Earth Pony Sylver Smyth [Ready]

[SanguineSoul]

Roleplay Type: World of Equestria Rp

Name: Sylver Smyth

Sex: Female

Age: Mare

Species: Earth Pony

Eye colour: Dark grey with silver flakes

Coat colour: Light pastel blue

Mane/Tail/Markings colour & Style: Her mane is generally cut very short to keep out of her way when she works, though her tail is rather long, braided when working and unbound when not. Both are light grey.

Physique: Very strongly built, even for an Earth Pony, and she's slightly taller than average.

Cutie Mark: A silver anvil.

Origin/Residence: Born in Canterlot, she now lives in the Whitetail Woods.

Occupation: Blacksmith

Motivation: To make her mark in the world as a great craft-pony, and prove to other ponies that her works (specifically her passion for suits of armor) are easily on par with the great craft-ponies of legend.

Likes: The sound of metal ringing on metal, the heat of a forge, autumn, winter.

Dislikes: That time of year when winter becomes spring, as well as dresses.

Character Summary:

Born into a fairly average family in Canterlot, Sylver Smyth's early life saw her all over the city, and even parts of the castle. Most days were spent with either her mother or her father, being told to behave and stay on her best behavior and instead exploring wherever she happened to be. When she was with her mother, an Earth Pony who did interior design around the city, she would often sneak off to look at the stores nearby wherever they happened to be. It didn't matter what the stores were, either, as she could find something interesting just about anywhere. Whenever her mother wasn't able to look after her she would instead be dropped off at a nursery, a place that she found tedious. True, the snacks were usually tasty, but there wasn't as much to explore, and it got boring being stuck there time after time. What was fun to explore once wasn't fun to explore again, especially when she knew exactly what she would find.

One day, Sylver was treated to a rare event: she got to go on a trip with her father as he conducted royal guard business. The royal guard had need of a blacksmith to repair armor damaged in training and from normal wear-and-tear, and had given the task to Sylver's father. A short trip through the city later, they arrived at a rather large smithy near the edge of Canterlot, Entering the rather dark smithy, the first thing that Sylver saw was the roaring forge fire, the flames seeming to dance to some unheard symphony, casting flickering and fleeting shadows around the interior of the large room. A single, long, radiating shard seemed to lift itself from that inferno, floating over to an anvil that floated up out of the darkness. The hammer came down, and that blow to the cherry metal sounded like music to Sylver's ears. Her father's conversation with the looming figure of the smith passed by the young filly unnoticed, her attention flowing between the roaring forge and the worked metal, and she was eventually led back home in a bit of a daze.

For the next few days, the trip to the smithy was all young Sylver could talk about. Whether at home or with her mother or at the nursery, her mind couldn't be distracted by anything else, and after her relentless begging her parents decided that they would take her back, just to see if the blacksmith could help out with the young filly's obvious enrapture. The smith chuckled when he was told about the 'predicament', and said that he could take her on as an apprentice, as she obviously was a little more than 'intrigued' by the forge. An arrangement thus agreed upon, Sylver began to spend her days at the smithy, instead of at the nursery or with her mother. Her education in the workings of the smithy, and the shaping of metal, was not without its share of set-backs and mistakes, and only through constant supervision and a healthy dose of luck did she manage to get through it without any real injury.

Time passed, and her skills improved, until she was able to be trusted unsupervised, if only for somewhat short stretches of time at once. Not long after she had mastered the basics of simple metalworking her father showed up at the smithy once more, again on royal guard business. This time they had need of their training armor being repaired, and Sylver jumped at the chance to practice, and show off, her new skills, as training armor didn't have to be works of art, just functional. The smith agreed, saying it would be a good test of her abilities, and that he wasn't going to get involved in the order. At first Sylver was ecstatic, and she began work on the order right away, but as the days wore on she grew less and less sure of herself. After a week she still had a quarter of the order left to complete, and it was due the next day. A few moments of panic, and then she settled upon an idea. Convincing each of the ponies in the smithy that one of the other ponies was watching over her, she hid when it was time for them to go home, and stayed in the smithy after they all had left, working on the armor. It took her all night, but she managed to finish the repair order, and the other ponies found her in the morning, curled up on the floor next to an anvil, surrounded by repaired training armor, the last piece still on the anvil, though the tools were all put away. What she hadn't known was that the head blacksmith, the pony who had first agreed to let her stay at the smithy and learn the art of metal crafting, had fooled her into thinking that he had left, and had watched her all night to make sure she didn't injure herself, and had watched the image of a silver anvil appear on her flanks.

