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Roleplay Type

World of Equestria.

Name

Kingsley. Nicknamed King, known as “The Iron Mare” by coworkers and peers.

Sex

Female.

Age

Older Mare.

Species

Pegasus.

Eye colour

Light steel.

Coat

King’s coat is coarse, stiff, and thick – every bit as bristly as one might think she is upon first seeing her trademark frown! The fur is a light papaya whip in colour and fades to white at her feathery fetlocks, to match the white tips of her wing feathers.

Mane/Tail

King’s white mane is a little on the long side, though it’s often hard to tell. She constantly keeps it styled in a very tight, pristine bun with not a single strand of hair out of place. She enjoys keeping her mane long to maintain a sense of femininity, but sees it as nothing but a hassle when she’s working…and she rarely stops working. Following the same mindset, her pale tail is always braided tightly in a fishtail.

Physique

Though tall, thick-framed, and muscular, King’s figure is still very curvy! She’s tough as nails from a very rigid exercise routine (and a fondness for visiting her parents to help her mother around the forge), but still knows how to play up her feminine looks!

Residence

Stalliongrad.

Occupation

Treasurer for the City of Stalliongrad and member of its council, former secretary.

Cutie Mark

A smart, black nib pen.

King’s life growing up in Stalliongrad was very tough – quite literally! Hard work defined her foalhood, as her pegasus parents always kept themselves too busy and overworked and were eager for a helping hoof from their daughter the moment she was old enough to assist them. Once they deemed it safe for her to help around the ovens, she started helping her father in his bakery. Building fires for wood-burning ovens, kneading dough, balancing large pans of breads and sweets – it was real muscle-building activity, and it always felt like there wasn’t enough time in the day to finish the orders that piled in.

The filly’s work only doubled once she was promoted from baker’s assistant to blacksmith’s assistant, after her mother deemed her capable of working responsibly and safely around the forge. After some time, however, she began to grow a little frustrated with just how busy things always seemed to be around their home. It wasn’t that the hard work bothered her – quite the opposite in fact! King looked forward to rushing home from school every day to help her parents out, learning the ins and outs of their respective trades so that she might earn her cutie mark and find a good, solid future for herself. But still, it seemed as though her mother and father could never catch a break! For once, she wanted to see them have a nice, long vacation – to reap the rewards of their hard work on the camping excursion they always spoke of so wistfully.

That was when Kingsley picked up her very first day planner. In her scant bit of free time between school and helping out her parents, the young filly tucked herself away in her room and began poring over orders, commissions, and the daily work required to keep shelves stocked. Scheduling was the first step. She started to create daily timetables for her parents and herself, in order to help spread out the work and (most importantly) help them understand just how many orders they were capable of taking on. Normally, her parents said “yes” to every personal order right off the bat, but King’s schedule was beginning to show that they couldn’t keep that up – not realistically, not if they ever wanted a bit of free time! Once scheduling had been tackled, she moved on to issues of finance. She began keeping proper records of profits and sales, organizing the money and tucking it into different savings as opposed to tossing everything in the same old empty, unused ale stein!

And then, as an added bonus, King took stock of her mother’s older projects that customers had changed their minds about wanting last minute as well as her personal works that she wasn’t attached to. She organized a little sale, and with help from her parents put together a small promotional event to clear out the inventory!

Before long, her parents had a vacation fund that was spilling over and more free time than they knew what to do with! Though they had been skeptical about following their daughter’s advice at first, King’s keen business sense and knack for organization really shone and showed them just what she was capable of!

And of course it helped that with their little sale, King’s cutie mark finally appeared! A smart black nib pen, to reflect her love of scribing and organizing! There was no denying it – if you wanted an efficient, organized, and successful business: you wanted Kingsley!

History

Helping out with her parents’ businesses growing up really helped King get to know the ponies of Stalliongrad – all ages, all shapes, all sizes. From very early on in her life, she had a fierce love of her home and its locals instilled in her. She learned a great many things from working alongside her parents, actually. A love of: hard work; a strong, healthy body; warm bread fresh from the oven and steaming in the cold, wintry nights; the smell of a forge; and the ringing of hammered steel. And, of course, her fondness and talent for organization!

Once she had earned her cutie mark, King began actively seeking out behind-the-scenes roles at even school events her class participated in. Though stern-faced and serious by way of her outward appearance, King was always a warm and friendly pony who had a very easy time approaching and socializing with others. She had a knack for making pageants and plays run smoothly, always kept the cash boxes stocked with proper coinage at lemonade stands, and made sure sports events saw lots of equipment, refreshments, and towels neatly stowed away for easy access!

When she became a young mare, King got a job as a secretary for a hoof polish business that was founded in Stalliongrad but eventually spread throughout the rest of Equestria. She worked there for a few short years before landing a dream job: a secretary for the Stalliongrad City Council! During her years as a secretary for her city’s finest, King met a rather fetching and charming (in his own unique way) young stallion she took an instant liking to. He was a member of the Royal Equestrian Army, and held the image of an REA stallion to a tee. Their love fell into place rather quickly, and provided a strike of spontaneity into her life that she had been sorely lacking. In a bold move that was somewhat out of character for her rigid, business-like lifestyle, King eloped with Pummel to Las Pegasus.

