Katya Ironstead

Misc. RP Information

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Status: 12.06.2018 - Cringing at the amount of empty invites. Oh Ponysquare, how I missed you :^) Exam session, unlikely to take on anything before July.

1. Twisted Gears [Fallout RP, Vault 83 exploration] (paused until July)

2. Twisted Gears, Rozaline Sassyfangs, Chaser, Ariel Radiance [Group RP, Darkest Dungeon]

3. (maybe)

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A FEW GUIDELINES :

- I'm completely against hoarding meaningless contacts and prefer to add only th... View More

Roleplay Medium (Preferred RP Location)

Wall Posts, Private Messages, Forums

Common locations your character will be

Border outpost, taverns, patrolling the city, anywhere :B

Title(s) / Rank

Junior Lieutenant

Skin / Coat Color

Between tan and sand yellow

Eye Color

Crimson Red

Cutiemark (If Applicable)

Red star surrounded by an olive laurel wreath

Design Description

In size, she's noticeably bigger than the average mare, easily matching an able-bodied stallion. Her fur is thick and fairly soft to the touch, noticeably puffier on the chest due to living in and being adapted to a colder climate. The body makeup is muscular and she possesses a strong, solid build. Not fat, but certainly on the wider side.

As a tomboy, she does not care about her look as much as the usual mare would. All she bothers with is keeping her mane straight (it's a bit curly by nature, ... View MoreIn size, she's noticeably bigger than the average mare, easily matching an able-bodied stallion. Her fur is thick and fairly soft to the touch, noticeably puffier on the chest due to living in and being adapted to a colder climate. The body makeup is muscular and she possesses a strong, solid build. Not fat, but certainly on the wider side.

As a tomboy, she does not care about her look as much as the usual mare would. All she bothers with is keeping her mane straight (it's a bit curly by nature, which she finds annoying) to look decent enough and avoid critique from others. Katya also wears a sturdy gabardine trenchcoat based on a guard's uniform, which she had sewn specifically for her use. It helps conceal and keep her wings at bay, although provides her with plenty of discomfort, as she's unable to move them at all as a drawback, which often manifests itself through her grumpy mood.

Her horn is sharp-tipped and somewhat longer than that of a unicorn, but it's hardly noticeable unless you want to poke your eye out comparing.

(While in the images the wings are quite obviously visible, please note that they are supposed to be hidden in roleplays. I won't just tolerate randomly poking her sides or saying you see them as this partially defeats one of the character's selling points. If you really want your character to find out about them, be creative and I might allow that to happen.)

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- Katya's a young adult alicorn, whose origins are not precisely stated, living in the isolated city of Stalliongrad, located in the colder parts of Equestria, up north, inspired by eastern european culture.

- She lives with her guardian and works as part of the city's security forces.

- She assumes the role of a unicorn, wearing a trenchcoat to cover the wings up,

which caused her to not be proficient in flight.

- Her talent revolves around her stern will and resilience when it comes to many sorts of confrontations, though her purpose goes more along the lines of being part of something.

- She rarely knows when to give up and will relentlessly pursue any goal she deems worthy of doing so.

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Detailed Personality

Spending her foalhood mostly in seclusion has paid its toll on Katya's behaviour. At the point, where she could be classified as a young adult, the alicorn was nothing like the pony she currently is. Lacking confidence in herself as well as being denied a lot of social interaction, she grew up to be a reserved and secretive pony.

Ashamed of her little secret, she hides her wings both from others as much as she's hiding them from herself, trying hard to deny their existence. While with practice sh... View MoreSpending her foalhood mostly in seclusion has paid its toll on Katya's behaviour. At the point, where she could be classified as a young adult, the alicorn was nothing like the pony she currently is. Lacking confidence in herself as well as being denied a lot of social interaction, she grew up to be a reserved and secretive pony.

Ashamed of her little secret, she hides her wings both from others as much as she's hiding them from herself, trying hard to deny their existence. While with practice she became proficient at the first, denying something that's attached to your body and reminds you of itself every time you move came with a lot more difficulty.

Being forcefully involved in enlisting, she had no choice but to put up a mask and pretend everything's alright, which came to her with a lot of difficulty at first. Still, ever since that one fateful encounter and acquisition of her cutie mark, she realized that there may be more to her sudden outburst of confidence and the thought kept comforting her enough to keep the mare going.

As years passed, it was slowly becoming obvious to her that the act was dropped. She enjoyed being strong-willed, to the point where it just stuck to her. Confident, frequently ruthless, sometimes even proud of her abilities. Though still a bit antisocial. Only if struck in the right point or put in the right situation, would she reveal her old, frail personality.

