Lord Tirek

Lord Tirek is one of the main antagonists of the series and is Cozy Glow's teacher.

## Appearance

Tirek is a demonic-looking being with elements of a centaur.

His lower body is black, with a white horse tail and cloven hooves.

His upper body appears to be covered in black fur, except his arms and face, which are crimson.

He has a pair of horns and a white beard, his eyes are jet black with yellow pupils.

He dons steel bracelets which seem to be all that remains of his shackles, a steel collar, and a ring in his nose, he also wears a gold amulet that is a keepsake from Scorpan.

His face has a more primate-like or bull-like shape.

In the beginning Tirek appears far smaller than he was in the original series, he is also scrawny and old-looking.

However, the more power he absorbs, the bigger and nastier he gets.

Notably, he becomes much more muscular, grows more hair, and his horns grow much longer.

After he absorbs the power of the six main characters (sans Sunset), his shackle bracelets shatter.

## Personality

Tirek is extremely power-hungry, oppressive, brutal, abusive and selfish.

He wants to have complete and utter dominion over all of Equestria, and he will stop at nothing to accomplish this goal.

However, he does not kill his enemies, preferring to leave them alive, but powerless, the better to oppress them.

Tirek is also very quick to anger, and his wrath is absolutely terrifying to behold.

Despite this, Tirek isn't purely a brute as he was patient enough to wait for a long time after escaping Tartarus, recovering just enough power to become able to launch an assault on ponies.

He is also an expert manipulator who cannot be trusted.

He was even able to persuade Discord, himself known as an expert master of puppets, into joining him, only to betray him and consume his power after gaining enough magic to do so.

Despite this, he will sometimes keep his word, but only when he feels he's not really losing anything out of the deal, such as when he released Twilight's depowered friends.

Tirek seems to be quite lucid, because he did not understand how Sunset could still consider Discord as his friend after the way he betrayed him.

## Powers, Skills and Abilities

* Magic Drain: In his first appearance, Tirek is shown to be able to consume the magic of ponies, removing their cutie mark in the process - he seems to literally suck this magic into his mouth, like a more kid-friendly version of "soul stealing" (and possibly a flat-out violation of the ponies' selves). A pony drained this way is completely stripped of all magic. Tirek adds the stolen magic to his own, increasing his size and power. The more magic he drains, the bigger and more powerful he becomes. After devouring enough unicorn magic, he becomes able to strip Earth and Pegasi ponies of their innate magic as well. At very high levels of power, he becomes able to strip even an Alicorn or a draconequus of all magic. If Tirek drains the magic of every single pony in Equestria, he effectively becomes its ruler, able to single-handedly control all the aspects of the land that ponies normally regulate collectively.

* Immense Strength: At high levels of power, Tirek displays an enormous degree of super strength. He is able to lift and throw chunks of the earth bigger than himself, flying and hitting Sunset straight through a large mountain, and smash the ground to create a fearsome shock wave. Presumably, his physical power depends on the amount of earth pony magic he has consumed.

* Demonic Magic: Tirek displays a degree of magical power consistent with the amount of magic he has consumed. At low levels of power, he is only able to fire a weak, paltry blast. After consuming enough magic he becomes almost unstoppable. He has displayed enormously powerful energy projection in the form of blasts and beams, the ability to create magical shields, high-level telekinesis, high-level magical entrapment, the ability to create portals, and more. His magic seems to be affiliated with fire. The way he casts spells is unique to him: instead of emitting magic directly from his horns, he instead forms a ball of infernal energy in the empty space between his two horns.

* Durability: Tirek's durability seems to be immense as he survived the magical equivalent of a nuke and even managed to ram himself and Sunset through an entire mountain without seeming to injure himself. Tirek almost never shows any sign of feeling pain (except at rare occasions like when Twilight blasted him in the face) and never seems to be injured at all. He may even be immortal, since the rainbow did not kill him, instead only draining his power and sending him back to Tartarus. Also, like Celestia, he is over a thousand years old.

* Flight: During his battle against Sunset, he is capable of wingless flight, which would be consistent with him stealing Pegasus magic.