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3Note: Any tropes found here relating to canon characters are best considered as existing simultaneously with their in-show traits. The character pages for the Mane Six are already quite long and do not need to be reproduced.
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7!Equestria
8
9!!The Royal Family
10
11[[folder:Princess Celestia]]
12
13->'''HRH Celestia'''
14
15Regarding her evil counterpart's crimes as a personal affront, Equestria's noble alicorn ruler pledges to aid humanity take down the Solar Tyrant.
16----
17* AGodIAmNot: Although the ponies regard her as such, Celestia makes no claim to being a goddess.
18* AngstNuke: Try ''[[TheTunguskaEvent Angst Tunguska]]'' – when Celestia absorbs Marcus's memories, she's so horrified by what she sees that she flies to "Ponguska, Sibearia" and, following a rage-filled ReasonYouSuckSpeech to her evil opposite, creates an explosion that results in a massive crater.
19** This has the potential to happen again [[spoiler: if she puts too much mental and physical stress on herself]].
20* BerserkButton: Don't abuse the word "harmony".
21* BigGood: Naturally, as she's the ruler of Equestria and seen as the embodiment of goodness.
22* BreakTheBadass: Marcus' memories, and literally everything to do with the war. So far, in her grief over what she's seen, she's destroyed a lake in the aforementioned AngstNuke, and at least three mountains upon seeing [[spoiler:the unfortunate fate of TCB Twilight]].
23* {{Determinator}}: While Marcus' memories are sapping her sanity and she's been under a lot of stress lately, she's very determined to fight.
24* DeusExitMachina: [[spoiler: After the Scribe reveals that her soul didn't fully come together during the three tribes' epiphany on Hearth's Warming Eve, putting it in danger of fracturing under severe trauma, Celestia agrees to undergo a spiritual healing in preparation for the final battle]].
25* GoMadFromTheRevelation: When she and Marcus link their minds together, she willingly takes in and endures everything there was to bear... [[AnythingButThat until she sees that TCB Twilight and the other Elements took part]]. Then she wakes up from the mind link, screams bloody murder, and teleports right out of there. Fortunately, Luna and Cadance track her down and help her regain her bearings.
26--> '''Princess Celestia''': You told the truth! My little ponies, they did that!?
27** Then there's her reaction to the events of [[WhamEpisode "For Whom The Bell Tolls"]], which leads to her blasting apart several mountains in anger.
28* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: If [[spoiler:Discord]] is to be believed, she and Luna were only meant to move the sun and the moon, not to actually rule over the ponies. ''A Sun in Winter'' reveals that [[spoiler:Sint Erklass intends for them to do precisely this, by teaching them how to rule and protect their kind]].
29* GroupHug: Gives both Marcus and Stephan a comforting bear hug when she sees just how traumatized they both have been by the war on a couple separate occasions.
30* HeroicBSOD: Princess Celestia has one when she sees her counterpart's actions in Marcus's memories. Her reaction is... [[AngstNuke destructive.]]
31%%* LadyOfWar
32* LightIsGood: As she is the Sun Princess and hasn't [[spoiler:been corrupted by Tirek]].
33* MamaBear: To her subjects, especially towards Luna, Cadance, and Twilight.
34* MyGreatestFailure: Carries a lot of emotional baggage from her long, long years of ruling the ponies, [[spoiler: right down to the fact that she was not even supposed to be their ruler in the first place]].
35* NotSoStoic: Celestia in this story isn't quite as calm and collected as on the show (though it is somewhat justified by her not reacting well to seeing the horrors of the war and what her counterpart did to her subjects). This is explained away as [[spoiler:her soul not being fully formed]].
36* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Gives Marcus a chance to explain himself so as to understand what his issue is.
37* ShesBack: To being the way most ponies see her, in "Sons of Legacies, Part 3". See TookALevelInBadass.
38* ShellShockedVeteran: Due to absorbing Marcus' memories. [[SanitySlippage She hasn't taken them well, to say the least]].
39* SweetTooth: Especially pronounced in her childhood.
40* TookALevelInBadass: Emotionally, in "Sons of Legacies, Part 3", she steps up to the plate and vows above all else to be the leader Equestria deserves.
41* WellDoneDaughterGirl: [[spoiler: Yes, the Princess widely regarded as ponykind's "mother" is one to her own "mother", the alicorn Faust. A perceived sense of ParentalFavoritism is implied to play a major role in this, since while Discord was created by Faust herself, Celestia and Luna came much later from the mind of Faust's avatar, the Scribe]].
42* YouKeepUsingThatWord: TCB Celestia [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide claims]] that her xenocide of the humans is her way of spreading harmony, much to Prime Celestia's disgust.
43--> '''Princess Celestia:''' Don't even say the word harmony! What you're doing is nothing of the sort!\
44'''Queen Celestia:''' You poor thing. Has he really filled your mind with such delusion in so little time? They're just misguided, resisting because they don't know the harmony we can bring them.\
45'''Princess Celestia:''' (Royal Canterlot Voice activated) I SAID TO NOT ABUSE THAT WORD!
46* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: When pushed past her breaking point, she can and will make you utterly regret crossing her. It is further suggested that you ''not'' abuse the word "harmony" in her presence.
47[[/folder]]
48
49[[folder:Princess Luna]]
50
51->'''HRH Luna'''
52
53As Princess Celestia's younger sister, Luna is the first Prime Equestrian to be sent to Earth so they may forge an alliance.
54----
55* BreakTheBadass: When she's forced to see the Potion Experiments.
56* DarkIsNotEvil: As she's the Moon Alicorn Princess and is one of the good guys.
57* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: If [[spoiler: Discord]] is to be believed, she and Celestia were only meant to move the sun and the moon, not to actually rule over the ponies. As revealed in ''A Sun in Winter'', this was due to Sint Erklass' raising them to be such.
58* InformedAttribute: [[spoiler: The Scribe]] claims she is the more cool-headed of the Royal Sisters. Very little evidence is provided in the text to back up this statement.
59* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Cadance, who is also her descendant.
60* KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand: [[spoiler: She disproves Queen Celestia's lies to the PHL that she and Discord are the Tyrant's accomplices by willingly placing her forehead against the barrel of Kraber's magically enhanced firearm, which, even if it didn't kill her, would leave her with significant brain trauma]].
61%%* LadyOfWar
62%%* LeeroyJenkins
63* NoIndoorVoice: Exaggerated when she announces to the resistance that she and Prime Equus are here to help them.
64* PragmaticHero: She's well aware that Prime Catseye and her crew of "Loyalists" will try to screw everything up at some point, so she sends guards out to keep a close eye on her.
65* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Shaping up to become one like her big sister.
66** Despite her reservations about what Catseye and her followers might do, Luna is not willing to abuse her power to get rid of them beforehand. Part of it is that she [[DontCreateAMartyr does not want Catseye to become a martyr]] to anyone sharing similar anti-human views.
67* TheSacredDarkness: Mixed with DarkIsNotEvil.
68* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Nightmare Moon. Comes back in full force after she witnesses [[spoiler: the memories of TCB Twilight's experiments on humans]].
69* UnstoppableRage: After [[spoiler:[[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind fishing around in TCB Twilight's mind]] to get information and witnessing how the TCB Elements were corrupted and how the ponification potion was developed]], Luna flies into this and [[spoiler: transforms into Nightmare Moon]].
70[[/folder]]
71
72[[folder:Princess Cadance]]
73
74->'''HRH Mi Amore Cadenza (Alias: Cadance)'''
75
76Celestia's niece (and Luna's descendant) and Twilight's old foalsitter, Cadance is the latest alicorn princess to emerge in Equestria.
77----
78* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Despite Cadance's hatred of Queen Chrysalis, she can't help but laugh at the latter's remark on how Trixie is as much Stephan's maiden as his horse.
79* BaitAndSwitch:
80-->'''Cadance:''' (to Chrysalis) "Don't call me Candy, you fiend. I haven't forgotten how you tied me in a bundle and let your drones have their way with me."
81--> (Look under BerserkButton to learn what actually happened.)
82* BerserkButton: She can't stand being called "Candy" ever since Chrysalis tormented her by turning her horn into a stick of candy for the drones to feed on.
83* ComesGreatResponsibility: Is still trying to get accustomed to her new responsibilities as the newest alicorn princess.
84* HappilyMarried: With Shining Armor, which makes their counterparts' situation all the more gut-wrenching.
85* TheHeart: For the Princesses, she is the emotional center. It fits her as the Princess of Love.
86* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Luna, who is also her ancestor.
87* NaiveNewcomer: Apart from still getting acclimated to what it means to be an immortal, Cadance also stands in for the audience when Celestia first tells the story of [[spoiler: Faust and Tirek]].
88* RightfulKingReturns: To the Crystal Empire.
89* WhoWantsToLiveForever: She's genuinely afraid of the fact that she's going to outlive everyone she's ever cared for.
90[[/folder]]
91
92!!Royal Guard
93
94[[folder: Cpt. Shining Armor]]
95
96->'''Shining Armor'''
97
98Twilight Sparkle's older brother and the commander of Equestria's armed forces.
99----
100* CoolBigBro: For Twilight Sparkle. She [[BigBrotherWorship adores and looks up to him greatly]].
101* HappilyMarried: With Cadance.
102%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
103* SuddenlyShouting: The usually even-mannered Shining gets really angry when Icewind mouths off to him.
104[[/folder]]
105
106[[folder: Lt. Gale]]
107
108->'''Gale'''
109
110A pegasus stallion, lieutenant in the Royal Guard, husband to Aquamarine Glimmer and father of Comet Tail. He's not at all happy to find out about his family's counterparts' fates.
111----
112* ActionDad: He's a Royal Guard and a father on top of that.
113* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Firmly sets himself as a PapaWolf when he rants about Queen Celestia's genocidal war pushing TCB Comet into a soldier's life -- the last thing he'd want his beloved daughter to be.
114* FutureMeScaresMe: All he knows about his counterpart's fate is that he [[spoiler:is under the control of a [[MindControl geas]], which made TCB Gale drive his family away]].
115* GoodParents: He loves his daughter dearly and just wants her to be safe and happy.
116* HappilyMarried: To Aquamarine.
117* InkSuitActor: Of a sort. Kizuna Tallis [[ComicBookFantasyCasting fantasy cast]] Creator/MishaCollins as Gale's voice actor and [[https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/380738/lets-meet-some-ponies Gale's design (second-last)]] does bear some resemblance to Collins (mostly how his mane is styled).
118* PapaWolf: In his first appearance in the main story chapter "Training Days: First Month", he goes off on an angered rant stating he would rip Queen Celestia to shreds himself for pushing TCB Comet Tail into the life of a soldier, and does not want his own daughter to go through the same.
119[[/folder]]
120
121
122!!People of Equestria
123!!!'''Ponyville'''
124
125[[folder:Element Bearers]]
126The Mane Six themselves, who are immediately horrified when they hear of their {{Evil Counterpart}}s' actions against humanity and vow to help Marcus and the PHL defeat TCB Equestria.
127
128!!!General
129
130* {{Action Girl}}s: Downplayed. While they've gone through plenty of adventures and are a bit tougher than the usual pony, it's clear they were only able to subdue a rampaging Marcus at first by nothing but sheer luck, plus incredible determination and resourcefulness on Twilight's part. The "Sons of Legacies" arc also shows they're still pretty innocent and uncomfortable with the idea of killing. Learning to let this go is part of their training to become true soldiers.
