Post by darktobias13 on Apr 5, 2013 0:10:01 GMT
Name: Gearshift
Species: Unicorn
Gender:Male
Age:Young Stallion
Occupation: Tinkerer/Inventor
Pelt: Dark Gray
Mane/tail: Lighter gray, with the fringes burnt black
Eyes: Covered up with a pair of Welder's Goggles, however, if you manage to get him to remove his gogIgles, you will see that his eyes change color, the reason was unknown, but he was bullied while young about them, and to this day refuses to let his eyes be seen.
Cutie Mark: Trio of Gears inter-meshed
Distinguishing features: various minor burns
Home: He is proud to say it, Ponyville. It is his home now, and he will fight to protect it.
Family: Fantastic Mirage (adopted little sister)
Friends: Mannequin Grace and stump, Mandolin Gray, Waxworks, Streamlined Imagination, Powderkeg(crush), Rivet Stitch, Dusty Pan
Likes: inventing, reading, and taking the complicated and fun, if not dangerous, solutions to problems, also frying pans, frying pans are fun
Dislikes: being thought of as simple, and being alone.
Fears: He fears being responsible for the destruction or injury of those he cares about. He also fears his past. Which will be revealed eventually.
Motivation: He wants to make a mark on Equestria with his inventions
Strengths: Intelligence, creativity, can create/design an invention for almost any problem, intense loyalty. When his friends are in danger, he changes. He feels no fear and will fight to the last to protect them. His Telekinesis magic and Teleportation magic are both excelling in their strength, but all other spells are far more difficult for him to master.
Weaknesses: Sometimes becomes ultrafocused on a project, said inventions sometimes.....usually blow up on him. Will sacrifice his own health if it will save somepony else from suffering the same fate. "I suffer so that they may not." Or Guardian Complex.
He also has a skewed sense of honor, always trying to keep up with any debts that he owes, even when others do not see the debt.
Background: To Gearshift, there is always room to improve or innovate. Everytime he saw magic, he would imagine ways to improve. Needless to say, his family was hesitant about this interest, especially when he became fascinated with machinery as well. Their fear for this was not exactly disproved when he finally started building some hybrid magic-machinery inventions. Usually they would backfire and explode, albeit harmlessly, usually, so Gearshift kept on inventing. He had good ideas, but was not quite experienced at inventing just yet. One day when an invention went wrong, Gearshift stopped and questioned what he was doing. However, one thought kept coming to mind. "If i'm not the one inventing, who will? it's a dangerous job but someone must do it." at that realization, a light flashed and Gearshift had his Cutie-mark. This breakthrough had put his imagined destiny in stone...or steel. So Gearshift sought out both magic users and ponies who used machines alike, learning what he could, then moving on to another teacher. Now he seeks a new home, having decided to make a new start, and put what he has learned to the test.
Personality: Very easy going, but if someone starts insulting him and his methods, he will quickly get annoyed and seek to escape the Insulter's vicinity. Always willing to try something new, but also eager to create new solutions and alternative methods. Has Pride in his inventions , but can accept their likely chances of malfunctioning. He doesn't fear his machines harming him from the errors, but he does fear others being hurt for his mistakes. If he causes a problem, or makes one worse, he will do all he can to rectify his mistakes and solve what he has done.
Inventions: flight pack, teleboard, his goggles, and a recall spell that is activated by sound, (his clicks and whistles)
Side note: the inventions are like Flim and Flams machine, using both magic and science (Is there an actual name for that someone has created? if not im going to be calling it Hextech)
Example Quote: "I'm not insane, i'm just challenged when it comes to handling reality."