Presteza [Ready]

[Pretzelparty]

Roleplay Type: Canterlot Chronicles

Name: Presteza

Sex: Female

Age: Young Mare

Species: Unicorn

Eye Colour: Icy blue

Coat: A yellowish tan

Mane: Slightly over medium length, wavy and unkempt, Bangs Cover her left eye, back/lower portion of her mane kept in a for lack of a better term a low ponytail held by three bands and the ends of which looking as if dipped in paint or ink and giving it a paintbrush look.

Tail: Long, slightly wavy, and unkempt with the end having a similar dipped in paint look as her mane although without the bands.

Physique: Has a fairly normal build for a mare but has a bit more strength in her than a typical unicorn.Often wears a blue scarf.

Residence: Has no permanent residence due to her constant travels.

Occupation: Wandering painter and adventurer

Cutie mark: A magical swirl surrounding a normal looking paintbrush, melding with the brush around its ferrule.

As a filly Presteza was constantly looking at pictures and paintings, spending most of her time in her art class in the high class school her parents sent her to, despite this she was too afraid to try it herself because of her inability to use telekinesis like other unicorns and her love of painting details wasn't sated with only the use of her hooves or her teeth. Often finding herself fascinated with the paintings of professional art ponies she would often sneak out to buy book depicting many beautiful painting that would bring multitudes of emotion from her.

On one particular walk an older mare Calling herself Atelier approached her and asked if she could paint a portrait of the filly, having heard of her family and hoping to paint one of them. She hesitantly agreed and after a few more visits with her new friend and eventually opened up to her, telling her of her magical problems and her fascination with the arts. The kind-hearted artist gave her portrait she made of her young friend and the filly spent a great deal of her private time admiring the painting for the brushwork she was learning about in her time with her friend. One day when they visited the local park Atelier asked her if she wanted to paint this place, after a few moments of stuttering objections she was finally persuaded. The first attempt was a clumsy affair using her hooves, the second attempt was only somewhat better while using her mouth and teeth to hold the brush, but the final product still looked off. Nearing the point of giving up her friend suggested using her telekinesis and thinking of all the she loves about paintings, she was hesitant; she could barely hold a piece of paper aloft with telekinesis. It took a bit more nudging from her friend, but eventually she tried. Concentrating her hardest she lifted the paintbrush up, engulfing it in her magical aura and with a great deal of focus on her painting. She produced a beautiful scenic painting of the park, with everypony in the background and foreground of her vision detailed nearly perfectly, as the crowds gathered she felt an undeniable sense of pride welling up within her and with that she gained her mark.

Unique traits:

As a mare descending from a long line of professional spellcasters, Presteza has an extraordinary amount of magical power and potential that she is both unaware of... and probably wouldn't care about as she prefers sticking to her painting. Her upbringing where she had quite a great deal of expectations placed on her by her parents has resulted in a great deal of self doubt that interferes with her magic to the point she is unable to perform basic telekinesis if she even doubts herself a little. Her painting is an exception because she feels truly at piece and doesn't feel any anxiety or stress building up on her when she is levitating her brush and if she is in immediate danger and is sufficeintly focused she can show magical aptitude that lives up to her pedigree. Since gaining her cutie mark she has learned that she is capable of using magic normally but has found she is only capable of casting and regulating her magic by using her favorite paintbrush as a conduit for it. If her brush is knocked away from her her magic becomes unreliable and difficult to control if she tries to cast anything in the normal fashion. While so far the only spells she has learned how to cast are majorly wind oriented she is fully capable of learning how to channel other spells and applying them in her own unique method.

A list of spells can use:

• A spell that dashed her in her chosen direction at a great speed, can easily be mistaken for a short range teleport but is incapable of going through any kind of matter.
  
• Simple frontal barrier spell. can be melded with her wind magic to surround herself in a whirlwind.
  
