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{{Tabs/Stygian}}
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{{Character|series=IDW|variant=Corruption|Y=2017
|image=File:LOM12 Stygian and POS.png
|name=Stygian
|altname=Pony of Shadows
|eras=[[Age of Heroes]]<br>[[Era of Twilight]]
|gender=
|occupation=Scholar of sea life<ref name = LOM7>{{C|LOM|7}}</ref>
|home=[[Stygian's village|Unnamed village]]<ref name = LOM7/>
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On a cold night, he was alone in his [[Stygian's house|house]], studying [[seashells]]. He found the symmetry of the seashells to be marvelous, as it was evidence that shells were hundreds of years old, thus proving that the sea was filled with vast mysterious Ponykind hadn't even dreamed of. Even in his later life, Stygian would marvel at the mysterious that laid within the ocean, just hidden away from ponies sight.<ref name = "LOM 7 page 4">{{Cite comic book|series=LOM|issue=7|story="Stygian"|page=4|panel=|quote=}}</ref>
On a routine trip to the [[Stygian's village's beach|beach]] during the fall-soon-to-be-winter, he started digging and brushed an unique shell which he believed to be from a new species. His discovery was cut short however when he heard a mysterious voice call out to him. Before he knew it, he came face-to-face with some of the fantastical sea creatures he had only heard in legends. Stygian believed in the [[Siren]]s, but never had any way to prove their existence, only knew of the legends and folktales told about them. The trio he encountered were named
The Sirens talked of being in a band called "The [[Dazzlings]]", leaving Stygian confused. Adagio soon hostilely verbally attacked Stygian when he claimed that his town wouldn't appreciate their music. Eventually, Stygian grew flustered and ran away from the Dazzlings to get back to his responsibilities.<ref name = "LOM 7 page 8-9">{{Cite comic book|series=LOM|issue=7|story="Stygian"|page=8-9|panel=|quote=}}</ref>
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===Darkness fought and embraced===
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Stygian later returned to Rockhoof's island with all the Pillars but Starswirl, only to be joined by him after creatures from [[Eris' dimension|another world]] abducted {{
At Rockhoof's urging, Starswirl allowed Stygian to take the leader, and he soon confronted the villain who had abducted the princesses. Surprisingly, when their magics clashed, the two were evenly matched, and both were thrown back by an explosion. Stygian then used his strange power over the villain's minions to rescue the princesses, and after telling the monster his name escaped home with the other Pillars. Stygian expressed great pleasure at having been able to be a hero, though he was somewhat troubled by his ability to command the monsters of the other world.<ref name = ANNUAL2018>[[Legends of Magic Annual 2018]]</ref> Stygian also held on to a piece of the mirror that led to that world after Starswirl asked Rockhoof to smash it.<ref name = "NK1">{{Cite comic book|series=NK|issue=1|story=|page=|panel=|quote=}}</ref>
Sadly, Stygian's ambitions would lead him to become a villain, unknowingly following in the footsteps of the villain who abducted the princesses, who was in fact his own alternate self. He and the Pillars became imprisoned in [[Limbo]], and passed into the legends of
Eventually, Stygian was freed from Limbo, returned to normal, and reconciled with the Pillars after a thousand years of imprisonment. Wanting his own side of the story to be told, Stygian later traveled to the [[Crystal Empire]] and left one of his journals on
===The breaker of worlds===
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===Dark Horse===
==Personality==
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