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Roleplay Type: FIM/Show Roleplay

Name: Gold Dust

Sex: Male

Age: Young Stallion

Species: Unicorn

Coat Color: Old Gold Hex:#CFB53B

Mane/Tail/Markings Color & Style: Both mane and tail are cool black (Hex:#002E63). A single stripe of cream (Hex:#FFFDD0) runs through the tail from tip to top. Mane is short cut, but comes in many styles. Tail is rather long in comparison and is equally adaptable.

Eye Color: Bright Green Irises Hex:#66FF00. Average white sclera and black pupils.

Cutie Mark: A rock crumbling into a neat pile of gold dust (Looks like sand.)

Physique: Slightly taller than the average pony. Lean but tough. Has endured hard winters in the middle of nowhere.

Origin: Currently based in Fillydelphia where he owns a shop, but always willing to hitch up a cart and follow the money.

Occupation: Merchant/Import/Export

Motivation: Has a penchant for money, and is always able to sniff out a good deal. Well known in certain circles for his ability to acquire rare items in a pinch.

Likes: Money, gift giving and receiving and the smile on a happy customer's face. A big fan of the open road and the thrill of adventure.

Dislikes: Hates being swindled, and knows a lot of ponies. Although he talks a big talk, he hates violence and tries to stay out of fights. Paralysing fear of the sea and large bodies of water.

Character Summary: Born into a large Roaman family that struggled to get by, Gold Dust soon realised that if he wanted anything he'd have to get it himself. So he did. One day he brought some chewing gum into school, which he traded for an old wooden toy, which he then traded for the latest book in his favourite series. Gold Dust had found his passion. For the next few weeks he found out what certain ponies wanted, and what certain ponies could provide. He got a pack of nails from the son of a blacksmith for a set of pencils he got from an artist's daughter, which got him a wooden sword. A few days later he traded the sword for an original issue of a popular comic which he then sold for a large amount of bits to a private collector. His parents then began to suspect that he was stealing things. They punished Gold Dust and took away all of his new stuff which he had traded for. This led to some animosity between himself and his parents. To prove himself he took a large rock from the garden and set off to school. A week of backwards and forwards and he eventually returned with a golden ring and a note from its previous owner. His parents gave him back his stuff, but Gold Dust still felt mistreated. He soon became the go to pony at school for almost anything. But then he got into some trouble with the education system after being discovered possessing some rather unsavoury material with the intent to trade, and was kicked out of high school. His parents once again turned on him, and Gold Dust left the house. Fortunately, a father of a school friend of his recognised his talents and employed him as a supplier. Gold Dust spent the next five years of his life running all across Equestria and beyond to get the best goods at the best prices. This helped him build-up a vast network of contacts throughout Equestria.

Recently acquired his own business in Fillydelphia, "All That Glitters is Gold Dust", and employs three permanent ponies: Cha-ching runs the day-to-day business in Fillydelphia itself, Trekker and Gold Dust run the actual roads, and Prince helps maintain a strong relationship with other businesses.

To Gold Dust, his cutie mark represents a ticket to anywhere. Merchants like him travel the world in search of new and interesting products at low prices. Gold Dust was always independent, and as he is typically heading from one city to the next with carts full of goodies, he enjoys it. That's not to say he doesn't like company, of course. His talent is specifically geared towards getting hold of exactly what somepony else (or he) wants and walking off with a tidy profit, and every person down the chain happy. He likes to see a happy customer, and is always willing to go the extra mile for customer satisfaction, but knows when a deal stops being worth it. After some initially shady business practices, he renounced his ties to the underworld when he started up his own business, and hasn't looked back. He still retains a few connected friends, but they're just friends and no longer business partners.