That very day, once she finally woke up, her parents through a small party to celebrate Sylver finding her cutie mark, and the blacksmith and his apprentice ponies were invited. As she grew from a young and somewhat clumsy filly into a fully-grown mare, Sylver continued to practice her craft, becoming increasingly adept in the shaping of metal, from simple tools to intricate furnishings, as long as it was something that could be made on an anvil she could craft it, if given time enough to plan it all out. As much as she loved Canterlot, when she finally was old enough to move out on her own, and had gotten the official mark of approval from the smith that had taken her under his guidance, she left it. The place was crowded, and Sylver didn't really find herself fitting in well with 'high society'. Sure, she could pass for one of the 'high-class' ponies, but doing so always made her feel uncomfortable. Moving out into the nearby Whitetail Woods, she set up her own, smaller smithy, catering to the local metal crafting needs of nearby ponies and the occasional custom order, leaving her with plenty of time to devote to her passion: designing and creating intricate yet functional ceremonial armor for the royal guard. On occasion she will travel out to a town or city to do a job on-site, if it would be quicker that way, those normally short trips serving to satiate her adventurous spark.

Sylver Smyth is a very down-to-earth pony, albeit one who has been polished somewhat by her time spent growing up in Canterlot. She doesn't usually mix words, though if what she has to say could be particularly upsetting or insulting she does her best to soften the blow. Loyal to a fault, she always keeps her word, even if doing so makes things difficult for herself. However, as time as passed she's gained a better understanding of her own limits, so she's not as likely to over-extend herself as she would occasionally do in her younger years.

Note: It's been brought to my attention that there are a lot of ponies with 'Silver' in there name in the Rp section of this site. If you feel as if this is true, and that the name should be changed, please let me know and I'll come up with something different. Otherwise, I believe this application is finished.

[Archturus]

Ay'up Sanguine.

Just wanted to let you know that I'm loving what you've done with this character. She's seems to have a nicely rounded personality and between the Canterlot guard, Destriers and private collectors, there should be a healthy market for armour-smiths in Equestria. There doesn’t look to be all that much that'd need tweaking, at least not that I can spot. Hopefully a thumbs up from the staff will be all that’s needed to get Ms Sylver archived and ready for play

[SanguineSoul]

Thank you! I look forwards to having the staff critique her, if needed, and then Rp-ing with her if she's accepted.

[starswirlthebearded]

This is a well written, well structured app and everything seems to be in order. There is plenty of detail, and the history creates an endearing and interesting character.

I may not be a staff, but I personally don't see anything that would prevent this app from being approved.

My one issue (and this isn't that big) is that she merely dislikes one thing. I'm not saying that is a bad thing, but I would question if there aren't anythings that annoys her or bothers her outside of changing of seasons? But as I said, I can't see that as reason to prevent acceptance, as there do appear to be ponies like that, so personable that they don't seem to dislike anything other than one or two trifles.

(Oh and this app should be marked [Final] rather than [Ready])

[SanguineSoul]

I just read the new application rules which went up last night, hence the change from [Final] to [Ready]. It's under the "Rarity's Simply Fabulous Application Form".

Also, as for Sylver Smyth's dislikes, it happens to be two things at the moment. She dislikes the time of year when winter becomes spring, as well as dresses. Sorry I didn't make that totally clear in the original post. I try to keep the 'likes' and 'dislikes' short, down to mostly things that the character really really loves (for likes) and finds incredibly irksome (for dislikes), instead of every little thing they might enjoy or might annoy them a bit.

[starswirlthebearded]

wow... right then. Very good, carry on. Looks like I need to re-read those rules again for any other changes...

As I said, for the dislikes, I'm used to seeing more, but considering how well developed your character story is, it shouldn't be a problem regardless.

I'm not a rp helper, but I can see no reason why this app should be held up at all right now.

[Mojo]

Hi SanguineSoul!

Looks like the others who have commented on this app have done a great job in helping you. Excellent work by all!

And I must agree with them, this IS a great app!

Well written, great details. Subtle cutie mark story, but it works!

One very minor thing is that I noticed under "Sex:" you have "Mare" listed. In this field, we prefer to see either "Male" or "Female". If you will kindly fix that field, I would say this application is ready for further review!

[SanguineSoul]

Oops. *Chuckles* My bad, I'll fix that right now.

[Rosewind]

Great application!