#alicorn lore

[skyscrapergods]

do ponies ever give gifts or make sacrifices to the alicorns?

or did they use to do that and they just were like “stop it it doesn’t do anything”

Gods are powered by belief in them, and their powers are linked to what exactly those beliefs are.

The Sun was long regarded as sublime and benevolent. And she was, as long as she remembered to care about ponies. But as she towered above them, she often forgot to think about mortals while she thought about the planet as a whole, ecosystems and the heavens. Fearing they would be forgotten, the population turned to more and more desperate rituals to command her attention and favor.

Celebrations to her name did more than summon her; they gave her power. Summer sun parties, gift giving, and community feasts caused the nourishing warmth of sunlight. Hospitals erected in her name lent healing touch to the mind in the morning rays. The grander the festival, the more attention The Sun paid. You would surely be blessed with long days and beautiful sunsets as thanks for the artisans crafting stained glass windows for her churches.

Not every pony was happy with happiness. They wanted more. With greater gifts and more breathtaking rituals, surely they could turn her favor toward them and command her aid in matters of war.

The sacrifices began.

They got what they wanted, in the end. The Sun turned her attention on their alters stained with blood and pools running red.

She was not pleased with this new form of worship. She was not pleased with the powers it weaved into her feathers, with the new nature of her lifegiving light.

She smote them all.

In the reeling black of burning villages, she wondered what she had done. She could not wash their stain from her essence. Her act of wrath had cemented their violence into her very being.

Now the sunlight shriveled, it seared, it dried and droughted. To the creatures she loved so much, it caused burns and other illnesses of the flank. She had become one with fire.

The harshness of her love never faded. Society had to adapt. Agriculture now required levies and aqueducts to irrigate the fields and keep the plants from burning. Shade needed to be brought to outdoor events. Flighted ponies created blankets in the sky to give relief from the punishing radiation.

Today, all of this seems normal. Of course the sun burns, that's how it's always been. It seems like such an inevitable part of life that it's hard to remember we caused it.

But we must remember. We must remember to never go there again. We must keep our worship kind, and remember that pain is not holy. Suffering is not divine. Death begets death and fear begets fear. Do not hurt each other for the sake of your god, and do not hurt yourselves.

She doesn't like it.

[shirecorn]

Hello! I’m obsessed with your mlp redesigns and everything about them and I had a thought about Twilight. By the end of the show we see that she grew to be like Celestia in height. In your story would Twilight ever grow to be like her? Or would she forever stay smaller than the rest?

I'm not sure about Twilight's body size. It will become very massive for sure, much bigger than ponyville.

But her mane and tail will encompass the planet in streams and rivers of twilight magic, connecting the kingdom of equestria and beyond.

Please send questions aboutmy My Little Pony AU to my AU sideblog, @skyscrapergods

[mlp-wisteria]

Queen Twilight Sparkle of equestria, element of magic, immortal of unity

Pronoun check! Twilight - She/it

So this was my first draft of Queen Twilight. The idea was to make her look balanced, as the in between of night and day. Well the design is very pretty it's also over complicated and not animation friendly (which I try to keep my designs as), and that's just with the base + crown.

Here's take two, and what'll probably be its final design (give or take A few minor adjustments). She's ment to resemble the spirit of harmony itself, and has lost all her original color, with her becoming A dark purple with light markings. The pink highlights being replaced with the rainbow of its friends coats.

She tries to look mortal, as approachable as possible. And thus keeps her mane in a bun and her regalia to a minimum. The feather on its necklace is from its wife, Rainbow Dash, who at this point has been gone for hundreds of years. The ring on her horn is from her current wife and co-ruler, Sunset Shimmer.

This is Twi by the point of G5, it looked much different at the end of G4.