• Cloudwalking spell that is applied by channeling her magic into her brush and painting a horseshoe pattern on her hooves
  
• magically enlarges and hardens her paintbrush to use as a makeshift staff
  
• can summon a small ball of light that hovers above her and functions as a lantern
  
• Can "paint" magical moving images in her likeness that can serve as decoys
  
• A powerful but thin blast of wind capable of cutting through stone
  

Character History: Presteza was born in Trottingham to a pair of rich, Noble pony unicorns: a stallion named Astral dusk and mare named Mythic shine both having come from a line of talent magic using unicorns. The foal was named for showing how quickly she could take to something, usually solving an toys that her parents bought her that required creativity or a quick wit in a flash. Life for the Filly growing up was somewhat uncomfortable, Time taken up by a great deal of magical studies that she always failed at and other portions of life being taken to fancy parties all dolled up. Her lack of patience for these things were often chided by her parents, but she never found any of this “Fancy stuff” to her liking. When her parents listened to classical music, she was listening to Jazzy types of music and excessively lively and passionate sounding beats she could dance to. When her aunts and uncles loved the lavish parties and dressing up, She found it dull and preferred to play outside even in the rain. Most problematic of all was her inability to control her own very potent magic to the point where her sneezing would make her accidentally cast the latest spell she'd learned of albeit on an often smaller scale.

Upon gaining her Cutie mark as a filly she was nervous about telling her parents about it, while naturally they weren't exactly thrilled especially seeing as they were going to have to cancel her application to the school for talented in unicorns in Canterlot in the hopes they could help her learn to control her magic, but they still loved their daughter and did what they could to support her but not having her live up to her own notable magic potential still seemed like a waste. Having read about all the wonderful, beautiful , and fascinating things and scenes in Equestria she decided she wanted to travel and see and paint as many of them as she could. Traveling alone in the world was obviously not the safest thing for a filly her age to do so they sent her brother to watch over her until she was old enough to travel alone.

Life with her big brother, Silverheart on the road was at first pretty tense. Her big brother originally intending to apply for the royal guard but this sudden request from his parents to watch over his little sister until she was a mare was a rather notable setback. Silverheart and Presteza's personalities would often clash, especially at the start where Silverheart seemed distant and almost rushing the filly from place to place. Silverheart was much more calm and cool headed than his sister and preferred thought to action while Presteza would leap into a situation without thinking. The Most trying moment of their travels was when they traveled to the cold northern mountains bordering the crystal kingdom and in presteza's excitement she got lost in a snowstorm while trying to find the best place to paint the mountain peaks. It took almost an entire day for Silverheart to find her and it felt almost an eternity for the frightened and freezing filly who managed to find shelter in a cave. Silverheart was almost entirely sure she'd just yell at him for letting her get lost, but instead she threw herself into him and sobbed in relief into her brother.

It was going to be a long while before the snowstorm let up and Presteza seemed to be catching a cold... not that she was willing to admit after having cried into her brother. The increasing number of her magical sneezes were becoming an issue though and Silverheart didn't want the fire he made to go out, but most importantly he didn't want his sister to freeze so he gave her his blue scarf. After a night where the filly slept peacefully against the stallion the storm had finally cleared and things they returned to their routine. Presteza painted the mountains but it seemed Silverheart didn't rush her at all, he just watched smiling a short smile as the filly painted away. While the hardships and adventures they endured in Equestria were often quite difficult, their time in the mountains had been both their scariest adventure and the day they'd been closest.

Once having reached Mare-hood Presteza bid her brother a sad goodbye at a train station in Dodge city, as she started to leave before she noticed a familiar looking garment being levitated lightly around her neck. It was her brother's scarf he lent her in the mountains, a small note on it saying she'd probably forget to try and keep warm without it. Before she could give it back the train was already leaving and Silverheart was waving goodbye from the caboose. Presteza went on and intends to go to even more fascinating (and sometimes dangerous) places. She sends paintings of her adventures back to her family as well as a few letters to her family every month.

