Unicorn Quillhorn [Final]

[Halide]

Name: Quilhorn

Sex: Male

Age: Stallion

Species: Unicorn

Pelt Color: Light blue

Mane/Tail/Markings Color & Style: Well-kempt, somewhat long dark-blue hair, gray 'highlights' in hair, tail simply dark blue.

Eye Color: Turquoise

Cutie Mark: Quill writing in a book

Physique: A bit smaller than the average stallion, and fairly skinny, but nonethelss healthy

Origin: Manehattan

Roleplay Type: Equestria/FiM

Occupation: Writer

Motivation: A love of artwork, in all its forms, though

Likes: Writing, creativity, higher society, puns, wit

Dislikes: Pugilism, brutishness, noise, censorships

Character Summary:

This pony is, by no means, a jack-of-all trades, nor a heavyweight in terms of magical ability or in body or a terribly strong one, but what he does, he does well, and what he does is write.

Quillhorn has always been a fellow of creativity, though he has a reputation for being a bit eccentric. He is not an inventor, mind you, though he would suppose that he invents settings and ponies, albeit temporarily, in the minds of other ponies. His creativity lies solely in words and ideas based thereupon. He has a very strong habit of speaking in something akin to older English prose, though not so much as to be indecipherable or overly complicated - rather, he simply speaks in a manner slightly outside of the norm, using a bit of older english, and remaining fairly verbose. That aside, he is also liable to 'narrate' out loud as he considers something or begins doing something, though this is entirely on purpose and seldom done.

In terms of magic, Quillhorn knows but a little magic, which he handles with pinpoint accuracy. He can create and shape rather small, translucent illusions, which he mostly uses for better-visualising what he's writing and as an aide when storytelling, and he is extremely good at fine motor co-ordination when holding things with magic, though his strength at such is a bit minimal, suited for quills, parchment, and books.

As for his personality (ponyality?), Quillhorn is a fairly energetic pony in his own right, fairly enthusiastic while keeping his voice and his language well in check. He enjoys the company of other ponies, especially of those who have interesting stories to tell, or for that matter a desire to listen to interesting stories he's heard, read or written before. His favourite works are often fictional, though he finds accounts of real adventures to be much more fascinating.

He is a fairly respectful pony, and a fairly respectable one in return. He has a bit of a love for jokes and puns, as well as witty turns of phrase. He`s a reasonably charitable pony otherwise, though the occupaion of scribe doesn't earn him a huge amount to be generous with. Still, he enjoys life, and will often do favours for another pony in need, simply because he believes in karma. He is happiest when those around him are happy and-or fascinated in what he has to say, which is the driving force behind his story-telling and his writing. As such, many of his stories have happy endings - he personally enjoys stories with twists, tragic endings, or perhaps no real sense of a heroic end, but realizes that these aren't as popular with younger audiences.

Quillhorn was born in Manehattan, one of several siblings brought up by his parents - a reasonably well-to-do couple. His mother, an accountant and his father, a teller, his foalhood was fairly well off. Though he didn't really pick up on his parent's penchant for economics or mathematical skills, he did at least appreciate some of the stories of their clientele, though even the most interesting ponies one meets in a bank are all to often fairly mundane in the greater scheme of things. He did, however, pick up on their sense of grooming and fashion, and thus he keeps himself fairly presentable. His mane and tail receive plenty of care each morning, and though he would rather avoid getting either dirty or dishevveled, he accepts the idea if such must happen.

The youth of this unicorn was spent, largely, exploring possibilities. Of course, his parents suggested mathematics and economics, but those he found much too dull for his liking. Magics and sciences, however, he followed for some time, but in spite of his efforts, he never really excelled at either, and though he found each interestingin its own right, he abandoned such notions as being more struggle than success, though he had managed to pick up magic to some small extent. But, those were not his passions. Though art tickled his fancy, and fashion was a way of Manehattan life, neither of those really caught Quillhorn's attention, either. Stories, however, did, and it was in these that he engrossed much of his time. At first, he simply read, but soon enough, he started to write stories.

