CopperMane

[HunterTSN 1,444]

Name: CopperMane

Age: Anywhere from early twenties to late thirties

Gender: Male

Species: Earth pony

Appearance: CopperMane is mostly brown with a wild copper-orange mane and tail (hence the name). He always wears large, tinted, steampunk-style welding goggles that he never removes unless forced to. His right eye is bright yellow but he lost his left eye in an accident and replaced it with a mechanical prosthetic that gives off a yellow glow from underneath his goggles. He usually wears a grease stained lab coat but on occasion he'll wear a tweed waistcoat and decorative top-hat, making him somewhat resemble a mad-hatter. CopperMane always carries a compass and an ornate pocket-watch to compliment his gaslight appearance.


Regular appearance

 

Something I made because I was bored.

 

Face - sepia with goggles

 

Cutie Mark: Two black interlocking gears

Personality: At first he may give off an insane, mad scientist vibe, but CopperMane is actually on the verge of depression and is very lonely. Because of his differences the other ponies shun him to the point that he constantly seeks out isolation. Whenever he meets someone new he tries to befriend them but his lack of social skills he always messes everything up.

Backstory: CopperMane was born in Manehattan to a poor family with lots of kids, he was the youngest and so they abandoned him on a trip to Canterlot, he was found and adopted by an old blacksmith who ran the royal forge where they made armor for the palace guards. When he turned 10 the blacksmith taught CopperMane how to make armor and work with metal. When the old blacksmith died he was still to young to take over the royal forge and was kicked out of Canterlot. He started his own forge in Manehattan but there wasn't a demand for his craft so he had to live simply. One night a few gang members lit his forge on fire while he was sleeping, he lost his left eye that night. Feeling depressed, scorned and lonely he left Manehattan, he started a new forge on the edge of the Everfree Forest near Ponyville, where the residents dubbed him creepy and dangerous. CopperMane rarely enters town except to purchase food or materials.

Other: When crafting, CopperMane is extremely dexterous and can make almost anything, all the way down to the tiniest detail. Although he never went to school, he knows a lot about ores and precious metals, and also knows how to generate electricity through means of boiling water under a steam turbine. Even though he is so good at crafting, when he's not bent over an anvil or furnace, he is extremely clumsy and awkward, often slamming doors and knocking things over.

 

He was originally known as Copperwire, so some of you may remember him as that.

Edited September 18, 2013 by TheSteampunkNinja (TSN)