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Hydianites
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In General
- At Least I Admit It: One reason they look down on and hate those who are as evil as them but pretend to have the moral highground is, as vile as the Hydianites are, they make no attempt to deny they're evil.
- Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad: All Hydianite covens subscribe to this idea as one of their core beliefs. Hydianites seeks absolute freedom from all restraints, and that includes morality and goodness.
- Card-Carrying Villain: Like "constructive" Evil deities and factions, they're unapologetically evil, but that's where the similarities stop. Philosophically, Hydianites seek freedom from all restraints, including moral restraints, something that is completely abhorrent to those who practice "constructive" Evil like Temnobog, his children, and their mortal/divine followers. As a result, they share a rather mutually bitter and hateful animosity towards each other.
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Hydianites will gladly stab one another in the back if it's beneficial to them or to save their own hides at a moment's notice. However, Hydianites see nothing wrong with this, and fully expect other Hydianites to stab them in the back if it benefits them and don't begrudge them for it.
- The Corrupter: It's mentioned in Prince Steel Barricade's entry that during the "Storm King Crisis" conflict, a group of Hydianites and their demonic allies completely cornered him and his older brother, Prince Clear Voice, while they were injured, and proceeded to try corrupt and convert them both to their side with dark magic. However, when Steel Barricade saw that Clear Voice was in danger, he began resisting the Hydianites' magic through what was initially assumed to be sheer force of will (but was actually psychic resistance as part of his Endurance domain), and went on the warpath while protecting his older brother. The commotion would draw allies and other heroes to them, including the Scourge of Hell, who helped Steel Barricade take down the Hydianite covens' demonic allies.
- Equal-Opportunity Evil: For all the evil, monstrous things they do, they're not racist, and accept just about anyone to their ranks from humans, to sapient skunks, to ponies, so long as they're evil.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Surprisingly for a faction which revel in having no bottom line in immorality and evil, they do have some lines they do not cross. Not because of any lingering goodness in the heart but more because they see those kind of evil as beneath their vile brand of evil.
- For as vile and monstrous as they are, they're not racist. In fact, they're quite the opposite. In fact they tend to view racism as an inferior excuse to be evil.
- They look down on villains who are as vile as them but try to act like they have the moral high ground. This is one reason they don't get along with the Tribalists and Autorists, who hide behind their excuse they're somehow better than other races/species/tribes to justify their atrocities.
- They think selling your soul to Demons and other powerful evil beings to be foolish and weak as it goes against their philosophy of pursuing freedom from all restraints through Evil, since you cannot be free under the leash of another. The only exception to this disdain is if you're planning to betray the more powerful evil being from the start and take their stuff.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Notably, the Hydianites' brand of evil does not forbid feeling genuine love for friends and family, even if it comes with fully accepting stabbing each other in the back is expected and encouraged.
- Evil Versus Evil:
- Despite both groups revering Evil as a concept, Temnoists and Hydianites do not get along. The main philosophical difference between them is the former upholds Evil as an inevitable and necessary part of Equus which must co-exist with Good, while the latter group upholds Evil as true freedom from the limitations impose by the world and others over them. The former sees the latter as a bunch of deluded maniacs and moral weaklings whose Destructive Evil will lead to the destruction of everything, including ultimately Evil itself; while the latter sees the former as tyrants and collaborators whose Constructive Evil is a perversion that seek to restrain them like the forces of Good and prevent them from becoming truly free to fulfill their desires. Inevitably, this leads to both groups of cultists and evildoers squabbling and fighting each other as much as they fight both rival factions of Evil, and the heroic forces of Good.
- Despite sharing a common origin in the Lilithite Covens (founded by Lilith the First Witch, a mythical progenitor of the modern Witches of Known History), the Hydianites do not get along with the other splinter factions of the covens after the 'Great Lilithite Schism', frequently squabbling with the likes of the Lilithian Cabals (the self-proclaimed direct descendants of the original Lilithites) and the other branches as the other branches squabble with each other.
