Moonshadow

By GoldenShield

• January 30, 2013




Age: 19

Gender: Male

Species: Unicorn

Cutie Mark: Moonshadow's Cutie Mark is a crescent moon casting a shadow, it represents both his love of the night and his wish to cast light on the dark places in pony's minds and make them happy.

Personality: Moonshadow is a very caring pony who will try his best to help anypony he meets and doesn't ask for anything in return. He will always defend others and protect them from harm even if that means putting himself in danger. <br /><br />Moonshadow has a sharp mind and has studied since he was very young, although when it comes to learning things he can have a somewhat short attention span and therefore can often be counted on to know something about everything but not everything about any specific thing. He is a quick thinker and an excellent strategist and can adapt his plans to match the situation at any time however his youth often causes him to take things too far and sometimes even spoil his own plans by making them too intricate. Nevertheless he is a kind and determined pony that will never give up when he sets his mind to something even if the situation seems impossible. <br /><br />Moonshadow loves the night and likes to look at the stars and moon while he thinks about things, he has a massive urge to understand how things work and often considers the great and even unanswerable questions in his life. Moonshadow is not a very patient pony when it comes to waiting but he is very good at keeping his temper and rarely gets mad with others even when he feels frustrated or annoyed, however he is far from being a doormat and will not let others push him around, he can be shy when meeting new people but is very assertive when defending a friend or himself when other ponies try to push him around.<br /><br />However Moonshadow has a tendency to overexplain things and often talks too much, sometime boring others with his explanations of things happening around him. His main mission in life is to enjoy life and make sure everyone else is as well, to this extent other ponies are often surprised when he appears to be taking serious issues and even life threatening ones quite lightly and this sometimes make others angry with him for not being serious enough.

Backstory: Moonshadow was born in Canterlot and grew up there for most of his life, he had a great love of knowledge that his parents were happy to encourage and he spent much of his time studying. Moonshadow was also found to be quite talented with magic and practiced tirelessly to become better stating that it was one of the few things he found interesting enough to focus on for more than a couple of hours at a time.<br /><br />At the young age of 9 Moonshadow obtained his Cutie Mark when he got lost in the streets of Canterlot after dark, he was very frightened and at first attempted to navigate his way home by creating magic sparks from his horn, however the sparks didn't make enough light to see by and he tripped down some stairs and hurt his leg. Unable to move his fears closed in on him in the shadows and the buildings obscured the moonlight. Just as his fear of the dark reached it's peak Moonshadow remembered the thing in his dreams that he always loved the most because it banished his nightmares away, the moon, using his magic on instinct alone since he hadn't learned a spell for such a thing Moonshadow created a huge artificial moon out of magical light just above the area of Canterlot he was in. The light drew his parents who had been searching for him as well as some of the palace guard, it was there under the light of the fake moon from his dreams that he realized he wanted to help others get rid of their fears and worries just as he had and he first saw his Cutie Mark.<br /><br />When other ponies arrived they were astounded that the huge magical projection had come from such a young pony and after hearing his story, Princess Celestia decided that he would go to advanced magic classes and learn to control and master his magic. It was also agreed that he would become a member of the Equestria Night-Guardians, he would receive special training and education in psychological and dream-based magic so that when he was ready, he could fulfill his purpose in life of protecting and maintaining the dreams of the residents of Equestria. <br /><br />After ten years of rigorous training in all schools of magic with a specialization in dream-magic Moonshadow graduated at the age of 19 and was issued a 'Blue Moon Amulet' and given his posting in Ponyville, where he would make sure all the ponies were having happy and peaceful dreams, as well as protect their dreams from magical intrusion.