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Shining Armor is the brother of Twilight Sparkle and a character in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. He is Twilight Sparkle's brother, Captain of the Equestrian Royal Guard, and Co-Ruler of the Crystal Empire with his wife, Princess Cadence. He was instrumental in the defeat of Queen Chrysalis and King Sombra.
He is introduced in "A Canterlot Wedding," where it is revealed he is marrying Princess Cadance, who was Twilight's old foal sitter. However, "Princess Cadance" is actually Queen Chrysalis, the Queen of the Changelings, feeding off Shining Armor's love for his wife-to-be.
History[]
Shining Armor was born in Canterlot; he was raised alongside his younger sister Twilight Sparkle and their dragon brother, Spike
Powers and Abilities[]
Superhuman physical strength
Unicorn Physiology/Magic: Shining Armor has all the standard powers and abilities of a uicorn such as spellcasting, potioncraft, etc. Shining Armor is one of the most powerful unicorns in the My Little Pony universe, but his powers are surpassed by that of his sister Twilight Sparkle even before her transformation into an alicorn. His magic manifests in a deep magenta pink like his sister.
Spellcasting: Like all unicorns, Shining Armor can cast and perform spells of his own making.
Protection spells: Shining Armor mainly specializes in protection spells, which he can do to protect an object or an individual.
Forcefield generation: Shining Armor created a gigantic pink forcefield bubble during his wedding to Cadance because of Chrysalis' threats in Camelot.
Energy projection: He shot shots of pink energy.
True Love (shared with Princess Cadance): With his love for Princess Cadance, she and Shining Armor reignited Shining Armor's force field and blew all of the Changelings away from Camelot.
Energy manipulation
Durability
Stamina
Intelligent
Weaknesses[]
Migrains: Shining Armor's protection spells cause him terrible migrains, thus severely draining him
Air sickness
Competitiveness: Shining Armor's competitive nature with his sister can have its disadvantage. It causes Shining Armor to become arrogant and full of himself, which he often did during their Supreme Sibling competitions. It is this attitude that makes him and Twilight lose the Sibling Supreme and instead acknowledge Spike as their ultimate sibling.
