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my current design for Princess Celestia.
I don't know why, but I've always been indifferent towards her. i don't hate her, but i don't like her either. she just seems like your stereotypical pretty princess, though she does have a lovely personality and is a lovely person. she is suspiciously innocent, though, which is why my Celestia is much different.

Princess Celestia (formerly Prince Solaris) is the oldest ruler in all of Equestria and easily the most well known. she is the second eldest of the current Royal Family, and reigns over the sun.
Celestia was born as a male, Solaris, in the ancient country of Equestria to a poor family. Equestria was suffering in the hands of Cosmos, an evil creature fallen from Azathoth in the depths of space. Clutched in her grasp was Discord, the king of earth and chaos, tortured by her will and forced to obey her. Discord tried time and time again to escape Cosmos, but to no avail. Until he encountered Solaris, that is.
Solaris found him running desperately from Cosmos' tyrannical claws and offered him shelter while he recovered. He knew he would be found anyway, as Cosmos was all powerful and omniscient, and could see him at all times, but he was eternally grateful to Solaris for his humble act of generosity. For a few days, he stayed under Solaris's slanted roof and bonded with him. Solaris lived in a small village on the outskirts of the city Cosmos had constructed (what would later become Canterlot), oblivious to the havoc she wreaked, and hidden from her eyes. The unicorn helped out wherever he could, and was a hero to his people. Discord saw great potential in him.
When Cosmos found him, she descended upon Solaris' village in a great, terrible rage, tearing through each and every house to find him. Solaris, however, stood up to her. Discord, emboldened by his blatant display of rebellion, welled up the courage to tear away from Cosmos. Solaris challenged Cosmos to a duel of magic, and when he miraculously defeated her, Discord sprung upon the opportunity and ripped her to shreds, breaking her into bits and burying each piece in a separate star.
Solaris was enraged with Discord. He sought to punish him, knowing now that he'd had the power to defeat Cosmos all along but being too cowardly to do so. Discord was beholden to him for his generosity, and relinquished his Equestrian crown unto him. and thus, with the blessing of the master of chaos, Solaris was born as the first alicorn, Prince of Equestria. As a display of loyalty, Discord gave him the sun, within which the largest part of Cosmos was buried, and bore the sky upon his shoulders for five-thousand years.
Having no official education and having never held a position of leadership, Solaris felt unprepared. He often sought Discord out for help during his lengthy punishment. However, leadership came naturally to him; he was an intelligent, worldly strategist with a mind forever engrossed with the safety and happiness of his people. He was a very popular ruler, and set his sights upon converting Canterlot into his capitol city.
Challengers arose from every front, however, after the unification of Equestria. Starving Changelings sought love from the west, Wendigos and Umbrum guarded the frigid Arctic North, and dragons prevented any expansion into the south. Cosmos' magic was still at work all over Equestria, especially in the nearby Everfree Forest, which was so deeply affected by her experimentation that it began to spawn monsters of every sort. Solaris began to grow overwhelmed with the work.
Solaris was as ruthless as he was kind. He was an incredible force to be reckoned with, and personally slayed any creature that posed a threat to his people. Thousands of Changelings, Wendigos, Umbrum, and even a few dragons died under his hooves. The weight of it never truly hit him, so engrossed was he with his duties as prince.
As Discord held the sky in his hands, Grogar, an aspiring tyrant of Equestria, sought to use his magic and what remained of Cosmos' to overthrow Solaris. He stole something valuable from Discord, as he was defenseless and could not hold his own, and from his magic he formed the Four Horses of the Apocalypse: Conquest, War, Famine, and Death. Grogar's terrible deeds so frightened Discord that he dropped the sky and was crushed by its weight. He sent a whisper to Solaris, however, warning him of Grogar's presence.
As the sky weighed heavy upon him, Discord waited to gain his strength so he could lift it again. For the time, however, the moon laid before him, and he ate of it to recover. To pass the time, he took a section and carved a foal from it. And this foal he named Luna, sister to Solaris, ruler of the Moon.
One of Solaris' young pupils, Clover the Clever, defeated Grogar and depleted him of his strength, returning it to Discord. Without a leader, the Four Horses dispersed. He lifted the sky and made mountains to hold it, while he produced Luna to Solaris.
Solaris loved Luna. She was as his blood related sister to him, and he sought to raise her to be a princess with him. He wished to educate her more so than he'd been as a child, and so he found Starswirl the Bearded to teach her magic and strategy, and perhaps him as well.
