Ashwood Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Name: Ashwood Sex: Male Age: Stallion Species: Earth Pony Pelt Color: Grey Mane/Tail/Markings Color & Style: Long, straight, silver tone Eye Color: Dark Blue Cutie Mark: Nib penPhysique: Slender but fitDistinguishing features: diligent, attentive, most of the time taciturn but capable of being silver-tongued when it is required, sometimes absent-minded.Origin: ManehattanRoleplay Type: ManeOccupation: Scribe/courier, occasionally writer (political journalist)Motivation: Ashwood wants to help Earth Ponies and Pegasi to become more involved in the arts and letters and to promote a better access to arts in general for the masses. He aspires to build ties with influential figures in Equestria to reach his long-term goal and consider his professions as a scribe and an occasional journalist as a great asset to do so.Likes: literacy, arts, tea, natureDislikes: noise, heat, crowd, teamworkCharacter Summary: Ashwood mother, Lightfeather is librarian and his father, Steel Pen is historian and archivist. They met as Steel Pen was teaching Equestria history in Manehattan college, Lightfeather being one of his student. He taught her his most precious knowledge, his family writing technique.Very young Ashwood was already surrounded by books and was fascinated by the stories his parents read him. Most of the ponies at the public library were unicorns and Ashwood soon discovered it was far easier for them to continue studying than for other ponies, considering their magic was of considerable help to handle the quill.After much practice he succeeded to follow the path of his parents and write by holding a pen nib between his teeth. Demonstrating his talents to Swift Ink, an elderly but renowned unicorn scribe, this one took the decision to make him his pupil so he could perfect the unusual technique his family passed on from generation to generation. Determined to pursue his passion he trained endlessly until the day he finally rivaled his mentor quality and speed of his writing. The feat earned him his cutie mark.At the moment he works as a scribe and courier for the nobless of Manehattan and takes commands to write articles for various local newspapers. He lives in his own flat and rarely visit his parents as his relations with his father are tense. This one considers Ashwood will to generalize their family writing technique to as many earth ponies and pegasus as possible as a personal treason. He often visits his venerable mentor, this one always being prompt to cheer him up in periods of doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittlePonyTales Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 How is this application coming along? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittlePonyTales Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 If a comment is not made saying you would like to keep this character, it will be locked for deletion in 5 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashwood Posted September 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Noooo let me time XDBusy month. I'm close to completion now, did I forgot something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittlePonyTales Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 So, he's a writer-but what does he write? Is he a novelist, a journalist?What else does he like to do, besides read and write? Does he have any other hobbies/interests?Maybe go more into his Cutie Mark story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashwood Posted September 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 Argh I should have worked on it this week-end and I skipped on it -_-If I have to go further in detail about how he got his cutie mark it gonna need a full RP, I can't just do things half X_XFor his other interests I don't know how pertinent it gonna be to develop more than the likes category. I could tell he prefer mint tea to grey tea and oak forests to gardens but is it really relevant?The application form specified to keep the character summary simple, how long should I go exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianblackberry Posted September 25, 2011 Report Share Posted September 25, 2011 Reading over this I think the cutie mark story is fine, any deep elaboration can be explored through story telling in the RP at your leisure. My only question would be what does he do for living, or aspire to. He sounds like he wants to do something that involves writing, and literature given the effort he went through to write with such a difficult instrument as an earth pony. He hopes to be a novelist? Librarian? Journalist? Does he have any particular dream that involves his great skill and apparent love of books or writing. It doesn't have to be detailed, just an idea what he wants to do or anything great he hopes to yet achieve. This may greatly help in where to take him in the RP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashwood Posted September 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 Ah thanks for the precision, I will work on it before the week-end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittlePonyTales Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 How is this application coming along? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashwood Posted October 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 Finishing it at the moment, should be done tonight.Edit: done, waiting the comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pony_Sage Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 Interesting, an Earth pony scribe. I like the idea and the cutie-mark story. I would suggest expounding upon his personality more. While there is information about him, I don't see any depth at the moment. Developing the personality gives other people a look into how the pony thinks and operates. I would also like to see how he transcribes without the use of magic! Does he use his mouth, hold the quill between his hooves. or does he have a special "brace" that attaches the quill to one hoof allowing him to use the other hoof for turning pages? Maybe a little history about his parents as well. All in all I would just like to see a little more personality wise on this pony. Why does he strive for his goal? Was there a defining moment where he knew that he wanted to help proliferate the arts to other ponies? Just some thoughts!Again I like the pony and the cutie-mark story, I just wanted to throw some ideas out there for you to work with. I hope they help.~Sage AkA Freddie Freewings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashwood Posted October 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Strange, I was thinking I already wrote how he handles the quills, perhaps I erased it by mistake when I rewrote his summary.He holds the quill between his mouth, its not a real feather of course as it would be very uncomfortable.I gonna need to improve that but I work on a fanfic at the same time, kinda eat a good deal of my free time at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashwood Posted October 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Updated things but I could still work on the parents bio I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianblackberry Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Updated things but I could still work on the parents bio I guess Only if you feel that would add to his story, it isn't required at all. Does his political writings ever get him in trouble? They seem a mean to an end (to get earth ponies and Pegasus more involved in the arts), but does he also have a vested interested in politics (or at least politics that in some way involve his dream)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashwood Posted October 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Eh good idea, gonna think about that; politic is surely the way to go to reach his goal.Writting a bio is not that easy, I'm more used to let the flow manifests the character. I guess it avoids the RP going in an undesired direction though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashwood Posted October 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Updated, more on the parents mostly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittlePonyTales Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 You have a solid application here. Don't forget to change the [WIP] tag to [FINAL] when you feel it's finished, or it won't be assessed.Oh, and something I should point out:Ashwood's Cutie Mark appears to very closely resemble Quillhorn's Cutie Mark, as well as Grim Tales' and Inkwell.We don't like ponies to have the exact same Cutie Mark, although they can be similar. It would be great if you could come up with something that makes your pony's Cutie Mark unique compared to others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashwood Posted October 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Ok I'll change his C.M this week-end and then I'll finalize the application.Nib pen perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashwood Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Done, let's roll! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ashwood Posted October 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Just in time for Nightmare Night! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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