131* BewareTheNiceOnes: All of them, but Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy are especially determined to do whatever it takes to defeat their counterparts and help humanity in the ''Calm Before the Storm'' side-story. Justified because it hit their {{Berserk Button}}s, Fluttershy's being her anger at the existence of that kind of cruelty, Twilight's at how the Newfoals are destroying history and knowledge, and Pinkie Pie's her horror and outrage at [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul how the Newfoals just have this hollow happiness forced inside them]].
132* BreakTheCutie: All of them go through this in varying degrees.
133* {{Nice Girl}}s: Which Marcus is rather surprised to find out, considering what their TCB versions are like.
134* OutOfFocus: Disappeared from the story for quite a while as Marcus was making his way to Canterlot Castle. They reappear in the "Sons of Legacies'' arc to begin their training.
135* TookALevelInBadass: What they plan to do by training with Stephan.
136* TrainingFromHell: Willingly undergo this (physical and magical training) to become more efficient fighters.
137
138!!!Twilight Sparkle
139
140* BerserkButton: Do '''''NOT''''' call her stupid.
141* {{Deconstruction}}: InUniverse, Twilight provides ''Spectrum'''s famous scientific rant on why Equestria manifesting in the middle of one of Earth's oceans would be impossible.
142* HeroicBSOD: Gets more than one of these throughout the story, but most especially when Marcus first tells her about what Queen Celestia is doing to the humans and when she finds out [[spoiler:what TCB Spike went through]].
143* InterspeciesFriendship: Develops one with Dr. Grimnebulin due to their similar thirsts for knowledge and discovery.
144* TheLeader: Within the Element Bearers, Twilight is considered their unofficial ringleader.
145* MamaBear: For Spike. She is utterly enraged and horrified when she sees [[spoiler:his TCB counterpart horribly injured from being extensively tortured by the Imperials]].
146* TheSmartGuy: Aside from her magical knowledge, Twilight also becomes inspired to study the Elements of Harmony themselves to figure out what makes them tick.
147* SuddenlyShouting
148** First happens when she demands that Dr. Grimnebulin tells her about [[spoiler:the source of TCB Spike's horrific condition]].
149** She gets into this mode again when she gets vocally fed up with Stephan's domineering attitude when he demands to know why she's wasting time on studying the Elements' properties.
150
151!!!Applejack
152
153* BadassNormal: Being an Earth Pony qualifies her as this.
154* TheBigGuy: Shares this role with Rainbow Dash.
155* KnightInSourArmor: But not too sour.
156* LivingLieDetector: Being the Element of Honesty helps her pick up well when someone's fibbing.
157* TookALevelInCynic: Learning of mankind's dangerous world and the brutality of the war in general has rubbed off on her quite badly. She even suggests it may be a good idea [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything to give the Prime Equestrians a right to bear arms]].
158* VitriolicBestBuds: With Rarity.
159
160!!!Rainbow Dash
161
162* TheBigGuy: Shares this role with Applejack.
163* ButtMonkey: Rainbow's sustained the most injuries in her circle of friends, and they're not AmusingInjuries either.
164* DaddysGirl: It's stated she has a close relationship with her father Prism Flash.
165* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Admits that she can be a jerk at times, much to Marcus' shock.
166* LeeroyJenkins: She blindly rushed to attack TCB Trixie and it bites her in the ass ''very'' hard.
167
168!!!Pinkie Pie
169
170* BigSisterWorship: For her sister Maud.
171* BreakTheCutie: Hit harder by it than any of her friends. Much as Princess Celestia's ethereal hair turned pink, Pinkie's mane has gone flat for a while now.
172* OddFriendship: [[spoiler:Develops one with Kraber. For perspective, her counterpart ponified his wife and children]].
173* ThePollyanna: Added StepfordSmiler tendencies in the wake of trauma aside, you can't quite get Pinkie Pie's bipolar nature down; she's still the most prone to silliness of the Mane Six.
174
175!!!Rarity
176
177* TheHeart: ''Spectrum'''s Rarity is even more of a Heart than Fluttershy is, expressing views on the opposite side of the fence from Applejack's about ThePowerOfTrust.
178* IKnowKarate: As a result of her TrainingFromHell, she becomes more willing to get her hooves dirty.
179* LetsGetDangerous: After Stephan's abduction by Short Fuse, Rarity spends a lot of time being her usual fretful self, but when the moment comes to fight, she's actually quite frightening.
180* SilkHidingSteel: She's the first of the Bearers given a chance to prove her combat skills when she encounters Caballeron's gang.
181* SherlockScan: Performs one early in the story to explain how Marcus ingrained his runes into his body. Complete with deerstalker hat, no less!
182* VitriolicBestBuds: With Applejack.
183* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Wonders aloud, to Minus' face, why the other mare would marry Short Fuse. Minus patiently explains that it's a long story.
184
185!!!Fluttershy
186
187* ApologeticAttacker: It's Fluttershy, of course she's this while fighting Caballeron's gang! Although, she does crack a smile at finally avenging herself on some bullies.
188* FriendToAllLivingThings: Aside from her love of animals, Fluttershy is utterly disgusted with the flagrant disregard for life the Empire has, and during a debate with Weaver, she also handily points out that humanity's warlike culture is the result of living on a much harsher and inhospitable world without the direct guidance and protection of a higher benevolent being.
189* TheHeart: Naturally. She's kind, gentle and empathetic to all living beings.
190* LetsGetDangerous: Fluttershy's response at seeing the crimes committed by the Solar Empire isn't to curl up and die...
191--> "We're going to try and understand what we're fighting for," Fluttershy said with a determined tone. It was so rare to see her like this, but at the same time, it wasn't shocking.
192* NatureIsNotNice: But she can live with that.
193
194[[/folder]]
195
196[[folder:Lyra Heartstrings]]
197
198A mint-green unicorn living in Ponyville, with a strange fixation on mythological beings known as humans...
199----
200* BreakTheCutie: Not only does her discovery of what's happening to Marcus's homeworld and her counterpart's death shake her up, there's also [[spoiler: realizing how close she could've come to being an UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom like her TCB counterpart]].
201* BrilliantButLazy: She's hinted to be nearly as gifted as Twilight, but would much rather sleep in late, settle down with her villager girlfriend and pursue fantasies about humans than do any "serious" studying. Yet ironically, [[spoiler: the reason she never rose to the same heights as her counterpart is that she chose to practice for the Canterlot Royal Orchestra, whereas TCB Lyra slacked off and went scuba-diving]].
202* ChildhoodFriends: With Twilight.
203* CloudCuckoolander: Downplayed, but it's there alright.
204* TheCloudCuckooLanderWasRight: Yep, humans are real. And now Equestria has to go to war with its dark twin.
205* CovertPervert: One of her first thoughts upon seeing Marcus' hands is imagining what she could do to Bon-Bon with such limbs.
206* DareToBeBadass: This quote from her inner narration in ''Calm Before the Storm'' says it all:
207-->Lyra could never live up to the uptime version of herself. She could never bring two worlds together single-hoofedly, but by Celestia she was going to try.
208* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:The ''one'' time she chose not to be a lazy bum really made all the difference]].
209* ForWantOfANail: Her life is rather different from her TCB counterpart's. [[spoiler: For one thing, she never went on a scuba-diving trip to the Galloping Sea...]]
210* MoralityChain: When Marcus first arrives in Prime Equestria, her presence keeps him in check long enough for him to give the Mane Six a chance. It isn't completely effective, since Marcus temporarily discards her upon realizing she isn't the Lyra he knew, but it's the first step towards Prime Equestria coming to Earth's aid.
211* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Or rather, "My God, what did I almost do?" upon learning that her TCB counterpart unearthed the Bag of Tirek]].
212* NiceGirl: One of the kindest characters in the setting.
213* PluckyComicRelief: She isn't the most sensible of mares, though she does have her more serious moments.
214* ThePollyanna: Initially.
215* SixthRanger: To the prime Elements of Harmony.
216* TrainingFromHell: Willingly undergoes this under Stephan's tutelage to help humanity.
217[[/folder]]
218
219[[folder:Minus]]
220
221One of Ponyville's Forest Rangers, and an acquaintance of Fluttershy's.
222----
223* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Vocally [[DefiedTrope defied]] by her, though it may be played straighter than she'd care to admit. Minus isn't blind to Short Fuse's flaws, and it took them six years to marry. When Rarity questions this, Minus acknowledges she's got a strange home life, yet she believes that Fuse's qualities as a husband just about exceed his character deficiencies.
224* BewareTheNiceOnes: Is a nice and amiable forest ranger, but don't cross her. Caballeron's gang learned that the hard way.
225* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: [[spoiler: Of a sort. When she discusses her future baby with Fuse, neither of them know of Berry's tragic death yet. As their conversation broaches what name to give the child if it's a girl, chances are they'd go on to call her "Berry"]].
226%%* CovertPervert
227* DatingCatwoman: She's the sympathetic wife of the antagonistic Short Fuse.
228* ForgotTheCall: [[spoiler: Subverted. One of Caballeron's gangsters makes the mistake of assuming that after Fuse unintentionally stole her memory, he kidnapped her and "turned her into a lovely housewife". As it happens, Minus does know about their past, even if she can't remember everything, and she's still more than capable of GoodOldFisticuffs]].
229* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Compared with Fuse, by definition, though little suggests she's that much smaller than the average pony.
230* InHarmsWay: Minus is a thrill junkie, which goes some way to explaining her attraction towards Fuse's hot-headedness.
231 IHaveYouNowMyPretty: [[spoiler: Her marriage itself is in fact consensual, but when the gangsters get it in their heads to throw her inside the kiln with Fuse for "one last marital night", the scene contains certain obvious, uncomfortable undertones. Fortunately, she stops them from doing anything]].
232* MoralityPet: To her husband.
233* NiceGirl: She acts very polite and amiable around Fluttershy and Rarity (even when the latter is criticizing her marital choices), and must possess an almost saintly patience for dealing with someone like Fuse.
234* NoAccountingForTaste: Her husband Short Fuse isn't exactly the most likable pony, but she loves him all the same.
235%%* OnlySaneMan
236* PintsizedPowerHouse: A short and petite pony... who is also a [[spoiler:former sidekick of Daring Do's]].
237%%* PregnantBadass
238* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivers a short yet scathing one to Queen Chrysalis, pointing out that the Changelings' amnesty by the new Equestrian government is due to convenience, and that if the circumstances were different, her husband instead could have been one of humanity's shadier allies against the Tyrant.
239* RetiredBadass: [[spoiler: Who'd have thought a Ponyville resident would own legitimate badass credentials as a former Daring Do sidekick?]]
240* SeenItAll: Neither the humans nor anything else weird surrounding Ponyville fazes her.
241* {{Workaholic}}: Apparently prefers a good evening's relaxation to a full two weeks' holiday.
242[[/folder]]
243
244!!!'''Canterlot'''
245
246[[folder: Chamomile Brew]]
247
248A young mare running a teashop in Canterlot. She is an old friend of Icewind from his schooldays, and through her father Captain Green Fields has certain connections with the Royal Guard.
249----
250* AscendedExtra: First mentioned in "The Answer: Part 2". Even then it's her Solar Empire counterpart.
251* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Subverted with Icewind. He does think of her as elegant and attractive, but finds her ''too'' well-mannered to be an enduring romantic interest. Played straight in regards to Winter Truce, but it's also something of an [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor on-again-off-again]] kind of situation.
