Nightmare Moon

• Species

  Alicorn Pony

• Age

  1,000+

• Gender

  Female

• Occupation

  Ruler of All, and of None

• Character Images

  

• Physical Description

  Nightmare Moon most often appears as a tall Alicorn with a black coat, blue flowing mane and tail with a translucent blue edge and stars glittering across. Her turquoise eyes have slit pupils, and her cutie mark is a light blue crescent moon atop a purple splotch. Her wings are unique, being halfway between feathered and batlike, and she is typically seen wearing light blue ornamental armor.

• Backstory

  Once upon a time in the magical land of Equestria, there were two regal sisters who ruled together and created harmony for all the land. To do this, the eldest used her Alicorn powers to raise the sun at dawn, while the younger brought out the moon to begin the night. Thus, the two sisters, maintained balance for their kingdom and their subjects, all the different types of ponies.

  But as time went on, the younger sister became resentful. Despite the beauty brought forth by the illumination of her moon and stars, the ponies chose to lock themselves away, shunning her night to instead sleep. Much to the elder sister's delight, they relished to play in her sunny days. With a smile of self-admiration, she thought that surely there was no pony so lovely and beloved than herself. Consumed by this great glorification, she failed to see the shadow she cast, falling dark upon the young sister she claimed to love, only for it to grow ever darker as days and nights passed. The lack of acknowledgement for her sister did eventually become so sparse that she took notice, but she couldn't accept her actions for being the cause of her sister's growing unhappiness. Angry with one another, the elder sister did nothing to stop the destruction of that who needed her most. The darkness the younger sister found herself in, began to take hold of her psyche. She thought that if only her subjects were made to see the beauty of her nights the way she saw them, they might love her too. She pushed for this idea, waiting, with hope wavering, for her sister or anyone to come around, but she was met with rejection and eventually threats by her sister, for changing anything would be an admittance of wrongdoing, which she saw herself incapable of. The younger sister took these as personal attacks, and realized nothing would change while the eldest continued to hold the reigns as she had. Feelings of abandonment and despair built up, until one fateful day, she had enough and decided to stand her ground.

  When it was time for her to perform her duty of lowering the moon for the coming sun, she instead raised it again in defiance. She would no longer yield the sky, if their subjects could not love but one princess alone. And so, to the confusion of many, the moon rose to claim the heavens for its own. The elder sister would awaken to this and rush to the throne room to see what was happening, only to be stopped. The younger sister would declare her intentions of no longer standing idly by while their subjects only basked in the elder's precious light. Proclaiming herself as the sole ruler of Equestria, she raised the moon further to block the dawning sun. The resulting solar eclipse caused a surge of energy, with shadows beginning to swirl about the younger sister, lifting her up into a dark sphere, initiating the physical transformation of the younger sister into the all-powerful being known as, Nightmare Moon! Vowing to enshroud the land in eternal night. The moon still blocking the sun began to glow, returning the sky to it's prior sheet of star strewn darkness, painting the world in a dim blue light.

  The elder sister tried to reason with her on their duty to maintain harmony, but the balance had long been broken. She demanded that she lower the moon to make way for the dawn, but instead was met with an attack cast from Nightmare Moon's horn. She just managed to evade it with a leap into the air and flew out of the throne room before nearly being struck again. Nightmare Moon gave pursuit, and the two Alicorns waged a great battle in the air. But the Elder sister was eventually struck down. Happening to land close to where the Elements of harmony lay ready.

  Here the story as we all know it ends. Nightmare Moon preemptively celebrates her victory with a long evil laugh, while Celestia musters the energy to harness the elements, and fly up to confront the wicked mare once again. This is not that story.

  The elder sister feebly gets up, trying to brush off the blow. She knows that she can't defeat Nightmare Moon alone, and that the Elements are her last hope. Her Horn illuminates to activate them, only for a searing pain to shoot through her entire body. Her horn stops and she slumps to the ground. The stone she lays on cracks as Nightmare Moon lands before her, standing in the way of the elements. Looking down, she scowls at the pitiful state of the once almighty alicorn, beloved by so many.

  "It didn't have to be this way." Nightmare Moon says. "I asked so little of you, but you never acquiesced. I confided in you, only to be turned away. You cared so much about the adoration of these little ponies, that you betrayed the one who truly loved you. You may not have actively thrown me in a dungeon and removed me from the history books, but you might as well have!" She Glared at Celestia who looked up with a wince. "At least I'll have the courtesy to make your suffering swift."

  Celestia dragged a hoof under her to rise up slightly, emitting a stifled cough before saying, "Luna?"

