Skystorm is a Sunbound Kingdom Pegasus General. Full of energy in everything he does, but has a noticeable tendency towards aggressiveness. Looked down on due to his race, he’s determined to prove that Pegasus are not inferior. Although he’s not stupid, he is prone to rash decisions. He is quite charismatic and is very popular among many non-Unciorns.
“They lack the conviction to do what needs to be done to win this war. I don’t!”
Skystorm was a scandal right from the start. Born to a noble family in the Sunbound Kingdom, the most notable thing about the newborn was that he wasn’t a Unicorn. Clearly, infidelity had to be involved. Although never proved, this lingered over his early life like a dark cloud. The other young aristocrats taunted and belittled him for his inability to use magic. More than a few times he got into fights over that deficiency, and it still irked him years later. Still noble, he was taught at the best schools and performed well enough, despite his shortcoming, that he was able to secure a position as a military officer.
Now fairly high profile, he was able to join the conclave emissary group. There he met one of the Knights of the Lunamaria Empire, a commonborn Pony named Gleaming Shield. They found they shared much in common, being looked down on by the unicorns and the other nobility. Gleaming Shield’s thoughts on the true capabilities and hard work of the common pony lingered in Skystorm’s mind, growing into the idea that Pegasus and Pony are equal to Unicorns.
Always energetic, now a fire burned inside him. He would prove Pegasus to the equal to Unicorn, and himself in particular to the other nobles. He dove into whatever task he was assigned with gusto and vigor, ingratiating himself to the officers above him that were impressed with his drive. It wasn’t long before his efforts got him promoted to general.
That position gave him leverage to promote his new equality movement. He would advance up the ranks as many Pegasus and Pony as he could, and spoke often to large crowds of the inequality of the political and social systems in the Sunbound Kingdom. This message was appealing to much of the populace, and Skystorm was able to push his agenda through city councils. The nobility, being mostly Unicorns, were less enthused with him. They found they had a hard time acting against him with so much popular support from the common Ponies.
He was present when the Conclave was attacked and good King Halo assassinated, and he was the first to demand a full scale counterattack for the betrayal. It was perhaps not cooler minds that prevailed, but it was certainly bereaved ones that held him back. When Solarflare was crowned Queen, she saw in him a fire similar to her own, and commanded him to build her an army. He immediately went to work, recruiting as many Pegasus and Ponies to his forces as he could muster. Seeing his position as General as permission to do as he wanted, he set out on the first exploratory strikes. Flying groups over the Twilight Lands to scout out the Lunamarian forces, even without orders from Rising Dawn.
Unfortunately, although his drive to succeed was infectious, many of his troops had not been soldiers for long and lacked the fortitude for prolonged flight. Dozens, even on simple scouting missions, fell from the sky to land in the monster infested Dark Forest and many were lost. In action after action he lost more of his troops than was really acceptable. But he didn’t notice. Any victory in his mind was worth the cost. When the Twilight Lands suddenly became a deadly barrier, he refused to change his tactics. After all, in war there will always be casualties. To him it was just another wall to break with Pegasus grit and Pony strength.