Vesta

By Stellafera

• March 8, 2013




Age: Young Adult (in college)

Gender: Female

Species: Unicorn

Appearance: Her flowing mane, shown in the picture, also has locks coming down next to her eyes, somewhat similar to Katara's "hair loopies" from Avatar: The Last Airbender. Overall, she would be considered pretty by pony standards.

Cutie Mark: A hearth, representing her skills with cooking, her nurturing instincts, and being something of a pun on the date she earned it. She is named after the Roman goddess of the hearth also.

Personality: Vesta is in college. She is a fairly good student, but lacks a certain amount of passion and drive. Her nature is very accepting and easygoing, but "Oh well, I guess I was a little late, mistakes happen" is not an effective attitude when it comes to schoolwork. Her reluctance to hold strong opinions about things has made her many friends, but also some enemies, who wonder if she actually has an opinion on anything.<br /><br />Vesta is majoring in education but she's not so sure that that's the career she really wants to pursue. She wants to be a cook just as much as she wants to be a teacher. Vesta's magic finds itself just as home in controlling the temperature of a fire as it is controlling a piece of chalk on a blackboard, and she is constantly wavering between the two. Though she tries to push the issue into the back of her mind, Vesta, the mare of "maybe"s and "I'll think about it"s, is finally finding herself having to make decisions, and important ones.<br /><br />Despite her flaws, however, it must be said that Vesta consistently tries to be open-minded and courteous. To put it simply; she's a nice pony.

Backstory: She grew up in an idyllic small town in eastern Equestria, with an idyllic and supportive family where she was the oldest of three siblings. Not particularly rich, they never had much money but never run out of it either.<br /><br />Her warm, caring nature earned her her cutie mark on one Hearth's Warming Eve, where she made dinner for her sick mother, father, sister, and brother. But did she earn the cutie mark for the delicious meal, or for the motherly act that she performed? This uncertainty forms a significant part of Vesta's personality.<br /><br />