Post by Luhood the Zebrony on Jul 3, 2011 10:52:10 GMT
-General Stuff-
Name: Snow Storm
Nickname/Alias(es): Lady Storm of the Northern Wind, Lady Storm, Snowy
Race: Pegasus
Gender: Female
Age: Mare (Adult)
Additional Status:
-Physical Stuff-
Pelt Colour: Icy Blue, barely standing out against the skies of the north.
Mane/Tail Colour and Style: A pair of frigid blues in colouration, kept in twirly bangs going past her neck.
Eye Colour: Emerald Green
Cutie Mark: A royal shield with an embedded snowflake, showing off both her destined ties to the royal bloodline of the country as well as her preference of the northern plains of the land.
Other Scars/Markings: She seems to leave a trail of sparkles as she travels across the sky both day and night. This is ice particles forming in the sky as she flies by, similar to the rainbow effect of the semi-famous Rainbow Dash of Ponyville.
Physique: Being a knight for profession requires physical fitness unlike anything seen in Equestria, rarely seen even amongst the apple farmers of Ponyville and Appleloosa. That training is a gift Storm treats herself to every possible day, proud of the royal crest on her saddle and armour.
-Social Stuff-
Current Residence: Have her own place in the palace of Canterlot, like all the knights of the Round Stable, but is mostly wandering around performing whatever deeds needs to be done by the commoners of Equestria. Though she usually keeps herself on the northern borders of the country, enjoying the closeness to her home town of Stalliongrad.
Job: A Royal Canterlotian Knight of the Round Stable, helping out wherever she can. Also assists Ponyville in bringing back winter every year since she heard they did so, and she's got no intention to stop doing so either.
Mother: Winter Treat, a beautiful lady mare owning an inn for the wanderers and explorers of the northern ridges above Stalliongrad, which she inherited from her father who did the same.
Father: Shining Snow, a ruggedly handsome ex-winter ranger of Stalliongrad, protector of the northern ridges. Since retiring he have taken up the title of innkeeper, and drives an inn along with his wife Winter Treat that she inherited from her parents.
Sibling(s): Her twin brother Blizzard, the local speedster of Stalliongrad, though like his sister he rarely manage to get enough speed and instead goes for style and appearance.
There's also Snow Flake, their younger sister, who intends to keep back home and assist their mother and father with the inn, often scolding her two older siblings for being out doing whatever they want instead of helping their parents out with the inn.
Other Family: The Summers, as they call themselves, lives on Equestria's southern borders, running a similar establishment on the border to the Camel and Zebra lands down south. They rarely meet due to the huge distance, but whenever they do they celebrate it with a huge feast the like of which is rarely seen in Equestria.
Closest Friends: The other knights of the Round Stable, of course. They're like a second family to her, and she'd never give it up for anything in the world.
But amongst those her wingman, Sir Smiles of the Southern Skies, royal knight of Equestria and her cousin at that, have a special place in her heart. Though a bit lazy in nature, he still manages to prove his worth to the knights and to his cousin, saving her from herself time and time again, and Snow Storm is sure that she would possibly not be here today were it not for him. She loves him like the closest of brothers, possibly as much as her real siblings, and he may be one of the few for who she is willing to falter her pride of the virtues.
Courting/Courted By: Prince Blue Blood of the royal crown finds it in his interest to court Lady Storm, a prince after all needing a suitably beautiful princess on his side. She, however, ignores his attempts at wooing her, mostly because of him being the stereotypical douchebag and pretty boy that she oh so despise, but also due to the fact that a Unicorn-Pegasus relationship never would work out in the court of Canterlot, a fact that Blue Blood for some reason prefers to blissfully ignore.
Mate: No mate, though many they are who have tried.
Foal(s): No kin born from her as of yet, though who knows what may await her around the corner?
-Personality Stuff-
Likes: The frigid winters of the northern lands speaks to her not only on a bloodline level, but an emotional one as well. She had always preferred the snow-clad mountains up north to the sunny plains around Canterlot, their inner beauty and strength shining through to the royal knight. Though always the wanderer she'll never become anything but a being of the north by heart, no matter the irony of her also loving the spicy foods of the south.