  "Luna is no more, and neither are you."

  Nightmare Moon would quickly establish her authority over all of Equestria, and though her subjects didn't so much love her, they became accustomed to their new way of life, and even managed to prosper through a few centuries of peace. They were not free, but they could generally do as they pleased so long as it pleased her.

  The rest of the world did not initially witness ill effects either, but for many, eternal night was a step too far from a land where the rulers had already wielded too much power. Trade disputes would escalate, with locked pricing, the seizure of goods, vessels, shipping lanes, blockaded ports, ect. Nightmare Moon had no respect for these defiant outsiders, and they had no respect for the land of weak little ponies lead by the "craziest." of the bunch. Those growing up with eternal night knew not of what happened and didn't believe the rumors or that it could be any different. Nightmare Moon would cruelly demonstrate but a fraction of her power, and Equestria would end up with fewer trade issues and extended borders. These smiting events scared their immediate neighbors into compliance, but the more threatening Nightmare Moon showed herself to be, the greater the lands beyond Equestria's immediate sphere of influence felt the need to do something about it. Small conflicts rolled in larger ones, until she found herself with nearly the entire world against her. She felt secure in her position, for there hadn't been a major success against her or her forces at any point during the global conflict. However, familiar feelings crept back in, and these were amplified when some of her own subjects began to be inspired by outside forces. With every movement and rebellion, she stomped them out with haste, only for another to pop right back up. Ponies and other creatures alike refused to stop fighting, fear was no longer working, but punishment had to be delivered.

  With the wave of a hoof, and the glow of her horn, she closed herself off within her throne room. Everyone it seemed was, or would be at odds with her, and this was unacceptable. If they thought the Eternal Night was awful, then she'd present them with the real experience. The Soft glow of the moon faded, and true darkness befell all. Magical or not, plants withered, and crops failed. As the frost set in, they all turned against one another, fighting for food and ways to stay warm, but it was only a matter of time before nothing was left but the cold. She watched as Eternal Darkness worked it's way into each and every home, as the fires burned out and the few left not having the energy to restart them. With this simple act, she silenced the opposition, with the kingdom having grown into a very quiet empire. Snow and ice buried the remains of civilization, all the while she sat upon her throne, watching in a trance like state. Ruler of All, and Ruler of None.

  

• Key Moments

  Overthrowing Celestia and bringing about Eternal Night.

  The Great War, occurring centuries later in opposition to Nightmare Moon's dominance, and lasting just as long.

  Eternal Darkness bringing an end to the conflict as well as all life except her own.

   A portal appearing providing her access to other realities within the World Cup of 2023,

Recent Posts

1. 

   The World Cup Begins!

   June 21, 2023

   And Then There Was None
   
   "You have excelled in your duties and performed valiant acts that inspire excellence and awe little one. For that, your team and myself are most thankful. Alas, I do require the return of my armor."
   
   She would raise a hoof to @Shiny Silvermoon chest, and both would teleport back to the desolate ground, while the armor rescinded back into a spear like shard.
   "Fret not, for you are deserving of more than praise, Here!"
   Nightmare Moon with her magic having restored, whisked dust up from the battlefield, spinning it before Shiny like she had materials for the cream cheese, only this time she heated and refined raw elements to form a silver medallion. At first it seemed to glow from behind, but when Nightmare Moon lowered it, the light was clearly the moon brightly restored in all of its glory, shining down upon the victors.
   "I would like you to have this, in honor of leading the charge where I could not, and the alliances you made all around, with the magic of friendship. Should you need protection, you need only press a hoof to it, and you will be granted a fraction of the night's power, much like you've experienced this evening."
   She summoned a ribbon for the pony to bear her gift for all to see, and acknowledge all that was accomplished, great and small thanks to her.
   "Now then, go enjoy the good beverage and company at present. I've heard a rumor they produce it via clouds of cotton candy." 
   Upon sitting around Shiny's neck, the mare would teleport back to where she had been on the ship, no one the wiser in part to the sheer amount of celebratory antics happening aboard.
   
   Nightmare Moon was nowhere to be seen, destined for greater things, following a source of energy, weak in resonance, but beyond what any ought to handle. She smiled having come to the spot, and with a few nudges of her hoof, revealed Grogar's bell having split in half with his defeat.
   "Can't let this go to waste."
   She grinned, her mind drooling at the possibilities as she garnered her newfound strength to meld the bell halves with the shard to form a new artifact.
   