As Equestria grew, Solaris sought to expand into the Arctic North to find rumored gems that held magical properties. He sent squadrons into the mountains to mine for them. They dug and dug for months until they finally found what they had been seeking. Solaris used the magic of the sun to form the Crystal Heart, a gem infused with pure sunlight and love to keep those around it warm, and used it as the centerpiece for the Crystal Outpost. He sent Mia Amore, a lady of his court, to lead them, and she became the first Empress, Empress Amore.
Solaris settled into his rule with his sister. Empress Amore began to expand and create her own empire out of the Arctic North. She adopted a student, the last of the Umbrum, Sombra, and sent him to Equestria for study.
The prince was jealous of Sombra. Sombra was sweet and beautiful and intelligent. His wings were vast, his magic potent and unique. Everyone loved him. Solaris' mind began to turn against him as Luna adopted him as her brother, and Discord fell in love.
His hatred towards the crystalline prince grew and grew until he couldn't take it anymore. On the day of his coronation, in the presence of hundreds of thousands of ponies, Solaris descended upon Sombra with all the rage aflame in his heart and divorced his wings from his body.
All of Equestria watched on in terror. With the flames of his anger now quenched, Solaris was overwhelmed with guilt. Discord rushed to defend his lover, broken and bleeding, and bore him in his arms, surging back into the Crystal Empire with great urgency. Luna turned away from her brother, cold and distant, terrified of when he would snap next.
Empress Amore was livid. She healed Sombra to the best of her ability, cutting off her communication with Solaris. Sombra, now recovered and full of wrath, wished revenge upon Solaris. With Discord at his side, he took over the Empire, turning Amore to stone and enslaving all of the Empire. The empty walls of his barracks swelled with trained warriors as the Empire prepared itself for war.
Solaris was caught off guard. Having betrayed the trust of his entire family, his kingdom, and himself, his heart was immense with sorrow. Now he would be forced to defend himself against his own as Sombra marched against Equestria. He sought to face Sombra alone.
When filled with rage as he was, Emperor Sombra was a formidable force even the firstborn alicorn could barely match. Solaris did not wish to harm his brother. Sombra, on the other hand, was blind to his own self-control. The last remaining strands of his sanity had been undone in an instant, and his mental health began to unravel. With the last vestiges of his strength, Solaris brandished the Crystal Heart against him and banished him to the ice of the Arctic North.
The prince was beside himself. What he had done was unforgivable, and now the weight of it all came crashing down upon him. He wept for days on end, secluded and alone, oblivious to his own health as he mourned the loss of those he held dear. To him, he'd lost everything, and it was all his fault. Everything was his fault.
Discord rose against him in a great fit of disgust. He sowed chaos and misfortune across all of Equestria, bearing likeness to Cosmos, the enemy he'd stood tall against so long ago, and crowned himself King. With much reluctance, Luna bore arms against him, as well as resentment towards her brother, the newfound Elements of Harmony held in their wings. Solaris banished Discord with tears in his eyes. In his final throes, Discord took Solaris' left leg and wing, and the prince let him do it. It was a punishment. His last condolences, and a final, wistful goodbye before Discord was taken away from him.
Luna watched her brother recover with distant eyes. She no longer felt love towards her brother, only hatred. She'd always felt separate from him. Lesser. Like she was the floor beneath his hooves. He'd tore what remained of their family away for his own benefit alone, and Luna felt that that was a great unfairness towards them. So she took up arms against him, for the honor of her fallen brothers.
Solaris was heartbroken. His heart was shattered into pieces, and he felt nothing but anguish. Now that his sister was at odds with him, he felt that all was lost. Reluctantly, and not without cause, he bore the Elements of Harmony against her and banished her to the moon.
Everyone was gone. Everyone. Everything was lost. It was his fault. His alone. He was a monster of the highest order.
He changed his name. He changed his gender. He disappeared from the public eye for decades, leaving ministers and officials to rule in his stead. No one saw him for a long, long time.
By the time he reappeared, he was a different pony. He was Princess Celestia, peaceful and kind. She was wise and beautiful, and everyone loved her. Solaris was forgotten. Discord, Sombra, and Nightmare Moon were painted as villains in foal's tales. All was forgotten, and all was forgiven.
But Celestia wasn't happy. She felt empty inside. Her family was gone, all that she loved and held dear, and she was forced to bear her burdens alone. She tried her best to remain strong, but it was so hard sometimes. It was hard to get out of bed, or to smile and wave all the time. She felt exhausted.
