New OC · 11:51pm Jan 29th, 2015
Hey all, this is a blog thingy i'm using to introduce my second OC. This is kinda rough so fair warning. Its not really a story, its just telling some things about him and his life. And please try to not be to critical or judgmental, please?
Soo here he is, FINALLY! I hope you all like him
Name: Doesn't have one, but taken a liking to the names, Shadow and Night Shade.
Nickname: Carries many. Given his reluctance to speak his true name Night Shade, normally say’s No Name.
Species: Believed to be Earth pony.
Age: Does not have eternal breath, has been around for a long time yet his real age is unknown to him.
Cutie Mark: Never found his. He stands taller than average but is built. Has a smoky black, faded shade fur. His mane is a dark cobalt with light tips and strands. His right eye is multi shades of blue and his left eyes is pure black with no pupil, but has many dots with a depth that look like stars in a night sky. He wears a withered cloak and wraps himself to prevent his actual fur from being seen with a hood that drapes over his head and body. Only his eyes and small glimpses of his mane and tail can be seen. He also has a chunk missing from the side of his right ear. Unknown what he carries, but a katana is worn on his back with a deep yet vibrant blue handle, but almost never unsheathes it. All that’s known about it is that its indestructible.
Personality: Distant. Doesn't talk much, prefers to be left alone, but when persistent he can be persuaded. Mysterious and hardened, takes everything seriously, but has glimpses of being compassionate.
History: Doesn't talk much on it, but supposedly used to be in the Equestrian Spec ops Intel he went rogue. He’s very secretive.
Residence: Doesn't have a home, but the Everyfree Forest is his playground.
(His past broken up into sections, because let’s be honest, 2 thousand years is a lot to cover)
Princess Luna found him as a new born foal while she was on one of her own personal missions. He was alone, abandoned and left to die. For whatever reason, whether it be she could relate to an misjudge, misunderstood colt or it was just plain pity, she took him in, but hid him from the world, especially her sister. She knew her sister wouldn't approve of such actions, or him for his looks, so he was a secret.
Luna raised him in the shadows, she had had him straight from birth. (Since she couldn’t take him near her castle in fear of her sister finding out, she hid him in a cave deep within the Everyfree Forest.)
She kept him fed, cleaned, and healthy. Tell the time came where he could raise a blade
When Luna first found him the only thing else besides a misplaced foal was the sword that came with him. Where it came as is a greater mystery then him himself. (Okay, before anyone goes nit picking, yes I will be using something from the game Skyrim here. But don’t get all stingy about it. It’s my OC and this is how it’s going down.)
The blade itself is a faded blue with a frost mist coming off of it, and the handle is a faded cobalt blue with black.
His katana is made from a long, thought to be extinct martial known as Stalhrim, otherwise known as ‘Enchanted Ice’ in ancient times. The rock based martial carries an intense frost, so strong that it always has a thick frost mist coming off of it (Kind of that mist that you get when you open your freezer on a really hot day and all the frost mist pores out of it. Like that.)
But his blade isn’t ordinary Stalhrim…
His katana is made up of Stalhrim that was successfully turned into a liquid form then re-hardened into his unbreakable katana blade. A process that can only be done once every 100 years. So its really one of a kind. And anything he strikes is met with the intense cold frost of his almost steely looking blade.
As the years went by, it was no secret that he wasn't a normal colt. But I think he passed even Luna’s expectations…
He looks like an Earth pony, yet he can fly like a Pegasus. And he can conduct my own magic without a horn or any runes. (He can conduct his own kind of magic that's different from unicorns. He’s not an extremely powerful mage, but he knows a few things that more then set him apart. He can’t use even simple magic’s such as levitation to when he can summon chains from Tartarus and use them as weapons. Plain and simple, his magic is different.)
What Luna also noticed is that he aged a lot slower compared to average ponies. What she discovered is that he ages seventy percent slower from normal beings. (And I did do the math to this.) So were he would be twenty seven, in reality he’s been around two thousand-some years. So he’s not immortal, he will die eventually, but eventually can be a long time.
