List of Inspirations-
Solomon Kane
The Lobster
John Constantine, The Hellblazer
The Continental Op

Name: Arcanum Folklore

Age: 35

Occupation's: Former- Clerk in the Drunken Dragon Pawn Shop from 978 C.R. till 984 C.R., Gallic Foreign Legion Squad Officer circa 984 C.R. (Celestia's Reign, or 16 years before the show) Rank by the end of the Shiba-Gallic War of 982-987 C.R. Lieutenant). Detective, Occultist, and Monster Hunter from 987 C.R. till 1005 C.R or 5 L.R. (Luna's Return) Current- Commander of the Horus rouge mercenary group fighting on the deserts of northern Zebrica in the Ether War from 5 L.R. till 11 L.R. (Imagine WWII with Weird Science, and Horrifying Gothic and Lovecraftian uses of magic. Oh and it's the fault of Unicorn Nazis. Don't worry Equestria remained neutral, doesn't mean he did though.)

Race: Unicorn

Sex: Stallion

Description: Greyish-blue coat, amber eyes, and a black mane, with a black Eye of Horus as his cutie mark.

Details: Folklore is a knowledgeable, skilled, yet somewhat average in raw magical power, unicorn magician with a quick-wit and a cynical disposition. He has been in the Paranormal Investigation field for nearly twenty years, and has bared his fair share of both physical and mental scars that come with regularly facing the kind of Eldritch insanity that would have driven most ponies into suicide. Addicted to caffeine, painkillers, and mental stimulants, he basically carries at least three pill bottles around at all times. Despite this, he mostly keeps himself together, and is considered a bit of a folk hero in his home of Sheol's Kitchen Manehattan. He regularly wears a black dusty woolen trenchcoat and matching black felt hat. He is aware of what he calls the "true nature of the world", and considers that the return of Luna signals the beginning of a profound change in the course of Equine history.

He is generally quite sociable, but he is prone to mood swings if he isn't in control of a potentially dire situation. He has little patience for spoiled Canterlot nobles, and he doesn't think very highly of the Royal Guard's capabilities. He possesses a razor sharp intellect and a penchant for trickery that comes with strangely creative uses for what most ponies consider relatively trivial magic, and over the years has developed several ways to use it to aid in both survival and investigation.

His friends, family and home city come first. And while he can behave like a gentlecolt --as he often does around the presence of mares-- he generally only reserves that for places that call for it. He often sympathizes with the "unique" and the downtrodden, due to his own status as a third generation Celt-Equestrian.

He enjoys music, particularly jazz, blues and classical. He also maintains a steady daily exercise and meditation regiment, and reads the paper every morning with some particularly strong espresso.

He maintains a fairly strong circle of friends, and a web of contacts that he has built over the years that aid in more dire situations. Some of them question his sanity though. Though that is not surprising for him, he often questions it himself.

Fact: He is a recovering alcoholic, and relapses a few times during his investigations in Canterlot. Because of an incident involving this, he is called to the Spade Pub in the Canterlot Narrows to participate in illegal basement fights. He does so a few times to pay the property taxes on his uncles old building. Most of the money was made by secretly wagering on his victories, and the manner of such victories.

Fact 2: The way that he uses Magic is based on the practices of both mythological and real life mystics. Outside of magic. He is a decent markspony, a competent boxer and he was the Athena University fencing champion for two years in a row. He uses particular herbs to either, capture or repel malicious spirits like Hellboy's Arbustus or Ginko's Biter Weed from Hellboy and Mushi-shi, though they also took this from real-world historical practices from Shintoism, and Ancient Roman and Greek God Cults. He also can "cloud ponies minds" with the use of an amulet. And uses it in a similar way that the Shadow uses his hypnosis to "cloud men's minds", not to mention he had a similar preference of terror tactics during his first couple of years.

Fact 3: Chrysalis desires his head on a silver platter for thwarting a Changeling infiltration of the Manehattan local government way back in the year 994 C.R. He also was the one to truly kill King Sombra. Sombra's horn survived him exploding, so it possessed and physically deformed a nearby Crystal pony. "It" escaped and wandered northern Equestria, devouring hobo's and drifters in three different cities to regain some of "It's" former strength. "It" was eventually tricked into a trap by Folklore, "It" was later decapitated, and chopped to pieces with the use of a hardware store bought 15-Bit ax, and then burned with a gallon of lantern oil and a spark of pyrokinesis. As one is expected to do so on a Stage 3 "Evil Dead" possession incident.

Fact 4: Was a part of a loose alliance of vigilantes and oddities known as the Manhattan Adventurers Club. Members of such include, A.K Yearling (Daring Do) and Lady Sight (Zecora), Dr. Bronze Savage, Rocketeer Wrench, Master Yip, and Doctor Redheart.

