Atum

By Abaddon

• July 15, 2012




Age: 25

Gender: Male

Species: Unicorn

Cutie Mark: Atum's cutie mark is a question mark. Most of his life has been spent trying to understand the function of life and the meaning of his existence. As he delve deeper into his own background, he spent a full week reading and analyzing his family history and when his search was over the question mark appeared. He was destined to spend the rest of his life in search of answers.

Personality: When you first meet Atum, he is quiet, nervous and scared. Being around other ponies makes his squirm and it is hard for him to trust another pony. However, when he feels comfortable around said pony, Atum is friendly, compassionate, empathetic and loyal. Because he spends a great deal of his time searching for life's answers, his personality is dominated by his inquisitive nature. Sometimes this leads to him babbling on about random things and other times he just stands there in complete silence lost in his thoughts. Overall, he is very caring, kindhearted and unfortunately suffers from social anxiety.

Backstory: Raised on a small farm, miles from Canterlot and Ponyville, Atum had very few friends. He spent most of his childhood helping his parents with the farm and reading. Although they were a family of unicorns, life had not been very good to them and as such, Atum's family wanted to get away from the main cities. <br /><br />With miles of nothingness surrounding the farm, Atum had plenty of time to day dream and escape into his imagination. Most times he imagined that he was invited to Canterlot to study and help with Princess Celestia- so that he could escape his life of boredom. Years went by, and Atum was still at the farm. He feared that he would never leave and the deafening silence was taking a toll on him. He stopped talking to his parents and spent most of the time locked in his room reading and thinking. <br /><br />His 25 birthday past without much excitement. Then it happened...one night, while Atum was up reading, he heard a loud crash and screaming. Running to his window he saw a small caravan stopped in the middle of the field and a group of ponies running towards a fallen wagon. Atum realized this was his chance to escape, his chance to finally get out of the farm and make his way to Canterlot. He quickly packed a few books and then jumped out the window, sprinting as fast as he could to the caravan.<br /><br />After helping the caravan get back together, they agreed to take Atum with them. It was at that point Atum's life had begun, his chance to finally make his mark on the world and escape his life of boredom.<br /><br />-------<br /><br />It was during his adventures with the caravan that Atum realized he had the ability to control objects. It started off small, moving bits of dust in his small room. Eventually, he could pick up larger objects (chairs, tables...) and move them around. Atum realized he finally had a purpose in life, the no longer was just a nobody, rather he had the ability to change reality.<br /><br />A few weeks later, the caravan stopped in a small town. While wandering around, Atum came across a group of ponies arguing over who should control Equestria (Luna or the Solar Empire). Intrigued, Atum pushed his way into the crowd and listened as various ponies screamed at each other. Then an elderly mare forced her way into the center of the crowd and impassioned speech about the need for Equestria's freedom, and that Luna was the rightful leader. Her words filled Atum's head, his heart pounded and he finally realized his purpose in life. <br /><br />He was going to sign up to fight for Luna and the freedom of Equestria. Mind set, he told the caravan to drop him off at the nearest camp so that he could start his new future. <br /><br />Although, he had just begun learning how to control his abilities, he knew that he would be able to help the NLR in its fight....