She also loves her epithet as a royal knight, and do whatever she can to live up to the name by the best of her abilities! Helping out whoever she can, whenever she can, sometimes almost to a fault to herself.
Like most pegasi she also loves the feeling of the air beneath her wings and the wind blowing through her mane, though she loves even more the feeling of frost in her eyelashes and ice at the ends of her hair. She loves flying, and would be devastated should she some time in the future never be able to do so again.
Dislikes: The warmth of summers and the south always stings her, her winter blood not being able to handle the heat all that well. Other than that she has a strong distaste for apples, though neither sure of why or how that came to be. She hates people being stuck up and overly proud (not realizing she sometimes tend to be herself), especially so if it is the knights of her royal station who proves themselves to be no more than fancily clad bullies.
Motivation: To serve the crown and the people, that is the one reason she leaves bed every morning and returns to it every night. To generously share her few belongings with all that she meet, to show everyone kindness and laughter on her journeys, and to prove herself an honest knight utterly loyal to the magic of the crown; those are her virtues, and what she strive to be.
Strengths: Her flying capabilities are good, and even though she ain't no speedy flier she makes up for it with her agility and strength. Once she gets into the air there is few things able to stop her, prowess the like of which a knight of the Round Stable should have.
Her abilities in a winter wonderland is unheard of save for the many bands of elk and the few moose tribes who also make their living in the northern wastelands of Equestria, both of which are famous for their varying magical abilities with the touch of frost and the chills of the northern wind. Being trained in the arts of survival by the winter rangers of Stalliongrad, she knows how to start a fire in a ruggedly cold area, she knows how to find food in a barren mountain, and so forth. One almost assumes her ties to the mountains and the cold of the north is of magical nature, but she just was that much of an adept when getting her training from the winter rangers and her father.
Weaknesses/Flaws: Virtuous to a fault at some times, Lady Storm rarely leaves anything for herself and is good enough with everyone else having what they need to go by the days. She is loyal at harm to herself, never tells a lie, and gives away everything she got to those more needing.
Also, as previously mentioned, speed ain't the thing the Snow family is famous for. In contests of speed she ain't the best card to pick, and she know it. She always tries to be just a bit faster, just a bit quicker, but never managing to do so.
Speaking of that, she is very hard on herself. She must be a bit quicker, just a tad bit stronger, show some more kindness, be a bit more generous, and so on. She is never good enough for herself, and even if her fellow knights tells her that she is some times the pride of the entire knighthood she dismisses their praises, and strives to prove herself even further at the cost of her own health and sanity.
Fears: The possible future overthrowing of the crown sends chills up her spine (in the bad way), and edges her on to prove herself and her fellow knights to be the worthiest of ponies to serve the throne and it's people, and show the world that the Royal Princesses of Equestria means no harm to the common pony.
Overall Persona:
Proud over her epithet of Royal Knight, standing strong against whatever pains are thrown at the magical land of Equestria, and virtous almost to a fault some times, Lady Storm is what it means to be a true Knight of the Round Stable. Kind to everyone not seeking to harm others with their actions, loyal to those she consider friends and allies, never uttering a single false word to neither friend nor foe, always making sure others are well off before herself taking some, her smile never faltering in the face of trouble and despair, and all of it in honour of the magical crown of the Princesses and the friendship of the Knights of the Round Stable.
However, there are times when mercy is not what the situation requires, when distrusting the hooves of an ally can be the winning move, when a white lie might save the day, when keeping rather than giving might save not only yourself but also those you hold dear, when the slight bit of weakness with a waning smile is what ensures others of your actions' truth, and when the magic of the crown and of friendship isn't what it is made out to be. Those, however, are blind to Lady Storm, and oh how she finds it biting her flanks now and again.