She sought an heir. She wanted to badly to return to the ether from whence she'd came. So she found someone. Twilight Sparkle fought her battles. Twilight Sparkle faced what she once had, as Prince Solaris. Luna returned and forgave her. Discord returned and hugged her again. That hole she'd punched in her own chest was filled in just a little bit more.
Now that Celestia's retired and has little responsibility, she's finally had time to process what she's done. She is depressed and unhappy with herself, valuing all other lives over her own. She is shy, reluctant to take charge, instead choosing to stand back and let others take the lead. Any power in her hooves feels like a weapon to her, and she crumbles under the weight of her crown. She is kind, though, and affectionate, wanting nothing more than for others to feel a happiness that she herself no longer experiences. She offers excellent advice to those who ask. She's a wise old mare, good for a story or two, and plenty fun to take out for the day. Every day she seeks distractions from her own thoughts, and sometimes overwhelms and exhausts herself with her various daily activities. She enjoys exploring the outdoors (something she never really had time for as princess) and has taken up baking with Pinkie Pie at Sugarcube Corner.

history isn't really an important part of the common equestrian curriculum, and much of the time period before Discord's banishment is lost to time. 'Prince Solaris' is a name that many don't know. while Discord and Luna have forgiven Celestia for what she's done, Celestia can never forgive herself. she is extremely depressed and traumatized from her days as Prince Solaris and hates talking about it. Starlight and Trixie are her two very best friends at the moment; she bonds with Starlight especially because of how afraid she is of having power again. Sunburst is another great friend of hers, a former student turned Prince Consort that she visits often for casual afternoon tea.
Sombra and Celestia..don't talk. Sombra's memory is hazy, and much of his tyrannical rule is lost on him, but something about Celestia feels wrong, and he doesn't like being around her. Celestia, on the other hoof, avoids him simply because looking at him overwhelms her with guilt and remorse. she wronged him so deeply, and he doesn't remember. she wants to tell him, but she also doesn't want to (or is afraid of what he'll do to her if she does tell him).
there's a lot going on here. sorry for all the word vomit.
(Tia's hair gets all glowy when she's excited, but for the most part it remains a dull gold color)

Description
my current design for Princess Celestia.
I don't know why, but I've always been indifferent towards her. i don't hate her, but i don't like her either. she just seems like your stereotypical pretty princess, though she does have a lovely personality and is a lovely person. she is suspiciously innocent, though, which is why my Celestia is much different.

Princess Celestia (formerly Prince Solaris) is the oldest ruler in all of Equestria and easily the most well known. she is the second eldest of the current Royal Family, and reigns over the sun.
Celestia was born as a male, Solaris, in the ancient country of Equestria to a poor family. Equestria was suffering in the hands of Cosmos, an evil creature fallen from Azathoth in the depths of space. Clutched in her grasp was Discord, the king of earth and chaos, tortured by her will and forced to obey her. Discord tried time and time again to escape Cosmos, but to no avail. Until he encountered Solaris, that is.
Solaris found him running desperately from Cosmos' tyrannical claws and offered him shelter while he recovered. He knew he would be found anyway, as Cosmos was all powerful and omniscient, and could see him at all times, but he was eternally grateful to Solaris for his humble act of generosity. For a few days, he stayed under Solaris's slanted roof and bonded with him. Solaris lived in a small village on the outskirts of the city Cosmos had constructed (what would later become Canterlot), oblivious to the havoc she wreaked, and hidden from her eyes. The unicorn helped out wherever he could, and was a hero to his people. Discord saw great potential in him.
When Cosmos found him, she descended upon Solaris' village in a great, terrible rage, tearing through each and every house to find him. Solaris, however, stood up to her. Discord, emboldened by his blatant display of rebellion, welled up the courage to tear away from Cosmos. Solaris challenged Cosmos to a duel of magic, and when he miraculously defeated her, Discord sprung upon the opportunity and ripped her to shreds, breaking her into bits and burying each piece in a separate star.
Solaris was enraged with Discord. He sought to punish him, knowing now that he'd had the power to defeat Cosmos all along but being too cowardly to do so. Discord was beholden to him for his generosity, and relinquished his Equestrian crown unto him. and thus, with the blessing of the master of chaos, Solaris was born as the first alicorn, Prince of Equestria. As a display of loyalty, Discord gave him the sun, within which the largest part of Cosmos was buried, and bore the sky upon his shoulders for five-thousand years.
