boulders in seconds without injury or his shield being damaged at all. In combat, his primary tactic centers around presenting his shield to his enemy and using it to weather out their attacks, counting on it to halt whatever his opponent throws at him. |
| 269 | * UndyingLoyalty: Like all three legendary figures from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E16CampfireTales Campfire Tales]]", he displays great loyalty towards something. In his case, it's his companions, to point of putting himself at great risk by drawing the dragons' attention to himself to allow for their rescue. His loyalty is especially notable, as his is the favorite legend of Rainbow Dash, the bearer of the Element of Loyalty. |
| 270 | * WeNeedADistraction: Flash Magnus offers himself as live bait to lure the dragons away from the cave, so his companions can rescue the prisoners. |
| 271 | [[/folder]] |
| 272 | |
| 273 | [[folder:Somnambula]] |
| 274 | [[quoteright:202:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mlp_vector___somnambula_by_jhayarr23_dbjn94a_5.png]] [[caption-width-right:202: The pony who never gave up hope.]] |
| 275 | ->''"Like her fellow villagers, Somnambula didn't have much, but she used what she had to keep others from giving up hope..."'' |
| 276 | |
| 277 | ->'''First Mentioned:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E2TheCrystallingPart2 The Crystalling – Part 2]]"\ |
| 278 | '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E17DaringDone Daring Done?]]"\ |
| 279 | '''First Speaking Appearance:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E26ShadowPlayPart2 Shadow Play – Part 2]]" |
| 280 | |
| 281 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Murry Peeters |
| 282 | |
| 283 | The namesake of a village in Southern Equestria, Somnambula was a pegasus who gave hope to her people in times when a Sphinx terrorized the land. When the prince of her village tried to stand up to the Sphinx and was abducted, Somnambula rescued him by walking across a narrow bridge blindfolded, relying on his voice to guide her. The furious Sphinx flew away and Somnambula became honored by her people as a hero. As a Pillar, her relic is the blindfold she wore during the Sphinx's trial. |
| 284 | ---- |
| 285 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Zig-zagged. Somnambula was a villain when she appeared in ''My Little Pony and Friends''. Here, she's a historical hero who had an entire town named after her in memory of her bravery and hope. However, she is also Somnambula InNameOnly. |
| 286 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the ''Legends of Magic'' comics, Somnambula is similar in personality to Pinkie Pie, being very energetic and quirky. In contrast, her appearances in the show depict her as being level-headed and sensible, with none of the energy or quirkiness of her comics self (unless one assumes she simply grew more serious and mature). |
| 287 | * AdaptationSpeciesChange: [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends The original Somnambula]] was a human witch; this version is a pegasus. |
| 288 | * BilingualBonus: Her name is derived from "somnambulism", which is Latin for sleepwalking. |
| 289 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Her comic appearance has her acting in a totally casual and unhurried manner to a giant snake eating the entire army and several villages, several characters noting in exasperation that she doesn't seem to be taking it seriously. She eventually demonstrates that she knows exactly what she was doing, and never saw the need to panic because she had the situation totally under control the whole time. |
| 290 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: ''Legends of Magic'' shows her to be about as out-there and nonsensical as Pinkie Pie. |
| 291 | * FantasyCounterpartCulture: Somnambula's headdress and clash with a sphinx mark her namesake village as Equestria's version of AncientEgypt. Said village also has traits of an actual Egyptian village or town, most of its residents seem to wear kohl, and it is located near ancient pyramids. Further, her homeland was explicitly ruled by a Pharaoh in her time. |
| 292 | * HopeBringer: For the village of Somnambula, the eponymous heroine becomes the very embodiment of hope through her selfless actions, with a gigantic statue of her serving as a reminder of her legacy. Thus, it is hardly surprising why the villagers hate Daring Do for accidentally destroying that statue during one of her adventures. |
| 293 | * InNameOnly: Aside from being female, Somnambula has ''nothing'' in common with her G1 counterpart, who was an evil human witch from the show's present day rather than a heroic pegasus from the distant past. |
| 294 | * {{Irony}}: She personifies hope itself, yet admitted that Stygian's transformation into the Pony of Shadows dashed even her hopes of redeeming him. |
| 295 | * NiceGirl: Even before defeating the Sphinx, Somnambula was already famous by her kindness, inspiring the prince to help his starving subjects. |
| 296 | %%* ManicPixieDreamGirl: |
| 297 | * PluckyGirl: Bravery and optimism are her main characteristics. She kept a positive attitude during the Sphinx's rule and didn't back down from facing her to save the prince and her people. |
| 298 | * TheSmartGirl: It's uncertain how much of an education she's had, but she's a excellent lateral thinker with a good memory and eye for details. She even appears to have a decent working knowledge of magic. |
| 299 | * SuddenlyVoiced: Not counting her first appearance, she speaks in the Season 7 finale. |
| 300 | * TrrrillingRrrs: Somnambula's foreign-sounding accent involves trilling the R sound somewhat. |
| 301 | * UnfazedEveryman: While the other pillars are magic users and warriors, Somnambula is just a plucky village girl that gets involved with magical threats and deals with them without batting an eye. According to the comics, the prince invited her to move in to the palace as a counselor, but she chose to keep her simple life along with the other villagers. |
| 302 | * TheVoiceless: Like Rockhoof, she didn't speak during her story, though the apple vendor manages to mimic her voice when talking during such, and has to wait until "Shadow Play" before her real voice can be heard. |
| 303 | * WronskiFeint: She pulls this on the Dazzlings in the "Shadow Play -- Part 2" flashback. By circling around the Sirens, she annoys them enough that all three give chase to her. Thus Somnambula leads them toward the interdimensional portal that Star Swirl just opened, and feints at the last moment by flying up. The Sirens, bigger and less agile than a pegasus, can't stop in time and fly straight through the portal. |
| 304 | [[/folder]] |
| 305 | |
| 306 | [[folder:Mage Meadowbrook]] |
| 307 | [[quoteright:203:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/large_4_6.png]] |
| 308 | ->''"Mystical and masked, she came in the night and cured everything from hoof cough to fur blight..."'' |
| 309 | |
| 310 | ->'''First Mentioned:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E1TheCutieMapPart1 The Cutie Map – Part 1]]"\ |
| 311 | '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E18AHealthOfInformation A Health of Information]]" |
| 312 | |
| 313 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Mariee Devereux |
| 314 | |
| 315 | Known to most as a world-renowned earth pony[[note]]Originally described as a unicorn in Season 5[[/note]] sorceress who possessed eight mystical items, Mage Meadowbrook moonlighted as an elusive masked healer called the "Mystical Mask", traveling Equestria to heal the rarest and most terrible of diseases. As a Pillar, her relic is her healer's mask. |
| 316 | ---- |
| 317 | * AlchemyIsMagic: Meadowbrook is an earth pony, and thus can't use the flashier and more direct kind of magic usually seen on the show. Instead, she specializes in brewing cures and potions, which was evidently sufficient to earn her the appellation of "sorceress" and "mage". She is also an expert in how unicorn spells work, despite her inability to use them, being able to judge a complex spell and say that it could work after giving it only a short perusal. |
| 318 | * ArborealAbode: Before she left to travel Equestria to cure disease, Meadowbrook lived with her mother inside a hollow tree in the bayous of the Hayseed Swamps. |
| 319 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: You were able to publish your knowledge of cures before deciding to [[spoiler:send the Pony of Shadows into Limbo]], [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E18AHealthOfInformation right?]] |
| 320 | * HealingMagicIsTheHardest: This trope's persistence in the show's canon makes her status as a legendary healer all the more of a stand out. She's exceptionally good at a school of magic that is already exceptionally rare. |
| 321 | * HeartIsAnAwesomePower: While she's a healer more than a fighter, her ability to whip up magical brews can be highly useful. [[spoiler:During the comics' "Knights of Harmony" story arc, she created a potion that not only freed her allies from Morrigan's MindControl, but [[ImmuneToMindControl warded others against it]], effectively neutralizing the villain's threat.]] |
| 322 | * HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: She's addressed as "Mage" in the IDW comics, and she's known as a sorceress and healer. |
| 323 | * IHaveManyNames: Besides Mage Meadowbrook, she is also widely known in the modern day as the Mystical Mask, and at least Zecora and Fluttershy are more familiar with her by that title than by her given name. |
| 324 | * LivingDistantAncestor: After coming back from Limbo, she's one to Cattail, which she meets upon reinvesting her ancient abode in Hayseed Swamp. |
| 325 | * TheMedic: She was a skilled healer, and was famous for traveling all over Equestria to cure dangerous diseases and epidemics. |
| 326 | * MuggleWithADegreeInMagic: She is an earth pony, and as such lacks the ability to cast spells or use active magic. However, much like Zecora, she's an accomplished herbologist and alchemist, and gained legendary status due to her ability to cure any ailment, magic or mundane, that she encountered. She's also evidently well-versed in unicorn magic, as shown when she's able to tell that a newly devised experimental spell would be able to work successfully after briefly reviewing its written form. |
| 327 | * MythologyGag: She shares her name with a G3 pony, which also happened to be one of the names Creator/LaurenFaust considered for Fluttershy. |
| 328 | * PlagueDoctor: She wears a birdlike mask is visually reminiscent of the beaked masks worn by historical plague doctors, and healers in her time likewise wore such masks to avoid catching sick themselves. Her origin story also focuses on curing a dangerous disease that was ravaging her hometown, like the historical plague doctors would try to find a cure for the Black Death as it ravaged Europe. |
| 329 | * {{Retcon}}: Twilight calls her an [[{{Wutai}} Eastern]] unicorn in "The Cutie Map", but when she makes her debut, she's an earth pony straight out of the DeepSouth. This is addressed via ShroudedInMyth. |
| 330 | * ShroudedInMyth: More so than the other Pillars, her feats have been carried on as stories of legendary healers so disparate that even the studious Twilight wrongfully thought of her as an eastern unicorn. It took a lot of book reading to connect the pieces and find a lead on who she really was and where she once lived. |
| 331 | * TaremeEyes: A notable trait she shares with Fluttershy is the shape of her eyes, softening her features. |
| 332 | * ThouShaltNotKill: She normally prefers to avoid combat, but if absolutely forced to do so she will fight physically. She will ''not'' however take a life of any sort, and makes it clear that she will not help others to do so either. |
| 333 | [[/folder]] |
| 334 | |
| 335 | !Founders of Equestria |
| 336 | |
| 337 | [[folder:Entire Group]] |
| 338 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captura_de_tela_2023_11_19_111531.png]] |
| 339 | [[caption-width-right:1000: The Mane Six as the founders of Equestria; from left to right: Smart Cookie, Private Pansy, Clover the Clever, Princess Platinum, Chancellor Puddinghead, Commander Hurricane]] |
| 340 | |
| 341 | * AmbiguousGender: While they are presented as mares when the Mane 6 act as them, their future appearances in other media show that some of them, like Clover the Clever and Commander Hurricane, could have been male. |
| 342 | * AmbiguousSituation: In ''Feats of Friendship'', the Thracians claim that their founder, king Thrace, was cast out and shunned by the Equestrian founders, justifying their cultural hatred of Equestria. This is the only time this is brought up, and it's ultimately left unclear if this is the true story or if Thrace is an UnreliableExpositor. |
| 343 | * AlliterativeName: Clover the Clever, Princess Platinum and Private Pansy if you include titles. |
| 344 | * BeleagueredAssistant: To say that the assistants were annoyed at the behavior of their leaders would have been an understatement. |
| 345 | * DependingOnTheArtist: Since the only thing we learn about their appearances in Hearths Warming Eve is what kind of pony they are and what clothes they wore, their mane and coat colors, face shapes and even gender can change a lot in their future appearances in comics, games and even later episodes. |
| 346 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The assistants took out the [[EldritchAbomination Windigos]] and saved Equestria. As always, this involved [[CircleOfFriendship blasting them with]] [[ThePowerOfFriendship weaponized friendship]]. Notable because it was ''accidental''. |
| 347 | * FantasticRacism: This was an unfortunate trait of the three races before they were united under Equestria's founding: the earth ponies resented the pegasi and unicorns for messing with the weather and their demands for food, the pegasi were angry at the earth ponies for not being able to grow food and the unicorns were viewed as too haughty by the other two. This is especially evident in the leaders. |
| 348 | * {{Hypocrite}}: According to Thracian history, immediately after the three tribes unified in friendship, they refused king Thrace's attempt to join them and cast him out in the cold. Note that the only source on this is [[UnreliableExpositor Thrace]]. |
| 349 | * RedOniBlueOni: Each of the three leaders of the pony races had this kind of relationship with their assistants, with the leaders being red while the assistants were blue. |
| 350 | * UniversalAdaptorCast: In the Hearth's Warming Play, the six founders are played by the Mane Six both in-universe (as they're literally playing them on-stage) and in the cartoon itself (as the cuts to the founding of Equestria proper use the main characters dressed in period clothing to represent the ancient founders). |
| 351 | [[/folder]] |
| 352 | |
| 353 | [[folder:Clover the Clever]] |
| 354 | [[quoteright:243:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captura_de_tela_2023_11_19_112020.png]] |
| 355 | [[caption-width-right:243: Clover as seen in the Gameloft mobile game]] |
| 356 | [[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see his design from Forgotten Friendship]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/clover_the_clever.jpeg [[/labelnote]]]] |
| 357 | [[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:And here to see his alternate design from the IDW comics]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captura_de_tela_2023_11_19_115307.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 358 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Hearth's Warming Eve]]" |
| 359 | |
| 360 | Star Swirl the Bearded's student and protégé and assistant to Princess Platinum, Clover the Clever accomplished some notable feats of his own, including defeating a sorceress who used an enchanted stone to erase people's memories. Played by Twilight Sparkle in the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant. |
| 361 | ---- |
| 362 | * AmbiguousGender: Although the character is played by Twilight, no gender pronouns are used to address Clover. ''Literature/TheJournalOfTheTwoSisters'' implies that Clover the Clever is female, while ''Princess Celestia and the Summer of Royal Waves'' implies Clover is male. He is eventually established as having been male in ''Equestria Girls: Forgotten Friendship''. |
| 363 | * {{Expy}}: Possibly of G2's [[http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Clever_Clover Clever Clover]]. |
| 364 | %% * MagicKnight |
| 365 | * TheMagnificent: "The Clever", a title he earned for his quick thinking and clever solutions to the problems he faced. |
| 366 | * NiceGuy: The play depicted him as being kind and friendly, in addition to not sharing the unicorns' snobbishness, and easily befriending Private Pansy and Smart Cookie. |
| 367 | * NoteToSelf: When chasing the original holder of the Memory Stone, Clover the Clever wrote notes to himself to make sure he'd always know who to chase in case his memory was stolen. |
| 368 | * PrecursorHero: Beyond his role in the founding of Equestria, like his mentor he's known for other heroic deeds (compiled in the book ''The Seven Trials of Clover the Clever''), among which is pursuing the Sorceress that created the Memory Stone. |
| 369 | * {{Seers}}: Implied, as he predicted that the founders would see reason. |
| 370 | * TheSmartGuy: Clover didn't earn the nickname "The Clever" for nothing. ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsForgottenFriendship Equestria Girls: Forgotten Friendship]]'' points out how, while pursuing a sorceress who could erase memories at will, he still managed to stay on track by taking frequent notes of everything happening. |
| 371 | * StraightMan: To Platinum, by being reasonable and mature in contrast with her being a spoiled royal brat. |
| 372 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Clover the Clever hid the Memory Stone in the human world to keep its power away from Equestria, but didn't count on a human finding and making use of it. |
| 373 | [[/folder]] |
| 374 | |
| 375 | [[folder:Princess Platinum]] |
| 376 | [[quoteright:342:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captura_de_tela_2023_11_19_112001.png]] |
| 377 | [[caption-width-right:342: Princess Platinum as seen in the mobile game]] |
| 378 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Hearth's Warming Eve]]" |
| 379 | |
