New Equestrian Council · 11:55pm Dec 11th, 2021
Originally, my story's universe included a council that worked akin to a president's cabinet for Princess Celestia, composed of nobles from twelve noble families, in other words an aristocracy. Now, it's council composed of councilors elected by democratic vote. It's still a work in progress, but i wanted to get started on it. Like before it will be composed of OCs, some of which I have permission to use from their owners.
If you're interested in having your OC be a member of this council send me a PM entitled "Councilor OC" but please respect that it's my decision whether or not to include your OC
Defense and Security
Current Councilor: General Bloodthorn
Kind: Pegasus (Lunar)
Sex: M
Eyes: Yellow
Coat: Wine Red
Mane: Snow White
Cutie-mark: Bleeding claw marks over a full moon
Born to the Lunar Pony colony of the Shetland Isles, Bloodthorn left home to enlist in the Equestrian E.U.P. as soon as he was old enough. Throughout his training, he was ostracized and derided by his fellow trainees as well as the sergeant in charge of his squad, simply for his being a lunar pony. More than once he doubted himself and considered quitting, when one day he accidentally bumped into Ignitus Enflame, the Captain of the Royal Guard. Seeing the young lunar pegasus looking down, Ignitus invited the young Bloodthorn to have a drink with him at a favorite watering hole among the royal guards.
Ignitus encouraged Bloodthorn to talk to him, and Bloodthorn finally let his guard down and told the captain how he'd come to Equestria to bring honor to his family and culture by becoming a respectable military officer to show just because lunar ponies were different they deserved to be treated with respect and dignity instead of isolating themselves from the rest of ponykind. He then told Ignitus how his squad and his sergeant treated him despite how hard he trained and studied and how none of his squadmates would train or work with him. Ignitus filed an inquiry into the sergeant as well as the trainees while having Bloodthorn transferred to a different squad to train under a more fair and open-minded sergeant, who just so happened to be a good friend of Ignitus.
Under his new sergeant's training and with a squad that treated him better, Bloodthorn finally flourished and came into his own, graduating with honors and going on to become a dedicated military officer in the E.U.P., rising through the ranks to become a General. He is a fair and dedicated warrior who, while stoic and grim, is actually a friendly and kindhearted pony who believes everyone deserves their fair chance to work hard and achieve their goals. He values character and merit over background and petty rumors, and has earned a highly respected reputation as a military officer and as well as a pony.
Bloodthorn is married with three wives, a husband, and five children, and is the head of his herd.
Commerce and Business
Current Councilor: Tomato Sandwich
Kind: Earth Pony
Sex: M
Eyes: Green
Coat: Reddish-Orange
Mane: Dark Brown
Cutie-mark: A bag of money shaped like a Tomato
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Agriculture and Nutrition
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Education
Current Councilor: Mellow Fellow
Kind: Pegasus
Sex: M
Eyes: Soft Gray
Coat: Bright Blue
Mane: Lime Green
Cutie-mark: A stack of Books
A teacher from Hooveston, Mellow Fellow is fun and loving, always wanting to see the bright side of things, while always willing to do something interesting and fun. While struggling in school himself he learned many ways to overcome his difficulties and now wishes to help others with theirs. His goal is for all students in Equestria to have an education and will do his very best to assist students in receiving a quality education. His drive comes from the knowledge that some children will struggle to receive a job and wishes for them to have an equal opportunity for success.
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Health and Welfare
Current Councilor: Dr. Caduceus
Kind: Earth Pony
Sex: F
Eyes: Green
Coat: Pink
Mane: Baby Blue
Cutie-mark: Heart under medical insignia
A loving caring individual from Canterlot, from a young age all she wanted to do was take care of ponies. She majored in foalcare at the university and started working at the hospital in Canterlot. Her goal is to ensure the health and welfare of each foal in Equestira.
Dr. Caduceus ran for Equestrian Council, seeing it as an opportunity to help others.
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Weather
Current Councilor: Scorch Fireflight
Kind: Pegasus
Sex: M
Eyes: Blazing Red
Coat: Sooty Gray
Mane: Fiery Red with a Burning Orange highlight
Cutie-mark: A Raincloud with nine teal raindrops beneath it
Scorch Fireflight has always been fascinated by weather since his colthood. Especially of wild weather, the kind that isn't controlled by weather ponies or produced from weather factories. Witnessing a wild storm at a young age led Scorch to believe there was something about weather, wild or controlled, that even the best weather ponies didn't fully understand.
