Reader participation contest · 2:09pm Aug 29th, 2015
Read The Weed? Eagerly await new updates? Want to see more of the world? Want to be part of the world? (Well, you can start by asking questions... remember, the comment section for The Weed is an active Q&A session where you can ask Maud and Tarnished Teapot questions and even suggest places to go) But to be an active part of the world...
Here is your chance! In an effort to get more reader participation going for The Weed, I have come up with a contest.
Have an OC? Wait, scratch that... sure you do. But your black and red alicorn dracony OC doesn't fit in here. Do you have a Show Appropriate OC? You do? Then you might be in luck. Do you have an earth pony geologist? Do you have a pegasus with a package delivery service that has a guarantee to find your client anywhere within the wilds of Equestria? Do you have a unicorn that likes to adventure? Do you by chance have an earth pony that likes to pull wagons over the Equestrian continent while getting harassed by a snickering, sassy pegasus? If your OC is the long lost third alicorn sister named Magenta Dark'ness DaFuq... this is not the contest for you. These entries will be ignored.
There are some rules! If you just go posting OC info and don't pay attention here, you will be disqualified. If you go posting your OC info here and think this is for The Chase, you will be disqualified. If you fail to follow the rules, your OC will sadly be shown the door.
So... here are the rules. First and foremost, this will not work if you are selfish. There is going to be a voting system. So try and vote for worthwhile characters and not just your own. If you wish to make an entry, you must title your post below as Official Entry. Yes, with big, bold letters. Pay attention folks... this is where things can go wrong. Bold letters. People are going to post in this thread because they can't help themselves... so I need to separate the official entries from the general chitchat.
Official entries must be 300 to 400 words. I'll be checking! Too few words, FAIL! Too many words, FAIL! 300 to 400 words is plenty to give a general description. How do they look? What is their general talent? What does your pony do for a living? Common everyday sorts of ponies, if you please. Be creative. Are you a shifty unicorn that looks for travelers scorched by the heat and then you sell them ice cream at over-inflated prices? Perfect. Are you a royal guard member? If you are... why are you out in the wilds of Equestria? So have your characters make sense... have them fit in to the setting.
Later today, the official entries will be gathered up and will be posted in a second followup thread. These entries will be voted upon. So get your engines of creativity going. 300 to 400 words to describe a show accurate OC. Be creative! Have some fun. Do a little creative writing. And you never know... you might become part of The Weed.
If you have a picture of your OC, it might help other people vote for you... who knows?
Official Entry
Name: Feather Quill.
Appearance: Brown coat, darker brown mane. Blue eyes. Earth pony. Adult male. Average size. Keeps himself very neat and tidy. He's also pulling a small wagon with various notebooks and science kits. He has one of Philomena's feathers tucked behind his left ear to use as a quill. It was enchanted so that it would never break or run out of ink, and can also be tracked by a compass that he keeps locked at the bottom of his wagon.
Cutie mark: A single phoenix feather. It seems to shimmer when the sunlight hits it just right.
Feather Quill is a magical animal professor at Canterlot University (not to be confused with the Canterlot School for Gifted Unicorns), who is currently doing some field research on the creatures in the Ghastly Gorge. After hearing about the quarray eels from a colleague, he was intrigued by their ability to seemingly dig holes straight through solid rock, and is trying to find a way to duplicate it for pony use.
Being a professor, he is very inquisitive, and will happily go off on a tangent if you let him.
He got his cutie mark when Philomena crashed into him seemingly by accident, and he had to take care of her for a couple of days. When Princess Celestia came to retrieve Philomena, she was impressed by the level of care given to Philomena, even though she wasn't actually injured. We all know how Philomena likes to play her practical jokes...
After that, his cutie mark appeared, and he delved into research on all kinds of magical creatures. When he was old enough to go to university, he completely aced all of his classes, and applied to be the Royal Animal Caretaker. Unfortunately, that position doesn't exist, but Celestia instead offered him a position as the Magical Fauna professor at the University of Canterlot. Seeing this as an opportunity to learn even more about the magical animals of the world, he readily accepted.
Princess Celestia sometimes visits with Philomena, and when he heard about the trick Philomena pulled on Fluttershy, he sent Fluttershy a letter. They've been pen pals since, talking in their letters about all kinds of magical animals.