[corvid-blues]

I CAN’T BELIEVE I FORGOT TO POST THE PONIES

Close ups -

[cuttlekiss-mlp]

thought i might attempt to start off strong with my mlp infection au

this is still a pretty big WIP, especially with all of the characters. i've been very thorough with how i want things to go, so i've been taking my time with it.

stuck with a sketchier style bc it fit the vibe of what i wanted so well

MY LITTLE CATASTROPHE : SPIKE AND TWI

!!!TW: DESCRIPTIONS OF GORE!!! "Dear Princess Celestia, I have made a grave mistake, and my judgement is no longer sound. I have ruined everything. I am in search of a cure for what I have created. It cannot be destroyed. Normal magic cannot undo what I have done. He is gone, but maybe I can save the others. I am sorry that this letter has not been sent to you in a timely fashion. He is gone. I had to send this letter via pony mail. Please forgive me for all I have done. Friendship is not strong enough to save us. My friends have abandoned me. They know what I have done. Your faithful student, your failure, Twilight Sparkle."

Between all of the commotion of Sombra's defeat and Twilight's ascension as an alicorn, no one was quick to notice a very important missing person. As soon as Twilight realized her favorite baby dragon was not there to greet her and celebrate, she felt sick to her stomach. Where was he? Spike was found by Cadence. He was delivered to Twilight wrapped in her large pink wings, wounded beyond what could be saved. He was already dead when he was found. Her baby dragon was gone.

No amount of friendship or comfort could console the new princess. She laid with her body curled around Spike, and her cries filled the courtyard for hours. It took two days for her to move from that spot and head home towards Ponyville, where Spike would be buried in front of her home. But she could not bare the thought. Spike could not be gone, not forever.

When she returned home, she holed up in her tree house. The doors locked, the curtains covered the windows, and there was nothing but silence. Twilight worked tirelessly for hours, using magic to preserve her baby dragon's body long enough to find a spell that would erase what happened. Spike would not be dead for much longer. The power of friendship and love would bring him back to life. It had to.

She explained to her friends that if they used the Elements of Harmony, theoretically, he could be revived. They had their reservations. No one thought it was a good idea...but Rainbow Dash talked them into trying. Twilight was hurting, she needed her friends to be there for her. However, their attempts were in vein. Spike was not revived.

Despite their failed attempts, Twilight remained stubborn and persistent. She could not let this happen. Spike could not be gone. Everyone was starting to worry about her, but no amount of convincing could change her mind. They refused to continue trying. They did not believe in her and that made her very angry.

Returning into hiding, Twilight's determination became concrete. She did not sleep, she barely ate. Dash visited frequently, while the others had resolved that Twilight needed time and space. She was the only reason the princess ate anything at all. Twilight soon caught reference to a spell in one of her books. This spell was in a particular book in Canterlot's library...and that is where she would go. She packed up and she made her way swiftly to Canterlot. Unfortunately, the book was locked away, for it's magic was forbidden and dangerous. But this did not matter to her. Twilight broke into the library, stole the book, and rushed off to Ponyville. She would not allow anything to stand in her way. Spike could not be gone.

The spell required an intense amount of magic. Twilight would need help to cast the spell, to bring Spike back. But, none of the other elements would help her. They insisted she lay Spike to rest. She refused. How could they ever say such a thing? How could they give up on Spike? How could they not believe in her?

Twilight took it upon herself to cast the spell. She took the Elements of Harmony and she wielded them herself. Bright beams of pink light flooded out of her curtains...

!!!TW BEGINS!!!

"Twilight. . ." A soft, exhausted voice called from the explosion that was her living room. Twilight could barely hear it's faintness, but his voice was unmistakable. She blindly stumbled towards the voice, to find Spike. When she found him, she was first overjoyed. Spike was getting up! Spike was alive!! Bright pink and sparkling ooze spilled from his chest as he rose from his bed. "Twilight?" His voice was louder and sounded panicked? "What is happening-" his voice cut off with a sickening gurgle. Pink bursted from his mouth, and he coughed and wheezed, trying desperately to regain his breath. His eyes were bleeding, or were they rotting? Twilight couldn't tell. She rushed to his side and she held him. Spike choked and convulsed, pink ooze spilling all over his bed and onto the floor and onto her. And then...he stopped. Unsure of what happened, of what to do, Twilight stared in disbelief, in heartbreak. Had she revived him only to suffer yet another painful death? Tears welled in her eyes and she cried out with unbearable pain.

