Goldenglow [READY]

[starsteemer]

Roleplay type: WoE
Name: GoldenGlow 

Nickname: Goldy, GG
Sex: Female
Age: Young Mare
Species: Aerion (Bat Pony)

Eye color: A reflective hue of copper and iron, almost rusty like a sunset.

Coat: Her coat is a light pastel yellow overall, with freckles under her eyes and dotting her legs. Her legs are very fluffy towards the hooves, with a design of melted wax. Her snout appears as if dipped in sunlight, and she has the same golden melted wax patterns on her ears as she does her hooves, with the tell-tale batpony tufted ears being a deeper yellow than her coat. Goldenglow has an excessively fluffy patch of fur, slightly darker than her coat color ringing her neck and chest. Goldenglow maintains this level of fluffiness in winter, and blows her coat in late spring through summer.

GoldenGlow's bat wings are the same color as her eyes almost, a shifting gradient of orange to a deep red. 

Mane/Tail: Goldy's mane is a mass of long, thick white hair, braided into one large braid held together at the end by a large pearl, a family heirloom gifted by her mother. The end of her long tail is also thick and white, and held together with a simple red tie. Both her mane and tail have streaks of bright gold in them. 

Physique: Goldy is a little taller than normal ponies, and because of that she's more lithe and slender. She has a very feminine body with pronounced, delicate curves, and long thin legs. Though not as tall as the typical alicorn body type, she has a few inches on normal ponies. Instead of a full length tail, she has a long and thin furless tail, with her hair at the end. Like her body, her face is slender and petite. Her mass of excessive fur however gives off a thicker vibe. Golden's family has some interbreeding, particularly with pegasi. This mixing of blood leads her to be slightly cathemeral, but thats where the pegasi attributes cease. 

Residence: Currently resides in a cottage in Hollow Shades when she's not stationed elsewhere.

Occupation: Goldenglow works as a disaster relief specialist, often requiring her to be shipped from place to place depending on where the disaster occurred. Goldenglow specializes in leading response efforts, grief counseling and search and rescue, but does any job required, from first aid to helping in homeless soup kitchens. She also participates in blood drives, emergency drills, and educating the public on what to do in case of an emergency. 

Cutie Mark: Golden Glow's cutie mark is made up of three pillar candles side by side, the one to the left of medium height, the middle being the largest, and the candle to the right being as small as a tealight. All three candles are lit, and golden wax drips from them. 

Goldenglow received her cutie mark during a particularly bad snow storm in the Luna Bay. The heavy snowfall and blustering winds led to an avalanche, which buried every home and cave beneath it's frozen weight. Goldenglow immediately took charge and organized a search party among those fortunate enough to not be buried too deep, though it meant a lot of tough digging in the freezing cold. She searched through the whole night, and led any survivors to safety by candlelit lanterns. When daytime had dawned and she had managed to get everypony out alive, only then did she notice her cutiemark had appeared with the dawning of a new day. It was then she realized her special talent was leading others towards the light, being a guide and working with others. 

Unique Traits: Golden Glow has reflective copper eyes, and her varied freckles are also reflective. In the dark, her cutiemark glows slightly as if the candles are really lit. Like most Aerion, she has remarkable night vision and keen hearing, accompanied by tufted ears and fangs. Unlike most Aerion however, her fur is thicker and longer because her family's home in Luna Bay is often very cold and snowy. 
 

History:  Goldenglow was born in a wintry fishing village around Luna Bay. Though it was populated by different sorts, Goldenglow's family was among the few bat ponies crazy enough to settle somewhere cold. They fished in the warmer summer months, and hibernated on and off for a couple weeks at a time in winter. The community was rather isolated, so goldenglow learned the importance of community, family, and teamwork. Though she didn't make any truly long lasting friendships, she was well liked in the small village. However, limited options in colts her age left her with little choices in choosing a partner. When she came of age, Goldenglow's parents began pushing for her to choose a partner, and Goldenglow continued to stall and stall. She'd read plenty of books about romance, and had the perfect idea of what her future partner would be like, and no colt in her village matched her ideas. Eventually fed up with her indecisiveness, Goldenglow's parents took it upon themselves to arrange a marriage for her. Although Golden was furious with her parents, she calmly went along with it, reminding herself that family and community came first. She tried her best to get to know her fiance, and to learn to love him. 
 

Though Goldenglow tried, her fiance simply wasn't invested in her, and frequently flirted with other mares. On the day of their wedding, Goldenglow was fed up. She loved her village, she loved her family, and she felt a strong sense of duty to them. But more than anything, she felt a duty to herself. She realized that though her talent was guiding others, she needed to be able to guide herself first. Seeing no way out of the marriage without letting down her whole village, Goldenglow instead ran away from home, taking with her very few belongings. With no idea of where else she would belong, Goldenglow traveled from town to town, never quite finding what she was looking for. 
 

Eventually, she decided to get a formal education to specialize in her talent of guidance. Goldenglow had arrived in canterlot a couple months before the time of the royal wedding, though she had no plans to attend. She enrolled into a disaster response program, and a couple months into the course, the changelings attacked Canterlot. It was when she and the other students were mobilized and began helping others in the midst of disaster and working together that Goldenglow realized she found her community. Being a bat pony, Goldenglow was able to search and find any hidden and trapped ponies well into night hours after the changeling threat had been dealt with. She provided counseling to rescued ponies, and was recognized as being extra useful for her nighttime advantage. 
 

