Crosswart

**Crosswart** is a lion/bear spirit guide that is in charge of guiding and helping Star and his sibling, along with their paternal side of the family.

## Personality

Crosswart is shown to be a laid-back and confident spirit guide, not being affraid of expressing his capabilities, especially to those under his tutelage. However, he is very dutiful on his job, taking it very seriously and being very proud of it, expressing how Star, Dusk, Midnight and Sunny makes it very much interesting. His dedication is so great that he doesn't hesitate to help his wards in any way possible, even if that means facing many dangers.

## Skills

Being a spirit guide, Crosswart seems to possess some influence outside the Spirit World, as he is capable of guiding those under his tutelage by giving them feelings of what they should do. This ability proves to be so strong that can even allow Crosswart to remain connected with Star when he ventures into the Fog of the Lost. He can also sense when any of his wards are in trouble, with that showing on his triangle marks on his arms flickering. Not only that, but he is also capable of teleporting to where their wards are when they call for their help and to any place in the Light Side of the Spirit World and to the Tree of Guidance no matter where he is.

Between his personal skills, Crosswart is shown to possess a lot of strength, speed and resilience, being able to carry up until three ponies on his back and still remain fast and not tired. Another ability of his is a powerful supersonic roar whose intensity he can regulate according to the circunstances. Besides all that, he can also change his own size, being able to become small enough to be carried.

## Description in the saga

### Background

Before becoming the spirit guide to Star, Dusk, Midnight and Sunny, Crosswart was (and still is) the spirit guide to many members of their paternal side of the family, including their father, Blue Sword, and their aunt Dhalia.

### The Elements of Virtue

In "The Element of Sorcery, Part III - Entering in the Spirit World", after arriving to the Spirit World and following Hepheus' instructions, Star calls for Crosswart who appears to him, asking him to take them to the Fog of the Lost, what he accepts to do.

In "The Element of Sorcery, Part IV - The Fog of the Lost", Crosswart is able to take Star and Hepheus to the Dark Side of the Spirit World, where they arrive to the Fog of the Lost Souls. When Star finds himself trapped by his own inner guilt over the suffering he had caused to Dusk during all the years he had spent away from their family in the fog, Crosswart is able to sense that and, using his spirit guide skills, he is able to help Star overcome the guilt he was fealing. After the fog is cleared by Star, Crosswart goes get him and Clover, but, returning, they found Hepheus hurt, with that being Scorpio's doing, who is also able to sting Star. Crosswart, using his roar, is able to scare him away, but he notices that both Star and Hepheus had been poison with a venon that prevents them from getting out of the Spirit World. Fortunately, he is able to think of a way that could help them, despite not being pleasant.

In "The Element of Sorcery, Part V - The Challenge of the Grand Macaw", in order to help Star and his friends to get out of the Spirit World, Crosswart takes him to the Grand Macaw, the only one that could help them. But Scorpio follows them, also wanting to ask the Grand Macaw to send him back to the Pony World. Having two conflicting sides asking him to return to the Spirit World, he has the idea of having the two sides competing on a match of buckball. Crosswart joins the team and then he takes the others to a potential fifth member, Jackie, who accepts.

In "The Element of Sorcery, Part VI - A Decisive Match", Crosswart and his team play against Scorpio's team (made out of the Shades of the Night) in a buckball match. Despite the two teams seeming equally matched, the fact Scorpio's team resorted todirty tricks got them the edge on the game. With the match almost ending and the two teams tied, Crosswart's team ends up losing the match as Hepheus prevented Jackie from blocking Scorpio's score. However, this proves to be the right decision, as it turns out the winner would be the one to remain in the Spirit World. Later, he says goodbye to Star before he returns to the Pony World.

In "Conflictive Perspectives", Crosswart appears to Star after the latter's argument with Moonlight and helps him realize how Moonlight is feeling regarding the way they are dealing with Stygian, showing even thinking of the possibility of trying to talk him out of his evil ways, similar to Star did to Hepheus, who caused her father's death, and herself, who was responsible for her own uncle's death during the time she was a dark siren.

## Appearances

Legends:

* Y - Appears and have an active role
* N - Do not appears and is not mentioned directly by the characters.
* B - Appears, but have a passive role or his or her appearance is implicit
* M - Mentioned directly by the characters.

## Trivia

* Being part lion, part bear, some of Crosswart's personal abilities are connected to those of these animals. He is very strong, just like a bear, and he also possesses a powerful roar, just like a lion. His ability to run fast seems to be part of his lion traits, while his resilience may come from his bear traits.
* Because of being Star's spirit guide, Crosswart is able to perceive and talk with Kurama.