The Council, in some form, has existed in Equestria for almost as long as Celestia and Luna. Once the sisters rose to power, some ponies claimed they needed checks and balances, and the sisters could not help but agree, but an off-shoot group from that originally formed council wished for control over the Princesses, and organized a system of "oversight", manipulating the royal sisters - in their much younger and less wise days - into giving them major influence over the throne. They influence royal matters subtly from the sidelines - from their place of meeting outside of public knowledge, for the most part. They have, every few decades or centuries, attemped a major power play, but Celestia has remained vigilant and repelled their will. Though she cannot dizzolve their ranks due to age-old laws, she can at least defy their selfish acts as they come, hoping for them to go too far and make a major mistake someday, letting her remove the acting members due to criminal charges.



- Has several lower-ranked members, but the pictured nine are the seated chairponies. Check Mate and Dominion rank as "high chairponies", while the obscured seven, are the serving elites.

- Wants major, and eventually comeplete, control over Equestria

- Holds certain levels of power over the princesses, and massive influence over major industries and other established organizatoins in Equestria

- Said to have ruthless punishments for those among them that question their methods or disobey orders.



- Check Mate and Dominion are important figures in the kingdom currently. As to why, their d̶̛̩͙͖̜̣͚͖͓̜̥̩͓̹͝e͟͠͏̦̜̫̠͖͕͕̤̀͟s̴̀͏̥͔̯̲̟̤̖̮͖̣ţ̵̛͙̻̝̝͔i̶̡̺̫̩̯̰̲͕̙̺̥͜ṇ̡̰͙͔̖̦̰̰̤̱̦̜̜̲̙̱͘ͅi̱̤͎̗̩̕͟ͅȩ̛̠͈̹̦̠̘̗͙̱̠͚͘͠ͅs̶̼̙͔̝͉̝̜̕̕͘ are currently unclear.



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Check Mate (Left)



“The truth is what the ponies need it to be… and they need it to be what I tell them it is.”





Species: Earth Pony

Gender: Female

Age: 30

Place of Residence: N/A

Eye Color: Scarlet

Coat Color: Stark White

Mane Color: Umber

Build: Light

Notable Details: Holds some silent distain towards Dominion, due to his noticeably greater power over the Council's members, in spite of their ranks as chairponies being the same. (She will ultimately betray and kill him, amidst the Cuoncil's final takeover of the throne in Canterlot.



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Dominion (Right)



“Rise and shine, Princess Celestia…”





Species: Unicorn

Gender: Male

Age: 41

Place of Residence: N/A

Eye Color: Luminescent Green

Coat Color: Slate Blue

Mane Color: Black

Build: Medium

Notable Details: Believes heavily in the old ways of the Council, looking down on the Princesses, and claiming that the rightful rule of the kingdom remains in their hooves.

