North Light

By Zhooves

• September 18, 2012




Age: 4/18

Gender: Male

Species: Pegasus

Appearance: [As a young one, he was really small, even for his age (see size-reference further down, or above in his image). He had a period of rapid growth though, ending up taller than most.]<br /><br />Sky blue fur, bright-blue eyes, and a dark-blonde mane and tail. His mane is slightly short and is usually not tended to a lot, as well as growing and hanging a bit down past the ears, and his tail is a bit short and in kind of a matching style to the mane.<br />He usually looks really sleepy/tired.<br />He's quite tall (once again, see size-reference further down), and his wings are somewhat larger compared to his size. Because of his somewhat shy and quiet nature, he often walks around with his head and/or legs bent down a little, to not appear all that tall.<br />He's often seen with something in his mouth related to what he's doing, like a pencil, his lyre, sweet chili-sauce-bottle (when he's eating)... etc.<br /><br />Size-reference: http://sta.sh/014pahb550zr

Cutie Mark: A single eighth-note, bent and shaped slightlym with golden strings, making it look like a lyre/harp as well.

Personality: He's calm and a sleepy-head, as well as a night-pony, meaning he'd rather stay up really late at night and wake up really late in the morning/day, sometimes skipping most of the day waking up around sunset.<br />During the day he often appears really sleepy (randomly falling asleep every now and then if it's really bad), and often takes naps really high up in the skies on a cloud. He loves music and art, making both and can play multiple instruments, such as the bass, drums, lyre and guitar.<br /><br />He's fairly quiet, and somewhat shy, but as soon as he's getting used with the people/ponies around him, he tends to speak a bit more - still quiet, but adds to the conversation where he finds it fitting. In addition to this he's a dreamer, and some times he suddenly seems mentally absent, just staring at the sky, stars, the scenery, etc. aware of everypony around him, but only to the extent that they exist and might be talking. This happens more often if he's concentrated on something, such as a drawing or a piece of music or tech.<br />He's kind of known for suddenly coming with completely random out-of-place topics, statements and facts every now and then.<br />He's also kind of big on trying out and learning about new tech whenever that pops up, and he's got a strong craving to learn more instruments and such.<br />In a lot of situations, he'll act or appear quite stoic, meaning he won't let emotions show easily, and will rather try to keep his mind calm to make sure he doesn't make any bad and/or hasty decisions. He might be a bit lighter about this around happy emotions.<br />He can be angered (and he almost becomes dangerous if he then also loose his cool), though this can be quite hard. It usually only happens when somepony's been done injustice upon (including himself).<br />In some situations, he'll act slow, meaning he'll use a lot of time to react at all. This often applies to situations where he's confused even the slightest.

Backstory: He grew up near the northern edge of Equestria - on a height up in the Crystal Mountains, near the small city of Trotheim. Here the nights were long during winter in addition to a cold climate. Here he lived with his father, and his twin brother Midnight Sun.<br />He lived a fairly straight forward normal life - apart from the fact that he slept through the day quite a lot - until he discovered music at a very young age. He started picking up a couple of the instruments that pegasi could play, and discovered that he liked it way more than weather control like most other pegasi seemed to work with, not to speak of the fact that he couldn't fly very well, nor very long. This also awakened his curiosity and knowledge of technology in general, seeing as he started to learn how each instrument worked in technical terms. One thing that wondered him though, was the fact that even with music and tech, he hadn't acquired his cutie mark.<br />A some time later, he spotted somepony making a sketch, and that somepony also started colouring it. This was the first time he had seen such a drawing (or any art for that matter, not too many artistic types around where he lived), seeing as there were very few others on the mountain. He almost immediately figured that he'd try it out as well, and after acquiring a piece of paper and a pencil, he started drawing. He was struggling a bit in the beginning, trying out different ways to hold the pencil (seeing as he didn't have magic), like trying to use his mouth like many others do to write, and bend his hoof around it. The latter felt way more naturally for him, and when he was done with his first drawing, he was surprised at how good it was. Sure, he was quite slow, but in the end that proved to only make sure the drawing was less faulty. The moment he realized this he noticed he had acquired his cutie mark - a pencil and musical note crossing each other.<br /><br />As the years went on by, he began travelling around, moving from place to place to see new things, and hopefully get more used with having others around him. He and his brother built themselves a cloud-home, at which he, with the help of a unicorn or two, managed to build some kind of sail-mechanism, making their cloud-home drift around with the wind, like a boat with water.<br /><br />Tending to stay in the colder climates of the north, and in areas around the Everfree and Ponyville, he works where others need him, and his talents and skills comes into play - music, art, tinkering...