3/4 prev - next Somnambula is a unicorn who comes from the homonymous desert. It is actually unknow if she was named after the place or if the place was named after her. Most historians thinks she is a fictive character.

The tale of Somnambula is classical from the region, the story of the young unicorn who went and saved the pharaoh from a terrible Sphinx but lost her sight to the creature after managing to answer its riddle. Despite no proof of the existance of Somnambula being ever found, most habitants of Somnambula insist on the existance of the mare. The closest thing to a proof of her existance is a letter talking about the story by the pharaoh, alas translation is difficult due to the state of the paper as it was partially burned. Some historians pretends than proof of her existance or non-existance may be found inside the pharaoh's room in the pyramid. Though those ponies tends to be badly seen by the community after having mistaken pharoahs and having announced her existance due to a vase done about the story, thinking it had been done at the time of the story. The vase was, in fact, two hundred years too recent. ---------------

Rockhoof is a unicorn from a volcanic island at the edge of Equus and Equestria. Despite the stereotypes about unicorns, Rockhoof wasn't any kind of scholar or even a good magician. He is of the type of unicorns often forgotten but his existance was proved thanks to his file in the Mighty Helm. The Mighty Helm was originally a subdivision from the EPA which separated from the EPA, becoming it's own little force. It is mainly known as one of the first known group which allowed ponies of different kinds to fight together. The most known tale about the stallion is the following : Rockhoof was a particularly weak colt when he was young. Generally, weak bodied unicorn became scholars or planners but not Rockhoof. The young stallion trained again and again for years, slowly building strenght and muscle. Though the strength he is now known for only appeared while his town was in danger due to the volcan erupting. Rockhoof took his shovel and managed to dig and deep trench in only moments as in face of the danger he accepted than he was neither a failed unicorn to prefer physical activity nor a failed earth pony for not being born an earth pony and having horn magic. Despite the disparition of both the Mighty Helm and the town, Rockhoof is a classical figure to see in foal-section classroom or in museum. There are also a few games which were inspired by his story. ------------------------

Mistmane is a pegasus mare from the lost pegasi empire of Poneon. Her existance is doubted at best by most historians despite her name being used to describe a type of mane replacement and a medical condition. If the tale is too be believed, young Mistmane was one of the most beautiful mare of her time with a lustruous fur, magnificient mane and shining feathers. But the young mare was also an adventurer and a friend of the princess of Poneon, a small pegasus touched by naked foal syndrom, a fatal condition. To give the bed-ridden filly a taste of the world despite it, she went and traveled accross the world for years, allegedly bringing beauty and peace with her. But when she went back home, she discovered than her friend's parents, in a desperate try to make their daughter happy and experience travel, forced most of her town to bring and do exotic things for the sick filly. The young princess hating the suffering endured for her despite loving the attention and unable to convince her parents than they don't need to make people suffer to try and make her last few years better. Mistmane, having explored the world, had also discovered multiple magic and 'broke' the disease in two, losing all of her hair to allow her friend's to grow and make her healthier. Horrifying her friend as by doing so, she had lowered her own life expectancy. The tale finishing on a cautionary notes explaining than even when you want the best for someone, you have to ensure their consent to the act. If the story is true, no one is certain of what happened to either the princess, the Emperor family or Mistmane after this story.

Met Everette Skye. Daughter of Applejack and Rockhoof

HE'S FUCKING UGLY AGAIN

Omg its Stygian's adoptive brother and sister...

day 5 of random ponies: Rockhoof! 🩵 his mane confused me a little but i like how it turned out:))

mm these are some designs for a horse au where the mane 6 werent meant to be the mane 6 so they just go their own ways and i love the idea of fluttershy and rockhoof being in a t4t vampire/vampire hunter relationship!! fluttershy is always a vampire in my eyes <3<3

like to think transmasc king rockhoof is sent off to hunt transfem queen fluttershy, a vampire whos been ravaging pony towns and then they just fall head over hooves for each other :)

no thoughts only stygian

Star Swirl has the oldest PonXbox known in Equestria.

Yes, this wasn't even the tenth time.

Mlp dream (Long post)

// This is a dream I had last night. I don't know why I had it. (go to keep reading to read it)

So in it, the villains were attacking Equestria because they were in search of the Young and Mane 12.

It was because they heard an unknown prophecy that involved the elements (My dream never told it but there was a prophecy).

The pillars managed to drive out the villains, but the land took a beating.

After the scum were chased out, the leaders of their respective kingdoms were debating what to do with the future elements of harmony (They were babies in my dream).

