Hyena / Argent Bite

By Uri

• July 11, 2012

Age: 19 years old

Gender: Male

Species: Non-Pony

Appearance: Changeling Elite form: Similar and share the same colors with common changeling, except more well-built and taller. He has a twisted unicorn horn that shaped more like a jagged lightning and transparent green insect wings. His green mane is shaggy and long down to his shoulder. Holes covered all over his legs, mane, tail, but a huge hole located at where his right eye should be. Wind passing right through the eye socket tunnel can create a whistling sound. When he closed his mouth, two white sharp fangs would stick out. The brown, upside down triangular streak mark below his eyes, which have red pupil and yellow sclera, are the only traits resembling his Earth Pony look. <br /><br />Earth Pony form: He had a dark yellow coat, long brown mane, brown tail, and brown legs. There are brown, upside down triangular streak marks below his sharp canine-like red eyes. His cutie mark is a mouth full of sharp silvery teeth.<br />

Cutie Mark: The Bite family members often have traits of fang-like teeth in their mouth, which was not common among ponies. When the princess and him ventured out to explore unsafe forests, large spiders caught them in webs. Despite how disgusting he thought biting seemed like, Argent Bite bit the spider to prevent the princess from becoming food first. At that moment, his cutie mark appeared. He didn't know if he should be happy or crying for how much price he was paying to get it, not to mention how he got a long lectures and punishments from his father after they were rescued.

Personality: Obedient and loyal toward the others he liked when he was still a pony. He is determined and doesn't follow rules set down by others easily, behaving like a rebel who has a little antisocial attitude. Not sharing his opinions openly, Argent Bite just let things slip by and behave plain lazy or just lost. His magic is really weak for an unicorn, so he tends to fight with hooves and horn more often. From how he interacts with the princess, he is more of a pony who gives than takes. At first, Argent Bite thinks the princess as nothing but annoyed and just wanted to get her demands over with. However, later on, he found cares from her and was softened, seeing himself as a knight, then eventually a lover. <br /><br />After becoming a Changeling Elite, his personality didn't change much besides being more assertive, crueler, colder, and react emotionlessly. <br /> <br />

Backstory: Being the son of the captain of the Royal Guard, Argent Bite lived in Canterlot castle since two year old. At there, he grew up together with the same age Princess Foxflame. The two became close friends and together were known well as a young couple in the castle. One day, the changelings caught the Canterlot off guard and attacked. The Royal Guards fended the intruders off, but the loss was too great. Argent Bite's father, as the captain of Royal Guard, was blamed for not being able to maintain a strong magic barrier around the castle. Thus, he was deprived of his duty and banished from Canterlot. Leaving the place with his father, Argent Bite began to hate Canterlot for the injustice. <br /><br />Never did he visit Canterlot or Princess Foxflame again until he was sixteen years old. He became an assassin and a thief after his father died of sickness and depression 1 years after the banishment, joining in a powerful criminal gang. His job was to kill any royal family members after infiltration. However, when he found out that his target was the Princess he became friends with years ago, Argent Bite killed all other assassins and ruined the gang's years-long plans. <br /><br />More hunters and assassins were sent after to kill him for preventing them from gaining control of Equestria. Fearful of the princess's safety, Argent Bite left Equestria after leaving a promise saying he would come back, no matter how long it would take him. Outside of Equestria in the dangerous zone, the chase went on for days. Eventually he was caught and tortured slowly to death by the hunters, who left him to die and reported him to be dead. At Argent Bite's last breath, Queen Chrysalis appeared and offered him a chance to live again with the condition of serving under her. Desperate to fulfill his promise, he agreed and transformed into a Changeling Elite.<br /><br />Taking a new name, Hyena, he served under Queen Chrysalis loyally like a dog. For him, his promise of coming back was already broken the moment he was changed into a Changeling Elite. Although he insisted that he didn't care for the princess anymore, at night he used his shape shifting to sneak into Canterlot castle and to watch over Princess Foxflame. The watch would end when mornings came and before the princess can wake up to know the truth of his fate. <br />