Together, she and Pummel had four beautiful children. Three daughters and one son: Diamond Shield, Emerald Lance, Crystal Ribbon, and Marble Duke. Though Pummel’s work with the REA kept him somewhat separate from their lives, with help from her then-retired parents (and her knack for organization and planning!), King managed to balance her career as a secretary and her career as a doting mother. She was quite good at both, actually! No stranger to hard work, she reared her children with a firm and loving hoof while simultaneously making an excellent impression on the Stalliongrad council members. Not long after their youngest, Emerald Lance, had earned her cutiemark, King was hired as the Treasurer for the city of Stalliongrad and accepted into the city council – a lifelong dream made reality!

The older their children grew and the more involved with the City of Stalliongrad Kingsley became, however, the more distant Pummel became. The two are currently somewhat estranged, and while the aging mare thinks back at their early, youthful days together a little wistfully from time to time, she couldn’t be more pleased with her current situation in life. Her children have a loving father, even if he is often absorbed in his duties, and they are all near enough at hoof for her to dote on. She has also become an active member of her city’s council, often working with entertainment and promotional events while simultaneously juggling her financial duties. Her main concern, however, is of course her hired position as a Treasurer – her involvement with the council is more light-hearted work than anything, but she revels in her involvement with her beloved city. This love of Stalliongrad and its ponies makes her an ideal candidate for working on tourist attractions and celebrations – she does so with cool efficiency and warm, fuzzy love oozing out of her heart! Through and through, kicking out with hind-legsham is a Stalliongrad mare – she would never trade her home for anything in the world! Or so she keeps saying over and over.

Kingsley is now content to spend her life devoting herself to her work. With her children all independent, she is free to devote herself to her city! As a council member invested in Stalliongrad entertainment, she of course tries to keep an open mind – her own tastes are limited, so she makes a point to hop all over town and get to know the opinions of everypony! Young and old, proper and wild, fashionable and downright funky! Everypony’s opinion is essential to her work, and she does her best to hear them all!

Now the Iron Mare (as coworkers and peers endearingly refer to her) is spending her days lapping up the enjoyment of her busy work life, something that she enjoys more than a beach vacation! She’ll visit her children or take a bit of a break for travel (with the ulterior motive of checking out other communities and their entertainment plans, of course!), just to soak up the enjoyment of a life well lived – and because crunching numbers out of office is a bit of a thrill for her!

Character Summary

Kingsley initially comes across as cold, severe, and totally ruthless. Between her immense stature, her thick muscles, and the harsh frown she sports rather naturally, it’s no wonder her first impressions often leave even the strongest ponies quaking at the knees! That said, it only takes a brief moment of conversation with the steely mare to realize she’s actually a warm and friendly individual, somepony who is always looking out for others!

In fact, that is exactly why her most well-used nickname at work is the “Iron Mare”. Her coworkers, who are all very well aware of just how much of a bundle of sunshine she really is, use this term of endearment to poke fun at how much of a poor a first impression she makes: King has something of an unintentional habit of making new hires and interns fear for their well-being with just a single look! It isn’t long before they’re set right, however, as she’s quick to offer help and a rare smile that’s highly infectious!

Outside of council work, King is still a very active mare. Though she’s aged quite a bit, she still maintains a rigid exercise routine. A healthy, strong body is very important to her, so she can often be found out jogging or soaring at the crack of dawn to keep herself fit. That tough-as-nails appearance is very important for her! That said, she’s not a total muscle-head. The “Iron Mare” has a strong feminine streak, and a fondness for dressing up. She might look like a walking muscle, but that’s only because her idea of what a mare should aspire to be is: tough, beautiful, delicate when she’s needs to be, and a force to be reckoned with underneath the frills!

King’s duties as a mother are probably the dearest to her, though she’s not likely to admit it (she likes to tease that her numbers have always been kinder to her than her foals!). She loves her children very much, and is willing to go above and beyond for them. And of course, even though they’re all mature and independent now, she still dotes. She’s always checking up on them to make sure they’re eating well, eating enough, have clean clothes, are always picking up after themselves, and the list goes on! Once upon a time, she was a doting wife as well, but those days have passed and considering how long she and Pummel have been distant due to work, she has to wonder if she would be the same around him at this point in their lives. It’s not something she dwells on, however, with her demanding career!

That said, at work she is a vision of efficiency. She does her work well and she does it quickly, scrutinizing her own efforts with a ruthless eye for error. It should be noted, though, that Kingsley is much gentler with others than she is with herself, and quite a helpful senior staff member in the office. When she’s out on the beat researching tourism and entertainment, she’s friendly, enthusiastic, and a great representative for her city’s council!

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