Spartella

By Sarge Sixteenbit

• November 21, 2016




Age: 25 upon death, 1565 years chronologically

Gender: Female

Species: Pegasus

Cutie Mark: Spear, Represents athleticism and combat expertise

Personality: During battle, she enjoys taunting her opponents. When she experiences a winning streak, she tends to act a bit cocky.<br /><br />She is typically openly affectionate towards any teammates she fights along side, especially friends she's come to bond with. She expresses her affection in the form of constrictive hugs, slaps on the back and even roughhousing. She pays no mind to their reactions afterwards.<br /><br />During downtime, she likes to ramble to her comrades about war stories from her past. To someone outside the conversation, this can look pretty awkward, since she is typically in her child form when this happens.

Backstory: In a previous life, Spartella was a soldier for an ancient empire. The first queen of the empire, a powerful unicorn wanting to protect her subjects after her death, created a vessel to contain her immortal soul,the pendant, known as the Bane of Sorrow. Without the energy of a unicorn's mortal body, the pendant absorbed energy by conducting lightning in order for the late queen to use her magic to protect her descendants and their subjects.<br /><br /> One year, lightning became scarce. seizing the opportunity, the demonic enemies of the empire declared war, which resulted in the conquest of the queen's people. Spartella was on the verge of death, protecting the sacred protective treasure of her culture, the Bane of Sorrow. Maintaining the will to protect the pendant, her sole joined the spirit of the bane, hiding in its physical form. She was unable to save the empire, but successful in protecting the last remnant of her people by providing the last of her life energy to be unleashed against the kingdom's invaders.<br /><br /> Ages later, after gaining a strong bond with the spirit of the past queen, the spirit used the lightning-charged magic it charged over the centuries to give Spartella a new body. The spirit developed the soulless body from infancy to childhood. When an earthquake befell the temple that housed the pendant, Spartella had no choice, but to transfer her soul into the body while it still had the form of a child. She escaped the crumbling temple, with the Bane of Sorrow in hand.<br /><br />Since the empire was long gone, the queen spirit of the pendant gave Spartella a new calling. Spartella's new mission was to assist in preventing other civilizations from succumbing to the forces of evil. In order to honor the wishes of her queen and to make full use of her warrior training from her past life, Spartella would call upon the Bane of Sorrow to transform herself into her warrior form.<br /><br />Being a child, however, means that she would need to travel with an adult to avoid unwanted attention. Lucky for her, she met Brass Brush when she was put up for adoption against her will. Brass felt he could connect with her, seeing as they are both unfamiliar with the world around them. Now they travel together, fighting evil side by side.