And then I spent two hours writing this character for an MLP-themed D&D-like campaign:
FINAL BOSS
Name: Constella
Race: Alicorn
Sex: Female
Description: Constella is grey, almost like a storm cloud, with a white, starry mane. It is constantly flowing, much like her sisters’. He eyes are very light yellow, as she has gone blind from being in the darkest reaches of space.
Cutie Mark: Four stars arranged around a crescent moon.
After the time after Discord, Constella, the youngest of the three sisters (her elders being Celestia and Luna) and not even in line for the throne, was tasked with moving the stars throughout the night sky. Her favorite pastime was arranging the stars to make pictures and causing meteor showers. Unlike her sister, Luna, she didn’t particularly mind not having the adoration of the citizens of Equestria; she was always more of a loner, content to be by herself, arranging the stars into pretty shapes.
When the time of Night Mare Moon’s rebellion came, Constella was beckoned by both of her sisters to choose a side. She refused, as she couldn’t go against either of her sisters’ wills. Ironically, this action caused her to lose favor with both of them. When Night Mare Moon was finally banished to the moon by Celestia, Constella feared reprisal from her eldest sister and exiled herself to the farthest reaches of space. There, she waited for a thousand years, still arranging the stars (and slowly going mad). Suddenly, she felt something in her darkest corner of space. Something
dark. Something
brooding. Something…
familiar. The seal around her sister’s prison was weakening. She would once again be forced to choose a side.
She took decisive action. She could sense that her eldest sister could no longer wield the power of the Elements of Harmony and would be weak against the dark powers of Night Mare Moon. She broke the weakened seal, just as the prophesy written a thousand years ago foretold.
After Night Mare Moon was released, Constella stayed back and waited for the battle to end. It did not end as she expected. Six ordinary ponies managed to gain control of the Elements of Harmony and use it to strip Night Mare Moon of her power. Surely believing that she would be punished for unleashing the destructive power of Night Mare Moon, Constella laid low and waited for her inevitable punishment.
But that punishment never came.
In fact, it seemed that her sisters had completely forgotten about her.
Enraged, she immediately set another plan into motion. She would attempt to release her sisters’ old nemesis, Discord himself! It only took one year, a drop in the bucket for one who is immortal, but Discord’s seal was eventually broken. By fillies, no less. Imagine Constella’s delight, knowing that the world’s very end was to be brought about by children!
But her celebration was short-lived, as the bearers of the Elements of Harmony eventually once again sealed the God of Chaos’s power in stone.
So, she took action once more and stole the Elements for herself and corrupted them, using her own will:
The Element of Loyalty – which she corrupted by her feeling of being betrayed by her sisters
The Element of Generosity – which she corrupted with her greed and desire for the throne
The Element of Honesty – which she corrupted with the lies that she told her sisters so she wouldn’t have to choose sides
The Element of Kindness – which she corrupted with her desire to see the suffering of others
The Element of Laughter – which she corrupted with her utter despair of being completely alone for a thousand years
The Element of Magic – which she corrupted with her own desire for chaos and destruction
edited 31st Jan '12 7:35:08 AM by KarlKadaver
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