Weapon's:
M1 (M1 Garand) Carbine Rifle

Mauser CS96

Rune Etched Cutlass

Kurdish Dagger

Smoke Grenades- Can use Telekinesis to suffocate opponents to death, or manifest the spirits of the dead

Fragmentation Grenades- Can remotely cause them to explode from a distance, with the use of telekinesis

Rune Carved Double Sawed-Off Barrel Shotgun

The Scorcher- A Specialty Single Shot Incendiary Shotgun with a slow reload time but possessing of a powerful custom made magical ammunition that is powerful enough to blast a gaping 5X5 hole through a red brick wall with one shot

Abilities:

His special talent is actually perception, he can notice details that most miss, and can in fact sense Ether (magic). That is a result of his Magical Education both under his father, and his mentor. Not to mention after the war against Shiba he did finish that PhD in Chemistry in between cases, along with a Magus Certification (A sort of PhD in Magic Theory) from the University of Athena. (Columbia University)

And he really is brilliant, he has made deals with ghosts, minor gods, and demons. He is a master of Deceit. Not his proudest ability though.

Pyrokinesis: Works by converting the Ether surrounding the opponent into heat energy, and can even melt steel from a distance

Telekinesis: The most skilled Telekinetic of the last one hundred years

Ectoplasmic Manipulation: capable of converting the surrounding ether into ectoplasm to posses machines, and temporarily reanimate dead bodies for interrogation. Also useful for unlocking any non magical vault or door

Telepathic and Mind Control Resistance: Has trained for years to ward off telepathic infiltration and brainwashing

Combat Strategy: A master of both Urban and Desert Warfare. He also has the entire world known Equine history of warfare memorized

CQC: Capable Boxer, a master of Xing Southern Praying Mantis ,and Sabre Fencing

Nervous System Control: Can ward off pain by the use of Eastern Magical Techniques. He can also make his limbs move even if severed, if they are freshly severed off course

Enhanced Senses: Can use magic to enable him to hear from long distances. Can see the flow of Ether (Magic) and can use this to fight even when deprived of sight

Healing Factor: Can recover in days from injuries that would cripple a normal pony. Poison Resistance, Incapable of regrowing whole organs and limbs though

Folklore is mortal, and as such will die by a well placed bullet like any other mortal pony, griffon, or zebra.

Like any other unicorn, once his horn is severed or blown off and he tries to use magic the ether backlash will cause his head to explode like a watermelon with a stick of dynamite inside.

Though once he notices that he doesn't have a horn anymore he wont try to use magic, but as a result all of his abilities are rendered useless including his ability to sense Ether, forcing him to rely purely on his guns and natural adrenaline fulled strength, or any weapon improvised in the field.

While he can turn-off his nerves to push himself to be able to reach earthen strength (but he isn't as solid as an earthen, meaning that he can punch a hole through a concrete wall but his hand, arm and elbow will completely be shattered and be left with as nothing but a bloodied stump starting at his elbow), and keep going no mater the injury. He isn't invincible, bleeding out without a chance to lay low and catheterize his wounds will kill him. And you can only break your legs on so many places until they become useless whether you feel pain or not.

He is incapable of teleportation, and making magic shields without the aid of Etherelectric (Or electric if you prefer) generators. Which is why he relies so much on stealth and illusions to get an upper hand on opponents. He also uses telekinesis to use random crap (debris) as cover or shielding, and often also uses that same crap (debris) as projectiles.

While he has resistance against poison and toxins, high doses of radiation and lack of oxygen can kill him, and Chlorine Gas is as lethal to him as it would be to any other pony or griffon.

More intimate details:

He is a Manehattan born Celtic Unicorn. Intellectual and sociable, his biggest drawback is his temper and his ego, making him the worst person to be around if you declare his pastimes as boring or stupid. He practiced Sabre Fencing, and Magic since childhood as part of his family tradition. Some fathers play catch with their sons, Folklore's father taught him how to use a Sabre and taught him the stranger ways of magic much the same way that his father did to him.

While he did keep himself in good shape, and enjoyed fighting both in boxing during his teenage years, and fencing in university, he was often picked on for being a massive nerd of myth and heroic stories. His ability to use magic made him seem creepy to most of his Earth-Pony classmates in Manehattan, and only had three friends he could call his own. He didn't even date until he left secondary school.

Though, while school was terrible on the social front to him, his time playing with the xing, and fellow unicorns in the streets for his neighborhood proved much better for his ability to make friends.

{This is just his youth. Once he reaches adulthood, it's war, horror, and heroics that are never acknowledged.}

Folklore is a hero from the generation before Twilight Sparkle, a contemporary of Daring Do. As such he has had it harder because he has never had access to the Elements of Harmony, and he never will because his life after his childhood was hard. Or as Otacon from the Metal Gear Solid Franchise would say. Otacon- "He lived a hard life." As such his heart has been tainted with the sadness, outrage, and wrath of having faced monsters of both the pony, and the mystical persuasion. This makes his heart too tainted and impure to be ever worthy of the Tree of Harmony, a fact that he has become increasingly aware of.