Between her cries and uncontrollable sobbing, she didn't hear Dash break through one of her windows. She held Spike and cried and cried. The house was a mess and Twilight was a mess and covered in pink ooze and Spike was a mess and pink ooze was still coming out of him. Despite her best efforts, Twilight would not let go of Spike. She snapped at Dash to leave her alone, and that is what Dash did. She didn't want to, but what was there to do?

Twilight fell asleep in the midst of her crying, holding her baby dragon close and covering him with her wings.

She woke to a gurgling growl and a terrifying creature standing above her, with pink, sparkling drool dripping from it's mouth. It's eyes were dark and lifeless but little pink glowing orbs betrayed it's gaze. It stared and growled and breathed raspy, shallow breaths. Twilight pushed it away in fear, scrambling up from Spike's bed. That is when she realized what the creature was. It was Spike...but it wasn't truly. He twitched and groaned and dripped pink ooze.

Before she knew it, a knock came at her door. Spike's head snapped towards the sound.

The door opened.

Spike lunged.

Screams and Spike's growls erupted.

What had she done?

[mlpgr0undzer0]

Character File #1

[artistschronicles]

Introducing the main protagonist of my AU, The Alicorn Chronicles, Prince Clockstrike!

He's the Keeper of Time in Equestria, and makes sure the timelines of the future weaving into the present don't become a tangled mess! When ponies need to remember the most important moments, past, present or future, he helps them. Clockstrike is humble, wise, generous, brave, humorous and a natural leader; his temperament well counters the abrasiveness of some of the other alicorns. He isn't afraid to resort to unconventional solutions to keep his subjects and friends safe.

The name Clockstrike was thought up by a good friend and is the name of one of the deities in another series I'm directing, Bleeding Stars. The Alicorn Chronicles takes a good amount of elements from that series as well, for those curious.

More lore and artwork to come!!! :3

[lockheed-martin-unofficial]

Back on my submarine grindset, ft. Tanager!

[kuudiwad]

Doodling my mlp au c:

These arent final decisions but i love how its coming along! Im gonna work on my hybrid main six again but i wanted to have a base design for the species before i get funky! Ehehe🤭

Also i used my dogs as reference for the diamond dogs and they are going to have a crunchy gem lunch together 🥺💖

[ry-studios]

Full reference sheet for Princess Starseer! Some angles didn’t get the glitter effect as I wanted to keep those angles more clear in order to serve its purpose better I got lazy

[synonymroll648]

ok so hypothetically with the way sophie’s teleporting works would she just like. be banned from races of any kind because she’d inevitably think super hard on where she wants to go and already be traveling fast and just teleport there?

like she’s doing a silly lil bike race (she canonically rode a bike as a kid and he probably figured out how to ride one in the forbidden cities) w/ keefe one moment and the next she’s in the void and she’s like :| and does the Teleport of Shame to the finish line to hail him to apologize and wait for him. fitz invites her to go running with him at evergreen but makes it clear it’s not a race because he’s heard what happens when she races people, and they’re doing fine jogging for a while and then she sees biana off-course and gets too excited and accidentally runs into her the ground via teleporting.

if she’s in a cab with dex on a forbidden cities mission, could she accidentally teleport the cab to their destination?? how would the black swan cover that up???

[skyscrapergods]

has being fucking Massive and Immortality changed the alicorns’ perspective on regular ponies? I imagine they’d get more condescending and distant and stuff

You are surrounded by flies. If you pause, and look closely, you realize the flies are iridescent, with deeply colorful eyes, and beautiful wings like stained glass. It cannot see the colorful windows of your world, but you can try to describe them. But know that doing so take up the creature's precious time. Years to them is mere hours to you. In a long conversation about the stars, you and the fly share ideas and perspectives. You come away delighted with a new view on constellations and what they mean to the common folk.