That ought to do it.
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Names: Quakehoof and Flying Grace
Appearances: Quakehoof is a VERY large Earth Pony stallion with a cloudy gray coat and a scruffy medium length auburn mane and tail and his eyes are a very bright shade of yellow. Flying Grace is a lithe pegasus mare with a build similar to that of Fleur De Lis. She has a soft purle coat and long mane and tail of orange with streaks of yellow mixed in with deep sapphire blue eyes.
Cutie Marks: Quakehoof's Cutie Mark is a large boulders with multiple cracks running through it starting at an imprint of a hoof in the center of it. Flying Grace's Cutie Mark is a Pair of pink wings forming the shape of a Heart
Quakehoof has no clearly defined job. He does many things that his large size and exceptional strength make it easy for him to do: He helps clear land for or large boulders and the like for building, helps clean up landslides, pulls large heavy loads and various other various jobs. Because of this he travels a lot from place to place for work. This suits him just fine as he doesn't want to stay in one place too long because his size can sometimes cause problems, including, but not limited to the fact that him running can cause tremors all around him as he does so. He is a very stoic pony and always says "Indeed" whenever confirming something.
Flying Grace, as her name implies, is a very graceful mare. She is refined and cultured, but tempers it with dignity and humility. But just because she is these things does not mean she does not know how to have fun. She has a love of embarrassing younger ponies in the ways only a mother would know. but never maliciously and never takes it too far and definitely knows when to stop. She could live in just one place and have a stable life, but she prefers to travel with her husband Quakehoof and will help future mothers with their first time pregnancies by giving them advice on how to handle the ways their mommy hormones mess with their heads.
Special Talents: Quakehoof is able to pretty much smash anything due to his immense strength. Flying Grace has a gentle nature that she uses to help others and that her inner beauty matches her outer beauty.
That was harder than I thought it would be. Getting all of that info down with the word limit was harder than I thought it would be. Also I am saddened by the fact I couldn't find the picture I had done of Quakehoof a few years ago, could only find Graces. I would have maybe had something for him if any of the artists I had commissioned him from in the last two years had actually done my commissions, now I am stuck waiting for a reply from the artist who I had do him originally to to see if they still have him floating around on their computer.
I would love to throw my OC in the ring, but I don't think I can come up with that much description on such short notice.
Also, he's a scientist/researcher, not an adventurer, so you probably couldn't use him much anyway.
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Come on, make an effort. you can do it. The word count isn't very much and you have several hours. So go for it!
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Name: Pepperjack
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Based out of White Tail woods, Pepperjack is a traveling sales pony who deals in spices. His talent is spice blending. He left home on his own quest to sell spices produced by his family, make business connections, and discover new plants and minerals that can be used for new spices.
He is well versed in the more common flora that dot Equestria's landscape and a minor knowledge on how various minerals interact with taste such as pink salt(iron content).
He transports his wares in a wagon, slightly enchanted so he can pull it, despite being a unicorn. He knows basic utility magic for camping and defends himself from wild animals and bandits with his Ghost Habañero pepper powder. He keeps it in pockets in his vest and enjoys it with cheesy foods.
He has a fascination with flying and a ,dramatic, fear of fangs. He grew up in seclusion with his family hearing tales from his father. Tales of bat ponies always captured his attention with mixed results of fear and awe. Pegasi also catch his attention when he sees them.
Having not left home before he tends to get lost and stumble into awkward situations. When in danger his motto is "Pepper and run"
He is a very näive unicorn and knows little about magic. A result from his sheltered upbringing. A kind and gentle soul he likes laying by a campfire and watching the moon rise. He often has dreams of being a hero. He Is blunt and down to earth. Only a few in his family are unicorns, the rest are earth ponies.
He has no relationships or social connections with known original characters of MLP, he can be expanded to have relationships and social connections with other OCs. He does not like to travel alone, but is always a little suspicious of new ponies, even if he does not show it. He has never gotten drunk or lucky, he is eighteen and completely oblivious when it comes to romance. He does not quite understand most other modern unicorns and thief neurosis'. His own is arousal when afraid, though he is hard to startle or frighten his mix feelings on bat ponies can make him nervocited.
