Eloquence

By Eloquence

• June 7, 2014




Age: 20

Gender: Female

Species: Unicorn

Appearance: See above (art provided by Lightning Bliss)

Cutie Mark: A dark green feather quill, symbolic of her writing prowess and her fondness for nature

Personality: Proper and reserved, but also very warm and caring. Deeply loving and even playful with those whom she is close to.

Backstory: Eloquence had a hard time living up to her name. She was awkward around other ponies, so even though she was gifted when it came to words her shyness made them garbled. She couldn't talk to ponies well, but she could write, and she filled notebook upon notebook with diary entries and little poems and drabbles. She wrote outside as often as she could, inspired by nature and by her little animal friends. One day at school, it was announced that everypony would get to try out to represent Canterlot in the Equestria Games. She had no group to work with, as she didn't really have any friends, and she felt like she didn't have any talents she could contribute. So, she didn't even bother going to the practices, and instead spent time with the animals in her favorite writing spot. She looked to a hummingbird for inspiration, and something occurred to her. That bird, and all the animals, and even her, saw Canterlot differently than a lot of the other ponies would. Canterlot was known as a place for socialites and class and fancy events, but there was so much more than that. So, she observed, she wrote, and she created a beautiful poem about the many voices of Canterlot, from overtly loud to impossibly quiet, all starting and ending with that one little bird, perhaps the most understated perspective of them all. When she read her poem to the judges and the small crowd, she was met with uproarious applause, and as she was chosen to represent Canterlot in the games her cutie mark appeared, a delicate feather quill, symbolic of both her talent and her inspiration.