The fly comes away dazzled, haunted, and halfway to the grave. What was to you a wonderful conversation was years of study, communion, and dedication on the part of the small creature. He gave up any other pursuits, he constructed his life around this cause. He lost his friends, family, and home. You lost your lunch break.

You love this creature. You love the small being that you once were. You want to talk to him again. You want to tell him of the stars, of dreams... but to speak with him twice, at least meaningfully, would take from him the rest of his life. Could you demand that from him for the sake of your own curiosity? Years passed for him already. In the time it took you to draw a breath, his childhood ended. Do you summon him again? Or do you let him go to live his life, what's left of it?

It is painful for everyone. It hurts something in your chest, it breaks the heart of a god. It wounds his family to watch him leave them behind for the sake of what? A mere whim? He had ambitions! He had a story! It's all gone now. Rewritten for your musings.

You leave him. He cries for you but he needs not a goddess. He needs to live, to turn from the sky to his fellow bugs.

That's what he is. A fly. A mere insect to you. To hold him down is to pin him through his soft center, and display his corpse as a record of his extinction.

So look away. Forget the color of his eyes, the sound of his voice, and the intelligence that stirred you to pluck him out his world and keep him in yours. There, he would be a wildflower with a cut stem. He would be beautiful, but he is so small, and so quiet. He would be just a decoration on your table; made to dance and sing for your amusement and then tossed out with the rubbish when he breaks.

You miss him. You love him. But he is a crawling worm and you are the rain. There are many others like him, but you must be careful to only speak a few words to each. Or better yet, say nothing at all. Let them fade and mix into a writhing blur without name, stories, or opinions on stars.

You are surrounded by flies.

[mylittleponyauprompts]

I have considered changing how the Elements/Tree of Harmony work for the AU. Wouldn’t it be neat if the Tree was in the Grove? Or if the Tree didn’t exist at all and the Elements were originally a part of the Groves temple Statue. Maybe combine the tree of harmony and the temple Alicorn statue into one entity. Maybe it used to be a living breathing alicorn who got crystallized in place and the Grove was built around her and her magic grew the Ever Free Forest. Maybe she is the Ever Free Forest, and the Grove, and her old body is just this crystallized reminder of who she used to be.

Maybe she was the deity of Harmony, Discords opposite, the other side to his coin. With her basically gone he went insane. Perhaps the sky’s used to move on their own once upon a time, but something happened to the Alicorn of harmony and the deity of chaos went mad causing the cosmos to freeze in place.

And then six brave ponies venture into the dangerous Ever Free, seemingly guided by a ghostly sense. Like the forest itself was leading them towards its center, yet also testing them as well. Eventually finding the Grove, the temple, the crystal Alicorn statue with gemstones in her royal wear, and a book with a spell. Perhaps these six are the ones to draw the original runes displayed inside the spell book.

[mlp-wisteria]

Wisteria!Twilight ref

From left to right: Canterlot Ponyville young alicorn

I am so happy with this Twilight design you have no idea. It's a lunar unicorn/alicorn. Her story is pretty much the same in canon up until she becomes queen so not much to add here. I plan on doing another design for when it's queen but that's gonna take a lot more concept art.

The sun on her scarf is a key that let's her into restricted areas of Canterlot castle

Still figuring out the polycule but I know I want it to be married to RD in the next gen stuff.

(This also doubles as a Februpony post! Day one: mane six)

[goblinbeetle]

drew my friends and my boyfriend as ponies :3c

[cuttlekiss-mlp]

AN UPDATE on this!! i'm revisiting with new art and hopefully some updated designs. linking the previous post because all of the fun reading is on that post and i wasn't sure if i should repost the reading completely! i'm hopefully reviving my motivation for this