Mistmane

Mistmane is a female unicorn pony and figure of Equestrian legend first mentioned in season six's The Crystalling - Part 2. She makes her first physical appearance in and her first in-show appearance in the season seven episode Campfire Tales.
==Design==
In her original form, Mistmane's body design—except for her horn and ears—is similar to those of Princess Luna, Fleur de Lis, Princess Cadance, the Mane-iac, "Tropical Dream", Sassy Saddles, S06E20 Unnamed Earth Mare #8, S06E20 Unnamed Earth Mare #9, and S06E20 Unnamed Earth Mare #10.
She is one of the few ponies seen with a moving mane along with Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, King Sombra, the Pony of Shadows, and future Twilight Sparkle.
==Depiction in the series==
Mistmane is first mentioned in The Crystalling - Part 2 by Sunburst as the subject of a spell called "Mistmane's Material Amity".
 In Campfire Tales, Mistmane is the subject of a campfire story told by Rarity, and her tale is Rarity's and later Sweetie Belle's favorite legend. In the story, Mistmane is a talented sorceress renowned for her beauty and kindness. The love and attention she gets from her friends and family causes her best friend, Sable Spirit, to become jealous. While Mistmane is away at magic school, Sable casts a spell to make herself beautiful, but it backfires and makes her hideous instead. As a result, she decides to take beauty away from everyone and everything else, making herself empress and leading the village into a state of decline.
When Mistmane returns home and finds her friends suffering, she confronts Sable Spirit on her oppression and challenges her to a magic duel, eventually defeating her. Wanting to do more for her friend, Mistmane casts a spell that restores Sable and the village's beauty while sacrificing her own. Sable, moved by her friend's sacrifice, rules with kindness and compassion from then on, and Mistmane dedicates her life to spreading beauty throughout Equestria.
In the season seven finale Shadow Play, Mistmane is revealed to be one of the six "Pillars of Old Equestria" alongside Rockhoof, Flash Magnus, Somnambula, Mage Meadowbrook, and Star Swirl the Bearded. Mistmane represents the Element of Beauty. Long ago, she and the other Pillars were brought together by the unicorn Stygian to battle a great evil. When Stygian later turned into the Pony of Shadows, Mistmane and the others sacrificed themselves to imprison him in limbo.
In the present day, Rarity retrieves Mistmane's everlasting flower for a ritual to free the Pillars from limbo. When the Pony of Shadows is freed along with them, Mistmane and the other Pillars team up with the Mane Six to separate Stygian from the darkness and banish it to limbo once again. She and the other Pillars later decide to travel Equestria, to see what has become of their old homes and find their place in this new land.
In School Daze - Part 1 and Non-Compete Clause, a bust of Mistmane appears in the School of Friendship. In A Rockhoof and a Hard Place, Mistmane is revealed to have become the official crystal landscaper of the Crystal Empire. She encourages the despondent Rockhoof not to give up hope about being unable to find a place in the present, and suggests he visit Mage Meadowbrook.
In The Ending of the End - Part 1, Mistmane and her fellow Pillars face off against Lord Tirek, but they are easily overpowered and drained of their magic due to Tirek being empowered by the Bewitching Bell. In Part 2, she and the Pillars keep Tirek, Queen Chrysalis, and Cozy Glow busy while Twilight's friends escape. She is later present during the final battle against the villains and helps the Mane Six and Young Six defeat them. In The Last Problem, Mistmane attends Twilight Sparkle's coronation ceremony. She also briefly appears in Rarity's group shot during The Magic of Friendship Grows.
==Other depictions==
===IDW comics===
 In the series, Mistmane appears on cover A of and as the central character of . In the latter issue, Sunburst reads about Mistmane's adventures after saving her village, written by Star Swirl the Bearded. During the construction of Canterlot Castle, Mistmane learns that the construction efforts are being sabotaged. Her investigation into the matter leads her to cross paths with a young Princess Luna.
Mistmane and Luna discover that the castle's construction is being sabotaged by animals because the construction is encroaching on their forest homes. With Mistmane's guidance, Luna learns to communicate better with the animals and reach a compromise.
Mistmane also appears on 's cover RI and at the end of . In , she joins Stygian and his friends on their quest to defeat the Sirens; in subsequent issues, they accomplish this task and then work together to save Princess Celestia and Princess Luna from another dimension.
Mistmane appears as a carousel horse on cover B, and also in Stygian's nightmare on Issue #4 page 3.
In , Ocellus briefly takes on Mistmane's appearance as part of her school project. In , she and Fluttershy work together to safeguard several animals and plants ahead of the Knights of Harmony attacking Canterlot. In , Mistmane aids in the fight against the Knights, assisting the other Pillars in freeing Rockhoof and Flash Magnus from Morrigan's mind control and helping to finally defeat the Knights' leader Danu.
===Fundamentals of Magic===
Mistmane appears in an illustration in episode 4 of Fundamentals of Magic, "Magical Objects".
===Software===
====My Little Pony (mobile game)====
Young Mistmane and Mistmane are characters in Gameloft's mobile game, and Mistmane serves as a boss battle helper during the "Reflections of Harmony" event. Young Mistmane's in-game description states, "A smart, powerful unicorn sorceress, beloved for her kindness and beauty. She left her village behind to attend a prestigious magic school, but when trouble struck at home, she was ready to make a BIG sacrifice to save her loved ones!" Mistmane's in-game description states, "This legendary sorceress sacrificed her own outer beauty to save her homeland and help her friends -- but her inner beauty shone all the brighter for it."
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*Ponies with similar names: Misty Fly, Parish Nandermane, BeauDe Mane, Roger Silvermane, Gladmane, Calamity Mane, Shadowmane, Mane Moon, Manely Gold, Mane Goodall, Mane-iac, Janine Manewitz, Starmane, and Orange Mane.
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