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Next in my Dawnverse headcanon, the Royal Family!

A few changes here, some small and one large: the grandest change is to the design and story of Princess Serena (she's gold now!). I also made Princess Viola Noctre and Prince Somnium taller. Below is some information on the Royal Family:

Princess Celestia:
After the banishment of her sister to the moon, Princess Celestia faced ruling Equestria by herself, a daunting task for the younger alicorn. The princess accepted her fate, and so ruled over her pony subjects as a monarchy. Although the ponies of Equestria revered their ruler as a perfect deity, Celestia saw herself as merely a mare who grew lonely without her sister by her side. Craving the closeness of family, Celestia began searching for suitors to produce her own heir. Within only a few years after the banishment of the moon princess, Equestria welcomed a new Prince Consort and a baby prince, and Celestia felt at peace. However, just like mortal life, the feelings were temporary. Over her 1000 monarchy, Celestia courted multiple stallions and produced multiple heirs, all falling to mortality before the eternal princess. None of this stopped Princess Celestia: her heirs from the past produced their own children, and so on and so forth, allowing multiple ponies to claim a blood relation to the regal sun princess. Even the return of her sister Princess Luna did not stop Celestia from seeking companionship from stallions who help produce an heir. With each new heir came a new pony to occupy a royal position. Presently, Celestia found companionship in a mighty stallion, Rockhoof the Element of Strength from the Pillars of Old Equestria. Celestia found enjoyment from Rockhoof's tall tales and historical events (some of which Celestia herself witnessed in her youth), the two bonding over a shared melancholy connection to the past. From their union came a golden mare named Serena. Just as in the past, Equestria raved and welcomed their newest princess the day of the golden mare's birth.

As a mother, Princess Celestia is as warm as her sun. Celestia enjoys spending quality time with her newest daughter, the two bonding over tea and innocent trickery. Although many ponies can claim a relation to the sun princess, Celestia treats Serena as if she was her only child in life.

Fun Facts:
— Celestia, like other ancient alicorns, is eternal rather than immortal.
— Celestia loves playing innocent tricks on other ponies, such as whoopie cushions, popping out from behind curtains, and tricking ponies into causing her tea cup to overflow. She especially loves doing these tricks when she knows the "victim" is in need of a smile.
— Although she herself cannot act, Celestia loves visiting the theatre.
— Despite her royal duties, Celestia always makes time to visit her School for Gifted Unicorns, either to teach a class or two or to serve as merely visual inspiration.

Princess Luna:
After her return from banishment, Princess Luna felt herself distant from her pony subjects, some believing she was merely an old mare's tale. Under the guidance of her sister and with time, Luna learned to connect with her subjects, although distant guilt still haunted the moon princess, even after the final fight with the Tantubus in the Dream Realm. To ease her guilt of past treason, Luna devoted her time and energy to work, both with royal duties and as Protector of Dreams. Work did not extinguish her guilt completely, and so the moon princess felt she needed to do even more for her subjects, something even her sister could not provide. Luna's answer was soon answered when StarSwirl the Bearded came to visit Canterlot.

After the return of the Pillars of Equestria, StarSwirl the Bearded set out to better understand friendship and to better understand his new world. The grey unicorn also had another task in mind, something he felt to be far more grand: after learning of the birth of FlurryHeart and a brief period in the Crystal Empire, StarSwirl returned to Canterlot under the claim of researching on the creation of alicorns. StarSwirl already knew about the creation from magic: what he desired to learn more about was how an alicorn could be born. Celestia and Luna welcomed StarSwirl to reside in the Royal Canterlot Castle to further his research. Luna herself grew just as curious as StarSwirl: FlurryHeart was certainly a magical miracle and the ancient alicorn wanted to better understand her own kind. Luna also saw that in aiding the powerful unicorn in new research, hopefully the moon princess could provide more to the question. At first, StarSwirl spent most of his energy in either questioning Celestia who herself birthed more foals than any mortal, none alicorns, or conducting literary research in the Canterlot Library with the help of Luna. As the two ponies spent countless hours together and conversing, StarSwirl slowly saw an opportunity for experimentation, to try and create an alicorn himself, with the help of Luna. After StarSwirl proposed his inquiry to the moon princess, Luna agreed, and the two spent one quiet starry night outside of the library and outside the dream realm.

One beautiful full moon night, Luna gave birth to another magical miracle: an alicorn colt. After hiding her pregnancy from her subjects in fear of disappointing her subjects, Luna suddenly presented the alicorn colt to her subjects and even her sister, all of whom took the birth in shock but also pleasure. Luna never publicly revealed who sired the alicorn, claiming that her child came from the dream realm from the desire to please her subjects. Luna named the alicorn colt Prince Somnium, and the two bathed in the admiration of Equestria. Years passed with Luna raising her son to eventually take over the dream realm, serving as the Prince Protector of Dreams. As Somnium grew older, Luna continued to feel a passionate hunger, one that seemed to only dissipate in the nightly company of her loyal bat pony guards. Eventually a night of careless passion led to an unexpected pregnancy, one which Luna once again kept secret until the day of her new daughter's birth. Although not an alicorn, the new Princess Viola Noctre served as a symbol of a new dawn for the recently re-emerged bat pony colonies.

As a mother, Luna is devoted and caring. Knowing full well how it felt to be cast aside, Luna spends much of her free time with her children. When raising Somnium, Luna pressed hard on her lessons for her son, sometimes causing multiple sleepless nights for the prince which eventually caused permanent insomnia. From this, Luna learned to not press so hard once her daughter was born. Luna does seem to dote more on Viola Noctre while her son Prince Somnium is seen in a different light.

Fun Facts:
— Luna is best princess
— Luna maintained her fillyhood freckles on her nose.
— Luna, like other ancient alicorns, is eternal rather than immortal.
— Luna developed nocturnal habits, such as sleeping during the day and being active at night, from her countless all-nighters and from both her children being "of the night".
— Luna maintained her more antiquarian habit of forming a "herd", or having multiple male partners at once, and presently has a "herd" of bat pony stallion guards.

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Posted previously at: 2018-09-17T07:15:00 | Posted previously by: Mildgyth