Moonsplitter

:"Hooves up! I have a sword and I'm better than you!" - Moonsplitter, UNWD Adventures Vol.5: Party Crashers
Moonsplitter, also known as Moon for short, is a talking sword-wielding horse and an UNWD agent.
==Character==
===Appearance===
Moonsplitter is a sturdy-built, tall, dapple-grey mare. She has slate grey fur and a darker mane, dark socks and nose. Her belly is white and she has white spots on her rear and face. She has bronze-coloured hooves and eyes, with prominent lower eyelashes. She carries a large sword in her mouth, sometimes sheathed in a leather scabbard worn around her waist. She wears horseshoes with the UNWD insignia on them.
===Personality===
Extremely proud of her power, Moonsplitter is aloof and confident. She is a little quick-tempered and somewhat stubborn, vain, and very strong-willed. She has a slight soft spot for younger or smaller agents, but is wary of people in general, and only really respectful of a small handfull of fellow agents. She strongly dislikes being handled or ridden.
===Skills & Abilities===
Other than being able to speak in human tongues, she is an extremely talented swordfighter. She is quick and sturdy, and combines high strength with impressive mobility to triumph over opponents. One drawback is that once the shock of seeing a horse with a sword wears off, enemies can predict her movement patterns more easily.
Her dislike for being mounted also means she instinctively bucks off agents who try to ride her, and as such she can be used to launch lighter agents into the air in a pinch. She is also proficient in unarmed horse-combat.
==History==
Originally named Mocha, she lived in a small colony of wild horses in the mountains. The colony was peaceful and Mocha had a mate, a golden palomino male named Latte, with whom she planned to raise foals. However, the peace was disturbed by attacks from a growing wolf pack that circled the mountain, and after mounting violence, the pack raided the colony's mountain meadow in a vicious display. Latte was among the dead, and Mocha shed her name in a vow to even the score.
She trained herself in sword-fighting to give herself an edge over the wolves, and led her own attacks on the pack, picking off her foes until she faced the wolf that had killed her partner and fellow colony friends. After a flurry of claws and blades, she - now renamed Moonsplitter - drove her sword into the wolf's chest beneath a full moon, and resolved her grudge. Descending, she chose to spare the remaining wolves, who had not been a part of the raiding party and were only tending to their young, feeling a sense of unfairness and guilt alongside the sensation of dissatisfaction. She had avenged Latte and the others, but the hole in her heart remained: she turned to justice in order to fill her void, and joined the UNWD.
She is currently clearing up the aftermath of Zopran attacks in Tokyo.
==Relationships==
===Latte===
:“I don't think I'll ever miss you less. I'd cleave the moon in half to have a family with you."
Latte was Moonsplitter's first real mate, after scattered childish crushes as a filly. Latte's gentle nature tempered her occasional overconfidence, and without his presence, she has grown extremely cold and hardened. Latte's memory drives a significant amount of Moonsplitter's actions, though not all.
===Sir Catatapuss===
:“Good match. Let's spar again sometime.”
Moonsplitter respects the catfolk as a fellow swordfighter. They spar and train often, and share a similar passion for justice. Despite this, they are not frequently paired together in the UNWD Agent Grouping System, as their stubborn, impatient and just personalities can make missions difficult.
==Trivia==
* She has not named her sword, and resists suggestions to do so.
Category:Animals
Category:Females