Character Summary: Presteza's Talent's extend to painting in various styles including but not limited to Acrylic, watercolor, and Oil and is capable producing incredibly detailed and high quality works very quickly and also being able to channel magic through her paintbrush. She has a fairly nice singing voice that can be heard if she thinks she's alone and wishes to liven up a lonely and quiet trip. Because of her problems using telekinesis and reluctance to use magic unless to defend herself in a tight spot she has taken to and developed an affinity for doing things the earth pony way, often using her teeth and/or hooves to hold objects. Her favorite benefit to this method is that it has made almost as strong as an earth pony is so tasks that require lots of physical aptitude aren't as big a deal for her. While she has mostly gotten control of any magical misfiring she still has issues with controlling her magic when she sneezes and as a result steers clear of daisies which she is allergic to.

Ever since she discovered her talent one dream has been on her mind every day and night; To be the greatest painter in Equestria and travel outside of it and paint all the beautiful and wonderful things she finds and bring them back to show everypony what some of them may never get to see. Her love of travel was mostly kindled by the stories she read as a foal of Saddle Arabia and of the homelands of the Zebras. Because she wanted to do more than just see what the world beyond Equestria was like she wanted to experience it for herself she often tries to do so before she paints target, a good example would be when she volunteered for a few weeks on a farm so she could understand how farming ponies did and felt about their livelihood.

Presteza has boundless enthusiasm and love for all forms of artistic expression whether it be within her abilities or not and often takes time to watch performers or musicians work when she gets the chance or has the bits. She loves many types of music but has a strong preference for music that can be danced to or make a pony feel happy to be alive. Around other ponies she shows a bit of a tomboyish nature with tendency to become somewhat boisterous if her abilities are praised and can get rather depressed if somepony says it's not good enough, whereupon she will often obsess over making the painting better. Presteza gets along best with other artists and good natured ponies, however because of her trouble with the life of the upper class she often has problems with ponies who think they are better than others because of their upbringing.

Despite her time on the road and experiences traveling she still shows signs of her sheltered upbringing with being rather gullible and easily manipulated, especially if her ego is pandered to, some of her other faults would be her natural lack of patience and near inability to stay still unless in an emergency... and even then it's pretty hard for her, She also has a habit of getting so engrossed in her work that she forgets to eat luckily she makes her characteristic straw hat that not only shields her from the sun, it makes for a handy snack and is easily replaceable. The items she finds most valuable are the Scarf given to her by her brother and the paintbrush Atelier gave her to paint her first landscape.

Thanks to a bit of training from her big brother in the REA and her own physical aptitude from a life of doing things the earth pony way she is a competent combatant when it comes to fighting physically. While she prefers to stick to the normal method of fighting against threats she is has learned to use her unique method of casting to channel spells that can greatly help her in combat. While she does indeed possess great magical power she has little notice of it and even then because of a lifetime of heavy expectations has a great deal of self-doubt in the subject of traditional magic casting. Her magical performance and how well she applies her magic often depends on her mental state, such as if she is in a state of focus and concentration she is capable of performing exceptionally well. If she is depressed or doubting herself in some way her magic seems to barely function at all. Her normal state in a fight however could be described as confident and playful, often making playful remarks at her opponents(s) to convince them (and herself) that she is much better than she lets and is just teasing them. Her typical strategy is to use her wind abilities to dash and speed and jump around her opponents and either blow them away with powerful blasts of wind of varying intensity or surround herself in a barrier spell and then ram into her assailant.

Portrait:

[Lux]

Hello there.

Since you already have this character in WoE, you don't need to create another character app for Canterlot Chronicles unless you are planning to alter Presteza history/ abilities for this type of role playing.

[Pretzelparty]

her history wont really be altered so much as expanded upon when it comes to her magical potential. also here i can expand uponhow she defends herself

[Lux]

Ok then. In that case yes you would need to have another app for Canterlot Chronicles.

[Lux]

How's the app coming?

[Pretzelparty]

good ... I'm just waiting on AMbertome to be approved before i mark it as ready

[Pretzelparty]

With the recent approval of Ambertome I have now mark her as ready!

[Armony]