252%%* NiceGirl
253%% * ProperLady: A sweet and well mannered young lady.
254* SouthernBelle: Fits the bill, given her father's status as a senior Royal Guard. Given what we see of him previously, it's not unlikely that her family owns a plantation as well.
255* SpoiledSweet: Comes from a rich family but is one of the sweetest characters to be seen in ''Spectrum'' so far.
256[[/folder]]
257
258[[folder: Trixie Lulamoon]]
259
260On Equus Prime, Trixie is one of the few ponies whose life hasn't gone that much better than her counterpart's.
261----
262* BreakTheHaughty: Not quite, though halfway there. She's appropriately humble without being overly grovelling around Princess Luna, however.
263* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Luna buckles down to provide a (half-true) explanation of what's been going on with her counterpart, Trixie's first reaction manifests as delighted astoundment that she has a boyfriend, although this is more of a coping mechanism.
264* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Certainly not to begin with, as she gets simply holed down in the Canterlot Dungeons for her attempted theft of the Alicorn Amulet. [[spoiler:Later on, Luna takes Trixie under her wing as her personal student, provided she stay in line]].
265* DareToBeBadass: [[spoiler:Upon accepting Luna's offer to be her Personal Student, Trixie requests that she may also learn from her counterpart. Luna, painfully aware of the state the Blue Spy is in, grudgingly agrees]].
266* TheFallGuy: [[spoiler:After TCB Trixie murdered Berry Punch while under brainwashing, the Alliance planned to pin the blame on Prime Trixie by passing her off as a Loyalist. In the end, they decide not to go through with it]].
267* InSpiteOfANail: In one version of the chapter where Trixie [[spoiler:is invited to be Luna's Student]], her new cellmate is [[spoiler:Starlight Glimmer]].
268* ItsAllAboutMe: This is Trixie, what did you expect? Although, once Luna [[spoiler: has offered her the chance to study as the Night Princess's Student]], Trixie shows concern for what'll become of Luna in the war.
269* LockedInTheDungeon: Her first appearance in the story is as a prisoner of the Canterlot Dungeons for her attempted theft of the Alicorn Amulet.
270* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In this Equestria, Trixie's schemes upon the Alicorn Amulet end up getting her arrested and sent to prison. Even if [[spoiler:Amethyst]] hadn't warned the PHL as to the location of the Amulet she created, thus inadvertently driving Trixie to attempt stealing it in a fit of rage, the conscious intent to wield a powerful and dangerous magical object for personal gain would warrant some jailtime.
271* ThirdPersonPerson: Unlike her TCB counterpart, Trixie hasn't dropped this tic.
272* UnwittingPawn: Nearly gets turned into one for the [[spoiler:Alliance]]. Luna feels considerable guilt over it.
273[[/folder]]
274
275!!!'''Baltimare'''
276
277[[folder: Aquamarine Glimmer]]
278
279A unicorn mare from Baltimare who is none-too-thrilled with her TCB counterpart's fate.
280----
281* FutureMeScaresMe: She is more than just a little unnerved at seeing [[ActionMom her counterpart]] in battle and is especially not thrilled with how Uptime Aqua let her Comet become a ChildSoldier.
282* GoodParents: All she wants is for her daughter to be safe and protected. She also notes wanting to give TCB Comet Tail a comforting hug for everything she's gone through.
283* HappilyMarried: To Gale, which makes their counterparts' situation all the more heartbreaking.
284* MamaBear: She's utterly appalled when she sees TCB Comet fighting on the frontlines and absolutely will not let her own daughter become the same.
285* MeaningfulName: Moreso than her counterpart. Her name is related to jewelry and it's stated Aquamarine had a job as a jeweler, though she's had to temporarily change occupations for the war effort (in this case, enchanting crystals and gems for the PHL's weapons).
286* ShipperOnDeck: A mild one for Comet and Frost Wind.
287[[/folder]]
288
289[[folder: Comet Tail]]
290
291->'''Comet Tail'''
292
293A pegasus filly, daughter of Gale and Aquamarine Glimmer. She takes humanity's arrival well, absorbing their culture and art with gusto, but also starts getting some bad ideas about her counterpart's life.
294----
295* BreakTheCutie: A mild case occurs when she sees the "Dispatches" and "Broken Mirror" sections of the human culture exhibition.
296* CheerfulChild: In stark contrast to her [[ChildSoldier TCB counterpart]], Prime Comet is more or less a normal and well adjusted little girl who dearly loves her family, [[DaddysGirl especially her father]] (whereas TCB Comet disowned her own out of anger and bitterness).
297* DaddysGirl: She adores her father and he adores her right back. [[{{Irony}} It's pretty cruelly ironic]] considering her counterpart angrily disowned her own father.
298* {{Fangirl}}: Becomes a huge fan of all kinds of human music and movies.
299* FutureMeScaresMe: Inverted. She sees her counterpart as a brave and badass hero, much to her parents' horror.
300* NiceGirl: She's a sweet and kind-hearted filly who loves her family and friends.
301* PuppyLove: She and Frost Wind show shades of this when they meet for the first time.
302* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: With Frost; she's much more outgoing and extroverted compared to him.
303[[/folder]]
304
305!!!'''Vanhoover'''
306
307[[folder: Snowdrop]]
308
309A kind pegasus mare, she is the mother of both Winter and Frost and the aunt of Stellar.
310----
311* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Aquamarine and Gale. Interestingly PlayedWith, as she's not much older than either of them, and her oldest son is already in the Royal Guard.
312* GoodParents: To both Winter and Frost.
313* NiceGirl: A sweet, friendly and personable mare who gets along quite easily with everyone.
314* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Her speech on the "Dispatches" section of the human culture exhibit is considered to be very jarring to say the least.
315* ShipperOnDeck: Wholeheartedly supports Comet and Frost's blossoming friendship.
316* ShoutOut: She's a grown-up version of WebAnimation/{{Snowdrop|2013}}, who still has her eyesight.
317%%* VagueAge
318[[/folder]]
319
320[[folder: Frost Wind]]
321
322A little pegasus colt, brother of Winter Truce and cousin of Stellar Wind. He's rather shy, but that doesn't stop him from making a new friend in Comet.
323----
324* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Downplayed. His shyness is a source of annoyance for Winter, but Frost himself never goes out of his way to make his brother's life miserable.
325* CheerfulChild: When he lets loose, that is.
326* FamilyThemeNaming: Like his brother and mother, his name is related to wintertime.
327* {{Fanboy}}: For Sint Erklass. He's well on the way to becoming a Disney fanboy as well.
328* {{Irony}}: Wonders how any pony could continue staying in the Solar Empire when his own counterpart is still stuck there. In fairness, a small colt wouldn't be able to make it far anyway.
329* NiceGuy: Shyness aside, he's a sweet little colt.
330* PuppyLove: With Comet Tail.
331* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: With Comet; he's quieter, more introverted and rather shy compared to her.
332* ShrinkingViolet: He does learn to come out of his shell with Comet's help.
333[[/folder]]
334
335!!Loyalist Conspiracy
336Not everypony in Prime Equestria is eager to help mankind in its time of need, hence certain Equestrians band together to undermine the war effort and pave the way for the Empire to "liberate" them from what they see as Nightmare Moon's takeover attempt.
337
338[[folder: In General]]
339
340* AntiVillain: Frankly, many of them qualify. Though petty prejudice is involved, the group is largely motivated by concern for their countrymen and loved ones.
341* MirroringFactions: For better or for worse, their actions can be read as toned-down versions of the IDidWhatIHadToDo behavior displayed by the story's other resistance factions (PHL, HLF and Equestrian Resistance).
342* NotSoHarmlessVillain: A splinter faction of the group succeeds in kidnapping Stephan Bauer.
343* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Originating as they do from the more "innocent" Prime Equus, the Loyalists' narrative purpose is to be antagonistic enough for the heroes to lay a smackdown upon and sympathetic enough to be treated less harshly than the Solar Empire (which in this series is relatively speaking, but still). Plus, their presence introduces conflict into the Training Days Arc while the Alliance is still busy preparing to attack the Solar Empire.
344* VillainHasAPoint: Icewind and Exit Strategy are prone to moments of this, whatever their own sins.
345* WellIntentionedExtremist: Catseye and her followers believe they're [[DefectorFromDecadence Defectors From Decadence]] squaring off against a coup staged by Princess Luna/Nightmare Moon; [[WrongGenreSavvy the reality is rather different]].
346* WrongGenreSavvy: They're really not the heroic resistance they think they are nor are they really ''as'' effective as they like to think themselves to be.
347[[/folder]]
348
349[[folder:Catseye]]
350
351The Prime Equestria counterpart of one of the PER's founding members, Catseye is a unicorn historian with a rather, let's say, "revisionist" approach to ponies' and humans' shared history. Not many people like her, but she does have followers.
352----
353* AbsoluteXenophobe: Aside from her hateful views on humans, she doesn't have a high opinion of the other races on Equus, especially the griffons and dragons.
354* AdHominem: She calls TCB Lyra an "indolent little pervert" and several other insults when the latter's spirit comes to her in a dream and tries to make her see reason. [[InsultBackfire Lyra just shakes them off]].
355* ArcVillain: Plays an instrumental role as an antagonist in the "Training Days" arc, seeking to undermine the heroes' efforts as they prepare for the assault on the Solar Empire.
356* BoomerangBigot: Catseye's prejudices extend to half-pony hybrids of other species, when she herself is a half-pony hybrid. She also hates that part of herself, taking great measures to keep her heritage hidden to pass off as a pure unicorn.
357* {{Expy}}: Modeled in looks after Chatoyance's pony avatar.
358* EveryoneHasStandards: With shades of NobleDemon thrown in. Catseye may be fully supportive of mankind's forced conversion, but the idea of actually ''killing'' humans, or taking one hostage, makes her flinch.
359* FantasticRacism: She believes only ponies are truly pure and good, and isn't a fan of "multiculturalism".
360* FourEyesZeroSoul: Wears glasses and is a [[FantasticRacism hardline]] xenophobe who is unsympathetic to the plight of the humans.
361* FreudianExcuse: Being a hybrid, she led a rather troubled childhood brought on by some HalfBreedDiscrimination.
362* TheIdealist: In spite of her childhood experiences, Catseye clings to the idea that ponies are fundamentally more worthy than other races and hopes to win acceptance by promoting this worldview.
363* TheKirk: To Icewind's [[TheMcCoy McCoy]] and Exit Strategy's [[TheSpock Spock]].
364** Best exemplified once Stephan is taken hostage by Short Fuse. Strategy argues for the coldly-logical option of pushing all responsibility onto Fuse, but Catseye, who's debating over which course of action to take, realizes that Icewind's sense of loyalty would oppose this idea.
365* TheLeader: Assumes the role of an activist leader, with varying degrees of confidence or success.
366* LightIsNotGood: Her coat color is white. However, WordOfGod states that she [[DyeHard dyes her coat to hide her half-pony heritage]].
367* PassFail: She's a half-pony/half-zebra hybrid who dyes her coat to appear as a pureblooded unicorn.
368* TheRival: To Lyra in their college days. The resentment isn't completely unjustified, though, since Lyra was a wealthy slacker, while Catseye had no choice but to work hard to make it somewhere in life.
369* RousingSpeech: Makes a pretty effective one during the first Loyalist meeting.
370* SadisticChoice: Between supporting Short Fuse's kidnapping of Stephan, or leaving him at the PHL's tender mercies.