These comment boxes need word count
Is it possible for WS to get in this ?
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Yep.
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Official Entry.
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Name: Written Sound
Nicknames: Sound - Note
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Species: Pegasi
Hometown: Cloudsdale
Current Residence: Ponyville
Occupation: Music Teacher for Bucky Bitters.
Mane Color: Emerald green and Cobalt blue.
-Style: The 'just rolled out of bed' look, but it still looks presentable.
-Length: In the front it goes down to the bridge of the nose, in the back it is short and shaggy.
-Tail: Also short and shaggy, stops at hindquarters.
Coat Description: A nice tan color.
Eye color: Hazel.
Accessories:Acoustic guitar, Owns a coffee colored jacket with his cutie mark on the left shoulder.
Cutie Mark: Semiquaver note with sound waves exiting the left side.
Special Talent: Music, able to make great music/sound from a wide variety of stringed and electrical instruments.
Family:
- Mother = Audible Decibel
- Father = Monotone
Personality:
-Character Flaws = Over protective of loved ones, zones out when deep in thought or reading, easily forgives others, can be forgetful, when flustered/stressed or over-worked he tends to stutter and fumbles for words.
-Character Strengths/Talents = Great musician like his father, a sense of humor, caring, honest, lover of the arts, great with kids, a great friend, and determined. Can be rather dangerous if the situation calls for it.
Likes: fruit, preferably apples. reading, games, racing, music, art, adventure, romance, and sometimes action or sad stuff.
dislikes: pranks that embarrass/hurts someone, bullies, unnecessary silence, large crowds.
[Character History]
CutieMark Origin story = When Written Sound was in school, the only thing he wanted to do was sing and make sound. One day Octavia, a famous cello player, came to the school to teach the wonderful art of music, she brought many different stringed instruments, but the only thing that caught Written’s eye was normal six stringed acoustic guitar. When he picked it up and strummed a few strings, he knew this was the instrument for him, he closed his eyes and began to strum a few chords, that he faintly remembered hearing back when his father played just before bed. After a what felt like a few moments, He opened his eyes to see everypony looking at him in shock and awe, he looked around, and asked what was wrong. A classmate squeaked out " You've got your mark !". Waiting for him as he glanced over at his flank, was his cutiemark, A semiquaver note with three sound waves coming out the left side.
Official Entry
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Actually, I didn't realize I had as much written about him as I did, but most of it is about his abilities rather than personality, so here's what I have, touched up a bit.
Name: Gizmo Gears
Here's the picture. (There's more than one, so I didn't embed.)
I generally use a recolor of Roseluck's mane/tail for shape, as it seems to work best with the stripe. He's a little taller and slimmer than an average pony; about halfway between "standard pony" and Cheese Sandwich. His nose isn't the standard stallion shape, but more bubbly and rounded; he has what could be considered a "girly" face. He generally wears a "labcoat"-style shirt with the front left open.
Talent: Blending of Technology and Magic
Personality: Gizmo is kind of a "mad scientist" type, with low emphasis on the "mad". (For simplicity, he's about 80% Twilight [with less books/research/studying emphasis and more experimenting] and about 20% Pinkie [more the silly/goofy parts of her personality than the party parts.]) He gets defensive when the reliability/stability of his magic is questioned, even though it is occasionally unreliable/unstable.
Magic Skill: Gizmo knows the basic unicorn spells (telekinesis, light, prestidigation, and so on) and a few spells related to analysis/control/repair/manipulation of technology, plus a specialized come-to-life spell that only works on sufficiently advanced technology, but he cannot directly learn most more advanced spells that are not in some way related to his talent without limitations on them related to his talent (like the come-to-life spell mentioned previously.)
Unique Magic: Spell Imprinting (Gizmo's unique spell can capture and imprint another unicorn's cast spell into a prepared piece of gear or onto a small device about the shape and size of a microSD card [I call it a 'chip'.] Gear can be configured either to accept a spell directly or to have a slot to accept a chip; chip-spells have a higher energy cost to cast. Spells that have an external effect [attack spells, like a fireball] burn out the chip after a single cast, but spells that only affect the wearer [detection-type spells or self-buffs] don't.) Think of Gizmo's gear like wands - it allows using one's own magic to cast a spell, without the bearer actually knowing the spell. Earth ponies and pegasi can use Gizmo's spell-casting gear, with some limitations.
