Mlp Lore - Blog Posts
Ok so you know how in MLP Twilight gets all worried in lesson zero and worries that she’ll be sent back to “magic kindergarten”.
Well I don’t think she’s actually talking about kindergarten.
We see what a 5 year old looks like with Swetiebell here and that’s very different from Twilight’s class mates who look to be the CMC’s age. We also know that Twilight and her friends were all about the CMC’s ages when they got their cutiemarks. Thus I think that the term magic kindergarten is actually just slang to refer to the first year magic class and not actually a kindergarten.
I think this also makes since based on how magic develops, we know that Swetiebell’s age group is just developing their magic so I think that’s probably the age Clestia’s school starts accepting at since you could know if some pony was actually talented.
Queen Theodora Helia
character profile
Species: Alicorn
Status: Deceased
Cause of death: Changeling hoard assassination by sister
Cutie mark: a golden crown and set of victors laurels
Talent: Leadership in alicornhood, monster extermination
Known for: Bringing her Kingdom into an era of prosperity and growth, a period of peace.
She is a ruthless leader and war commander, this allowed for the growth of her country and the shrinking of monster populations in the area, wild and civilized kinds.
Born an alicorn, she was the first born daughter to her parents, her Sister ( currently unnamed) was born a Unicorn. both sisters studied under their parents, but Helia was taught the secrets of alicorn magic, as custom for the family line.
Helia was pronounced Queen of her kingdom once both parents had perished in battle to protect the kingdom from monsters. In this time after, she managed to take hold of the kingdom and raise it to its lofty standing it enjoys in the current day. She pushed back many species of creature that encroached on her land and people, creating safety within her land.
Some time after peace was mostly established within her kingdom, with an unknown father, or sired through magic, Queen Helia birthed her first and only daughter, Princess Alexandria. Once she found out she was with child, she took to writing and hiding secret texts on alicorn magic, so that should anything happen to her, her daughter might continue to follow her destiny as an alicorn leader and fighter.
At this point Queen Helia had developed an extremely trusting relationship with her closest and highest Mage, starseers father. Starbeam ( placeholder name )
Starbeam specialized in studying alicorn magic, but was extremely skilled in other areas, easily the best in the kingdom. Helia appointed him to be her magical consultant, they trained together and wrote many detailed manuscripts and books filled with magic notes and experiments. Starbeam was again appointed to tutor a young Alexandria in magic from an extremely young age, from the time she could speak she was learning magic in secret at her mother’s command.
After some time of tutoring Alex with starbeam, Queen Helia was pronounced dead after being attacked by a hoard of changelings that took her by surprise.
Notable achievements:
- created official royal magic schooling, and transferred talented young ponies into the care of tutors in the capitol.
- bringing about the most stability in her kingdom thus far, politically and safety wise, pushing out some monster species in the vicinity for good
- created magic texts detailing advanced general magic and the secret knowledge of Alicorn magic secrets
- Hired mages from each pony race ( earth, Pegasus and unicorn) to work together to enchant objects, write texts, and work together making discoveries and advancing magic knowledge.
- mothering and tutoring Queen Alexandria
Crystal Wish! Earth pony mage oc
Occupying the high seat of the circle of earth pony mages under the rule of Princess Alexandria.
Alexandria has commanded that each high seat of the three mage circles of the castle, find, raise and present her with their chosen protégée for a project of most importance.
She doesn’t mind so much being made to find and rear students, perhaps once they learn enough they can help her with her work. It’s a down payment for future help. While it is a distraction from her current projects and studies, she knows it will eventually make up for it in terms of offloading some of her many many tasks.
The other mages in her circle are not unskilled or unwilling to help, but they each specialize in different areas. She is technically in charge of managing them, and they very often study and work together on projects for the princess and empire, but they are not really her students. She is a representative, manager, and senior among them.
The circles of mages are not necessarily schools and have been previously not required to teach, typically they have simply passed on talents and knowledge to their own children. But with the growing threats and advancements, more mages are becoming necessary under the transfer of power to the new princess within the last few years.