Name: Ashwood Sex: Male Age: Stallion Species: Earth Pony Pelt Color: Grey Mane/Tail/Markings Color & Style: Long, straight, silver tone Eye Color: Dark Blue Cutie Mark: Nib pen Physique: Slender but fit Distinguishing features: diligent, attentive, most of the time taciturn but capable of being silver-tongued when it is required, sometimes absent-minded. Origin: Manehattan Roleplay Type: Mane Occupation: Scribe/courier, occasionally writer (political journalist) Motivation: Ashwood wants to help Earth Ponies and Pegasi to become more involved in the arts and letters and to promote a better access to arts in general for the masses. He aspires to build ties with influential figures in Equestria to reach his long-term goal and consider his professions as a scribe and an occasional journalist as a great asset to do so. Likes: literacy, arts, tea, nature Dislikes: noise, heat, crowd, teamwork Character Summary: Ashwood mother, Lightfeather is librarian and his father, Steel Pen is historian and archivist. They met as Steel Pen was teaching Equestria history in Manehattan college, Lightfeather being one of his student. He taught her his most precious knowledge, his family writing technique. Very young Ashwood was already surrounded by books and was fascinated by the stories his parents read him. Most of the ponies at the public library were unicorns and Ashwood soon discovered it was far easier for them to continue studying than for other ponies, considering their magic was of considerable help to handle the quill. After much practice he succeeded to follow the path of his parents and write by holding a pen nib between his teeth. Demonstrating his talents to Swift Ink, an elderly but renowned unicorn scribe, this one took the decision to make him his pupil so he could perfect the unusual technique his family passed on from generation to generation. Determined to pursue his passion he trained endlessly until the day he finally rivaled his mentor quality and speed of his writing. The feat earned him his cutie mark. At the moment he works as a scribe and courier for the nobless of Manehattan and takes commands to write articles for various local newspapers. He lives in his own flat and rarely visit his parents as his relations with his father are tense. This one considers Ashwood will to generalize their family writing technique to as many earth ponies and pegasus as possible as a personal treason. He often visits his venerable mentor, this one always being prompt to cheer him up in periods of doubt.