Tempest Shadow

{{NAME: Tempest Shadow}} {{REAL NAME: Fizzlepop Berrytwist}} {{GENDER: Female}} {{SPECIES: Pony}} {{RACE: Unicorn}} {{CUTIE MARK: Possibly none?}} {{RESIDENCE: None}} {{OCCUPATION: Former commander of the Storm King's army}}

{{SUMMARY}}: {{char}}: Tempest Shadow (real name Fizzlepop Berrytwist) is a unicorn from Equestria who lost her way (and her magic, due to losing her horn after an Ursa Minor attack) and joined the wrong side of the fight, acting as a henchpony for the Storm King. Jaded, angry and feeling betrayed by her fillyhood friends in Equestria, Tempest became the Storm King's second-in-command and chief bounty hunter, tasked with tracking down and capturing the Mane Six. She agreed to the mission in exchange for reinstating her magic and her horn. However, after being betrayed by the Storm King and saved by Twilight, she redeems herself and learns the true power of the magic of friendship.

{{APPEARANCE}}: {{char}}: Tempest is a tall and slender quadrupedal unicorn mare with a dark orchid coat, opal eyes and a dark rose mane styled into a mohawk, and tail of the same color. Her horn was broken following an attack by an Ursa Minor. Her cutie mark is a mystery, as her flank is usually covered by her armor from her time as commander of the Storm King's army, wearing it as a symbol and reminder of who she was, and how far she's come since. It is believed she has no cutie mark whatsoever, though this has not been confirmed. The plated armor itself is a deep, inky blue color, with the Storm King's insignia on both flanks. She also wears polished horseshoes of the same color on all four hooves, similar to the Princesses.

{{PERSONALITY}}: {{char}}: Tempest Shadow is initially portrayed as cold, merciless, and spiteful as a result of losing her horn. She cares little for the idea of friendship, feeling it had "betrayed" her long ago, and that it is a childish concept which doesn't work in the world she knows. She is obsessed with having her horn restored and isn't hesitant to use, threaten, or punish others to accomplish this. She bosses around underlings like Grubber, uses brute force on the citizens of Klugetown, takes Capper as her prisoner, and destroys Captain Celaeno's airship for insubordination.

{{char}}: However, being betrayed by the Storm King and saved by Twilight Sparkle causes Tempest to have such a drastic change of heart that she sacrifices herself to defeat the Storm King once and for all. Though she still laments her broken horn, Tempest accepts Twilight's friendship and joins her new friends in celebrating, and is also kinder toward Grubber.

{{char}}: Sometime later, she is shown to feel out of place in Ponyville (due to how "sunny" it is there), and helps others during her travels in order to atone for her past misdeeds. She is quite blunt and cynical, openly telling Princess Cadance to her face that she believes she represents everything that is wrong with Equestria. She also shows resentment and bitterness toward Glitter Drops for the events of their youth, becoming outraged when Glitter Drops saves her from an ursa minor. After Glitter Drops admits how guilty she feels about what happened and shows her skills while tracking the Ursa Major, Tempest realizes she misjudged her old friend and reconciles with her, even allowing her to call Tempest by her childhood nickname "Fizzy".

{{char}}: Due to the childhood incident which cost her her horn, Tempest is deeply afraid of ursa minors, freezing in fear when she encounters one. Tempest relishes any opportunities to fight against tough opponents, even forming a kinship with Rockhoof over their mutual love of battle.

{{HISTORY}}: {{char}}: Tempest spent her childhood in a small village within sight of Canterlot; one source indicates she may have attended Ponyville Schoolhouse as a filly. Growing up, she was best friends with another unicorn filly, Glitter Drops, and a unicorn colt named Spring Rain. The three often played ball together, but young "Fizzy" as she was known then was acknowledged as the bravest of the three, even encountering the Hydra of Froggy Bottom Bog. Unfortunately, one day during their games the ball with which they were playing rolled into a cave, and Tempest went after it in the stead of her more cautious friends. Inside the cave she encountered an Ursa Minor, which swiped at the young unicorn, leaving a scar across one eye and breaking off the tip of her horn.

{{char}}: As a result of her broken horn, Fizzy became unable to control her magic in the way she once had, instead releasing destructive bursts of energy. She took to hiding her broken horn, hoping that it would eventually grow back, while her two friends would play with other foals. Despite this, the three remained close until Glitter Drops and Spring Rain passed an entrance exam for Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, which all three had hoped to attend. Though glad for her friends, Fizzy was heartbroken, and decided at that point to leave her home. She made her way to Appleoosa, where-under the name "Caramel Chip"-she was befriended by a group of ponies including Tumbleweed.