- While willing to work with them or use them, the Hydianites and Autorists/Tribalists do not get along. This is due to the Hydianites being surprisingly accepting of all applicants so long as they're evil and looking down on the Autorists/Tribalists using racism and their self-proclaimed superiority as a justification for being evil. The Hydianites at least don't try to pretend they're something they're not.
- For the Evulz: The Hydianites' motives for their various atrocities can be boiled down to "because evil is good". Their motives differ from Temnobog Cultists and Temnoists in that they mostly do it both for their own self-gratification and to free themselves from all restraints. They wish to see the destruction of all that is Good and moral as a result.
- Humans Are Bastards: Several prominent Hydianites in the First Age were Humans, including their founder, Grand Matron Hydia, and her grandmother, Grand Matron Alexis. In fact, when Hydia was resurrected in the Fourth Age by Mistletoe Dreamer, many people's perceptions of antediluvian Humankind soured because Hydia was the first Human they ever saw and she turned out to be completely and irredeemably wicked.
- Predecessor Villain:
- Hydia and her family, whom they are named after and emulate. They had troubled Megann and the Paradise Ponies in the First Age, but at present had been dead for tens of thousands of years.
- The Hydianites have one in the Lilithite Covens, which descended into a great schism following the demise of their progenitor Lilith the First Witch, with the Hydianites being merely one of many splinter branches which all went their own way in their philosophies and modus operandi of Evil.
- Villainous Breakdown: One incident had a Hydianite sorceress from the Neighponse covens go through this after encountering the demi-divine Black Heron Corpse Investigation Team. She trapped the group within an illusion that preyed on their worst memories and experiences, only for Guiding Light, the blind Alicorn demigod of Death, Empathy, and Truth, to accidentally break through it in trying to save his friends, thinking the illusion was an ordinary wall. The Hydianite sorceress got even more upset when Guiding Light's friends started treating her like a joke afterwards.
- Villainous Legacy: Even after four Ages and many tens of thousands of years, the evil witch Hydia and her equally villainous family of witches, wizards and warlocks - enemies of Megann and the Ponies of Paradise Estate - leave their vile stench on Equus in the form of the Hydianite covens who revere their evil ways. Heck, they're even named after her.
- Wicked Witch: Many of those in the Covens are one, in emulation of Hydia and her family from the 'First Age'. They also have male witches, wizards and warlocks.
Chameleon the Enchanter
Character: Evil
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Type: Enchanter, shapeshifter, memory thief, slaver, warlock
Faction: Lilithnites/Hydianites, Himself
Chameleon (his entry here
) is a Hydianite warlock and a particularly vile, memory-wiping slaver.- The Ace: In his prime, he was well-respected by his fellow Hydianites, including his own relatives, for his prodigious magical talent, his wickedness, and being a reliable source of mindless slaves for them to use in their own wicked schemes. He knew this, too, and hung this over his peers' heads as a reminder that they owe him one.
- Dragged Off to Hell: Averted. Many believed for thousands of years that his final fate involved being dragged to a Hell-Realm upon death to answer for his crimes... until Mistletoe Dreamer discovered while trying to resurrect him that his soul wasn't residing in any Hell-Realm. It turns out he was kept alive by his goblin minions well into old age, and he wandered into the caves deep enough to find a extremely weakened Arabus, who devoured him in order to gather enough power to escape his sealing.
- The Dreaded: As a Hydianite warlock, he was treated as a dreaded "boogeymare" by the First-Age Ponies for kidnapping his victims and turning them into his slaves by irreversibly wiping their memories clean. Even Queen Majesty herself, herself a "Mage Magnificent" and legendary figure who helped kill gods, was wary of fighting him directly because of his skill in memory magic and shapeshifting magic — especially since his powers are made stronger by the Cavern of Memory, which also happened to be his lair.
