Sword Batielle [Final]

[Kindheart]

Name: Sword Batielle

Sex: Female

Age: Young-Mare

Species: Earth Pony

Eye-Color: Emerald Green (#349022)

Coat: Dark-Gray (#404040)

Mane/Tail: Light-Gray/Silver (#BCBCBC) with small streaks of White.  Her mane is rather messy, due to her spending most of her time in the forge instead of worrying about her beauty, which also results in several times her mane being coated in dark-gray ash and soot

Physique: Upper body is well toned and fit, while back half of body is a bit frail due to lack of use.

Residence: Outskirts of Ponyville, Formerly wanderer

Occupation: Blacksmith and Decorative weaponsmith

Cutie Mark: Blue Shield with an elegant silver rapier behind it

 

Unique Traits:

Weaponsmithing: While many would think the land of Equestria is not one to need of weapons, Sword learned from her travels around that quite frankly, that is not the case.  She learned from several weaponsmiths the ways to make some of the highest quality blades in Equestria, however she also knows there isn't a very large need for forging weapons.  Sure the royal guards need lances or the random adventurer needs a good dagger, but knowing how to make a good weapon also gives her the knowledge on how to make bad ones.  These "bad" weapons suffer in their rather dull edges, giving them a lesser ability to harm another creature.  For some, that would be a drawback, but she primarily makes these weapons for those who just want a decorative piece in their homes, or for those who want to learn how to fight with a blade, but wooden swords just don't have the right weight to them.  They are still heavy and blunt, so they can still hurt, but they have their lethality limited.

Training: Now, given that she was formerly a traveler herself, she had to also learn how to defend herself from those that would want to get her bits, or hurt her.  As a result, she spent many a month of her travels, looking for ponies willing to train a pony in self-defense, which wasn't that easy given her...condition.  It wasn't until she met a young mare in the midst of the desert, one that she had fallen for rather quickly, that she finally got the training she needed, being taught to wield two different styles of blades.  Chakrams and an odd twin-bladed weapon that  has straps that go around her hooves, enabling her to catch sword and dagger attacks as they come her way.  She has since mastered combat with those two weapons, and learned later how to wield standard sabers, as well as rapiers and the katana (from her small stint in Neighpon).

Her disability: The largest point that separates Sword from most other ponies who focus so heavily on combat.  Sword is wheelchair-bound, and has been since she was a child.  However, she never let that stop her, which led to her traveling the world.  However, no right-minded pony would think a disabled mare should go on these adventures alone...but who ever said Sword was always in her right-mind?  Using her skills manipulating metal, plus getting aid from the previously mentioned desert-mare, she outfitted her chair to be useful in various situations.  From having slots in the side of her wheels for her chakram, to having her hoof-blades folded up and hidden in compartments in her hoofrests, and even fashioning different sets of tires for different situations, Sword's chair was tricked out for any difficult terrain she needed to get across...all except water.  But she still can swim rather well...it's just taking her chair with her that'd be difficult.  

 

History:

Sword was born to a low-income family, who did care for her as much as they could.  However, they did feel like the young mare didn't really have the drive to do something with her life.  As she seemed rather enamored with the weapons and armor of the royal guards, there idea was to send her to become a blacksmith's apprentice.  It wasn't that easy to find one who would take in a disabled filly as an apprentice, but good ol' Bladehoof, the blacksmith with the metal hoof, would take on such a challenge.  It was...rocky at first.  Sword wasn't used to all the manual labor that being a blacksmith would encompass, but she did adjust to it over time.  Her crowning moment would be one fateful summer's day, when a letter arrived for Blade to make a rather intricate-looking shield for a father to give his son, who was preparing to leave to join the royal guard.  It could not have come at a worse time, as the old stallion had fallen ill just a few days prior.  The job would pay handsomely, and to make sure that her teacher's reputation would not be tarnished, she set off to work.  It took countless sleepless nights, but eventually, Sword had finished the shield.  It was a brilliant blue-color, with designs of dragons and phoenixes on the front.  She had just finished the shield, and quickly rolled on over to where her teacher was supposed to be sleeping, just to see him getting up, having recovered from his illness.  She was so overjoyed that she almost forgot about the shield she worked on.  It wasn't until the next day that upon waking up, and pulling the covers back, she noticed a similar blue-shield, and a bright-gold rapier behind it, was on her flank.  She had finally earned her cutie mark, and that was cause for celebration.  Though that would have to wait until Sword and Blade returned from delivering the shield to the customer, which Blade used the money from that order to throw Sword a pretty nice party.  It wouldn't match up to any high-society party, but for a filly from such a low starting point...she deserved to have a little fun on this special day.

But that being said, with Bladehoof taken care of, let's move onto the mare that taught her self-defense...the mare she would fall in love with.  Her name was Grain, and she was the mare to teach her about fighting for those you care about, and for yourself.  Though Sword doesn't like talking about Grain very much, it's because of her that Sword is where she is now.  Grain actually traveled with Sword for the longest time, going along for the adventure through Neighpon, and the beginning of their adventure in Long Guo.  Sadly, their adventure in Long Guo wouldn't last very long, as before they could even make it their, they traveled through Ryushima, where the two were ambushed by bandits.  Sword and Grain fought their hardest against the small group, but it wasn't long before one of them got a lucky hit on Grain.  Sword fought her hardest to make their attackers flee, so she could have time to save her beloved...but it was too late, and Grain passed on in front of Sword.  She wasn't much for love after that, but she would always remember the mare who gave her life protecting her.

After that whole debacle in Long Guo, she decided it best to return back to Equestria.  After reuniting with Bladehoof, who was about ready to retire from his job as a blacksmith, the two decided to move towards a more civalized area of pony society, but still rather quiet.  They settled to living in the outskirts of Ponyville, where Sword took up her teacher's old job as blacksmith, and her beloved's Chakrams hang on the wall above the door, so Sword could always look up and see that Grain would be there to protect her.  

 

Character Summary: Sword is the owner of a small forge and weapon shop on the outskirts of Ponyville, where she lives with her mentor Bladehoof.  She is somewhat closed off to romantic connections, but is otherwise open to friendship.  She puts safety of those she cares about above all, like what her lost beloved, Grain, did for her.  
She may seem cold at first, but get to know her, and get her to trust you, and she'll open up like a book, for anypony to learn about.  Just don't cross her...not many ponies are around that can vouch for why that's a bad idea.  

[Blueblood]

Hello!  Friendly neighborhood RP helper here.  I'll help shepherd this app through the process.

 

I like what I'm seeing here; wheelchair commandos have always been a favorite of mine.  I'd just like to see a few tweaks and changes before I give this one the stamp.

 

I'd like to see her cutie mark story get maybe a couple more sentences, since that would obviously be a pivotal point in her life.  The backstory feels... just a little bit too dark in tone for WoE?  It wouldn't take too much of an adjustment; maybe her parents actually seeking out an apprenticeship for her, rather than forcing her to be a runaway?  The rest is fine, I just didn't want this to seem too over-the-top, since a character application is essentially an RP advertisement for your character.

[Kindheart]

Made a quick edit to the beginning paragraph of Sword's history, if that would help.

[Blueblood]

 

Welcome to WoE!