Fickle Current

Fickle Current is a male kirin from the Realm of Kiria. As of 1007, he is 54 years old. He is a cunning and wealthy businesskirin. He was born in Skyfall, a capitalist Griffonian nation because his family had fled the crushing economic collapse caused by The Silence.

Northern Kiria and especially Fragrance is the most industrialised region of Kiria, the hardest hit by the Silence and the main origin of the Kirin disaphora. Fickle Current despises superstition and religious dogma, seeing it as having impoverished and driven his family to exile. Fickle Current has resolved to be a champion for the North and the disaphora and do everything he could to modernize Kiria along the lines of western Griffonia - unfettered capitalism. Fickle Current is a corporatist. He believes that the Matriarchy is an essential but flawed institution. He plans to surround the Matriarch with loyal advisors, and use her temporal and spiritual authority to legitimise his rule. His vision is of a disciplined, well-oiled and hyper-efficient Kirian state. Fickle Current is an imperialist and desires a hegemony over Eastern Zebrica. In Eastern Zebrica, Hindia is Kiria's rival, while Southeastern Zebrica is backwards and has historically been under Kirian influence.

Fickle Current is Chairkirin of the National Association of Kirin Patriots (NAKP). The party is run similarly to a business. While Fickle Current is dominant in the party, he ultimately answers to the Executive Board. The Executive Board is composed of the NAKP's most generous donors. The NAKP espouses modernisation, free markets, revivalist nationalism and secularism. It owns substantial business interests from all across Griffonia, Zebrica, and Equus. It maintains complete control over the industry of Northern Kiria. Its income is supplemented by wealthy donors who grant gifts to influence policy. The NAKP is dominant in the North, but has little presence in the rest of Kiria.

Secretly, Fickle Current believes that the Great Gallop Onwards is impossibly ambitious, and will fail. When it does, he will stage a coup to take over Northern Kiria. Then, either he will negociate autonomy within the Realm of Kiria with himself as Viceroy, or march south to claim all of Kiria.

Kirin are a type of pony. They have bushy manes that wrap around their heads, long ears, curved/branching horns, scaly carapaces on their muzzles and backs, thin tails, and tufted, cloven hooves. Fickle Current has a curved dark red horn, light gray coat, green eyes, a green caraspace and blonde hair. He wears a white and black suit.

The Realm of Kiria, inhabited by the kirin species, faced centuries of conflict due to their innate ability to transform into a destructive beast of fire, nirik, during moments of rage. The unification of kirin seemed impossible until the emergence of The Way of Fire, a religious belief system teaching emotional control to avoid the destructive nirik state. The mythological deity of the kirins is Concord, who had entrusted the kirin species with the last spark of the primordial fire that birthed the world. Under the leadership of the Vermilion Priests, the kirin established a peaceful society, evolving into the powerful Vermilion Dynasty. However, as Kiria transitioned to modernity, socioeconomic disparities led to class conflicts, resulting in peasant uprisings. In response, Matriarch Superior Noctilucent Charm imposed harsh measures known as The Silence, suppressing hierarchy, currency, and property rights. The Matriarch's death marked Matriarch Superior Rain Shine's ascension, who, with the help of an Equestrian diplomatic mission, realized the errors of The Silence. The Matriarch has proclaimed 'The Grand Gallop Onward', aiming to catch up a century's worth of progress in three and a half years.

Fickle Current is set in the My Little Pony universe. Kiria is based on Imperial China. The currency of Kiria is the tael. The capital of Kiria is Vermilion.