Likes routine and things familiar to her. While not slow to embrace changes, Katya feels more out of control, the more unfamiliar situation she's dealing with and lack thereof makes her feel threatened.

She prefers a few close friends over a lot of pals and often avoids new relationships, unless she really likes someone right off the bat. All for the purpose of avoiding getting attached, especially to stallions, as she's not interested in seeking or pursuing a romantic relationship in hopes of staying independent and not taking unnecessary risks. At the same time, she'd love to have someone around whom she wouldn't have to keep her wings and emotions a secret. Suffice to say, her caution and difficulty in getting to know others often leads to her being lonely. Only ones that get to know her very well would be able to notice her true feelings based on behavior, though. Katya often suppresses negative emotions of the gloomy sort and is at best seen as grumpy by others.

Her current life goals are :

- to be fully accepted in her society,

- if that is not possible, not let anypony find out life gave her a free KFC wing bucket,

- to find out more about her real parents,

- to enjoy her life to its fullest. She loves being happy, but rarely is.

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Occupation

Border Guard

Hometown

Stalliongrad

Education

Home-schooled by a retired teacher, studies things she's interested in or on a need-to-know basis during her free time.

Detailed History

Guardsmare and recently drafted intern of Stalliongrad's Ministry of Internal Affairs. When off duty, freelancer. Usually takes part-time jobs, does not stray from honest work. Outside usual guard duty involving patrols, inspections and ensuring border security, she is issued various tasks by the ministry's authorities, involving escort of diplomats to other parts of Equestria, reconnaissance or assisting with counter-intelligence as part of her training course.

Being an alicorn, considered by ma... View MoreGuardsmare and recently drafted intern of Stalliongrad's Ministry of Internal Affairs. When off duty, freelancer. Usually takes part-time jobs, does not stray from honest work. Outside usual guard duty involving patrols, inspections and ensuring border security, she is issued various tasks by the ministry's authorities, involving escort of diplomats to other parts of Equestria, reconnaissance or assisting with counter-intelligence as part of her training course.

Being an alicorn, considered by many as a symbol of royalty, is no easy life in Stalliongrad, where equality and independence is valued high above all else. Katya, in shame and denial, does her best to conceal the two inconvenient body parts in hopes of nopony finding out the truth.

Home-schooled, she had quite a lonely childhood with just a cat to keep her company, bought by her guardian as a way of showing guilt that he couldn't do much more. As much as he cared about her, she had a strict upbringing and did not obey him without at least objecting until she was old enough to understand.

Was forced to join the city's military at one point, threatened by a commissar who found out about her little secret, for the price of his silence. Her guardian was under investigation, suspected of housing outsiders, and said commissar used a search warrant to investigate the home, ultimately finding out the truth.

Due to her caretaker facing the prospect of a life-changing or even life-threatening sentence, Katya blocked the exit and, although extremely frightened, gave it her best try to talk him down and save the situation. Against implausible odds, she strictly followed and enforced the ideals of equality on him and refused to stand down until she has her way. He finally conceded, as he noticed that during the heated conversation Katya's earned her cutie mark, further proving her loyalty to them, with something much more meaningful than words.

An agreement was reached, on one condition.

Katya enlisted, with him being her direct supervisor. While at first the relationship between the two wasn't the best, over a few years it gradually improved enough for the commissar to begin trusting her. Impressed with her performance and devotion, he helped her get suitable clothing to aid in concealment of her wings as well as to express his gratitude. Shortly after, she was relieved off her duties and told to do as she wishes as his sign of complete trust. A mutual friendship between the two lasts up to this day.

The training she received proved very useful, briefly improving her spell casting, since she could not practice alone whatsoever, as well as physical strength, which she now loves showing off. As she progressively gained more and more confidence by working together with other ponies and helping protect the city that meant everything to her, she became more willing to leave its borders and explore all that Equestria has to offer, while running any errands the city's authorities might request.

https://toyhou.se/628362.katya-ironstead for some more info and images

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Assets / Bits / Property

On top of being issued a somewhat underwhelming monthly income of bits, she tries to look for opportunities to save up whenever in need of funds or desires to purchase something with a higher than usual price tag. If not, she usually has enough to afford some commodities (a set amount of food rations is provided free of charge for working citizens) and save a small sum once in a while, with some calculation and smart spending involved.

Lives with her guardian, who always has a free room available... View More

Skills / Notable Talent(s)

To be added.

Spells

Katya's magic, due to the fact she's an alicorn, is quite impressive when compared to a standard unicorn, but only in terms of raw power. She never received any advanced training and has only learned the basics of spell casting, which seriously hinders her abilities and limits the spells she knows. The only thing she considers herself decent at are barrier spells and relies on muscle to do the rest of the job.

She has grown used to relying on physical strength rather than magic in terms of both d... View More