Post by Evening Song on Jan 9, 2015 1:27:51 GMT
Name: Evening Song
Age: 27
Sex: Oh, definitely! What? Oh! *blush* Um... female.
Gender: Also female, though she has been known to indulge in certain potions....
Species: Pony Pegasus
Physical Appearance: Evening Song has an exceptionally soft deep blue coat that in certain light has purple highlights. Her mane is streaked yellow and green, and she has large, maroon eyes. She is thickly built for a pegasus, and stronger than most of that breed, with exceptionally large wings - nearly the span of Princess Luna. Her smile is bright and frequent, and her eyes tend to catch and reflect even the dimmest of distant stars. There is a mar in the pattern of the feathers on her right wing, and anypony who gets close enough might see a thin tracery of scars on some parts of her skin. She carries a crystal pendant the same shade of blue as her coat - in fact, it's rather hard to see unless activated - that can emit a very bright light at need.
See also my avatar image!
Personality: Perky, gregarious, and friendly, Evening Song is an optimistic realist. She has been through some very dark experiences and is occasionally jumpy as a result, but overall she is a cheery soul with a penchant for rather straightforward -and occasionally even blunt - speaking. She is quite interested in the doings of others, sometimes even to the point of nosiness, but is very good about boundaries once she's aware of them, both her own and those of others.
She is generally gentle, compassionate, affectionate, and accepting, but one thing she will not tolerate is the abuse of foals. She also has an innate distrust of shadow magic due to some of the aforementioned challenges, though she will do her best to give anypony, or anybeing, a chance if they aren't obviously up to no good. What most ponies don't know is that she has a fear of falling that she struggles with in high winds or other difficult flying situations, but in spite of it, or perhaps because of how much work she has put into overcoming it, she adores being in the air and will take long flights (at which she excels due to her wingspan; she is a soarer, not a darter) at a moment's notice, even alone.
Special talent: Musical performance and composition. She loves standards and musicals, and writes parodies and original music as well.
Family: Her parents, with whom she is on good terms, live in Canterlot, where she was born. She currently lives in Ponyville, though she visits them with some frequency. She is an only foal.
Goals, ambitions, aspirations: To touch the hearts of other ponies through music, in teaching and in performance. To shed her fears and be able to go through life with an even lighter heart. To spread joy and pleasure with smiles, good cheer, and a generous spirit!
Strengths: Evening's stamina is considerable: she can fly for hours on end, endure extremes of temperature and elevation, and drink just about any other pegasus under the table (she's smart enough not to challenge earth ponies, though). She also has an uncanny knack for seeing into the motivations of others; she is hard to con or otherwise fool, and will take action based on what's really going on and not just what's said. She's not perfect, of course, but she's quite perceptive.
Obvious weaknesses or vulnerabilities: Because of her long wings and relatively heavy build, she cannot corner quickly or do tight or aerobatic maneuvers, nor does she have a light step on the ground. Other than that, nothing actually obvious.
History: Evening Song was a lucky pony: she grew up in a musical household (her dam is a singer, and her sire a Palace Guard known for his skill with wind instruments) and loved it, her ecstasy growing when it manifested in her cutie mark. She didn't find the social atmosphere of Canterlot particularly convivial, however, and decided to move to Ponyville a few years ago to try to make it on her own. A year or so after her arrival, while in a rather uppity mood, she encountered a unicorn that threatened her, to which she gave quite the snarky response. The resulting tale of nightmares, torture, and bloody battle with that practitioner of shadow magic is too long to recount here, but it left marks on her body and mind from which she is still recovering. Despite these scars she is still very cheery, and goes about making her living teaching and performing music with a gusto that is perhaps even magnified by having survived such travails.
Place of Residence: An upstairs flat in Ponyville with one room fully converted into a practice chamber: excellent acoustics within, but almost no sound escapes. It contains a variety of instruments, including a two-console organ.
Other: Evening Song takes particular delight in the stars and moon, which inspire her like nothing found in daytime. Because of this, while growing up she felt more reverence for the nigh-legendary Princess Luna than for Her Majesty Princess Celestia, and while once she feared the latter ever finding out, recent events have solidified her faith and devotion to Luna. (Side note: such events are part of her background canon but if need be for a specific AU or story they can be considered dreams.)