After learning all she could of disaster response skills and graduating, Goldenglow traveled all over equestria to aid in disasters, mostly caused by equestria's villains. Though she usually lived wherever she was deployed, she had nowhere to go for when peaceful quiet times appeared. Goldenglow saved up enough money to buy herself a rundown, abandoned cottage in Hollow Shades, completely remodeling the small cottage and living peacefully with some honeybee hive boxes in between disaster relief efforts, selling the honey, wax, and hoofmade candles at the farmer's market until she is deployed to another disaster. 

 

Personality: Golden Glow is easily flattered, typically an easygoing laid-back Aerion. She's calm and gentle, her demeanor inspiring tranquility in those near her. Goldy is often considered the 'mom friend', always very prepared for every situation and willing to lend a hoof. She can be impatient in high stress situations, but that is also when her brave side shines through. Golden is compassionate and agreeable, and sees the best in everything and everypony. She loves helping others, and is very modest and humble about her actions and deeds. Unfortunately, this virtue can lead to self deprecation, and the belief that she honestly truly isn't good enough. She pushes herself to do better, even if it harms herself in the long run. Goldenglow is responsible, but because of this puts herself under way too much pressure to succeed, as well as behaving in a bossy manner when put into a position of power, especially under high stress situations. She's a pony-pleaser, and finds it hard to say no to others. She is a natural-born leader, though reluctant to lead unless necessary, full of passion and charisma with a great deal of pride and joy in guiding others to work together to improve themselves and their community. She radiates authenticity, concern and altruism, unafraid to stand up and speak when she feels something needs to be said.The interest Goldenglow has in others is genuine, almost to a fault – when she believes in someone, she can become too involved in the other pony’s problems, place too much trust in them.
 

She is tolerant and reliable, charismatic and altruistic, always seeking to do good in the world. However, Goldenglow is also overly idealistic, too selfless to the point of giving so much of herself until she's spread too thin and thoroughly worn out. She's too sensitive with fluctuating self esteem, and her biggest weakness is being unable to make tough decisions. She can become paralyzed in thinking of all the consequences her judgment call will have, especially if equineitarian.She can become offended if her efforts aren’t reciprocated when the opportunity arises.  Her Meyer-briggs personality type is ENFJ-T, the Protagonist persona. 
 

Golden Glow likes honey cakes, her bees, a warm cup of chamomile and mint tea, things that glow, especially flowers and bugs, and books about fantasy and romance. 

Goldy dislikes being too hot, and she overheats easily with her thick fur. She dislikes birds and getting wet when she doesn't want to, such as puddles or unexpected storms. She hates loud noise, especially loud music that hurts her sensitive ears. And no matter what you say, she will never EVER like milk chocolate. Goldenglow absolutely adores fruit, since it was a rarity to have it fresh in her wintry village.
 

Her hobbies include long nightly flights over forests, and reading by the fireplace. She also enjoys planting flowers for her honeybee hives, though sometimes she needs help due to her black hoof when it comes to gardening. GoldenGlow loves kids, and wishes to have foals of her own one day. 
 

Relationship info: Goldenglow takes dating and relationships seriously, she wants a long term partner and is definitely not into casual flings. She shows commitment by taking time and effort to establish herself as a dependable, trustworthy partner. She's very attentive towards relationships, but can come off as overbearing and needy. She's very affectionate, and loves displays of affection. She wants to help her partner achieve their goals, but she can get so caught up in helping and pleasing her partner that she neglects her own needs and goals. She wants to avoid any kind of conflict and might undermine her own principles to keep the peace, which results in being too preemptive in resolving conflicts, asking for criticisms and suggestions in ways that convey neediness or insecurity. She's a dependable lover, interested in stability and the selfless satisfaction of her partner, believing true happiness is mutual happiness. 
Currently she is single, but looking for a partner.

Character Summary: Golden Glow is a compassionate young Aerion mare from Luna Bay, who ran away from home to escape her stifled personal growth and her arranged marriage. After entering into a disaster relief program, Goldenglow works to help everypony around her, and bought herself a small cottage in Hollow Shades to sell honey on the side.

Golden doesn't visit her family, she's too afraid of facing her family and village's disappointment, or being forced back into the marriage and since she didn't leave on the best terms, she's afraid to go back. Every conclave, she attends in secret under a cloak and makes certain to avoid her family.

Note: I didn't know how to take my first application out of approved characters in order to re-app Goldenglow, so i simply made a new app. The old Application is here.

[RainbowFoxxy]

Howdy! I'm happy to review this app for you Just a quick question: why is this a re-app? Refresh my memory pretty please  

[starsteemer]

i didn't like the original backstory and personality for goldenglow, i wanted to change it completely. I read on here that if your character is already approved but you want to make some major changes, then you'd need to re-apply them. I didn't know how to do this with the original, so i made a new topic and simply mentioned that i'm re-applying them ^-^ 
 

Apologies if i did this wrong, i tried looking everywhere from the rules to the character creation guides for specifics on how to re-app a character, but didnt find anything detailed, only a vague 're-app them if you're changing them in a big way'. 

[RainbowFoxxy]

*nods*