Mothball

* SILOD
* DOD; After "Five Years Later"
* Colt
* Gala Disguise

> *Zecora, back in her hut she was telling me that our love gives us strength. That 's why I was never been able to drain you of your love because of our mutual love for each other made us stronger. It might make a magic strong enough to defeat my mother*
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- DAUGHTER OF DISCORD: THE FINAL BATTLE

**Prince Mothball** is a protagonist in Daughter of Discord and the deuteragonist in Son-In-Law of Discord, he was purposely raised to be an evil tyrant ruler of the changelings by his mother: Queen Chrysalis. At a young age, Mothball was instructed and trained on how to drain love from other creatures and transforming into ponies or animals. He is the husband of Screwball, son-in-law of Discord and Fluttershy, brother-in-law of Zany, half-brother of Bellatrix, Cinnamon Stick, Cinnamon Roll and Applespike but also one of the many uncles of Moonbeam.

## *Appearance*

Just like all the changeling species, Mothball has a dark coat, insect-like wings and holes in his legs, but what makes him different from regular changelings is that he has pupils, mane and tail like his mother and sister. Since he is a royal changeling, Mothball's height is drastically different from regular changelings. He is taller than this sibling but smaller than Chrysalis.

## *Personality*

Mothball has shown to be kind-hearted, brave, strong-willed, rebellious and determined, unlike his mother Mothball in her words lacked the ambition but had the power. Although he was raised to be cold-hearted and to take over Equestria, Mothball grew into a changeling that believed in love and friendship thanks to Screwball.

## *Skills / Abilities*

* **Shapeshifting:** Mothball is able to use his magic to take many and different forms depending on the situation, he is capable to transform into different creatures including ponies and creatures. However the difficulty on the form he takes depends on each creature.
* **Love Draining:** His race is able to use a spell that drains the love of it's victim thus making them weak and helpless, apparently he can use the magic abilities of those he drains.
* **Spell Casting:** Beside using a spell to suck love form his victims, Mothball can use a wide range of magic feats such as teleportation or levitation.
* **Mind Control:** During Screwball's sleepover, Mothball had used this spell on Aquafresh to forget their conversation and tell Lightning Dash how she feels about her, he admits to Screwball that he prefers not to use it.
* **Flight:** When airborne, insect-like wings makes a typical buzz sound when he flies and is able to reach different levels of height.
* **Extended Lifeline:** Every changeling can live for an extended time especially royal changelings.
* **Cloudwalking**: Naturally Mothball is able to walk, run, sit and lay down on clouds thanks to the magic that his wings has.

## *History*

Like his half-sister Bellatrix, Mothball was favoured and received special attention from Queen Chrysalis since birth causing his siblings to become envious of him, he was also born with a heart but was raised to believe he didn't. At a young age, Mothball would begin his training on using Changeling magic and on his tenth birthday goes on his first hunt, before Son-in-Law of Discord Mothball was unaware of Bellatrix's existence.

## *Residence*

Throughout Mothball's childhood and teenage years he previously lived with his changeling family at the Changeling Hive until Son-in-Law of Discord, when he moved in with Screwball at her home in the Castle of Chaos and during his wedding Discord gifted him a small cottage a few feet from the castle.

## *Storyline*

In Daughter of Discord, Mothball is the heir of Queen Chrysalis's throne and the childhood long love interest of Screwball./ Throughout Daughter of Discord the plot is widely inspired by The Lion King 2 which is the happier ending of Romeo and Juliet. In Son-in-law of Discord, Mothball helps Screwball and Twilight find his royal half-sister Bellatrix so that she can receive the royal blessing to become the new changeling ruler. In both stories it shows Mothball's difficulties on keeping and maintaining his relationship with Screwball whilst learning more about his half-sister, her daughter and her life.

## Trivia

In a charity livestream, DF revealed the identity of Mothball's father, which many fans had come to believe that it was Shining Armour up until that point. It was Cinnamon Stick and Cinnamon Roll's biological father, meaning that Mothball and the Cinnamon siblings are half-siblings.

## Appearance

* An Unusual Friend(Episode) (Debut)
* A Peculiar Playdate
* A Befuddling Birthday/5 Years Later
* The Mysterious Stallion(Episode)
* Fights(Episode)
* The Bitter Betrayal
* The Final Battle
* Son-In-Law of Discord
* CMC: The Next Generation
* Hearth's Warming Chaos