Taffy Underswirl

Portrait of Taffy Swirl, inside of a snowy forest somehwere in the West.

## Background

Born at Riversidean General Hospital, Breadia in 7th September 1007, Tundra Swirl was born. Her father was a wealthy threstrilian businessstallion, whilst her mother was an accountant. She was born with the 'disability' of being extremely small, at only 7.6m tall when she was an adult (she should be around 1.4m for ponies, meaning she was almost half the height of a normal pony) as well as having relatively weak hooves, however this traded with having strong wings.

Taffy lived well inside of her parent's cozy apartment. She was very interested in war and especially engineering and science from the age of 5. She spent most of her free time researching and reading about wars, tanks, you name it. Her life took a dark turn however when at the age of 14, her parents died as they were caught in the crossfire during the Threstrilian Occupation War, when the rogue general Aaron Dawson had attempted an invasion of the country. Her parents were shot by Legion artillery which brought down the building they were in. They were crushed by the buildings. Her parents were buried in the country they died in, with Taffy unable to attend the funeral as she had no caretaker. Her father's body was buried however *no body was recovered for her mother, which led her status to be 'Missing: Presumed Dead'*.

She was now greiving her loss, and her babysitter decided to take her in. Taffy was relatively easy to manage as she was quite independent already, knowing how to cook decent and perform basic household chores. For the next year of her life, she was relatively depressed having lost her parents. However this depression did have a slightly good side to it, because she was studying hard and learning well as a means to get her mind over it. Taffy managed to skip 2 years of school as a result of this, and her higher-than-average intelligence. Taffy also began to work out, specifically on her forehooves and wings. At the age of 17, Taffy entered the Riverside University of Engineering, where she would learn for a few years. After getting a doctorate at the age of 23, Taffy would go and move temporarily to Wasserbrot, where she would learn military tactics in the military academy there. She also got a job with SIGMA Industries (a remnant company of Futuretek), being chosen by Sigma Illyrius himself to lead its arms design division. Taffy would graduate from the academy and be assigned a division all to herself, the Steel Talons in the east which were a new tank regiment. And with the mysterious assasination of Sigma Ilyrius, Taffy was appointed CEO of SIGMA Industries later on which would be renamed to Uzumaki Industries (Uzumaki being Nipponese for 'Swirl', her family name).

Taffy began dating the leader of the TSP, Overcold Underworth. The two would later marry in Riverside and move in to a mansion directly at the side of a cliff, which had a good view of the city. Her last name was now Underswirl now that they were married. Alongside that, Taffy was adopted by Decigram.

In the War to End All Wars, Taffy's Steel Talons would fight many battles. Taffy was a commander who focused on getting to the enemy as fast as possible, bringing out as much firepower as they could in a short amount of time before the enemy could reinforce. However her husband anf stepfather had expressed concerns over her recklessness, as reports from her own soldiers state that she was seen fighting bravely alongside them instead of commanding them from behind the lines. When asked why she did this, she simply stated "I am not a coward". She had many close calls.

After the end of the War to End All Wars, Taffy Swirl was given the title of Dame by King Decimus V due to her brave efforts in helping defeat Changelingia. Taffy was also promoted to General of the Western Garrison after the retirement of Ares Anderson. Post war, she did not do much other than cleaning up the mess of a garrison she was left with as well as overseeing her company, which began construction of the Riverside Delta Megalopolis. A few years later, she was also crowned Baroness of Riverside due to a unanimous refferundum by the people, which resulted in 100% saying yes. Taffy would also join the BCEP and start her own wing, the Falcons, which were a more... ambitious political wing.