371* SympathyForTheHero: During the aforementioned dream, she shows signs of feeling bad about the Dream-Reitman's abuse of the Dream-Lyra... which is then [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] after she accuses Lyra of [[InsaneTrollLogic using the death of her parents]] for self-righteous justification. And promptly [[DoubleSubversion double subverted]] thanks to hints she has doubts about Reitman's character.
372* TakeThat: To Chatoyance yet again. Her physical appearance is a dead ringer for Chat's unicorn avatar on Fimfiction, and Luna's summary of Catseye's work is this to Chatoyance's writings.
373-->'''Luna:''' I've read her work, and I am frankly unimpressed with how one-sided she is in her approach, research and confusion of fact with opinion... her theories are the worst kind of popular hype, her methods are sloppy and her conclusions highly questionable... as are her [[CantTakeCriticism embarrassingly childish responses to criticism]].
374** The fact she's a hybrid who hates her heritage and takes great measures to deny and hide it is a not-so-subtle reference to Chatoyance being a transwoman with a reputation for coming off as [[DoesNotLikeMen rather misandric]].
375* UnholyMatrimony: With Icewind. She's initially hesitant for fear of him discovering her half-pony nature, but goes for it after the first Loyalist meeting proves a stirring success.
376* UnwittingPawn: To the Solar Tyrant, who's operating in Prime Equestria through Weaver.
377* WellIntentionedExtremist: She is at least convinced she's one.
378[[/folder]]
379
380[[folder:Icewind]]
381
382A pegasus who resigns from the Royal Guard after Prime Equestria and the other nations of Equus side with mankind, believing his country to have fallen under the sway of monsters.
383----
384* AffablyEvil: His scene with Chamomile Brew shows that apart from his beliefs, Icewind is very well mannered, if a bit brash.
385* DefectorFromDecadence: His [[WrongGenreSavvy belief]] that he is one serves as his primary motivation.
386* FaceHeelTurn: Unwisely performs it in public, alerting Luna to the possible threat he and other like-minded individuals pose.
387* FantasticRacism: Towards humans, griffons and Changelings in particular. It's probably best to label him as a pony supremacist.
388* FutureLoser: Vinyl claims that she killed his TCB counterpart ''before'' she ever became an actual soldier.
389* HiddenDepths: His scene with Chamomile shows that far from being a diabolical villain, he's still a polite and friendly stallion apart from his beliefs against humanity.
390* InsaneTrollLogic: His reasons for resigning from the Guard don't count (see VillainHasAPoint), but his conclusion that humans haven't killed each other off yet due to being too busy feasting on other races does. Even Catseye privately remarks that it's a sweeping generalization.
391* InsigniaRipOffRitual: Shining Armor orders him to do a self-imposed variation on this by removing his whole uniform. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere He willingly obliges]].
392* ManipulativeBastard: Covertly manipulates the emotions of his schooltime friend Chamomile Brew, causing her to worry over their mutual friend (and in Chamomile's case, love interest) Winter Truce. It's hinted that Icewind is trying to sway Chamomile and Winter's loyalty to the Loyalists'/Solar Empire's cause.
393* TheMcCoy: To Catseye's Kirk and Exit Strategy's Spock.
394* NumberTwo: To Catseye.
395* PetTheDog: WordOfGod states that his affection for Catseye ''is'' genuine.
396* ShellShockedVeteran: His talk with Chamomile hints that the Changelings' invasion of Canterlot had a pretty bad effect on him. Confirmed by WordOfGod.
397* UnholyMatrimony: Doesn't take long before he starts flirting with Catseye.
398* VillainHasAPoint: Icewind's conviction is greatly helped by being partially based on legitimate points. For one thing, humans ''are'' a warlike species, many of the races that Prime Equestria is allying with have shown less-than-friendly intentions in the past, and it is suspicious for [[spoiler: Princess Celestia to retreat from the public eye]] not long after the humans arrive.
399* VillainousValor: The guy's alignment may be misplaced, but talking back to a pony as intimidating as Princess Luna is a sure sign of courage.
400* VillainousVirtues: Loyalty.
401* VillainsOutShopping: "Woven Within Details" shows him visiting a schooltime friend's teashop in Canterlot.
402* WellIntentionedExtremist: What he does, he does in the name of Celestia, one version of which is a xenocidal maniac, while the other was unavailable to contradict him at the time.
403[[/folder]]
404
405[[folder: Corp. Exit Strategy]]
406
407One of the few dissenting Royal Guards who chooses not to openly defect, Strategy is an intelligent unicorn who offers the Loyalists some troubling insight on human history.
408----
409* HiddenDepths: It would seem she's interested in zebra culture, having served as a bodyguard for Equestria's ambassador to one of the zebra tribes.
410* KeepingTheEnemyClose: How she operates and explains her analysis of humanity.
411* TheMole: She's a Royal Guard training under Major Bauer while serving as a Loyalist informant.
412* MoralMyopia: After being introduced delivering a lengthy diatribe about human crimes and hypocrisy, Strategy's next appearance has her advise Catseye to either support taking a hostage, or leave another pony in the hands of the humans.
413* MsExposition: Weaver counsels her to visit New New York's greatest library and do research on humans that way, hence giving the Loyalists a means to know more about Earth than they would otherwise.
414* TheProfiler: Strategy breaks down human history and culture piece by piece. Cue several paragraphs on why she thinks all of mankind, without exception, sucks.
415* TheSmartGuy: Very well-read for a low-ranking corporal.
416* TheSpock: She puts on a facade of cool emotional detachment, which [[NotSoStoic comes close to slipping at times.]]
417* WartsAndAll: While her arguments are, unsurprisingly, biased to paint humanity in a negative light, they are equally based on hard, solid fact. Notable instances include Mahatma Gandhi condoning rape, and the Moon Landing occurring at a time the world felt threatened by nuclear armageddon.
418-->'''[=VoxAdam=]:''' I wanted Strategy to provide more reason to condemn us than generic "they are not very nice" arguments, thus I did a lot of my own research to dissect the achievements that we as a species commonly pride ourselves in. Gandhi's and Mother Teresa's unsavoury statements? Christopher Columbus's responsibility for the destruction of the Taino people? The Space Race being motivated by the competition of the United States of America and the Soviet Union? [[BrutalHonesty All of it is true]]. Obviously it isn't the whole truth. But then, neither is the [[ThemeParkVersion "nice"]] side, the side which most people prefer to remember.
419%%* WellIntentionedExtremist
420* WickedCultured: She's one of the bad guys, and has interest in studying other cultures.
421[[/folder]]
422
423[[folder: Short Fuse]]
424
425Ponyville's burly and thuggish earth pony brickmaker, who's set on causing trouble for the PHL and their allies.
426----
427%%* BrutalHonesty
428* TheBrute: Was a former criminal and is the strong guy of the Loyalists.
429* EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler: Fuse is appalled by his old gang's plan to cut up the tatzlwurm-incapacitated Discord for drug ingredients, compounded by their OnlyInItForTheMoney attitude toward the humans' presence on Equestrian soil]].
430** In a weird way, one could interpret his perspective on humanity as this, since as a pony from the harsher world outside Equestria, he's got more awareness than the other Loyalists about how sheltered the country truly is.
431* FamilyValuesVillain: Claims to be a family stallion whose wife keeps him grounded.
432* DefectingForLove: [[spoiler:Starting with a dash of MyGodWhatHaveIDone, Fuse left Caballeron's gang after Minus sustained an amnesia-inducing blow to the head at his hooves, something he felt terribly guilty about]].
433* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Catseye, Icewind and Strategy don't have a very high opinion of him.
434* HumiliationConga: Once he's captured Stephan, from that point onward, hardly anything else goes right for this guy.
435* {{Hypocrite}}: Fuse chastises Icewind for his conspicuous behavior in talking back to Luna, then goes on to kidnap Stephan, a high-ranking human soldier.
436* ImmigrantPatriotism: He wasn't born or raised in Equestria, yet he's fiercely protective of the place.
437* KnowWhenToFoldEm: The Loyalists' meeting almost goes awry when he causes friction by insulting Icewind, a former Royal Guard. Still, once Catseye manages to [[IncrediblyLamePun defuse]] the situation, he is the first to make peace and breaks off the DeathGlare he had going with Iceland.
438* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Amongst other things, losing part of his memory thanks to Weaver's tricks is belated karma for what he did to Minus, though in fairness, she is aware of their history and he worked to compensate for his actions]].
439* LockedInTheDungeon: He's been there, and even for Prime Equestria, he doesn't remember it as a pleasant experience. [[spoiler: And then his former gangmates lock him inside his own kiln once he's no longer useful to them. It's a bit of LaserGuidedKarma, too, as the kiln was previously stated to be his favorite place in the brickyard]].
440* LoveRedeems: PlayedWith. This being [[SugarBowl Equestria]], he is quite likely HappilyMarried and less of a nuisance than he used to be. But when the humans and their pony allies arrive on the scene, his idea of dealing with them has all the subtlety of a sledgehammer to the skull.
441* LowerClassLout: Purposefully downplayed according to [[WordOfGod Word Of Vox]] to avoid the {{Stereotype}}. He's smart enough to know Equestria's laws (thanks to his own brushes with it) and thus realizes that the Loyalists could be seen as traitors to the Crown, and manages to ambush a skilled human combatant using stolen knockout gas. That said, Fuse does fit the archetype of the prejudiced hick who regards any kind of change with open suspicion and hostility in many respects.
442* MeaningfulName: As is the norm for ponies, though it's actually kept willingly subdued in his case, having earned a criminal record out of it. Actually turns out to be subverted, since his native name is apparently along the lines of "The Candle That Burns Half as Bright".
443* PapaWolf: Hardly the most sympathetic example from the audience's perspective, yet he's obviously dismayed at seeing Stephan and Trixie (two hardened killers) close to the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
444* PetTheDog: His interaction with Blackberry counts, as he warns the young doctor that actual risk-taking and [[spoiler: a gangster's lifestyle]] isn't the same as in the books. And then there's his love for his wife.
445* RetiredOutlaw: [[spoiler: He's a former member of Doctor Caballeron's gang]].
446* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Fuse's successfully pulled-off plan to capture Major Bauer may have gone down better with Catseye if only he'd thought to tell her first.
447* SitcomArchnemesis: By the standards of the brutal Spectrumverse, he doesn't really rise above this status towards humanity, though it's also tied in with a NotSoHarmlessVillain moment at Stephan's expense.
448* ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler: Learning from Minus that she's pregnant. Though saddened at the thought he won't see his wife for a while, Fuse remains hopeful he'll get released early enough to watch his child grow]].
449* TokenEvilTeammate: Probably the Loyalist one could most straightforwardly label as a petty thug. Even then, the WellIntentionedExtremist aspect is still in play.
450* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: His own wife, which should perhaps come as no surprise, except... this was actually long ''before'' they got married, and there's no sign he's done it again since. For added context; Fuse used to be a henchman of Doctor Caballeron's, while Minus was Daring Do's first sidekick, so landing a punch on her meant striking a capable opponent and had nothing to do with misogyny]].
451[[/folder]]
452
453[[folder:Berry Punch]]
454
455Though she's yet to wash off the stain of being Ponyville's local drunk, Berry Punch tries hard to do what's right for her daughter.
456----
457* TheAlcoholic: Trying very hard not to be, going so far as to drink berry juice rather than cider, even at a tavern.