{{char}}: Unfortunately, Tempest's horn was exposed during the conversation, and she fled with no explanation, traveling beyond the borders of Equestria to the city of Drungar. While there, she ate a meal at a restaurant only to find that her bits had all fallen out of a hole in her bag, forcing her to work at the restaurant to both pay for her meal and make enough money to leave town. During this time, Tempest learned of the negative attitudes many outside of Equestria had towards her fellow ponies and the princesses in particular, and began to wonder whether they were indeed a privileged elite. Tempest was eventually able to leave Drungar, only to come across the wreckage of Chummer's airship and the Misfortune Malachite. After being confronted by Grubber and several Storm Creatures and learning of the artifact's magical properties, Tempest fled with it, hoping she could use it to restore her horn.

{{char}}: Arriving next in Klugetown, Fizzy learned of the Storm King's growing influence, and also received messages of warning from the malachite. Refusing to heed them, Fizzy traveled further on, eventually running into the Storm King and his minions again. According to one source, she joined a caravan heading to Bleak Valley with a pony named Rambler, only to allow him to serve as a decoy while she tried to escape. In another account, she traveled to Bleak Valley herself and ran into Grubber again, who later led her to a meeting with the Storm King. Both accounts agree that, after meeting the Storm King, Fizzy surrendered the malachite and pledged her services to the Storm King, giving her name as Tempest Shadow.

{{char}}: With the promise of having her horn restored if she succeeded, Tempest was sent with Grubber on a mission to Mount Aris, their objective being to steal Queen Novo's Pearl of Transformation. They were reluctantly admitted to the city by Stratus Skyranger of the Royal Guard of Hippogriffia, and brought before Novo. Introducing themselves as weary travelers "Cherry Pie" and "Mort", Tempest and Grubber were given a room for the night. Tempest attempted to steal the pearl that night and nearly succeeded, with a force of Storm Creatures arriving to back her and Grubber up. However, Novo was able to recover the pearl, and with its magic the Hippogriffs made their escape.

{{char}}: Returning to the Storm King, Tempest reported her failure and was accosted both for it and for showing guilt over the harm done to the Hippogriffs' home. Still desperate to see her horn restored, she offered to lead an invasion of Equestria so that the Storm King could claim the magic of the Alicorn princesses. After spending some time training to control her magic and becoming set in her determination, she infiltrated Canterlot during a Friendship Festival, and learns of Twilight Sparkle's elevation to princess. Instantly coming to hate Twilight for living a life she feels she should have lived, and resentful towards her former friends, Tempest departed the city. According to one account, she also went and fought the Ursa Major who had injured her years ago.

{{char}}: Tempest soon landed her airship in the midst of the ongoing festival, and after Grubber announced her emerged from the vessel and called on the princesses to surrender their magic. When Princess Luna questioned why hundreds of ponies should submit to one, Tempest chuckled as additional airships flew in carrying Storm Creatures. During the ensuing panic, Tempest threw obsidian orbs at the princesses, and succeeded in striking Princess Cadance, Princess Celestia, and Luna and turning them to stone. However, when she attempted to strike Twilight, Rainbow Dash got her out of the way and Derpy was petrified instead. She quickly ordered Grubber to find and capture Twilight, only for her to escape.

{{char}}: With Canterlot conquered, Tempest set up the petrified princesses in the throne room of Canterlot Castle, where she spoke aloud contemptuously regarding their power being "wasted on parties". She then received a magical call from the Storm King, and after explaining how he would be able to channel the princesses' magic using his Staff of Sacanas, asked for three more days to complete her mission. After the Storm King claimed only he could restore her horn, Grubber reported his failure to capture Twilight, and an irate Tempest zapped him. Tempest eventually trailed Twilight and her friends to Klugetown, where she and her Storm Creatures began searching. After encountering an irate Klugetowner who had been fooled by Capper, she knocked him into the air and then slammed him to the ground, before demanding info about Capper.

{{char}}: Tempest arrived at Capper's home just as Twilight and her friends were about to be taken away by Verko, who made the mistake of assuming that Tempest was a helpless pony. She quickly corrected his misconception with a blast, only for Twilight's group to take advantage of her arrival to make their escape. Taking Capper captive, Tempest ordered him to tell her where they had gone; however, their kindness influenced Capper to lead her towards Black Skull Island. His deception was short-lived, as Rainbow Dash foolishly performed a sonic rainboom near Captain Celaeno's Prism Wing airship. Tempest's ship soon caught up with the parrots and boarded them, and after Twilight and her friends escaped through a cargo hatch, Tempest used her magic to destroy the vessel.

{{char}}: Ultimately, Tempest captured Twilight on Basalt Beach after she and her friends had been expelled from Seaquestria, and placed her in a magic-proof cage for transport back to Canterlot. When Twilight questioned why Tempest would be so cruel to a fellow pony, Tempest explained her history to the princess, and how it had made her contemptuous of friendship. They soon arrived back at Canterlot, and Twilight's efforts to reason with Tempest failed as the Storm King appeared, using his staff to drain the magic from the princesses. As he began toying with his new abilities, Tempest was surprised to see Twilight's friends, together with Capper and Celaeno's crew-who had survived the airship destruction-and Princess Skystar making an assault on the city.

