Unicorn [Ready] Aureate Compass

[DamianMane]

Roleplay Type: World of Equestria

Name: Aureate Compass (Goes by Auri for short)

Sex: Male

Age: Stallion

Species: Unicorn

Eye colour: Hazel (Disregard how his eyes look in the picture, that was just carelessness on my part )

Coat: Auri's coat is a creamy yellow. Although he is usually not wearing anything, in colder places he will take a faded, greyish cloak to keep himself warm.

Mane/Tail: Appropriately, his mane and tail are aureate. Meaning, a goldy-yellow colour. As for style, his rather long hair is swept back along his head. His tail simply hangs straight down. He keeps is quite short so it doesn't get in his way when walking or climbing.

Physique: A tad taller than most ponies, he is noticeably quite fit and in shape, but certainly not a hulking, musclebound individual.

Residence: Auri lives in a modest dwelling in Canterlot. All his rooms are on the first floor however, as he converted the ground floor into a shop to sell his maps from.

Occupation: Auri makes his living as a cartographer. Occasionally he is officially commissioned to make maps, but mostly he will set out, make a map of an area, and sell it out of his shop, "Golden Cartography: Maps and More"

Cutie Mark: A map with a quill drawing on it. (As in, the quill is drawing on the map, not the map has a drawing of a quill on it.)

'Twas a time when Auri was on a day out with his parents, his aunt, uncle, and his cousin at the lake. The adults were relaxing at the lakeside, while the two young colts played and explored. Auri, the more adventurous of the two, dared to wander further and further from everypony else. Before long, he realised that he was unsure where he was, how he had got there, or the way back. Instead of panicking, Auri picked up a large leaf and a pointed stick. Using the stick to mark the leaf, he noted the position of landmarks around him. Using this to get a bearing of where he was, he determined which way was the way back and strode forward. Upon returning to his hysterical parents, his cousin pointed in shock at Auri's flank. Upon it, Auri's cutie mark had appeared there! Ever since that day, Auri was obsessed with maps and mapmaking.

History: Originally from Trottingham, Auri lived there with his parents until he was a young stallion, when he moved to Canterlot. Life in the seaside resort was an easygoing and carefree childhood, and Auri was always making friends. His best friend back then was probably his cousin, Copper Mechgear, whom Auri has stayed in touch with over the years. They met when they were quite young, foals both of them, meeting when their respective parents decided to get together. It was only one day when Auri saved Copper from a potentially very nasty fall when they were off "exploring" that they really bonded. Copper was left with a fierce fear of heights, but they remained friends ever since.

It was a few years after Aureate was finished with his education that he moved to Canterlot. He had tried setting up a map shop in Trottingham, but to no avail. It turns out that ponies in a tourist resort town are usually only interested in maps of the surrounding area. And besides, the Trottingham area wasn't exactly to Auri's taste. Plains and lakes and not much else. Canterlot fascinated Auri; A city clinging to the mountains. That was his sort of place. The city also seemed like a good place to start a business, which it was. Auri's new shop was reasonably successful. It wasn't exactly making a great deal of bits, but it makes enough to comfortably support Aureate's lifestyle.

Character Summary: Auri is an amiable, hardworking stallion who will always stick by his friends. Metaphorically, that is, as he has a habit of wandering off to places. In fact, he has a rather strong wanderlust and loves seeing new places. He is at his best outside, and grows restless if indoors for too long.

As well as new places, Aureate loves meeting new people. He may not show it however, as he does not like being to forward with people he barely knows, and will usually act quite the restrained gentlepony when talking to new people. Once he gets to know somepony he will slowly drop this, showing his feelings openly.

When not out hiking or mapmaking, Auri enjoys sketching and drawing. He is quite good at this as he does a lot of drawing in his work. It's not uncommon to see him sitting at a bench or table, faithfully drawing the scenery around him.

Something Auri hates is when ponies take his work, or any work for that matter, for granted. When ponies don't appreciate the fact that some pony had to devote time and effort into doing something, it really grinds his gears. This is why he respects anypony who works hard to do something. On the flip side of that, he never likes anyone who only halfheartedly does something.

Because of all the walking, hiking and climbing necessary to his work, Auri is in good shape and likes to keep it that way. If not planning to leave to some faraway place to map it, he'll keep fit by jogging around the city (Or whatever the pony equivalent of jogging is).

Although he is rather intelligent, extremely complex and convoluted problems are simply beyond Auri. He excels at most physical feats though.

Lastly, Auri is not a stallion of many goals or ambitions. Simply, he wishes to better record the lay of the land of the world he lives in, and to lead an enjoyable life.

A general idea of what Aureate looks like.

[Lux]

Hello.

Your friendly neighborhood Helpstaffer Lux here.

You have an interesting character there. Let's take a look at a few things to make this character even better!

You asked about whether it's ok to have another OC in you app. That depends on whether it is yours or another one's OC. If it's yours, you can certainly include it into your app. If it belongs to another, you'll need their permission and you'll need to explain that in your app.

Besides that, you should expand your character's history a little more. Things like how Aureate first met his cousin, why he chose to leave Trottingham and move to Canterlot, and how he he is currently adapting to the new city are good to know. Basically, the more we know about your pony, the better we can role play with him.

[DamianMane]

Done, done and done (I hope). Added how Auri and Copper became friends, why Auri left home and how he's doing in Canter lot.

Oh, and Copper is another of my OCs, yes.

Anything else need editing?

[RarityDash]

Everything checks out here.