| 380 | The daughter of the Unicorn King at the time of Equestria's founding. Played by Rarity in the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant. |
| 381 | ---- |
| 382 | * AmbiguousGender: Averted, unlike the other founders in the episode. Due to the "princess" title, she is the only role in the play that is definitely given one gender. |
| 383 | * ErmineCapeEffect: She wears only her royal robes, due to the LimitedWardrobe of the episode. |
| 384 | * GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Her gown is purple and she is the princess of the magic-using tribe. |
| 385 | * HeelFaceTurn: After the Windigoes' defeat, she becomes softer and agrees to share Equestria harmoniously with the other two tribes. |
| 386 | * HiddenDepths: When she and the other tribe leaders seek refuge in a cave and fight over a mere rock, her reasoning for wanting to have it is the possibility that there are jewels inside, implying she is [[SmarterThanYouLook insightful]]. |
| 387 | * NervesOfSteel: Princess Platinum may seem flighty, but she faced down an angry Luna and her manticore pet with only a tremble in her voice. |
| 388 | * PimpedOutDress: Her [[PrettyInMink ermine-trimmed]] gown. |
| 389 | * PrincessesRule: Possibly; we never see her father and she's the one who goes off to found Equestria, not him. |
| 390 | %%* RequisiteRoyalRegalia |
| 391 | * RoyalBrat: |
| 392 | ** Until the Windigos' defeat, she was haughty and liked pulling rank. |
| 393 | ** ''Literature/TheJournalOfTheTwoSisters'' reveals she didn't entirely learn her lesson, being extremely indignant about Celestia and Luna outranking her. |
| 394 | [[/folder]] |
| 395 | |
| 396 | [[folder:Commander Hurricane]][[quoteright:248:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captura_de_tela_2023_11_19_112029.png]] |
| 397 | [[caption-width-right:248:Commander Hurricane as seen in the mobile game]] |
| 398 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Hearth's Warming Eve]]" |
| 399 | |
| 400 | The leader of the Pegasi. Played by Rainbow Dash in the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant. |
| 401 | ---- |
| 402 | * AmbiguousGender: Hurricane is referred to as "sir"[[note]]which can be gender neutral in certain situations[[/note]] multiple times, as well as being named a "[[TheBrute brute]]" (an insult which is usually AlwaysMale) throughout the play. However, Pansy calls Hurricane "her" multiple times and the role is played by the female Rainbow Dash. ''Literature/TheJournalOfTheTwoSisters'' describes Commander Hurricane as male, though. |
| 403 | * BloodKnight: Hurricane is fond of battle, as he lived in an era when pegasi were more interested in conquering than competitive flying. |
| 404 | * BoisterousBruiser: Much like Rainbow Dash who plays him, Hurricane seems rather full of himself and prone to fighting. |
| 405 | * CrossCastRole: According to ''Literature/TheJournalOfTheTwoSisters'', he's male but was played by the female Rainbow Dash in the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant. Justified because Rainbow Dash is also a major tomboy, so she can settle into a masculine role rather well. |
| 406 | * GeneralRipper: To contrast Princess Platinum, he's a military-style {{Jerkass}}. |
| 407 | * HeelFaceTurn: After the Windigoes' defeat, he becomes softer and agrees to share Equestria harmoniously with the other two tribes. |
| 408 | * HotBlooded: Princess Platinum (Rarity) once referred to him as Commander Hothead. |
| 409 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After the Windigos' defeat, he tones down the jerkiness and values friendship. |
| 410 | * MeanBoss: To Private Pansy for his pushiness and abrasive orders. |
| 411 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy: According to the play, Hurricane's love of battle and conquest was typical of pegasi at this point in history. |
| 412 | * TheOneGuy: According to ''Literature/TheJournalOfTheTwoSisters'', Commander Hurricane was the only stallion amongst the six founders. |
| 413 | [[/folder]] |
| 414 | |
| 415 | [[folder:Private Pansy]] |
| 416 | [[quoteright:202:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captura_de_tela_2023_11_19_112119.png]] |
| 417 | [[caption-width-right:202:Private Pansy as seen in the mobile game]] |
| 418 | [[caption-width-right:202:[[labelnote:And here to see her alternate design from the IDW comics]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captura_de_tela_2023_11_19_120846.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 419 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Hearth's Warming Eve]]" |
| 420 | |
| 421 | A subordinate of Commander Hurricane who accompanied him in a mission to scout for a new land to inhabit. Played by Fluttershy in the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant. |
| 422 | ---- |
| 423 | * NiceGirl: She doesn't dislike the other two tribes like the rest of the pegasi, and is quick to befriend Clover the Clever and Smart Cookie. |
| 424 | * ShrinkingViolet: Like her actor, Pansy was a shy and timid pony. |
| 425 | * StraightMan: To Hurricane by reacting meekly to all the military posturing. |
| 426 | [[/folder]] |
| 427 | |
| 428 | [[folder:Chancellor Puddinghead]][[quoteright:202:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captura_de_tela_2023_11_19_112132.png]] |
| 429 | [[caption-width-right:202: Chancellor Puddinghead as seen in the mobile game]] |
| 430 | |
| 431 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Hearth's Warming Eve]]" |
| 432 | |
| 433 | The leader of the earth ponies, Chancellor Puddinghead is... [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} something of an eccentric character]]. Played by Pinkie Pie in the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant. |
| 434 | ---- |
| 435 | * AlchemyIsMagic: The special ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyBestGiftEver'' revealed that he created a magical pudding for the first Hearth's Warming meal between the three nations. Like Mage Meadowbrook, his being an earth pony makes this an especially impressive deed. |
| 436 | * AmbiguousGender: Puddinghead is played by Pinkie in the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant, though no gender pronouns have been used to describe this pony. ''Literature/TheJournalOfTheTwoSisters'' implies that Puddinghead is female, along with an illustration in the pop-up book ''My Little Pony: The Castles of Equestria'', while "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E12MarksForEffort Marks for Effort]]" has an illustration of the character looking male. |
| 437 | * TheCaligula: A mild example before the Windigos' defeat; a leader who is annoyingly quirky instead of dangerously insane. |
| 438 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: If Pinkie's interpretation of Puddinghead is accurate, then he wasn't exactly grounded in normal logic. |
| 439 | * GeniusDitz: According to ''The Journal of Two Sisters'' post-CharacterDevelopment and founding of Equestria, he turned out to be this, never losing his quirkiness but employing it in smarter ways. Luna suspects him of ObfuscatingStupidity. |
| 440 | * HeelFaceTurn: After the Windigoes' defeat, he becomes softer and agrees to share Equestria harmoniously with the other two tribes. |
| 441 | * InsaneTrollLogic: If Pinkie's interpretation of the character is anything to go by, Puddinghead ran on this. He was elected because he could think outside of the box, which means he could also think "inside the chimney". Can ''you'' think inside a chimney? |
| 442 | * LoonyLaws: May have been responsible for a few; notably, he tried to pass a law mandating earth ponies to drink carrot juice at every meal. |
| 443 | * NoSenseOfDirection: He believed wearing an upside-down map on his face was all the direction he needed. Of course, whether it's upside or not is irrelevant; [[InsaneTrollLogic the world is round, so there is no up or down]]. |
| 444 | * PointyHairedBoss: It's a wonder the earth ponies managed to function with him in charge. To make matters worse? He was ELECTED! |
| 445 | * SignatureHeadgear: He wore a hat reminiscent of a bow of pudding; in the Hearth's Warming Eve play, Pinkie wears a hat that is literally shaped to be an actual bowl of pudding sitting on her head. |
| 446 | * SupremeChef: The pudding he created for the first Hearth's Warming meal required its ingredients to be measured exactly, in order to avoid "untold culinary devastation". While he managed to avoid that, when Twilight Sparkle attempts to make it, several extra ingredients are (unbeknownst to her) added by her niece Flurry Heart, causing it to flood the castle and attack anypony who came near it. |
| 447 | [[/folder]] |
| 448 | |
| 449 | [[folder:Smart Cookie]] |
| 450 | [[quoteright:254:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captura_de_tela_2023_11_19_112142.png]] |
| 451 | [[caption-width-right:254: Smart Cookie as seen in the mobile game]] |
| 452 | [[caption-width-right:202:[[labelnote:And here to see her alternate design from the IDW comics]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captura_de_tela_2023_11_19_121702.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 453 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Hearth's Warming Eve]]' |
| 454 | |