They knew as long as the villains knew where future bearers were, they wouldn't stop until they captured the harmony.

Stygian came up with the idea that the bearers be taken to another land with a member of the pillar moving with them.

The dream ended with the children being taken to the new lands with a pillar going with them:

Twilight and Gallus are sent to Abyssina with Starswirl.

Rainbow Dash and Smolder are sent to Griffonstone with Flash Magnus.

Rarity and Ocellus are sent to the Dragon lands with Mistmane.

Applejack and Yona are sent to Mount Aris with Rockhoof.

Fluttershy and Sandbar are sent to Farasi with Mage Meadowbrook.

Pinkie Pie and Silverstream are sent to Yakyakistan with Somnamblua.

Starlight and a Kirin are sent to the Changeling kingdom with Sytgian.

Derpy and a bird are sent to the Thicket.

Sunset Shimmer and an Abyssinan are sent to Peril Peaks.

Trixie and a Diamond Dog are sent to Ornithia.

An Earth Pony and a Deer are sent to where the minotaurs live.

Sunburst and a Minotaur were sent to the crystal empire.

(Derpy, Shimmer, Trixie, The Earth Pony, and Sunburst are accompanied by unknown pillar members.)

Made some human au of the pillars

Hello people ! It's been a while. So, after some reflexion, I decided to review MLP:fim before working more on my AU. I decided to name it Shuffled , since the concept is the shuffling of events and pony-type of the differents elements (for the young 6, idk yet what I will do). The goal of the review will be to give me an idea of the episodes event I want to adapt, deeply rewrite or just not use (and give me an idea of when I want to put some events before writing). Also, I want to use it to see some inconsistencies before finding myself on them while writing. So, my plan is, for each episode, to : rate it (between 0 (hate it on all aspect, I don't really expect to have one from memory) and 5 (perfect in every way)), summarize it (in a way that will remind me of important concept and points, but also of details/ideas that come to me while watching) and, possibly, making a quick little drawing of a scene I really liked.

I also have few lore notes and some drawing I did for fun ! For example I wanted to try to make new pony species (just for fun, not for Shuffled) so I played with the pillars (yes, again, I like those guys). And since I don't like to post without a drawing, here are a few of those fun drawings !

Ayyy pony Ragamuffin shows up in the comics

hearts as strong as horses 🌾

too big to be a pony, he's an old fashioned horse! coming from the same bloodline as troubleshoes and other draft horses like him, his natural strength aids him in tending to his wheat farm.

Rockhoof and Meadowbrook redesign sketches! Plus a greyscale Stygian for size reference 😭

Gotta fix the proportions on Meadowbrook a wee bit but she has the exact vibe I wanted! Rockhoof is uh. Definitely more Viking. A lot of ponies in his village have Celtic and Old Norse symbols/runes, one even having an ingwaz/inguz rune one in the comics, as cutie marks so.... 👁👁

Rockhoof's cutie mark is specifically the Valknut symbol, which is believed to be associated with the 9 realms of Norse Mythology, the connection between Earth and the two most popular afterlives in Norse/Proto-Christian mythos, a warriors death, etc. (Scholars aren't entirely sure...)

Rockhoof's commander, Steela, has the Celtic Triskel symbol. The entire pony village is very explicitly connected to Old Norse and Old Celtic mythos and culture!

Day 118

Empires!Pearl but ponyfied! The empress of the Gilded Helianthia herself!

I styled this after those stylized illustrations of the Pillars, at first I wanted to use the style from like the first episode and from the Journal of the Two Sisters, but I couldn’t find any good refs and also this one gives me more room for detail. 

Legend has it that she was originally an earth pony who cultivated a barren land for years before it became the city it is now. She singlehandedly protected her land and her people from a demon that terrorized many of the nations elsewhere. In gratitude, the land she raised made her an alicorn. Although she only rules over one city (more of a city-state actually), she is well respected across the other nations and her city is home to the best crops throughout the land.

Also she has a sword. I didn’t want to cover up her cutie mark but the belt is where her sword and scabbard would be. She usually still uses her mouth to wield it out of habit, but she’s skilled in magic as well.

After centuries of prosperous years, the Gilded Helianthia fell along with many of the other nations around it. The empress spent her last moments making sure all of her people were safe away from the calamity, and died next to a good friend. It is said that her life force was tied to the land itself. When her land burned to the ground, she burned along with it.

Some ponies say that if you find where the Gilded Helianthia once was, you’ll find a small farm with the healthiest crop you’d ever seen, surrounded by the loving, flourishing land.

But it’s all just an old mare’s tale, isn’t it?