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Princess Celestia
Fandom: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Age: Over a thousand years old.
Gender/Sexuality: Female, heterosexual
Appearance:
Often likened to the sun, Celestia is an alicorn of regal stature. Standing at about 5'9 at the shoulder, she commands respect and dignity. Celestia adorns regal armour upon her hooves and her neck crafted from gold, and her crown protrudes through her mane. Celestia's mane moves in a flowing, waving fashion no matter where she is, wind or not.
Personality:
Calm and Dignified, a millennia of being the sole leader of the equestrian population has shaped Celestia into a protector, politician and teacher. Her surface appears motherly and protecting, and indeed Celestia has a very inbuilt maternal affection for those under her rule and friendship. However, Celestia is also a pony herself - and as such has her own sense of humour, a limit to her seemingly endless patience and her own hubris in the form of overconfidence. Celestia is by no means a bragging pony, but centuries of peace and unchallenged rule have led her to be expectant of respect, something she may not garner in a new strange world. Celestia has impressive mental endurance as well, her grit and determination having shown through her years of continuous rule. In other words, a pony that nears perfection in the eyes of the public, but not so much in herself. She harbors great guilt for her thousand year banishment of her sister Luna, whom she loves dearly.
Backstory:
Not much is known about her early days, but it is known that from birth Luna and Celestia were both alicorns. before Princess Luna and she stood up to Discord, he ruled over Equestria, keeping it in a state of unrest and unhappiness. Celestia and her sister saw how miserable life was for Earth ponies, unicorns, and Pegasi alike, so she and Luna searched for and discovered the Elements of Harmony and defeated Discord. Since then she has been a regal leader for several millenia, serving alone once she was forced to banish Luna. Luna had grown angry due to not being respected or as celebrated as her sister, and thus transformed into nightmare moon and attempted to take the night forever. Thanks to these actions Celestia was forced to banish her to the moon, where she remained for a thousand years.
Now Celestia feels her magic being altered, weakened even. Worlds are colliding, and the portals are unstable. Despite the protest from her sister and student, Celestia has transported herself to where she has found the source of these collisions to be, a strange version of earth. Now it is up to her to solve what is affecting Equestria's magic before it's too late.
Skills:
Political Language
Celestia has ruled for over a thousand years, and as such is well attuned to politics and the art of manipulation. She is a convincing and charismatic leader, and is able to defend herself in wit as well as she can her own physical form.
Flying Skill
With over a millennia to perfect it, Celestia is an expert flier and is capable of great agility within the air. While not as fast as the fabled rainbow dash, she is extremely quick with her wings and in the human world would easily keep up with a commercial class plane.
Magic Proficency
Experience is the greatest teacher. Celestia is very well attuned with her natural magic and has a great plathora of spells, ranging from offensive, defensive and supportive depending on what is required. Her magic is usually revolved around light, and she has difficulty casting magic that has darker sources or requires a source of negative emotion. Celestia draws her mental power from will, as she has learned to personally support herself through will rather then love, and as such her power is immense and does not fluctuate as much as those who rely on such drives.
Powers/Abilities:
Magic
Easily her strongest powers, Celestia has immense magical power and proficiency, so much so that she is responsible for the raising and lowering of Equestria's sun. While the sun is definitely smaller and works on different rules to ours, it is a clear example of her power, as well as being her source of her magic. Celestia's magic drives from her will and the unyielding light and heat of the sun, and because of this her magic is strongest at day, weakest at night.
Flight
Self-explanatory. Celestia's wings gift her with the ability to fly, and she can reach speeds earthly creatures are not capable of.
Physical Strength
Being an alicorn of well over a thousand years, Celestia has great physical strength derived from her earth pony magic. She is able to accomplish feets that would be extremely difficult for a creature her size with ease, and has great stamina to boot.
Weaknesses
Failure is apparent in all, even one such as Celestia. Celestia's source of guilt, her sister's punishment is an extremely sensitive spot in her history for her, and as such she finds herself emotionally weak when her past actions are questioned. In terms of physical weakness, while definitely one of the most powerful opponents to set foot upon this broken world, Celestia has her limits and cannot last forever. Her magical stamina is large but not infinite, and while she favours a longer fight due to her lack of needing physical stamina being burnt out of magic would result in her being extremely vulnerable, as it draws upon her physical strength when her stamina draws low. This is quite dangerous for Celestia, as if she were to continue using magic she would use up all of her energy and kill herself from exhaustion.
Perhaps Celestia's biggest weakness is her reluctance for violence. Even when required Celestia will always press for a diplomatic and peaceful resolution, as years of calm on her nation have made her quite reluctant to break the peace she has had in her lands and the lands she has come to. While Celestia is not naive, her almost passive approach to conflict can result letting herself be manipulated as well as being attacked without aggressive retaliation, draining her magical energies.
Gear
With only her magic to use, Celestia's only equipment is her royal armour that offers little protection and is more ceremonial then protective. Even so, it does offer some protection to her frontal chest and hooves.
Quotes:
"You persisted in the face of doubt, and your actions led to you being able to bring the real Princess Cadance back to us. Learning to trust your instincts is a valuable lesson to learn."
"Far better that I have a student who understands the meaning of self-sacrifice than one who only looks out for her own best interests."
"And yes, sometimes I have let Twilight take care of an incident that I could have cleared away easily. But I do not do this because I am cruel, or because I want to play a joke on Twilight... I do this because I am her teacher, and sometimes, this is how she must learn."
"Can you imagine how dull it would have been if I hadn't invited Discord? Come on! Whoo! The night is still young!"
Theme Song | Visual Backstory
Seriously, watch this. two years of animating and an amazing song. Even if you don't like cartoon colorful ponies this is definitely worth seven minutes of your time.
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