Having no official education and having never held a position of leadership, Solaris felt unprepared. He often sought Discord out for help during his lengthy punishment. However, leadership came naturally to him; he was an intelligent, worldly strategist with a mind forever engrossed with the safety and happiness of his people. He was a very popular ruler, and set his sights upon converting Canterlot into his capitol city.
Challengers arose from every front, however, after the unification of Equestria. Starving Changelings sought love from the west, Wendigos and Umbrum guarded the frigid Arctic North, and dragons prevented any expansion into the south. Cosmos' magic was still at work all over Equestria, especially in the nearby Everfree Forest, which was so deeply affected by her experimentation that it began to spawn monsters of every sort. Solaris began to grow overwhelmed with the work.
Solaris was as ruthless as he was kind. He was an incredible force to be reckoned with, and personally slayed any creature that posed a threat to his people. Thousands of Changelings, Wendigos, Umbrum, and even a few dragons died under his hooves. The weight of it never truly hit him, so engrossed was he with his duties as prince.
As Discord held the sky in his hands, Grogar, an aspiring tyrant of Equestria, sought to use his magic and what remained of Cosmos' to overthrow Solaris. He stole something valuable from Discord, as he was defenseless and could not hold his own, and from his magic he formed the Four Horses of the Apocalypse: Conquest, War, Famine, and Death. Grogar's terrible deeds so frightened Discord that he dropped the sky and was crushed by its weight. He sent a whisper to Solaris, however, warning him of Grogar's presence.
As the sky weighed heavy upon him, Discord waited to gain his strength so he could lift it again. For the time, however, the moon laid before him, and he ate of it to recover. To pass the time, he took a section and carved a foal from it. And this foal he named Luna, sister to Solaris, ruler of the Moon.
One of Solaris' young pupils, Clover the Clever, defeated Grogar and depleted him of his strength, returning it to Discord. Without a leader, the Four Horses dispersed. He lifted the sky and made mountains to hold it, while he produced Luna to Solaris.
Solaris loved Luna. She was as his blood related sister to him, and he sought to raise her to be a princess with him. He wished to educate her more so than he'd been as a child, and so he found Starswirl the Bearded to teach her magic and strategy, and perhaps him as well.
As Equestria grew, Solaris sought to expand into the Arctic North to find rumored gems that held magical properties. He sent squadrons into the mountains to mine for them. They dug and dug for months until they finally found what they had been seeking. Solaris used the magic of the sun to form the Crystal Heart, a gem infused with pure sunlight and love to keep those around it warm, and used it as the centerpiece for the Crystal Outpost. He sent Mia Amore, a lady of his court, to lead them, and she became the first Empress, Empress Amore.
Solaris settled into his rule with his sister. Empress Amore began to expand and create her own empire out of the Arctic North. She adopted a student, the last of the Umbrum, Sombra, and sent him to Equestria for study.
The prince was jealous of Sombra. Sombra was sweet and beautiful and intelligent. His wings were vast, his magic potent and unique. Everyone loved him. Solaris' mind began to turn against him as Luna adopted him as her brother, and Discord fell in love.
His hatred towards the crystalline prince grew and grew until he couldn't take it anymore. On the day of his coronation, in the presence of hundreds of thousands of ponies, Solaris descended upon Sombra with all the rage aflame in his heart and divorced his wings from his body.
All of Equestria watched on in terror. With the flames of his anger now quenched, Solaris was overwhelmed with guilt. Discord rushed to defend his lover, broken and bleeding, and bore him in his arms, surging back into the Crystal Empire with great urgency. Luna turned away from her brother, cold and distant, terrified of when he would snap next.
Empress Amore was livid. She healed Sombra to the best of her ability, cutting off her communication with Solaris. Sombra, now recovered and full of wrath, wished revenge upon Solaris. With Discord at his side, he took over the Empire, turning Amore to stone and enslaving all of the Empire. The empty walls of his barracks swelled with trained warriors as the Empire prepared itself for war.
Solaris was caught off guard. Having betrayed the trust of his entire family, his kingdom, and himself, his heart was immense with sorrow. Now he would be forced to defend himself against his own as Sombra marched against Equestria. He sought to face Sombra alone.
When filled with rage as he was, Emperor Sombra was a formidable force even the firstborn alicorn could barely match. Solaris did not wish to harm his brother. Sombra, on the other hand, was blind to his own self-control. The last remaining strands of his sanity had been undone in an instant, and his mental health began to unravel. With the last vestiges of his strength, Solaris brandished the Crystal Heart against him and banished him to the ice of the Arctic North.
