Earth Pony Starless Shroud [Final]

[RarityDash]

This character will be tied into the Pony Pirate Project detailed here.

Roleplay Type: Mane

Name: Starless Shroud

Sex: female

Age: mare

Species: earth pony

Eye Color: very dark brown; left eyes is permanently damaged, she wears a black eyepatch over it.

Coat Color: An incredibly dark shade of violet

Mane/Tail/Markings Color & Style: medium blue in color. Fairly short in length and unkempt. She always wears a hat of some variety (currently a gray, triangular pirate hat would be most common). Her tail is medium length and full, but also somewhat unkempt.

Physique: Somewhat tall for a mare, and in pretty good shape. Wears a worn out, gray overcoat at most times.

Cutie Mark: a night sky without stars; more specifically, a rectangular patch of black containing a few wispy dark gray clouds and a bright half moon.

Origin/Residence: Born in Beakbreak City; now wanders, but has come to reside on the airship, Freedom Wing.

Occupation: Thief, drifter, con artist, and currently pirate.

Motivation: Money and fame.

Likes: hats, money, music, winning arguments, airships.

Dislikes: fools, secrets (unless they're her own), having to suck up to others, monsters, losing, authority.

Character Summary:

History – Starless lived most of her life in her birthplace of Beakbreak City. From the start she was a street smart filly with little respect for authority. As a young filly, her and a couple friends of similar disposition snuck off through the nearby mountains up to the Tartarus Gates, to play the ultimate game of chicken by tempting Cerberus. Starless ultimately lost the little game so to speak and got the beast to snap at her, resulting in permanent damage to her left eye. This occurrence effected her greatly, but perhaps not in the way one might expect (aside from it directly giving her a persisting fear of large beasts). Rather than inspiring her to tame her wild ways, it served only to embolden her spirit by giving her a burning desire to become greater than that failure. To do this, she figured she had to make a name for herself, and to do that she needed to get rich. The easiest way for a pony of her disposition to do that was to take it for herself, so she became a thief. Eventually she graduated from petty thievery to more elaborate tricks, and this brought with it heat from the authorities. She left Beakbreak and drifted for a while from city to city until she ended up in Stalliongrad. Here she came to the conclusion that the best way to escape the law was to take to the skies. She joined up with a crew of sky pirates, making a point of her tough and resilient attitude and the airship knowledge she had picked up hanging around the Beakbreak airship yards, she got a crew position onboard the Freedom Wing, under captain Gangplank.

Parents – Starless' father is a criminal of some note named Slick Noir. He was captured by the REA after a certain botched heist and currently serves time in a prison in Stalliongrad. Starless and him never had much of a relationship, though in a way she respects him from afar. Her mother Nightmist was a lounge singer with a fair following, until her untimely passing when Starless was still a foal. Her lack of parental guidance is in large part what enabled her to so frequently get in trouble and follow her criminal path.

Cutie Mark Story – After the Cerberus incident mentioned above, Starless was filled with a want to prove herself and make some bits. She marked a certain pony, an adult stallion, for a target and stalked him by night. When she didn't get caught, and in fact was able to pilfer his saddlebags without him even noticing her presence, the cutie mark appeared. It is a dark night sky, symbolizing her skill at masking her presence.

Flaws – Starless is not a very kind pony, to put it bluntly. She has no qualms about breaking laws and she doesn't respect authority well. She judges others callously, lies constantly and keeps lots of secrets. She's also brash, cynical, impulsive, overly proud and quick to start arguments. She is furthermore something of a poor sport, she covets money and fame and is just generally kind of bitter.

Personality - Starless is a tough as nails mare who is nothing if not sure of herself and her talents. Quick thinking, quick acting and relatively fearless (unless beasts get involved), she can prove to be a valued ally when things get dicey. She has a decent level of control over her harder emotions, and is at least somewhat able to temper herself when she needs to or its to her advantage. She's social, fairly well humored and enjoys having a good time. She also has a strange fixation/obsession with hats, something she has a large collection of and can get kind of weird about. On the odd occasion that a pony can manage to get through all the thick layers of cynicism, artificiality and aggression, they'll find a surprisingly firm friend.

Here's a pic of her courtesy of the very talented LovinMoonlight:

(she's the one of the left, obviously. )

[QuickLime]

I approve of this for the Pirate Project!

[SonicRainboomGirl]

I agree with QuickLime! Nice application!

[brianblackberry]

For Great Justice! (or is that injustice??)

[QuickLime]

Injustice works lawl

[Dio]