Aquila Tacita

By 00Pony

• September 3, 2013

Age: 48

Gender: Male

Species: Non-Pony

Appearance: Aquila is a Thestral with a lithe and agile build. His coat is a dark gray, and his eyes are a sharp yellow. His mane and tail are a dark blue.<br />Being a Thestral, his wings resemble a bat's wings, rather than a normal Pegasi's. Likewise, his pupils are slit, like a cat's, and he possess fanglike canines.<br /><br />Mane and tail style: He wears his mane in a ragged trim. His tail he keeps trimmed to a manageable half length, in the same ragged style of his mane.

Cutie Mark: A blanketing mist before a double crescent moon.

Personality: He is a fairly humble stallion, taking any form of praise in relative silence, mostly just nodding in response. In the event he becomes attached to someone he will not hesitate to defend them.<br />When he speaks, he is usually very calm, and uses a respectful tone.<br /><br />If in a situation that calls for it however, Aquila will become harsh and direct, entering a state of 'complete the objective, no matter the cost' mind frame. When in combat, Aquila is incredibly fierce and brutal.

Backstory: Aquila was born into Clan Tacita one of the Lunar Guard Clans. He was raised being schooled in multiple different fields until age six, at which point he decided whether he wanted to become a guard, or pursue other professions. Aquila chose to become a guard, and from them on combat, discipline and principals became the crux of his childhood. <br /><br />He and sixty-nine other colts and fillies from the various Guard Clans were repeatedly thrown into the wilderness with nothing and forced to adapt to survive against the creatures of the wild, or some of the senior Clan members acting as their instructors.<br /><br />These types of excersises, as well as long days of physical, mental and combat training continued on upward until he was sixteen, and this was allowed to become an apprentice Lunar Guard.<br />Of the seventy colts and fillies that entered the program, only twenty-five survived to become guards, or soldiers. <br /><br />Aquila continued to serve as a Guard and Soldier for most of his life, having never really known much of a life other than this.