House Whitegold

By discorded

• November 26, 2012

Age: 15 years since the founding

Gender: Other

Species: Non-Pony

Personality: This is house Whitegold's members from the roleplay Equestria Divided.

Backstory: The diffrent groups part of house Whitegold:<br /><br /><br />Mercenaries<br />These groups of thuggs, bandits, and former soldiers care only about one thing, money. They are hired by house Whitegold as the main troops to fight in the diamond dog war. They are formed of diffrent mercenary groups from around the world, so their armor and weapons change from soldier to soldier. For an army, they have very poor formation and war tactics, but they are willing to risk their lives to accomplish any goal. As long as the pay is good enough.<br /><br />The Wall<br />What house Whitegold lacks in offense they more then make up for in defense. The wall surrounds the entire city of Manehattan. This tall stone wall is armed with canons and archers. It has only one entrance, a lager metal gate leading into the city. Should enemmis try to assault the front gate, hot liquid gold will be dropped on them. Both horribly burning alive any invaders and creating new golden pony statues to be added to the Artisan district. The wall is impossible to climb and guards will shoot down any pegasi who attempt to fly over the wall without paying the entrance fee.<br /><br />Manehattan guards<br />These soldiers are well trained, well armed and are used to defend the city from any invasion attempts. These guards are mainly stationed at the Wall, but can be found keeping order in the other districts. Armed with crossbows, swords and chain-mail armor along with the defenses set up on the wall, these soldiers can easily fend off armies much larger than themselves, but outside the safety of the Wall, these soldiers become much more vulnerable.<br /><br />The Nighthooves<br />This league of skilled assassins answer directly to Rarity. When there are people interfering with the house making a profit or if there is a political opposition challenging Rarity or the house, these killers are called into action. They are armed with a large arsenal ranging from daggers, poisons, ect. Like their name, they are mainly active at night, but will still kill in the day. They somtimes stages some deaths to look like accidents, all depending on the target. They are trained in stealth and do poorly in combat, in a fight these assassin's have little to no chance of winning. But once your marked as a target for these assassin, you will mostly go to sleep and never wake up again.<br /><br />Smoothtalkers<br />The negotiators of the house, these smoothtalkers are sent in for making deals with other houses. Whether it's selling information or making a mutually beneficial trade, these smoothtalkers will work their charm to make as much profit for the house as possible.<br /><br />The Praetorponies<br />The most elite soldiers of house Whitegold. The Praetorponies have undergone harsh trainning, that has turned them into powerful soldiers. They are tasked with protecting the most important members of the house. These ponies are easily willing to sacrafice themselves for the house's important members. <br /><br />Spies<br />The house's spies are scattered all across Equestria, to learn as much information as possible. They have managed to infiltrate all of the other houses and a few have even managed to succesfully infiltrate the cult of laughter. However, they do not hold a high possition in any of the houses. They mainly keep track of the other house's movements and try to learn as many of the houses secrets. The house's spy network is probably one of it's greatest strenghts. With this, house Whitegold can be aware of movements, allowing Whitegold to sell this information to whoever has the biggest offer. <br /><br /><br />Arcanists<br />Residing in the arcane district, the house's wizards specialize in illusion based magic. Using their magic, they make ennemis believe that there in a false sence of security, then they strike. The arcanists have resently succeded in making gem golems. They are currently looking for a cure for miss Rarity's illness, but so far they havn't had any luck. They are also looking for an efficiant way to create gold.<br /><br /><br />Gem Golems<br />Just recently coming out of the arcane district, these pony shaped automatons made completely from crystals and gems are a force to be reckoned with. They're able to morph their hoofs into any weapon of their choice. Their bodies provide excellent defense, only the strongest and bluntest weapons weapons can hope to shatter these gem soldiers. They will obey any order their creators give. <br /><br /><br />Airships<br />These ships are renowned all across Equestria. One of these ships is big enough to hold a number of 25 passengers. They have multiple purposes. The airships are used for war, transport and scouting. The military purpose of the airships are to drop bombs on the battlefield bellow and to drop off soldiers to where ever they may be needed. They are also used for transporting members of the house through out Equestria, like smoothtalkers and spies. But these airships aren't only used by house Whitegold. By offering safe travel through the dangers of Equestria, house Whitegold has managed to make an efficient transportation system for the people of Equestria, only for the ones who can afford the transport fee's. The transportation system does have it's limits, as the airships won't fly into very hostel area's, such as the everfree forest, but they are willing to drop ponies off at the entrance of the forest. There is always a couple of airships scouting around the city of Manehatten, making sure the skies are clear of any potential pegasi attack, and looking if there are any large army movements on the ground. <br /><br />War Zeppelin<br />Waiting on top of the ivory tower, this deadly and massive metal coated zeppelin was commissioned by Rarity herself. No expense was spared for making this killing machine. It has small openings which can allow unicorns to shoot down any pegasi flying around the zeppelin, bombs can be dropped on any ground opposition and on front of the zeppelin is a giant unique diamond; unicorns can funnel their magic through the diamond for a variation of diffrent effects. When powered, the diamond can be used to create a giant flamethrower or shine a light to make illusions to all who see it, allowing the zeppelin to escape or kill those distracted by the diamond. The war zeppelin is able to hold the entire fortune of house Whitegold and still carry a small sized army of troops. Rarity uses it as her personal transport when she leaves the city of Manehattan. Rarity had it made for only one purpose. Because the city of Manehattan has only one entrance and exit, it leaves no exit route should invaders breach the wall. In the unlikely event that the greatest fortress in Equestria fall, the war zeppelin was made to evacuate the house's most important members along with all their wealth, leaving the rest of the members of the house alone, to fend against whatever maybe attacking the city .