Name: Odium Ansel Sui

Appearance (Without the shine/catchlight in his eyes):

Gender: Male

Species: Grey Wolf

Age: 27

Backstory: Many years before the series started on the other side of the planet, Odium was found by Calypso as a baby in the Black Tree Forest, wrapped in white swaddling cloth and somehow left behind crying in a small, dirty puddle at the threshold of her cave’s entrance. Calypso saw potential in him and decided to raise him as her own, even giving him the name “Odium” and saying that he’s going to do great things in the future.

As he grew up, while Calypso trained, studied with, taught, and groomed him into thinking that he’s destined to help others and make the world a better place, she subtly manipulated and emotionally abused him without him knowing for years. This is to use him for revenge against the heroes for her exile from her home country.

During those years, she read him stories and showed him vision of all the Mane Six, Starlight, and Discord’s wrongdoings and faults; the disasters they're responsible for, the crimes they questionably committed, and even how they've treated each other and others like Spike at times throughout the series while not showing all the good that they've done. She also says that they're manipulative, careless, heartless, and vindictive beings who use their so-called "good-nature" to escape their faults and even excuse them. They will also kill and/or hurt anyone who goes up against them and won't stop until everyone suffers. That’s why she trained him to become stronger, wiser, and more capable enough to stop them and save everyone.

This unethical lying and indoctrination has caused Odium to see the Mane Six and their friends as his enemies and grew more aggressive and angrier every time they’re mentioned, which benefitted Calypso in the long run.

After Odium turned 27, he was given the magic-proof bo-staff by her before she immediately and painfully died right in front of him due to old-age. This traumatized the poor wolf greatly as he saw her as a genuine mother figure and mentor to him, still unaware of her subtle manipulation and abuse for years before heading out to travel to the other side of the planet by himself to go against the Mane Six and their friends and save the world.

Personality: Odium started out as a mostly curious, sensitive, and unassuming pup who was raised into thinking that his life’s purpose is to help others, stop injustice, and make the world a better place by any means, albeit in a more black-and-white mindset. He was also a very naive and innocent person who didn't know about his real family or his real home outside of Calypso.

As he grew up, Odium gained a usually serious and dogmatic exterior, similar to hers. He’s stubborn, intolerant, and fiercely determined when given a particular task and is very harsh, untrusting, or unforgiving to those who are in the wrong, including himself. He speaks in a more direct approach and doesn’t sweat the details. He’s also become quick to start a fight when dealing with his enemies or facing danger. Though, he can show a more merciful, regretful, and considerate side to him, but only towards those who are either innocent, afraid of him, or got hurt by him when he didn't mean to.

Deep down, Odium has a kind and compassionate heart with an idealistic worldview and playful side to him, especially when around those he cares about or are comfortable with. While usually keeping a reserved demeanor and strong persistence when doing his objectives, he can, at the same time, be very introspective and a bit of a daydreamer, often spending a lot of time in his mind and admiring his new surroundings when he’s alone or not focusing on a particular task. He’s deeply loyal to his beliefs to the point of self-destruction, but also cares about others, especially those who need his help.

Due to his isolated background and stubborn nature, Odium has been given a serious case of tunnel-vision and lack of experience in things outside of his life with Calypso. He also has trouble with interpersonal relations and social gatherings, despite being aware of things like friendship and teamwork and not minding friendly company. This makes him very easily flustered and nervous when it comes to romance.

In spite of his lack of knowledge toward the outside world and areas outside of his expertise, he’s not slow-witted or outright stupid. He normally uses his strong intuition, basic common sense, and street-smarts to guide him. This makes him more in-tune with some of his more animal instincts like curling up when sleeping and sensing danger. He’s also a bit of a resourceful tactician when it comes to fighting due to his training from the seer.

While he’s usually courageous, self-sacrificing, and has little regard for his own well-being to the point of self-destruction, the few things that he truly fears are water, betrayal, and being a bad person. He can get motion-sickness when being teleported and has also gained PTSD from his time with Calypso, despite not initially knowing why.

His other, deep-seated motive for his actions is to initially make his mother figure/mentor proud of him and preserve her perceived high moral legacy, even after her death, by making the world a better place and stopping injustice and suffering of any kind. Even after learning that he was on the wrong side the whole time, he still helps others with their own problems since he still believes that that's his main and/or only purpose in life. He even develops Stockholm Syndrome and tries to defend Calypso’s horrible actions due to her own pain while genuinely believing that it’s his own fault for her abusive actions towards him. He also admits to missing her due to the fact that she was his mother figure and the only person who’s been in his life growing up despite still wanting to find his real family.

Aside from those two motives, his greatest passion is traveling. Due to being somewhat sheltered for his entire life, he’s always wanted to see the world outside of the cave and even dreamed of surviving in the woods due to usually enjoying solitude and silence.

He’s also deeply invested in writing. Whenever he’s traveling, he would jot down his thoughts and experiences on his small notepad that he keeps in his patch pocket. This is to help him keep track of them and keep his mind calm when he's stressed. He also secretly wishes to become a famous writer besides just helping others and traveling by himself to see the world.

After gradually realizing that he’s been tricked the whole time and how horrible and monstrous he's become. He rejected the gang's friendship and wanted to be punished or killed for his own crimes due to not deserving forgiveness or redemption, but still didn’t trust them or himself because of how long he’s been indoctrinated into not doing so.

Even after serving his punishment, he's still wary and anxious towards others and himself. He decides to head out on his own in order to fix the rest of his misdeeds during his journey against them and find his family to see if they really are dead or not. Despite his travels, he prefers to live in the woods like he wanted. Though he does realize that it’s not as great as he thought, he decides to live and survive in it due to having nowhere else to go. Even then, he still enjoyed the solitude and silence.

