My animatic is finished!! All about my lovely girl Nova Stella and how she came to meet my other main oc, Ginger Bread, in the coastal town of Maple Leaf. 🌙✨ (click "keep reading" for lore explanation)
Nova Stella was born to two unicorns in the city of Manehatten. The father, Professor Pluto, a kindly bumbling professor of astronomy and history, and Moonlight Melody, a former famous singer and pianist, now relegated to a secluded life due to a stage injury, chronic pain, and depression. (This affected Nova Stella, as she wanted nothing more than for her mother to be happy.) Though Nova’s parents loved her to pieces and vice versa, she had trouble making friends in the city. So she convinced herself that she didn’t need any.
One day, her dad sat her down and explained that for her mother’s health, they needed to move to the oceanside. And there just so happened to be an open job for a professor in Maple Leaf, on the west coast of Equestria. Although she didn’t have many friendships tying her down, besides her astronomy teacher at school, she was devastated at leaving the only place she ever knew. And as a refined pony who enjoyed cleanliness and the convenience of the city, she was dreading what awaited her. But she tried not to vocalize these things for her mother’s sake, and just stewed over them as they traveled to Maple Leaf. After arriving in the town square still in thought, she was approached by Ginger Bread, the local baker’s daughter, with a welcome gift of freshly-made cookies. (This was something she enjoyed doing regularly). Shocked and secretly touched, Nova Stella did not know how to react. So she mumbled thanks and levitated it out of the young earth pony’s hoof, only to trot away quickly.
That night, after getting settled in to their new house on a cliff side, she gazed into the night sky, wondering what awaited her in this new chapter of her life.
Pronouns: She/her
Age: 19-22 (Beginning-Middle) 24-25 (Timeskip-End)
Birthday: December 5th
Height: 5′6″
Weapon: Spear
Ethos: Glaciation
Affiliation: Nova Stella
Rank: No star
Polaris is a girl from up north, and the newest member of the Stella Nova guild. Though she has reservations about joining a guild at first she soon starts to grow close to her fellow guildmates.
Appearance
Polaris has a light-brown skin tone and a thin build. Her dark brown hair is styled into a thick braid, tied at the end with a red ribbon, and accented near the front with a white snowflake hair clip. She has large brown eyes. Her outfit consists of a sleeveless navy crop top, paired with an asymmetrical navy skirt with a red lining on the inside. The skirt also has a scalloped white hem. She wears white shorts inside, with a compass chain peaking out. A black belt sits at her waist, with a moon buckle. On her arms, she wears matching black armbands with white star patterns. She wears black boots with white soles and white lacing up the sides. The boots are red underneath.
Personality
Polaris is self-sufficient to a fault, and will hesitate to ask for help even when she’s clearly struggling on her own. She avoids messy feelings of attachment as much as possible, because she doesn't want to be bound by bonds. Yet beneath the frost is a girl desperate to connect- Polaris notices the small things others miss. She is surprisingly perceptive of others, and can even be nosy at times, perhaps in lieu of connecting with them personally. She observes other people, and tries her hardest to understand without getting too close. When trust does form, she’s steady and possessive in the gentlest way, and she lets herself be silly, almost childish. Her fear of attachment, however, will not let her outright say that she's made friends. For her, it's easier to pretend it's all business, even when she’s clearly having fun.
History
Polaris grew up in the north, loved by her parents until an unexplained accident left her orphaned- a loss that fixed her early conviction that nothing lasts. She was taken in by a family friend, Thuban, who provided food and quiet stability but little affection. She learned cartography at his elbow and turned it into a passion she could enjoy in solitude. All the while, Thuban’s absences stretched into months, until finally failed to return. At eighteen, Polaris hit a breaking point, and left home. She would travel aimlessly for about a year, mapping every place she could. Eventually, her travels led her to the lost woods, where she would encounter a certain Nova Stella boy. He eventually opens her up to the possibility of joining his guild.
Ethos: Glaciation
Polaris ethos is the ability to freeze water. She can’t create ice from nothing, but she can freeze the moisture in the air to create and shape ice structures. She has a hard time controlling her ethos, which is made more difficult by the fact that she cannot melt what she creates. Only freeze. On top of that, she’s weak in very dry environments
Notes
Polaris’ favorite hobby is cartography, she has a huge fascination with maps and often makes her own when on adventures. She’s incredibly adept at navigation and map reading despite being dyslexic.
Due to her lack of any eccentric physical features (i.e. crazy hair/eye color, horns, animal ears, the works) Polaris is sometimes referred to as “Plain looking” by other characters. This annoys her to no end.
She doesn’t like sweets, unless they're cold.
She’s named after Polaris, the pole star, also known as the north star.