458** A bit of FridgeHorror kicks in when you remember her counterpart thanked the Newfoals for helping with her overcoming her drinking problem. This is a younger Berry Punch, and she will probably fall into this pattern again, unless she finds the right kind of help.
459* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Catseye sure thinks so.
460* ConnectedAllAlong: [[spoiler: She is Cheerilee's sister. The audience don't find this out until the chapter in which she gets killed]].
461* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: [[spoiler: Not as level-headed as her sister, although Berry apparently did have the good sense to drop Ruby off at Cheerilee's whenever she was in a bad state. Then the discovery that Cheerilee's counterpart had close ties with humanity complicated matters...]]
462* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Ends up getting killed in "Only Human" when her paranoia lands her in the crosshairs of the Blue Spy's rampage and the PHL's attempts to defuse the situation]].
463* MamaBear: [[spoiler: The moment the Spy directly threatens to kill Ruby, all of Berry's meekness melts away. It works for long enough to free her daughter from the attacker's clutches...]]
464* MyBelovedSmother: She just wants to protect Ruby from harm. However, her somewhat paranoid nature causes her to fall in with the wrong people.
465* PeerPressureMakesYouEvil: In spite of everything, she ends up going along with the Loyalists.
466* ShrinkingViolet: Rather weak-willed and shy, until her daughter is threatened...
467* TokenGoodTeammate:
468** Well, it may be a stretch to call the Loyalists "evil" so much as "misguided", but Berry is the one to raise the most objections during their meeting, and she's more uncertain and intimidated than outright bigoted against humans.
469--->'''Berry:''' All this talk about how evil the humans are... you're kind of scaring me.
470** This is interesting given how quickly TCB Berry fell headfirst into HolierThanThou BlindObedience. [[FridgeHorror However, it is also implied that she might have had a visit to a re-education center.]]
471[[/folder]]
472
473[[folder:Noteworthy Blues]]
474
475One of the smarter and more artistically-inclined Loyalists.
476----
477* CloudCuckoolander: A minor example, wherever his synaesthesia is concerned. On the other hand, there are things he sees a lot more clearly than most.
478* LetsGetDangerous: Noteworthy is generally a NonActionGuy, but as said below...
479* NiceGuy: For the most part, Noteworthy acts very polite and patient towards most people, even when he's under pressure.
480* StiffUpperLip: It requires a lot to truly rattle him.
481* TastesLikePurple: He has a magical form of synaesthesia which cause him to interpret certain sounds and emotions as colors, or colors as sounds.
482* {{Theater}}: His exact job description isn't stated, but he's said to do work involving the stage.
483* ThreatBackfire: The effect of Discord's horrific lightshow in New New York on him. Instead of being persuaded of the Empire's evil, Noteworthy is left unimpressed by the ostentatiousness of it all and comes to suspect the humans are trying too hard because they have something to hide.
484[[/folder]]
485
486[[folder:Blackberry]]
487
488A young medical student who joins the Loyalists, essentially just because.
489----
490* AmbiguouslyGay: Though this character's orientation is never important to the story, [[TheBrute Short Fuse]] thinks of him as a "nancy colt".
491* BunnyEarsLawyer: While not all that down-to-earth, he's apparently pretty good at his chosen studies in medicine.
492* CloudCuckoolander: During the Loyalists' first meeting, few of the questions he ask have much practical value, focusing on issues such as what the group should call themselves.
493* HeelFaceTurn: After being shown kindness from the PHL member who captures him.
494* SpearCounterpart: In name and general behavior towards Pinkie Pie, per [[WordOfGod Word of Vox]].
495* TagAlongKid: How the Loyalists treat him, the RunningGag being that he's a young adult studying for a medical agree, yet somewhat childish in his attitudes.
496* TokenGoodTeammate: Isn't really a hateful person, and quickly changed his tune on humans after getting to really know some on a personal level.
497[[/folder]]
498
499----
500
501!Alliance of the Concordia Maxima
502
503!!Leaders of Equus
504
505[[folder:Queen Chrysalis]]
506
507The Queen of the Changeling Hive, who has more than a few bones to pick with Celestia, but may have to put her vendetta aside for the time being.
508----
509* BadBoss: Highlights include her polishing her forehoof on Aphid's horn, or using Thorax as a footrest. Weirdly, the drones do not seem to mind, though whether this is due to HappinessInSlavery or BlueAndOrangeMorality is unclear.
510* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In her first appearance, Chrysalis was quick to be shut down by Marcus and one of her elders. Since her reintroduction in "Only Human", the Changeling Queen has been a relentless source of sass who absolutely will not let anyone walk over her.
511* EatingTheEnemy: How she disposes of the Blue Spy. It's in the dreamscape, and she is an emotion-eater, so this is a softer example than most, but she does then follow up by mentioning this is what she does "[[IAmAHumanitarian to all the naughty drones]]". As it's Chrysalis, mind, she could just be saying that for the hell of it.
512* EnemyMine: She may despise Celestia with a passion for banishing the changelings out of Equestria and into the Badlands, but is willing to join forces with her to help stop TCB Equestria.
513* EvenEvilHasStandards: She balks at Shining Armor's accusation that she raped him while she was disguised as Cadance, and is [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil even rather insulted that he would think such a thing]]. And of course, she's also disgusted at what Queen Celestia's doing.
514* EvilMatriarch: Sincerely wants to feed her people, but does so without regards for the needs of others. Her argument with one of the Changeling elders suggests that not all of them agree with her methods.
515* FauxAffablyEvil: In spite of her goofy, carefree demeanor, this is still the same mare that tried to ''starve Cadance to death''.
516* {{Foil}}: In two respects -
517** To Queen Celestia: Whereas the Solar Tyrant commits unnatural, horrific acts of mass MindRape to control people, Chrysalis possesses a natural link to the minds of her drones and, while villainous, prefers to inflict more "cartoony" forms of suffering on those who cross her.
518** And to [[spoiler: Discord]], to the point that she almost acts closer to his incarnation in the show's canon. Going against ''Spectrum's'' [[spoiler:Discord]]'s claims there's a good reason for what he does, Chrysalis' actions are based almost purely on her own selfish amusement.
519* TheGadfly: Seems to love using her shapeshifting to get under others' skin.
520* GigglingVillain: If something makes her laugh, she'll go for it, heedless of how much trouble it may cause others.
521* TheHedonist: Unless she feels personally invested, Chrysalis will disregard the gravity of most situations to pursue her own pleasure.
522* {{Jerkass}}: Not as overt as others, but it's there. For all her talk of the greater good for her hive, there is no denying that Queen Chrysalis has got a mean streak a mile long.
523* MamaBear: Although she isn't actually the biological mother to most of them, Chrysalis' title amongst her hive is 'Queen Mother', and so too she acts as one to them.
524* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Somewhat; she's partly motivated by her disgust with Queen Celestia's actions, and another part is out of preserving her hive since [[spoiler: the TCB Changelings were all killed off by the Newfoals' poisoned love, with TCB Chrysalis herself living the last few years of her life out in [[LastOfHerKind loneliness and solitude]]]].
525** [[spoiler:As of beginning talks with Pineapple Cutter, Chrysalis looks well on the way to backstabbing the Alliance altogether]].
526* NWordPrivileges: In terms of her SelfDeprecation. Chrysalis will freely have fun at her own expense, but she does not take kindly to others trying to mock her...
527* TheOneThatGotAway: Yes, not only did ''Fancy Pants'', of all stallions, use to be her lover, she may have had true feelings for him in return. However, by her own admission, her desire to get back at Celestia would likely have put an end to their idyll, had they stayed together.
528* PragmaticVillainy: She is only joining the Alliance for her hive's preservation.
529* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Engages in it with [[spoiler:Discord after he gets hospitalized for tatzlwurm poisoning]]. Not even him slapping her rear with his tail puts her down for long, as she gets her own back by shaking it at him on her way out.
530* TokenEvilTeammate: Nor will she let you forget that she enjoys being evil, for all that there are lines she won't cross.
531* {{Troll}}: And proud of it.
532* WellIntentionedExtremist: Or so she says.
533* WhatTheHellHero: Chrysalis really enjoys calling out her allies on their instances of self-righteous or hypocritical behavior. It isn't the she cares for ethic reasons, it just amuses her to make them uncomfortable.
534[[/folder]]
535
536[[folder:King Spykoran the Elder]]
537
538The king of the dragons.
539----
540* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Was Tirek's minion before turning against him, joining Megan and the Dream Valley ponies to vanquish him]].
541* IdenticalGrandson: If [[spoiler:Discord]] is correct, King Spykoran is Spike's grandfather.
542* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler: He maintains he took the best course of action with dealing with the Bag of Tirek]].
543* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: To keep the Bag of Tirek from corrupting or harming anyone else again, he had to kill the Dream Valley ponies, as well as the Six Princesses, and then cover the land in ash and lava to bury Tirek's castle, hoping to erase it from history altogether. When an Equestrian archaeologist tries to take the bag with him back home, Spykoran attacked the ship, sinking it. He still remembers their faces and screams, and can't even take his hundred-year nap]].
544* PurpleIsPowerful: And an incredibly rare color to be found on dragons.
545* ShoutOut: His backstory is basically the same as found in ''Fanfic/TheElementsOfHarmonyAndTheSaviorOfWorlds''.
546[[/folder]]
547
548[[folder:Sint Erklass]]
549
550The ruler of the reindeer and the "Spirit of Hearth's Warming and Bringer of Gifts".
551----
552* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: He's a giant red stag, not a color you're likely to find on real life reindeer.
553* BadassSanta: Is Equus' Santa Claus figure, and is not afraid to fight for a noble cause.
554* BigGood: To all of the reindeer, but his role is more prominently up front in ''A Sun in Winter''.
555* DissonantSerenity: Greets and speaks with an EldritchAbomination as if he's treating with a guest.
556* FriendToAllChildren: As befitting a Santa Claus {{expy}}, he is a bringer to gifts to all children in Equus. And of course, seeing the human children that were being hurt and harmed by the Solar Empire's campaign enrages him greatly.
557* TheMarvelousDeer: Is a giant red stag with enormous antlers. He is even modeled after the Spirit of the Forest from ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman''.
558* MeaningfulName: His name is based on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas Dutch version of the spirit of Saint Nicholas]].
559* NiceGuy: Very much so.
560* ParentalSubstitute: He served as one for Celestia and Luna when they were foals, and still has a parental level of care and concern towards them. He's also this for his granddaughter Elsa.
561* RousingSpeech: Gives one to his troops in "Training Days: First Days, Part 2".
562* SantaClaus: Or an {{Expy}} thereof, anyway.
563* ScrewDestiny: Turns out his intent to shelter and groom Celestia and Luna for eventual leadership of Equestria goes directly against the Scribe's plans.
564* TimeAbyss: Is even older than Celestia and Luna.
565[[/folder]]
566
567[[folder:Elsa Erklass]]
568
569->'''Elsa Erklass (Alias: The Snow Maiden)'''
570
571"The Snow Maiden", Sint's granddaughter, arch-mage, and chief counselor.
572----
573* AndIMustScream: She's both an {{inversion}} and a {{subversion}}. Her consciousness is bound to a magical cloak courtesy of Discord [[EmergencyTransformation trying to save her from an illness]], and seizes control of the body of whomever wears the cloak. In theory, the wearer should be subjected to this, but Elsa's hosts [[WillingChanneler consider it the highest of honors to be the new vessel]] for the granddaughter of Sint Erklass and don't mind putting their lives on hold for her. Elsa, meanwhile, feels shame over having to do this for her own survival.
