Post by pkdot on Jun 22, 2012 0:52:37 GMT
-General Stuff-
Name: Shadow Chaser
Nickname/Alias(es): Chase, Shadow, Corporal Chaser
Race: Pegasus
Gender: Female
Age: Mare
Additional Status:
-Physical Stuff-
(Shadow Chaser (c) PKDot)
Pelt Color: Pale purple
Mane/Tail Color and Style:Her Mane is dark purple with a few darker purple stripes running through it. She normally wears it tied into two long bunches which hang down either side of her neck. Shadow doesn't put much by her mane and normally just wants it out of her eyes. She has a fringe which she normally cuts herself. As a result, it's very straight and sharp in places. Her tail is long and more straggly at the ends
Eye Color:Her eyes are bright blue, inherited from her mother.
Cutie Mark: Her cutie mark is quite simple. It considers of a black comet circling around in a pinwheel, with black blobs scattered around it. Shadow gained her cutie mark when she decided she was one day going to join the Night Guards and protect Equestria. Her talent is her ability to endure in the harshest situations. While she isn't a particularly good or fast flyer, she can keep going for hours, doggedly pursuing the wrong doer like their shadow until they tire and she can arrest them.
Other Scars/Markings:She has a scar on her left flank from a flying accident as a filly.
Physique: Her build is athletic and relatively well muscled, befitting someone capable of long cross distance flying. She isn't really built for strength, so her muscles are more wiry than padded out.
-Social Stuff-t
Current Residence: Canterlot
Job: Corporal in the Night Guards at Canterlot.S hadow isn't in Luna's personal guard and has never spoken to her, being far too low a rank to get close.
Mother: Sun Sweeper
- Her mother is a yellow pegasus with dark gold mane and a sun drop cutie mark. She works in Clouds Dale harvesting Sun Rays, which she condenses to make a delicious creamy drink popular in the city.
Father: Telfoald Thunder
- A deep brown pegasus with a thunderbolt hitting a road as his cutiemark, Telfoald Thunder is a pioneering road builder working to connect the different towns via stable roads and trains. He is often away from home.
Sibling(s): N/a
Other Family: N/a
Closest Friends: N/a
Courting/Courted By: N/a
Mate: N/a
Foal(s): N/a
-Personality Stuff-
Likes:
Cross-country flying, working on different projects, being busy, other ponies, Canterlot, raspberry cheese cake
Dislikes:
Interruptions, sprint races, boredom/listlessness, chocolate, law breakers/illegal activities, ponies who badger her all the time, shallow, lazy ponies. Canterlot elite.
Motivation:
Shadow originally wanted to join the main Canterlot Guards but chose to switch to the Night Guards when there were recruitment issues following Luna's return. Her good endurance means that she is able to work for long hours at night and keep sleep at bay, making her suitable for the role. She desperately wants to be made Captain of the Guard and serve direct under Luna in her personal guard. She is currently held back due to her slow speed and is desperate to get faster and move up the ranks.
Strengths:
Due to her position in the guard, Shadow is very good at remaining calm in dangerous/difficult situations. She is also trained in basic self defense and can handle herself against other magic creatures depending on their species. She has fantastic concentration and would have made for an ideal unicorn, able to fixate on one idea for hours. As it is, she tends to use her concentration to complete numerous projects.
Shadow has fantastic stamina and can keep going at a task when many other ponies have given up. It was when she decided to use her endurance to catch criminals that she gained her cutie mark and she is the best on her squad at completing long distance pursuits, tailing criminals from a distance until they become complacent then locking them away.
Weaknesses/Flaws:
Because she has such good endurance, Shadow has a tendency to push herself far past her usual limits and will often not notice how tired she is until she has finished the project/ task assigned to her. Chase is terrible at knowing when to take a break and can go for days without sleep before suddenly collapsing.
Shadow's biggest source of annoyance is her slow flight speed. She's one of the slowest in her squad and while she makes up for it with endurance and intelligence, it is holding her back in her ambitions.
Fears:
Shadow's biggest fear is losing her job. She often worries that her slow flight speed will get her kicked out, one of the driving factors behind her workaholic ethics.
Overall Persona:
Shadow is generally quite friendly and warm to new ponies. She can be reluctant to push boundaries and has a tendency to shift to work mode in situations she is unsure about. She is quite serious and not always good at spotting a joke, though she tries her best to look out for them. Needless to say, her own jokes tend to be bad and she relies on sarcasm for humour if need be. Generally speaking, she likes and enjoys talking to other ponies in her own stilted way.
Shadow is very much a workaholic and greatly dislikes having nothing to do. She will often come up with projects to complete and will devote all her time to finishing them, often winding up exhausted by the end. However she takes great pleasure in putting all her concentration onto one subject and will jump at opportunities to help other ponies achieve goals. One of her ongoing hobbies is cross-country pegasus racing and has raced around Equestria on circuit around four times now. She's one of the best cross-country racers due to her stamina, but often loses at the end of big races due to her speed, which is average at best. Shadow is desperately working to increase her speed and is willing to take advice from whoever can give it to her.
Shadow can get very competitive when faced with someone she sees as a rival or when her work comes under question, putting full effort into beating the other person and to finish the work to a better standard. She is very stubborn and reluctant to give up on any task, often ignoring warning signs of sleep deprivation and hunger when doing so. Her tenaciousness is, however, one of the reasons she is on the Night Guards and without it, Shadow would never have gotten so close to achieving her goals. Unfortunately this does run to her beliefs and it can be very hard to change Shadow's mind about a subject once she has a decided opinion. She can get fiery in debates and while she doesn't insult people, she can become very patronising.