Princess Cadance

* Current
* Armored
* Without Armor

***Princess Mi Amore Cadenza*** is one of the protagonists in Remembrance and one of the princesses of Equestria and ruler of the Crystal Empire.

## Appearance

A pale pink coated pony with an Unicorn's horn and a pair of differently shaped Pegasi wings, she has a trio of pale colors: yellow, pink and purple. When using her magic, Cadance's horn glows with a light blue aura-like glow, located on her flank is her cutie mark which is a blue crystal shaped into a heart with two facets placed on opposite sides. After the death of Shining Armor, Cadance starts to wear the Crystal Empire guard's armor which is a gray helmet with an opening at the top, breastplate with the crystal heart jewel in the center and a set of gray slipper-like boots.

## Personality

Throughout her childhood, Cadance was a loving, caring and gentle individual who treated all and every one she met as trusted friends and allies, however after the death of her husband she becomes depressed and it leads to her becoming a cold, distant and strict character.

## Background

At a young age, Cadance was adopted by Princess Celestia as her niece and given the title of princess but would frequently foal-sit Twilight when she was a filly. After her marriage to Shining Armor she would become pregnant to Flurry Heart, however when their daughter was five Shining Armor died in battle and decided to throw away all reminders of him and forbid Flurry from leaving the castle.

## Skills/Abilities

* **Alicorn Physiology**: Cadance is an Alicorn which is a combination of the three pony races: Earth, Unicorn and Pegasi.
* **Magic**: Naturally, Cadance is able to cast spells through the use of her horn, when using magic her horn glows.
* **Levitation:** One of the basic spells that magic users learn that allows them to move objects.
* **Teleportation**: Besides Levitation, Teleportation is a spell that allows the caster to get to destinations quicker but also can be used on objects near or far away.
* **Flight**: By using her wings, Cadance is able to fly which allows her to visit places or cities such as Cloudsdale.
* **Cloud-Walking**: The magic of the pegasi allows Cadance to walk, run, lay down or sit on clouds.
* **Cloud Manipulation**: Another pegasus ability that Cadance is capable of.

## Storyline

She is first introduced upon her arrival alongside her daughter and wishes to see her room to rest, and is shown the way to the room by Princess Luna. She is visited by Flurry later who attempts to get her to open up to Princess Celestia and Luna but to no avail and laments on the impact that Shining Armor's death has on her. The next morning she walks in on the castle staff preparing for the party and tells the royal sisters to cancel it but later allows it and attends, during the party she refers to her dress as impractical and refuses to talk to any of the attending parties. After the nightmare visits Luna the party was canceled she is in her room packing, but when her daughter walks in and tries to convince her to stay and help it ends in an argument between the two. As she's finishing packing a voice grabs her attention which is the nightmare disguised as Shining Armor, the next day she is reading in her room when Luna, Galaxy, Flurry and Discord burst into her room questioning her on if anyone visited her. She denies and accompanies them to Princess Celestia who accepts the nightmare's deal and uses her magic to remove Cadance's horn and wings. She flees from Canterlot to Twilight's Castle located in Ponyville for shelter and after months pass Twilight returns but after Luna explains how she became Nightmare Moon, she expresses her wish to leave and walk away but it leads in a fight with her daughter and decides to go to a room in the castle for rest. While se was walking in the hallway, she engages in a conversation with Twilight and the two express their regrets of not visiting and memory of Shining Armor. Cadance talks about her treatment of Celestia and her wishes of Flurry Heart leaving to be free but is overheard and decides to walk off.