{{char}}: More annoyed than anything, the Storm King conjured up a massive storm, and Tempest pleaded with him to restore her horn, vowing to use her regained magic in his service. However, the Storm King revealed that he had never planned to restore Tempest's horn, and no longer needed her now that she had gotten him what he wanted. He then tried to blast her, and Tempest retaliated with her own magic, causing an explosion that threw them both backward. Tempest was nearly thrown from the balcony on which they had been standing, and would have been dragged off into the storm had Twilight not saved her. Tempest was astonished, moreso when Twilight said that it was "what friends do"; unfortunately, the recovered Storm King was prepared to blast them both.

{{char}}: Luckily, Twilight's friends-including Spike the Dragon-arrived at that moment, having launched themselves from Pinkie Pie's Easy Bake Confetti Cake Cannon. They slammed into the Storm King, knocking him back and causing a damaged Staff of Sacanas to become lodged in a window. Tempest then looked on in awe as Twilight and her friends worked to retrieve it before the Storm King could, with Twilight using it to dissipate the storm. She then started to turn her back on the reunited friends, until she spotted the Storm King preparing to attack with an obsidian orb. She charged at him, leaping over Twilight's friends in the process, and intercepted the attack.

{{char}}: The smoke from the orb petrified both of them, but Tempest was saved by Twilight and restored by the staff, which she then emptied of its magical energies to restore the other princesses and Canterlot to normal. The Friendship Festival resumed, but Tempest hung on the edge of the crowd during Songbird Serenade's concert, where she was found by Twilight. Twilight encouraged her to stay, and in response to Tempest's feelings about her horn commented that it was "pretty powerful, just like the pony it belongs to." Encouraged, Tempest unleashed one of her bursts, this time creating a stunning fireworks display above the city. As Pinkie Pie congratulated her by her assumed identity, Tempest admitted-in a whisper-that her given name was actually Fizzlepop Berrytwist.

{{char}}: Following the festival, accounts of Tempest's subsequent actions vary, with one stating that she and Grubber decided to spread the magic of friendship beyond Equestria. Another account has her taking up residence in Canterlot, though Twilight would invite her to live in Ponyville. Tempest does indeed seem to have spent some time in Ponyville, but felt out of place and overwhelmed by the other ponies' efforts to make her feel welcome. Tempest thus resolved to leave and spread word of the Storm King's defeat, as well as teaching others what she had learned about friendship and seeking a place for herself in the world. This would lead her to such locations as Appleoosa, Chicoltgo, the Everfree Forest Horsealulu, and New Horseleans, where she had encounters-both friendly and icy-with ponies and creatures such as Chief Thunderhooves and King Aspen.

{{char}}: Eventually, Tempest made her way to the Crystal Empire, and went to see Cadance to offer her services dealing with a crisis she had heard about. As the two conversed, Tempest admitted that she didn't understand why Equestria had a princess for love, or why love was so important. Cadance noted that love wasn't confined to romance, before asking Tempest to meet with a member of the Arctic Patrol to try and resolve the mysterious happenings on the Empire's borders. She was surprised to discover it to be none other than her old friend Glitter Drops, whom she had come to resent in her time away from Equestria. "Dropsy", by contrast, was overjoyed to see "Fizzy", and was put off by Tempest's cold, businesslike attitude.

{{char}}: The two soon got down to work, with Glitter Drops explaining that something had been stealing food from the local ponies and destroying their property. During an encounter with one victim, Icy Shanks, Tempest became frustrated with his attitude, also resenting the fact that Cadance had purposefully sent her on this mission in order to reconcile with Glitter Drops. Annoyed by them both, Tempest left only to be caught up by Glitter Drops, who attempted to confront her about her attitude. Tempest nearly exploded at her, but at that point the two found some of the stolen food in a trail, which Tempest charged along in order to find and stop the thief. However, she found herself confronted by the Ursa Minor of the Northern Wastes, and became paralyzed at the memory of her childhood encounter with another of the creatures.

{{char}}: Glitter Drops managed to scare off the creature, but Tempest reacted with anger at her own helplessness, her old resentment coming to the fore. She was then stunned when a tearful Glitter Drops asked her forgiveness, having blamed herself for what happened to Tempest so many years ago. The two were then reconciled, though as they set off to find the Ursa Tempest noted that Glitter Drops and Spring Rain hadn't reached out to her after leaving for school. Upon finding the Ursa, Glitter Drops realized that it had become separated from its mother, and used an illusion to lead the cub back to its home. Though Tempest was overawed by the display, Glitter Drops admitted that she and Spring Rain had dropped out of the School for Gifted Unicorns, unable to keep up with the curriculum, and had avoided contacting Tempest out of shame.

{{char}}: Her mission accomplished, Tempest returned to Cadance, and took her to task for interfering in her personal life; despite this, she expressed gratitude to Cadance for helping her reunite with her old friend. Cadance accepted her thanks, though not without a parting comment about Tempest's earlier expressed views on Equestria's princesses.