History:
Born to an innkeepress and a winter ranger in the outskirts of Stalliongrad, Winter Storm was, like her siblings and her parents, named after the outside weather by the time of her birth. And with her twin brother named Blizzard, one can easily understand what happened to Stalliongrad when they were both born.
Growing up in the cold but bustling city of Stalliongrad have its strengths and flaws, must of all the cold shoulder you're given by those around you if you're not able to strengthen yourself and your resolve. Its a dog-eat-dog world, and if you're not able to stand on your own hind legs you barely have anything to do in the harsh cold of reality. Taking this as a challenge rather than a defeat, Lady Storm proves not only to the world but to the elders of Stalliongrad that kindness and helpfulness can get you a long way, even in the colds of the north.
She trained with her father from a young age, he seeing the strength in her eyes and spirit and helping her channel it into something good. Her brother got the same treatment, but found it to be a dull practice and spent time trying to hone his speed in flight instead, hoping to one day join the Wonderbolts with his speed and agility honed to its peak. With her brother's abandonment she trained even harder, wanting to prove to her father that she could take on whatever the world threw at her, and soon started training with the real juniors of the winter rangers.
Her previous training put her in the top of the class, and though she was treated with blunt reality by the trainers as well as her father she never faltered, and always showed herself to be worthy of being top of the class. Soon enough she was a full-duty winter ranger, and shortly after that was accepted amongst the ranks of the newly formed Knights of the Round Stable, inheritors of the recently remembered six virtues of harmony and all that they stand for.
The newly knighted Lady Storm of the Northern Winds, along with Sir Smiles of the Southern Skies, proved to be an awe-inspiring combo in the skies of Equestria. Helping with rebuilding, serving as royal messengers outside of the land, diplomats to the northern and southern natives during holiday and other cultural clashes, their speed and strength is what makes them so invaluable to the knights and the crown. Granted, anyone might be able to do what they do given the right payment, but to do so only out of the virtue of your own good heart? That takes a true knight! And Lady Storm will do anything in her power to prove to the world that she is worthy of bearing the epithet of Royal Knight of the Round Stable, Lady Snow Storm of the Northern Wind.
Name: Snow Storm
Nickname/Alias(es): Lady Storm of the Northern Wind, Lady Storm, Snowy
Race: Pegasus
Gender: Female
Age: Mare (Adult)
Additional Status:
-Physical Stuff-
Pelt Colour: Icy Blue, barely standing out against the skies of the north.
Mane/Tail Colour and Style: A pair of frigid blues in colouration, kept in twirly bangs going past her neck.
Eye Colour: Emerald Green
Cutie Mark: A royal shield with an embedded snowflake, showing off both her destined ties to the royal bloodline of the country as well as her preference of the northern plains of the land.
Other Scars/Markings: She seems to leave a trail of sparkles as she travels across the sky both day and night. This is ice particles forming in the sky as she flies by, similar to the rainbow effect of the semi-famous Rainbow Dash of Ponyville.
Physique: Being a knight for profession requires physical fitness unlike anything seen in Equestria, rarely seen even amongst the apple farmers of Ponyville and Appleloosa. That training is a gift Storm treats herself to every possible day, proud of the royal crest on her saddle and armour.
-Social Stuff-
Current Residence: Have her own place in the palace of Canterlot, like all the knights of the Round Stable, but is mostly wandering around performing whatever deeds needs to be done by the commoners of Equestria. Though she usually keeps herself on the northern borders of the country, enjoying the closeness to her home town of Stalliongrad.
Job: A Royal Canterlotian Knight of the Round Stable, helping out wherever she can. Also assists Ponyville in bringing back winter every year since she heard they did so, and she's got no intention to stop doing so either.
Mother: Winter Treat, a beautiful lady mare owning an inn for the wanderers and explorers of the northern ridges above Stalliongrad, which she inherited from her father who did the same.
Father: Shining Snow, a ruggedly handsome ex-winter ranger of Stalliongrad, protector of the northern ridges. Since retiring he have taken up the title of innkeeper, and drives an inn along with his wife Winter Treat that she inherited from her parents.
