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{{Character|
|name = Sombra
|image = File:Sombra portrait.png
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|first = "[[The Crystal Empire]]"
|last = "[[The Beginning of the End]]"
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|species = Unicorn
|kind =
|gender = [[Sexes|Male]]
|occupation = [[King]]
|nationality = [[Equestrian]]
|hometown =
|residence =
|address = [[Crystal Castle]]
|age = Adult
|education =
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|family =
|parents =
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|affiliation = [[Crystal Empire]]
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|voice_artist = [[Jim Miller]]<br>[[Alvin Lee Sanders]]
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|cantonese =
|croatian =
|czech =
|danish =
|dutch =
|estonian =
|faroese =
|finnish = [[Pasi Ruohonen]]
|french = [[Philippe Résimont]]
|quebec =
|german = [[Tino Kießling]]
|greek =
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|hindi =
|hungarian = [[Levente Törköly]]
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|japanese = [[Masatoshi Fujita]]
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|malaysian = [[Fadhli Rawi]]
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|polish = [[Mikołaj Klimek]]
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|br-portuguese = [[Zeca Rodrigues]]<br>[[Tiago Retré]]
|romanian = [[Adrian Moraru]]
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|serbian = [[Marko Marković]]
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|la-spanish = [[Dan Osorio]]
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{{Q|Long live the king.|Sombra|The Beginning of the End}}
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Following their defeat, the Umbrum sought to find a way to invade [[Equestria]] once again. They devised a wicked plan, to create an Umbrum who appeared to be a pony in order to infiltrate Equestria. This pony, was Sombra.{{confirm}}
Sombra was quickly abandoned by his creators as they cared not for him, only what he could do for them. Regardless, Sombra didn't know of his creation, his parents, or even how to speak the [[Common language]]. All alone, Sombra was eventually discovered by a group of [[Royal Guards of Equestria|Crystal guards]]. The guards questioned the young foal about the whereabouts of his family, but he couldn't answer them.<ref group = excerpt>''The Crystal Guard said I was alone out in the wastes just north of the empire. They asked where my family was, but I couldn't tell them.''</ref> All he could say was "Sombra", which the guard decided to name him.<ref name =
Being a "lost colt", Sombra had no family to return to and was sent to stay at [[Chestnut Falls' Orphanage]] to be raised. Sombra was warmly greeted by [[Chestnut Falls]] herself, but Sombra himself could not say anything but Sombra. Sombra was rather melancholy in the earliest days of his creation, he found it strangely difficult to speak in the pony tongue, writing as if it was like he wasn't supposed to say them. Because of this, Sombra found it increasingly hard to communicate with his peers, which caused him to fall behind in class. However, Sombra was a quick learner and hard worker, and the kind and understanding caretaker Ms Chestnut always helped Sombra when he couldn't understand his homework.<ref name = FIE1/>
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King Sombra's origins are a mystery, with all that is known being that he seized control of the Crystal Empire some time before the [[fateful day]]. {{FIM|Princess Celestia}} and {{FIM|Princess Luna}} moved to oppose him, and transformed Sombra into shadow before casting him into the depths of the [[Frozen North]]. For unknown reasons, the Empire disappeared around the same time, and would not be seen again for roughly 1000 years.
After
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{{Canon note/comics}}
Contrary to expectations, Sombra had actually survived his defeat, though barely, with only a fraction of his power remaining and his spirit tied to the last remnant of his body, his broken horn. He possessed some capacity for movement, as he was able to enter the [[Crystal Castle]], and later followed Cadance and the now [[Princess]] Twilight down to his old study when they went to investigate it.<ref name = FIE1/> Having gone undetected apart from an unidentifiable noise, Sombra remained in the study, slowly trying to regather his power with the knowledge that it would take a long time before he could hope to return to his former strength. He received unexpected help in this regard from Radiant Hope, who had spent the millennium of Sombra's absence with the Umbrum and now believed them benevolent beings deserving of release.
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==Personality==
Sombra's personality was not well-shown during his attacks on the [[Crystal Empire]], though he was shown to be tyranical, wicked and cruel. His reign seemed to diminish the individuality of his subjects and caused much strain on their own personalities. Much more of his interaction was seen during his interactions with the Legion of Doom, displaying a more standoffish and arrogant side to his personality. His intelligence and cunning nature was also seen more during his period of his life where shown more clearly.
Sombra was a strong believer in destiny. According to some accounts he was never evil at heart, but believed it was his destiny to be the "King of All Monsters" and bitterly followed that dream.
==In other realities==
An alternate version of King Sombra was seen among the patrons of the [[Chaos Roadhouse]] in [[Eris' dimension]] when the [[Nightmare Knights]] arrived looking to recover Princess Luna's magic.
==Behind the scenes==
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In his debut, Sombra was depicted by [[Big Jim Miller]]. Many fans were disassified by his original voice, believing it was "generic" and unoriginal. In his return appearance in "[[The Beginning of the End]]", he was instead portrayed by [[Alvin Lee Sanders]], the voice actor for "[[Flutterguy]]". Fans are divided on Sander's take on the character, with some thinking his Sombra was far superior, giving him a deeper range of personality
===The ''Lord of the Rings'' connection===
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===Notes regarding other appearances===
Sombra is among the few major ''Friendship is Magic'' villains to not appear in ''[[Equestria Girls]]'' in any compacity
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To clarify, {{EQG|Queen Chrysalis}} exists as a toy, {{EQG|Discord}} is an in-universe toy, and {{EQG|Tirek}} is apart of a video game series.
===Sexuality===
[[Mike Vogel]], a show writer and former VP of [[Hasbro]]'s development, joked that Sombra was gay on Twitter.<ref>[https://derpicdn.net/img/2019/4/6/2004755/medium.png Tweet screenshot]</ref> This is contradicted by Sombra having a romantic partner in the form of Radiant Hope, a mare. While it ''is'' possible for Sombra to be bisexual or pansexual, the fact that the comment was made based off stereotypes rather then anything meaningful, this is unlikely. Insider rated Sombra in a list of LGBTQA+ cartoon characters.<ref>[https://www.equestriadaily.com/2021/06/insiders-259-lgbtq-characters-in.html Insider's "259 LGBTQ Characters in Cartoons" List Includes Some Pony]</ref>
==Appearances==
===Cartoon===
* "[[The Crystal Empire]]"
* "[[The Beginning of the End]]"
===Comics===
* {{C|FIE|1}}
* ''[[Siege of the Crystal Empire]]''
==References==
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