Despite her knowledge of foreign creatures, Luna hadn’t seen anything like him, not even heard of in myths. He even has some dragon blood in him, considering the size and sharpness of his molars. He doesn’t quite know what he is, but he considers himself a foreigner regardless. He doesn’t know where he came from. He thinks somewhere far up north due to the fact that he have an incredibly high tolerance to lower temperatures, but he honestly couldn’t say.
Luna never told him where she found him, be it in or out of Equestria… It was the only secret she kept from him…
(Section two)
There was this tribe far outside of Equestria known as the Watawi Clan. (This clan was huge with a mass larger than a changelings. They were made up of fallen warriors, bounty hunters, assassins. Things like that. Even Griffins to some extent. And pony's from all over. But they only fought for greed with no regard for anyone outside of their group.
These people were bad, and I mean bad. They pillaged and attacked unsuspecting towns and villages. They did and took what they wanted by force and killed anyone that stood in their way 'Meaning they stole, murdered, rapped you name it.' Then burned anything else that was left 'including live pony's...' back to point.) They had a large amount of beef against him. What with him cutting down numerous members of their troops that got to close to Equestrian borders (Celestia thought she had a truce with their leader, but that was all a gimmick so she'd lower her guard. Luna never told her that they were trying to sneak in because she felt she was taking care of it enough with having Night Shade intercept them. Then her sister couldn't steal the glory from her.) The leader of that clan even had things like bounties to whoever could kill him or give any knowledge of his whereabouts. But nothing could ever be described as anything but a shadow... A phantom... A myth...
They could never find him... and no one lived who did... Except for one mare who wasn't even trying.
Now how that all came to be, one day after completing a mission (This was outside of Equestria) He found a remote hot spring in the middle of a forest and decided to bath himself and tend to a few wounds he had.
(He doesn't wear the cloak and wraps just to help better hid himself, but also to hide what was underneath. If someone were to see him without them on, they'd probably think he was a freak or monster and run away…)
He thought the spring was remote enough and that nopony would come around, but he was wrong on that one. And a mare found him and saw him without his cloak or wraps on (Something at this point Luna never even saw.) Now Luna had a rule... Anyone who knew about his existence or even saw him for that matter was to either have their memory erased or executed on the spot. (Keep in mind, this wasn't too soon before she turned into Nightmare moon. She was greedy. She wanted him only to herself.)
But... he didn’t...
(This is how it happened and what she saw…
She came up to the hot spring and saw black figure in it.
He rose out of the water with his back turned to her. There were Streaks and strikes across his body where fur could no longer grow. Down his back, down each leg, covering each hoof. He slowly glanced back with his star filled eye as his body shifted with him. His neck and face didn't escape from this either. His whole body mutilated with dishonor and burdens. And what made it worse? His flank was blank... There was no cutie mark to be had. Just on empty spot that was taken over by scars.
No Name said nothing... There was such a grave sense of pain as that you could practically feel his permanent markers screaming out. This was what he hides. This was his shame. This... is what he was.)
But when she looked at him, saw him without his wraps, she didn't look at him any different then she would anyone else. She even went so far as to offer to clean his cloths as there was blood on them and tend to his wounds back at her place... And for whatever reason, he went along. Long story short, they became close. He'd visit her after every so many missions and they'd spend time together both in and out of her home. She was the only friend he ever had, and only one besides Luna that knew of him.
One night as he was at her place, she took his katana from him and playfully shoved him out the door with a set time to come back for a surprise (3 to 5 hours) So not wanting to spoil her fun he left for a night walk... But when he returned... She was dead. Lying in a pool of her own blood with his sword nailing her to the floor through the heart. Along with a note that read “We Know.” (That was from the Watawi Clan.)
Somehow they managed to find out about his meetings with her and they killed her with his own sword to gain his attention and draw him out of hiding. When he returned, Luna found out about this, about how he was seeing the mare behind her back, all of it. But what he found out is that Luna was actually the one who tipped them off about him seeing her. But she didn't intend on them killing her. She said she only intended on them capturing her, then he could go after her and have a sit down with their leader for some information she wanted as his next mission.
