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Rumo(u)rs Abound: Ponyville Edition
By: Applejack Date: August 18, 2014, 9:02 am
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Our characters are not typically one-dimensional, and not just
living in the moment. Most of us have thought up multiple story
elements to give them life, history, and depth. Whether they be
how they spent their time living in a certain city, building
their reputation up a certain way there, or how they might hold
some kind of weekly/monthly/annual event that everypony in a
town or city might know of, all of these help to make things
more interesting.
So what is this thread for then, you ask?
Basically, it's for forum-wide resources.
It's for listing certain things about a character in an easy,
bite-sized manner, things that perhaps a town or city might know
about them as they've lived there almost their entire lives, or
events that they might have held that would have made a name for
themselves. It's, much like I said a moment ago, for creating
resources for other members to incorporate in RP, either by
giving them ways or locations to meet, or things to discuss in
threads.
For example, for one of my characters, Slash Zephyr, I might
mention in here that some thirty years ago when he settled down
in Ponyville he helped establish a blacksmithing and tailoring
shop with Patches. Or, for my character Honey Dew, I could say
she has played her violin in various shows and events while
growing up in Ponyville. The first example provides a location
that might otherwise be unknown to anyone who didn't even know
he existed, and the second provides opportunity for previous
connections to be made, or even some kind of conversation
starter. This thread could even, as the name of the thread
suggests, be used to post several rumors about what citizens
might be saying about your character--whether they be true,
ambiguous, or farfetched.
In all, I just hoped to create something that would help the
forum grow a little bit with some story elements to flesh it out
some, as well as the characters within it.
Sister thread for Canterlot:
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Thread is admin approved! ;p
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Re: Rumo(u)rs Abound: Ponyville Edition
By: Haywire Date: September 1, 2014, 11:56 pm
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Marked Twine - Marked can be recognized by ponies with a strong
interest in adventure novels as, while not fantastically famous,
he is successful enough to at least have the occasional fan or
pony remember his face or, more commonly, his cutie mark which
he has printed onto the back pages of his books.
Other than his minor claim to some recognition, Marked is not
popular among the locals of Ponyville as he usually stays in his
home which is situated a little further out on the edge of town.
While much more rare, some avid readers may also recognize him
from the few books he's occasionally written that delve into
other genres.
Darrus - Darrus has only been in Ponyville for only a short
while, but due to his mouth and confidence he's most likely
already gained a small reputation around taverns and other
popular hang out spots around town. Boastful, competitive and
willing to exaggerate a few minor details, Darrus or one of his
stories may be recognizable by ponies who frequent bars and the
like and Darrus himself can be found there often when he has
time to kill.
Marigold - The name is known, but they don't have much business
in Ponyville beyond small deals and talks with shop owners on
occasion as well as sometimes helping to fund and or organize
larger events that may be taking place there.
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Re: Rumo(u)rs Abound: Ponyville Edition
By: PLOTYNSTYNE Date: September 16, 2014, 3:39 pm
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- Schwambart! -
A. Capella Schwambart is a relative newcomer to Ponyville and
hasn't really made much of a name for himself. He has a few
small-time art projects under his belt and his name is most
often seen (though not very) as an advertisement of him looking
for another to rake in a bit of cash.
On a personal level, he's seen around town a bit, mostly when
running errands or some other thing. He isn't much for social
functions, usually only showing up if invited by somepony when
he can't think of an excuse not to be there. When he does go or
when he's engaged in conversation, he usually lets somepony else
lead the conversation and generally attempts to shift attention
away from himself. He always has some kind of joke on the tip
of his tongue.
Nopony knows what his moniker A. stands for. There has been
some speculation, but it never seems to come up.
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Re: Rumo(u)rs Abound: Ponyville Edition
By: Honey Dew Date: September 18, 2014, 8:40 am
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Honey Dew:
Ponies who've spent most of their life have probably seen Honey
with her mother somewhere around the blacksmithing and tailor
shop-house where she lived, often doing training exercises with
the mare so she could become a Samareai. Coincidentally enough,
nopony ever seems to know who or what the Samareai are, though
this is mostly thanks to the clan being extremely reclusive in
the past, even as far as there being negligible records of the
clan in the Royal Archives.
When she wasn't training however, she was practicing with her
violin--nearly every event held in Ponyville that had musical
opportunities, Honey played her violin at, hoping to spread word
about her talent.
Nightingale:
Having picken up quite a few cues from the comic books she so
enjoys, Nightingale has taken on the taxing "job" of tackling
"crime" around Ponyville at night. Mostly, this consists of her
disguising her colors and facial features with illusions, and
running around Ponyville shooting illusory magic missiles at
anyone she thinks is up to no good. Once spotted, she runs away
as quickly as she can, often to dart into alleyways and create
more illusions to keep her hidden until she can prowl again.
During the day, often when she could see Twilight in plain
sight, Nightingale makes mocking and childish faces at the
newly-appointed princess, not bothering at all to hide her
distaste for the alicorn.
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