Because different casters can reasonably be assumed to cast the same spell slightly differently to achieve the same result, the amount of energy it takes to cast a captured spell is inversely proportional to the number of different ponies Gizmo has captured the spell from, to a limit. For instance, an assumed more common spell like cloud walking would be proportionately less energy-draining to cast than a much rarer spell, such as Rarity's gem-finding spell. Some earth and pegasus pony abilities may be able to be captured, but only those that are activated intentionally, not passive abilities.
Teleportation: Gizmo is 'allergic' to teleportation spells, and will (when used on or by him, or any attempt to put them into his gadgets) cause them to either fail outright or change destination. (The new destination may not necessarily be in the same dimension where the spell originated, and it may be quite far from the original, though regular teleport safeguards will still function, so this will not cause anypony to leave body parts behind or get stuck in any object.) Portal spells (that is, teleport-like spells where one or both ends are anchored to a point) are fine, though he is still trying to get them to work with his gadgets.
Sorry for the excess length, but I didn't know how to really trim it.
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You might wish to edit this. It does not say Official Entry.
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Over 700 words... might want to trim that.
3355814 Heh, sorry about that, I rushed it and got distracted before posting it.
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No worries.
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I managed to cut the description part down to 575, hope that's okay.
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Hmm... 300 to 400... we'll see. If people vote for it, I'll allow it!
I heard about The Chase from TVTropes a few days ago and just started reading it, so seeing something like this already(even though it's a different fic) is pretty cool. Might have to start reading a bit of this fic instead to see if I can scrounge something appropriate together before the deadline.
Also, while I think the Q&A idea is great, isn't role-playing of any sort against site rules?
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Been doing Q&A sessions on many of my stories for over a year now. Never had a complaint.
Official Entry
Peafowl and Scramble Patch
Peafowl, a pegasus stallion, grayish persian blue coat, freckles, mulberry eye, curly cerise and dark blue mane. His cutie mark are three cerise, kite-shaped figures. Mother is a pegasus airship captain, his father her earth pony navigator.
Has a diploma in practical physics (though he doesn't think much of titles, he counts results) and is selftaught in chemistry and tailoring. With this, he designs practical, but fashionable protective suits, which is why he seeks out dangerous areas.
He loves comic books and got his cutie mark when claiming that Filly Second's suit would be improvable and actually doing so.
He is extroverted, a bit prissy, egocentric and would not hesitate to criticize his idols. For example, he calls the Wonderbolt Suit a brilliant design, but says that he can improve brilliant. He is an extremist, if he gets really invested into a project, he'll neglect everything.
He is a knowledge worker, as his physical resumee isn't impressive, while he is a good sprinter on the ground, he has little physical stamina. His wings are large and nimble, but he is a weak flyer. He mostly uses them while tailoring.
He is panromantic and -sexual and attracted to physically strong and muscular people, mostly male earth ponies or minotaurs.
Scramble Patch is a polite, happy-go-lucky earth mare with grey eyes, a pinto white and brown coat and a wheat blonde mane. Her cutie mark consists of an old fashioned climbing axe and a rolled rope. She was adopted by a Canterlot family.
Even for an earth pony, she has an incredible surefootedness and is a trained ranger and mountian guide. Got her cutie mark when helping her now-fiance to get around on the mountainsides of Canterlot to find a certain kind of rock crystal.
While she is very supporting, she tends to play down character flaws for the sake of harmony.
She accompanies her foalhood friend Peafowl in his travels because she wants to climb mountains, help ponies and she knows he won't last a day out there on his own, but she would never destroy his delusions. Also, she loves to test out his creations.
She swaps cheesy messages with her fiance Brighteyes who is a unicorn optician in and from Canterlot (and belonged to their foalhood clique as well) as often as possible.
Kudz, I wanna, but I can't do it right this minute.
In fact, I can't do it until tomorrow.
If you'd be gracious enough, I'd be happy to sumbit it then, but if you aren't then I won't bother you with it.
