Moon Pony

## Abilities

Magic: N/A

Flight: Gliding

Other: N/A

## Physical Appearance

   Standing at roughly the same height as an average unicorn, Moon ponies are best characterized by their three horns. Most commonly a pair of ram horns and a slender curved horn in the center of their foreheads. While it is visually similar to that of a unicorn it is unable to wield magic and is most often used for practical manual tasks or combat due to their sharp point. A moon ponies chest is broader than that of a typical equine and they have sturdy builds similar to a ram. They are agile and quick-footed, while their leathery bat-like wings are not capable of flight they offer the ability to glide at long distances, these facts paired together give moon ponies a unique form of transportation in which they will hop from ledge to ledge and propel themselves off the sides of hills and mountains to glide long distances. Their tail resembles that of a deer's.

## Social Hierarchy

Viewing themselves as Luna’s faithful, living true to her way of life and honoring her name, the moon ponies can be a bit self centered. While they do not view themselves as the epitome of equine excellence like the unicorns, they feel themselves too good to even be labeled as ponies. They see themselves as divine in all meanings of the word despite not having any magic like their Goddess does. This leads them to tie religion into everything they do and the holidays that involve fasting and silence must be taken seriously regardless of any factors that may cause you to break the fast or the silence out of necessity.

They are led by a family of religious figureheads that act as the icons of the entire moon pony existence and are the only ones not bound to the holy land. They view leaving as an unfortunate obligation rather than a privilege. Those who try to leave are seen as criminals and are treated with the utmost aggression. Few escapees make it out alive if they do wish to leave and/or see the world and are most often hunted down.

## History

They are adamant about all their history tying into some grand Lunar prophecy and often do not record any historical events. They subscribe to a mentality of “if it's worth remembering then it will be remembered” and anything else is seen as a distraction from the present which is the most important time of all.

While it never comes to anything more than arguments between leaders at political gatherings, the moon and sun ponies naturally do not get along nor do they agree on how the world should work. They typically claim that it goes deeper than religious spats but there is very little evidence to back it. Their ideologies being so different, and species as a whole being so revered, it has led to larger disagreements and even war between the other citizens of Equestria in the distant past.

## Religion

It comes to no surprise religion is no small part of the moon ponies' daily lives. Most towns, especially on the floating island itself, are decorated wall to wall with moon and star iconography. Many ponies dress in religious attire and take their schedule of sleeping during the day very seriously, leading them to be the only modern equines to be exclusively nocturnal. As stated previously, it’s very unlikely for breaking of fasts and silences when they are part of the Lunar holidays to go unpunished regardless of reason. They see it as an affront to Luna to put your mortal needs over her wishes.