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Ice Quill, Warden of the North

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Character belongs to :iconsquashedminotaur:

Yes, his tail really is made of ice. 

What we have here is a rare academically-inclined pegasus. Almost as rare is his mastery of one particular form of weather control. It is his duty to manage the arctic climes and ensure that they do not overrun the temperate lands to the south. A pony in his element, indeed.

Addendum: 

I always imagined that every pegasus has the rudimentary ability to generate an electromagnetic field; this was the mechanism that enables them to buck lightning out of clouds, and also makes it possible for them to exert a force kind of like telekinesis on uniform volumes of substance. They don't normally have the ability to cause zaps, it's just an instinctive electromagnetic repulsion.

It's how pegasi were able to keep that entire moving trailer aloft during Feeling Pinkie Keen

So I was thinking that Ice Quill figured out how to sense the thermal vibrations of substances close to him through this electrokinetic magic, and then use his EM field to counter it, thus sapping it of its heat.

Whereas the Wonderbolts leave thunderclouds in their wake, and Rainbow Dash leaves a trail of compressed condensation that prismatically diffracts the light (thus rainbows), you would likely leave a trail of icey fog that spontaneously condenses and freezes moisture out of the air and puts off snow.

Also, regarding his sunglasses, notice how light the color of his eyes are. In addition to the snow being terribly bright when in direct sunlight, for some reason while drawing them I couldn't help but adopt some headcanon that his eyes are very light sensitive. The shades make more sense in that context. Just an idea ^_^;
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KSchnee's avatar
Neat, including the colorful background. I like the idea of an academic pegasus and sort of picture that for my own self-insert character.