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Consider the deadline extended.
Official Entry
Black Briar: Mushroom Loving Green and Black Stallion of North West Equestria
Growing up in the wild woods between Seaddle and Vanhoover wasn’t always easy, especially when your unicorn tinker parents finally have their bouncing baby colt turn out to be an Earth Pony. They tried their best to raise him, but their nomadic lifestyle and unicorn neurosis made for a rocky home life. That didn’t stop him from eating heartily and packing on more than a few pounds.
Finally settling on the outskirts of a multi-species settlement of Ponies, Diamond Dogs, and Griffons, BB spent his life hunting for wild fauna used by doctors in the area. It was there in the fertile damp forests he learned of his love of mushrooms and their many different properties. Slowly training in the ways of a backwoods doctor he ran afoul of a manticore. Being the pudgy little guy he is, out running the predator just wasn’t in the cards, and soon found his hind leg almost severed in a glancing bite while he kicked out with his other hoof stunning the beast. As the creature regained his bearings, BB noticed a horribly poisonous mushroom near where the creature had flung him into a tree. Smearing the gooey ebon fungous on his leg he waited for the creature to continue eating him. A sickening crack later as the bone gave way lead to strangled choking. Losing consciousness BB thought, “At least I’m taking the bastard with me!” Not knowing he now had a cutie mark of a black mushroom dripping green poison on his flank.
As luck would have it, a Weather Pegasus was flying back to the settlement when the manticore was thrashing in its death throes, and managed to get BlackBriar back to a healer in time to stop him from bleeding out. Now without a hind leg, and quite a bit of debt, he works as a healer. Using his own blood to make anti-venoms for a variety of hazardous creatures. Still a lover of fine foods and rare delicacies, he pines for the ability to travel again and sample new fare from across the wide, wide world of Equestria.
Despite his maiming, BlackBriar reminds rather upbeat and positive, often making the joke that good health care costs and hoof and a leg. Though the unknowing might mistake his Cutie Mark for someone that makes use of vile poisons.
OC
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Good... I'll have an entry up in a couple hours.
Official Entry
Name: Ortzi Goldbeak
Species: Griffon (Golden Eagle/Cougar cross)
Sex: Male
Appearance:
Brown and tan, with a gold beak. His tail has the classic cougar black ring with a white tip. Wears a harness that contains his inkpot, notebook, mapping materials, compass, clinometer, rock hammer, and chisels.
Background and Attitude:
Ortzi Goldbeak was raised in a traditional griffon family, trained to be a warrior from a young age. Unfortunately for his family, fighting was not a major part of his makeup. Instead, Ortzi was instead drawn to the sciences. His family disowned him in disgust, leaving him to find and fund his own way. One of the ways he found to fund his learning was to work in a mining camp, first as a sluice worker, then eventually as a miner.
During his times in the mine, he found that he had an easy time ‘reading’ the rock strata. Part of him wanted to know more of why the rocks did what they did, and why you could find certain things where. The other part of him realized that he could probably make pretty good money figuring out what rocks ran where and held what. This, in turn, led him to training as a field geologist.
To compensate for the pain of his family cutting themselves from his life, Ortzi developed a self-deprecating sense of humor. Many of his jokes are dedicated to puns surrounding his chosen profession. He also has a love of bad jokes and malapropisms. Though often lonely, he doesn’t like to pester beings with that side of him. He would rather enjoy life and the little times of brightness that others bring.
Currently, Ortzi works for the Equestrian government as an aerial surveyor and prospector, specializing in high-altitude strata analysis. His work does, often, bring him down to where other beings are as he traces a given deposit. Unless treated otherwise, Ortzi assumes the best of all beings and this is friendly and talkative.
Ortzi is currently unattached and open to female approach. He typically will not start flirting or other ‘intimate’ interaction (unless drunk), but he won’t refuse it from a nice looking mare/hen/bitch/etc. Speaking of drink, Ortzi is a total lightweight. One mug of Sweet Apple Acres cider will just about put him down for the count, two will for sure. That won’t stop him from enjoying it though!
