Syuren Renoir

By Vae Victis

• July 31, 2014

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Species: Pegasus

Appearance: A dark green pegasi with a silver mane and Hazel eyes. When in battle, wears light leather combat armor with steel accents crafted in to keep him light in the air, but very well protected. Often seen accompanied by his favored spear, a long, silver metal polearm with two blades on one end that take the shape of centaur horns, perhaps a homage to the great spirit that inhabits the blade....

Cutie Mark: A white winged serpent that that is wrapped around a spear, quite possibly representing his skill in the use of polearm type weapons.

Personality: Syuren is often hailed as somewhat cocky and always eager for a fight, though he does seem to show great patience in between conflicting times and peace, as if knowing that he will get to fight again someday. He loves wisecracking and can never be serious, even in a fight, unless he sees that his allies are struggling, which is where he will cease all manner of taunting opponents and enjoyment of the fight to aid them. Even though he may outwardly seem like a joke loving imbicile who loves to fight, he has a major guilt complex and feels responsible when an ally has been harmed. Being very fast, he has no problems being asked to do certain chores for the divine retribution order, such as carrying a message. He loves pranks and being the center of attention.

Backstory: Syuren is a member of the Divine Retribution order and is the owner of the centaur sovereign, Xirgox's spear<br />________________________________________<br /><br /> Syuren was often hailed as very daring, mischievous, and somewhat as a prankster who loved a good joke. He was raised single handedly by his pegasi father, orik, in canterlot, where he ran a business of selling weapons from the local forges to travelers who wanted protection, mercenaries who needed new blades, or soldiers that were commissioned their weapon. Syuren's mother had died during childbirthing. Syuren was actually part of this business, and was often sent to deliver payments and invoices to the local blacksmiths. When syuren's father paid him he knew that the boy was going to get in trouble, his favorite pastime prank being to buy apples with his friends and drop them on the heads of unsuspecting ponies and unicorns. His friends often dared him to do dangerous things, such as fly through massive thunderstorms. He always accepted and prevailed through these challenges, earning both the respect of some pegasi, and the ire of many others for his foolish daring.<br /><br />Time passed. At the age of 14, syuren had grown bored of life. The pranks were old and the dares were boring and easy due to his high speed flying, until one day, his friends presented him with a new challenge: an old legend spoke of a great mountain, surrounded by a murderous thunderstorm and tornados. At its peak, was said that a legendary weapon, a spear to be exact, was planted. It was rumored to have belonged to the centaur sovereign xirgox, a once powerful centaur leader, said to have been one of the fastest creatures alive, who had left it there as a final will and testament to the world. One would have to be exceedingly fast with fluid flying technique to snatch it from it's peak. Syuren's friends challenged him to try and obtain the spear, and in his daring ignorance, accepted without hesitation.<br /><br />His friends met him at the base of mt. Blood wind, naturally named for how many lives the never ending storm had taken. Syuren took no time in unleashing all of his strength to fly up to that peak. He was battered by heavy winds, which only grew stronger as he ascended. When he neared the peak, me of the many tornados that were surrounding the mountain ensnared him. He had almost no strength left and it seemed as though he would die, until he heard a voice, powerful and ancient. <br /><br />' thou art worthy... Become the storm, and claim thine prize.' The voice said. He fought against the tornado's pull, thinking about what the voice had meant. It came to him as he struggled on. He shouldn't fight against the direction of the wind. Rather, he should fly with the wind and use the force to pick up speed, and then use his own flight strength to burst through and reach his prize. He did just that, and burst out of the tornado, ascended to the peak, and drew out the spear. The storm disappeared, and his friends met him and cheered him on. They went home, but he couldn't help but wonder where the voice came from....<br /><br />When he had returned home, a powerful voice eminated from the spear. " congratulations... You have proven yourself worthy. I am the soul of the centaur sovereign xirgox. I was renowned as a leader to my people, and possessed extremely powerful wind magic along with great speed. You have proven yourself to be worthy of my power, and it is yours to use as you wish. You are bored of life, yes? And you want to prove yourself, correct? There is conflict in the east in the griffon empire. A tyrant wishes to overthrow the emperor there and spread destruction. Your nation has already deployed their forces to aid the empire. Join and use my power along with the other divine beings to bring peace before the chaos spreads."<br /><br />Syuren took the spirit's advice, and joined the military as a Pegasus polearm, lying about his age to enter.. He trained for a year, and joined an aerial unit.<br /><br />He served one year in the griffon reunification war, helping Air assaults, sending many griffon rebels spiraling to their deaths through sheer speed and the power that xirgox granted him. At the end of the war, he was asked to join a unit comprised of a unicorn that was a master of water and ice magic, a Minotaur with the strength to move the earth itself, and a griffon that wielded fire as though he were a pheonix. During this final assualt, syuren created powerful wind storms that kept the aerial rebels at bay and cut them down, along with spreading the fires that the griffon started throughout Feyrien, the final rebel stronghold city. It would be with his help and the help of the others that kazas the griffon would apprehend the tyrant who started the griffon reunification war.<br /><br />After the war, syuren headed home. 2 years later, a griffon embassy was established at canterlot. His old comrade, kazas, who he had come to respect and befriend, sent him a letter telling him to come to the embassy. There, he met with his old comrades, sirok the Minotaur, Rezik the unicorn, and kazas the griffon. It had been revealed that they were all inheritors of divine powers based off of the elements, that they had proven themselves to their respective spirit companions and were deemed worthy to receive these powers. As they were, they should use the powers for good and to correct any evil anomaly, be it physical or magical, in the world, and keep it from ruination. They all took an oath that day, and named themselves the divine retribution order, in order to honor the beings that gave them power, and to correct any corruption brought upon the world.