Hippolyte Vanillaspring

Hippolyte Vanillaspring is a female anthropomorphic white pomeranian husky mix. She acts is both a student and one of two barn dogs at the Formal Friesians Riding School stables.

## Background

Hippolyte was born in an unspecified location in Vermont under the name of Snowball. Her parent's owners were in the middle of a heated divorce and were already struggling financially. So, they abandoned Snowball in the winter snow and left her to die. Just before the pup could succumb to the cold, a pair of corgi kerei encountered the pup and mistook it for one of their own kind. Because of this, the leader of the kerei reluctantly allowed the couple to keep the pup, who they named Eira.

Once she became old enough to venture off on her own, Eira would frequently cause mischief while flying under the radar. However, this all changed when she decided to play a series of pranks on a nearby riding academy. When everyone fell asleep, Eira would sneak into the barn and unlock the stables to let the friesians roam the barn freely. After three days of this, Tien Greenbush suspected that it was the work of a raccoon. So, she set up a trap to catch the criminal red-pawed by using a pully system and a haybale placed in a way that would allow the culprit to reach the hinge without much effort.

When the trap went off, Tien saw a small, white dog getting up after falling from the haybale that got yanked from under her paws. At that point, Eira attempted to escape but was quickly caught by the chaos group. After Carbs threatened to stab Tien if they couldn't keep the little ball of mischief, Eira was adopted and given the name Hippolyte in ohmage to how she became a student and barn dog at Formal Friesians Riding School.

## Personality

Hippolyte is quite chaotic and mischievous, semi-frequently commiting arson, committing a few murders, and pulling some pranks. Despite this, Hippo does have the capability to be a loyal ally and shows deep compassion for others, as seen with Eingagruru, Bjorn, Ghost Flower, and Sylver.

While not part of her personality, Hippolyte does enjoy getting drunk off of vanilla extract from time to time. This was used by Carbs in President Vanillaspring to help the Outback Steakhouse win the war against the shelter dogs.

## Relationships

### Formal Friesians Riding School

Hippolyte views her peers as family. Though she does have a slight preference to Gage due to being the only other person to know about Ghost Flower's existence. However, her and Carbs have been bonding over their love of commiting crimes and causing chaos, even if the chaos they cause isn't the same type of chaos.

### Sylver

Hippolyte and Sylver first encountered eachother during *The Festival Of Foxfire* while Sylver was trying to get food. After both were put on a leash, they eventually got their collars off and began to chat. After some convincing, Hippolyte showed Sylver one of her friesians, Moonglade. Since her and Moon didn't bond much, Moon was willing to be Sylver's friesian, and he eventually became an official member of the riding school. After seeing the floating lights, Hippolyte and Sylver started dating.

During *Sharp Steps*, Hippolyte proposes to Sylver. In *Wedding at Tír na dÓg*, Hippolyte and Sylver officially get married.

Their relationship is a union of two menaces to society, though Sylver does seem to be the more reasonable of the two when it comes to doing stupid things correctly.

Her horses

Eingagruru

Eingagruru (sometimes called Ein for short) is Hippolyte's first friesian registered for the riding academy, so she deeply cares about the mare. Although initially frustrated with Ein's skittishness, Hippolyte was still patient with her horse and helped her become less afraid.

Foxtrot "Fox"

Hippolyte's newest friesian is Foxtrot, a sassy gelding who sports watermelon pink tack.

### Bjorn

Hippolyte absolutely adores all her reindeer, but her platonic love for Bjorn is just as strong as her romantic love for Sylver. Outside of official practice or lessons, Hippolyte will do practically everything with Bjorn.

### Martha

Martha is Hippolyte's zebroid and go-to steed for (Currently non-canon) Pony Club who she adopted from a reputable breeder.

### Ghost Flower

Along with Gage and Sylver, Hippolyte is one of the few individuals who are aware of Ghost's existence. However, Ghost is quite clingy and has some occasional separation anxiety, so it isn't uncommon for Hippolyte to act as an emotional support dog to the large animal.

She views Ghost almost like a son, similarly to how she views Bjorn.

## Trivia

* Hippolyte's official appearance is supposed to be based on the dog Pongki from the YouTube channel *RuPong House*.
* Being 15 years old in human years which would roughly equate to 225 in dog years, Hippolyte is simultaneously the youngest and oldest member of Formal Friesians Riding School.
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