574* BigGood: While not apparent, the fact that Sint turns to Elsa to pass judgement on the Solar Empire suggests she holds this role to the reindeer.
575* ChekhovsGunman: She was first mentioned (not by name) back in "Sanguine Meetings and Bloodied Past", before making her full appearance fifteen chapters later.
576* {{Deuteragonist}}: For ''A Sun in Winter''
577* AnIcePerson: As befits her title.
578* MagicMirror: Can create one with her powers in which she can converse with the soul of her current host.
579* SoulJar: Elsa's soul is bound to a magical cloak - the current wearer becomes the reigning "Snow Maiden" and their consciousness merges with Elsa's.
580* TimeAbyss: While not stated explicitly, she is the scion of an immortal and stated to have been Celestia and Luna's nanny in their youth.
581* WinterRoyalLady: A double example: she clearly draws upon Elsa from ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', but her familial connection with Sint and her "Snow Maiden" title come from Snegurochka, a Russian mythological figure who was later recast by the Soviet Union as granddaughter and sidekick to Ded Moroz (Father Frost), their nonsecular Santa.
582[[/folder]]
583
584[[folder:Elder Shaman Quagga]]
585
586The elder shaman of the zebra tribes.
587----
588* {{Druid}}: The zebras as a whole are this, but Elder Shaman Quagga most especially. He's especially knowledgeable in matters of the soul's health, and it's this knowledge that confirms there is [[spoiler: no cure to the Newfoals' condition. Other than [[MercyKill mass euthanasia]], anyway]].
589* EthnicMagician: To an extent.
590* SavagePiercings: Has several of these.
591* WitchDoctor: Has the look of one and is a grand shaman.
592[[/folder]]
593
594[[folder:Pack Leader Canis]]
595
596The pack leader for a large group of civilized Diamond Dogs who agrees on behalf of his race to aid in the battle.
597----
598* HeroicDog: Is the leader of the largest pack of Diamond Dogs known in Equus and is fighting for a good cause.
599* MeaningfulName: Named after the Latin word for dogs.
600* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: He expresses annoyance with any Diamond Dogs that "go rogue" and cause trouble for the ponies and other races.
601[[/folder]]
602
603[[folder:Queen Hedwig]]
604
605The current leader of the Griffon Empire.
606----
607* TheHighQueen: Is the queen of the griffons and carries herself with grace, dignity and strength.
608* LargeAndInCharge: She's even larger than Celestia!
609* MamaBear: For both her son Tobias, and her granddaughter Gilda.
610%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
611[[/folder]]
612
613!!Vanhoover Company
614
615!!!'''Vanhoover -- PHL Trainers'''
616[[folder: Sgt. Jaka]]
617
618The lead trainer and a martial arts expert hailing from Indonesia.
619----
620* AllAsiansKnowKungFu: He's trained in the martial arts group known as ''silat''.
621* BadassNormal: Holds his own against a [[spoiler: BrainwashedAndCrazy Blue Spy]].
622* BigOlEyebrows: As both Ana and Harwood noted. It's pretty unnerving.
623* HiddenDepths: He's actually quite educated in spite of his rugged looks, to Ana's surprise.
624* OnlyOneName: As seen above.
625* OnlySaneMan: Pretty sane and far more professional compared to both Ana and [[DeadpanSnarker Harwood]].
626%%* SergeantRock
627* {{ShoutOut}}: To ''Film/TheRaid''.
628* TheSpock: To Ana's [[TheMcCoy McCoy]] and Harwood's [[TheKirk Kirk]].
629* TranquilFury: He meets Locksmith's insults towards him with perfect calm and perfectly-timed kicks.
630[[/folder]]
631
632[[folder: Corp. Thomas Harwood]]
633
634A snarky British soldier, serving as Vanhoover Company's medical officer. He is also one of the surviving crew members of the ''Mamayev Kurgan''.
635----
636* CannotTellAJoke: Ana certainly thinks so.
637%%* DeadpanSnarker
638* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Part of the SAS team that raided the ''Mamayev Kurgan''.
639* TheGadfly: Loves to get on Ana's nerves.
640* HiddenDepths: Surprisingly much more empathetic than his HiddenHeartOfGold-hiding facade might imply.
641* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be excessively teasing in regards to Ana, but it's obvious he and Ana share a close bond.
642* TheKirk: To Ana's [=McCoy=] and Jaka's Spock.
643* TheMedic: Albeit one that doesn't seem to pay much attention to hygiene, as Ana pointed out.
644* VitriolicBestBuds: With Ana.
645[[/folder]]
646
647[[folder: Corp. Ana Bjorgman]]
648
649[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/notadoe.jpg]]
650[[caption-width-right:350:"Way to go, Ana, way to make this so much more awkward." [[http://sledge115.deviantart.com/art/Ana-Bjorgman-V2-577202727 Art by Sledge115]].]]
651
652A kind and sweet (if snarky) Norwegian smuggler-turned-sniper. Part of the escorts on board the ''Mamayev Kurgan'', and the only female among the smugglers. By 2023, she has joined the ranks of the PHL, and now serves as one of the trainers sent to Equus Prime.
653----
654* ActionGirl: She doesn't fight directly, but she pinned down the SAS personnel sent to take the ship with sniper fire and indirectly led to their capture.
655* AmbiguouslyBi: Her interactions with Sparkler seems to imply something more intimate than a simple friendship.
656* AmbiguouslyHuman: It's only implied, but ''The Beatification of Lyra Heartstrings'' reveals [[spoiler: that she's at least old enough to know Sparkler in the past.]]
657* AnimalMotifs: Reindeer. Her voice has been invariably described as doe-like by multiple characters.
658* AscendedExtra: Was just another crew member in ''Adrift'', and goes on to serve as [[AudienceSurrogate the main human POV character]] in the Ponyville Hostage Crisis arc.
659* AudienceSurrogate: Serves as this for the Hostage Crisis Arc.
660* BadassAdorable: Just look at her.
661* BadassNormal: Both her and her rifle -- an unaltered Arctic Warfare Super Magnum.
662* ChronicHeroSyndrome: [[spoiler: Goes right into the heat of action in Ponyville when it becomes clear that the Blue Spy is BrainwashedAndCrazy and an active threat to innocent civilians]].
663* CuteClumsyGirl: Stellar remembers her as this, at one point accidentally whacking him with one of her rifles. She's much less clumsy when she reappeared in the main story chapter "The Board is Set", but at one point almost whacked Jaka with her rifle. And then there was the Blackburn incident (see EpicFail below).
664* DeadpanSnarker: At times. She seems to have picked this up from her friend Harwood.
665* EpicFail: She somehow got herself lost in Blackburn, using the London Underground. Afterwards, Harwood teases her about her tendency to get lost in train stations -- she also got herself lost in Grand Central as well.
666* {{Expy}}: Her physical description and name makes it clear she's one of [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Princess Anna]].
667* FieryRedhead: Strawberry blonde, technically, but it's close enough.
668* FireForgedFriends: With Harwood. They were on opposing sides initially, but by the time of Equus Prime's entry into the war they are close -- if constantly bickering -- friends.
669%%* FriendlySniper: Very much so.
670* FriendToAllChildren: Yes. She is very fond of children, and bonded with [[spoiler: Ruby, who is the child of Loyalist Berry Punch]]. In fact she is so instinctively protective of children that [[spoiler: she was all too willing to blow the Blue Spy's head off when it becomes clear that she's [[NotHimself not herself]] and an active threat to the civilians of Ponyville]].
671* TheHeart: See NiceGirl below.
672* HiddenDepths: She's apparently a chemist talented enough to [[spoiler: synthesize Dr. Whooves' flameless fireworks]].
673* IntergenerationalFriendship: With the teenaged Sparkler. [[spoiler:Subverted as ''The Beatification of Lyra Heartstrings'' implies that Ana knew Sparkler in the distant past]].
674* TheMcCoy: To Harwood's [[TheKirk Kirk]] and Jaka's [[TheSpock Spock]].
675* MysteriousPast: Not quite as much as Sparkler, but this seemingly mundane sniper has her own secrets. [[spoiler: It's heavily implied that she's far older than she looks, having known Sparkler in the past. To give an idea, Sparkler is older than ''Celestia and Luna'']].
676* NoodleIncident: The incident with the PER preacher, her encounter with Pineapple Cutter, and most of her time in Indonesia counts. [[spoiler: How or when she found out about Amethyst Star's secret counts as well]].
677* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Stellar learned that the hard way.
678* NotAMorningPerson: She's not very good at sleep schedules.
679* NiceGirl: Perhaps the nicest PHL-associated character shown thus far. Stellar remembers her as the only one of the smugglers to talk to him at length.
680* OddFriendship: With Stellar and later on [[VitriolicBestBuds Harwood]]. ''The Beatification of Lyra Heartstrings'' reveals that she has something going on with Sparkler [[spoiler: that may or may not stretch back centuries]].
681* OlderThanTheyLook: Looks about twenty; she's actually nearly thirty-one. To put that in perspective, she's older than Kraber. [[spoiler: ''The Beatification of Lyra Heartstrings'' reveals that she is, in fact, much ''much'' older than she seems]].
682* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: She drops all pretenses of being nice and [[spoiler: straight up confronts the Blue Spy personally over her killing Berry]].
683* ThePollyanna: Compared to most of the other characters, she is a bucket full of sunshine.
684* PunchClockVillain: She doesn't seem all that threatening as a smuggler from Stellar's recollection of her.
685* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: One of a very few individuals to know of Amethyst Star's status as an alicorn]].
686* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Her dialogue with Harwood is often laced with this.
687* ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler: Cuts the Spy off in the middle of her speech with a furious tirade]].
688* TalkingToThemself: At times, her train of thought implies this.
689* ThinkingOutLoud: Some of her thoughts are spoken out loud obliviously. Jaka lampshades it.
690* ThouShaltNotKill: Firmly believes in this - the only problem is she often finds herself forced to commit a fatal shot. [[spoiler: When the Spy kills Berry, in front of her child, no less, however, Ana sees it as an unforgivable offense and MoralEventHorizon - compelling her to break her rule and attempt to give the Spy her comeuppance, brainwashed or not]].
691* UnexpectedCharacter: Her appearance in ''The Beatification of Lyra Heartstrings''.
692* VitriolicBestBuds: With fellow ''Mamayev Kurgan'' survivor Thomas Harwood. The two bicker often, but they're clearly inseparable friends.
693* WalkingSpoiler: ''The Beatification of Lyra Heartstrings'' turns her into one of this. Namely, [[spoiler: how or when she found out about Amethyst Star's secret]].
694[[/folder]]
695
696!!!'''Vanhoover -- Superior Officers'''
697
698[[folder: Lt. Winter Truce]]
699
700->'''Winter Truce (Alias: The Winter Soldier)'''
701
702A pegasus stallion and a young Royal Guard lieutenant with a rather quirky family.
703----
704* AscendedExtra: His first "appearance" was in ''Joy to the Worlds'', where his Solar Empire counterpart was just briefly mentioned by his little brother.
705* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Chamomile Brew, but it's also noted to be an [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor on-again-off-again situation]].
706* TheComicallySerious: He's rather stiff and a sore thumb compared to the rest of his zany family.
707* DeadpanSnarker: He has a sharp wit, especially regarding his cousin Stellar.
708* FamilyThemeNaming: Like his brother and mother, his name is winter-themed.
709* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Cousins actually, but he is the responsible and straitlaced one to Stellar Wind's foolish.
