The Storm King

The Storm King is a male satyr-like creature who appears as the main antagonist in My Little Pony The Movie. He is a conqueror of lands beyond Equestria who launches an invasion of Canterlot and seeks the magic of the four Alicorn princesses to take over the world. He is defeated by the Mane Six and his former lieutenant Tempest Shadow, turned to stone and shattered to pieces.

The Storm King

Personality

The Storm King is portrayed as an evil and power-hungry tyrant. His demeanor unpredictably shifts between pleasant and cheerful, sardonic and petulant, and cold and ruthless. He displays a cruel and arrogant nature, turning his nose up at the notions of "cuteness" and "friendship", and he is quick to lose his temper when things don't go his way. Despite having been betrayed in the past by one of his own minions, the Storm King himself is deceitful and manipulative, making false promises to restore Tempest Shadow’s horn and then turning his power on her when she is no longer of any use to him.

Role

My Little Pony: The Movie

The Storm King appears in My Little Pony The Movie as the main antagonist. His second-in-command Tempest Shadow, underling Grubber, and army of Storm Creatures are sent to Canterlot as an advance force to occupy the city and secure the magic of the four Alicorn princesses. In his first on-screen appearance, the Storm King communicates with Tempest via potion spell, and he reminds her of the terms of their agreement: deliver to him the princesses' magic and empower his Staff of Sacanas in exchange for restoring her broken horn.

Later in the film, Princess Skystar reveals that she, her mother Queen Novo, and the rest of the seaponies used to be Hippogriffs and live atop Mount Aris before the Storm King invaded and forced them to flee underwater.

After Twilight Sparkle's capture, the Storm King appears before her at Canterlot Castle and uses the Staff of Sacanas to drain her and the other princesses' magic, granting him massive power and control over the sun and moon. When Twilight's friends come to her rescue, the Storm King uses his newfound power to create a powerful cyclone. Tempest tells him to fulfill his end of their agreement and restore her horn, but he reveals that he was just using her and attacks her. Before the Storm King can destroy Twilight and Tempest, the rest of the Mane Six intervene and knock the Staff of Sacanas out of his hands.

As the staff's magic runs out of control, the Storm King and Twilight race to claim it, and they are both swept into the storm. They soon return to solid ground, and the Storm King attempts to turn Twilight and her friends to obsidian stone. Tempest, changed by the Storm King betraying her and Twilight saving her from the storm, jumps in the way, and they are both petrified. The Storm King's body falls off the castle balcony and shatters to pieces.

During the film's end credits, one of the King's Storm Guards assembles his apparently still-sentient body into a hodgepodge of rearranged body parts, which promptly falls apart. Tempest also swings at a piñata bearing the Storm King's likeness, before resorting to using her horn to blast it open.

Trivia

• The Storm King will be an enemy of Winnie the Pooh, Ash Ketchum, Simba, Littlefoot, Sora, SpongeBob SquarePants, Tino Tonitini, Shido Itsuka, Otis, Thomas and their friends in Pooh's Adventures of My Little Pony: The Movie (2017).
• The Storm King will return for revenge in Pooh's Adventures Series.
• The Storm King is a member of the Dark Dragon Empire in Doctor Aaron's Adventures Series.
• The Storm King will face-off against the TARDIS Team in Doctor Aaron's Adventures of The Scorpion King.
• The Storm King is the Main Antagonist of True's Adventures Series.
• The Storm King will be an enemy of Connor Lacey and The Irelanders in The Irelanders' Super Adventures of My Little Pony The Movie.
• The Storm King will be an enemy of Tabby Darklight in Tabby's Adventures of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir where he is Hawk Moth's partner.
• The Storm King will be an enemy of the Plumbers in Ben 10’s Adventures of My Little Pony the movie.
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• The Storm King will be an enemy of the Storm Hawks in Storm Hawks' Adventures of My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)
• The Storm King will be an enemy of Ryan Freestar, Meg Griffin and their friends in Ryan's Adventures of My Little Pony: The Movie.
• Unlike King Sombra, the Storm King was not revived by Discord (who was under the disguise as Grogar) for his team. In universe, it is not clear why he did not restore him, as his goofy and sarcastic nature would not have mattered as Discord's plan was for Twilight to defeat the villains. Out of universe, this was likely due to Liev Schreiber being too high budget to reprise his role as the Storm King. Ironically, whilst the Storm King did not appear and was not recasted, King Sombra returned and was recasted for the final season. In addition, most of the characters that debuted in the film such as Tempest Shadow, Capper, Queen Novo, and Princess Skystar all returned in the final season despite none of them having any lines. According to Jim Miller, the choice for the film's characters to return for the final season was made but not all of them would be included in the series. Indicating that the Storm King was not meant to return for the rest of the series.

See also

Los Dark (form from the armada)

Badley (powered up form)