   She swung the makeshift dagger through the air and cut through the fabric of reality. The torrenting hole much like the one she had come through to be here instantly appeared, only she had complete control over it. She stepped in, the seam shutting behind her, and she found herself nowhere and everywhere all at once. A beautiful world in-between all the rest, much like the dreams she walked, and she had the winner's pick to go anywhere she wanted. She watched as the team members returned to their respective homes, unable to detect her watching eyes, unable to stop her from simply stepping through and knocking on the doors of each one's humble abode. Completely and utterly defenseless. Her options were endless, it only begged the question of where to start.
   
   SO MUCH WORSE
    
   
2. 

   The World Cup Begins!

   June 19, 2023

   She frantically galloped away from Daybreaker's attack, flapping her wings to beat them back but they were licking her tail. She tripped and felt them wash over her, but she wasn't too bad, noticeably toasted. She looked back to check herself, her tail was alight! Singed at the tips with golden embers flinging off as it flowed, IT FLOWED! She took a decent hit but her She had regained some of her energy! With a flick the embers were gone and she mostly looked back to her regular self. Then she laughed at how she had nailed Daybreaker.
   "What a Shot! This dire situation almost has an element of fun to it!" She said with a smile.
   @King Sombra attack sent cracks across the landscape, a chasm starting from her crater shot between her legs and she stepped to the side before it could swallow her. She felt relief from not falling in, but it gave her an idea.
   
   "There's only room for one ruler of darkness!" She loudly decreed, knowing it would get Sombra's attention. She swooped in front of him snake like, hissing to intimidate, only to be met with his prideful growl. They swiveled this way and that to establish a stance of dominance, both charging their horns. She reered up as though to strike, only to duck from his dive at her. He flew overhead, and with a swift kick was flung into the chasm, bouncing off of the walls. She trotted off smugly.
   
   
   
3. 

   The World Cup Begins!

   June 19, 2023

   Nightmare Moon finally scrambled out of the crater to where all of the action was above.
   
    
   @Daybreaker Spotting the burnt version of her sister, she couldnt help but trot towards her even in her lowly state.
   "My arent we brandishing ourselves a bit much. I can't stand this talk of sun, perhaps you could use a little shut eye, or maybe black eye? Not much of a difference around here!"
   With that Nightmare Moon did the sort of thing most would think only a foal would, but she had to make do, and hurled a rock as hard as she could at Daybreaker.
   
   
   Surprisingly effective! But she knew better than to stick around. 
   
4. 

   The World Cup Begins!

   June 19, 2023

   @Ghostie boi @Shiny Silvermoon The two would find the mare at the bottom of the crater ripping a crystal out of the ground and sharply crunching it between her teeth, sending small shattered pieces everywhere. Small blue whisps reminiscent of her magic flew past as well before disappearing into thin air. She may not be able to cast any spells at the moment, but she was still a sizeable horse. She looked up at them and gave a sigh of relief.
   "Good, someone came. Quickly now! I must admit I am,,,, disheveled to say the least."
   Self depreciation was unbecoming of her, and hurt more than the actual wounds, but not quite as much as her severance from the moon. Once the two were before her, she shakily stood up and flexed her wings. Slowly she was regaining some strength, but how pitiful it felt to not qualify as a deity. She preferred her imprisonment over this. Was this how Discord felt while turnt to stone?
   "Carnelian stole my armor! Well,,, what was left of it. She's used her crystal magic to reassemble it for herself, but she forgot a piece!"
   She held up the lone fragment she had incidentally been laying on, long to a point and with a razor's edge.
   "My armor was forged with the power of a star, nothing short of that can destroy it. Thus a piece as sharp as this can never dull and is nigh indestructible itself beyond the damage it's already received. Carnelian's arrangement will give her nearly as much spell protection as it offered me, but a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and she's missing one altogether! If thou were to fashion this into a weapon, it will surely find a gap and shatter the armor once more! Then together you may defeat her, and clear off the rest of these vagrants!"
   She stomped a hoof crushing another nearby crystal, sending more bits and whisps flying. Then stepped toward @Shiny Silvermoon towering over her.
   "Avenge us, my little pony. Avenge Team Moon"
   
5. 

   The World Cup Begins!

   June 18, 2023

   @Props Valroa Nightmare Moon was too weak to truly do anything, only the spirit to glare at her adversaries. Normally casting such spells wouldnt have had much if any affect on her, but the blast had blown uncontrolled in all directions. Diverting it around herself ussually occurred naturally without any thought, but she hadnt been able to so with those, those blasted crystals! They had sapped her of her power, her mastery, her VICTORY!!! If not for her armor, she would have been obliterated by the blast. It's protection forged by the power of a star, undone by the power of a star. She watched as Carnelian took the broken pieces. She grew angrier and angrier with every shard floating by, fueling her frustration and her energy ever so slightly, but still nothing compared to what she was,,, had been capable of. She'd never felt so vulnerable.
    
