Coral

By MyLittlePonyTales

• April 13, 2013




Age: Filly

Gender: Female

Species: Non-Pony

Appearance: [b]Coat Color:[/b] Orange, with swirly markings of light blue and dark blue along her body and tail. She also has light blue freckles on her nose that blend with her nose stripes.<br />[b]Mane/Tail/Markings Color & Style:[/b] Sand colored, long and wavy. Coral has never cut her hair.<br />[b]Physique:[/b] Sleek and fit. Swimming all day will do that to you. She has a scar along her left side where she brushed against part of a reef and scraped herself.

Cutie Mark: Octahedron shaped decoration ([url=http://i.imgur.com/mbOEMnH.png]Example[/url]).

Personality: Coral has become somewhat famous for being a trader of items to other members of Okeanos. Anypony is welcome to her grotto while she is there, to barter for something interesting, or even a lovely gift for someone else. The residents of Okeanos do not have much use for a lot of the surface items, but they can make nice decorations, or even serve a purpose if one is creative enough.

Backstory: When she was young, Coral was very sheltered. She was kept within the boundaries of the city of Okeanos by her parents, never knowing that there were four legged ponies walking the surface of the world. She didn't even know there was a surface past the ocean that she was born and lived in. The ocean life was much simpler than the one above, filled with lazy days of swimming with fish and munching on abundant growing plant life.<br /><br />But one day, Coral sneaked out of the city and left the borders of Okeanos, exploring the ocean outside the safety of the city. There, she found a sunken ship, full of odds and ends from a world she didn't know existed. Coral didn't know what all the odd objects were used for, or why many of them were not used in Okeanos. She took a small token with her that she could easily hide, an oddly shaped object that intrigued her.<br /><br />From then on, Coral sneaked out of the city on a regular basis, each time bringing with her an object from her adventure and hiding it in her room. She moved deeper down into the ocean, searching for more wreckage and strange items.<br /><br />One day, however, she decided to go the opposite way, heading toward the surface she didn't know was there. Her head broke the water, but all she saw was more water and waves around her. That would have been the end of it, had her next expedition not resulted in something unexpected.<br /><br />Coral further explored the surface of the ocean, finally arriving on land, which she had spotted from afar as she swam. Once there, she discovered a sandy beach, as well as a satchel full of objects that had washed up on the beach. Somepony had left it unattended, and Coral liked what she had found. So she smuggled it below the surface, hiding it in a grotto outside of Okeanos.<br /><br />She would have gotten away with it too, if not for the appearance of a telltale octahedron on her flank, similar to the one she had found on her first journey. Well, her parents weren't happy, but her adventurous spirit and the fact that she hadn't injured herself during her exploration were enough for them to realize they couldn't keep her safe forever. So they let her carry out her searches, provided she now let's them know where about she is going.<br /><br />Since then, she has filled the grotto with found objects, both from ship wrecks and from the beach. She has even now learned about the surface dwellers, and is curious to meet one. She is also interested in seeing what a non-underwater city looks like, although that's a little hard when she only has two hooves.