Wildfire


Age: (25)

Gender: Male

Appearance (Colors, symbols, etc.): He is white, with hair that is flame (mane and tail!)

Breed / Species: Pegasus

Family (if any): None that he knows of. His father passed away a few years ago, and he never knew his mother. Tho' he might go and search for her eventually.

Brief History (if you want):

Special Abilities (if any): He can control the flames of his mane and tail, the length, the heat that comes from it. Otherwise his name would be Bonfire, since he couldn't walk anywhere that there was tinder for his hair! His whole body can stand the hottest that his fire can get.

Mod question: Would this be a "grandfathered-in" case?

I think in the matter of color, yes. But I would request a fine-tuning of his power. I'm guessing this means either 1) its made of fire? or 2) His mane and tail can turn into fire.

Fine tune that and it'll be A-ok to me.

Correct me if I'm wrong, Skyflier, but I think it's made of fire but it doesn't burn unless he wants it to. I guess it would be more like a hologram until he wanted it to do otherwise?

Yes, his hair can be mere illusion when he wants it to be. Usually this is when he is around flammable objects (Like leaves) or if he is around others.

Question for Skyflier & CM...

What was some of the discussion that came up when this character was first being reviewed? Was white a "no no color" when the character was first submitted? I would also be interested in reading the "brief history". Thanks Skyflier

I don't mind "grandfathering" older characters back into the game but in order to stay consistant with the rules we have in place now I'd like to know what info there is regarding the character.

When Skyflier submitted Wildfire, I do believe that Thyme had just made the announcement that EoD ponies didn't have to be dark in color, they just had to be "dark" emotionally--I guess she was getting a bit confounded as to why all the ponies were dark in color. It was a tad confusing at the time. This was right about the time that I decided to make Griffon. My first two characters being Solace (who was dark purple & black) and Chameleon (who was dark/olive green and yellow). Griffon was my first light-colored, dark emotional past pony.

Here is the only post I can find on the old forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mylittlepony...ream/message/47

Wildfire didn't really have much of a history that I recall. And I'm sure if there had been a rule about having a dark body color I would have followed...

Wildfire's genetics: He really doesn't know his mother and his father took care of him. His father was a regular ol' pegasus and didn't talk much about Wildfire's mother...Come to think of it nobody did, almost as if his father had done something taboo...Does that mean that his father left his mother? Or his mother had left his father and had not taken Wildfire with her? Sometimes Wildfire thought that maybe his mother was different altogether, maybe a different species? Because his mane and tail are flames, that implies some magic in his mother, since his father doesn't even have magic to speak of. Unless you count flying. So, who was this mysterious female figure? Was she like Wildfire? Was she even a Pony? It was something that he wondered about often. Like the whiteness of his body. He knew it was something rare in this dark world of theirs...He could only think of maybe one other that was as white as he...And that was the Queen of Ponyland! Surely that could not be his mother! She was...Well a Queen, and she was too young. And she probably only had regular Unicorn magic. So back to the beginning of the puzzle that was himself.


Is that more helpful? If I need to change his color, he could start somewhere else...I don't mind following the new rules, maybe he could shed this white coat and be a black pony? Maybe that was what his mother's people do! They are born white and when they get a certain age they shed the white for a dark coat? Just an idea.