   She stewed in her spite as they left, leaving her alone and defeated,,, but she was still here! Utterly pathetic by her own definition, but alive! And by the sounds of it, her team? Yes her team! They were still fighting against the odds! And having held together for even more than a moment meant there was maybe, just maybe the slightest chance for them?
   
   @Shiny Silvermoon But what to do, what to do!? She shifted anxiously only to fell something sharp! Aha! She thought to herself, but she couldn't climb out of this crater in her current state, let alone barely stand. She would need,,, HELP
    
   
6. 

   The World Cup Begins!

   June 17, 2023

   @Props Valroa As Nightmare Moon had poured her magic she could feel that pull become even stronger, she could feel her power waning the more she put into it, but more she did, gritting her teeth to maintain a hold, feeling her steady grip start to give way. She hadn't felt anything like this since her early days as a filly when great feats still game with a degree of difficulty. For the first time in centuries, she felt,,, tired? Truly tired with her enchantments exhaustion but this was different. She had maintained the ball, but did not expect what happened next.
   
   
   Freeing the starburst had the unintended consequence of striking herself as well. She flew back with the full force of the impact, her armor cracking with the brundtness and partialpy crumbling when she hit the edge of the newly formed crater, the pieces still singing as before. The light was gone, and the trembling earth quieted. Something was very wrong. She quickly stood up and tore her still intact helmet off, throwing to the side where it split in two. She then collapsed and stymied to catch her breath. The pull was so strong now, sapping what little energy she had left. Even her mane stopped flowing in places. She looked behind her to see even her precious moon had dimmed, the stars no longer in the sky.
   "No,,, no this cannot be! NO!!!"
   
   
   She whipped her head back to see Carnelian still existing somehow.
   
   "YOU! How are you Still here!? What's happened!?!"
   More crystals sprouted up around them as she began to conjure a beam to strike the mare, but the blue streaks faded in the wind and her mane stopped flowing altogether.
   She was done.
    
    
   
7. 

   The World Cup Begins!

   June 17, 2023

   Snouts snapped shut with a whimper or cracked open with a shriek upon contact with the barrier. The dark entity made up of tooth and nail dissipating like tissue set aflame, dissappear into the ether with a brilliant flash so bright, even she had to look away. Just as quickly it abided, and Nightmare Moon allowed herself to be pulled forward. Her shadow continuing to flow into the barrier's edge, churning on the ground like a white bubbling brine retreating from the shore, but with a sense of agony about it. When within reach she raised a hoof to the barrier, only for its edge to illuminate as her position held. She continued to feel a pull, but subtlely it had picked up from all around rather than from Carnelian. For the moment that was no matter. She looked at her hoof curiously, before setting it down upon her remaining shadow. It too glowed and illuminated the other hooves, before gently dimming to her shadow's original state.
   
   "My my, that was impressive. I'm even a little starstruck, but you are still starbound."
   She leaned down through the barrier unabated so that they were face to face. Her horn began to crackle with a build up of energy, a small white ball appearing at its tip quivered with uncertain stability whilst emanating intense heat. Even the nearest of her own coat hairs began to cook, her eyes drying slightly on top of her refusal to break away her stare. Her helmet sang with an eerie vibration from the frequency of its ferocity.
   "Pray to whatever gods you believe in, for it's too late to beg me for mercy."
   With that she released the burst, and all that could be seen for miles was a blinding light, hiding the steroidal surge of growth in the changeling crystals that continued to sap them and everyone else of their energy.
   
8. 

   The World Cup Begins!

   June 16, 2023

   Nightmare Moon would divert her motion to conjure a rectangular shield, angled downward to redirect Carnelian's blast into the stoney surface, splitting a section of earth open with red hot edges.
   
   "You seem to have a handle on projecting a light, but it's intensity is nothing compared to the heavens I move above. Would you care to visit them? One need only the cover of darkness!"
   
   She'd summon her own shadow forward, stretching out from her grounded hooves to take on a corporeal form, writhing with sharp snapping snouts and clinging clawed extremities, racing toward Carnelian like an incoming Tsunami of terror. Within the blink of an eye they'd be overhead, Nightmare Moon and her night sky no longer visible as it came to the verge of enveloping her to be confined within a demonic shroud.
   
9. 

   The World Cup Begins!

   June 15, 2023

   Nightmare Moon stood motionless, the pair unblinking. This pony didn't understand that for her, give and take wasn't an exchange, but a one sided affair. To be in her position, meant nothing could be given, for anything and everything fell within her domain. To assume otherwise was an unacceptable transgression, and in this case, rejecting her one offer. Those who disregard must be discarded. They stared for a moment longer. Then she'd start walking forward, her horn coming alight. Carnelian would feel a subtle pressure in her head, as though some part of her was being pulled forward.
   
   "You've such lovely blue eyes, I think I'll use them and your shattered remains for a mosaic."
   
10. 

    The World Cup Begins!

    June 14, 2023

    "I will grant you only one, for the only pony I've yet to dominate is you, and I will not relent from one power to yield to the next." She said, her eyes lighting up from the millennia of fury within.
    

Topics I Participated In

1. 

   Matches 19/20: Cloudsdale Vs School of Friendship & Ponyville Vs Moon

   Started by Denim&Venöm · May 31, 2023

   The qualifications have been met. And it's a two for Tuesday! Live from the Hammersteed Ballroom in Manehatten, it's the MLPF universal cup quarterfinals! 
   In our first quarterfinal, the heart of Equestria's weather industry does battle with an uncredited community college.  
   And in our second round, it's a spiritual rematch of the first episode! The place where it all started versus the invaders that started it all. Who will prevail this time around? Well, lets find out.
   Get it on!
   *ding!*
   
2. 

   Testing Character Usage

   Started by Nightmare Moon · May 30, 2023

   If this works, we're going places!
   
3. 

   The World Cup Begins!

   Started by Ice Princess Silky <3 · April 28, 2023

   "Hey ponies! Bet you can't catch up with me!" Izzy giggled as she ran ahead, normally, she had a tennis ball at the end of her horn but this time as she ran she'd bump into this ancient ruin's pillar and then something would fall to the ground with the sound of clinking.
   
   "Huh?"
   
   She'd lower her gaze to peer upon it. "Oh!"
   
   Happily nodding, "a new decoration for my horn!" She'd nuzzle it with the tip of her horn before donning it like some time of new accessory to show to her friends.
   
   "Ow!" With a light green zap, she'd jump back and watch it fall to the ground, one again.
   
   "Hey! What was that?!" 
   
   Looking back towards her friends, she'd wondered if they had witnessed it. 
   
   "Izzy!! Wait up!!"
   
   Sunny would gallop as she followed behind.
   
   The small bell would zip and spark with green phosphorescent colors!
   
   "AHHHHH -- what is that?!"
   
   Sunny would take a few steps aside and then suddenly the sound of tearing could be heard as the fabrics of reality itself would begin to rip and warp in a form of spinning like a cyclone. Stars, moons, and the sound of thunder could be heard as many characters from different universes and dimensions would flail and panic as the chaos ensued. 
   
   "WHAT IS HAPPENING?!" a familiar voice would erupt as she'd land in the center of the ruins and look around. 
   
   "Oooof!"
   
   A purple alicorn with long, majestic legs would stand in place suddenly and try to uphold her dignity despite the lack of it from the fall out of nowhere. She seemed confused as she'd dart her eyes left and right, as if trying to register sense into any of this.
   
   "YAHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOO"
   Pinkie Pie's voice would now follow as she'd collapse on Twilight's back. "That was funnnn!" 
   
   A myriad of characters of all kinds of species and realms would unite in a series of confused mumbling and general gatherings. "What's happening? Why are we here?" 
   
   Twilight stops and looks down, noticing the bell. "It's broken."
   
   Izzy makes an innocent face and darts her eyes. "I... I found it like that." 
   
   Sunny makes a not-so-convinced expression. 
   
   Twilight proceeds,
   "The magic that emits from it is strong.... but we may need to restore it somehow... "
   Pinkie Pie casually rolls off of Twilight's back and slowly stands up in a playfully robotic manner like a transformer might. "Oooooh -- it's colorful!" 
   
   
   
   
   
   "Stand back!" Twilight would call towards everyone standing around it. "Make sure you're safe. Divided in confusion, we may not know how to handle this.. but united, through the power of friendship, we may be able to figure this out!"
   
   As Twilight would speak this with booming authority of a majestic nature, the mixture of different characters were far too diverse and complex to simply merge "through friendship" as she had said. 
   
   
   "This is not going to be easy, is it?"
   
   
   
   And so begins
   
    The World Cup! 
   
   Gather your teams and your clubs! Let the matches commence! 
   
   How to join:
   
   (This is an RP thread. The RP that prompts the storyline to The World Cup. You may RP as your OC to follow the story along and engage with many other characters from many different realms of the MLP world)
   
   Have fun! 
   

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