Earth Pony Ballad [Ready]

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Roleplay Type: World of Equestria

Name: Ballad

Sex: Female

Age: Young Mare

Species: Earth Pony

Eye colour: Amber ([colour=#FF7E00] #FF7E00 [/colour])

Coat: Celeste ([colour=#CCE6E6] #CCE6E6 [/colour])

Mane/Tail: Cornflower blue. ([colour=#6495ED] #6495ED [/colour]) Her mane mostly faces outward and curls forward, with the bottom curling the opposite direction, backward. Her tail curves in an almost circular manner.

Physique: Average height and weight for a mare, not very buff nor athletic.

Residence: Garden Gait

Occupation: Poet; she also jumps from one job to another as a secondary occupation

Cutie Mark: Ballad's cutie mark a flute on a piece of paper. However, Ballad's talent is poetry, not music; the flute symbolizes the rhythmic pace and the expression of feelings and ideas, elements which are often used in poetry.

Cutie Mark Story: Ballad began writing poetry on the day where Ballad's school teacher in grade school taught Ballad and her students on the fields of poetry. It might have been a typical day for most students, but for Ballad, it was a memorable one. The more she listened to the teacher's lesson on poetry, the more interested she was on it. Poetry was an ideal type of literature; it could describe so much with little words, express feelings, and tell stories within its stanzas. Even though the lesson lasted for a short time, it was enough to get her into poetry, that she began reading more poems by herself, and afterwards, writing her own poems.

At first, her poems were in need of improvement- they lacked rhythm, tone, and discernible points. Fortunately, Ballad's hard work paid off as she continued writing more poems and gaining more experience, these poems gradually improved in content. Then came the day where Ballad's father had to take a trip to Garden Gait for business reasons. While Ballad's father was gone, she had planned on writing the "perfect poem" for her father and show it to him when he returned. She began working day and night to come up with such a poem, and thought up and trashed many ideas and drafts she believe were "uninteresting". Exhausted, she looked out her window one night to find buildings and roads in the night sky; that was where she got her inspiration for writing about the departure of a pony.

Ballad showed her finished work to her father as he returned from Garden Gait. The stallion was impressed not only by her actions, but also the effort she put into the poem. Later, her cutie mark appeared, further encouraging Ballad to write more poems in her lifetime. It may not have been the "perfect poem", but it was influential to Ballad.

History: Ballad was born in the suburban area in Germaney, not far west of Hoofenheim; her father was a journalist who often traveled around Equestria to write recent news for the newspaper. Though Ballad missed her father often when he went off on these trips, she overall enjoyed her life, as there was always something exciting happening around her neighborhood and she had friends to socialize with.

As Ballad grew older, however, her father's trips became more frequent, and it had grown to be inconvenient to the family. Eventually, Ballad's parents had decided on moving to Garden Gait, as it was located closer to the center of Equestria, making travel time shorter and easier for Ballad's father. This was hard on Ballad, however, as she developed homesickness to her home back in Germaney. But, due to the acquisition of her cutie mark back in Germaney, she began writing more poems, a few of them were even added into her new school's magazine. Despite being well known for having her poems in the magazine, however, she didn't become popular for her actions.

Finally, reaching into adulthood, Ballad chose to stay at Garden Gait, and continue writing poems as a living. She also does do other "extra" jobs, usually jumping from one job to another. Ballad is not discouraged by leaving an occupation to go onto another, as she believe that it is better to have a little of each "experience".

Character Summary: Ballad's name is a poetry term meaning a narrative poem, usually telling a story. Ballad's motivation in life is simple; she only wants to enjoy life as it is. She doesn't have a liking for doing "adventurous" things, and likes to enjoy a quiet life. In her pastime, she usually writes or reads poetry, or find inspiration for her own poems. Occasionally, she also writes stories or make up her own calligraphy fonts.

Ballad is usually engrossed into her work; whenever she starts working on something, she continues doing it. She is industrious, though she is also secretive. Although she is fine with publishing her poem, she usually avoids other ponies from seeing her personal work, such as writings or poems she believed weren't "good enough" for display. She is also curious of every thing she observes; whatever interested her, she wrote down in her notebook for poem brainstorming. She often goes out with her "poetry" notebook.

She is formal, but also self-absorbed and somewhat self-centered. She would sometimes do actions without considering the feelings of others, or for the reason that she believes her decision is better. She is also not very humorous and unfunny.

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[Gerrard]

This is a great app, nice and concise! I'm gonna slip it over to SRPH. Keep in mind though that the character can't be so introverted that they can't be able to have interactions with other characters.

[SunsetSombra]

I see nothin' wrong with the app, sooo...

There's your big ol' approval stamp - it shall be all filed officially VERY shortly!

[Rosewind]

It will! Congrats!