Redwood

By crispy fries

• February 5, 2016




Age: 31, but it can vary

Gender: Female

Species: Earth Pony

Appearance: Redwood is a brown earth pony with a short beige mane and tail. Her eyes are green, she wears a banana over her mane, and has a vest left over from her military days that holds sentimental value for her.

Cutie Mark: Redwood's cutie mark is two crossed rifles, which represents her proficiency in combat and knowledge of weaponry. She got it after managing to assemble a rifle blindfolded in an attempt to impress her parents.

Personality: Redwood is strong both physically and personality-wise, and tends to take charge of any situation. She can also be aggressive and her morals can be loose. Redwood is stubborn and unwavering, never going down without a fight. Redwood tends to be practical, and would rather find an effective solution regardless of what could be considered "right" or "wrong". She's a bit of a drinker as well. Despite her toughness, a part of her wishes for more meaning in her life than just the violence of her military service and her current lack of focus or goals.

Backstory: Redwood is of Appleoosan descent, and she comes from a military family. At the fresh age of 18, she joined the Equestrian Military, like she had aspired to do since her childhood. After only a few months on active duty, her unit was ambushed, and hours of bloody fighting later, she was the only survivor, although she had taken two bullets to the leg. This incident only hardened her though, and Redwood fought fearlessly and unrelentingly at whatever enemy was thrown at her. Throughout her military career, Redwood gained a reputation for being unbreakable, ruthless, and willing to do anything, such as in one incident where she complied without hesitation to burn down a civilian village on the suspicion that it was hiding enemy troops, or another where she had to carry a wounded soldier under her command for two days through 10 miles of desert. Redwood's time in the military lasted eleven years, reaching the rank of Sergeant First Class. After retiring, she moved to Ponyville to work odd jobs.