710* FutureMeScaresMe: Aside from the actions his counterpart committed against the humans, it's also heavily implied that TCB Winter [[DeadAlternateCounterpart was killed in action against humanity]]. In a subversion, we never do learn ''exactly'' what he did.
711* GoodIsNotNice: He's condescending towards others, but he makes it clear to Comet that in spite of his behavior, he holds Equestria's values in a high regard.
712* IcyBlueEyes: As befitting his rather distant personality.
713* IntergenerationalFriendship: Downplayed with Gale. He's not much younger than Gale, but his mother is only slightly older than Aquamarine and his little brother is the same age as Comet.
714* InsufferableGenius: He's thought of as having the air of someone viewing the rest of the world as idiots.
715* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He acts abrasive and arrogant, but his attitude towards his brother implies that he worries for Frost's well-being. He's also the one to reassure Comet on Equestria's stance against the Empire.
716* NoSocialSkills: He has a rather stiff way of speaking, and fails to pick up on social cues immediately.
717* NotSoStoic: Often finds himself exasperated with Stellar's behavior, and gets unnerved when Pineapple Cutter butts in on their conversation.
718* OnlySaneMan: Often plays this role in his family.
719* PetTheDog: After a somewhat abrasive introduction, Winter is the first to reassure Comet that the combined forces of the PHL and Equus' armies ''will'' make the Empire pay for its crimes.
720* TheStoic: Compared to his family, he's very calm and collected.
721* SurroundedByIdiots: Believes himself to be in this situation.
722* TookALevelInJerkass: According to Chamomile and Icewind. It stemmed from ''something'' that cost him his father, to the point that he was downright unbearable to hang around at his worst.
723[[/folder]]
724
725!!!'''Vanhoover -- Rank & File'''
726
727[[folder:Corp. Wolfsschanze]]
728
729->'''Wolfsschanze (Alias: Wolfenstein)'''
730
731One of Ana Bjorgman's friends in Vanhoover Company, a griffon with great ambitions.
732----
733* BigFun: The first thought which crosses people's minds when they meet him is how fat he is. The second thought tends to be how much of a softy he is.
734* GentleGiant: One of the most easy-going griffons you'll ever encounter, and one of the largest.
735* HiddenDepths: According to Ana, he's a good singer.
736* IJustWantToBeBadass: He isn't lacking in credentials thanks to his training, yet Wolfsschanze hopes to one day take it a step further by participating in the Griffon Tournament.
737* NoIndoorVoice: Not in the mornings, at any rate.
738* StoutStrength: Well, he is a griffon putting the best of his abilities to use in a war.
739[[/folder]]
740
741[[folder:Spec. Blueblood]]
742
743->'''HRH Astron Blueblood (Alias: Marshmallow)'''
744
745After being given his marching orders, Prince Blueblood seeks to turn a new leaf by joining the fight.
746----
747* BreakTheHaughty: Albeit rather to the extent of DisproportionateRetribution, when [[spoiler:Discord]] turns him to stone for his disrespectful behavior towards Marcus and the foreign ambassadors, a cruel act which almost backfires once Queen Celestia begins using his nightmares to seek a foothold into the dreamscape of Equus Prime.
748* ButtMonkey: Doesn't have an easy time of it, trying to improve himself.
749* EntitledBastard: This is Blueblood we're talking about, so needless to say, he behaves as one in his first appearance. Even after he improves, traces of his self-centered mentality remain, though it manifests more through pomposity than actual entitlement.
750* FallenPrincess: RareMaleExample. As part of his punishment, Blueblood has had his inheritance cut off from him.
751* FantasticRacism: {{Downplayed}}. Blueblood isn't really prejudiced, just sheltered and still a bit egotistical after his release from petrifaction. Once he actually spends time around humans and other races, he quickly takes an interest in them.
752* FreudianExcuse: He didn't have such a positive relationship with his father, although other characters are quick to point out this alone doesn't excuse all his misdemeanors.
753* HiddenDepths: Blueblood earned his cutie mark for his skills in navigation, a talent which finds its place in a company with an airborne division.
754* NakedPeopleAreFunny: This trope still gets pulled on him somehow, despite the fact that ponies are {{Accessory Wearing Cartoon Animal}}s at best. As a noblepony, Blueblood feels very self-conscious about not wearing any attire amidst a large crowd, something which makes him uncomfortable when he has to shower with the rest of the company, an act he mentally describes as leaving him feeling "exposed".
755* TakenForGranite: Gets petrified for two months straight in consequence of acting like an entitled twit when there's a war on.
756* UsedToBeASweetKid: Cadance remembers him as such, and he was friends with Lyra, Twilight and Moondancer, too, so there may be something to it.
757[[/folder]]
758
759[[folder:Pvt. Morning Glory]]
760
761A female Changeling drone, Vanhoover Company's "fixer" and a queen of sorts to her own private kingdom within the company.
762----
763* BookDumb: No reader, but she knows the ins and outs of Vanhoover Company like no-one else does.
764* DeadpanSnarker
765* EarlyBirdCameo: She's one of the Changelings present during the hostage crisis. [[spoiler: Her real name is Aphid]].
766* {{Fangirl}}: Morning greatly looks up to Queen Chrysalis, wanting to be like her. As it happens, Chrysalis appreciates it when Morning [[VisualPun fans]] her wings to provide a breeze.
767* GenkiGirl: Perpetually peppy and upbeat, as well as a tease.
768* MeaningfulName: The morning glory flower is well known for the hallucinogenic properties of its seeds.
769* MotorMouth: It's the complete opposite of how she acts while in disguise, hinting at a less self-confident personality than she likes to project.
770* OddFriendship: Winter Truce is as annoyed by her as he is entertained.
771* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everybody calls her Morning Glory.
772* TheQuietOne: Bordering on TheSpeechless in her Changeling shape.
773* ShrinkingViolet: Downplayed in her Changeling form, as she is far quieter than she is in her disguise.
774[[/folder]]
775
776----
777
778!Beings of Equus
779!!Ethereal Beings
780[[folder:King Sombra]]
781
782The former [[EvilOverlord king]] of the Crystal Empire.
783----
784* BigBadWannabe: Marcus calls him out on this. Your mileage may vary on ''how'' much of a threat he is, but BigBad he is not.
785-->'''Marcus:''' "We never saw you as a serious threat, unless we got really unlucky. You were just an inconvenient obstacle. You weren't even a player."
786* BlackMagic: Sombra's magic is powered by negative emotions.
787* CrazyPrepared: Just like in canon.
788* DemonicPossession: He possesses Marcus, using MindRape to feed on his emotions.
789* EvilOverlord: Well, yeah.
790* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: He blames the fact that Luna didn't return his feelings as part of why he went evil. Discord {{lampshade}}s this and calls it tired and cliché]].
791* MindRape: His specialty.
792* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: He was Luna's personal student.
793* SorcerousOverlord: Practiced Dark Magic and ruled and enslaved an empire.
794* TeacherStudentRomance: [[spoiler: He had an unrequited crush on Luna, and his turn to evil contains a mixture of her not returning his feelings, sending him to the Crystal Empire, and trying to find ways to extend his lifespan. Discord even remarks on how trite this is]].
795* ThisCannotBe: When the heroes manage to defeat him.
796* VillainousBreakdown: When he loses, he tries to get a last blow on the heroes, but to no avail.
797* VoiceOfTheLegion: He speaks with his own voice when possessing Marcus.
798[[/folder]]
799
800[[folder:Discord]]
801
802Strange times make for strange bedfellows.
803----
804* AGodIAmNot:
805-->"Will there be a time for us so-called gods to stand away from this world and watch them grow on their own?"
806* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:While he's the embodiment of chaos and is far from nice, he was created to balance the sisters. However, he went a tad ''too'' far]].
807* AchillesHeel: [[spoiler: A dose of tatzlwurm venom, administrated in by Weaver via poisoned blade, is enough to badly cripple him when he tries to rescue a captured Stephan from the Loyalists. Amusingly, this becomes a literal case of WorfHadTheFlu, as the poison fails to kill Discord but does leave him with a very bad cold]].
808* DimensionalTraveller: [[spoiler:Has the power to do this, and the side story ''Multiverse Journey'' centers on his exploits to find Earth. He describes TheVoidBetweenWorlds as [[TastesLikePurple tasting orange]]]].
809* DramaPreservingHandicap: Because let's face it, [[spoiler: the hostage crisis in "Woven Within Details"]] would have wrapped up after five seconds flat without the [[spoiler:venom]].
810* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: Is willing to put his enmity with Celestia and Luna aside to help them stop TCB Equestria]].
811* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: [[spoiler: Discord considers the alicorn Faust to be his mother, and she is one of the few beings he truly loves and cares about]].
812* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: Not only is he disgusted with what Queen Celestia is doing to the humans, but even he's frightened of [[TheDreaded Tirek]] (which is justified by Discord having met Tirek as a child, and it [[HarmfulToMinors wasn't pretty]])]].
813* HeelFaceTurn: Over time, he does fully come around to be on the heroes' side, even calling himself "an old sinner".
814* {{Hypocrite}}: Remember how [[spoiler:Discord]] sought to claim moral superiority over Celestia on the show for not turning people to stone? Yeah, that doesn't stop him from doing just that to Prince Blueblood.
815* {{Jerkass}}: Yes. Though not without a few PetTheDog moments, Discord is, more than once, a jerk towards others (''especially'' Celestia).
816* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Next to Queen Celestia.
817* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler: Although his intentions could be considered benign, Discord had a bad case of this in the earlier chapters when he refused to acknowledge the damage he caused in attempting to bring Earth-like levels of "chaos" to Equus, and his own role in what he accuses Prime Equestria of [[SugarBowl turning]] [[MedievalStasis into]]. His trip through the multiverse finally forces him to reconsider this view somewhat, and come "Sons of Legacies, Part 1", he readily admits his own mistakes and apologizes to Celestia for placing all of the blame on her]].
818* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: He attributes Prime Equestria's MedievalStasis to Princess Celstia's desire to let the ponies live in harmony, which he claims has only made them complacent and overly dependent on her and presumably, ill-prepared for their war with TCB Equestria. However, the Princesses only took power because they felt it was their responsibility to clean up the damage Discord's carelessness with his chaos caused in the first place, leading to the misunderstanding and conflict between them that has lasted to the present day. To put it simply, both parties are equally guilty of failing to stick to the Scribe's plan for Equestria's future]].
819%%* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Naturally.
820%%* OddFriendship: With Marcus.
821* PureIsNotGood: [[spoiler: He's a rambunctious, destructive embodiment of pure chaos, but he's also the only one able to resist the lure of Tirek's Bag, something which not even [[BigGood Celestia]] or [[MessianicArchetype Lyra]] could do]].
822* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler: In "Sons of Legacies, Part 1", he actually genuinely apologizes to Celestia for accusing her of coddling the ponies and [[NeverMyFault for refusing to admit responsibility]] for his own role in what Prime Equestria has become. In "Part 3", he also admits he can see why Celestia nearly [[SanitySlippage lost her marbles]] when he takes a look into Marcus's psyche]].
823* {{Troll}}: This is [[spoiler:''Discord'']] we're talking about here.
824* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler: He was rather close in childhood to his "mother", Faust. Unfortunately, the lack of socialization he had at the time (given that Equus was a post-apocalyptic wasteland) caused him to never really mature emotionally or learn to understand ThePowerOfFriendship]].
