Tianhuo

Tianhuo is one of the seven playable characters of Them's Fightin' Herds. She is a longma - a hybrid of horse and dragon - who has been chosen by the Empress of Huoshan to retrieve The Prophet's Key and re-seal the invading Predators.
She is voiced by Kay Bess and speaks with an Asian accent.
== Biography ==
=== Book of Lore ===
As a child, Tianhuo was very arrogant and often teased and bullied her fellow longma who were smaller and weaker than her. She considers their horse ancestors to be pathetic and weak, while their dragon ancestors are strong and fearsome. However, after attacking a young longma foal one day, she suddenly falls out of the sky and into a crater. Unable to fly away, she is soon found by the spirit of a large dragon who circles around her, eyeing her like prey.
The young Tianhuo begs for mercy, and the large dragon taunts her for her pleading. Just as the dragon is about to strike though, the spirit of a giant stallion intercepts and battles with the longma child in the middle. The horse is able to stun his foe and stands over Tianhuo protectively as the dragon roars in fury and flies away. 
With the threat gone, the large stallion nuzzles Tianhuo and asks her to forgive her dragon ancestor. He explains that though the dragon is powerful and fierce, she does not know the strength of protection nor the power that comes from love. As the horse is about to leave, he tells the child that she has the blood of both horses and dragons, and that she must learn when to use which.
Regaining her flight, Tianhuo reflects on the encounter as she returns home. She sees three other kids bullying the foal she had attacked before, and seeing the younger longma's fear reminds her of how afraid she was when encountering the dragon. Realizing her past mistakes, she flies down to protect the youngest from her bullies. She successfully scares them away, before apologizing to the little foal for her actions. The little longma touches her snout to Tianhuo's as a sign of forgiveness, and Tianhuo is certain that her ancestors are proud of her.
Years later, the Council of Ungulates sends a message that the Predators are returning, asking each of Foenum's factions to send their most capable member to retrieve The Prophet's Key so that they may seal the Predators back in The Hold. When receiving this message, the Empress of Huoshan immediately picks the captain of the Imperial Guard, Tianhuo, to venture out of the Volcano and seek the Key.
=== Story Mode ===
==== Chapter 1 ====
While not physically appearing, she is briefly mentioned to have been visiting Reine City the night that Arizona was in the salt mines.
== Appearance ==
Tianhuo is a turquoise longma with a pale yellow lower jaw, underbelly, and hooves. She has bright red eyes with reptilian pupils and long ears that are pink inside. She has a mane, tail and wings made of fire that she can summon at will. She also has fetlocks made of fire, though these don't appear in-game due to difficulties implementing them.
== Personality ==
Tianhuo is humble and honorable, with a great respect towards her foes. She's also very supportive of Pom, wanting the lamb to have more courage and confidence in herself. The only opponent she meets with active hostility is Oleander, due to the latter's use of dark magic.
== Trivia ==
* Like the other initial main characters, she was designed by Lauren Faust as a replacement for the Mane 6 from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic after the fangame Fighting is Magic was taken down by Hasbro for copyright infringement. Tianhuo herself is based off of Rainbow Dash.
* Her and Shanty are the only two fighters who don't appear so far in the game's story mode.
* Initially, she was going to have orange eyes instead of red.
* In terms of age, Tianhuo is the oldest of the main cast.
* The name "Tianhuo" means "Fire of the Heavens" in Chinese.
* One of her match starting quotes is "If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight!", which is a quote from Sun Tzu.
* Multiple of her alternate colour palettes are references to other dragons or fire-users in media.
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