| 455 | Chancellor Puddinghead's put-upon secretary and aide. Played by Applejack in the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant. |
| 456 | ---- |
| 457 | * HonestAdvisor: She always speaks her mind to Puddinghead. |
| 458 | * NiceGirl: She doesn't dislike the other two tribes like the rest of the earth ponies, and is quick to befriend Clover the Clever and Private Pansy. |
| 459 | %%* SassySecretary |
| 460 | * ServileSnarker: She serves up regular snark at her boss. All the weird behaviors provide no shortage of material. |
| 461 | * StraightMan: To Puddinghead, her straightforward and rational attitude contrasting with her boss's InsaneTrollLogic and inanity. |
| 462 | [[/folder]] |
| 463 | |
| 464 | !''Gusty the Great'' |
| 465 | [[folder:Grogar]] |
| 466 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grogar_by_andoanimalia_9.png]] |
| 467 | |
| 468 | ->'''First Mentioned:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E3AFlurryOfEmotions A Flurry of Emotions]]"\ |
| 469 | '''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E1TheBeginningOfTheEndPart1 The Beginning of the End – Part 1]]" |
| 470 | |
| 471 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Doc Harris |
| 472 | |
| 473 | A treacherous ram who ruled Equestria in ancient times, before the three pony tribes united as one. Known as "the Father of Monsters", he unleashed a horde of terrible creatures across the land. When the legendary heroine Gusty the Great stole his magical bell, Grogar's reign was brought to an end. |
| 474 | |
| 475 | For tropes applying to his G1 counterpart, see Characters/MyLittlePonyAndFriends. |
| 476 | ---- |
| 477 | * AdaptationalBadass: Zigzagged. He was able to escape his imprisonment over time, while the G1 Grogar never did, and he's established as being more powerful than all the other villains and claims he's stronger than Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow combined, while the original Grogar was powerful but not to those kinds of levels. However, then comes TheReveal that [[spoiler:he was just Discord in disguise. On the other hand, his bell is able to transform Cozy Glow into an alicorn, empowered Tirek on a level equivalent to hundreds of ponies, and grants Chrysalis a new form that is able to beat Starlight Glimmer in a direct battle]]. This leaves it ambiguous as to how powerful he ''really'' is, but if the magic contained within his bell was the bulk of Grogar's own magic like he implies, then his proclaimed power levels are probably accurate. |
| 478 | * AmbiguousSituation: |
| 479 | ** With the reveal that [[spoiler: the real Grogar never escaped his banishment, it's uncertain where he is or if he's even still alive, particularly as it's not known where he was banished to anyway.]] |
| 480 | ** Given Grogar's status as the "Father of Monsters", it can be assumed that at least some of the monsters seen throughout the show are his offspring or descendants. If so, however, we don't get any confirmation as to which ones they would be. |
| 481 | * AncientEvil: He predates the founding of Equestria and the rise of Celestia and Luna. He's so old that even Chrysalis, Tirek, and Sombra, all of whom are at least over a thousand years old, only know the legends and stories of his existence and never actually met him. |
| 482 | * ArtEvolution: Downplayed. Compared to Tirek and the Smooze, who have designs inspired by their G1 counterparts but otherwise are distinct from them, Grogar looks identical to [[https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/File:Grogar.png how he did originally]], just updated for G4's Flash animation. |
| 483 | * ArtifactOfDoom: His bell, provided one knows the spells for doing so, can drain other beings of their magic, even beings as strong as Discord. This extends to nullifying magical attacks. It can then hold that magic within itself, or grant it to another being. This makes it an all-in-one AmplifierArtifact and PowerNullifier. Finally, the bell itself is said to be indestructible. |
| 484 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: Grogar was banished by Gusty the Great taking his bell. |
| 485 | * BewareTheSkullBase: His lair is in a giant skull-shaped monolith rising from a putrid swamp covered in slime and moss, in the middle of a stretch of flat gray rock. |
| 486 | * BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:For all his power and intelligence, all his accomplishments were due to lesser villains doing all the work. Before Grogar can do anything himself he's blindsided and hapless once said villains turn on him. Then it is revealed he was never actually the real Grogar at all, and was just Discord pretending to be Grogar, thus he was never a serious threat anyway.]] |
| 487 | * ChekhovsGunman: In Season 7's "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E3AFlurryOfEmotions A Flurry of Emotions]]", Grogar, alongside Gusty the Great, is mentioned by name in a storybook Twilight reads to sick foals in a hospital. The ram himself is confirmed real two seasons later. [[spoiler:Subverted though, as he was just impersonated by Discord.]] |
| 488 | * ColorCodedWizardry: His magic (and the magic from his bell) is gold mixed with black. |
| 489 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Set up to be the FinalBoss of the series, but it turns out he's actually Discord in disguise and the real Grogar is still banished. Cozy Glow, Tirek, and Chrysalis take over]]. |
| 490 | * TheDreaded: How else would you describe an AncientEvil spoken in legends? |
| 491 | * TheEmperor: He was Emperor of Equestria in ancient times before the three tribes united as one. |
| 492 | * EvilerThanThou: Grogar is this for his recruits in the LegionOfDoom. He constantly reminds Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow that ''he'' is in-charge of their VillainTeamUp and keeps them in-line with [[ImpliedDeathThreat threats]] or physical force. [[spoiler:He then becomes a victim of this himself when all his recruits trick him into believing they failed to retrieve his bell before successfully betraying him and draining him of his magic with his own bell. This is all downplayed once it is revealed that he is actually Discord pretending to be Grogar, who is no longer evil by this point, and is simply using the other villains as a final test for Twilight.]] |
| 493 | * EvilOldFolks: He's the oldest threat to Equestria, predating Tirek, and presumably the most vile. |
| 494 | * EvilSoundsDeep: He's got a very deep, raspy voice. |
| 495 | * FadeAroundTheEyes: Does this at the very end of "The Beginning of the End - Part 2" when he forces the remaining villains to work with him. [[spoiler:Becomes coincidental as while the screen fades to black, it appears to give a glimpse of his real eyes -- Discord's when posing as him.]] |
| 496 | * FamedInStory: Despite being one of the oldest villains to ever appear in the show, Grogar is probably one of the most well-known of them all. Most of the other villains he gathers have heard of his tyranny in the past, with Tirek even claiming he heard of Grogar back when he was young. Ponies in the present also know of him through the story of Gusty the Great, detailing his defeat at the hooves of the titular character -- although most think of him as just a legend, they do know about him and who he is, which is more than can be said for the other villains. |
| 497 | * FinalBoss: "The Beginning of the End" sets him up as the ArcVillain of ''Friendship is Magic's'' final season which is the primary media of ''My Little Pony'' Generation 4, and he's gathered together several past major antagonists to form a LegionOfDoom to defeat Twilight and her friends once and for all. This presents Grogar as the biggest threat the cast has faced, and the last great enemy they must defeat to secure Equestria's safety. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's revealed he's still banished and it was Discord impersonating him, making the three antagonists gathered together the ''real'' final boss.]] |
| 498 | * ForDoomTheBellTolls: His primary source of power was his bell; Gusty's theft of it weakened him, but he's still here and still strong. He locates the bell in "Frenemies", but the other villains make plans to betray him and hide it again, lying that they couldn't get it. [[spoiler:It's then later revealed that it was only Discord pretending to be Grogar, and that the real Grogar was truly defeated and banished after Gusty took the bell.]] |
| 499 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Very mildly. |
| 500 | ** He first appears right after the scene where Celestia and Luna announce their retirement. |
| 501 | ** When Celestia and Luna delay their retirement, [[spoiler:Discord is annoyed and acts like his pretend HeroicSacrifice and RousingSpeech was all for nothing]]. |
| 502 | ** Discord's line in "The Summer Sun Setback" regarding how Twilight will be ready for whatever comes her way is a hint that [[spoiler:he is actually posing as Grogar]]. The fact that Grogar also leaves the lair to "get something" and returns in the end at ''exactly the right time'' also no longer seems coincidental to the fact. |
| 503 | ** Discord saw Twilight's CharacterDevelopment as "boring", and perks up right when the Celebration begins to go downhill. |