Sibling(s): Her twin brother Blizzard, the local speedster of Stalliongrad, though like his sister he rarely manage to get enough speed and instead goes for style and appearance.
There's also Snow Flake, their younger sister, who intends to keep back home and assist their mother and father with the inn, often scolding her two older siblings for being out doing whatever they want instead of helping their parents out with the inn.
Other Family: The Summers, as they call themselves, lives on Equestria's southern borders, running a similar establishment on the border to the Camel and Zebra lands down south. They rarely meet due to the huge distance, but whenever they do they celebrate it with a huge feast the like of which is rarely seen in Equestria.
Closest Friends: The other knights of the Round Stable, of course. They're like a second family to her, and she'd never give it up for anything in the world.
But amongst those her wingman, Sir Smiles of the Southern Skies, royal knight of Equestria and her cousin at that, have a special place in her heart. Though a bit lazy in nature, he still manages to prove his worth to the knights and to his cousin, saving her from herself time and time again, and Snow Storm is sure that she would possibly not be here today were it not for him. She loves him like the closest of brothers, possibly as much as her real siblings, and he may be one of the few for who she is willing to falter her pride of the virtues.
Courting/Courted By: Prince Blue Blood of the royal crown finds it in his interest to court Lady Storm, a prince after all needing a suitably beautiful princess on his side. She, however, ignores his attempts at wooing her, mostly because of him being the stereotypical douchebag and pretty boy that she oh so despise, but also due to the fact that a Unicorn-Pegasus relationship never would work out in the court of Canterlot, a fact that Blue Blood for some reason prefers to blissfully ignore.
Mate: No mate, though many they are who have tried.
Foal(s): No kin born from her as of yet, though who knows what may await her around the corner?
-Personality Stuff-
Likes: The frigid winters of the northern lands speaks to her not only on a bloodline level, but an emotional one as well. She had always preferred the snow-clad mountains up north to the sunny plains around Canterlot, their inner beauty and strength shining through to the royal knight. Though always the wanderer she'll never become anything but a being of the north by heart, no matter the irony of her also loving the spicy foods of the south.
She also loves her epithet as a royal knight, and do whatever she can to live up to the name by the best of her abilities! Helping out whoever she can, whenever she can, sometimes almost to a fault to herself.
Like most pegasi she also loves the feeling of the air beneath her wings and the wind blowing through her mane, though she loves even more the feeling of frost in her eyelashes and ice at the ends of her hair. She loves flying, and would be devastated should she some time in the future never be able to do so again.
Dislikes: The warmth of summers and the south always stings her, her winter blood not being able to handle the heat all that well. Other than that she has a strong distaste for apples, though neither sure of why or how that came to be. She hates people being stuck up and overly proud (not realizing she sometimes tend to be herself), especially so if it is the knights of her royal station who proves themselves to be no more than fancily clad bullies.
Motivation: To serve the crown and the people, that is the one reason she leaves bed every morning and returns to it every night. To generously share her few belongings with all that she meet, to show everyone kindness and laughter on her journeys, and to prove herself an honest knight utterly loyal to the magic of the crown; those are her virtues, and what she strive to be.
Strengths: Her flying capabilities are good, and even though she ain't no speedy flier she makes up for it with her agility and strength. Once she gets into the air there is few things able to stop her, prowess the like of which a knight of the Round Stable should have.
Her abilities in a winter wonderland is unheard of save for the many bands of elk and the few moose tribes who also make their living in the northern wastelands of Equestria, both of which are famous for their varying magical abilities with the touch of frost and the chills of the northern wind. Being trained in the arts of survival by the winter rangers of Stalliongrad, she knows how to start a fire in a ruggedly cold area, she knows how to find food in a barren mountain, and so forth. One almost assumes her ties to the mountains and the cold of the north is of magical nature, but she just was that much of an adept when getting her training from the winter rangers and her father.