He asked Luna to still send him on that mission, but she forbade it because she knew his emotions would get in the way. But he went anyways...
(Section three)
He stood on a large hill while down in the valley below the entire army stood weapon ready at the helm of a large forties. The leader laughing mockingly as his own plans were successful at drawing him out. It started storming and raining as a crack of thunder and lightning signaled the start of the end... And he slaughtered them all... Every last one… Anyone that was evolved he showed no mercy to. Even the ones that tried to run, he hunted down so none would escape. And he took down their leader so Luna wouldn’t get a thing out of him...
After that he ran… He was done serving Luna and quite frankly he didn’t deserve to anymore. (He dishonored her and went against a direct order which led to the deaths of millions... Not all in which who deserved to die...) He returned to the Everfree Forest where he was raised and lives his life of solitude. Shortly after he left, Luna turned into Nightmare moon. But he didn't care. Who she killed, who she hurt, he was done with her all together.
He reaped what he sowed, now it was her turn...
Oh and another thing… He doesn’t sleep. His quote is “I don’t sleep… In slumber lies the possibilities of dreams… and I don’t want to have dreams…” He hasn’t slept a day since he went rouge. Every time he's tried he’s awoken by the same painful nightmare of his haunting past. (Luna and the missions, the ones he killed out of revenge and anger, the one he lost) And when that happens Luna is able to temporarily pinpoint where he is, so he can’t afford to even rest for if he does, he won’t wake up from being awake for so long.(Not forever, just a really really REALLY long time. Almost like a coma).
In the shadows where he can not be found is where he lives every sleepless night. Playing a style of flute on harder nights. In the shadows where all he is, is just a distant ghost of a long forgotten legend to be alone tell the day he rots.
(Now we're reaching the time after Luna came back and was defeated as Nightmare Moon by the Elements, he still never went to her but she knows he's still alive somewhere. But she doesn't bother looking for him... Because she knows she won't find him.)
Intel his heart has started to be softened by, Sterling Silver. A sparkling purple manned, white furred filly who was abandoned at a young age because she was blind (She's about 7 to 8 years old, she's been able to survive by playing a violin in the streets for bits to anyone that would give them. She has orchestra playing skills yet she hasn't been given a cute mark yet.). After certain circumstances and she was contemplating on ending her miserable life, No Name stepped in and showed her the love and kindness she'd never known. He took her in and she stays hidden in the shadows with him as he watches over her like a big brother. Which causes him to rethink his life morals, especially after her life is threatened which leads him to drawing his sword after a millennium of time...
But hey, that's another story.
And this is theirs...
So yeah that's him everybody. I know their are a lot of gaps in this but again, his life spans to long to cover, so i mainly stuck with prime factors. I'm sorry if i did it wrong or if it was hard to follow, but i mainly wanted to get this out their so at least its out their.
Thanks to all who read this from start to finish. Have a good day 
Woah. Wall of text much.
2756509 Yeah... I know
2756579 Something like this.
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2756583 Sorta, yeah
I did not find this at all hard to follow.
Not trying to go critic on it, but only one thing bothered me a little about it. That is the thought that Celestia would not accept him.
Though he is quite unusual. It would seem more of Luna's own paranoia about her sister that would lead her to think such a thing, that and her own jealousy. She just simply wished to keep him for herself, and thinking that her sister would not approve of him as a self made excuse, she also probably told him of, to keep him for herself. To me that line of thinking fits a little better. But this is your story, I am not trying to change it.
Another sad fic, It kind of ends well. He his like the beast from beauty and the beast. I am thinking of Vincent from the TV show. He is no monster but those that don't look past his exterior would only see a beast. For those that can see beyond what the eyes can portray, he is just a lost but very kind soul. It would seem the little filly that can't see will likely know him best, just like the mare in the woods that was taken from him.
