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Post by Red Charge on Mar 2, 2014 16:55:20 GMT -5
"An unborn sister?" Lightning Dust asked, "Two bits say she'll be born twice the stallion you are." She laughed, Birch Bright joined in Sunspire gave a polite chuckle. "Must be cool, having a Shield Wall for an older brother, I know she won't be getting picked on at school." Birch Bright added.
"Do you... have to be ... you know... like The Fieldmarshal when you become a Shield Wall?" Lightning Dust asked.
"Like the Fieldmarshal? What does that mean?" Sunspire asked.
"You know... he looks kind of... burnt and possessed?" Lightning Dust shrugged uncomfortably.
"He wasn't always like that," Nova contributed, "If you look at his picture in the history books, well, more like an old portrait copy, you can see he looked like any one of us."
"So what happened?" Birch Bright asked, "Was it the Shield Wall thing that made him like that?"
"No, it was Telos." Nova Blast said quietly, the Void Dragon Telos, a legend of a dragon made out of void energies... a creature of tremendous power and legendary properties. "It took the entire Shield Walls to take down Telos, every single one of them was wiped out in the battle. But Hightower emerged from the battle, like that. Some say Telos imprinted himself on the Fieldmarshal, which is what made him go insane and become the Iron Shoes. But who knows? I don't think there're any ponies who'd dare go and ask him."
"Maybe Fieldmarshal Starling would." Lightning Dust said.
"Oh, oh, who wins in a fight, Starling or Hightower?" Birch Bright asked excitedly.
Sunspire chuckled, "Starling wiped out the Ice Queen and the Blood Fangs all by himself, brought an entire Changeling hive into order... killed a Dracolich in single combat and did who know what in the Everfree Forest for over a year and lived to tell the tale. But Hightower killed a deity, survived both the Dragon and Prism Wars..."
"There's no argument, Hightower takes it, pony can throw a mountain, I don't think Starling can dodge a mountain." Lightning Dust said dismissively.
"Starling is too sophisticated and cunning, he'd never get in a situation where he has to face down Hightower in single combat, even his armor would break to pieces." Birch Bright said, "He'd probably use other things to his advantages, or figure out a weakness."
"Don't you doubt Starling's fighting ability," Nova Blast said, "We... well, suffice to say, I've seen what he left behind in the Everfree. It wouldn't be wise for even Hightower to try and take Starling down."
"What do you think Gleam?" Birch asked.
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