Steel Accord

By Steel Accord

• November 21, 2012




Age: 22

Gender: Male

Species: Pegasus

Cutie Mark: Sword crossed with a pen. It's meaning is thus, two fold.<br /><br />Writing - Steel posses a great gift of prose and narrative structure. Despite his insistence otherwise, even the drafts he discards are often very good. Steel once wrote a recount of Heart's Warming Eve as a comedy from each of the three leader's perspective. One of the messengers of the Pronghorn Network, themselves master storytellers, managed to skim a copy and thought it hilarious. He often bases his works off of personal wishes or fantasies, but hides them under exaggerations and metaphors. He has also written poems, plays, prayers, songs and other creative texts.<br /><br /><br />Sword: Steel is practiced in the ancient art of swordplay, particularly when using pegasus wing-sabres. He's bested many a noblecolt when he felt a lady's honor was on the line. In addition, he's also skilled in many bare hoof techniques. Part of Steel's latent goal is to be recognized as "The Master Swordpony" a knightly rank that existed long before Luna's exile.<br /><br />He treats the two as synonymous and both are methods of self expression.

Personality: Personality:<br /><br />Steel Accord can be very judgmental of other ponies. When somepony behaves dishonorably or unethically, (cheaters, thieves, haughty gentry, and bullies in particular) they receive an enormous amount of resentment, a biting lecture, a challenge to single combat, or any combination of the three. That said, he also has a great amount of faith in the good of others, always assuming they mean well until proven otherwise. <br /><br />He's a very spiritual and devout pony who prays to the Princesses in any difficult tasks and to thank them for good fortune, confident that his worship reaches them in some manner. He meditates to culture his soul and never heard a myth or legend he didn't believe contained at least a kernel of truth.<br /><br />Steel, however, is very gullible and easy to persuade, he doesn't pick up on sarcasm or double speak very well, feels a natural duty to help other ponies, and usually takes a another's word for the truth. Woe betide those that trick him into dishonorable action though, he will not forgive them anymore than he will forgive himself. <br /><br />Lastly, Steel Accord always tries to conduct himself as a gentlecolt. Particularly in his interactions with females. This is a double edged sword though. He can quite easily talk with mares and those who appreciate manners and honor find him appealing, but in less formal situations he's practically paralyzed.

Backstory: Backstory: Steel Accord was born and raised in Canterlot. His father was a doctor unicorn and his mother is a gardener earth pony, but he's a pegasus like his grandfather. Steel was always a bit of an odd colt. Always playing with his toy sword, but more in a fashion like that of a discipline than childish play acting. Nonetheless, he always enjoyed the stories his parents would tell him at night or that he would read. One day he saw some ponies beating up a runt at flight school. Steel fetched his wooden practice sword and sent all of the bullies to the nurse's office. Steel was so upset about it that he wrote a dramatic retelling of the event for a school project. That's when he got his cutie mark, a sword crossed with a pen. He focused on becoming a writer. He has yet to hit it big with his original works and is currently working as a columnist for a Canterlot newspaper. For additional income, Steel offered his services as a simple bodyguard for the Canterlot elite. That's when he met Fancypants. The two stallions hit it off right away. Steel admiring the older pony's confidence and compassion and Fancypants finding something of himself in the humble warrior poet. Steel Accord was hired as one of Fancypants' personal bodyguards and the two have become close friends.