Elements of Harmony

*For the quotes about them, see Character Quotes (Elements of Harmony).*
The **Elements of Harmony** (ハーモニーの要素, ***Elements of Harmony***?) are supernatural artifacts representing subjective aspects of harmony. The narration during the prologue of *The Beginning of the Guardians (Part 1)* describes the Elements of Harmony as "the most powerful magic known to [creaturekind]". In *Challenge of the Elements*, the first generation of Multiversal Guardians discover the Elements and used them for the very first time to perform their first team attack. However, doing so accidentally had the potential to release the Everfree Forest and destroy the entire Multiverse (seen in the next two episodes). Each artifact represents an element of friendship and only activates if the wielder possesses the corresponding trait and sometimes if all of them are used in conjunction. They have been wielded on rare occasions, particularly during events marked by danger and anarchy as a last resort to restore and enforce the balance of peace and order. However, the effects of their use were generally temporary and non-lethal, usually a form of banishment or imprisonment. They, along with the last Tree and all of Yumesora, were destroyed by Tenebrosum Leucosia in *The Foolish Guardian*, giving all of its inhabitants a run for their lives. Luckily, however, they were ultimately recreated in the Law of Cycles recton.

## Depiction

The Elements of Harmony are kept in Yumesora and at least one is connected to every Chosen One, as the Elements only connect to the best representatives of the personality trait they represent. In the past, they were used by Princess Celestia to seal Nightmare Moon into the moon and to encase Discord in stone, but the spell broke when the Cutie Mark Crusaders' arguing in front of the statue caused a significant enough drop in the Magic of Friendship to release him. They are occasionally lent to the main heroes and have enough power to turn an artificial creature into a real, organic creature, such as when Mirage became a real human via the Elements of Harmony instead of just a dark energy puppet who is nonetheless sapient. However, humanizing/organicizing someone can be done safely by the Light of Hope as well and thus this task is usually left to Elizabeth or anycreature else who wields the LOH instead (such as Tsukiko and Honoko).

The main limitation of the Elements is that they are powered by the bonds their wielders have with each other - if they are fighting and arguing, the Elements won't work (no friendship, no Magic of Friendship), and simply pushing an unresolved conflict under the rug and ignoring it doesn't mean it doesn't have to be resolved. This is taken to an extreme in the introduction movie to the AU *My Little Pony: The Future*, where the rampant hostility, racism, and discrimination causes the Magic of Friendship to disappear completely and renders the Elements little more than ordinary jewelry.

If one wields all of the Elements, it can put the user at great risk and cause major effects. This was best seen in the season 14 second-to-last episode, where Blissany, while managing to save her mother Nanette, ends up sanging the use of her eyes for one more week and everyone blacks out. Katy uses the remains of all the Elements in season 16 in order to defeat Tenebrosum Leucosia once and for all, but even though Aphrodite helps her, the Guardian still dies, fueling Cynthia's ultimate wish.

Whenever the Elements are used as part of a team attack, the eyes of all of the Guardians wielding them will glow very bright white.

## Role in the main series

*See Elements of Harmony/Role in Guardians of Harmony.*
## Role in the AUs

### My Little Pony

*See Elements of Harmony/Role in the MLP:GoH AU Collection.*

## List of Elements

* Magic
* Honesty
* Kindness
* Laughter
* Generosity
* Loyalty
* Love
* Gentleness
* Courage
* Bravery
* Empathy
* Forgiveness
* Respect
* Faith
* Patience
* Cheerfulness
* Happiness
* Mind
* Peace
* Spirit
* Hope
* Trust
* Careness
* Support