Weaknesses/Flaws: Virtuous to a fault at some times, Lady Storm rarely leaves anything for herself and is good enough with everyone else having what they need to go by the days. She is loyal at harm to herself, never tells a lie, and gives away everything she got to those more needing.
Also, as previously mentioned, speed ain't the thing the Snow family is famous for. In contests of speed she ain't the best card to pick, and she know it. She always tries to be just a bit faster, just a bit quicker, but never managing to do so.
Speaking of that, she is very hard on herself. She must be a bit quicker, just a tad bit stronger, show some more kindness, be a bit more generous, and so on. She is never good enough for herself, and even if her fellow knights tells her that she is some times the pride of the entire knighthood she dismisses their praises, and strives to prove herself even further at the cost of her own health and sanity.
Fears: The possible future overthrowing of the crown sends chills up her spine (in the bad way), and edges her on to prove herself and her fellow knights to be the worthiest of ponies to serve the throne and it's people, and show the world that the Royal Princesses of Equestria means no harm to the common pony.
Overall Persona:
Proud over her epithet of Royal Knight, standing strong against whatever pains are thrown at the magical land of Equestria, and virtous almost to a fault some times, Lady Storm is what it means to be a true Knight of the Round Stable. Kind to everyone not seeking to harm others with their actions, loyal to those she consider friends and allies, never uttering a single false word to neither friend nor foe, always making sure others are well off before herself taking some, her smile never faltering in the face of trouble and despair, and all of it in honour of the magical crown of the Princesses and the friendship of the Knights of the Round Stable.
However, there are times when mercy is not what the situation requires, when distrusting the hooves of an ally can be the winning move, when a white lie might save the day, when keeping rather than giving might save not only yourself but also those you hold dear, when the slight bit of weakness with a waning smile is what ensures others of your actions' truth, and when the magic of the crown and of friendship isn't what it is made out to be. Those, however, are blind to Lady Storm, and oh how she finds it biting her flanks now and again.
History:
Born to an innkeepress and a winter ranger in the outskirts of Stalliongrad, Winter Storm was, like her siblings and her parents, named after the outside weather by the time of her birth. And with her twin brother named Blizzard, one can easily understand what happened to Stalliongrad when they were both born.
Growing up in the cold but bustling city of Stalliongrad have its strengths and flaws, must of all the cold shoulder you're given by those around you if you're not able to strengthen yourself and your resolve. Its a dog-eat-dog world, and if you're not able to stand on your own hind legs you barely have anything to do in the harsh cold of reality. Taking this as a challenge rather than a defeat, Lady Storm proves not only to the world but to the elders of Stalliongrad that kindness and helpfulness can get you a long way, even in the colds of the north.
She trained with her father from a young age, he seeing the strength in her eyes and spirit and helping her channel it into something good. Her brother got the same treatment, but found it to be a dull practice and spent time trying to hone his speed in flight instead, hoping to one day join the Wonderbolts with his speed and agility honed to its peak. With her brother's abandonment she trained even harder, wanting to prove to her father that she could take on whatever the world threw at her, and soon started training with the real juniors of the winter rangers.
Her previous training put her in the top of the class, and though she was treated with blunt reality by the trainers as well as her father she never faltered, and always showed herself to be worthy of being top of the class. Soon enough she was a full-duty winter ranger, and shortly after that was accepted amongst the ranks of the newly formed Knights of the Round Stable, inheritors of the recently remembered six virtues of harmony and all that they stand for.
The newly knighted Lady Storm of the Northern Winds, along with Sir Smiles of the Southern Skies, proved to be an awe-inspiring combo in the skies of Equestria. Helping with rebuilding, serving as royal messengers outside of the land, diplomats to the northern and southern natives during holiday and other cultural clashes, their speed and strength is what makes them so invaluable to the knights and the crown. Granted, anyone might be able to do what they do given the right payment, but to do so only out of the virtue of your own good heart? That takes a true knight! And Lady Storm will do anything in her power to prove to the world that she is worthy of bearing the epithet of Royal Knight of the Round Stable, Lady Snow Storm of the Northern Wind.