There is much I like about him. The mystery of his origins is one. The two different eyes. The possible dragon blood in him, but of what kind is still unknown. That and his unusual magic. He very much overall reminds me of Todd Mcfarlane's Spawn. With the flying, cloak, chains, weapons, bad ass and evil look, wile still being a good and kind person, despite what life has turned him to doing in it.
Just as I thought, and commented before, you are one with an imagination.
And you definitely have a thing for unbreakable swords.
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What can i say, i for one wouldn't like me sword to brake in battle
One thing mi kinda forgot to add though. At the beginning where i said
is only 'parshly' true. I know i never put it into words directly, but he was never in the Equestrian, Solar, or Lunar spec ops. He was Luna's apprentice alone. She sent him on missions both in and outside of Equestria, missions that no one besides him or luna new about "In the dark and shadows kind of missions." But i guess that much is pretty obvious
The only other thing i didn't really mention was that after his training with luna was complete, she wanted his skills to go even further. So after she had taught him everything she could, she sent him to Sovngarde to train with warriors throughout the ages. He spent many many years training their intel it was time to put his skills to the test, and from their he was sent to Tartarus for 100 years to survive against its hell-bound fires. (It was only tell he came back that he was able to summon the Crimson Chains of Tartarus and use them as weapons) But yeah.
So all and all, he's not only seen or been, but he's lived through quit a bit.
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Not without directly stating it. Yes, the part about him being Luna's apprentice was a bit of an obvious one, but not so much that he was never really in the Lunar spec ops. He was only known to Luna, and a phantom to everyone else.
This bit of detail would take some explaining. I am familiar with Tartarus, hence my connection to him and Spawn, yet I am unfamiliar with Sovngarde. I may have to look that up.
And still a rather good person after all of it. What a guy!
What you say about swords I feel towards having good armor. Not good to have that brake during battle either.
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Sovngarde is basically the opposite of Tartarus, they've never showed it in the show, but i figure if theirs a Tartarus their has to be a Sovngarde, otherwise the balance would be thrown off.
Hey, a strong offense is only as good as your defense right?
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OK, I have yet to look it up, but I get the idea. It is sort of like Heaven is to Hell, or more like the viking Valhalla. A sort of heaven for warriors.
I also can't help but think his life would have possibly taken a less darker path if Celestia knew of him when he was first found.
As you said, he was found by Luna back during the time she was slowly drifting into her own dark path in life. And Luna seen him as a valuable tool, as well as perhaps more. But that was then.
Sorry, but can't agree. Unless you mean using ones offense as ones defense. Then yes, it would.
Defense to me is only like having a form of insurance. One that might not back you up in certain situations.
In reality a good offense is your best defense. If one only defends, in time it will fail. It is always best to try and find a way to stop what it is you are trying to defend agents. One with much skill has little need for armor. It could slow one down to the point of needing it.
One good quick strike to end the standoff is some times all one needs. A defense is only necessary when that first strike fails, then it is up to that insurance to back you up till you can try again.
It is kind of like a dance between what you will need and what will work. That is in both offense and defense, and both are situational.
It is said, "Never bring a knife to a gun fight." I say, Tell that to the gun toting guy with the knife stuck in he head that was thrown at him.
2775034 Sorry
That's what i meant. I can word things weirdly at times
I like what you put though, that's why Night Shade wears no armor. Because hes been in enough battles and is skilled enough to read body and mescal movements of his opponents to be able to evade any attack. But that only comes with the price of his scars. Because its not something you can just learn and pick up, it takes lots and lots of experience, and in experience mistakes can be made.
Agreed on that last knife part
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No need to feel sorry, I kind of felt that is what you meant.
After all, I am the one with the affinity for armor and yours is for swords.
It would only make seance that you would see a good offense as a good defense.
I have had some mild and modest experience with battle and fighting. Both with armor and weapons, and some without.
Mostly in something called LARP.
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OK, that is not the best representation of it.
This is more like it.
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And there are some hot looking woman that play it as well.
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Part of my other experiences have been in both real fights, and martial arts. Both rather limited experiences. Less then LARP.
Ya, I thought you would like that knife pun.
2776244 Nice
Those all sound like cool and fun