Earth Pony Abbot Alembic [Ready]

[silversigil]

Roleplay Type: World of Equestria

Name: Abbot Alembic.

Sex: Male.

Age: Young Stallion.

Species: Earth pony.

Coat colour: extremely light tan.

Mane/Tail: silverfish white facial hair, no mane, tattoos on head.

Eye colour: green.

Cutie Mark: an alchemy retort.

Physique: average height, somewhat athletic.

Origin: Roam, Itaily

Residence: Travels throughout Equestria but tends to stay in smaller towns or on the outskirts of larger ones.

Occupation: Alchemist (Brew-master, Potion maker, Apothecary, ect.)

Motivation: has a morale devotion to helping others and doing his best at whatever he does. Though he personally won’t admit it, he does most of his actions to try and make his uncle proud.

Likes: being around nature, helping heal the sick, practicing alchemy. He likes social events as long as he can stay out of crowds, he enjoys meeting new ponies and sharing experiences. He enjoys exercise, mostly consisting of running.

Dislikes: he has anxiety in large crowds, this is why he prefers to be more personal with friends. Whenever he reads a book he feels compelled to finish it; for some reason he feels uncomfortable with stopping in the middle of a book, he doesn’t like the idea of leaving a story half finished. He has an extreme dislike for Basil.

Character Summary:

History – He spent most of his childhood with his uncle at what would be considered the equivalent of a seminary school. Though he was considered the closest thing to a parent they weren’t the very close. His uncle was usually busy so he spent most of his time in the small library at the school. He stayed away from most of the other children due to his anxiety. There was a group of fillies that always tried to get him to spend time with them but after the first few times he did his uncle had a talk with him. He stopped spending much time with them except for a few occasions in class. Due to this he still is socially awkward around mares and avoids any type of romantic situation to avoid, what he believes would be absolute embarrassment.

After getting his cutiemark he devoted the majority of his time to studying alchemy and helping his uncle run the school. He is self taught due to having no source of educator in his desired field but has still managed to excel in his studies. He left Itaily a few years after becoming old enough to live on his own and started a traveling apothecary. He left on a train after saying goodbye to his uncle and headed to Equestria to search for opportunity. He has been successfully living on his own ever since.

Personality – He is at most times very reserved and will avoid large social situations. Regardless of this he keeps a very cheery disposition throughout his daily routines. When at work, making some potion for a customer or experimenting with volatile ingredients, he is very eccentric. Most hazards don’t even faze him in the “lab” and he tends to go off on wild tangent of conversation even if no one’s with him. He is a generally passive person avoiding arguments or other conflicts whenever possible and usually focuses on satisfying other before himself.

Parents – He only spent a few years that he has no substantial memory of with his parents before living with his uncle. Though he has never met them in person he was told a little bit about his parents by his uncle.

Cutie Mark Story – When Abbot was a young child he study regularly. In most cases, it was simply because he had nothing else to do. His uncle was too busy, he couldn’t sleep, and he definitely didn’t want to be around all those other fillies and colts. So he just sat in silence with a stack of books on any subject he found interesting, which was usually limited since the only books to choose from were various textbooks or dusty old tomes written in Itailin; a language he knew fluently if it wasn’t for the fact that it was the type of writing used at least a hundred years ago. So with that in mind, his free time was usually a boring drudgery of stale textbooks that he had probably read five times each. After a few hours of his eyes shifting between the complex phrases in his book and a view of foals playing outside he finally left the library with a sigh and tried to see his uncle. Making his way up the flight of stairs he eventually found his way to his uncle’s office. As usual he was nowhere to be found, his office was neatly organized so that everything was always in place. This made the small stack of books on his desk easily noticeable. Examining it closer, he found a note on it. ‘To my assistant: please make sure this finds its way to the library, the trash, or anywhere that it will find use.’ Abbot stared at the books for a long time. Well he did say anywhere it would be of use, and it would be helpful to his assistant. He grabbed the books and put them in his saddlebag, making his way to his room. After closing his door he set the books on his small desk and opened to the first page. He read the title on the inside, ‘Guide to herbal plants’, he had never seen a book like this; it consisted of many illustrations of plants and incredible facts about them. He found himself intrigued with the books, not even bothering to sleep that night as he read them happily. He found so many ways that he could use plants and even a guide to build a small brewing set for beginners. He spent most of his times in the gardens looking for plants that he saw in his book to take back to his room where he would make all sorts of concoctions. After noticing one of his class mates was sick he searched in his book for something to help the sick foal. After half a day of searching and brewing he eventually made the medicine he needed, within a few days the foal felt was healthy again. After that day he knew what he wanted to do he wanted to study herbology and help people wherever he went; this was proven thanks to his cutiemark.

Dangers on the Road – Traveling alone can be dangerous, especially when the roads lead through uninhabited lands or dense forests. Though never one to seek violence as a solution; Abbot is prepared in the event that he is forced to fight. He has several items of his own design that he can use to defend himself. They’re pre-prepared vials that contain certain alchemical ingredients that when mixed, most commonly by breaking the vial, give a certain effect.

[if anything needs to be changed or seems lacking feel free to provide criticism ]

[Lux]

Hello.

Your friendly neighborhood Helpstaffer here.

I see that your app is Ready but you mentioned tht you have more to add. So, is it truly ready? If not, then please switch it to WiP.

[silversigil]

except for the artwork it's ready. I'll have that done in hopefully the next few days. If you think I should set it to WiP until then that's fine.

[Lux]

Ok. Artwork aside, it can still be set to being ready.

What you should put in is more about your character's history. What did he do after he got his mark? Did he have somepony teach him about alchemy or is he self taught? How did he decide to leave his home and travel? What are his interests other than studying and using alchemy? The more the merrier to create a well detailed character!

[silversigil]

Edited, if there's anything else that could be improved on let me know.

[Lux]

Hello. Sorry about the wait.

The one thing that needs to be included is information about his personality. How does he act on a normal day? What gets under this pony's pelt and how does he respond? What are his personal flaws? Things relating to this will get the character a more in depth analysis.

[silversigil]

edited, added some info about how he acts if there is anything else that it needs let me know.

[Lux]

Everything with the personality looks fine. As for the potions, you don't have to add them if you don't want to. The Scorch wave seems a little overpowered but having said that he uses it against animals attacking, that is ok. Mainly the goal is to not have any overpowered magic/ abilities to allow for a fun RP.

[silversigil]

The scorch wave was intentionally made so that even if you're right next to it you wouldn't get too hurt. It'd be like accidentally touching a stove.

[ThunderHorse]

Wow, this seems like an interesting character! Mine happens to be a plain disco dancer.

[silversigil]

Thanks, This one's meant for a RP being planned

[ThunderHorse]

I can see, judging by the potions and all.

[Lux]

Hello. Upon further review, you should get rid of the potions list. You can still make certin potions while you are roleplaying, but you don't have to list them.

You're almost there, so just a little fix and I'll re-review it!

[silversigil]

ok, got rid of the list

[Lux]

Ok. Thanks. I would just jot down a list of possible potions for your own reference so thet when it comes time to RP, you can pull out that list if needed and use it as a quick reference guide.

[silversigil]

ok, thanks for all the help

[RarityDash]

App looks pretty good to me... so: