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Opaline Arcana

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About Opaline Arcana

The Queen

Species

Alicorn Pony
Age

~1500 years
Gender

Female
Residence

Her castle
Hometown

Unknown
Occupation

Queen
Character Images
Cutie Mark Image
Physical Description

Magenta-Purple coat color. Silver-White mane with Cyan-Green streaks with deep ocean blue eyes, with four obsidian colored ankle bracelets.
Backstory

Opaline, a regal and ancient Alicorn, has a lineage that traces back to the times of Celestia and Luna. As a "Fire" Alicorn, she is believed to be one of several Alicorns representing different elements of nature. Despite her long lifespan, Opaline preferred to operate from the shadows, manipulating existing conflicts among ponies to achieve her desired outcomes. Rather than directly causing conflicts, she skillfully influenced and exploited pre-existing tensions to further her own agenda. It was evident that Opaline harbored a deep envy towards the power wielded by Celestia and Luna, and there may even be a familial connection between them.

Opaline played a significant role in the downfall of the traditional ways in Equestria, utilizing the existing tensions among ponies to create the conditions that led to the separation of all races. It is strongly suggested that she orchestrated the overthrow of Twilight Sparkle, further contributing to the disarray and fragmentation of the world.

With a calculated intent, Opaline aimed to instill fear and mistrust among the pony populace, manipulating their emotions to consolidate her own power. Her ultimate goal was to maintain control by dividing and ruling over the fearful and fragmented ponies.
Personality

Opaline is villainous, sinister, cunning, arrogant, entitled, and confident. She is a serious threat to Equestrian society since she was successful in dividing the nation many moons ago. Now that Sunny Starscout and other ponies have figured out how to stabilize magic, she had set her sights on taking back what she believes is rightfully hers.

Opaline abhors the ideas of unity and equality, believing that ponies should fear and love the alicorn race, and hopes to rule Equestria as a totalitarian leader. Determined to steal the Prisbeam Magic, Opaline hopes to recover her Alicorn Magic which is hinted to have been taken by the Unity Crystals, created by Twilight Sparkle, leaving her nigh-depowered.

Opaline's treatment of Misty was emotionally abusive. Though she allowed Misty residency in her Castle and gives her a purpose, Opaline also treats Misty cruelly and frequently belittles her ward, such as saying that she was nothing without Opaline, so as to keep Misty subservient, along with the promise to bestow Misty a Cutie Mark once she accomplishes her goal of conquering Equestria, but only seems to be using her to fulfill her nefarious schemes.

Opaline was also manipulative of others; for instance, she used her magic to appear as Sunny's Inner Mind from her Magical Mirror to encourage her to embrace her alicorn form and realize all the power and greatness that can come of it. She also appeared to have a short temper for failure as she scoffs at the failed plans she had Misty perform to try to accumulate Prisbeam Magic. She was shown to be prone to yelling and becomes angry very easily.

Opaline was also greedy and vain, often having trouble comprehending how a powerful pony like Sunny does not wish to be an alicorn all the time. She covets magic and desires for all magic in Equestria to belong to her alone. She has considered finding other alicorns like Sunny to be her allies, but quickly dismissed the idea when her plans to take Sunny under her wing became unfeasible to carry out.

Opaline was shown to be willing to use violence against other ponies and creatures to achieve her goals, though direct confrontation is not her primary strategy. She was seen attacking Fluttershy in public, unconcerned with the legal or ethical consequences. She thought little of harming others even in the current day and has ordered Misty to commit a number of potentially violent crimes including unlawful imprisonment, breaking and entering, and kidnapping. One of Opaline's darkest actions was artificially creating a living mouse before coldly destroying it once it had achieved its mission, despite Misty's protests against such an act.

It is shown that Opaline lacks empathy as she declines when both Misty and Sunny attempts to reach out to her by commenting that the reason she is evil is due to how she never experienced having any friends.
Likes

Power, glory, ruling over others, fire, magic
Dislikes

Celestia and Luna, unity, harmony, friendship, cute things
Magic Spells

Related fire spells, scrying, others
Abilities

Immortality
Friends

None
Rivals

Celestia and Luna, Sunny and her friends

Recent Posts

IC: Opaline Alone (Private 1x1 RP with Catpone Cerberus)

May 26

@Catpone Cerberus
Opaline noticed Noctuna's observations about Opaline's choice of location and she'd finally have to admit it here - as keeping the secret would be something that is not possible in the long run from her. "I require something there - and it was my plan to go there from the start. The Earth Ponies were simply the closest population of Ponies to where I needed to go." Opaline said, giving Noctuna some sort of answer - while also not telling the full truth just yet.

"It is also interesting to note, in some of the material I ended up reading there are Seven Moons. Was it always this way? Were there 7 Alicorns responsible for moving each different moon? Or were there one, or perhaps none at all? Perhaps we are thinking improperly here, and that perhaps there were no Alicorns at all in this world, anywhere, for whatever reason. I would surmise if that is truly the case, that perhaps whatever forces at work here are not visible to our eyes?" Opaline suggested, though really she was just shooting in the dark here. "What we do not find answers some questions. Whatever is at work here, is very likely not what we are familiar with. No Alicorns, No Sirens, Windigoes, or other such beings. The only guess I have other than what I've stated, is that whatever truth lay in the answers, perhaps there was a very deliberate attempt to scrub it out of history over a thousand years ago that succeeded." Opaline said, wondering what Noctuna thought of that potential. Cinder not knowing anything about what they were talking about may only serve to strengthen Opaline's current opinion of this world.
IC: Opaline Alone (Private 1x1 RP with Catpone Cerberus)

May 19

@Catpone Cerberus
"This leads me to believe that if there were Alicorns, they have been gone for perhaps more than a thousand years, or even longer. If Alicorns never existed - there is no mention of what or who could have existed in their place from the Earth Pony texts. If they lived in so called "Harmony", it would have had to be long enough that legends and tales of it are very rare, if not unheard of. If the Alicorns were wiped out, perhaps it could have been the Draconequui? Discord? But even then I see no mention of someone such as Discord, even those of his race. This is very unusual." Opaline spoke, her brow furrowing as she tried to think about what could have caused this. Opaline's manner of flying indicated that she wanted something - as she was taking the lead, charging ahead - but maintaining close proximity to them. Opaline was clearly thinking about something that she desired - that she had not spoke of to either of them. "Maybe there is some other kind of God or Creature that we haven't heard or seen much of - perhaps something that doesn't have a physical form? The Sun and Moon have to move somehow." Opaline pondered.
IC: Opaline Alone (Private 1x1 RP with Catpone Cerberus)

May 12

@Catpone Cerberus
Opaline would nod in agreement and she would lead the way out of the library - they weren't going to find much of use there beyond what they already found, in her opinion. The Earth Ponies had clearly shown their bias, and Opaline did not speak for a bit until they were out of earshot from the library. Sure they were still under observation from the Guards and other Earth ponies in the area, but they shouldn't be too close to overhear what they were saying. "One aspect I found worthy of interest was the description of the Moons. 7 Moons." Opaline mentioned, her eyes looking into Cinder and Noctuna's own as she thought about how coincidental it would be that Noctuna would suggest a visit to the Dragon Lands. This complicated matters for her - as she wanted to hide how she got her power from them, and if they were going there together as a group, that would be exceedingly difficult for her.

"I saw the lack of interest in exploration from them as well. In their fictional stories, as well as their history, the Earth Ponies are not ones to be ruled over. They hardly even seem to accept the authority of other Earth Ponies upon them, and do not have anything good to say about outsiders. Alicorns do not even exist in fictional stories - so that leads me to wonder, have Alicorns ever existed in this world, or were they wiped from history?" Opaline pondered, leading the way to the outer limits of the settlement so they could take off, and then fly in the direction of the Dragon Lands. "Whatever answers we seek, we won't find them here. What I've learned here, leads me to be convinced the best course of action for the Earth Ponies is to simply leave them alone. They won't bow before anyone, and they don't have the answers." Opaline spoke in a rather dismissive tone, but was satisfied she at least found out some level of information here.
IC: Opaline Alone (Private 1x1 RP with Catpone Cerberus)

May 6

@Catpone Cerberus
Opaline took note of the lights going out over a section of the library - she put the book down for a second to stand there and watch what happened, it was rather strange the lights would go out like that. It was the region Noctuna was in, but as far as Opaline could tell, Noctuna wasn't really doing anything to cause such a thing. Must be some sort of strange coincidence. Opaline didn't trust Noctuna at all, and considered her to be rather shifty and suspicious - though it was like a pot calling the kettle black. Opaline was possibly even worse, but did not have the self-awareness to realize or care about it.

Opaline took her time reading, of which perhaps Noctuna or Cinder would realize she was spending a lot of time reading up on the fiction about the Earth Ponies. It seems in fiction, the purpose and function of Alicorns did not exist at all. This was somewhat troubling - did Alicorns actually exist, and something wiped them out? Or did they just never exist at all? If they never existed, than what would her role be in this world, as one of two Alicorns that now existed in the world? That is assuming that the Earth Ponies themselves did not hide all knowledge of Alicorns, and that there was more to the story that they were not letting on. The way the stories were described and written showed what Opaline had already learned about them. It seemed as if any real knowledge about the answers of the world may not be accessible to the public - but at least Opaline had learned some reasonable information that did answer some of her questions. Closest thing to Alicorns in fiction were Winged Unicorns or Winged Earth Ponies, which is not something that existed where she was from. Perhaps if she showed her wings she could play it off like she was some special type of Pegasi or Unicorn who garnered the ability to have extra appendages but was still one of them. The Earth Ponies would not be ones to join her willingly.

Opaline would approach the entrance and see Cinder and Noctuna there, realizing they had been waiting for her. Opaline didn't seem to care that they waited that long and looked at them briefly and then would exit the library, seemingly having gotten what she needed. Opaline would turn towards them, and ask, "So, did you find anything useful?" she would ask them, though the manner of her asking the question seemed to suggest that the question was rather forced.
IC: Opaline Alone (Private 1x1 RP with Catpone Cerberus)

April 27

@Catpone Cerberus
As Noctuna read more about science, she would find out more information on the moons. There were multiple of them. 7 Moons in fact. The largest and main of them all was simply called "Celina", and as she had seen already it had a white-gray color, not unlike the moon she was used to The second of them was slightly smaller than the main one and was not currently visible. It was more of a yellow-brown color and it was named "Sarnap". Whatever that name meant, it didn't seem like there was a description of it as Noctuna had read about it. The third moon was the same size as the second and had a dull orange coloration, and was named "Harvest". The fourth was a blood red in color and seemed to be viewed negatively for whatever reason, perhaps for it's color and what it represented. It was named "Canen"

What was interesting, were the 3 other moons. Neither of them were described as spherical in shape, and looked much like lumps of rock - all gray in color. It was said that one of them, named Peris was the fasted of them all - and crossed over the sky once every couple of hours or so. They hadn't seen it, but it was said that it was real easy to miss because of how small it was and how often it gets caught in the glare of the Sun during the day. Because of how close it is said to be to the world, it is only visible in the hours immediately after dark before the shadow of the planet covers it during the peak of night. The other two were said to be regularly visible during the night, but were nowhere near as impressive as the others were. Their names were Larken, and Horbin.

The more Noctuna read about them, she would see that there was a description of how long it took for each moon to complete a full cycle, listed in terms of length. There were also drawings of each moon, as Earth ponies had rudimentary telescopes to observe things with, though it was stated that not much detail could be made out about the moon Horbin because of how visibly small it was. At least the names were what the Earth ponies gave those Moons.

Peris - About 9 hours.
Larken - 5 days.
Horbin - 11 days.
Celina - 25 days.
Sarnap - 32 days.
Harvest - 41 days.
Canen - 52 days.

Seeing all of this would make Opaline realize that the Earth Ponies so far, would not at all be a viable option to set up a base of power. They were stubborn and refused to listen to leadership on multiple occasions, including even their own leaders. No elections, nor anything at all resembling what she had seen in Equestria. In Equestria for example, there were still elections at a local level. There was none of that at all here. Seeing no recognizable names at all here, even considering the fact that one of her enemies - Sunny Starscout was an Earth Pony, made Opaline think that trying to find her enemies alternate versions here completely pointless. It may be that they lived centuries ago, or perhaps never existed. Opaline would consider it a foolish effort to waste time trying to find them, and so she'd abandon and thoughts of doing so.

With how the ponies were divided and viewed the other race, it actually made it a lot harder for Opaline to think of how to get involved in either of them. She has wings and a horn, so the Earth Ponies wouldn't want her. Unicorns wouldn't want someone with wings. Pegasi wouldn't want someone with a horn. It frustrated her, and actively made her grit her teeth upon realizing this. While Opaline fully acknowledged herself as being arrogant and tending to show off a lot, all of that would seem to have been pushed aside by these realizations.

Opaline would then put those books away and head towards Earth Pony fiction. Perhaps even in fiction, there could be references to Alicorns or powerful beings like herself. After all, fiction had to be inspired from somewhere.
IC: Opaline Alone (Private 1x1 RP with Catpone Cerberus)

March 17

@Catpone Cerberus
Opaline understood what Cinder had meant and considered it to be interesting. Opaline didn't know what it meant to have snakes following her around all the time, there must have been some kind of magic that attracts them to Cinder. That is the best that she can come up with.

Opaline decided to do much the same as Noctuna - there was not much of a point in trying to hide the fact that they were unicorns. If Opaline had her magic she would have just used her scrying spells and see the whole place from a distance without stepping foot here. Even then, if she had to, she would have disguised her horn. It was less than ideal, and they were so far off from where she needed to be in order to retrieve her magic. While they were walking towards the settlement, Opaline had been thinking of what she would say if anyone asked her anything. Opaline had the idea that she was a unicorn from some far off land and had no connections to the Unicorns here. Similar to Noctuna, she wasn't technically lying. Opaline had zero intentions on saying she was from another world, either.

Looking off at the machines the Earth ponies had been using in the fields as they walked past, Opaline thought they looked fairly in line with what she had seen before. Sure, some of the stuff she saw in her world could have been more advanced - but this seemed similar, if only a bit more simple in design. Since it was night time, the ponies working the fields at night was rather odd to her. Perhaps they just keep going all manners of the day and work in shifts.

Opaline pressed on, giving the Earth ponies only a passing glance as the only sign of her acknowledgement.
IC: Opaline Alone (Private 1x1 RP with Catpone Cerberus)

March 10

@Catpone Cerberus
Upon landing, Opaline would adjust her cloak slightly. It was an average looking cloak so it was nothing really unique. Unlike Noctuna, she didn't have to worry about her mane and tail flowing with magic. Opaline first needed to have magical power in the first place to be able to have that style of mane. When they landed, she would first observe their surroundings. Staying silent for a bit she would stand there and take in the surroundings. They seemed natural. Upon observing more she would hear faint slithering sounds and proceed to check on it, seeing an un-natural amount of snakes. It was strange. Would it be that this world just happens to have more snakes? Or is it because someone with a talent for snakes is near? Or does it mean something else? Opaline didn't word a thing about it to Noctuna or Cinder, seemingly shrugging it off for now but keeping it in the back of her mind.

Looking over to Noctuna she would see that the "cloak" she used for herself appeared to be made out of dark shadow. Opaline wished she had her magic so she could do something like that, though knowing her, she wouldn't be capable of manipulating the shadows. Fire was her strength. Weapons, shields, and mass spells. Opaline preferred to literally burn her enemies whenever possible. Opaline took note that Cinder didn't land, but would start leading the way forward towards the Earth pony settlement. She'd have to suck in her pride here and keep her wits in check.
IC: Opaline Alone (Private 1x1 RP with Catpone Cerberus)

March 3

@Catpone Cerberus
It was a reasonable explanation, besides - Opaline had no idea what her enemies had done after she was defeated. So as far as she knew, they could have gotten rid of Opaline and her castle all together. The timeframe of it was odd though - Opaline felt as if she had been in the tree for a really long time, but factually, and in terms of memory - it only had felt like a few moments. It was an odd paradox, so there was something that happened with that. Following Noctuna's advice, Opaline would lead the way down to the ground for them to walk the rest of the way to the Earth Pony city.

"Hmmph. Fine then. I suppose we'll have to mind our words while we are in the city to ensure that none of them overhear what we are saying. However we ended up here, I have a feeling we'll never know for sure. What you say would probably be the most likely explanation for as to how my castle and land area got here. Now then, let us see what we can find." Opaline spoke, leading the way to the city. She felt rather confident, but in truth, she knew it was going to be a lot more complicated. Couldn't just walk around making demands or anything like that. Would have to act like wayward travelers.
IC: Opaline Alone (Private 1x1 RP with Catpone Cerberus)

February 28

@Catpone Cerberus
"That is logical to think, however I have yet to come up with any kind of reason as to why an entire area of the land that was around my castle was transported. It takes a considerable amount of energy to transport one individual somewhere, but a whole castle, and the land surrounding it? That is on another level. I was somehow trapped inside of a tree by my enemies, and I recall the tree itself opening up - allowing me to exit, and I exited to find the area as you saw it." Opaline said, it was clear that at least to her it was no simple portal from another dimension. It was as if some god or some far greater force intentionally chose her, and her area of land and plopped it in the middle of a dead area. "What you say about a hole attracting water, magic flowing to where it is weakest - is a good reason as to why my castle, and the land surrounding it ended up there. That could potentially answer some of the question. The Who, as well as the Why? Remain unanswered..." Opaline said as her eyes fell upon the small city in the distance.

"Now then, we we go in, make as little disturbance as possible - we wish to learn about the natural state of affairs as much as possible before doing anything." Opaline spoke, intent on seeing those museums and libraries. It seemed that at least for now, Opaline proved more amicable.
IC: Opaline Alone (Private 1x1 RP with Catpone Cerberus)

February 23

@Catpone Cerberus
"And if we are to assume that there is something as you say, than perhaps our arrival here was not by random chance - but by intentional decision by some higher power? What are the chances that we just appear here for no reason from our respective worlds?" Opaline said with a thoughtful look, keeping her eyes open as they flew along closer towards the Earth Ponies. "I suggest when we end up in the Earth Pony area, we start looking around for anything historical that might be kept. It may very well be the case that Alicorns never existed in this world." Opaline said, pondering to herself just how she might possibly get dragon magic.

Topics I Participated In

Opaline Alone (Private 1x1 With Catpone Cerberus) (OOC)

Started by Opaline Arcana · December 6, 2023

This is the OOC for the Private 1x1 thread between myself and @Catpone Cerberus for the RP "Opaline Alone".

IC is linked here: https://mlpforums.com/topic/201361-ic-opaline-alone-private-1x1-rp-with-catpone-cerberus/
IC: Opaline Alone (Private 1x1 RP with Catpone Cerberus)

Started by Opaline Arcana · December 6, 2023

OOC: https://mlpforums.com/topic/201362-opaline-alone-private-1x1-with-catpone-cerberus-ooc/#comment-6184427

@Catpone Cerberus
Opaline experienced a peculiar sensation that jolted through her senses, momentarily leaving her unsure of whether she was dreaming or awake. Slowly, she opened her eyes to find herself facing an arched opening with a shimmering rim of blue magic surrounding it. Without hesitation, Opaline rose to her hooves and stepped through the doorway. Outside, her dark castle greeted her, but as she glanced back at the tree, she sensed a difference, though she couldn't quite pinpoint what it was.

As Opaline ventured further and examined the base of the tree, she noticed the subtle changes in its appearance. Perhaps it was the hues or the colors that had shifted. Taking a deep breath, she cast her eyes upward toward the darkened sky above her lair. Surrounded by the familiar sights, Opaline couldn't help but smirk to herself.

"It seems those pitiful little ponies couldn't keep me trapped forever," she cackled, pacing around her lair. Glancing back at the tree, she raised an eyebrow in disbelief before proceeding inside. Upon entering, she discovered that the interior of her lair remained untouched, exactly as she had left it. As she roamed the halls, silence enveloped her.

"Misty, come out! You can't hide from me!" Opaline snapped, searching the rooms of her castle. However, there was no response to her demands, and she found no indication of anyone else's presence. She entered Misty's room, finding it exactly as she had left it, but there were no signs of recent habitation. Opaline spent the next half hour scouring her castle, only to realize that she was truly alone.

"Well then, I suppose I'll see what they've been up to! Sunny and her little friends have no idea I've escaped their feeble attempt to imprison me," Opaline mused, entering her throne room and gazing down at the broken magical projector on the floor. Her attempts to use it proved futile, as if her ability to cast magic had significantly weakened. "Hmm...back to square one. I can work with that. Those ponies will pay for what they did to me, and they will bow before their true ruler. As Alicorns reign over the weak..." she murmured to herself as she sauntered out of the castle and made her way to the balcony in the front, overlooking her domain.

And then, things took a bizarre turn. Opaline's keen eyesight caught sight of an abrupt change in the familiar dark landscape that surrounded her castle. In the distance, there was something unexpected - a forest of some kind. Without hesitation, Opaline took flight, soaring high above her castle to gain a better vantage point. What she beheld had left her astounded.

As Opaline ascended, gazing out over the horizon, she discovered that her castle and the land surrounding it seemed to have been abruptly placed in an unfamiliar landscape, forming a circular pattern. Perplexed, Opaline descended, her astonishment growing with each passing moment. She flew toward the edge of her land and continued onward. The scenery she encountered was characterized by lifeless, leafless trees and an arid, desolate landscape. Looking up, she noticed that the clouds above her castle had also been severed in a circular manner, with only the clouds above her land remaining visible.

"This is... something beyond comprehension. Where am I? How did this come to be?" Opaline pondered, her mind filled with questions as she picked a random direction and continued to explore the barren landscape. The air was devoid of sound, lacking the chirping of birds, the presence of animals, or the rustling of leaves. It seemed as though nothing had inhabited this place for a considerable length of time. Yet, how could this explain the sudden appearance of her castle and the surrounding landscape in the middle of nowhere? Several minutes passed as Opaline gracefully soared over the lifeless trees, occasionally casting a glance back at her castle in the distance. She noticed that the clouds above it were beginning to dissipate.

Turning away, she kept flying onward. Hoping to get some kind of answer.