- Entitled Bastard: His belief and embracing of the Hydianites' view of evil gave him quite the ego, and made him entitled to enslave good, innocent creatures, seeing them as being only fit to serve as mindless slaves for him, his family, and his peers. And while he is respected by the other Hydianites in part for being a reliable source of useful slaves, he only provided them slaves as long as they remember they "owe [him] one". It should be noted that the last part is how Hydianites in general behave due to them seeing evil as "freedom from moral restraints".
- Faux Affably Evil: He's capable of presenting himself as an affable and smooth-talking man, but this only serves to highlight how unrepentantly vile and wicked he is.
- Greed: He was a very greedy man and turned many creatures into his mindless slaves for no other reason than to make them mine gold and jewels for him. His greed eventually bit him hard when he attempted to enslave Seashell, giving Queen Majesty an opening to stop him permanently and kicking off a series of events where he is accidentally mind-wiped, neutralizing him as a threat.
- Hate Sink: As a Hydianite, he worships the concept of evil like his peers and family members do, but he stands out in how his beliefs inform his actions as a slaver. Believing and embracing the idea that sapientkind's true nature is to enslave others, he looked down on anyone who believed otherwise, seeing such people as being only fit to live as mindless slaves for him and his fellow Hydianites. Despite knowing his victims were sapient creatures who likely had families and friends of their own, he clearly didn't care, and his methods ensure his victims would never recover even if they were rescued. His actions were so monstrous that even In-Universe, outside of the Hydianite covens, everyone feared and hated him, treating him as a dreaded "boogeymare". When he later ends up being mind-wiped himself during an attempt to kidnap and enslave Seashell, no one shed a tear for him and for a long time believed he was Dragged Off to Hell after dying in the same caves he forced his slaves to work in.
- The Magnificent: Known as "the Enchanter".
- Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil: What made him particularly vile is his utter willingness to enslave sapient creatures by kidnapping them and mind-wiping them completely, before condemning his victims to a life of hard labor, mining gold and other treasures for him. Even worse, his actions regarding this were fueled by his belief that anyone who believed themselves to be anything but evil were just "deluding" themselves and were better off living as his mindless slaves. After first enslaving a group of goblins as a "test-run", he moved on to other creatures — some of which he provided as slave labor for his relatives among the Hydianites in return for favors he expected them to fulfill eventually. This made him a feared "boogeymare" among the Ponies, as he enslaved several of them in the past.
- Taken for Granite: He fortified his lair, the Cavern of Memory, with charms and spells that petrify would-be trespassers. Queen Majesty managed to get around this by making herself invisible and setting up summoning spells for Firefly, the First Age's Moondancer, and Lemon Drops, thus avoiding this fate.
- You Owe Me: He was willing to turn innocent creatures into mindless slaves for his Hydianite relatives (and peers) as long as they remembered they "owed [him] one". Given the Hydianites' mindset, this is normal behavior for them.
Grand Matron Alexis
Grand Matron Alexis (first introduced here) is the mother of Grand Matron Hydia, and an extremely powerful Hydianite witch.
) is the mother of Grand Matron Hydia, and an extremely powerful Hydianite witch.- Adaptational Badass: In canon, she's only mentioned in passing by Hydia as Reeka and Draggle's grandmother to encourage her two daughters to be more evil. Here, she's a main villain and was effectively Ponyland's Big Bad in the First Age.
- The Archmage: As in canon, she was capable of wielding kingdom-leveling hexes and curses, and became infamous for it. Her daughter, Hydia, would take after her in this regard.
- Bring It: During her climatic final confrontation with Queen Majesty and the Six Dreamers, she dared the heroes to face her at her full might if they wished to take back Dream Valley (then called "Nightmare Valley" at the time) from her.Grand Matron Alexis: Nightmare Valley is MY domain! And I would rather see it in ruins than lose it! If you wish to take it from me, you will face me! And all the powers of wickedness!
