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Published: 2011-08-22 00:42:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 927; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 12
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Description gentelmen, BEHOLD; PONIES
they control the SEASONS
This is a submission for MLP ATG alumni

Here's some backstory for ya

Long before lunas' banishment, even before ponies where perfected as a race, the gods performed all the necissary regulation of the planet, including the seasons. As Luna held the moon and celestia moved the sun, so did Temperus control the seasons by himself. He soon grew tired of having no one to talk to and ventured out to the other gods for companionship. Upon meeting with Celestia and Luna he found they had created a form a life that closely resembled the alicorns. He was fascinated by them and tried to use them a conversation point at every chance he got. However the sisters where not done with them and found any praise upon them to be insulting much as an artist looking at her own work.
Temperus left, dejected, and decided that if he could make them better he could gain their attention and began his attempts to recreat the ponies for his own studies. No sooner had he managed his first attempt had he suffered from his failure. He found that he was split into 4 different ponies mirroring the sisters designs. Each found they held the ability to control a different season. After only a few months Temperus found he couldn't stand himself and the 4 ponies began to destroy the lands surrounding equestria with their struggle for dominance.
The sisters soon intervened and where shocked to find that temperus had created three perfect, unique ponies, and as if to mock them, in their design. The sisters barely kept themselves from coming to blows with the divided temperus and instead subjected him and his fragments to a deep sleep. After fixing the damage he had caused the land the awoke each one after another to see what they had done and the work required to fix it. They also made no small note of how angry they where at his plagerism. In their shame and hopes of redemption in the eyes of the sisters they gave gifts to the ponies of the land to help make them more complete.
Solstice gave the ponies warmth, allowing them to survive in the cold. (Spring) gave them fertility, so they may grow themselves. (Autumn) gave them curiosity, so they may learn on their own. And (winter) gave them indiference, so they may make the difficult decisions ahead.
With their gifts granted and the sisters with control of the seasons, the 4 went into a deep sleep till the day the world needed them. In the present a miss fired spell (NOT twilights fault this time) has awaken them. They find themselves surrounded by the ponies in their prime but now have no purpose. What does the future hold for the 4...
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Comments: 16

Hakuisthebest [2012-06-28 18:10:52 +0000 UTC]

I HATE the summer, and I LOVE the Winter, but about the ponies, all of them look great, but my favorite is summer! ^^

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Facelessguru In reply to Hakuisthebest [2012-06-28 20:19:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Always nice to get feedback, especially on older pieces. I actually just started my summer vacation from college and plan to update all four of them for my "then and now, one year"

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Hakuisthebest In reply to Facelessguru [2012-06-29 17:39:01 +0000 UTC]

That will be awesome! Can't wait to see it! ^^

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Gadvac [2011-08-25 03:41:41 +0000 UTC]

I love the designs here! It's interesting how you made only the two major seasons alicorns. I especially love how Spring and Winter look.

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Facelessguru In reply to Gadvac [2011-08-25 11:09:12 +0000 UTC]

it's hard to tell here but winter is just a unicorn so i have one of each.

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Gadvac In reply to Facelessguru [2011-08-25 16:12:45 +0000 UTC]

Derp, I just assumed because of the horns. Sorry. Still interesting!

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Facelessguru In reply to Gadvac [2011-08-25 19:23:04 +0000 UTC]

no worries and ty

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palehorsePH [2011-08-23 12:41:14 +0000 UTC]

I like how Autumn turned out in this picture. Pretty cool!

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Facelessguru In reply to palehorsePH [2011-08-23 23:34:20 +0000 UTC]

i had something else entirely planed for him but since i was trying to do something different for each of them i ended up taking this when i filled the background >.>

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palehorsePH In reply to Facelessguru [2011-08-23 23:38:49 +0000 UTC]

Autumn's got that Halloween feel to him, really sets him apart from the others, pretty badass, if you ask me.

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Facelessguru In reply to palehorsePH [2011-08-24 02:26:22 +0000 UTC]

Thats what i was hoping for
glad ya like it

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Chromadancer [2011-08-22 23:31:42 +0000 UTC]

I like seeing all these interpretations of season-based guardian ponies! Awesome!

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Facelessguru In reply to Chromadancer [2011-08-23 23:34:48 +0000 UTC]

personally i was surprised there wasn't more of them

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MoonlightScribe [2011-08-22 20:36:43 +0000 UTC]

Very nice picture, I particularly like the Autumn and Winter ponies and your little backstory was a nice bonus

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Facelessguru In reply to MoonlightScribe [2011-08-22 21:03:19 +0000 UTC]

thnx much mate! im a little dissapointed with spring myself (she's kind of boring compared) and that story was a bit that i whipped up in 10m

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Facelessguru [2011-08-22 00:51:31 +0000 UTC]

SO many gradients >.<
ultimately this feels rather low quality given i've been working on it for a whole week

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