Star Swirl the Bearded

Legendary Wizard

## Description

**Star Swirl the Bearded** is a male gray unicorn pony, with a mane and big white beard, and a magician's outfit, that appears as side-protagonist in *MLP:FiM*. He's mentioned and referred in several chapters recalling his great feats, but physically appearing in the season 7 finale "*Shadow Play - Part 1 and 2*", in which he's brought, along with the rest of the ***Pillars***, from the limbo in which they locked themselves in with *Pony of Shadows*, so they could stop him from plowing all over Equestria. He was one of the greatest magicians that existed in all of Equestria, and was the mentor of the *Princesses Celestia and Luna* when they were fillies. Thanks to a small earth pony called *Stygian*, Star Swirl meets several legends to end the evil forces that threaten to destroy the entire Equestria. Star Swirl is a very serious pony, egotistical and narrow-minded at first, since he didn't understand the *Magic of Friendship* at the beginning, but after understanding it thanks to *Twilight Sparkle*, he became more humble, trusting and easygoing, always wanting to make friends and helping the ponies during their trips.

*Star Swirl, having traveled to many worlds and dimensions, arrives in the world of mercenaries with only one mission: to defeat **a very powerful and dangerous enemy, and it doesn't take long for it to manifest itself among the mercenaries**... but these don't they have realized it, and they think that Star Swirl is an old crazy man, and they want him out of their territory. Star Swirl, to fulfill his mission and avenge his fellows Pillars, he'll have to do what is necessary to save Equestria from this **great threat that lurks in the shadows.***

## Abilities

**Passive**

Star Swirl has a passive, which is an Spell XP Meter that he has for the whole round, he will start with 0/1000 XP. There are several ways he can gain XP, any damage that he causes to an enemy will instantly give him XP equal to double of the amount of damage he did, breaking shields and hitting death ringer spies will still give him XP.
Each 45 seconds after the round start, a Zen Spot will appear on the map, usually in the spawn, on the control point or on a health/ammo pack. When Star Swirl stands inside it, he gains 70 XP every second. If he has 0 XP, he has to stand there for cca 15 seconds to get to 1000 XP. His rage also gives him XP when he uses it.
Gainning 1000 XP will give him a random spell that he can get, he can only hold up to 2 of the same spell, which can be one of these:
* Fireball
* Teleport
* Blast Jump
* Uber Heal - Grants Über for 6 seconds. No healing.
* Ball O' Bats
* Magnet *(Pumpkin M.I.R.V.)* - Launches a fast, homing Short Circuit orb that deals 15 damage per damage tick and has a lifetime of ? seconds.
* Stealth
* Ball O' Lightning
* Meteor Shower
* Flight *(Minify)* - Grants the Disciplinary Action speed boost and enables flight for 20 seconds. Holding the **Jump** key (Spacebar) causes Star Swirl to slowly ascend. Star Swirl cannot fall during Flight and instead slowly descends while not actively flying up or touching the ground.

Star Swirl's spells only deal half the damage of their vanilla versions and can't cast them while stunned.
Star Swirl's main mobility tool is **Teleport**.

* Activation: **Secondary Attack** (Mouse2)
* Cooldown: 7.5s

Star Swirl has access to **Weighdown**.

**Main Rage** costs 100% rage. It is activated by the **Medic Call** key (E by default).

**Back Hole** - Star Swirl shots out a bolt of energy that creates a black hole when it collides with something. Nearby enemies will get sucked into the black hole, getting trapped inside it for a few seconds and continuously losing health, up to 120 health. Star Swirl will also start generating XP points rapidly over time, obtaining 2000 XP in total.
**Spellblock** - Activating the Rage prevents enemies from casting spells.
Using the Rage removes any spells that Star Swirl currently has.
Star Swirl needs to receive 3500 damage in order to get from 0% rage to 100% rage.
Star Swirl can't activate his Main Rage while stunned.
**Special Rage** costs 10% rage per second. It is activated and deactivated by pressing the **Reload** key (R by default).

**Ethereal Form** - Star Swirl becomes invisible, gaining the effect of Bonk! Atomic Punch, a speed boost and the ability to pass through players. He cannot attack or use spells while this ability is active.
The ability automatically cancels itself if Star Swirl has no rage left.
## Weapon Attributes

Freedom Staff | +210% damage bonus
+100% damage vs buildings
-30% reduction in push force taken from damage
-30% reduction in airblast vulnerability
Spellbook Magazine | This weapon deploys 100% faster

## Miscellaneous

Whenever Star Swirl uses Teleport, a circular purple mist will appear around his feet. This is shared with Dinky Hooves and Princess Twilight.

## Fighting

### Strengths

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## Controls

* **LEFT MOUSE** fires your active weapon.
* Holding **RIGHT MOUSE** will charge the Teleport.
* **CALL FOR MEDIC** (E) activates the **Main rage**.
* **CROUCH** (Ctrl) will activate the Weighdown. (while mid-air and looking down.)
* **ACTION SLOT BUTTON** (H) throws the magic spell.

## Music

**Darkest Dungeon OST - Color of Madness "The Blasted Heath" (2018) HQ Official**

## Quotes

Twilight Sparkle: *"Star Swirl!? I...I've wanted to meet you my whole life! I can't believe you're here!"* - Intro

*"Now!"* - Teleport

*"Ready? Open the portal."* - Rage

*"Something about this magic seems familiar..."* - Zen Spot has Appeared

*"I doubt we can save our homeland with a conversation."* - Killing Spree

*"What?! No, no, no, no!*" - Backstabbed

*"Know this, fiend! We will not rest until we find a way to return you to limbo!"* - Last Man Standing

Pony of Shadows: *"Your pitiful attempt to imprison me has failed, Star Swirl!"* - Defeat

*"Then my spell worked, before it was meddled with, and the realm has been at peace for a millennia!"* - Victory