| 504 | ** Note that Grogar's eye design very closely resemble Discord's; the brows in particular are very much the same as Discord's. It's most noticible when the screen fades to black around them. |
| 505 | * TheGhost: [[spoiler:Since it's revealed that the real Grogar never escaped his banishment. Presumably, Discord impersonated what he looked like, but the actual Grogar never appears on-screen.]] |
| 506 | * GruesomeGoat: One so powerful and evil as to cow other major villains with his presence alone, and to still loom large in the legends of Equestria long after his defeat. |
| 507 | * ImpersonationExclusiveCharacter: [[spoiler:He ultimately turns out to have been Discord in disguise all along. The real Grogar ''did'' exist some millennia ago, and his signature weapon is dangerous as ever, but what became of him after his defeat is not known.]] |
| 508 | * MadeOfIndestructium: In "Frenemies", Grogar describes his magical bell as indestructible. That's why Gusty the Great was forced to hide it rather than simply destroy it. During "The Ending of the End", not even [[spoiler:a huge rainbow blast from the combined powers of Twilight Sparkle, the rest of the Mane Six, Spike, the Pillars, and the Young Six]] is enough to destroy the bell. However, the bell containing cracks implies it's still not ''completely'' indestructible. |
| 509 | * MakerOfMonsters: He's referred to as the Father of Monsters, and states that during his reign he gave life to foul, monstrous creatures and set them loose upon the world. |
| 510 | * TheManBehindTheMonsters: He's directly responsible for the creation of several monsters and for setting them loose in the world. How many or which ones isn't elaborated on, but it was enough to earn him the title of "Father of Monsters". |
| 511 | * MysteriousPast: It's unknown who he was before he took over Equestria or what the origins of his bell are. |
| 512 | * MythicalMotifs: His status as the biggest, baddest villain in Equestria, coupled with his "Father of Monsters" title bring to mind Typhon, the fearsome giant from Myth/ClassicalMythology who sought to overthrow Zeus and also produced the foulest of creatures. |
| 513 | * NoNonsenseNemesis: Is shaping up to be this. So far, he's made his plans clear to his LegionOfDoom, explained (and displayed) himself when Chrysalis believed him to be powerless, and [[ShutUpHannibal whisked Sombra away when he decided to go solo]]. Needless to say, this combined with his AncientEvil reputation has quelled the rest of his VillainTeamUp into following him, especially after [[MakeAnExampleOfThem his winning wager against Sombra]]. [[spoiler:Following the reveal that we never actually met the true Grogar, it's unknown if he fits this, but given how dangerous he is implied to have been, it is likely]]. |
| 514 | * OrcusOnHisThrone: Despite claiming to be more powerful than several previous villains combined, gathering together several of them to form a LegionOfDoom, and aspiring to take over all of Equestria, Grogar spends most of Season 9 (which in-universe is probably several weeks, if not months) sitting in his lair making vague plans. The other villains even complain to him that they're getting bored waiting around and he just snaps at them to be quiet. [[spoiler:Justified once it is revealed that he was Discord all along and only formed the LegionOfDoom as a challenge for Twilight to defeat and reassure her of her capabilities. Discord didn't intend for the trio to do anything dangerous until Twilight's coronation day, likely for the RuleOfDrama, and he certainly never intended for them to ''actually'' become a serious threat to all of Equestria.]] |
| 515 | * ThePowerOfHate: It's stated in the storybook Twilight read that fear gave him power. |
| 516 | * PrimalStance: A quadrupedal version. He tends to walk with his head and neck slung low, making him appear much shorter than he is and keeping his horns pointed forward. |
| 517 | * RealAfterAll: He was thought to only be a character made up in a storybook legend, but he is very real. [[spoiler:And even though he never actually appeared in the flesh, the bell is proof of his existence.]] |
| 518 | * RedBaron: He's also known as the Father of Monsters and Emperor of Equestria. |
| 519 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Like Cozy Glow, his eyes are colored red. |
| 520 | * RedHerring: It turns out [[spoiler:he's not the real Grogar. Discord was posing as him. The real Grogar never escaped his banishment]]. |
| 521 | * SatanicArchetype: Although he lacks Tirek's BigRedDevil look, he's the most ancient evil in Equestria who created many of its most foul creatures. Although he's officially a ram, he looks very much like a goat, an animal often associated with Satan. |
| 522 | * SealedEvilInACan: He was defeated and banished from the land that would be Equestria by Gusty the Great before the series started. [[spoiler:Turns out he's still banished since his battle with Gusty. He never escaped, and Discord was impersonating him the whole time whenever we see him on screen.]] |
| 523 | * ShroudedInMyth: He's so ancient and has been out of action for so long that many in modern Equestria have either never heard of Grogar or think he's just a legend. Tirek and Sombra both mention that Grogar was a legend one thousand years ago when they were both young. |
| 524 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: His only appearances are mentions in "A Flurry of Emotions" and [[spoiler:illustration depictions]] in Season 9 [[spoiler:due to him being impersonated by Discord even during the few episodes he's appeared in]], but he is responsible for the events of the show, ruling the land that would become Equestria when it was a mere collection of farms and pastures, and unintentionally being responsible for the Equestrian civilizations that would later take root. |
| 525 | * SupervillainLair: He has one in the form of a hollowed-out volcano with [[ObviouslyEvil a ram skull at its mouth]], overlooking stone stairs and a circular table with a dark CrystalBall on it (a dark mirror of the Mane Six's living situation). [[spoiler:Following the reveal that the Grogar we see throughout season 9 was Discord in disguise, it's unknown if the real Grogar used it as his lair during his reign, though the fact that it resembles his head suggests the possibility. Illustrations in the book explaining how to use his bell also depict him using it on a unicorn in a brown background that looks very similar to the lair, further suggesting this.]] |
| 526 | * TakeOverTheWorld: He managed to do it once before, but was banished by Gusty the Great. |
| 527 | * TaughtByExperience: Albeit not his own experience, but Grogar claims to have been watching all the previous villains attempt to conquer Equestria and witnessed their defeats against the Mane Six and knows why they have all failed. He realizes that the other villains failed at defeating the Mane Six because of the ponies' strength of unity, and therefore resolves that they will do the same to beat them. When Sombra arrogantly declines and declares he'll beat the Mane Six on his own, Grogar humors him to go ahead and try, [[ForegoneConclusion correctly predicting Sombra will fail]] because he didn't heed his warning. [[spoiler: Subverted when it's revealed that Grogar never actually escaped his imprisonment and couldn't have possibly learned anything]]. |
| 528 | * TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Unlike most other ancient villains who are ObviouslyEvil, Grogar looks rather normal, just a blue ram with a collar, and he's not even very big, about the size of the Princesses. This is a sharp contrast to his power levels, where he seems to outstrip every previous villain except maybe [[PhysicalGod Discord]], so when Grogar shows off what he can do and demonstrates how ruthless and vile he is, it's all the more threatening. |
| 529 | * TimeAbyss: Grogar was alive well before the civilizations of Equestria had taken root, and declared himself emperor before the land was even called Equestria. Tirek, one of the oldest creatures in the series, was just a kid when he heard about the legends of Grogar. Cozy Glow lampshades how [[TimeDissonance different]] Grogar's perspective on time must be if he can disregard a depowering that lasted for millennia as simply a "temporary" setback. |
| 530 | * UnseenEvil: [[spoiler:The ''true'' Grogar fits this: being an outlandishly powerful, unspeakably evil ancient force that never actually appears but his presence is felt.]] |
| 531 | * TheUnfought: [[spoiler:He never got to fight the heroes due to already being long defeated.]] |
| 532 | * VillainousLegacy: Despite being defeated long ago, his legacy surpass the other main villains. He's also responsible for creating many of the monsters that plague the land. [[spoiler:It turns out this Grogar was a disguised Discord using Grogar's reputation to manipulate the other villains to his ends, but it's the real Grogar's [[ArtifactOfDoom Bewitching Bell]] that enables the villains to be the threat they were in the finale.]] |
| 533 | * WalkingSpoiler: TheReveal about him in "The Ending of the End" fundamentally changes everything about him, his goals, and his motive. [[spoiler:The Grogar seen throughout Season 9 is just Discord in disguise. Discord was trying to prove to Twilight that she was capable of becoming the ruler of Equestria.]] |