As soon as he had learned to read - learning at a fairly young age, at that - he started to surround himself with books. Guides, studies, papers, manifestos, biographies, but most of all, stories. Despite his love of stories, he hadn't actually considered that stories would be his vocation - after all, as far as he knew, nearly everyone could read and write, and nearly everypony enjoyed a good story. He didn't consider himself to love stories and writing more than anypony else. However, as he continued through foalhood, he realized that he did, in fact, read and write far more than other ponies of his class and age, and for that matter more than many mares and stallions did. It was through this that he decided to embrace love for such, and it was in this that he started enjoying literature fully. He began putting much more effort into writing than before, putting quil after quill to use. He wrote short stories at first, simple nursery rhymes and tales for young foals, much like himself, then pushing on to try and match the literature meant for cols and fillies, engrossing himself in the ideas of high adventure with parties of amusing adventurers. He began researching and asking more questions, to better undersand a range of ponies, and the motivations of those older than him. Soon enough, he was writing plays for his class, and upon the successful finish of his first play - The Tale of Ursa Minor - his cutiemark appeared, much to his own pride; he now knew that writing was to be his vocation, and he couln't have been happier with anything else.

From there, he studied literature almost nonstop. His colt years were largely spent furthering his knowledge of the literary world, solitary, yet quite happy amongst his many written works. However, a writer is often not one who earns huge amounts, and as he got closer to becoming a full stallion, he ended up moving out of manehattan for cheaper residence, and a place where theatre still runs strong. He's still looking, though his 'freelance' work as a scribe, cartographer, playwright and editor leave him with enough to feed and house himself reasonably well. He has a fascination with exploration and adventure, at times when stronger, bolder companions are about, but otherwise keeps to the beaten path more often than not.

[Pony_Sage]

Great application and interesting pony! I like him. There are a few spelling errors throughout but they only detract slightly. The motivation could use a little more depth, he may like art but what moves him to write stories for other ponies? Does he want to educate them or just make them escape from reality for a bit? One possible sticking point I can see is the family name. As it stands there have been occasions where the helpstaff have decided against the actual family surname idea in Equestria, which makes sense. It really isn't portrayed in the show all that often. Also his magic, why would he be able to make illusions or fire? Those seem like two very specialized skills that would take years of practice to master. I know that Pyrite and a few others have dedicated their life to the study of the interaction between magic and fire. All I am saying is that you might want to give him one special part of magic that he excels at but isn't over powering. Maybe the illusions would be a good one? Have him use them to help himself visualize the world that he is creating as he writes it? I think that sounds kinda cool! Just some thoughts thougj, and I hope they help!

~Sage aka Freddie Freewings

[flutterscotch]

A few spelling issues (Mostly just typos)

This pony is, by no means, a jack-of-all trades, nor a heavyweight in terms of magical ability or in body or a terribly strong one, but what he does, he does well, and what he does is write.

Quillhorn has always been a fellow of creativity, though he has a reputation for being a bit eccentric. He is not an inventor, mind you, though he would suppose that he invents settings and ponies, albeit temporarily, in the minds of other ponies. His creativity lies solely in words and ideas based thereupon. He has a very strong habit of speaking in something akin to older English prose, though not so much as to be indecipherable or overly complicated - rather, he simply speaks in a manner slightly outside of the norm, using a bit of older english, and remaining fairly verbose. That aside, he is also liable to 'narrate' out loud as he considers something or begins doing something, though this is entirely on purpose and seldom done.

In terms of magic, Quillhorn knows but a little magic, which he handles with pinpoint accuracy. He can cast small flames of fire, mostly for lighting candles and lamps and fireplaces, he can create and shape rather small, (Need a space here) translucent illusions, which he mostly uses for his writing, and he is extremely good at fine motor co-ordination when holding things with magic, though his strength at such is a bit minimal, suited for quills, parchment, and books.

