Concerning Saddle Arabia · 5:19pm Aug 24th, 2019
So as those who follow me on Twitter know, I am right now writing the next arc of The God Squad, the Shining of Arabia arc. And one of the funnest things with this has been developing the world of Saddle Arabia. The ponies there are far different from their Equestrian cousins... no cutie marks on their flanks and the two we meet are Earth ponies.
I have decided to take these details and run with them. Ponies in Saddle Arabia do get marks but they appears on their foreheads and are only shown to those the are VERY close to. I also envision them as a pure Earth pony tribe who has learned to take the two parts of Earth Pony magic (life-giving and deep understanding of an object by touch... the former seen in Applejack the later in the likes of how Pinkie can make amazing food and Octavia beautiful music) and merged them together for their own disipline of magic: sentient giving magic.
Ponies in Saddle Arabia can craft objects and then give them life. They make carpets that can fly and serve as messengers. THey can build a carriage that drives itself. They can carve a staff that will talk to the wielder, so on.
I feel this adds something magical and different from their culture and it will be fun to explore this in the next arc.
NICE!
Did they also overthrow their tyrannical Goa’uld overlords thousands of years ago?
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Nothing in the arc will confirm or deny that, lol.
There was a Saddle Arabian unicorn in the episode Road to Friendship. But you can describe the country any way you want in your story.
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I do address that. There are a few Saddle Arabian unicorns and pegasi but they are children of Earth ponies that married outsiders. The 6 Ruling Familes of the 6 City-Kingdoms are all Earth Ponies who practice sentient magic.
Funny enough I added in that about 10 minutes ago before I saw your comment.