Profile
Autumn Equinox
Earth Pony
Female
News and weather presenter on the radio
Real Name: Autumn Equinox
Nicknames: Equi/Equinox/Nox (colleageus, acquaintances), Ob-Nox-ious (Metro), Autumn (family, friends from her childhood)
Age: Adult
Cutie Mark: (Fake) stylised crescent-sun with equal sign
Talent: Undiscovered, cutie mark is fake. Her fake mark is meant to represent the day and night being equal lengths, following the rule that marks are related to a pony's name. She always describes her mark vaguely so nopony realises its true nature or how recently she got it.
Family: Summer Dawn (mother), Snowy Spring (father), Winter Solstice (elder sister)
Friends: Meticulous Vision, Arrow Ink (formerly - she had knowledge about Arrow that would ruin her reputation, using this to blackmail her into giving a fake cutie mark. They have not talked since)
Personality: She is a bit more cynical but doesn't consider herself a pessimist, more of a realist... she knows when to look on the bright side, especially since she often finds herself surrounded by ridiculously optimistic ponies. She is sarcastic, stoic and has a weird sense of humour. The thing she regrets most is getting a fake cutie mark, but still believes that she would not have had any good opportunities in life if she had not done so, and these opposing thoughts hurt her. Deep down she is a good pony and she looks to do good things, but she feels like she is defined by her mistakes and has set up a lot of walls around herself. She strongly dislikes feeling vunerable inside and compensates by having an intimidating and cool exterior, to the extent that she applies makeup and wears accessories that add to this image.
Hobbies: Drawing out miscellaneous designs that she thinks of - her own accessories were designed by herself and made by a professional, though she'd like to try making something if she ever gets some free time, enough motivation, and the right resources.
Facts: Physically, she is tall and thin, the tallest out of my characters so far due to her long legs, though it runs in her family. She lied about the source of her cutie mark to each of her potential employers so that she would appear suitable for the job, hence she is now stuck with the story that she got it when 'recounting current events to her friend'. She was hired because of her fake cutie mark story and because she has a clear and serious voice which is fitting for the job. She can and will get a cutie mark once she figures out where her real talent is. It is actually something related to her own interests that she just happens to not have tried yet. She is a bit paranoid about trying new things that she feels she might be good at, as she doesn't want to be exposed when a real mark appears over her fake one.
Metro Bling:
Equinox does the news and weather during Metro's show, which she personally can't stand due to Metro's exaggerated on-air persona. She is annoyed that Metro never listens to her suggestions about the show, whilst Metro dislikes that she is giving unwanted advice and implying that she doesn't know what she's doing. They often clash in opinion, but they are actually very similar in personality.
Her elder sister Winter Solstice was a wildly successful ice dancer who was disfigured and rendered disabled in an accident.
Autumn always felt she was living in the shadow of her sister as she was growing up. After Winter's accident, Autumn became afraid of failure as she believed her sister would never make mistakes and would have lived a perfect life if it hadn't been for the accident. She had to continue her legacy by becoming the best at what she does.
She was bullied as a child and teenager for never getting her cutie mark. Her lack of a mark also meant she couldn't get any higher education as she was rejected from all of the art colleges she applied to - she always liked drawing out things that she had designed, and thought perhaps she could study the arts, but all the arts colleges would only take ponies that had artistic cutie marks. Blinded by her emotions she made the rash decision of getting a fake cutie mark, blackmailing her old classmate Arrow Ink into giving her one.
When her roommate Crystal called her out for it she left for Las Pegasus in a fit of rage. After she had calmed down, she felt guilty, like she had let her family down, so she never got in contact with them again.
She got her mane re-styled and started going by Equinox instead of Autumn so nopony would recognise her and compare her to her sister. As she couldn't re-apply to the institutions she originally wanted to study at as they already knew she was markless before and she didn't want to raise suspicion, she had to turn to the job market. In Las Pegasus she worked various odd jobs before finally getting a position at the radio station LPFM.
