Last Hope
Crystal Pony Male
Battlemage [Paladin/Mage]
Talent: The Flag of the Crystal Empire: +1 Shield Attacks, Shield counts as Greatweapon, Conjure
Weapon/Armor temporarily change existing equipment instead of summoning new.
Lawful Neutral

Skills:
Crystal Emotions/Hard as Diamond
Conjure Weapon
Conjure Armor
Improved Spellcasting
Blast [Evil]
Spellbreaker
Spellbiter

Inventory:
Red Plate Helmet
Black Sunglasses
Yellow Scarf
Red Platemail
A brown cloak
A large oval shield, with the word HOPE written on it in large letters, and scrawled beneath it

"RIDES ALONE", obviously a later addition. Has 8 "slots" in it, along the outer edges of the

shield. [Shield/Greatweapon/Catalyst]

Perks:
Soul Weapon: HOPE shield.
Do you even Lift?
Eidetic Memory
Egghead

Flaws:
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder [Stuffed Toys]
Phobia: Total Darkness [Response: Panicing, Attacking at Random, etc]

6 Hits, 6 Wounds [6/6]

Traits:
Magi Brilliant Intellect was among the wisest, but most cowardly of the Crystal Mages of the Old

Empire.
When Sombra rose to power, he toiled for him, creating more and more powerful instruments of war

and torture, and as he saw his people suffer, his conscience bore the burden in shame. It was

not long before the dark works he unleashed reached his own household. When his brother,

Standing Gem rose his voice against Sombra, he too was silenced. Brilliant took in his brother's

due wife. It was not long until the child was born, though burdened and saddened by the lack of

the Heart, she died in the process. Brilliant took the boy, and, in a flash of insight, named

him Last Hope. And dreamed up a scheme to end Sombra.

So Brilliant began teaching the boy every night, while the eyes of  Sombra's soldiers and guards

were not upon him. For seventeen years he taught the boy, training him in the ways of fighting

evil, of undoing the most powerful of magic, of defending others. Brilliant crafted for him, in

secret, a master shield, an artifact that was the masterpiece of all his years as a Crystal

Magi. Bound with powers of light, shining gloriously, imbedded with immense power, painstakingly

crafted by Brilliant, he wrote "HOPE" on its front.

Last Hope began his mission. To end Sombra and his army of evil ponies. Ready. Willing. Prepared

to fight. His training complete, he took his shield and rushed into the city streets, enraged

and furious, burning with righteous anger against the tyrant Sombra. The crystal ponies soon

rallied into a great angry mob, marching to the Crystal Tower, calling for the ousting of their

dark tyrant. Lost Hope blasted and dispelled every shadowbeast or corrupt magi that stood in his

way, protecting the crowd even as they marched ever closer to the tower, till Sombra emerged

from the building.

The ensuing battle lasted exactly three minutes, and was entirely one-sided. The shadow-mage

entirely overwhelmed the idealistic young hero, throwing him around like a ragdoll through the

city streets, forcing him to go entirely on the defensive. For every piece of magic he

dispelled, five more made it through, for every attack he blocked, he was struck three times.

As he was struck to the ground, the crowd gathered, their champion smashed on the pavement

before them. He turned to them, waiting for someone to intervene, to say something. Nopony did.

The crowd watched in fear as Sombra readied the spell that wound end him, striking him with a

blast of shadow. He saw the crowd flee, someponies trampling others in their drive to escape.

One image stood out in all this. A child, a young filly, dropping her doll, as Sombra's minions

chased them through the streets.

Energy shattered out in every direction as the blast hit, though clearly warped by the

interactions of the shield's magic. He awoke in the icy waste, a mile outside the city, a

thousand years later. Angry and bitter at his useless countrymen, he carved the words "RIDES

ALONE" into his shield, purchased a cloak, and began wandering the new world.