| 534 | [[/folder]] |
| 535 | |
| 536 | [[folder:Gusty the Great]] |
| 537 | [[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gusty_the_great.png]] |
| 538 | ->'''First Mentioned:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E3AFlurryOfEmotions A Flurry of Emotions]]" |
| 539 | |
| 540 | A unicorn hero who sealed away the evil wizard Grogar and ended his reign of terror, long before the founding of Equestria. |
| 541 | ---- |
| 542 | * AdaptationalBadass: G1 Gusty wasn't a pushover, but was still just one part of the cast. This Gusty is a legendary hero who managed to defeat Grogar, who in this continuity is immensely powerful to the point that [[spoiler:his bell alone is able to turn Cozy Glow, Tirek, and Chrysalis into existential threats to Equestria even divided between them]]. |
| 543 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Managed to defeat and seal away Grogar, who is implied to be ''immensely'' powerful and was the EvilOverlord ruling Equestria at the time. [[spoiler:As it turns out, she ''permanently'' defeated him.]] |
| 544 | * GuileHero: She managed to steal Grogar's bell from right under his nose. |
| 545 | * MagicHair: The {{Flashback}} featuring her in "Frenemies" depicts her as having this. Unlike Celestia, Luna and Mistmane, the whole mane doesn't flow together, but rather individual locks. |
| 546 | * TheMagnificent: She's always referred to as Gusty the Great, even by the villains. |
| 547 | * MythologyGag: She and Grogar are both characters from the original ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'' show. In "A Flurry of Emotions", the protagonist on the cover of the book containing her tale really is accurate to the G1 character. |
| 548 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: Her horn is shaped unlike any other unicorn's (even those in Mistmane's village), being much more curved. Although that might be the illustration style taking some liberties with historical accuracy. |
| 549 | * PrecursorHero: She rose against, defeated and sealed away Grogar long ago, back when he still ruled the land that would become Equestria. |
| 550 | [[/folder]] |
| 551 | |
| 552 | !Others |
| 553 | |
| 554 | [[folder:The Tree of Harmony]] |
| 555 | [[quoteright:322:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_tree_of_harmony_s4e02_7.png]] |
| 556 | [[caption-width-right:322:"My cutie mark!"]] |
| 557 | [[caption-width-right:322:[[labelnote:Click here to see the tree's avatar]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/astral_twilight_sparkle_appears_again_s8e22.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 558 | [[caption-width-right:322:[[labelnote:Click here to see the Treehouse of Harmony '''(SPOILER)''']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9e4c88e7_396a_4878_92c0_b2c5c99cfad6.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 559 | ->''"Friendship ''is'' in your nature."'' |
| 560 | |
| 561 | ->'''Debut:''' [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E2PrincessTwilightSparklePart2 Princess Twilight Sparkle – Part 2]]"\ |
| 562 | '''First Speaking Appearance:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E22WhatLiesBeneath What Lies Beneath]]" |
| 563 | |
| 564 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaraStrong (in the form of Twilight Sparkle) |
| 565 | |
| 566 | The source of the Elements of Harmony. Over 1000 years after they were taken to defeat Discord, the Tree was dying without the Elements, necessitating their return to save it. In turn, the Tree grew a chest that when unlocked, granted Rainbow Power and grew into Twilight Sparkle's castle, granting her the title Princess of Friendship. Afterwards it created the Cutie Map, enabling the heroes to continue their task of spreading friendship with greater efficiency. The Tree's role in Equestria's backstory and its abilities have literally grown as the series goes on. |
| 567 | ---- |
| 568 | * AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:It is unknown why the treehouse built around it or the castle above it are gone by the time of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration''. Also, since it's not clear if only the ponies lost their magic or all of Equestria lost magic, it's not clear if the tree lost its sapience by the time. It shows no signs of still being alive by the time of the film when the characters come across it. It has lasted a very long time, which could suggest it still retained some magic. If it has lost its sapience, it may or may not have been restored by the end]]. |
| 569 | * ArborealAbode: [[spoiler:Once restored, the Tree grows a large house for the Young Six to hang out in.]] |
| 570 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:After being shattered by Sombra, the Tree is able to be restored via the Young Six using the broken pieces to build a treehouse together, which the Tree is able to transform and inhabit due to their friendship, restoring it as something greater. The Elements, however, remain shattered for good.]] |
| 571 | * CameBackStrong: In the third episode of season 9, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E3Uprooted Uprooted]]", the Tree [[spoiler:manages to regrow into a new Treehouse form as thanks to the Young Six. This new form is ''much'' larger and more impressive than it was previously, even having leaves, having grown straight through the roof of the cave and up to where Celestia and Luna's old castle stood.]] |
| 572 | * TheCameo: It appears in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration'', as confirmed [[https://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/comments/pwzimj/huge_new_lore_drop_by_someone_who_worked_on_the/ here]]. |
| 573 | * CreepyGood: The Tree of Harmony helps the Young Six overcome their fears and strengthens their friendship -- by throwing them headfirst into [[FaceYourFears their worst fears]]. The [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith projection of Princess Twilight]] it uses to communicate has a creepy quality, with an otherworldly wide-eyed stare and oddly enunciated speech. And then there's [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath what it did to the Mean Six]] in self-defense. |
| 574 | * DoNotTauntCthulhu: Chrysalis making clones of the Element wielders and said clones even attacking the Tree is enough for it to immediately see right through the plan, angering it to the point the Elements unleash tendrils of light which grab the fake ponies, hold them high, and drain the spell that made them alive. |
| 575 | * DreamWalker: In "Uprooted", [[spoiler:the Tree of Harmony's spirit, taking again the form of Twilight Sparkle, sends a message to the Young Six in a shared dream. It does have a special connection with them, however, thus it's doubtful it could enter anyone else's dream like Luna does.]] |
| 576 | * EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: The Elements of Harmony, Rainbow Power, and its own magic has often taken the form of rainbows. |
| 577 | * AFormYouAreComfortableWith: The Tree of Harmony projects a sparkly hologram of Twilight to interact with the Young Six. |
| 578 | * GeniusLoci: "What Lies Beneath" reveals the tree is sapient. |
| 579 | * GoodIsNotSoft: |
| 580 | ** In "The Mean 6", it defends itself from the Mean Six by effectively killing them [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath in such a graphic manner]] it [[WhatCouldHaveBeen had to be toned down]] in the official release. |
| 581 | ** "What Lies Beneath" has it subject the Young Six [[FaceYourFears seemingly horrific or life-threatening illusions to teach them friendship]]. |
| 582 | * GreaterScopeParagon: As the source of the Elements of Harmony, it's the enabler of the {{Big Good}}s. Once the Elements were returned, it created the Cutie Map enabling the Mane Six to better continue their work of spreading friendship. Despite being the uncontested ultimate source of good in the setting, it was unable to act on its own until "What Lies Beneath". |
| 583 | * LightIsGood: Its magic, the biggest force of good in the series, comes in white and rainbow light. The Tree itself glows white except when its power is depleted. |
| 584 | * MacGuffin: "Princess Twilight Sparkle" and "The Mean 6" revolve around the characters attempting to find the tree for their own purposes. |
| 585 | * MadeOfGood: [[spoiler:It was grown from the Pillars of Equestria's elements of Healing, Bravery, Beauty, Strength, Hope, and Sorcery.]] These would become the Elements of Kindness, Loyalty, Generosity, Honesty, Laughter, and Magic respectively. |
| 586 | * OnlySaneMan: A non-human example in "The Mean 6"; the Tree was the only one that knew the Mane 6's mean counterparts were ''not'' the real ponies, and destroys them in response. |
| 587 | * {{Retcon}}: ''Literature/TheJournalOfTheTwoSisters'' has Star Swirl show Celestia and Luna the Tree. This was made CanonDiscontinuity by "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E25ShadowPlayPart1 Shadow]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E26ShadowPlayPart2 Play]]" where [[spoiler:Star Swirl planted the seed that would grow into the Tree right before his disappearance]]. |