Overall, while seemingly rough-around-the edges on the outside, Odium is a very gallant wolf with a strong sense of justice and deep inner world. However, he still retains much of his younger self's dorkier, more curious, and more idealistic disposition when he's not using his exterior. Either way, he's a wolf who enjoys helping others and stopping injustice most of the time.

Special abilities:

• Wolf-Physiology:

  • Enhanced Senses: Thanks to his lupine physiology, he's able to sense things and people using his nose and ears, though his ears seem to be more effective and more frequent than his nose.
  • Sharp Claws and Teeth: While they were much duller, rounder, and softer during his youth, as he grew older, his claws and teeth became sharper, harder, and more jagged. He's able to give a powerful bite and cut from them in combat or other situations that require them.

• Combatant: Odium has shown to be physically robust in a fight, using his speed, agility, and endurance as his offense to make up for his lack of raw strength and power. His kicks seem to be stronger than his punches as he used both feet to kick opponents at an considerable distance. Despite receiving major injuries in the process, his determination to fight for his cause keeps him going regardless, even at the brink of death.

• Staff Proficiency: A magic-proof bo-staff given to him by Calypso. This is Odium’s main weapon. The composition of the staff itself is able to block and negate most magical techniques and attacks. It can also land a considerable hit on most opponents if used well. Despite this, it isn’t fireproof or indestructible. Odium is very skilled and versatile at wielding it, able to spin it at great speed, pull-vault himself into the air, and do a number of more defensive techniques. This indicates that Calypso taught him bojutsu along with his other fighting style as well.

• Survival Skills: In the wilderness, Odium's able to use his animal and survival instincts to endure through near-fatal events several times.

Relations with canon characters: For the Mane Six and their friends (especially Starlight and Discord) , before realizing how innocent they were and how monstrous he's become/started becoming, He had a pretty big bone to pick with them and wanted to defeat them for their perceived "crimes". Even after realizing the truth and his horrible behavior towards them on his own, he still didn't trust either them or himself and was willingly punished/possibly killed for his own actions against them. Despite all that, he's still merciful, regretful, and considerate enough to not harm anyone or anything they truly care about and stand down, at least a little, whenever he sees them afraid, crying, or holding back. He'll might even save them when they're in danger.

For others (The CMC, Princess Celestia and Luna, etc.), He usually shows off his more dorky, sensitive, curious, heroic, and compassionate side. However, he will stop you if he sees you causing harm or trouble to others.

Relations with other OC's: His relationship with Calypso is more of a mother/mentor and adoptive son/student one. He initially loved her and was willing to do whatever she said, though he did feel a lot of anguish and sadness under her care deep down.

However, after figuring out that she was just using him for her own plans, he started to grow disdainful of her and her admittedly cruel actions. Despite that, he did suffer from Stockholm Syndrome and, deep down, still thought that she loved him and he even missed her despite wanting to find his real family.

Social life: When he's not focused on a particular task or helping others/stopping injustice, he usually likes to travel by himself to see the world after being isolated from it for so long.

He also likes to write down his thoughts and experiences on a small notepad when he wants to remember something or calm his nerves down.

He also likes to venture in the woods as despite how much trauma they gave him, they still felt familiar to him and he loves the solitude and silence that they gave him. Though, he did have a hard time getting used to it, though.

How they will be placed in their story: Central antagonist and final boss in his debut story. Side/focus character in other stories involving him.

Any extra notes you want us to know:

• He doesn't like wearing socks and shoes since he loves to feel the ground beneath his feet and finds them very uncomfortable.
• He's supposed to be a cautionary tale of what happens to justice without humanity.
• He was born with thinner fur than most normal wolves and can't seem to handle harsh conditions like normal wolves.
• Despite his courage and very little regard for his own well-being, he's still afraid of water, betrayal, and being a bad person.
• He suffered from possibly three major betrayals in his whole life. The first one came from abandonment and loss; the second one caused by years of manipulation, lies, half-truths, and isolation; And the third one was due to trauma and mistrust from the previous one.
• His favorite food is fish.
• He does his comedic, adorable, and awkward moments.
• He's supposed to be arguably the only one who’s brave enough to shout "You can't just make everything better by singing or friendship alone!", or "You can't force others to change!", or even "You can't change the way others feel!"
• He's not a character who just listens to the Mane Six and their friends and is instantly and/or completely good when he encounters them, especially in the end of the story.
• He’s still not as powerful as the Mane Six, Spike, Starlight, and especially Discord and his magic-proof bo-staff can’t block or negate Discord’s magic or similar magics. Plus, it's not fireproof or indestructible.
• He’s not there to be redeemed through friendship or have a snapshot redemption without any consequences for his actions, but he’s also not there to be immediately deemed as irredeemable and/or possibly killed at the end either.
• He can smile and get excited, giddy, flabbergasted, flustered, or confused when he wants to. He can also crack a joke and laugh at a joke, especially when it comes to situational humor.
• He's supposed to be a three-dimensional character with a gripping arc.
• He's meant to be his own person and his own worst enemy.
• He's not a complete hermit and will go out and about, but he prefers his own company.
• What he lacks in raw strength and power, he makes up for it in sheer determination and relentless drive for his cause.

You can use him in any story that needs him, especially in dark, drama, and/or adventure stories. He works as either a side/focus character or even a main antagonist depending on the circumstances like being possessed, corrupted, etc. He also works in stories that usually deal with trauma, trust, and guilt/self-hatred.

I would love to see what others would use him for and how he could be written.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please PM me or respond to this thread. Thank you and have a great day!