Officially the final, and complete design of our Dark Lord, Tirek, for my series “My Little Pony: The Light of Harmony’s Hope”, wielding what essentially accounts for being a cross between a lightsaber and a keyblade. I’ll explain in a bit.

But for now, I will say that while I was inspired by the design of the centaur, Motaro, made by Pyrus-Leonidas for his MLP/MK crossover, this remains its own thing. This is ultimately what our Tirek should have appeared in G4: as a rebirth of the dark lord of Midnight Castle whose only goal is to plunge all of creation in eternal darkness, over which he would rule for all of eternity unmatched. Even the power of Light, and Harmony alone could not stop him as this power grows. Something you can also thank Sir-Writesalot for, considering he helped inspire me to make this version of Tirek – though his new design is of my conceptual design. He’s meant to look like a mofo who isn’t to be messed with under any circumstances. Even without using magic, he is a powerhouse.

If he were to be in that fanfic story “Kingdom of Cavalier”, he would already be ruling it. And he would certainly put insufferable bitches like Kira, and Queen Phoenixia in their place. No amount of Amazon training is going to bring him down: especially given the natural hunting prowess of the centaur, and their inhuman speed, and strength. Were they in MLP, they would no doubt be the Spartans of Equestria – or maybe they used to be until they ended up in the netherlands. Either way, he would basically do to that treacherous cat what Spopovich did to Videl in World Tournament.

And don’t think her dirty trick of hitting them between the legs would work on him: his whole, entire body is as durable as a Vampires – so it’s be like Bellmont trying to knee Alucard in the groin, or punch Dracula in the face. He’d just shrug them off like nothing before giving her a proper ass-whooping, and then reminding that Harpy Witch who terrorizes that mlp world who is truly master.

Anyway, i’m done with my detail and rant, so let’s get into actual detail. His armor remains the basic design I always intended it, but is also inspired by the design made by MelSpyRose a while back. The only difference being that I decided to modify his cape. Anyone familiar with the Little Mermaid tv series may be familiar with the villain “Evil Manta”, who is also a Tim Curry character. Half-man, half-Manta Ray, he always had a massive pair of fins which always resembled wings. But also, resembled a W-shaped cape that gave off the illusion of being wings. I figured that kind of attire would be excellent for a centaur to wear, and would make him look less silly that all capes make ponies look. It helps add to his demonic image, and gives him a more imposing presence. Also, despite his appearance, and his material age, this his physical prime of youth. And equestrian centaurs have been depicted as being white-haired, just like Saiyans are all black haired. So he can remain looking like he’s in his late 20’s without appearing old. So if he wanted, he could probably get laid.XD Just kidding, of course, my dears. Now, of course, I have to talk about the more important and obvious feature of this picture.

Tirek’s Soul Saber.

In the Harmoniaverse, Soul Sabers are exactly as their name implies. They are astral projections of a being’s inner-soul, weaponized for combat. Just like keyblades are constructs of Light, and Darkness, so too are Soul Sabers. They are objects of pure energy, crafted and summoned from the soul that can take numerous forms based on their wielders, and are either blue or crimson in color. Blue embodies the light of Harmony, while Red is embodiment of The Darkness in one’s heart. They can resemble earthly weapons, but the blades themselves are as hot as plasma, and can cut through anything. And they can either be summoned, or sent away at will. Let’s just say Tirek is gearing up to earn his own Soul Saber, which looks exactly like the one up above. And since he’s tied to Grogar, that ultimately makes him a Sith Lord. A concept explanation for another time.^;

To be honest, I based the weapon itself on Soul Edge/Calibur, Lightsabers, AND Keyblades combined: elegant weapons of good and evil, depending on the wielder, capable of either great harm, or great feats.

It’s all a matter of perspective.

Based on artwork by Pyrus-Leonidas and MelSpyRose

Continuously inspired character-wise by Sir-Writesalot and G1

Weapon based on Soul Edge, own by its respective owners