| 588 | * SchrodingersCanon: ''The Journal of the Two Sisters'' has a cutie mark on it that Twilight Sparkle recognized as hers in "Princess Twilight Sparkle -- Part 2", which is how Celetia knew [[TheChosenOne Twilight's destined role]]. While the events surrounding the Tree in ''Journal'' have been decanonized, this detail may still apply. |
| 589 | * SiliconBasedLife: A living, seemingly crystalline tree. |
| 590 | * SpockSpeak: Its projection of Twilight does not use contractions when speaking. |
| 591 | * SuddenlyVoiced: It first spoke, proving that it was indeed sapient, though a projected avatar of Twilight Sparkle in "What Lies Beneath", stating it only recently developed the capacity to do so. |
| 592 | * ThereIsAnother: The final arc of the IDW comics establishes that there are five other trees with their own elements in the far-off kingdoms of the other races in Equestria.%%It's also exploring an ancient order called the Knights of Harmony who are monitoring this situation as it develops.%%Why is that relevant to the trope, and what situation? |
| 593 | * TrashTheSet: [[spoiler:In the season 9 premiere, it gets destroyed by King Sombra, along with the Elements. And since the Tree is sapient, it was ''murdered'' by Sombra. Fortunately, the following episode reveals that it's not quite dead, and it gets a new form.]] |
| 594 | * WorldTree: The Tree's power keeps the Everfree Forest from growing out of control. It created the Cutie Map which can sense friendship problems across the known world [[MagneticPlotDevice and summoning the exact individuals needed to resolve it]], suggesting omnipresent intelligence. |
| 595 | [[/folder]] |
| 596 | |
| 597 | [[folder:Scorpan]] |
| 598 | [[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scorpan_id.png]] |
| 599 | ->'''First Mentioned:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's Kingdom]]" |
| 600 | |
| 601 | Tirek's brother. Scorpan and Tirek came from a distant land to take over Equestria and its magic a very long time ago, but Scorpan came to appreciate Equestria after he befriended Star Swirl the Bearded and the other ponies. He tried to convince Tirek to join him, but he refused, so Scorpan alerted Celestia and Luna of his plans and Tirek was imprisoned in Tartarus, while Scorpan returned home to his own land. |
| 602 | ---- |
| 603 | * AdaptationalHeroism: While the original Scorpan did assist in Tirek's defeat, this one is the active cause of his brother's downfall. |
| 604 | * AdaptationSpeciesChange: In the original special, Scorpan was a human prince transformed into a monster by Tirek. G4's Scorpan's a natural-born gargoyle. |
| 605 | * CainAndAbel: The Abel to his brother's Cain. Ironically he was the one who betrayed Tirek, but only because Tirek wouldn't listen to reason. |
| 606 | * TheGhost: He doesn't appear in the episode himself, but still plays a pivotal role in his brother's imprisonment and indirectly, Tirek's second imprisonment. |
| 607 | * HeelFaceTurn: He was going to take over Equestria alongside his brother, but he befriended Star Swirl the Bearded. |
| 608 | * LastSecondChance: Tried this with his brother. After his HeelFaceTurn, he tried to convince Tirek not to continue their original plan, but Tirek wouldn't listen, leaving Scorpan with no other choice but to get his brother imprisoned in Tartarus. |
| 609 | * LoveRedeems: Of the friendship type of love, as Star Swirl's friendship along with other ponies resulted in his redemption. |
| 610 | * MementoMacGuffin: He had given his brother a medallion. Tirek would later give it to Discord as a sign of their friendship and trust. Tirek was lying and it meant nothing to him, except to remind him how much he hated his brother for his betrayal. The medallion would become Twilight's key. |
| 611 | * MythologyGag: Based on Scorpan from the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials G1 special]], where he was one of Tirek's minions who eventually made a HeelFaceTurn. |
| 612 | * OddFriendship: With Star Swirl the Bearded -- a former would-be conqueror and tyrant became friends with an asocial, arrogant wizard who was also one of the most important figures of the nation said would-be conqueror had set out to overtake. |
| 613 | * OurGargoylesRock: According to the comics, he's a gargoyle, like his mother. |
| 614 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: Scorpan was Tirek's minion in the original special. Here, he's Tirek's brother. |
| 615 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He was last heard to have returned to his homelands shortly after Tirek's initial imprisonment. Given that this was several centuries ago, his current status and whereabouts are unknown. |
| 616 | [[/folder]] |
| 617 | |
| 618 | [[folder:King Grover]] |
| 619 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1171943__kinggrover.png]] |
| 620 | ->'''First Mentioned:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E8TheLostTreasureOfGriffonstone The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone]]" |
| 621 | |
| 622 | The first king of Griffonstone, who united the griffons with the golden Idol of Boreas. |
| 623 | ---- |
| 624 | * FounderOfTheKingdom: He was the first king of Griffonstone, and the one who formed the divided and squabbling griffons into a powerful and united kingdom. |
| 625 | * LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair: With the Idol of Boreas, he united the squabbling, divided and selfish griffons of his time and created a mighty kingdom known and admired throughout the world for its splendor and wealth. Griffonstone fell when the Idol was lost, and now all that's left to show the glory of the kingdom he forged are a backwater, run-down slum of a city, an empty and derelict castle in severe disrepair and his statue, still rearing fiercely, cracked, broken and covered in lichen and detritus. |
| 626 | * OurFounder: There's a statue of him in front of the Griffonstone library (or at least what's left of the Griffonstone library). |
| 627 | [[/folder]] |
| 628 | |
| 629 | [[folder:King Guto]] |
| 630 | |
| 631 | ->'''First Mentioned:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E8TheLostTreasureOfGriffonstone The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone]]" |
| 632 | |
| 633 | The fourteenth and last king of Griffonstone. |
| 634 | ---- |
| 635 | * MyGreatestFailure: Under his rule, the Idol of Boreas was lost to Arimaspi and the Abysmal Abyss. |
| 636 | [[/folder]] |
| 637 | |
| 638 | [[folder:Arimaspi]] |
| 639 | [[quoteright:259:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/large_4_19.png]] |
| 640 | ->'''First Mentioned:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E8TheLostTreasureOfGriffonstone The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone]]" |
| 641 | |
| 642 | A goatlike, one-eyed monster, Arimaspi attacked the city of Griffonstone during the reign of King Guto to steal the Idol of Boreas. He fell into the Abysmal Abyss while fleeing from the city, and the Idol was lost with him. |
| 643 | ---- |
| 644 | * AdaptationSpeciesChange: In Herodotus' writings and subsequent appearances in classical mythology, the Arimaspoi were simply a race of one-eyed humans. Here, to avoid breaking ''MLP'''s policy of never having human characters in the main show's setting, Arimaspi is represented as a gigantic, one-eyed humanoid goat. |
| 645 | * AnimalEyes: As part of his caprine design, his single eyeball has a slitted, horizontal pupil like those of real-life goats. This puts him in stark contrast with the the majority of the other characters and creatures in the show, which regardless of species have much more human-like eyes. |
| 646 | * ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: "Arimaspi" is a plural noun, being the Latin version of the Greek name of the mythical Arimaspoi people; the singular should be "Arimaspus". |
| 647 | * {{Cyclops}}: He was a giant, one-eyed, humanoid goat. The cyclops part is a holdover from the Arimaspoi he is based on, which were a race of cyclopes, while the goatlike part was added to get around ''MLP'''s no-humans policy. |
| 648 | * DisneyVillainDeath: While fleeing from Griffonstone, a lighting bolt shattered the stone bridge he was crossing. He plunged into the depths of the Abysmal Abyss, and that was the last anyone ever saw of him. The characters happen upon his remains later, confirming this did in fact kill him. |
| 649 | * GruesomeGoat: An evil, one-eyed, apelike being with the horns, legs and eye of a goat, and the one responsible for stealing the Idol of Boreas and causing Griffonstone's decline. |
| 650 | * HellishPupils: The pupil of his single eye is a long, slightly wavy horizontal slit, much like those of the goats he is based on, and set in a uniformly off-yellow eyeball with no distinction between white and iris. |
| 651 | * VillainousLegacy: He's long dead by the time of the show, having fallen to his death shortly after stealing the Idol, but the once-powerful kingdom of Griffonstone never recovered from his theft of the Idol of Boreas. Its current state of disrepair is because of this. |
| 652 | [[/folder]] |
| 653 | |
| 654 | [[folder:Sable Spirit]] |
| 655 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sable_spirit.png]] |