- God Save Us from the Queen!: During her time as ruler of Dream Valley, she turned it into Nightmare Valley, a cruel, dystopian dictatorship where the wicked and evil did as they pleased and turned innocent, good people into their playthings. Fortunately, both Queen Majesty and the Six Dreamers would defeat her, freeing the land once and for all.
- Person of Mass Destruction: She's noted as being able to level kingdoms with her hexes.
- Predecessor Villain: She's Hydia's mother, and preceded her as the most powerful and evil witch in Ponyland.
- Wicked Witch: Though a member of the Lilithnite covens, she's considered to be a 'Proto-Hydianite' due to her belief in Evil as "freedom from moral restraits", rather than following the Lilithnites' view of Evil as a form of "salvation" in a cruel, harsh world. She's also an extremely powerful witch capable of leveling entire kingdoms with her hexes, whose legacy paved the way for her daughter, Hydia, to succeed her as Grand Matron and found the Hydianite covens.
Grand Matron Hydia, the Queen of Wickedness
Character: Villainous
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Type: Witch Matron, Archmage, Hydianite, Monster Maker, Ancient Evil, Human
Faction: The Hydianites, The Dark Ages
"I've never been accused of being an 'angel' - but if you call me a devil? OHOHOHO - I'm positively DIVINE!"
Grand Matron Hydia (her entry here
) is an evil Human witch who is the mother of Draggle and Reeka, and is the founder of the Hydianite Witch/Warlock Covens that continue to persist well into the Fourth Age.- Abusive Parents: By normal standards, she is quite an abusive mother to Reeka and Draggle, trying to groom them into becoming wicked Hydianite witches like herself and treating them badly for their incompetence. This led to Draggle eventually betraying her and becoming a permanent ally of the Paradise Ponies. However, she did genuinely love her daughters, albeit in a very twisted way, and believed her treatment of them was an act of love from her designed to turn them into proper Hydianite witches. While she would have likely sacrified Reeka and Draggle for her own benefit, she fully expected them to do the same to her in return, as all Hydianites did. Notably, when she came back in the Fourth Age thanks to Mistletoe Dreamer, she requested for the latter to resurrect Reeka as well. Her treatment of her daughters stemmed from how she was raised by her birth parents, including her mother, Grand Matron Alexis, who were just as abusive to her growing up as she was to her own children.
- The Archmage: While not as powerful as Queen Dark Crystal, a Hydianite witch-turned-Anthropomorphic Personification of Evil who nearly succeeded in turning Equus (then called Tellus) into a corrupt hellhole during the Second Age, she was still regarded as the most powerful witches to have ever lived. She was so powerful she was known to have destroyed entire kingdoms on her own, and was skilled in making magical potions and monsters. Notably, one of her best and most powerful creations was the Smooze, a "living flood" capable of destroying continents and corrupting people into angry, spiteful beings by suppressing their "spark". She was also capable of fighting Queen Majesty, who was titled "Mage Magnificent" in life due to her sheer magical power and talent, and became one of few mortals capable of doing such. It apparently ran in the family, as her deceased mother, Grand Matron Alexis, was similarly very powerful, and her entry also outright called her an "archmage".
- Back from the Dead: She was killed in the First Age, but Mistletoe Dreamer resurrected her in the Fourth Age.
- Beauty Is Bad: She was ironically a very attractive woman in her youth, but as she was raised by her parents to be wicked like them, this trope applies.
- Dark Messiah: The Hydianites pretty much see her as their equal of Megann, and the moment she's resurrected they all unite under her without a second's hesitation.
- The Dreaded: She proved herself to be such a powerful and exceptional witch that even Queen Majesty, herself a "Mage Magnificent" and a legendary heroine who helped slay gods, was genuinely wary of her. Many of her plans were near-successes, only foiled by factors like luck, the Flutter Ponies' unique racial magics, and her daughters' incompetence. She also notably nearly killed Megan Williams, who would later become the Paradise Empire's Rainbow Empress, during a final confrontation. In the Fourth Age, when news spread that she was brought back to life, many First Age Ponies — now Ascendant deities — reacted with fear.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: It's noted that she genuinely cares about Ahgg, her Giant Cyclops Spider Familiar, and her daughter Reeka, if in a twisted way, to the point where she had Mistletoe Dreamer resurrect them both.