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Name: Quick Wit
Appearance: A unicorn(surprise surprise), and a male one. He has a light green coat, along with a salt-and-pepper mane. His eyes are dark blue. He is slightly obsessive-compulsive, and keeps everything in his saddlebags exactly as is. Speaking of which, he carries one saddlebag full of food, and the other is full of: a half-gallon jug of water, a specially enchanted notebook that has a near-infinite amount of pages, a compass, a few pencils and other writing implements, and quite a few books about an amalgamation of biomes, from desert to tundra. More on that in a bit.
Cutie Mark: His cutie mark is of a lit up light bulb, surrounded by a slip of paper that has different equations and quotes on it, ranging from Einstein's(or at least, his pony equivalent) theory of relativity, to quotes from those such as Sun Tzu orThomas Edison(again, pony-wise).
He's a very intelligent pony- though not in a Gary Stu sense- and is easily able to understand complex things. Making a callback to your own mention of Pinny Lane's cutie mark-specific spell, he has his own. What his does, however, is improve his cognitive functions by a remarkable amount for a short period of time. This does not come without its drawbacks, however. While it does make him much better at understanding and learning, after the spell is ends, his mental faculties regress back to that of a below-average pony.
The reason he's travelling the wastes? To learn everything he can about everything he can. Quick Wit has spent his life researching various topics and discussions, and, for the last few years, has dedicated his life to the concept of biology(explaining the books). While living a comfortable life before becoming a traveler, he's never really had many friends, and even those he did have were not as close as per the norm.
He's not the most proficient at magic, but the spells he does know are quite effective. He's quite analytical and can be cold. His sense of humor ranges from short one-liners to long, explanatory jokes, to dreadfully offensive you'll-feel-bad-for-laughing ones.
If I missed anything important, please tell me, and I'll get right on adding it.
Damn, can't come up with anything as good as some of the other entries, dropping out. Will definitely be voting, though.
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Try anyway!
3357688 wait, shit! I didn't see this until now! Is there still time? I have an idea, very much so influenced by the fact that I watched "inside out" and found it to be the best animated movie I ever saw since wall-e
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Get to work! YOU CAN DO IT!
3357688 Sorry if making events of The Weed a part of his backstory is not allowed, it was the best I could come up with.
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Name: Fresh Start
Appearance: Regular-sized earth pony with green pelt and yellow mane.
Cutie mark: A tomato plant.
Backstory: The destruction of half of Ponyville by Tarnished Teapot was the impetus for one very bored resident of the town by the name of Garden Variety to change his name and try to start a new life. Under the new name Fresh Start he moved to Manehattan and tried to become a... manager... or something. He didn't really have much of a plan besides "move to a big city", which came back to bite him quite quickly when the only job that would take him was being the cook at an old, run-down diner nobody eats at, where at the very least he could make some really mean salads. Or at least he did, until one day when an odd unicorn saw his cutie mark and offered him an amazing deal on a large amount of farmland that he could use to finally own and operate the tomato garden of his dreams, since all the viable land in Ponyville was already taken up by the Apples or the Carrots, and Manehattan wasn't exactly the most suitable place for a gigantic tomato farm.
Taking the offer immediately, he soon found that it was located in the middle of fucking nowhere, and now he's stuck in the sweltering heat with little more than an old shack and a shit-ton of tomatoes.
Personality: Hard-working, kind, loyal. Sometimes naive to a fault, but still tries to find the good in everything and everyone... except that one unicorn that sold him the land, which he isn't too fond of. Pretty good cook, and knows how to make hundreds of different tomato-based dishes, which he sells to anyone passing by. Is somewhat homesick and has absolutely no idea of the current status of Ponyville,
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Name: treasured memory
Tribe: unicorn
Appearance: "anon" green coat, blue eyes, close to white mane
Cutie mark: necklace with a round, bright green pearl-looking thing with a few magicy lines coming from it.
