Stardust

Appearance
Stardust is a dusky dun mare with a large white blaze. Her feathers are a sparkling violet, edged with gold and white.

Stardust is an older mare of fifty-two years, and so she walks with a slight limp. Her mane and tail are thick and black, and her eyes are a dark brown.

Stardust often wishes that she had aquamarine feathers, because then they would remind her of the sea - something that she has seen only once, and that she plans on seeing again.

Personality
Stardust can often be tactless, stern and vaguely irritable. She is fiercely protective of foals and isn't afraid to speak her mind - something that her peers despise and admire at the same time.

Stardust is extremely ambitions as well. She wishes that she was the lead mare, but she is also proud of her daughter (Summercloud) of her achievements.

Along with other things, Stardust can be conniving - especially when she wants something. She can often be blinded by grudges, and she doesn't like it when pegasi are rude and full of themselves.

Backstory
Stardust was born two days early. Her feathers were a violet so dark that her mother thought they were black - until four moon later, when they lightened to the purple that they are now.

Stardust was often made fun of because of her sombreness with various herd traditions. She wasn't fun to be around, mainly because she never understood humour, and she always had to see the practical side to life. She was also intelligent, excelling in battle training and built for short but fast flights. Very traditional and with an iron mindset, Stardust climbed the ranks suddenly, until she became one of the most feared battle-mares in the history of Anok.

And so it was sudden and horrifying when she announced that she was leaving the herd.

The pegasi begged her to stay, but she was stubborn, and she didn't explain. The next thing they knew, she was gone, flying west to Sun Herd territory - and it is said that she never looked back, not even once.

Seven years later, after vanishing from the face of Anok, she returned with a young foal, who she claimed to be her daughter. Some pegasi were relieved, but most were angry, questioning her for her actions and muttering darkly behind her back.

Trivia

 * The picture in the infobox was my first profile pic! :3
 * She was originally going to be a kind, thoughtful medicine mare.
 * Her original name was going to be Starcloud.