- Evil Mentor: After her resurrection, she would become a mentor for Mistletoe Dreamer, tutoring her in witchcraft. The thing is, Mistletoe is just as wicked, depraved, and twisted as her, if even more so.
- Evil Old Folks: Once a beautiful woman in her youth, she became an elderly hag in her old age. As a Hydianite witch, she proved to be the greatest and most wicked of them all, nearly winning against the Paradise Ponies and other First-Age heroes multiple times.
- Evil Redhead: She's a red-haired Hydianite witch, and she's a monstrously sadistic, vain, and petty woman who, like all Hydianites, worshiped the idea of Evil as "freedom from all moral restraints". She was also the Arch-Enemy of many Paradise-Era heroes like Megan Williams and the Paradise Ponies, and nearly triumphed over them many times.
- Freudian Excuse: Everything about her behavior, such as her worshiping the idea of Evil and her abusive treatment of her two daughters, stemmed from how she was treated by her own parents, who were abusive to her as she had been to Reeka and Draggle. However, her entry notes that this did not justify her monstrous actions in any way.
- Ironic Hell: Following her death, she was put in a Hell-Realm where she was in a field of beautiful, delicate flowers, being serenaded for eternity by Angels and adorable stuffed animals like teddy bears. While this is considered pleasant by normal standards, to a Hydianite witch like her, it's the worst place to be ever put in. Once she was resurrected by Mistletoe Dreamer, the first thing she did was try to seek revenge on those who put her in that Hell-Realm — namely, Magic Star and Fizzy (Princess Magicum Ponyland and Princess Fizzy Ponyland, respectively).Grand Matron Hydia: I'm so glad you're still around - I can finally repay you for that unspeakable torment! You can't imagine the depths of my suffering there! I spent most of my days trapped in a field of beautiful, delicate flowers were bands of angels and adorable stuffed animals lived! They singed songs and danced asinine jigs as if their only care in life was when they would get their next warm, fuzzy hug! Instead of striking terror into the hearts of the world, I was being serenaded by teddy bears!
Princess Magicum Ponyland: That's a BAD thing?!
Grand Matron Hydia: It was not bad at all! It was good - and that's exactly the problem! - I Was Quite a Looker: She may be an elderly hag now, but in her youth, she was very attractive.
- Person of Mass Destruction: She's noted as being capable of destroying entire kingdoms by herself, and is possession of the Smooze.
- Our Founder: She's the namesake of the Hydianites and the rest of them worship her as a borderline religious figure. She became their unambiguous leader when Mistletoe Dreamer resurrected her.
- Pet the Dog: She personally requested Mistletoe Dreamer resurrect her daughter Reeka and her giant cyclops spider Familiar Ahgg.
- Villainous Friendship: She's noted as being friends with Smellba, as close as the Hydianite philosophy allows for friends.
- Villainous Lineage: She is descended from (and raised by) an extremely long line of witches and warlocks who were believed to be members of a spin-off faction of an ancient coven founded by the first witch, Lilith. While her family worshiped the concept of evil and wickedness, she proved herself to be the greatest and most monstrous of her family and took their beliefs to a greater level in the Hydianite covens.
- Wicked Witch: One of the most vile and powerful to ever live.
Reeka
Reeka is one of two daughters of Grand Matron Hydia, and a witch who ultimately followed after her mother in wickedness and magical might.
Draggle
Draggle is one of two daughters of Grand Matron Hydia, though she ultimately betrayed her mother as a result of her abusive upbringing.
- Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: After a lifetime of being abused and groomed to become a Wicked Witch by her mother, Grand Matron Hydia, she eventually betrays Hydia and becomes a permanent ally of the Paradise Ponies.