Gold Dust loves to make friends, but has serious commitment issues, so it can never go further than that. He also suffers from wanderlust and hates staying in one place for too long, although he has forced himself before . Well travelled, but not the most intelligent pony. Well learned in Mathematics and Equestrian as a necessity, but poor in all other subject areas. Can speak Zebrican and has a basic knowledge of most Equestrian languages. Not a particularly skilled unicorn although he can use basic telekinesis, and is able to cast a simple orientation spell that acts like a compass to point him in the right direction.

Both of his parents run a bed and breakfast in Roam. If Gold Dust is ever in Roam then he stops by as a courtesy. This can be any time from once a week to once a year depending on where the deal is. Maintains a cordial relationship with his parents and three younger sisters, but is BBBFF with his big brother who is Captain of the Roam Town Guard. His three sisters are all still students in high school.

Gold Dust has been known to fall for extremely flashy objects, and is a fan of ridiculously ostentatious clothing, although he keeps that to himself. He also has a paralysing fear of deep water after he was sent to Unyasi to acquire some potions and the chartered ship was attacked on the Quagga Strait by a fierce sea serpent. Gold Dust was thrown overboard and dragged under the ship, and If it wasn't for a plucky pegasus then he would have drowned.

Goshdarn those Hawk Moths are so cool. 30mph is impressive by itself, but they hover too? Those are some pretty epic wings. More spiders? I physically cringed when I saw that photo of the bird eating tarantula. I do not play well with spiders. They can be pretty cool though if they stay on my screen, and not in my room.

Well after you put on such a charming display I couldn't help but check out your thread.

I can see where you're coming from Blaze, but don't apes and monkeys eat insects? I mean people still eat bugs too in some places, don't they? I remember seeing a documentary on the Amazon where people would cook spiders on sticks and eat them. Actually on some level you may be right. I just remembered something I read a long tome ago about people fearing snakes because they were a big threat a long time ago.

I know that lactose intolerance is natural, and that the fact that some people are lactose tolerant is due to a mutation in the E-coli bacteria in your stomach. That's the limit of my sciency knowledge though.

Stoney perhaps you can help me with something. I used to collect these oversized trading cards that had different types of animals with all kinds of awesome facts on them. I remember there was this one really interesting exotic insect who's name escapes my mind. It had a rather long and out of the way name so forgive me. Anyway as for a description. I believe it was said to be related to praying mantis's and varied between brown and green. It hangs from branches and has large flat front limbs that allow it to very convincingly imitate a hanging leaf. I believe it is carnivorous and I think it lives in the amazon, I could be wrong about that though. Any idea as to what it could be? I would really appreciate any help this has actually been bugging me for months.

Are you talking about leaf bugs? That's what it sounds to me like you're talking about. Here's a picture of one.

Thanks, Bugmaster Stonetribe. This has actually been very informative and fun. The video of the ants taking down the crab was pretty creepy though, but I loved how they made a bridge out of themselves. I'm okay with insects, but I can't stand spiders. I can't even touch them without freaking out. I know it's a ridiculous phobia, but I just can't help it. I thought the Goliath Beetle was the strongest beetle? Or are they just the biggest? Whelp, anyway, I need to keep an eye on this thread.

Umm... Shyshy? You appear to have welcomed me twice. Well, now I feel twice as welcome.

That's the plan, Armony. Thanks for the welcome. Maybe I should have had an OC in mind first. I'm currently toying around with the submission form.

Gee whiz, you fellas sure know how to make a guy feel welcome. Blue Mage eh? Is that anything to do with Final Fantasy? Or am I over thinking things again?

Nice to meet you too, My Little Pony Tales.

I like the way the show portrays Spike and Rarity's relationship. The doting way that Spike helps her in any capacity he probably can, while Rarity is seemingly oblivious to his affections. Of course, the events of Secret of my Excess suggested that Rarity knows. The fact as I see it is that she cannot reciprocate his feelings for her completely due to the species and age differences, but she doesn't want to break him down. It's an interesting dynamic. Although I think if another stallion were to come along then Rarity would inevitably "break up" with Spike. Anyways, thankies for the welcome, Ms. Rosewind.

