



An up and coming scientist in theoretical magic Twilight almost had her path paved in front of her. Her papers were making her the talk of the magic community and her ideas for increasing food production were regarded as revolutionary. The large food businesses supplying the colonies like Ponyville Docks, however, saw this as a huge dent in their profits.

The nobles governing the colonies saw this as a possible way to reach self-sustenance and a path leading to the rise of independant colonies, which did not sit well with the mainland Nobles. Twilight was ordered to cease magical experimentation, turn over her research to the Crown or "Suffer the consequences".

Edit: For those wondering how this was made, here's a video tutorial I cooked up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYu6RO… In the line of the 'Pirate Mares' universe. Download gives the full-size Image.Following the suggestion of my wife after she saw some animated images like that, I set out to do a test on how I'd go doing something like that.In short: It takes time. It's like making a flash puppet in photoshop where even the shadows and highlights have to match perfectly.Not to mention it required a few tests before that. But in the end, here she is. The Mage: Twilight Sparkle.---After her research got seized by the crown, she continued her experiments on growing food magically at Zecora's, only to find herself a fugitive for helping a Zebrican 'Slave' escape from 'justice'. She joined Captain Pinkie on the Sugarcube as navigator and mage.Stories float on the 13 seas that, in her madness, she delved in necromancy and can summon the fallen to her aid. (She knows it's not true, but it keeps trouble away to some extent. She is, in fact, working on an illusion spell that would make it appear as though she is accompanied by the dead. No sense in letting such a good story go to waste!)