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Name :: Steel Prism

Alignment :: Rebels

Profession :: Captain of the Equestrian Military

Age :: 40

Gender :: Male

Species :: Unicorn

Personalilty :: The years have made him cold and to the point. He is not one for words but when it comes to combat and planning he will have a lot to say and will be very blunt about it, there is no point sugar coating it. He is calm and can remain that way even under presser. He is also battle harden. One thing he will not stand for is seeing innocent people come to harm and will put himself in harms way to protect them. He keeps his past to himself giving very few details if he is pushed on the matter of his Military days. He has spent a long time coming to teams with the things he has seen and the ponies that have been lost or sent to their deaths by his order, but he is more willing to put himself in harm’s way then others as he feels he feels to many young lives have been lost. Has a strong hatred for the griffons but will not blindly sell out his life to just kill one he will never put his trust in one as well.

History :: Steel Prism a member of the Guard that was station at Canterlot when the war started this was the first time he had seen real battle, but the same was for many of the other Guard. The events of those few hours it took the griffons to take the city went so fast it all seemed a blur to him at the time and he is still not sure how he lived through that day. With Morale low and the griffons pushing there was no time for rest because he was not a Pegasus he couldn't help in Cloudsdale so was sent to Stalliongrad. Here was where his skills as a fighter were tested and where he showed to have a good mind. He was given a squad to command. He learned to use teleport to great effect over the course of the fighting. He did take minor wounds over the battle but theses would be the start of the scars that would cover his body Because of how well he did in the battle for Stalliongrad when they heard reports that the griffons where to make a move on Trottingham he was re-station there along with a large number of troops. He was again given command of a small unit once again. With this unit he make a number of attack ageist the ballista and arbalest that the griffons where using to bombard the city, with the shield protecting them they felt that they could hold out till the griffon forces were defeated. On the third week the shield mysteriously failed it was like the attack Canterlot all over again but this time with ballista and arbalest. The fight was lost at this point and the griffons where taking no one alive and killing Mare’s and filly's when they tried to escape. It was a slaughter and even sending a message of surrender did not stop the bombardment. Steel Prism and what was left of his unit got together the very few Civilians that they could get. They where some of the very few people that made it out alive but at a cost, Steel Prism lost the use of his right eye that day as well as taking a number of severe wounds and his hatred of the griffons become engraved on his soul. This put Steel Prism out of the war for many months with his body healing he looked to better his magic this was when he learnt that he could use his magic to shield his mind from the pain of battle for a short time this was a spell that would help him push himself that extra bit to get out of harm’s way or together others to safely. The war turned into a stalemate at this point and it gave him the time to he needed to recover. He was honoured for his bravery in the battle at Trottingham in getting Civilians to safety at also the cost of his own life. Once he had recovered from his wounds he very quickly rejoin the fight with a new found drive to make the griffons pay for what they had done. He soon found himself at the rank of Captain leading larger number of troops but this would be a testing time of him as leading a larger number of troops meant he would see more of them killed or having to give them orders that would result in their deaths. He found himself at the battle of Manehatten even though they where well dug in and the griffons used many tactics a few he managed to counter over the course of the month and a half, but it was going to come down to numbers and on the seventh week the griffons where willing to send their men to their deaths if it meant they would with this battle they held out for two days and Steel Prism fighting hard even when he had taken a number of wounds. When it was decided that this battle was lost he was tasked with sending 100 ponies to their deaths so the others could escape, he would have stayed as well if the General had let him but his skills where seen has to valuable to lose. After this event he was pulled from commanding a large number of troops and it felt that the events of Manehatten had affected him deeply and he was moved to guerrilla warfare as his time in Stalliongrad and Trottingham showed he was good at this and he was given his own unit working close with a number of other units and the buffalo’s that operated in the area of the Mild West and Buffalo lands, making sure to stall the griffons forces long enough to ensure that every Buffalo and pony were able to get out. He made some very close friends with in the other guerrilla units and Buffalos. After working like this for over a year he was even given the chance to become one of the generals be he refused not wanting the role to send large number of ponies to their deaths. When it comes to the 2nd battle of Stalliongrad he was there, he could be counted as one of the many hero's that this war had made but he would refused to be counted as one of them. In this battle he once again worked with his guerrilla warfare unit that he had been part of over the years. The fighting was long and hard and they knew that they were fighting for everything their lives for Equestria. The fight was going well for the Ponies he stopped for a short break when things looked to be coming to an end but he soon worked out that the griffons were doing they was use the feint retreat tactic something he had used many times before to setup ambushes then the worse feeling fell over him when he knew there was nothing he could do to stop them falling into that trap, he wasn't part of the command or anywhere near them to inform them of this, all he could do was watch as the last hope for Equestria fall. After that fight and what was left of the ponies forces had fallen back and regrouped, he was part of the group that planned their next strategy along with what was left of the forces generals. Once everything had been worked out and the plan laid out he chose to lead the forces to Canterlot knowing he would die in the attack. Those that had gotten to know Steel Prism over the years tried to talk him out of this knowing he would be going to his death, but there was no talking him out of it his mind was made up. The march to Canterlot was long and his body hurt from the years of battle and wounds that covered it but he had one more job to do before he could be at rest. He led the attack from the front, not many made it into the city but he was one of the few that did. Even with the years of fighting and the experiences he had he knew there was no hope of winning but that didn't matter to him he was going to take down as many griffons as he could before he could rest. He didn't remember when he blacked out or why he did all he knew was that he woke up 2 weeks later in a small village out of way and Zebra by the name of Emerald Dancer had found him on deaths door. She got him back to full heath as much to his dismay and her having no answers to why or how he got there just made him angrier. Over the next 4 years he would stay with the village helping them out with framing even though they was out of the way griffons would still come to get there taxes and watch them. He had a long of anger over the fact he was still alive and it would take 4 years for Emerald Dancer to help him see that him being alive was a gift that he shouldn't waste. They become very close but Steel Prism still had a strong and a renewed scene of honour that meant he couldn't stay here when he knew that there were ponies fighting for their freedom and he felt it was time that he become the stallion he once was.