Pegasus Zephyr Breeze (Goes by Breeze)

[Zephyr Breeze]

Name:Zephyr Breeze

Sex:Male

Age:Stallion

Species:Pegasus Pony

Pelt Color: Light Green (99f f99)

Mane/Tail/Markings Color & Style:Teal-ish (33f fcc)

Eye Color: Light Blue (33f fff)

Cutie Mark: 4 Gusts of Wind

Physique: I'd guess you'd call me middle-weight, though I'm slightly taller than most stallions. My wings are slightly oversized as well, though that's just fine in my book.

Origin: Manehattan

Roleplay Type: Mane

Occupation: Worker at a windmill powerplant near the city

Motivation: Mainly, I keep workin' so I can afford to go visit my Aunty whenever I have the opportunity. Since Dad won't talk about it, she's really the only link I have to my Mom. I want to know as much as I can about her, I was too young to really appreciate her when she passed and now I don't remember anything about her other than how she looked. And I might have even forgotten that if it wasn't for the pictures...

Likes: Muffins, Pie, Blue, Flying, Wonderbolts, Princess Luna, Ponyville, Manehattan, Honor, Honesty

Dislikes: Rain, Overtime, Mondays, Darkness, Being By Himself, Mom Jokes

Character Summary: I was born to a Pegasus dad and Unicorn mom in the city of Manehattan. At a young age, my... my mother died, and Dad was forced to move, takin' me with him of course, to Fillydelphia to find work. I started school in Fillydelphia, finishin' back in Manehattan as a promotion oppurtunity allowed Dad to move him and me back. I received my cutie mark shortly after.

As a young colt, I was trottin' down the street to visit a friend of mine when I heard a shout. Looking back, I saw the wind, which was blowin' in my direction, had blown a piece of paper out of an elder earth pony's mouth and they were strugglin' to reclaim it. Seeing that the paper would soon be blown down a gutter, but was to far away to reach with a gallop or by flight, I tried to slow the ticket in the only way I could think of, by creatin' a small wind of my own. I was, how you'd say, overly successful, creating a powerful gust that stopped the paper completely for a split second, long enough for the earth pony to catch it. It was then I earned my cutie mark, 4 swirled gusts, representin' my ability to create short gusts of powerful wind or a moderate but steady breeze with flaps of my wings. This made me a bit of an asset at a wind power farm just outside Manehattan, where I helps power two windmills, each one normally requiring a pegasus of their own, by my lonesome. What I mean is, we go up around the sky and find storm clouds that have gone stray. We herd 'em up and then force 'em down into the mill. Most can only get a group of five or so down but I can usually manage a good deal more. I don't like to talk about my work too much, though. Makes me sound too braggart like. I guess I'm allowed a bit more leeway than other workers at the power station because of my sheer output and personal relationship with the owner. My dad and the owner, there friends you see. I used to be friends with the owner's son too, before he went off and became one of the weather ponies for some town east of here. Not exactly sure where. I was a bit bold and he was a bit shy, we didn't exactly make sense as friends to other people, but we got along just fine. I remember one time, after we'd gone to flight school and come back to Manehattan for regular schoolin', he got in big trouble. The teacher was pretty sure he'd cheated on a test, which he had, but couldn't prove it. He'd gotten a hold of a test ahead of time, covered up the answers with some paste, and simple scratched it off and turned it in when the time was right. He felt bad, and said he deserved to get in trouble. I didn't quite agree with him. That night, I sorta may have sneaked into the school and taken the test. She'd already graded it and everything so he'd still get a good grade, but she wouldn't be able to prove he cheated or nothin' like that. He was done pissed at me for a while, but I think it was worth it. I mean, wasn't exactly the right thin' to do, but it helped a friend, so it's okay in my book.

I also take trips to Ponyville at least once a month, to meet with my Aunty, an earth pony who lives in the town. Aunty is nice, and dad doesn't like to talk about Mom too much, so she's really how I've gotten to know what my Mom was like. I don't remember much of her, and that kind of tears me up inside.

At some point, I want to be able to settle down somewhere in the suburbs 'round the city, maybe open a place to help teach pegasi fly in high winds and stuff of that nature. I learned how to do that a while back and it's been a great help. Figure I oughta share the love 'round at some point, y'know?

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[Zephyr Breeze]

Oh... It's finished. Thought I should mention that. If I need more detail I'll be happy to provide it though.

[BlindJester]

I'm not completely sure about the windmill thing unless you're having Breeze use it for milling purposes. If it's for electrical use I want to check with admin Manestream to see if that's okay. Also in his motivation could you please move his cutie-mark story and everything else down to the Character Summary? In place of the motivation you can just put a line of what motivates him to do his job. Also if you could change the @ sign to the actual at would be also greatly appreciated and to remove the sentences within parenthesis since they are not not necessary.

Anyway enough with the technical stuff this is a very interesting character you have here I like how you have him use his wings, but we don't know much about the character such as his personality or how he interacts with other ponies. What are his goals in life if any? Keep up the good work. :smile:

[Zephyr Breeze]

Edit -

Motivation = Rewritten to explain why he actual works (Now it actually talks about motivation. :flutteryay:.)

Character Summary = Expanded upon with both a Life Goal and the extra information that was previously in Motivation.

In regards to the electrical situation, in Cutie Mark Chronicles, it appears that the city of Manehattan does in fact have electronic light, as the city is brightly illuminated with steady yellow glow from most windows as well as street lamps in Apple Jack's flashback. Additionally, in the very first episode (I know it's a bad example, the continuity from the first two episodes is very flawed.) Spike has a lampshade from a modern, electric lamp over his head when he enters Twilight's room after Pinky starts the party.

Hope that helps.

[Zephyr Breeze]

Edit -

Character Summary = Edited to show interaction with other ponies.

[Zephyr Breeze]

Bump.

[MyLittlePonyTales]

[Skye]

In the future, please do not bump your posts, as they are often assessed from the bottom up, and your post may not get seen for a long time.

Also, it is my opinion that having pegasus ponies tethered to a fixed structure such as a windmill to provide power is too much like slavery and this does not sit well with me. Whether they are working as a team or individually, I'm not so sure the idea of pegasus ponies providing wind power from themselves to power the windmills is a safe and friendly idea. However, having pegasus ponies working in conjunction with the weather to provide thunderclouds or lightning or miniature tornados from the weather system to power the windmills is not out of the question. Manehattan does have electricity and it's been shown that it exists if only at a rudimentary level, but wind powered electric generators is just fine.

I'd suggest changing the story so that he helps use his powerful gusts to gather more (Perhaps wrangling, much in the way cowponies would handle cattle) weather to help power the wind farm. In this way, it would appear less an issue if, for example, he were incapacitated. Consider it this way: If the luxury and lifestyle of a people relies solely on the abilities of another, then the method in which that luxury or lifestyle must be changed in order to be sustainable by any other who comes and goes of their own free will and must not rely solely on that individuals capacity to deliver.

[Zephyr Breeze]

Edit - Amended story slightly to use weather rather than direct mean to generate power. (Holy Bejeezus. Skye, you know how to point out possible morality issues. Let alone logisitical issues, but the morality one is the big deal. That had never even crossed my mind.)

[Skye]

That looks a lot nicer.

[Zephyr Breeze]

YAY! Thanks Skye. Saw that you were online and I was nervously staring at this forum section waiting to see what would happen!