- Villainous Lineage: Defied. Despite Hydia's attempts to groom her into becoming a Wicked Witch, she ultimately betrayed her mother and sided with the Paradise Ponies, becoming good.
Loreeka, the Cannibal Witch
Loreeka is the aunt of Reekle and Draggle, and a Hydianite witch known for cannibalizing humans.
Lucretia, the (WIP Title)
Lucretia is a biological cousin of Reeka and Draggle, and a Hydianite witch who specialized in potion-making.
Matron Dākusutā
Character: Villainous
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Type: Witch/Evil Spirit
Faction: Hydianites
"Aku o watashi no zen to shimashou!" ("Let Evil be my Good!")
Matron Dākusutā (her entry here
) is a Hydianite witch who became an onryō upon death, as well as the arch-enemy of Changeling Queen Supia.- Arch-Enemy: She sees Changeling Queen Supia of Hive Hōnetto as her personal enemy, ever since the latter ate the Shogun (who was also Supia's father) who Dākusutā as treated as a "meal-ticket". Supia would continue to be a thorn in her side, and eventually, the combination of Orochi's curse and Dākusutā's hatred would revive her as an onryō after death.
- Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad: She considers Good to be utterly repulsive and morally restraining, while Evil is seen as freedom from said restraints. Thus, she considers Evil itself to be a good thing, though to Temnoists and Temnobog himself, she embodies the "careless" Evil that would one day destroy Equus if left unchecked.
- Came Back Strong: Her resurrection as an onryō made her even more powerful than she already was in life.
- Card-Carrying Villain: She's a villain, and even in her mortal life, she was proud of it, even declaring that the heavens "Let Evil be my Good!". She's a prime example of someone who embraces "careless" Evil and sees Evil as freedom from moral restraints, something that's greatly despised by "constructive" Evil forces such as Temnobog and his Temnoists.
- The Corrupter: It's believed by many Neighponese locals (including Supia herself) that she was responsible for turning the Shogun of Neighpon into a tyrant by encouraging his malevolent traits, and summoned/created powerful monsters to help enforce his will. It got to the point where Supia had to confront her father, which ended when she ate the Shogun.
- Kill It with Water: Post-resurrection, she tried wiping out Queen Supia and her hive with a tsunami, likely destroying a portion of Neighpon as well. Thankfully, her efforts were stopped in time.
- The Power of Hate: Her hatred of Queen Supia was so strong that it partially led to her transformation into an onryō after she was resurrected.
- Vain Sorceress: Implied to be one, as her profile described her as vain and she's an evil witch.
- Wicked Witch: Is a Hydianite and infamous evil witch.
Matron Odious
A Hydianite Matron and the biological mother of Smellba II.
Smellba, the Skunk Witch
Character: Villainous
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Type: Sapient animal, Wicked Witch, Lilithite, Aroma Archmage, Skunk, Torturer
Faction: Lilithite Coven (Pre-Schism), Hydianite Covens, Dark Ages Alliance
Smellba (her entry here
) is one of the first sapient Skunks on Equus who became a nasty witch with a love of torturing ponies with her scent spells.- Arch-Enemy: With Posey, the Kind Gardener, Fluttershy's ancestor, who learned potion and flower manipulation from Moochick and became able to effectively counter her powers.
- Berserk Button: Due to her warped mindset, she hates receiving positive complements like being called "cute", and anyone who does so will end up being tortured worse than usual. A sincere compliment on her magic by a representative of a warlock cabal led to her picking a fight with him and causing an all-out brawl between that cabal and her own coven, ending al hopes of a potential alliance between them. She was also furious when her Good Counterpart, Smellba II, called her a "wonderful-smelling" witch.
