This character is not to be used for roleplay or any other use without my written permission.

So, here's my version of a Stryder unicorn (breed created by =YOB ). No references used. I tried to challenge myself with a slightly different pose from my usual confo shot. Her back legs nearly killed me!
YOB, let me know if there are things in her story that doesn't add up to a Stryder in general.


Meet Nil-Ee, a sooty grulla Stryder mare. Her hair is very thin and brittle, and quite easily detaches if caught in something. Her mane used to be long and flowy, but now, because of many battles, her beard is actually longer than her mane. Nil-Ee once was a gentle and kind unicorn, before the Virus took her over. When her hooves split in the process, it also ripped her legs. The worst leg is her back left, giving her a permanent limp. Sometimes her wounds reopen, causing immense pain. This often makes her go into a killing frenzy (no matter if she's currently being controlled or not), and is the time when she's especially deadly.

There's an old story about the rather unusual marking under her right eye:

"Some say, the moment before the Virus got its final grasp on her soul, she closed her eyes in acceptance of her fate. Nil-Ee closed her gentle eyes and wept, one first and final tear. When she opened her eyes again, they burned with fire-red evil, and that one tear of despair had been forever frozen, etched into her skin."

No one knows if it's a true story or not. She could have had the marking before the Virus, or it could be an old battle scar.

Nil-Ee is coldhearted and cruel, but there are rare occations, when she stops in mid-action, her eyes going blank. She seems to reminisce. Others guess she could be having flashbacks of her past, before the Virus. This could be the case, but not even Nil-Ee knows for sure. These moments are when she's most vulnerable in battle.


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