So, family. Dad is a pegasus, who grew up on the ground in some smaller, timber producing village. Pretty good home but he felt it wasn't for him. Once he reached the age of maturity with no cutie mark in sight he decided that he needed to do something about it. So he decided to take his life in his own hoofs and went on a journey. With nothing but a simple wagon and what equipment he bought, he walked a long way with no goal but the next town. When his legs where to tired in the evening but he wasn't sleepy he used his wings and trusty knife to carve whatever log he didn't use for fire wood. Made some small pretty sculptures and sold them for supplies and earned the rest of his money on odd jobs. He didn't notice when he got his mark, a wooden pony. Soon after that he decided to settle down and open up a shop where he was which happened to be canterlot. Never would have gotten the loan if the banker hadn't fallen for him, married her later. Then treasured came, unicorn like his mother. Earned his mark early, together with his own spell. Made a mother's day gift, a necklace. Spell is an enchantment that infused a memory into the small gem he used for the necklace. He grew up wanting to open his own shop like his dad. He planned to make a jewellery shop with memories infused with the gems like the gift his mother got. However his parents had other thoughts. His parents made him a deal. They will buy him a place to make his shop and help start his business but only after he has spent at least two years on the road. The parents had noticed that his world view was still rather narrow and his spell hadn't matured like it should had, so to make him think new thought and discover his magic better they sent him on his way, with nothing but a wagon and no goal but the next location and the supplies he brought with him(plus a survival guide, his dad's suggestion)
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Hunh. I didn't have the internet when this went live and assumed I couldn't make it in time...
On the other hand, the best idea I had is a character in a story I'm already writing that might find his way to the wilderness...
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If you want to enter, do so now...
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(I swear it's just a bit over 400 words!)
Name: Glacier Haze
Tribe: Pegasus
Occupation: Mercenary
Mane/tail: shaggy, light cyan.
Coat: Prussian blue
Eyes: Orange
Cutie mark: two crossed cyan/icicle knives
Glacier haze was an accident by two wealthy unicorn, that specialize in cold magic, which is inherited by Haze. The parents provided but didn't really love him.
Haze is mostly shy and introverted, but around a good friend he is loud, humorous and slightly perverted.
He is interested in sharp objects and the arts, so he took sculpting and acting classes.
He then one day found his talent, the ability to freeze the moisture in the air to slowly form ice to any shape he could think of, which at the time was a knife, much like a stronger version of weather manipulation of pegasi.
Being alone most the time, he read books in secluded places, a forest, mostly about sharp weaponry and tools, weather science, biology and magic, so he could better understand his talent and interests. Being his safe haven is a forest at the outskirts of town, he had an interest in nature, biology.
The day he was considered an adult his parents kicked him out. He then decided to travel to ponyville, hearing strangeness is pretty accepted there and the ponies weren't snobby. Packing very light, thinking to use his knowledge of nature rather than a wagon.
On the way there, he fucked up and lost his everything. So he had to apply even harder what he learned from the books, makeshift weaponry to stab things in the eyes, eating insects for a bit of needed energy and choosing the not poisonous berries. Where he failed and sorta got high...
A few days of random stumbling later he found himself in a cesspool much like dodge junction. Found a job offer of delivering a box, got attacked while delivering, deciding he had nothing to lose, fought back, stabbed the attacker through the ribs angled toward the heart, knowledge from biology. He felt strange joy in taking that pony's life and realized he's a bit of a sadist.
Being a good/stupid pony he went to the police department after the job and confessed. Sherif claimed the attacker was a dick and deserved to die. He noticed the clean job by Haze and offeres him a merc job, an escort. Desperate for bits, he accepts, which kickstarts his whole mercenary thing and let's him travel around Equestria. His acting later becomes useful to look like a cold blooded assassin to a client, or a normal pony to a kind stranger.
On a side note,
Haze packs light, a leather saddle/tunic filled with tools and sharpies, made by a carnivorous friend of his.
He is better at stealth flying than flying long distances.
Gore doesn't bother him.
He is very much afraid of flying cockroaches, foal hood trauma.
He tries to keep his talent a secret for a potential card up his sleeve.
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I just ended the contest like five minutes ago.
I am not certain that the Weed-Verse has a need for violent mercenaries.
This isn't like the Chase-Verse. But I'll see what I can do.
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He's not violent unless the situation demands it.
He's a gentle pony that would go in ridiculous ways to avoid stepping on innocent insects in the woods...
But would casually eat them if he is short on food.
Quite a silly character to be honest.
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Bug eater.
Maud might have something to say about that.