Nighttide Whisper

By MDLineArt

• April 12, 2016

Age: 1000

Gender: Male

Species: Alicorn

Appearance: A light red mane with a blackish-red coat. He wears a voodoo fetish hanging around his neck, and seems to have eyes that move independently. Nighttide Whisper's mane is unkept, and he looks perpetually sleep deprived.

Cutie Mark: A happy theater mask cracked down the middle split in two.

Personality: Prone to bouts of madness, Nighttide Whisper is often aloof, focusing on the smallest (And often insignifican) detail. He often gets easily distracted, or sometimes goes off on tangents that seem to lead nowhere.<br /><br />Those who listen carefully though find small snippets of wisdom mashed into the mad ramblings that leave this Alicorn's lips. The difficulty is telling the difference.<br /><br />A self-titled "Prince of Fevered Dreams", he often times will invade the dreams of those he feels he could influence, be it for good or ill, no one is sure. The truth is he may not even know.<br /><br />What is known is he is petrified at the very mention of Luna, who he is convinced is spying upon his ever move. Just because you may be paranoid, doesn't mean someone isn't spying on you!<br /><br />Often times presenting a gallow humoured face, those times he is lucid shows the scars of a long lived pony who simply is trapped with himself.<br /><br />He also has a fixation on odd trinkets. Sometimes it could be a mystical trinket of old, sometimes it is a used tissue used by another, and it is never sure when or why it is relevant.<br /><br />To hear Nighttide Whisper tell it though: "Everything is connected. You just don't see the strings."

Backstory: Nighttide Whistper was a unicorn from long before the rise of Nightmare Moon, during the days of Discord. Under the Lord of Chaos' rule, he found himself only able to cope with very bleak humour, trying to bring spirits up in the only way possible under their oppressor.<br /><br />This would go on for decades, from a foal to colt, he felt the perpetual torment of the nonsensical ruler of Equestria. Still, he tried to find some way to take his gift of humour and bring it about. <br /><br />However, the nature of Discord is to bring about the worst qualities within his subjects, and Whisper was no exception.<br /><br />His humour turned to cruel pranks, his humour turned into near mocking, and all the while he grew never knowing why.<br /><br />However, when the Alicorn Princesses began to ready themselves to face off against Discord, that is when the cruelest joke was played. <br /><br />Division. Discord forced Nighttide Whisper into the dream world, into Princess Luna's domain. There he saw nonsensical wonders crafted by Luna, an escape, a refuge for those under his rule. At least in dreams he thought he would be safe.<br /><br />It was the first time he met Princess Luna face to face, and it was there he started telling her how she could defeat Discord alone, that even if they were successful, who would stay up all night to appreciate her work when they could just sleep. Everyone runs to their dreams at night, so why would they even care? Seemed a bit crazy to him.<br /><br />Displeased with the progress Nighttide was making, Discord placed a curse upon him, Sleep Without Rest, Dreams Without End. <br /><br />No matter how much Nighttide Whisper pleaded, he could only feel the fatigue and the dreams turned nightmare as he grew more and more weary. <br /><br />"How can I continue?! She is an Alicorn! I can't match her!"<br /><br />Perhaps it was then Discord played his most perverse joke, forcing wings to sprout from Whisper's back, granting him domain among the dreams he could never leave. Days turned to weeks, weeks into months, months into years, and as hallucinations set in, so did obsession.<br /><br />Maybe it was in those days the seeds were planted. Showing Luna his dreams. A Princess of perpetual Night, a ruler of strength and of dreams. Perhaps it was his own madness he shared, or maybe it was just that sliver of truth being forced deeper into Luna's heart.<br /><br />Unfortunately for Discord, he never accounted for The Elements of Harmony, those wonders that forced him to stone.<br /><br />Without his Master, Whisper's obsession was all that remained, continuing to follow his impulse and 'guide' Luna through taunting visions of being forgotten, a kingdom of sunlight that left her behind, and of the strength to change such a fate.<br /><br />Nightmare Moon. What delicious irony, he could only drink it in as the chaos Discord produced continued to haunt them unbeknown to the rest. Luna becoming exactly what he saw in her through crazed dream, the ruler of perpetual night. <br /><br />However, when Nightmare Moon came to be, she wanted all as her domain, and the realms of dream became another realm to conquer. A vengeful Nightmare Moon was too much, and forced The Prince of Fevered Dreams to hide. <br /><br />It was the most magnificent prank Discord ever pulled on Nighttide Whisper. Forever hunted, forever insane, Sleepless and Broken, smiling at the irony of his own life.