Aurorus

My family. I will be commissioning proper portaits of them in as soon as two weeks!My father was the great stallion Aurorus. He led our family kindly and with strength of character. A more loyal servant Princess Celestia never had. He did more to keep the night skies of Equestria safe than any pony, and this is why Princess Celestia appointed him as one of her seniormost Stewards. I follow on in his footsteps under Princess Luna, but I am not my father and that's okay. Few ponies can be his equal. I wish I'd known hom better and I miss him.My mother is the Widow Albeda. She served alongside my father in Princess Celestia's service for a number of years, but children were her dearest wish, and my father never once denied her anything that I'm aware of. He left her well provided for too, so now mom serves in a variety of capacities to see to it that every pony in Equestria is given what they need to live a good life. She has the dignity of a Princess, but she feels only compassion and goodwill towards every pony and makes that her focus. Of course, she misses father intensely and is at the very time a very sad Mare. She is intensely private and sometimes I feel like I don't know her terribly well either. But I do not kid myself, I know very well of her love for me and my sister, her pride. Her consolation that perhaps some part of what she and father shared lives on in my suster and I.My big sister is Penumbra. Like my parents and I, she too served Princess Celestia as a Sky Scout for a good number of years. Almost everyone in our clan does, at some point in their lives. When Princess Luna returned, Penumbra declined to directly renew her oath of fealty, and retired from being a Sky Scout. She has returned to Cloudsdale and is known locally as something of a recluse. My big sister practically raised me and even now the bond we share is unbreakable. Still, I can't understand why she has chosen the path she has. She won't open up. It is a perplexity for me and something of a sticking point. It seems like something myst have gone wrong. I am also not happy about how matters stand between my mother and my sister. They don't talk much. I suspect my mother expected that Penumbra would be the one to give her grand ponies. I have also not done so afterall. Our own challenges and losses not withstanding, my family has had an amazing journey, and there is no place I would ever prefer to call my home.