Kay Dreamer

By Kay Dreamer

• April 20, 2014




Age: Young Adult Mare

Gender: Female

Species: Unicorn

Appearance: Kay Dreamer is a fairly small mare. She keeps her mane and tail cropped unusually short for a Crystal Pony, and she often wears accessories such as cloaks, scarves and earrings.

Cutie Mark: Kay Dreamer's cutie mark is a white musical note over two wavy lines, which look a little like a gust of wind. Four yellow petals blow along the wind, representing her wanderlust, and the note represents her musical ability.

Personality: Kay Dreamer is generally high spirited, kind, humorous and charismatic. She's very curious, and has a creative imagination. She enjoys telling stories and sharing her music with other ponies, and has a tendency to be somewhat theatrical.<br /><br />Kay Dreamer is usually quite diplomatic. However, she is not afraid to stand up for her ideals and can be insufferably stubborn. She is a little vain. She can also be impatient, and becomes immensely frustrated when things do not go her way. When she is in a temper, she can be rather snippy.<br /><br />She is very protective of her friends, and especially of younger ponies.<br /><br />While she enjoys socialising, Kay Dreamer is equally happy on her own or with company. A calm night with a crackling fire - just herself, some tea (or fine wine) and her music - is her personal heaven.

Backstory: A Unicorn from the Crystal Empire, Kay Dreamer was a wandering minstrel of the Royal Court. Her position involved traveling across Equestria, far from the borders of the Crystal Empire, singing the songs and tales of her people. On her journeys she would hear new songs and tales, and bring news of the world back to the isolated Empire.<br /><br />When King Sombra rose to power, he quickly began consolidating his rule by disposing of all powerful and influential ponies, and any pony who had too much knowledge. Fearing for her life, Kay Dreamer fled the Crystal Empire, racing to bring news of the coup to the Princesses of Equestria. When Sombra was first defeated by Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, Sombra’s curse threw all Crystal Ponies - including those outside the boundary of the Empire - out of time. For over 1000 years, Kay Dreamer, along with every other crystal pony, simply wasn’t in the world.<br /><br />1200 years later, when the Crystal Empire reappeared, so did Kay Dreamer. At first, much like the other Crystal Ponies, she had few memories and her dazzling coat was dull and faded. Dazed and confused, she wandered into a small Northern Equestrian town with her little wagon of musical instruments still hitched upon her back. The town’s tavern owners, a kindly pair of sisters, took pity on the lost looking Unicorn and provided her with food and lodgings.<br /><br />As the days passed, the tavern sisters grew curious about strange Unicorn. Kay Dreamer was distant, barely eating and seeming to have no will of her own. Eventually, in an effort to break Kay Dreamer from her apathy, they asked her to play one of the instruments she had carried in her wagon. Though initially impassive, as Kay Dreamer played, her eyes began to sparkle; as she sang, her voice became lively and her coat began to shine. Her memories were still clouded from her, but she had her spirit back.<br /><br />To the North, Twilight Sparkle and her friends were racing against time to defeat the mad tyrant Sombra, finally succeeding in destroying him once and for all. Once the Crystal Heart was restored, Kay Dreamer’s memories, along with those of every other Crystal Pony, came flooding back. Her coat took on it's customary radiance - and it was apparent to all she was a Crystal Pony.<br /><br />***<br /><br />Kay Dreamer has not yet returned to the Crystal Empire. She is frightened to face the scope of what Sombra did. Many of her friends from the Royal Court were killed in his coup - ponies she’d known since she was a little filly - and she feels ashamed for fleeing while so many she loved perished. She did summon the courage to write a letter to the Royal Court, addressed to anyone left who might remember her name. The reply came unsigned, but assured her she was welcome to return whenever she felt ready, and thanked her for her role in bringing the Crystal Empire's plight to the Princesses of Equestria. It also made a point of emphasising that the Crystal Empire had been gone for over 1000 years. Perhaps, if Kay Dreamer was not yet really to return, she might like to continue wandering Equestria, spreading the lost lore of her home and people across the land. Kay Dreamer decided it was good advice, and was grateful for the opportunity to serve the Royal Court once more.<br /><br />In the present day, Kay Dreamer continues to wander Equestria, singing her old songs and tales and composing melodies to the new stories she hears. She has over 1000 years of history to catch up on, but travelling, learning about the events which shaped the world in her absence, and spreading stories of the Crystal Empire throughout Equestria once more helps to keep her spirits high.