Shining and Cadence’s many children! I don’t tend to like giving my next gens a bunch of siblings cause it’s hard to keep track of everyone but honestly these two are totally the type to have a ton of kids.

Here’s some quick bios on them!

Name: Flurry Heart (nicknames: Flurry)
Age: Adult
Pronouns: She/her
Parents: Shining Armor and Mi Amore Cadenza
Siblings: Frost Shimmer, Golden Hour, Cupid
Cutie Mark: Protection
Bio: The oldest of the four Crystal Empire kids and the only known pony to be born an alicorn, Flurry is kind and extremely protective of those close to her. Like her younger cousin North Star, Flurry also suffers from powerful bursts of magic though hers’ are less frequent and intense. She makes trips to visit him Canterlot whenever she can to study their control issues (right now they think it may be a symptom of having an alicorn parent, as Sunny has similar problems). Flurry earned her cutie mark when she and an injured Frost Shimmer got trapped in a blizzard outside the city and Flurry’s protective magic was the only thing that kept them alive until help arrived. Frost also got her cutie mark in this incident and the two siblings are very close still. Flurry still feels extremely guilty for the loss of Frost’s wing, though Frost has mostly comes to term with it. She doesn’t always have much time to spend with Golden Hour and Cupid, in between her studies as heir of the kingdom and researching her magic control issues.

Name: Frost Shimmer (nicknames: Frost, Frosty)
Age: Adult
Pronouns: They/them
Siblings: Flurry Heart, Golden Hour, Cupid
Cutie Mark: Determination, willpower
Bio: The second oldest of the bunch, Frost Shimmer is quiet and thoughtful. They look up to Flurry with a mixture of admiration and a sense of rivalry, and tries to make themselves available as an older sibling to Golden Hour and Cupid when they can. They insisted on being a part of Flurry’s personal protection squad and often travels with her to Canterlot; they’re friends with Bowtie and will often grab lunch with him when Flurry is visiting North Star. They lost their wing when they were a child, when they and Flurry were playing outside the city and a burst of accidental magic from Flurry hurt their wing badly. Before they could get back for medical help, a terrible blizzard hit the area and they were stuck for hours. It was only thanks to Flurry’s magic and Frost’s willpower that kept them alive and they earned their cutie marks that night. Doctors would have been hard pressed to save the wing even if they’d made it to a hospital immediately but after the long hours in the cold there was no hope for it. Frost doesn’t blame Flurry, but they hate being perceived as weak or needing to be coddled and so they joined the Crystal Empire Royal Guard. They’re a personal protégé of Flash Sentry, who was one of the only trainers not to turn them away.

Name: Golden Hour (nicknames: Gold, Goldy. She hates being called by a nickname though and usually insists on her full name)
Age: Teenager
Pronouns: She/her
Siblings: Flurry Heart, Frost Shimmer, Cupid
Cutie Mark: Photography
Bio: The third born, Golden Hour is dramatic and loud and attention grabbing. She’s can be a bit of a borderline bully because of how forceful her personality is, but she usually doesn’t mean any harm. She and Cupid are studying abroad at Twilight’s magic school, and Golden Hour has been trying for ages to be the queen bee. She knows how popular and admired Rain Shower and Sparkler are there and often tries to forcibly insert herself into their friend group; Sparkler mostly just thinks she’s funny but Rain Shower has very little patience for her. She will often challenge other students to random challenges and duels to prove her superiority and she usually ends up loosing, but she does it in such a dramatic and silly fashion that most of the students just think she’s funny. Most of her in your face personality is a bit of a façade, as she’s very insecure about wanting attention and being respected. She does feel self conscious being the third born and having such a small talent as photography compared to her older siblings regal presentations and powerful cutie marks. She and Cupid are very close though and she often will dramatically cry into his shoulder. Yes she is also inspired by Nanami from Utena.

Name: Cupid
Age: Teenager
Pronouns: He/him
Sibilngs: Flurry Heart, Frost Shimmer, Golden Hour
Cutie Mark: Emotional support, a good listener. He’s probably gonna be a therapist when he’s grown up
Bio: The youngest of Cadence and Shining Armor’s children, Cupid tends to get lost in the shuffle. It doesn’t bother him too much, as he doesn’t crave everyone’s attention in the way Golden Hour does and his entire family dotes on him constantly. He is gentle and sweet and always willing to provide a listening ear to whoever needs it. He worships Flurry Heart, and often deliberately styles his mane in a similar fashion to hers’; he’s actually very fastidious with his appearance and spends a lot of time on personal grooming. While Cupid is very good at listening to others and offering advice, he’s actually pretty bad about being open with his own feelings and tends to bottle them up rather then be perceived as a burden. He’s the most open with Golden Hour.

Relationship with their parents: Flurry and Frost are closest to their parents, being the first born and generally needing the most attention (Flurry’s magic surges and Frost’s missing wing; that took quite a few years of physical therapy), but as their two oldest have become more independent Cadence and Shining Armor are able to spend more time with their youngest children. Or they would, if they weren’t attending Twilight’s school. They miss Golden Hour and Cupid terribly while they’re studying abroad though and have a debate between themselves at least once a week whether they should just bring them home. As it is, they usually think of some random excuse to go visit every weeks anyway.

Relationships with each other: They generally paired off in terms of age. Flurry and Frost are very close, as are Golden Hour and Cupid. Golden Hour was DELIGHTED when her little brother arrived and started bossing him around as soon as he could toddle.

Relationship with their cousins: They all generally get along, though Flurry and North Star are very close on account of having similar issues with their magic; Frost is similarly very protective of their nervous cousin. Morning Light, who is a teacher at her mother’s school, thinks Golden Hour is hilarious and will often deliberately get her to go off on one of her loud proclamations in the middle of class. She’s always willing to lend a listening ear to Cupid as well, though she usually has to trick him into talking about his feelings. Morning and Frost have something of a rivalry though, as Morning thinks Frost has a stick up their butt and Frost thinks Morning isn’t serious enough.

Fun facts:

• Despite being the second oldest, Frost is the shortest! They are not a fan of this. They do also have the biggest wingspan though, to make up for it.
• Golden Hour and Cupid are VERY tall, easily taller then most of the ponies in Twilight’s school
• Cupid is a year or two younger then Golden Hour! I tend to avoid giving my characters specific ages cause I don’t want to bother with specific timelines but he’s about 14 to her 16.

God that was a lot of writing OTL This is why ONLY Cadence and Shining Armor get four kids