825%%* WalkingSpoiler:
826* WellIntentionedExtremist: He claims to be one, but a few {{Armor Piercing Question}}s and his experiences while [[spoiler:travelling the multiverse]] force him to rethink this position.
827* YoureNotMyMother: [[spoiler: He doesn't say it outright, but the Scribe mentions during her monologue that he doesn't hold her in the same regard as their mutual creator, Faust. Sure enough, when Discord later meets her again, he can't help teasing her by [[PercussiveMaintenance knocking on her console]]]].
828[[/folder]]
829
830[[folder:The Scribe]]
831----
832%%* AGodIAmNot
833* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: In fact, the Scribe is just one of several planes Faust ascended to, [[WorldTree the Tree of Harmony]] being another]].
834%%* BlueAndOrangeMorality
835* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: Faust herself prepared for any eventuality of Tirek's return to power. Since EvilOnlyHasToWinOnce, this wasn't successful in every universe... but now one version of Tirek has brought ponykind into contact with some dangerous potential allies in the human world...]]
836* DeusEstMachina: Can't do much to directly help, but will give advice where it's needed.
837* DisappointedInYou: [[spoiler: She isn't very pleased at how Discord, Celestia and Luna have deviated from her plans, Celestia in particular for assuming leadership of the ponies, acquiring the Elements of Harmony ahead of time and locking away both her siblings. She lets it slide because there are more pressing matters to attend to]].
838* FromACertainPointOfView: [[spoiler: It's implied she's being economical with the truth when she denies knowledge of how TCB Lyra obtained the "redeemer" rune]].
839* GeneticMemory: The guardian of all ponykind's collective memories.
840* GodIsGood: However...
841* GoodIsNotSoft: The Scribe is benign in the grand scheme of things, but her methods are somewhat befitting the Old Testament.
842* GuardianOfTheMultiverse: [[spoiler: Shares in the knowledge of every single pony throughout TheMultiverse, which leads the Princesses and Discord to consult their version of the Scribe on the subject of a powerful rune given to Marcus by TCB Lyra]].
843* LastOfHerKind: [[spoiler: The last of the original alicorns in fact]].
844* LightIsGood: Is surrounded by a blinding white light with a pure white coat, and is a good and benevolent being.
845* MsExposition: Both incarnations have given {{info dump}}s about Equestria's history and other important details behind [[spoiler:Tirek, the princesses and Discord's origins, and other things]].
846* TheNeedsOfTheMany: She's perfectly willing to leave living creatures to die or even provoke their mutation in the name of rebuilding [[spoiler: the alicorn race]] and Equus' ecosystem. And then there's [[spoiler: the possibility she decided that sacrificing TCB Lyra and millions of lives was needed to finally defeat Tirek]].
847* PetTheDog: An accidental example. While she did [[spoiler:create the timberwolves]], she also accidentally facilitated the creation of the domesticated dog in the process.
848%%* PhysicalGoddess
849* {{Precursors}}: Faust herself is [[spoiler:the last of the original alicorn race]].
850* SealedGoodInACan: In order to keep existing, which also places a limit on what she can do.
851* ShoutOut: [[spoiler: To Lauren Faust, obviously]].
852* TangledFamilyTree: It's revealed that [[spoiler: Celestia and Luna were also [[OurPhlebotinumChild created from small portions of Clover the Clever, Smart Cookie and Private Pansy's souls]] during the events depicted in "Hearth's Warming Eve"]]. Lampshaded by [[spoiler: Discord]].
853-->"As if this family tree wasn't complicated enough," [[spoiler: Discord]] sighed, holding up a bonsai with bizarrely arranged branches. "Now I'll have to use the non-Euclidean bonsai..." He threw the tree off to the side, where it exploded.
854* TrulySingleParent: [[spoiler: Celestia, Luna and Discord are revealed to be her creations/brain-children. Considering that Discord calls Faust his "mother", this would technically make him Celestia's and Luna's brother. He even calls their trip at the end of "Sons of Legacies, Part 3" to seek her out "a good old fashioned family reunion."]]
855* TheWatcher: Albeit more due to a strong case of GodsHandsAreTied than indifference.
856[[/folder]]
857
858!!Commoners
859
860[[folder:[[spoiler:Daring Do]]]]
861
862%%* AdventurerArchaeologist
863%%* AntiHero: Pragmatic Anti-Hero.
864* FriendOrIdolDecision: [[spoiler: Between the Alicorn Amulet and her sidekick Minus, Daring chose the Amulet. Minus has yet to forgive her for it]].
865%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
866* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: Abandoning Minus to pursue the Amulet at a time when Minus needed her most, having lost her memory]].
867* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: This incarnation of Daring has quite a few regrets in her past, starting with the loss of Minus' friendship and going through the unwitting disaster she wrought on Cihuateto's home valley]].
868* NotInThisForYourRevolution: She agrees to aid the PHL in researching the Castle of Two Sisters mainly for the thrill of the discovery.
869%%* TheSmartGuy
870* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler: Her attempt to patch things up with Minus doesn't go well, since the latter is still unhappy at being abandoned by her years earlier]].
871[[/folder]]
872
873!!!'''Caballeron's Gang'''
874
875[[folder: Locksmith]]
876
877The pegasus second-in-command of the Manehattanite gang who regularly oppose Daring Do.
878----
879* TheBrute: A burly, thuggish meatbag on wings.
880* {{Foil}}: He's a lot like Short Fuse, down to the accent, but without Fuse's redeeming qualities such as his love for Minus.
881* HumiliationConga: Gets put through a brutal one at the hands of Sergeant Jaka, culminating in [[spoiler:Minus stuffing him into a crate, ready for delivery to prison]].
882* NoHonorAmongThieves: Even though Fuse was the one to call him in for help, Locksmith has no qualms about having Fuse stuffed into his own kiln as soon as he flairs a better deal.
883* NumberTwo: To Doctor Caballeron.
884* WhatAreYouInFor: After his arrest, we last see him asking this to [[spoiler:Prime Trixie]].
885* WouldHitAGirl: He reserves the worst of his abuse for one of the female Loyalists.
886[[/folder]]
887
888[[folder: Blackjack Baton]]
889
890Third-in-command to Doctor Caballeron, a white unicorn never seen without a truncheon.
891----
892* {{Catchphrase}}: "The house always wins."
893* GeniusBruiser: Contrary to Short Fuse or Locksmith, he's articulate and shows a capacity for thinking ahead.
894* LightIsNotGood: Yet another white unicorn of questionable moral alignment.
895* SignatureWeapon: His truncheon. It doubles as his tie!
896* UnholyMatrimony: There are hints that he and Cihuateto are lovers.
897* TheWorfEffect: Both Noteworthy and Rarity get the upper hand on him before he can dish out any real violence.
898[[/folder]]
899
900[[folder: Cihuateto]]
901
902->'''Cihuateto (Real Name: Macua)'''
903
904A major enforcer of the Caballeron Gang, an earthmare from outside Equestria with certain uncanny powers...
905----
906* DarkAndTroubledPast: Prior to becoming a ''cihuatetotl'', she was a mother who lived a happy life with her husband and child. Then they died, and she mutilated herself in grief. And after that, having found some fulfilment in her new spiritual role, Daring Do stole an artefact which was key to the well-being of her village.
907* FantasyCounterpartCulture: That's right, she's essentially a pony Aztec. Some of the other characters remark on it.
908* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Did she really die and come back to life, or is that aspect of her tale an embellishment based on her beliefs?
909* NobleDemon: She's got a greater sense of honor than the rest of the gang, not that it helps the heroes much.
910* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Cihuateto is her title, not her name.
911* PowerTattoos
912* ShownTheirWork: Macua is a ''cihuatetotl''. In Aztec mythology, ''cihuateteo'' were the spirits of mothers who had died in childbirth. Since the Aztecs regarded childbirth as a battle, these mothers were honored as fallen warriors, and their spirits were said to strengthen men in battle.
913* UnholyMatrimony: Possibly lovers with Blackjack.
914[[/folder]]
915
916----
917
918!Historical Figures
919
920[[folder: Anna Erklass]]
921
922Elsa's younger sister, one of the two princesses of Adlaborn at the time of Celestia and Luna's birth. A thoughtful, cheerful, romantic doe with a penchant for chemistry. She has long since passed away by the time of the main story.
923----
924* ADayInTheLimelight: The starring character of ''A Sun in Winter''.
925* AndIMustScream: Subverted. She voluntarily subjects herself to become [[spoiler: Elsa's host]]. [[spoiler: She also doesn't seem to mind existing as a spirit latching onto Ana Bjorgman's own]].
926* AscendedExtra: Previously, she only appeared in scattered mentions by her sister and grandfather. In ''Sun'', she's the main character.
927* {{Expy}}: Of [[Franchise/{{Frozen}} Princess Anna]].
928* FantasticRacism: Downplayed, as she mistrusts ponies only because of their continuing squabbles down in Equestria.
929* FieryRedhead: Has streaks of red in her mane, and very passionate.
930* ForegoneConclusion: [[spoiler: Though the circumtances are unknown, she will eventually become Elsa's first host]].
931* HiddenInPlainSight: For the readers, that is. [[spoiler: The "voice" inside Ana's head is her]].
932* PastLifeMemories: [[spoiler: Her living within Ana's mind leads to this for the sniper, as shown in ''The Beatification of Lyra Heartstrings'']].
933* PosthumousCharacter: Long dead by the time of the main story. [[spoiler: Or so we are led to think]].
934* SiblingYinYang: With Elsa. The Snow Maiden is calm and subdued. Anna is ''very'' passionate.
935* WalkingSpoiler: There's a good reason why: [[spoiler: She's inside Ana's head]].
936* YouthfulFreckles: She's younger than Elsa, and has a freckled patch around her muzzle.
937[[/folder]]
938
939[[folder: The Krampus]]
940
941A malevolent entity imprisoned under Sint Erklass' castle.
942----
943* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Tries this against Sint, regarding the foals. It doesn't work.
944%%* BigBad: For ''A Sun in Winter''.
945* EldritchAbomination: A shifting, satanic figure imprisoned within an enchanted snowglobe.
946* EvilCounterpart: Going by the classic [[TheKrampus interpretation]], it's this for Sint Erklass.
947* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Most of its form is obscured behind its prison, though a horned head and its yellow eyes can be seen at times.
948* HiddenAgendaVillain: While it plans to do ''something'' with the infant Celestia and Luna, it has yet to reveal anything.
949* ItIsDehumanizing: The narrative refers to the Krampus as an it, and its gender is never mentioned.
950* SealedEvilInACan: Imprisoned in a giant, magically reinforced snowglobe, with enchanted snow binding it to its cage whenever it tries to escape.
951* SupernaturalGoldEyes: A piercing yellow eye can occasionally be glanced from within its prison.
952[[/folder]]
953
954[[folder: The Six Hearth's Warmers]]
955
956The legendary six founders of Equestria. They bore witness to Celestia and Luna's birth.
957----
958* ADayInTheLimelight: Princess Platinum appears at the end of ''A Sun in Winter'''s first chapter. To an extent, all six of them appear in the chapter ''Setting it Right'' from the main story.
959* FantasticRacism: Princess Platinum, Chancellor Puddinghead, and Commander Hurricane were all bigoted towards the other pony tribes until they got better.
960%%* PosthumousCharacter
961* ShipperOnDeck: Platinum gently teases her cousin, the first Blueblood, to seek out Elsa Erklass.
962[[/folder]]

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