My Little Pony: The Pillars Arise

My Little Pony: The Pillars Arise

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My Little Pony: The Pillars Arise

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The Pillars Arise is an original, story-driven My Little Pony fan animation project presented in a cinematic animatic style.


Set years after the events of Friendship is Magic, Equestria has entered a new era. The children of heroes and villains alike now carry the weight of their families' legacies as they discover who they truly want to become. As friendships are tested, ancient secrets resurface, and old wounds refuse to heal, a new generation must rise to become the next Pillars of Equestria.


At the heart of the story is Black Heart, the son of King Sombra and Queen Chrysalis, whose search to reclaim what he believes was stolen from his family threatens to reshape the future of Equestria. Standing alongside him—and often against him—is Silver Lining, whose unwavering hope challenges everything Black Heart believes about forgiveness, destiny, and redemption.


With themes of legacy, hope, redemption, friendship, sacrifice, and identity, The Pillars Arise explores what it truly means to choose your own path instead of living in the shadow of those who came before you.

This is a long-term fan project featuring:

  • Full voice acting

  • Original character designs

  • Original story and dialogue

  • Original music and sound design

  • Cinematic animatics with limited animation

  • Emotional storytelling, action, mystery, comedy, and romance

We're looking for passionate people to help bring this world to life! Whether you're a voice actor, artist, writer, musician, animator, editor, or simply someone who loves storytelling, we'd be honored to have you join our team.


Whether you have one line or one hundred, every contributor helps make Equestria feel alive.

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Solar Flare
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Solar Flare
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Solar Flare is the son of Sunburst and Starlight Glimmer. He is chill with his father but when it comes to his mother him and his mother are so similar that It causes them to butt heads quite frequently. His mother would occasionally go off on him and then 5 minutes later would just tell him whatever and to go do what he want's to do.


His older sister is Luster Dawn who is the new student of Twilight Sparkle, because of this he and Luster Dawn don't see each other often except when he goes to visit his friends. When he learned of his older sister going off to study magic under princess Twilight he started trying to learn magic himself on his own and one day while in his parents study he accidentally starts moving the sun around outside and while this is going on Princess Celestia sees the sun and starts trying to find out why it is moving around so much.


Sunburst comes into the room and sees him in a bright burst of flame while this is going on but the flame is not hurting him. Sunburst screams and then faints and then Starlight Glimmer runs into the room and cast's a water ball spell and she yells to stop moving the sun and smacks him and it snaps him out of his trance and she looks at him and realizes his cutie mark appeared and that this filly is extremely powerful. 


She ends up getting Princess Celestia to come to her home and Princess Celestia decides to take him on under her wing as her student. From that moment on Princess Celestia has been teaching him magic but realizes that he is similar to Sunset Shimmer and is quite hotheaded and wants to do more than just read a book and practice small spells. 


Because of this she fears he may end up becoming evil and tells him that until he can control his temper he is not allowed to practice any larger spells. Due to this he starts practicing spells behind her back.

One day while he is in the castle he runs into Starry Sky and he is reading Star Swirl the Bearded's Journal. Starry Sky comes up to him and asks if she can read the book when he is done and he ignores he at first. She then asks him a second time if she can read it and he mumbles under his breath "yeah.... whatever give me a second". She then asks him what he said not understanding and so he then finally goes off on her and tells her to leave him alone and that he will be done with the book when he's done with it. 


While reading Star Swirl The Bearded's Book he finds a section on changelings and it ends up spooking him and he throws the book across the room and in embarrassment that someone might have seen him he runs out of the room. 


He is a very hotheaded pony growing up and never listens when somepony tells him not to do something. He isn't always around his friends because he loves learning magic, he likes to hang around Trixie quite a bit due to this and whenever he goes to ponyville he stays with Trixie due to the fact that Starlight Glimmer moved to the crystal empire with Sunburst when they had gotten together. 


Trixie is like an aunt to him and he picked up some of the... unwanted qualities that Trixie had from when she was a young adult. 


He has a bad relationship with Black Heart because of the journal entry from what he read in Star Swirl the Bearded's Journal when he was a younger colt. Anytime he see's Black Heart he is absolutely terrified of him so when Black Heart reveals his plan and intentions he tries to shoot a fireball at Black Heart and it doesn't work and then he ends up shooting a fireball at Chrysalis and Tirek's Statue and destroys the two. 


Due to this Black Heart gets extremely angry and goes off and then says "If you like fireball's so much then why don't you take this one" and shoots a fireball at him and destroys his horn.


He ends up being more afraid of Black Heart after this and because of this Black Heart likes to fuck with him often and slowly cause Solar Flare to go insane thinking that Black Heart is after him.


Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • male young adult
  • male teen
  • male adult
  • *while looking at a machines results as it dispenses a paper similar to that of a polygraphs. He'd narrow his eyes before humming out in thought Well judging by these readings and my astute knowledge in the magics.....He suddenly tosses the papers up the air before saying in slight hysteric* THEIR MAGIC IS AS WACKY AS A DAMN WACKY HACKY SACK!!

  • *while walking with his mentor they'd slowly begin to talk with them. His tone calm yet rising as they seem to be aggitated.* Look i know i have trouble with my temper at times....A-and i do know that im supposed to learn more then just magic. But i feel like i'm ready. No i know that i am ready to learn more! Im not little anymore and i know that if i were to get any better then i need to learn more complex things so please!! Teach me more...

  • *after getting corrected by stary skies solar flare would immediately rebuttle. Seeming to be annoyed and angry with her as they'd suddenly say* Oh, mi mi mi mi miii...thats you whenever you start speaking all high and mighty you damn tree!!

Starry Sky
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Starry Sky
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Starry Sky is the daughter of twilight and flash century, she is an Alicorn. Ever since she was little, her nose is always been stuck in a book. She’s always loved reading and was a lot like her mother when her mother was her age. She is Luna's student and is training to take over as the new princess of the moon.


She is a wise character and doesn't care to argue much with others. She says things based on logic and not based on much emotions. She and Solar Flare have a frienemies relationship but it's more one sided. When Solar Flare sees her he thinks "oh. its HER" and she doesn't think much of it.

The reason behind this is because they are the Prince of the sun and Princess of the moon. Starry Sky is still a nice character to most people unless they start acting stupid. She hates when people constantly compare her to her mother though.

Her and her mother have a okay relationship. Her mother loves her but is constantly hard on her due to the fact one day she will have to follow in her footsteps. Her mother also knows about her being the Pillar of Wisdom but also doesn't say much on it.
Her and Luna have a good teacher-student relationship and actually due to Luna's retirement her and Luna do hang out from time to time. Sometimes Luna makes jokes about how she secretly likes hanging out with her outside of class. She usually says that she is just learning more from Luna when she does this out of embarrassment

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • female young adult
  • female teen
  • *suspicious* "Everypony keeps thanking you... but something doesn't make sense." *Pauses*, studying him "You knew exactly where the theif was at... and exactly how to stop them... Most ponies would call that impressive...I call it interesting."

  • *scared and in a wreck* "No... There has to be another spell...Another answer...There's always another answer...*voice breaking*...isn't there?"

  • "For years, I searched for the meaning of wisdom. I thought it was knowledge. Then I thought it was experience. But Princess Luna taught me the truth. Wisdom is knowing that no one can save the world alone. *Turns toward her friends* Strength carries us when we begin to fall. Hope reminds us that tomorrow is worth fighting for. Magic allows us to change what once seemed impossible. Compassion helps us mend what hatred has broken. Bravery gives us the courage to take the first step...And wisdom teaches us how to walk that path together. She smiles softly Perhaps... there are still virtues we have yet to discover. But if we've learned anything...it's that Equestria's future will never rest upon one pony... It rests upon all of us."

Mirage
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Mirage
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Mirage is a very sweet character, she is the daughter of Fluttershy and Discord. She is the youngest of her friends at the age of 16. She is a lot like her mother personality wise, she is shy but caring and always wants to do what is right. During the series she is always questioning if Twilight and her friends are right. It leads to her telling Twilight that petrification is what got Equestria in the situation they are in now. She has a past with getting bullied a lot, not only because of her looks but also because she is the daughter of Discord. Equestria knows that Discord changed but they still sometimes treat him like a monster. Because of this they try to play Mirage as a villain all the time but in reality she is one of the sweetest ponies that Ponyville has ever met. Even though Mirage is quite similar to her mother she actually is closest to her father because of the stigma that both her and her father get. When she got bullied as a filly her mother tried to be there for her but she would tell her mother she doesn't know what it's like. Because of this her mother would get upset but not angry, her mother did know what it was like to get bullied but not because of her situation. Discord would see both of them upset and would try and be there for both of them. Usually Discord would succeed in cheering them both up but the thing about her father is he is over protective. Her father would go to the school and try to yell about how they aren't doing anything to protect his daughter. When the school still hadn't done anything about it he took matters into his own claws and started messing with Emerald Primose's family who happens to be Diamond Tiara's little sister. This honestly wouldn't really help with discord's image and it honestly caused Mirage and her father to get into an argument about how he is just proving them right. Mirage looks like both her mother and her father but also like her uncle and grandfather.

