<p><strong>Name:</strong> Golden Dawn</p>
<p><strong>Age:</strong> Mid 20s</p>
<p><strong>Race:</strong> Pegasus</p>
<p><strong>Residence:</strong> Hollow Shades, spends a lot of time in Canterlot</p>
<p><strong>Occupation:</strong> Royal Guard</p>
<p><strong>Appearance: </strong>A stallion with a golden yellow coat and wings. His mane and tail a dark brown color, almost black. His eyes are a more bronze yellow, and a serious look on his face.</p>
<p><strong>Cutie Mark: </strong>An image of a golden sun just rising over a field, with dark spectors moving away from the sun's rays. His cutiemark represent his firmness of believe and willingness to stand strong like the sun against fear.</p>
<p><strong>Personality:</strong> Cheerful and idealistic, though he has grown more serious since becoming a member of the royal guard. He keeps to himself most of the time though others may get him to have fun. One to never give up and courage to see himself through any danger, and will always helps those in need.</p>
<p><strong>Backstory:</strong> When young Golden Dawn always loved the chance to go outside and play during the day, to see what he could find. His parents, Stardust and Red Blaze let their son have his little adventures having no worries of him getting hurt in the small town Hollow Shades.</p>
<p>Now Red Blaze happened to be royal guard stationed in Canterlot and as such had to leave his home and family from time to time. Some suggested that he move his family to Canterlot so he had more time to spend with his wife and son yet his his calm manner he always explained that he and his wife had grown up in the town and it wouldn't feel right leaving. That and he didn't want his son to grow up in a city where ponies cared more about how they appeared to others and not how they treated others.</p>
<p>On his father's return from Canterlot Golden Dawn could always expect to hear stories of Celestia, who he came to believe to be the most amazing pony in Equestria. His father speaking of her acts of kindness and love to her people, her jokes she used to calm the nerves of her subjects and the wise words his father Red Blaze had heard. It was because of these stories of his father's experiences in the Canterlot palace that Golden Dawn would grow up wishing to become a royal guard as well... and he did.</p>
<p>The day Golden Dawn gained his cutiemark was when he was playing with his friends near the forest surrounding Hollow Shades. Now this forest wasn't nearly as dangerous as the Everfree but their parents had still warned them not to go to deep into it. Yet one a dare one his friend Merryweather went into the forest to try and find a certain plant said to only be found in the forest. Yet when his friend did not return and the others were beginning to panic Golden Dawn went into forest to look for her. The forest was dark and the young foal started to grown afraid, yet he pressed on knowing Merry needed him. Finally he found her trapped fallen branch. After helping her out from under it they both returned home, their parents waiting. It was only after it was time for dinner that anyone noticed his cutie mark.</p>
<p>On his 16 birthday he went in to the Canterlot Academy, where all ponies went if they wanted to protect the ponies of Equestria and more particularly when they wanted to give their life and service to the royal princess Celestia. It was there that the stallion met a pegasus mare named Raven Feather, among other ponies. She was an interesting mare to say the least, always getting Golden Dawn into trouble with her antics and sneaking up on him when he least expected it. Yet they grew close, though they never considered being more then friends.</p>
<p>The stallion trained hard and graduated from the Academy, his parents meeting him to give their congratulations before both he and Raven Feather went of to the palace. It was there Golden Dawn meet Shining Armour, a stallion he would come to greatly respect as his commanding officer. Also, finally he got to meet the mare that he had heard so many stories of when growing up, and had even gained a foalhood crush on when young though he outgrow this. From that time on he saw for himself what his father had told him was true... yet as time went on he also notice there was times Celestia grew quiet, even sad.</p>
<p>Golden Dawn eventually found out why, and he saw for himself how much Celestia brightened at the return on her sister Luna. The reveal to the royal guard of this sister surprised those there, almost no one in Equestria knowing she had a sister. Raven Feather was quick to volunteer to become a Lunar Guard, which didn't surprised Golden Dawn because she always had a great love for the night. Yet until things got reorganized even he was called on to guard Celestia's younger sister, and through this he observed just how important the sisters were to each other. Celestia wasn't sad anymore and it was actually amusing to watch their interactions with each other. It was then that the stallion knew things were as they should be.</p>
Last update on December 4, 8:47 pm by EquestrianScholar.