The Poacher

By Damien Cremin

• December 3, 2012




Age: Activation age: 14 Creation age: ???

Gender: Male

Species: Non-Pony

Personality: The Poacher is a cold and calculating weapon, who will hunt anyone for anyone. He expresses no personal beliefs and speaks only when necessary. The Poacher will only form alliences if it means completing a task faster, and cares little for friendship and family. The only distinguishing trait that he expresses is that of honour, and refusing to give up or take bribes to allow a target to live. He is feared by all but the unaware and foolhardy, and has often been classed as an abomination of nature due to his background. A bounty hunter, The Poacher can be hired to both track down and destroy targets, using his heightened survival and stealth skills to persue them to the ends of Equestria..<br />And beyond.

Backstory: Created hundreds of years ago as a test of the true power of arcane magic, The Poacher is little more than a possessed doll, albeit a doll with un-pony like strength and free will. There were seven "Poachers" created, and the creator, an arcane tinkerer at the edge of sanity, hid the seven across Equestria, to be activated by accident much the same as a trap. The Poacher himself is the only one known to have been activated, shortly after the war began by traveling rebels. After accidently stepping on strange runes, the rebels noticed that they were being tracked by a lone pony. The seven rebels decided that they were capable of taking him on, and so they waited for him, weapons in hand. The Poacher killed all seven in a short battle, using nothing but his hooves. After defeating his targets the Poacher returned to peaceful mode, and wandered aimlessly across the lands offering himself as a "weapon for hire". He has no goal. He has no rules. He is The Poacher.