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{{Character|V=Yes|R=|O=|Y=2013|series=FIM
|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 = {{FIM|Umbrum}}
|kind =
|gender = [[Sexes|Male]]
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|nationality = [[Equestrian]]
|hometown =
|residence =
|address = [[Crystal Heart Foal Center]]<br>[[Crystal Castle]]
|age = Adult
|education = Crystal Heart Foal Center
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|family = [[Sombra family]]
|parents = [[Rabia]]? {{CN|possible mother}}
|siblings = [[Ira]]? {{CN|possible half-sister}}
|partners = {{FIM|Radiant Hope}}
|children =
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|voice_artist = [[Jim Miller]]<br>[[Alvin Lee Sanders]]
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|bulgarian =
|cantonese =
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|czech =
|danish =
|dutch =
|estonian =
|faroese =
|finnish = [[Pasi Ruohonen]]
|french = [[Philippe Résimont]]
|quebec =
|german = [[Tino Kießling]]
|greek =
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|hindi =
|hungarian = [[Levente Törköly]]
|icelandic =
|indonesian =
|italian =
|japanese = [[Masatoshi Fujita]]
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|macedonian =
|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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After [[Princess Cadance]] and [[Shining Armor|Prince Shining Armor]] became the new monarchs of the returned Empire, Sombra once again returned to wreak havoc on his peoples. This time, by engulfing them in the smoke of his presence, though each time he was repelled by Cadance's magic. The legacy of Sombra's rule, even when he was kept at bay, was a very noticeable one, as his former subjects were weary, haggard and dreary and only grew worse when reminded of Sombra and his reign. Eventually, Cadance ran out of magic to hold off his power and soon Sombra nearly took back his city. Through the unlikely team-up, Spike and Cadance were able to retrieve the Crystal Heart and destroy Sombra, restoring their land.
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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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==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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==Appearances==
===Cartoon===
* "[[The Crystal Empire]]"
* "[[The Beginning of the End]]"
===Comics===
* {{C|FIE|1}}
* ''[[Siege of the Crystal Empire]]''
==References==
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