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Player Information

Name: Dragon
Contact: dragonoflife
Age: 35 :/
Other Characters: Dust, Lenneth Valkyrie

Character Information

Name: Princess Celestia
Canon: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Canon Point: Post S4E2
Age: 2000+ (headcanon based on available evidence)
History: Wiki magic
Personality:

Celestia, being practically divine in pony terms, is the pinnacle of wisdom and virtue in Equestia. Thousands of years of life and rule have taught her patience, kindness, and empathy. In normal life she is peaceful, serene, and content almost to a fault.

Despite her position, Celestia doesn't stand on ceremony in the slightest if it isn't required. Her formal visits to Ponyville generally carry great pomp and circumstance, with her being borne in a carriage and her royal guards deployed while the town breaks its neck preparing, but that's because the ponies feel they ought to give their princess that due, and Celestia understands their need and desire to. On her own, she isn't above just dropping by Ponyville out of the blue to pick up a friendship report, without any ceremony. She doesn't really care how other ponies behave; she's completely fine with Pinkie Pie showing no real manners while eating in her presence, for example. When she's put on too high a pedestal, she's not above a harmless joke to break the ice -- when her teacup was being refilled after every sip, she only pretended to sip from it to provoke a tea-spilling refill. She has a sense of humor, and isn't afraid to laugh at herself even in private.

All that being said, Celestia does exhibit a desire to put aside the boring parts of ruling. She won't cancel the Grand Galloping Gala no matter how boring she finds it, but she's not above inviting six ponies who really don't belong there in the hopes that they'll shake it up, nor is she above ditching the event to laugh with those ponies at the local donut shop after they've wrecked the Gala.

Used to being in the limelight, Celestia is almost always on display -- calm voice, wings half-spread, and perfectly aware of her effect on others... but this isn't really her true self. In private, or in the casual presence of ponies she has a particular bond with, such as Twilight Sparkle, Celestia drops the careful serenity and calmness and sounds like a perfectly normal pony, practically like a different pony altogether.

When her subjects are threatened with harm, though, Nice!Celestia vanishes, replaced by a stern and forceful ruler who has no patience for those who would cause such chaos. Against a serious threat, Celestia is direct and to the point; she will explain the situation, but she won't beat around the bush doing so. If it's a foe she believes she can fight, she won't hesitate to directly attack; if not, she'll deploy whatever forces she has available to ensure it's stopped. And if the threat comes from someone who meant well, but really ought to know better... well, Celestia will still be very upset. But in that case, she can be talked down; she understands everyone has to make mistakes.

In the end, Celestia isn't afraid to make hard choices to do what's right. After all, she banished her own sister for a thousand years out of necessity, no matter how deep the pain it caused her, for the good of her subjects. And for the good of her subjects, she allows the creature who caused endless suffering to ponykind to be freed in the hopes that he could be redeemed, no matter her personal feelings on doing so.

And on the darker side, she has never forgiven herself for her mistakes, most particularly the heavy blame she places on herself for her little sister's conversion to the malevolent Nightmare Moon. Stemming directly from this, Celestia has all but replaced herself with the Princess; she is barely even capable of considering her own thoughts or feelings in any self-oriented capacity. Her minor indulgences in mischief or whimsy are the closest she gets to having a personality that is not oriented around the Princessly mask.
Abilities: Obviously, Celestia is a pony, with all the attending benefits (such as general physical superiority to a human) and drawbacks (no hands).

As an alicorn, Celestia has the strengths of all three types of ponies:

-Earth pony strength and sensitivity to animals and nature. These are particularly ill-defined in the show, but for Celestia's purpose, she is basically good with animals in general and a capable steward of Equestria.

-Pegasus wings. Celestia can manipulate the weather, most explicitly by moving clouds by direct physical contact, and causing them to discharge their contents by physical manipulation. Clouds are effectively semi-solid to her; she could 'swim' through them, or lie on them to sleep. Pony flight allows for three-dimensional movement without any actual regard for aerodynamics, and unlimited hovering.

-Unicorn magic: Celestia is the most accomplished spellcaster in Equestria, having had hundreds upon hundreds of years to practice. Unicorn magic is extraordinarily diverse, ranging from the most basic telekinesis, to transformation spells (a frog to an orange), blasts of magical energy, conjuration of mustaches, animation of inanimate objects... the list goes on. The show has... very confusing limits on magic -- the aforementioned spell of turning a frog into a living and undistressed half-frog, half-orange hybrid is dramatically easier and less complicated than a spell to change a pony's biological sex -- but in general Celestia is capable of a very wide and powerful array of complex magical effects.

-Celestia body control: On a specific note, Celestia has the magical power and talent necessary to raise and lower the sun (and the moon, if necessary). This is normally a power I list for removal and I have no problems with her being unable to do it here.

As a former wielder of the Elements of Harmony, she can never use them again.

Strengths:
Serenity: Celestia is INCREDIBLY patient and very difficult to ruffle or upset normally.
Wisdom: Experience and general good sense make Celestia very together and very capable of
A Sense of Humor: Celestia is unafraid to laugh at herself, and is willing to break the ice with a little joke -- or indirectly sabotage a boring dance and giggle about it later.
The Good Queen: Celestia is a very good ruler, focused on the happiness and growth of her ponies... but she'll protect them with everything she has.
Competently Immortal: Or at least very long-lived, but Celestia has never developed any ennui or emotional trauma from her age and wealth of experiences.
Weaknesses:
Always On Display: After centuries of rule, Celestia almost always has her Princess face on. She's regarded as a legend instead of a pony by her subjects. She's a very different pony when she's not 'on', but she rarely gets the chance.
Guilt: Celestia had to banish her own sister to the moon and do her job for a thousand years. She blames herself for failing, and likely always will.
Alone: It's better with more alicorns around, but even so, no one has ever lived Celestia's life or even close to it, and no one can really understand it. Not even her sister.
Manipulative: Celestia addresses situations by manipulation rather than direct action when she believes it will serve a greater good.
Burden of Responsibility: Celestia will do what she thinks Equestria and her subjects needs without any regard for herself or her own feelings.

God/Shinki: God
Why?: Celestia is close to divine anyway, and her ages of experience are in many ways defining. She would be a very different pony as a shinki.
Top 3 Choices: Inti, Nanahuatzin, Epona (har har)
God Type: Kind, patient, wise, serene, and protective. Celestia is most interested in teaching her followers to take care of themselves, but will not hesitate to do so by example, or step in where they cannot.
Power: Shapeshifting.

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Anything Else?: As noted I am fine with her having no power to affect the sun or moon.