- Curbstomp Battle:
- Works both ways in regards to Princess Fizzy Ponyland. Back when Fizzy was a mortal Pony, Smellba overpowered, captured, and tortured her, making Fizzy beg for mercy and leaving her with trauma from her experiences. But by the Fourth Age, Fizzy has become an Alicorn Goddess who is now tens of thousands of years old since they last met while Smellba was rotting in a Hellrealm. Smellba didn't stand a chance this time and had to run for her life.
- She apparently once had a run in with Queen Majesty. This went exactly as you'd expect it to.
- Like Father, Unlike Son: She's Moufette's biological mother via the Foal-Making Mirror, which she used to try make another of her kind who was evil like herself. But while she's a sadistic, evil Wicked Witch, Moufette became a benevolent, compassionate, and romantic Skunk god. This is revealed to be Queen Majesty's doing — she knew the Foal-Making Mirror would be misused by wicked beings and created countermeasures for such situations, making Moufette benevolent upon birth instead.
- Loves the Sound of Screaming: Smellba, by her own admission, 'loves watching Ponies squirm and beg as she tortures their sweet little noses.'
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: As Princess Tiffany/Regina admits, the idea of a skunk or tortures people with their smell sounds ridiculous...but torturing someone's nose with smell is just as effective as torturing their ears with sound. Smellba has captured several Paradise Ponies and made them beg for mercy, something Tiffany doesn't begrudge after being subjected to it herself.
- Pragmatic Adaptation: By her creator's admission, she's their own OC, but due to Codex being far more in-depth and complex than their own standalone stories, which will be much more simple, and thus the two are very different as a result.
- Sadist: Part of why she's a Torture Technician is she sincerely loves torturing others with her scent magic.
- Sensory Overload: Her primarily method of attack and torture: using horrible smells and sensory manipulation to overwhelm their sense of smell.
- Smelly Skunk: Weaponized. She's a skunk witch who is also a master of scent and olfactory magic. Thus her preference is for flat out torturing ponies with horrible smells. As Princess Fizzy can attest, it's not fun. Her One-Winged Angel form, is considered by Fizzy and her other victims to be the musk of the worst thing they've ever smelled.
- Squishy Wizard: Her sensory and scent manipulation powers make her surprisingly dangerous, but she's also a normal sized skunk and she needs her One-Winged Angel form to fight physically at all. Thus if anyone can power through her scent spells, she has no choice but to run.
- Torture Technician: As a witch, this is her preference to evildoing, both for sadism and to assist other witches by interrogation. She does so by using her smell and sensory manipulation powers to torture their sense of smell specifically, which is far worse than it sounds.
- The Not-So-Harmless Punishment: Her preferred method of evil is... stink torture. On paper, this sounds silly, but in practice, it's no less horrible than your sense of hearing being tortured by sound or touch by physical pain. It's enough to make even some of the heroic Paradise Ponies beg for mercy and leave Princess Tiffany writhing on the ground in agony.
- Uplifted Animal: She's likely the first sapient skunk on Equus. This was part of the reason she ended up being evil: no one realized she was sapient and thus didn't treat her like it, until a witch did so and taught her to go from being mischievous to flat out evil.
- Villain Forgot to Level Grind: A justified example: in the First Age, she captured and tortured Fizzy, who was unable to do much to escape. When Smellba is resurrected in the Fourth Age, she tries to repeat it. However, Smellba was arrested and died in the dungeons, then spent the intervening ages in a Hell-Realm, while Fizzy has since become an ancient Alicorn goddess who is now incredibly powerful due to how deities get Stronger with Age. Their "rematch" goes as well as one would expect and this time, Smellba had to run for her life.
- Weaponized Stench: She's a skunk and master of scent magic. She uses both her natural spray and magics to incapacitate and torture her opponents. It's surprisingly effective and horrible.
Walpurgis Night
An Equestrian witch and member of the Hydianite Covens, Walpurgis Night had been seen aiding the Storm King with many other cultists during the 'Storm King Crisis' as well as being one of the parties of evil forces which attempted to recover the infamous 'Greedstone'.