The prince was beside himself. What he had done was unforgivable, and now the weight of it all came crashing down upon him. He wept for days on end, secluded and alone, oblivious to his own health as he mourned the loss of those he held dear. To him, he'd lost everything, and it was all his fault. Everything was his fault.
Discord rose against him in a great fit of disgust. He sowed chaos and misfortune across all of Equestria, bearing likeness to Cosmos, the enemy he'd stood tall against so long ago, and crowned himself King. With much reluctance, Luna bore arms against him, as well as resentment towards her brother, the newfound Elements of Harmony held in their wings. Solaris banished Discord with tears in his eyes. In his final throes, Discord took Solaris' left leg and wing, and the prince let him do it. It was a punishment. His last condolences, and a final, wistful goodbye before Discord was taken away from him.
Luna watched her brother recover with distant eyes. She no longer felt love towards her brother, only hatred. She'd always felt separate from him. Lesser. Like she was the floor beneath his hooves. He'd tore what remained of their family away for his own benefit alone, and Luna felt that that was a great unfairness towards them. So she took up arms against him, for the honor of her fallen brothers.
Solaris was heartbroken. His heart was shattered into pieces, and he felt nothing but anguish. Now that his sister was at odds with him, he felt that all was lost. Reluctantly, and not without cause, he bore the Elements of Harmony against her and banished her to the moon.
Everyone was gone. Everyone. Everything was lost. It was his fault. His alone. He was a monster of the highest order.
He changed his name. He changed his gender. He disappeared from the public eye for decades, leaving ministers and officials to rule in his stead. No one saw him for a long, long time.
By the time he reappeared, he was a different pony. He was Princess Celestia, peaceful and kind. She was wise and beautiful, and everyone loved her. Solaris was forgotten. Discord, Sombra, and Nightmare Moon were painted as villains in foal's tales. All was forgotten, and all was forgiven.
But Celestia wasn't happy. She felt empty inside. Her family was gone, all that she loved and held dear, and she was forced to bear her burdens alone. She tried her best to remain strong, but it was so hard sometimes. It was hard to get out of bed, or to smile and wave all the time. She felt exhausted.
She sought an heir. She wanted to badly to return to the ether from whence she'd came. So she found someone. Twilight Sparkle fought her battles. Twilight Sparkle faced what she once had, as Prince Solaris. Luna returned and forgave her. Discord returned and hugged her again. That hole she'd punched in her own chest was filled in just a little bit more.
Now that Celestia's retired and has little responsibility, she's finally had time to process what she's done. She is depressed and unhappy with herself, valuing all other lives over her own. She is shy, reluctant to take charge, instead choosing to stand back and let others take the lead. Any power in her hooves feels like a weapon to her, and she crumbles under the weight of her crown. She is kind, though, and affectionate, wanting nothing more than for others to feel a happiness that she herself no longer experiences. She offers excellent advice to those who ask. She's a wise old mare, good for a story or two, and plenty fun to take out for the day. Every day she seeks distractions from her own thoughts, and sometimes overwhelms and exhausts herself with her various daily activities. She enjoys exploring the outdoors (something she never really had time for as princess) and has taken up baking with Pinkie Pie at Sugarcube Corner.

history isn't really an important part of the common equestrian curriculum, and much of the time period before Discord's banishment is lost to time. 'Prince Solaris' is a name that many don't know. while Discord and Luna have forgiven Celestia for what she's done, Celestia can never forgive herself. she is extremely depressed and traumatized from her days as Prince Solaris and hates talking about it. Starlight and Trixie are her two very best friends at the moment; she bonds with Starlight especially because of how afraid she is of having power again. Sunburst is another great friend of hers, a former student turned Prince Consort that she visits often for casual afternoon tea.
Sombra and Celestia..don't talk. Sombra's memory is hazy, and much of his tyrannical rule is lost on him, but something about Celestia feels wrong, and he doesn't like being around her. Celestia, on the other hoof, avoids him simply because looking at him overwhelms her with guilt and remorse. she wronged him so deeply, and he doesn't remember. she wants to tell him, but she also doesn't want to (or is afraid of what he'll do to her if she does tell him).
there's a lot going on here. sorry for all the word vomit.
(Tia's hair gets all glowy when she's excited, but for the most part it remains a dull gold color)