Discolor (whose real name is apparently Farrisia) is a wandering pegasus (actually a bat pony with an ancient bat pony disguise talisman) pony living in the Dusts. Her coat is dark brown, her mane and tail dark gray, and her eyes green.

Background

Discolor rarely stays in one place long enough to become well known; it's uncertain both how long she's been wandering and why she started. She generally moves from place to place finding odd jobs in exchange for room and board; her skill at healing is usually welcome, and, if that fails, she's an extra pair of hooves willing to work for cheap. She has of course been faced with the suspicions of thievery common to those in her "profession", but she's never been actually caught. She's also not known to get drunk and make trouble, or to try to horn in on the business of the local prostitutes; as vagabonds go, in other words, she's pretty respectable. Her general strangeness and quietness, in fact, have led a few ponies in her wake to speculate that she might be on the run from something... but not very loudly, since she seems nice enough.

Skills

Discolor is a fairly strong flier and has both wilderness survival and some medical knowledge. She is notably not good at bargaining and regularly gets taken advantage of in the negotiation of payment for her work.

(She also, though she doesn't know it, has a chance mutation that provides her with a new mechanism for resisting the disease process of mesothelioma. (Out-of-universe, this was gained (retroactively) by rolling a critical success on a resist disease check.))

(image by Bryce using pony creator; ponycode 2O3W000020874A37636363012012BAD5FUN1837000000000T04F4F4FFF7FFF06107F3FCC004CB2)

Out-of-universe, Discolor was recognized as Best Pony by a 2015 poll of PRPG2's players.

Rough Inventory (does not include all items carried):

-Light traveling barding (covers cutie marks)

-Ancient batpony disguise talisman usually worn under barding

-Portable medical supplies

-Basic traveling supplies

-Small utility knife (could be used as a weapon in an emergency)

-Small vial of carrion blossom spores

-BMA signalling talisman

-An exceptionally powerful healing potion from the BMA's vaults (about three doses)

-Blowpipe and darts; 3 injection darts, 3 enchanted anti-teleportation darts, and ten solid darts

-Healing magic bracelet on right foreleg, has at least two (limit unknown, maybe threeish) uses per day

-Treasure worth about $126310 in old precious metal coins and $35300 in bullion

-The Element of Kindness, uncorrupted and currently set in a tiara

-Akasha's Alchemical Earplugs, normally worn

-A book (with plastic pages) of popular folk stories for foals and a bookmark both said to have once belonged to the Blessed Fluttershy; held in a sturdy wooden box along with a letter from Undermandrite Yellow Pearl authorizing Discolor to have them, among other things

-Papers identifying her as a potential friend and asset of Trenchtown

-"Mechanisms of Pegasus Flight Magic": "The book on pegasus magic is interesting, although fairly academic."

-"Principles of Psychic Surgery": "Psychic surgery is about surgery on the soul - stitching together and pulling them apart, so to speak, if needed."

-Unicorn horn "shell" magic sensing amulet (not working) (in bags)

-Luchadore mask, red with a blue bat over the forehead (gift from Gabrio)

miscellaneous notes:

Windy Rain

Discolor told

Overtone!

library books due back 15 Crafting

Farrisia of the New Moon

the summit is from the 13th to the 18th inclusive

Qotho and Discolor (at least) planned to visit Pennyworth later on the 13 Rye-planting 3336 about the old coins (plans interrupted); Discolor sent a message apologizing for the disruption of the plan

write Trenchtown about found missing ship

• RBO is reverse engineering the engine, though

(Save state: Akasha and Qotho in the ship, doing alchemy Gabrio and Merihu getting "meaty celebration" lunch (UNSPECIFIED LOCATION; FIX THIS BEFORE RESUMPTION (Possibly the outdoor area Gabrio was using to smoke meat earlier?)) Libby, Flint, Discolor, Emerald, and Shadow just entering the dining room for lunch The lines below are from the active conversation in that third group.) "Emerald> You can always let the legislature decide and recuse yourself by citing a personal conflict of interest. Because that's true enough. <Discolor> Though we have now promised it to Baleful Gaze; if nothing else, she'd have to be an exception. <Emerald> Hmmm. She was promised the same treatment as other prisoners, too, though. <Bryce-GM> L: Hm. <Flint> Well... I guess that magical life extension for prisoners will have to be the definition of humane? <Emerald> ...Maybe that's a future-Libby problem. I think Baleful and her issues have been distasteful enough for one day." "Discolor> I don't think this is that different from not having capital punishment, or not denying prisoners medical care. Different enough that it _could_ be considered separate, but not so different that it has to be. <Bryce-GM> L: Future Libby has a lot of problems. <Flint> It doesn't need to be an exception." "<Flint> It could always just be a particular amount of magical life extension. <Flint> I don't think I remember any promise of immortality... <Emerald> ...Has Baleful ever even validated to anyone that she *can* cast life extension? <Discolor> And life in prison instead of execution is based on the idea that the time in prison will do some good or other, so more time would give more of an opportunity for that." "Bryce-GM> L: I don't know. It's likely she can, it's easy at first." "<Emerald> I know it's likely she can." "Bryce-GM> You arrive in the dining hall. <Discolor> It's more time for an innocent pony to be found innocent, more time for a pony who might at least internally reform to do so, and more time for someone who's serving a long but not life sentence to get out before they die."

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links for convenience: Discolor Letter from Princess Nightfall, Farrisia's Letters Home, Reply from her father received on 24th Gourds 3336