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Oh, it's been 10 years since I ponified the protagonist of Rez!

https://m.imgur.com/kA4ru

Not that great, I know, but all I had was the Pony Maker, Paint, and some Miracle Of Sound going in the background (plus art was always my worst subject). Headbashermonk made a couple alts, one where the light beams on the cutie mark fade out on the ends, and one with the altered mark + making him a pony-shaped cluster of floating tiles, just like the original character's default form. Unfortunately, the only place they were archived was "that site", which went down a long time ago.

I did more thinking on what his personality and powers would be like if he were given an actual flesh-and-blood body, and I decided on giving him the same basic blueprint as Blade Wolf's from Metal Gear Revengance: An AI that starts out rather basic and robotic, but slowly grows his own personality. I believe he would be either completely mute or mostly silent, and willing to help others just because it's the right thing to do.

As for his powers, I'd make them the same as in Rez and Child of Eden: flight via magical wings, a lock-on homing barrage that can lock onto up to 8 targets, a non-homing rapid-fire straight stream of shots to weaken defenses and destroy hostile projectiles (a magic nullifier, essentially), and a large area-of-effect burst that requires a lot of magic. Since CoE has you purify enemies instead of destroying them, I decided that his attacks would have a small fraction of the purifying power of the rainbow of light. And I decided to balance all this by having his body be able to contain a large quantity of magic/mana, but his magic not being terribly strong. So while he might be able to fly and do magic, battles against larger opponents require a lot of shots, just like the boss fights from the games.

His primary magic would manifest in the form of the same floating tiles that make up his original form, but in different sizes and shapes. They would make up his wings and cover his face (one way; he can see out), which both activates his aiming cursor and gives him something like his original faceless look. Telekinesis would have a tendril of the tiles reach out and grab the item. Projectiles would be the usual balls of light. His wings wouldn't flap, instead using some magical thrusters seamlessly built into them. He'd have good control over them, but would need some practice before he could fly with the same grace as the average pegasus.