Mirage isn't extremely shy, she can talk to other ponies and creatures well, she gets more hopeful to talk to other creatures because she does better with non-ponies due to her past with bullying. She gets more persistent with people being their true selves especially with Apple Bolt. She was the first one to realize he was in his sister's shadow a lot and since then she has tried getting him away from his sister every so often. She cares about her friends a lot and doesn't want to see them get hurt but she also won't start a fight. She is a middleman a lot and this is the reason the story won't finish quickly because she is about as powerful as discord- but she is still learning her powers. She can be a little clumsy- she trips over her own claws sometimes but Apple Bolt is always there to pick her up. She doesn't realize how Apple Bolt feels about her; she herself also has feelings towards him but she believes because she isn't a fully pony that he doesn't think of her that way.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • female teen
  • female young adult
  • Maybe I should have been a villain. *Tears begin to fall.* Maybe my father should have stayed a villain. Because no matter what I do…*She struggles to keep her voice steady.* No matter how hard I try to prove that I'm not him…. That's all anypony sees. *She looks at Twilight, Fluttershy, and Discord.* A villain. *Her voice cracks.* That's what I am to all of equestria, isn't it?

  • If being born to villains makes someone a villain… THEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN A VILLAIN TOO! *The room goes completely silent for a moment* My father was a villain! I was born into that family! *her voice starts cracking slightly* So why am I standing here?! *She gestures around the room.* Why am I not the monster you all say Black Heart has to be?!

  • That's all you ever say. "For family." What does that even mean? Black Heart! If Silver Lining is part of your family… Then why won't you tell me what you're doing?

Apple Bolt
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Apple Bolt
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Apple Bolt is a lot like Big Mac as a teenager, he is athletic but he's not as quiet as Big Mac. He takes his chores on the farm seriously, more serious than his twin sister. He's not shy but he's also not loud. He jokes around with his sister a lot sometimes saying things that he doesn't mean- meaning he will take more on of his sister's personality kind of like being her shadow and will be slightly mean to others sometimes. He doesn't like to lie but he will avoid the truth when it comes down to protecting his sister. He is an introvert and prefers to hang around the farm more than go out with his sister. He is very hardworking and looks up to his uncle big mac a lot and even his cutie mark is quite similar to big mac's being a green apple core. He has an Australian Cattle dog named Apple Steudle. He has had feelings for Mirage since he was a filly. He is less racist towards the "goons" than his sister but still doesn't trust him. Apple Bolt has light yellow skin with red hair like his grandfather with a cowboy hat

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • male adult
  • country (red neck)
  • generic southern
  • male teen
  • american (southern)
  • male young adult
  • country american
  • "Zap...You've spent more time complainin' than workin'. *small chuckle* If ya helped me instead of talkin', we'd already be done."

  • "Folks always compare me to Zap. Or Uncle Big Mac... *long pause* Guess I got used to lettin' everyone decide who I was. *looks down*...Never really stopped to figure it out myself."

  • "She's my twin. We've been together since the day we were born....When she gets herself into trouble... *long pause* ...I don't think. *another pause* ...I just follow. *quietly*...Maybe that's the problem."

Big Boss
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Big Boss
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  1. Big boss is the first changeling of Black Hearts hive. Because of this, he actually is a lot bigger than the rest of the other changelings and that is why he was given the name Big Boss. He is like a Brother to the changelings but especially to Black Heart. He likes to joke around with him a little too much, but the thing about this hive as they all like to mess around with each other this character truly cares for Black Heart. He is Black Heart’s number one and second in command. He is one of the only ones that can truly question Black Heart, and not get penalized for it. He is similar to the Smeed to the Captain Hook and Lumiere to the beast. But when he is around others, he is a lot more serious.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • male adult
  • male young adult
  • male teen
  • *in a joking manner not worried at all* ah come on we all know he likes the teasing... he does it to us all the time anyways

  • *in a teasing manner* Did I hear my nameeee~ how are the love birds???

  • *in a fit of internal panic he’s thinking to himself* oh god… she’s the daughter of discord? That explains her weird eyes…. If I’m not careful she might be able to see past my disguise- I need to find an excuse to get out of here. Now!

Video Editor
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We need editors to put together our project.

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Animator
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Animator
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We need animators that can animate small bits and pieces of eyes and cartoon-like doors and sometimes ponies running.

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Artist
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Artist
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We need Artists that can fit to a certain my little pony animatic style. You need to be able to work with other artists and sometimes adapt if something changes. Artists are one of the biggest things we need at the moment.

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Musician
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We need a musician that can mimic my little pony sounds or make something similar and sometimes even intense music for scenes and that can re-write lyrics.

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Audio Engineer
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We need an audio engineer to mimic sounds like hooves running, doors slamming, and ect.

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Writer
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we would love to have a writer than can help with filler episodes for our series and that can help with characters.

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