Ojos De Hielos

By Tricksters Pride

• October 13, 2013

Age: 28 Years Old

Gender: Female

Species: Unicorn

Appearance: Hielos isn't all that beautiful herself, shes a bit pretty but she can easily get lost in a crowd. She has a fairly slender build, though if you look closely enough you may notice that her muscle is very dense so her apparent strength is quite deceptive. Her dark, deep blue mane and tail are well kept and short, (Short enough that she could pass for a stallion with a bit of shaping.) while her coat is a fairly unremarkable urban grey. Her horn is a bit on the long side and sharp enough to pierce skin... but its still kinda unnoticeable for some reason. (Her illusion magic.) Her eyes and movements though, their something else. Her eyes are an unsettling, piercing, and nearly glacial blue that usually look cold and calculating. And she moves without wasting any movement at all, always precise and with a lethal grace.

Cutie Mark: Hielos's mark is a shadowy black blade caught in mid teleport. Her ability allows her to use Advanced Teleporting Spells, Illusion Magic, and her special blade with extraordinary skill.<br /><br />The Blade 'Susurro de la Noche' (Its a special blade so it has a name.):<br />1. Dark Fog: This is the ability which causes the illusion that constantly hides its form when not in use.<br />2. Recall: The master of this blade can cause it to come whipping back into their grip if it is knocked away. While not the same as a 'Grip Enchantment' it has the potential to impale an opponent that is caught unaware.<br />3. Void Edge: Noche has two inches of void that acts as its blade. It never dulls, is not stopped by armor, and will cut through almost any living matter. Making it quite lethal to 'soft' targets, and to those that depend on armor to protect them instead of using their blades it carries a nasty surprise.

Personality: ((Beyond These Walls - RP)) ((The Wishing Scroll - RP))<br />Hielos's eyes reflect her outward emotional process perfectly, as Hielos appears feel to so little its almost terrifying. Even though she appears emotionless she is still loyal to her employer as long as her employer is loyal to her. Accompanying her near perfect emotionless facade is an extreme intelligence that belies her birth.

Backstory: Backstory: Hielos was born in the of in the capital city of Maredrid, Espoña. (Pun for Madrid, Spain.) She was born during the time of the rival families of the Platas and the Oros, which where both rich noble merchant families.<br /><br />Hielos was one of the many children that lived in the streets of the great city but she was different. Hielos was cold, calculating, and truly emotionless she displayed a mental strength that the others lacked so when Hielos stole, hid, followed, pick pocketed, and killed she did it better than any of the others. This lead her to attracting a bounty and a nickname 'Strings'. But one day Hielos stole something from a Plata and it changed her life drastically.<br /><br />You see Hielos had never gotten a cutie mark, she needed a catalyst to bond with her in order to gain an ability. So when she stole a special and expensive blade from a Plata noble she got more than she had expected. The blade had special properties and a minor sense of self awareness, so when she opened the bag that she had gotten from the noble and picked up the blade it seemed to like her. As a result they bonded together and the blade merged with Hielos's natural abilities completing her cutie mark.<br /><br />Now the noble that Hielos had stolen from was aware of the blades properties and had intended to negotiate with the blade to complete his plans, so when he observed the child bond with the blade and the resulting mark he was very excited. This noble was aware of what the mark could mean and recognized the child from her bounty... He knew potential when he saw it and this kid could obviously be a very capable assassin for the pony that obtained her loyalty.<br /><br />When he made himself known the kid proved his notions by quickly putting the blade to his throat, the only reason he survived is because he calmly said "Wait... How would you like to have everything that you could ever want?" Hielos was curious so she asked what the noble could provide. So the noble offered to have her trained as an assassin and provide her everything that she wanted, as long as she served the noble until his plan was complete. Hielos thought it over until the noble looked sufficiently nervous and asked exactly how much she would be paid.<br /><br />Hielos was trained by the time she was 14 and when she asked her employer how much longer till she was needed, she was reassured that things wouldn't stay friendly for long. (An assassin needed work too.) After 2 years things finally came to a head. The Oros and Platas hated each others guts. They despised the sight of one another, mainly because they were the two wealthiest families and they were always competing in the trade market. However recently The Oros have been dominating in the market and have been gaining more influence in the city. So the noble paid to have the King of Espoña assassinated and Hielos was quite sucessful. (She even managed to make it look like the Oros.) You see there were no heirs in the Royal family so that means the title had to fall to either a member of the Oros or the Platas. But they could not decide which. So the two families began to fight, many saying (Usually paid by the Platas to stir up the populace.) an Oro killed the King in order to ascend to the throne. For the next year or so the families would argue and fight even more, and eventually fights would happen on the streets and ponies begin to kill one another. (Coincidentally a few important Platas and Oros in the line of succession where killed, presumably by the opposing sides. (Hint hint))<br /><br />After a long quarrel an heir was decided, and that heir would be a Plata. (Who was actually Hielos's employers older brother.) The new King despised the Oro family, especially because of their recent fights. He hated them so much he decided to make them pay higher taxes and to stop all their trade. The Oros eventually started to lose money then graduated to debt and poverty, they had lost all their power. The King (At his brothers suggestion.) eventually decided to ruin the family even more by putting secret bounties on some of the family members heads. Hielos was most pleased to have so much work and executed every kill with precision... Enough that even her own employer grew to fear her.<br /><br />After every Oro was dead or gone Hielos was sent on her final mission in her employer's plan... The murder of the new king. Hielos's employer had planed to take all the power for himself from the start, this was never a matter of Oros vs Platas this was a fight for the throne. Hielos performed perfectly again and pointed the blame where she was instructed. When she returned her employer said "Another successful mission i suspect?" and when Hielos nodded he smiled and said "Good, kill her."<br /><br />But the crossbowponies never fired so he glanced at them and started to repeat the order, only to see them dead and Hielos sitting behind their corpses. Hielos had expected to be betrayed (When her employer hired a pair of new assassins who wanted her position she knew it was coming.) so she had taken another contract to go alongside this mission, her employers youngest brother had accepted it immediately. Hielos never lied the kings death was pointed in the right direction, for the second contract. So after her new employer came to arrest her old one for the death of the king, with the now dead crossbowponies being named his assassins Hielos never batted an eye.<br /><br />After she received her pay Hielos left Maredrid to look for more work, after all Maredrid no longer had need of an assassin of her caliber and she always wants more work. So after a few years of traveling Hielos finally came upon Equestria and met a pony named Noble Persona...