## Trivia

* In Yumesora, all of the Elements take on the same shape: a white crystal.
	+ Whenever the Guardians wield them, each gem changes to match their theme: for example, the gem of most Daisies is a purple daisy flower, Marina's gem is a blue seashell, and Twilight's gem is a magenta star. However, Guardians who wield the same Element have to hold hands/hooves/limbs to wield it together and the gem will retain its default appearance to avoid looking too messy.
* When wielded, the Power Necklace will change shape to make room for the Element, though the Wielders of the Element of Magic are exceptions. There are also additional exceptions, however:
	+ Nanette represents the Element of Faith, yet her Element is seen on her crown when wielded.
	+ During the fight to free Event Horizon from Queen Vera's control, Elizabeth has the Element of Hope on her chest instead of her necklace (even though all other times, it is on her necklace like usual), resembling the canon Serena having the Silver Crystal (which doesn't exist in GoH) on her chest since the entire episode is a giant homage to the last episode of the original *Sailor Moon* anime.
	+ In the MLP AU four-parter, the Element Hairclips/Bracelets (from Harmony Heroes) are instead repurposed to serve as the transformed state of the Harmony Gem, and also the resting spot for the Elements of Harmony. This is likely because the Guardians wear crowns and their Power Necklaces in their transformed state.
	+ In Season 14, Melody is the one with the crown (though this is also seen in Seasons 15 and 16) while the Wielders of the Element of Magic have necklaces.
	+ When Dragonet wields her Element, hers will lose the stand entirely and shrink down to a size that can easily be held in her fin.
* During the final battle in Season 1, the Elements, along with the transformation items, are nowhere to be found in the Guardians' transformed state. Why exactly this is the case is unknown.
* In the MLP AU, the Tree that has the original six Elements is still located in the Everfree Forest. It is unknown why that would be the case.
* Unlike the canon MLP:FiM, all of the stands match the Guardian of Harmony's/Harmony Hero's theme color. This doesn't apply in the GoH AUs, as they're instead *worn differently* in that contunity.
	+ Amber is the only exception, as her signature golden shade of yellow looks almost identical to the canon stands, so her crown is orange instead despite yellow being her theme color.
* In MLP:GoH's version of season 9, Yumesora was unable to get a replacement Tree until the timeskip, meaning that the Elements never returned onscreen. This was to make sure there was no cheating on the plot.

## Gallery

### Concept Art

Victoria's first Element of Harmony crownThe first version of Arcturus's Power Necklace being combined with his Element of HarmonyKiara's Element V1.pngThe first version of Kiara's Power Necklace being combined with her Element of HarmonyEllis's Element V1.pngThe first version of Ellis's Power Necklace being combined with her Element of HarmonyJoy's Element V1.pngThe first version of Joy's Power Necklace being combined with her Element of HarmonyEmilia's Element V1.pngThe first version of Emilia's Power Necklace being combined with her Element of HarmonyLiam Brennan's Element V1.pngThe first version of Liam's Power Necklace being combined with his Element of HarmonyTwilight Twinkle's Element V1.pngThe first version of Twilight Twinkle's Power Necklace being combined with her Element of HarmonyRobin Hood's Element V1.pngThe first version of Robin's Power Necklace being combined with his Element of HarmonyMarian's Element V1.pngThe first version of Marian's Power Necklace being combined with her Element of HarmonyAaron's Element V1.pngThe first version of Aaron's Power Necklace being combined with his Element of HarmonyArcadia's Element V1.pngThe first version of Arcadia's Power Necklace being combined with her Element of HarmonyCalliope's Element V1.pngThe first version of Calliope's Power Necklace being combined with her Element of HarmonyGura's Element V1.pngThe first version of Gura's Power Necklace being combined with her Element of HarmonyNicole Miles' Element V1.pngThe first version of Nicole Miles' Power Necklace being combined with her Element of HarmonyNina Starscout's Element V1.pngThe first version of Nina Starscout's Element of Harmony standSparkle Hope's Element V1.pngThe first version of Sparkle Hope's Power Necklace being combined with her Element of HarmonyIRyS's Element V1.pngThe first version of IRyS's Power Necklace being combined with her Element of HarmonyMira's Element V1.pngThe first version of Mira's Power Necklace being combined with her Element of Harmony