Witnessing a batch of stormclouds going out of control in the Cloudsdale Weather Factory and learning of the deaths afterwards spurred Scorch to learn everything he could about weather, as well as anything he could discover from wild weather, thus increasing ponykind's understanding of weather and so determine new safety protocols with weather teams and weather factories. Including a better understanding and knowledge of wild weather, so weather ponies would know what to do should they encounter the phenomena.
After hearing of the upcoming elections for the New Equestrian Council, Scorch Fireflight began his campaign to be elected Councilor of Weather.
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Foreign Relations and Diplomacy
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Sex: F
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Science and Innovation
Current Councilor: Techorse
Kind: Earth Pony
Sex: M
Eyes: Blue
Coat and Mane: Green and Brown
Cutie-mark: Three Yellow check marks stacked on each other
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Magic and Mysteries
Current Councilor: Astral Ink
Kind: Unicorn
Sex: M
Eyes: Pale Blue
Coat and Mane: Gray Blue and Silver White
Cutie-mark: A purple Nebula and a brown Quill
Astral Ink is an academic magic scholar who graduated with honors from Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns though he is somewhat disappointed in himself for not becoming Celestia's personal protégé instead of Twilight Sparkle. He's a quiet and reserved stallion who works as a magical researcher as well as a tutor in the School for Gifted Unicorns to pay his bills. Though not typically the most open or social pony, Astral isn't cold or uncaring towards other ponies' emotions. Deep down, he really enjoys when he can share refined conversations with fellow mages and scholars, as well as helping others improve their magical skills, including Earth Ponies and Pegasi whom he sometimes helps learn the discipline of Mana Manipulation (a magical art that anypony, not just unicorns, can learn to master).
He has a dry, sarcastic sense of humor and sometimes crack a small grin.
Wherever he goes, Astral always brings his journal with him to record his observations and thoughts. Whenever asked about the symbol on the front cover, he always vaguely mentions that he sees it in his dreams.
The one thing that never fails to light up his eyes is looking up at the stars and admiring their majesty. For that reason, he has an admiration for Princess Luna and loves the few chances when he gets to meet her. Although when others point out this admiration, he gets a bit embarrassed and flustered about it.
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Law & Order
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Preservation of Nature and History
Current Councilor: Scarlet Shadow
Kind: Unicorn
Sex: F
Eyes: Azure Blue
Coat: Snow White
Mane: Black with Red streaks
Cutie-mark: Paw Print behind the symbol of the Sun and Moon
Scarlet Shadow was born with the ability to intuitively talk to animals and understand their feelings when she was just a filly and her parents couldn't have been prouder of her. She socialize with her animal friends and ponies alike. When her parents passed when she was 15 due to old age, her animal friends comforted her through the tough transition and helped her cope. Now her home is beyond Equestria surrounded by vast fields and a great jungle which is home to all her animal friends.
After the abolishing of the Aristocratic Council, land development companies started pressing their luck and encroaching on the Equestrian wildernesses. Outraged and realizing she had to make a stand, Scarlet Shadow announced her candidacy to run for Equestrian Council, so as to protect animals and nature from the political arena.
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Civil Rights and Citizenship
Current Councilor: Shaggy Shepherd
Kind: Sirian Dog
Sex: M
Eyes: Blue
Fur: White and Gray
Tag: Two Paws shaking
Shaggy Shepherd is a Sirian Dog who grew up under the rigid and strict caste system of Bargos, and thus his Gamma rank prevented him from being able to make a difference, as his proposals for progression and equality were ignored or worse he was "encouraged" to remember his place in the Pack Hierarchy of his nation's government.
Thus, Shaggy became enamored of Equestria, which, despite being the pony nation, presented a better future for Shaggy and his family, leading him to move them there in search of better opportunities... only to find that non-ponies weren't allowed to enter Equestrian politics. Shaggy almost gave up and considered moving back to Bargos when the Aristocratic Council was abolished and a new Equestrian Council was announced, a reformation of their government where the members would be elected democratically.
Shaggy knew this was the opportunity he'd been looking for and ran for Councilor of Civil Rights and Citizenship, in order to make all non-pony creatures living in Equestria true citizens with fair and equal rights to ponies.
Fun Fact: Shaggy Shepherd is based on "The Shaggy D.A.", a Disney film from 1976
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