As for his personality (ponyality?), Quillhorn is a fairly energetic pony in his own right, fairly enthusiastic while keeping his voice and his language well in check. He enjoys the company of other ponies, especially of those who have interesting stories to tell, or for that matter a desire to listen to interesting stories he's heard, read or written before. His favourite works are often fictional, though he finds accounts of real adventures to be much more fascinating.

He is a fairly respectful pony, and a fairly respectable one in return. He has a bit of a love for jokes and puns, as well as witty turns of phrase. He`s a reasonably charitable pony otherwise, though the occupation (either make this plural by adding an s, or change don't to doesn't) of writer and scribe don`t (see note by occupation) earn him a huge amount to be generous with. Still, he enjoys life, and will often do favours for another pony in need, simply because he believes in karma.

Quillhorn was born in Manehattan, one of several siblings to the Horn family - a reasonably well-to-do couple in Manehattan. His mother, an accountant and his father, a teller, his foalhood was fairly well-off. Though he didn't really pick up on his parents penchant for economics or mathematical skills, he did at least appreciate some of the stories of their clientele, though even the most interesting ponies one meets in a bank are all to often fairly mundane in the greater scheme of things. He did, however, pick up on their sense of grooming and fashion, and thus he keeps himself fairly presentable.

The youth of this unicorn was spent, largely, exploring possibilities. Of course, his parents suggested mathematics and economics, but those, much too dull for his liking. Magics and sciences, however, he followed for some time, but in spite of his efforts, he never really excelled at either, an though he found each interesting in its own right, he abandoned such notions as being more struggle than success, though he had managed to pick up magic to some small extent. But, those were not his passions. Though art tickled his fancy, and fashion was a way of Manehattan life, neither of those really caught Quillhorn's attention, either. Stories, however, did, and it was in these that he engrossed much of his time. At first, he simply read, but soon enough, he started to write stories.

As soon as he had learned to read - learning at a fairly young age, at that - he started to surround himself in books. Guides, studies, papers, manifestos, biographies, but most of all, stories. Despite his love of stories, he hadn't actually considered that stories would be his vocation - after all, as far as he knew, nearly everyone could read and write, and nearly everypony enjoyed a good story. He didn't consider himself to love stories and writing more than anypony else. However, as he continued through foalhood, he realized that he did, in fact, read and write far more than other ponies of his class and age, and for that matter more than many mares and stallions did. It was through this that he decided to embrace love for such, and it was in this that he started enjoying literature fully. He began putting much more effort into writing than before, putting quill after quill to use. He wrote short stories at first, simple nursery rhymes and tales for young foals, much like himself, then pushing on to try and match the literature meant for cols and fillies, engrossing himself in the ideas of high adventure with parties of amusing adventurers. He began researching and asking more questions, to better understand a range of ponies, and the motivations of those older than him. Soon enough, he was writing plays for his class, and upon the successful finish of his first play - The Tale of Ursa Minor - his cutiemark appeared, much to his own pride; he now knew that writing was to be his vocation, and he couldn't have been happier with anything else.

From there, he studied literature almost nonstop. His colt years were largely spent furthering his knowledge of the literary world, solitary, yet quite happy amongst his many written works. However, a writer is often not one who earns huge amounts, and as he got closer to becoming a full stallion, he ended up moving out of Manehattan for cheaper residence, and a place where theatre still runs strong. He's still looking, though his 'freelance' work as a scribe, cartographer, playwright and editor leave him with enough to feed and house himself reasonably well.

[Halide]

Yeah, thanks for that, Firefox decided to stop showing me where spelling errors lie, and his particular keyboard seems to delight in skipping the occasional keystroke, I'll fix that right up and see about punching up his story a bit, while I'm at it.

Edit : Fix'd and slightly punched up!

[MyLittlePonyTales]

Looking good! Just have one trifle.

Quillhorn's Cutie Mark appears to very closely resemble Ashwood'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.

[Halide]

...Oh dang, son. Alright, changed the cutiemark up a bit. ...It's less legible now - it's supposed to be a quill writing in a book. That any more distinctive?

[MyLittlePonyTales]

[Skye]