Topaz Shades

By Unicorncob

• July 1, 2015

Age: 13

Gender: Male

Species: Pegasus

Appearance: Topaz is a rather slender young colt with a dull orange coat and mangy black mane and tail, and teal eyes. He wears a dark blue hoodie and a beige knapsack.

Cutie Mark: His cutie mark is a single gleaming coin with a silhouetted knife hiding behind it. It represents his attention to value and his special talent of stealth.

Personality: Topaz is a bit of a daredevil, who will go to quite extreme lengths to get what he wants. If he finds something shiny, and a lot of it, he'll go for it. He has a bit of a problem with greed, wanting to pilfer every valuable he comes close to. And more often than not, he succeeds.<br /><br />He's very confident in public, and can be a convincing crowd speaker. Many scams he pulls have been successes, since he's far away by the time anypony realises they've been had.<br /><br />He is rather proud of his abilities, which can make him rather cocky at times. It often leads to him nearly getting arrested, of course.<br />He also, strangely, has a sense of justice, and will not tolerate ponies being bullied.<br /><br />He believes that cheating is only illegal if you get caught.

Backstory: Born and raised dirt-poor in the slums of Manehattan, Topaz quickly developed skills like pickpocketing and lockpicking to help get by for himself and his family. He began as a small petty thief, taking a few bits and small jewels from ponies' pockets. As he got better and better, he moved up to scams and break-ins. And he only got better and better.<br /><br />He didn't care who he took from, as long as could take.<br /><br />That was, until he came across a more run-down house that he had been commissioned to take a family heirloom from. Seeing the unfortunate family struggling to get by left him feeling sympathetic, considering he was the same way as a foal. He cancelled the job, and refused to take anything from poorer ponies from then on.<br /><br />Though, cancelling that job may have gotten him some enemies.<br /><br />Since that day, he has become a bit of a real-life Robin Hoof, sharing the wealth he has pilfered from richer ponies with the unfortunate and underpaid.