Age: 27
Sex: Oh, definitely! What? Oh! *blush* Um... female.
Gender: Also female, though she has been known to indulge in certain potions....
Species: Pony Pegasus
Physical Appearance: Evening Song has an exceptionally soft deep blue coat that in certain light has purple highlights. Her mane is streaked yellow and green, and she has large, maroon eyes. She is thickly built for a pegasus, and stronger than most of that breed, with exceptionally large wings - nearly the span of Princess Luna. Her smile is bright and frequent, and her eyes tend to catch and reflect even the dimmest of distant stars. There is a mar in the pattern of the feathers on her right wing, and anypony who gets close enough might see a thin tracery of scars on some parts of her skin. She carries a crystal pendant the same shade of blue as her coat - in fact, it's rather hard to see unless activated - that can emit a very bright light at need.
See also my avatar image!
Personality: Perky, gregarious, and friendly, Evening Song is an optimistic realist. She has been through some very dark experiences and is occasionally jumpy as a result, but overall she is a cheery soul with a penchant for rather straightforward -and occasionally even blunt - speaking. She is quite interested in the doings of others, sometimes even to the point of nosiness, but is very good about boundaries once she's aware of them, both her own and those of others.
She is generally gentle, compassionate, affectionate, and accepting, but one thing she will not tolerate is the abuse of foals. She also has an innate distrust of shadow magic due to some of the aforementioned challenges, though she will do her best to give anypony, or anybeing, a chance if they aren't obviously up to no good. What most ponies don't know is that she has a fear of falling that she struggles with in high winds or other difficult flying situations, but in spite of it, or perhaps because of how much work she has put into overcoming it, she adores being in the air and will take long flights (at which she excels due to her wingspan; she is a soarer, not a darter) at a moment's notice, even alone.
Special talent: Musical performance and composition. She loves standards and musicals, and writes parodies and original music as well.
Family: Her parents, with whom she is on good terms, live in Canterlot, where she was born. She currently lives in Ponyville, though she visits them with some frequency. She is an only foal.
Goals, ambitions, aspirations: To touch the hearts of other ponies through music, in teaching and in performance. To shed her fears and be able to go through life with an even lighter heart. To spread joy and pleasure with smiles, good cheer, and a generous spirit!
Strengths: Evening's stamina is considerable: she can fly for hours on end, endure extremes of temperature and elevation, and drink just about any other pegasus under the table (she's smart enough not to challenge earth ponies, though). She also has an uncanny knack for seeing into the motivations of others; she is hard to con or otherwise fool, and will take action based on what's really going on and not just what's said. She's not perfect, of course, but she's quite perceptive.
Obvious weaknesses or vulnerabilities: Because of her long wings and relatively heavy build, she cannot corner quickly or do tight or aerobatic maneuvers, nor does she have a light step on the ground. Other than that, nothing actually obvious.
History: Evening Song was a lucky pony: she grew up in a musical household (her dam is a singer, and her sire a Palace Guard known for his skill with wind instruments) and loved it, her ecstasy growing when it manifested in her cutie mark. She didn't find the social atmosphere of Canterlot particularly convivial, however, and decided to move to Ponyville a few years ago to try to make it on her own. A year or so after her arrival, while in a rather uppity mood, she encountered a unicorn that threatened her, to which she gave quite the snarky response. The resulting tale of nightmares, torture, and bloody battle with that practitioner of shadow magic is too long to recount here, but it left marks on her body and mind from which she is still recovering. Despite these scars she is still very cheery, and goes about making her living teaching and performing music with a gusto that is perhaps even magnified by having survived such travails.
Place of Residence: An upstairs flat in Ponyville with one room fully converted into a practice chamber: excellent acoustics within, but almost no sound escapes. It contains a variety of instruments, including a two-console organ.
Other: Evening Song takes particular delight in the stars and moon, which inspire her like nothing found in daytime. Because of this, while growing up she felt more reverence for the nigh-legendary Princess Luna than for Her Majesty Princess Celestia, and while once she feared the latter ever finding out, recent events have solidified her faith and devotion to Luna. (Side note: such events are part of her background canon but if need be for a specific AU or story they can be considered dreams.)