| 656 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E16CampfireTales Campfire Tales]]" |
| 657 | |
| 658 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ElysiaRotaru |
| 659 | |
| 660 | Mistmane's childhood friend, Sable Spirit was deeply jealous of her friend's beauty and skill. She attempted to perform a spell to make herself beautiful, which backfired spectacularly and made her hideous instead. She eventually made herself empress, after which she dedicated herself to stealing the beauty of her land for herself. |
| 661 | ---- |
| 662 | * ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Sable Spirit is apparently disliked by her own people so much that when Mistmane defeats her in a magic duel, her own royal guards actually ''cheer for Mistmane''. |
| 663 | * BeautyToBeast: She attempted a spell to make herself beautiful that backfired on her, turning her from a pretty young mare into an ugly old hag. |
| 664 | * {{Foil}}: To Mistmane. They have diametrically opposite views on beauty -- Sable Spirit is obsessed with external, physical beauty and takes it from others by force, while Mistmane values the beauty spread by one's actions and dedicated her life to spreading it in the lives of others. Their transformations are also in contrast. Sable Spirit accidentally made herself look old and hideous while trying to make herself beautiful, and spent the rest of her life resenting this. By contrast, Mistmane willingly gave up her youth and beauty, and did so selflessly for the sake of others. |
| 665 | * GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She became a tyrannical ruler who hoarded everything beautiful in her country, due to her bitterness over her [[BeautyToBeast transformation]]. Mistmane's act of selflessness in restoring her good looks even though she didn't deserve it causes her to change her ways. |
| 666 | * GreenEyedMonster: She was jealous of Mistmane's beauty and magical prowess, which led to her trying to cast a spell that would make her more beautiful. After this worked badly and made her hideous instead, she decided that if she couldn't have beauty, then no one could. So, she seized the throne and stole away everything beautiful from the villagers. |
| 667 | * HeelFaceTurn: She underwent one after Mistmane's HeroicSacrifice also restores her good looks as well, becoming a kind benevolent ruler. |
| 668 | * TheHighQueen: She is said to have become a much better queen after her HeelFaceTurn, ruling with [[NiceGirl kindness and compassion]]. |
| 669 | * IneptMage: Her attempt to cast a beautifying spell on herself backfired and turned her into a wrinkly old mare. |
| 670 | * TheResenter: Towards Mistmane. Her entire character is driven by her jealousy towards her friend’s beauty, popularity and talent at magic. |
| 671 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: During her battle against Mistmane, she faces off against her completely by herself, not even ordering her royal guards to aid her. |
| 672 | [[/folder]] |
| 673 | |
| 674 | [[folder:Prince Hisan]] |
| 675 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/prince_hisan_addressing_his_servants_s7e18_8.png]] |
| 676 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E17DaringDone Daring Done?]]" |
| 677 | |
| 678 | The prince of Somnambula's homeland. He attempted to stand up to the Sphinx that was terrorizing it, but was captured by the creature instead. He was rescued by Somnambula, whom he afterwards made one his closest advisors as a reward for her deeds. |
| 679 | ---- |
| 680 | * BilingualBonus: In Arabic, "Hisan" means "good", or "handsome". |
| 681 | * DistressedDude: He has a tendency of getting himself in sticky situations and needing Somnambula to pull his chestnuts out of the fire. |
| 682 | ** In Somnambula's story in "Daring Done?", his attempt to stand up to the Sphinx results in him getting abducted, trapped inside a pyramid and having to be rescued by Somnambula. |
| 683 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyLegendsOfMagicIssue10 Legends of Magic 10]]", a cursed amulet turns him into (his idea of) a mummy and starts a [[ZombieApocalypse mummy apocalypse]], requiring Somnambula, Stygian, Flash Magnus, Rockhoof and Meadowbrook to rescue him. |
| 684 | * NotAfraidOfYouAnymore: Moved by Somnambula's kindness to his people, he confronts the Sphinx, but all he succeeds in doing [[NoSell is enraging the giant beast]]. |
| 685 | [[/folder]] |
| 686 | |
| 687 | [[folder:The Sphinx]] |
| 688 | [[quoteright:259:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/large_2_09.png]] |
| 689 | ->'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E17DaringDone Daring Done?]]" |
| 690 | |
| 691 | A giant, pony-headed monster that terrorized southern Equestria more than a thousand years before the show's time, the Sphinx forced the ponies to give her their food as tribute, causing a famine. She kidnapped Prince Hisan when he tried to confront her, but was driven away after losing a contest to Somnambula. |
| 692 | ---- |
| 693 | * BigBad: Of the [[NamedAfterSomebodyFamous Somnambula village]] tale. The Sphinx was never a NonMaliciousMonster in the beginning but certainly wasn't as evil as ''[[ButNotTooEvil she could have been]]''. Given her size and powers, the potential for wreaking havoc across the land was equally enormous. She only demanded tribute from the citizens, but when she goes as far as to abduct Prince Hisan and endanger Somnambula is when the story [[HistoricalVillainDowngrade can no longer gloss over the details of her villainy.]] |
| 694 | * CuteMonsterGirl: The typical face of a cute pony, mounted on the body of a lion, which is being drawn in the typical art style of the show and is cute as well. |
| 695 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Blindfolds Somnambula and disables her wings, but doesn't also cover her ears to allow Hisan to provide her with directions straight to him. |
| 696 | * FieldPowerEffect: When Somnambula takes up her challenge, the Sphinx casts a spell on the temple preventing pegasi from flying within it. This prevented Somnambula from flying directly to Hisan and rescue him, and lingers until the show's present day to prevent Daring Do from reaching Rainbow Dash by flight. |
| 697 | * IGaveMyWord: In line with ancient Greek mythology, she really does keep her promise of going away and never returning if Somnambula succeeds, [[NobleDemon despite having nothing to gain from that]]. She could've easily [[ILied gone back on her promise]], [[YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo kept Hisan]] [[CurbStompBattle and no-one present could stop her.]] |
| 698 | * AGodAmI: Demanded tribute, offerings and exaltation across the domain she terrorized. |
| 699 | * HiddenDepths: The Sphinx knew that to be without hope is [[DarkestHour to be truly lost and doomed]]. |
| 700 | * KarmaHoudini: She never actually pays for her crimes, as she simply flies off after Somnambula manages to rescue the prince, never to be seen again. |
| 701 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Unlike the classic sphinx of mythology, which possesses a human head, this version has the head of a pony (with [[FangsAreEvil razor-sharp teeth]]), along with the body of a cat and the wings of a bird, to avoid breaking ''[=FiM=]'''s policy of including no humans or part-human creatures in the show. |
| 702 | * OurSphinxesAreDifferent: An enormous, purple, winged catlike creature with a vaguely pony-like head (as all partly-human creatures in the setting have their humanoid body parts replaced with something else) and a stylized ''nemes'' headdress. It's portrayed as a hostile monster who terrorized Somnambula's home, kidnapped its prince when he tried to stand up to her and took the crops from the people. When Somnambula came to rescue the kidnapped prince, the sphinx demanded that she solve a riddle before being permitted to do so, and after Somnambula did so [[MovingTheGoalposts further demanded]] that she rescue the prince from a prison in the middle of a pool of corrosive slime after having her ability to fly removed by the sphinx's magic. |
| 703 | * RiddlingSphinx: When she kidnaps Prince Hisan, she demands that any who try to rescue him solve her riddle before being permitted to do so. |
| 704 | -->'''Sphinx:''' I shine brightest in the dark. I am there, but cannot be seen. To have me costs you nothing. To be without me costs you everything. |
| 705 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Somnambula made it through the challenge and rescued Prince Hisan, the Sphinx departs from both the land and known history, never to be seen again. |
| 706 | * SoreLoser: When Somnambula solves her riddle, the Sphinx becomes enraged and only calms down when Somnambula offers to go through another challenge. |
| 707 | * VocalDissonance: Although she is depicted as female, her voice sounds male. Justified, because an elderly stallion is telling the story and his voice is used for the characters speaking as well as the narration. |
| 708 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Sphinx simply disappears from Equestria after Somnambula completes the challenge, with no signs of her ever being seen again. |
| 709 | [[/folder]] |
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