Hello to you too, Stonetribe. I'll be sure to check out your insect thread at some point although I'm a tad busy now. Insects can be pretty cool. I remember doing a presentation once on Assassin Bugs, they're pretty rad. I enjoy watching nature shows, but I'm not a fan of bugs in real life. It's one thing to read about them, but quite another to have them crawling all over you. Eugh.

It's a good nickname that'll save a lot of unnecessary typing. Many thanks, Crescent Blaze. Besides it rhymes with many things, like bane or plane. Good nicknames have to rhyme.

That is my intention, Shadowrunner. Thanks for the welcome.

Thanks for the warm welcome, Winter. Heh. Writing paragraphs may not have been the best choice. It appears I have just borked the whole format thing. Meh, it was confusing any way. I have a tendency to write a lot about absolutely nothing. I can be quite a long-winded person.

Aha! Excellent, Walker! Other people do hate Steam. A long time ago there was a legion of us, now I think everypony actually uses it. Even I have been forced to for Dawn of War 2 and Empire: Total War. It really grinds my gears.

Thanks, shyshy. It's always good to let people know. I don't want anypony complaining that I'm misspelling enamoured again. Sometimes it can be silly though.

Pro tip to anypony else who tries this: do not click on preview post as it deletes everything in the introduction fields. Found that out the hard way/

About Myself: Hello there everypony. I'm an Englishman, so I'll be writing in the Queen's English. Not much to me. I'm a big fan of video games, and a mediocre fanfic writer specialising in crossovers. Written a few stories over on Fimfiction, although I doubt any of you have seen them. Same user name over there. Currently based on my Xbox 360 with a gold account if anypony enjoys a good game of something. I do PC game too, but I have an aversion to Steam. Most of my games were designed with XP in mind, so Steam isn't an issue for me. I'm not a Microsoft fanboy, so you can rest easy PlayStation users. No worry of us getting into some pointless fight.

Hoping to get into pony roleplay. Apparently this is a good site for that. I do have some degree of literacy thanks to my stint as a fanfic writer, but I couldn't draw if Discord himself threatened me too. I've also never actually participated in a roleplay before, so I hope that isn't too much of an issue, and that you've got some patience for a "noob" like me. Looking forward to meeting some new friendly faces, and getting stuck in on some roleplay topics.

How I found Canterlot.com: I literally googled pony roleplay and this came up as the top site

How I became a fan of MLP:FiM: How I got into Ponies? Well, rewind to August 2011 and my only passion was video games. I followed a popular blog on the Gawker Network known as Kotaku. It wasn't long after the abysmal redesign that made the website a living hell to navigate, I'm sure any old Kotaku fans know what I mean. Anyway, I clicked on some article about this odd sounding indie game, can't remember which, and found a full blown flame war in the comments. This group of men were defending what I could only interpret as pastel plastic ponies.

Now I still watch a lot of cartoons: Adventure Time, Regular Show, Spongebob Squarepants, and, of course, MLP currently. Anyway, I was a fan of Powerpuff Girls, and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, even Kids Next Door, so when I heard the argument about Faust working on all those shows, I naturally had to investigate. I have two younger sisters, so I've been exposed to a lot of girly stuff. I've sat through episodes of Strawberry Shortcake and Winx Club with nary a problem. This meant I managed to sit through the intro of MLP:FIM first time around, a feat which I'm still proud of. Anyway, long story short I watched the first episode, then nine more. Then over the next two days I finished the series. After rewatching a few of my favourites, I discovered EQD and it went from there.

My favourite main cast pony/s: Miss Rarity
Favourite Mane Six pony is Rarity. Fluttershy's cuteness originally gripped me, but I'm a sucker for melodrama, and Rarity sure does deliver it in spades. The way she overreacts to everything is what makes her so likeable in my book, even though that's the reason she caught a lot of flak in season one.