I just thought that after holding onto Typhoon ever since I became a brony back in 2011, I should log his backstory somewhere for safekeeping. And for others to see.So here it will be. It may be long or short, I have no clue as of yet. I will just trace his general story from start to end..

Typhoon was born the lone Pegasus son of two businessponies in Manehatten. Unlike a lot of others, he was slightly above average in his station in society due to his parent's occupations. This meant that as he progressed through schooling, he found that the way he thought was very different from the rest of the ponies around him. With his exposure to the world from a very young age, he thought of concepts far beyond those of his age. Very few ponies thus understood him, and he found it difficult to ever get along.

Later on, as he progressed through the education system, he found himself always thinking too far ahead. As such, he was never really the one to top classes, just hanging around the middle. He burned time looking around and questioning the world. But it was also during this time that a few people joined him, respecting the fact that he had different views. These became a close knit group of friends he would always treasure. With his equivocal views of things, he got to know ponies of all types, all trusting him not to judge.

This led to a major issue that would change him. One day, he encountered an issue where two of his friends were in disagreement over a similar issue. With his equal view of things, he saw no side to the argument, but found his friends taking sides. As the argument got more heated, they eventually turned to him to resolve the issue, seeing that both sides felt he was a good mediator. Typh tried to explain that both sides were wrong in how they reacted, but they piled the pressure on, demanding a straight answer of one side or another. In the end, he fell back on his base instincts and sided with the group who was initially hurt then fought back. He felt that they were people who had lesser fault, seeing that they had tried to avoid the issue at first. Infuriated by the decision, the other group marched off, and Typh felt awful as he had lost a lot of friends that day, all solely through a decision he made.

The next day, Typh and his friends were called into the Principal's office. There, they were told that what they did was against the school rules, even though it was a simple argument. It dawned on them that the pony who started the argument had exaggerated to the administration that he was being targeted by a group whilst he was alone. He felt extremely conflicted by his choice, as even though he never meant any harm and was pressured into taking sides, the repercussions were far greater than ever expected. He looked to see that his friend who was the initial victim taking the brunt of the blame, to the point he was broken and wailing. Like a shock, there was a sudden wave of clarity and drive in him, and he was overcome by a wave of fury. He tackled the other group out of the way and stood indignantly in front of the Principal, refusing to let anything more happen to those he chose to protect. Insults rained on him as threats and punishments aplenty, but he ignored it all in the fury, taking the brunt of the force in place of his friend. In that moment, his cutie mark flashed into existence on his flank. A shield with crossed bolts of lightning. The appearance of the cutie mark stopped the arguments as everyone was curious to find out what the mark meant.

The presence of the shield emboldened Typh's initially victimised group, as it was the symbol of protectors and defenders, often the cutie mark signalling Royal Guards and other forms of law enforcement. In spite of these revelations, the group was still heavily punished by the school. After the fury and rage wore off, Typh sank into a depression. He thought of the prospect of his cutie mark and his name, being apt descriptions for an unpredictably aggressive person who does plenty of damage. In due course, unable to cope with the facts, he blamed himself for all of the things that transpired. his friends started to leave him, one by one, unable to cope with the level or ridicule Typh's outburst gave them. It reached a point where he was alone again, and was contemplating ending his life. He felt that nopony would miss him, and that it would be better to remove himself as a violent risk. But what came along was something unexpected. A group came to rally around him, trying to protect him in his time of need. His heart was warmed by the kindness of the group, and eventually recovered.

However, the actions left an indelible mark on his character. From that point on, he was distrusting of any authority figures, and felt that he needed to blaze his own trail. From that point, he was a complete rebel, preferring to passively oppose people's attempts to exert their will over him. This formed a unique personality that many criticised, as many still questioned why a destructive rebel has a shield in his cutie mark. As time went on, his fears were even more entrenched as the situations he encountered just served to reinforce his fears and thoughts on how people in power tend to abuse it. This carried on to his graduation from college. At that point, Typh was unsure as to what to do with his life. He had pursued nothing in particular, taking an arbitrary course in magical studies in spite of being a pegasus. Somepony approached him and recommended that he should follow the trail of his cutie mark, and become a Royal Guard. Knowing nothing else he could do, he went along with the plan, enlisting soon after.