Rayner Blitzkrieg

Rayner Bowerman Blitzkrieg is an agent in the Department of Mary Sues. He is written by SkarmorySilver.

Appearance
Unlike other agents from his home continuum, Rayner is one of the subjects of the anthropomorphization/gijinka trend, which presents the a non-human character with a human appearance. In this case, he is essentially a genderbent, humanized version of Rainbow Dash, but with personalized characteristics. He is quite short for his age, at only 4’8”, but muscular and athletic (You don’t clear clouds as a day job without giving your abs a really good workout), with long arms and big feet. He wears his hair in a mullet, with a warmer red/orange/yellow front and a cooler green/blue/purple party-style in the back; his hair is also usually framed with a pair of blue pilot’s goggles which he always wears in flight. His cutie mark, which is the same as Rainbow Dash’s because he is derived from her, is located on his left cheek.

Blitz frequently wears aviator’s clothing, such as two different jackets (light blue with white sleeves for general use, darker Wonderbolts blue for heavy duty missions). His jeans have several rips, and his shoes are blue and white with blue wings sprouting Hermes-style from the heels. He also wears a rainbow-colored scarf, which doubles as a convenient napkin for when his face gets messy.

Unlike other pony-based characters, Rayner is a passionate carnivore, courtesy of his homefic, and his dentition reflects that fact; his incisors are pointed and interlocking, and long canines are perfect for ripping out the throats of Mary Sues. He will prefer carnivorous disguises in non-human settings, and if disguised as a pony in his home continuum, he will always have the same arrangement of predator teeth.

Powers
Rayner is based on a pegasus, specifically a genderbent version of Rainbow Dash, but he does not have any of the powers that correspond to the character in question. He is, however, fairly athletic, and a skilled close-combat fighter as well. This typically doesn’t help against Sues who are often much better at fighting than he is, however, and more often than not, he will be on the losing side if he faces off against a Sue head-on; numerous instances of such beatdowns have given him a high pain tolerance and a determination to win, but it often doesn’t amount to much without outside help. The humanized pegasus is fully aware of this and often employs himself as a diversion, or at least as a punching bag for the Sue, while his partner does the dirty work.

The biggest weakness Rayner has is his basal, predatory instinct, which is triggered by the smell of bodily glitter. This can provoke him into attacking prematurely, which can cause him serious injury by underestimating the Sue that provoked him. He has to keep assassinations extremely clean and efficient for precisely this reason, and has actively worked to dislike the taste of blood, so as to avoid the risk of an uncontrollable feeding frenzy.

Personality
Despite being a humanized version of Rainbow Dash, Rayner has only faint traces of her personality because of his history. His history has inflicted deep, hidden mental scars that he tries to conceal with a hardheaded, impulsive demeanor. Prior to the death of his previous partner, he was so intent on making a name for himself among the DMS that he took on any assignment given to him, even bleepfic, without question. This ambition was crippled by one very unfortunate mission (see the History section), and his motivation changed afterward from "becoming the best assassin" to "killing every single Mary Sue in the multiverse". This change may have stemmed from the fact that he cared for his partner very much prior to his death, and he is quick to lash out at those who trivialize it even accidentally. He is also very self-conscious, even more so than before his loss, and dislikes having his faults pointed out to him even by his own allies.

Because of his history, Rayner suffers from an unfortunate condition referred to as "bloodlust". Unlike other ponies or pony-based characters, he is extremely partial towards the flesh of other creatures, especially Suvian ones. This has escalated throughout his career into the tendency to go into a wild, berserk frenzy if anyone sheds so much as a single drop of glitter in his immediate vicinity. He has taken intense physical therapy to alleviate this effect and is on permanent prescription meds against it; other MLP agents have also tried to wean him off on carrots and apples, but so far, it hasn’t helped. Rayner is very afraid of having his bloodlust activate at the wrong time, because once he enters this mentality, it is difficult for him to stop. Even in a normal state, his passionate resolve and lack of self-control can get him into trouble — when affected by his bloodlust, physical restraint is often the only way to keep him from hurting himself.

Agent History
Cupcakes and yaoi... two things that should never go together, ever. Why a twisted young author would ever come up with such a combination will never be certain, but what is known is that because said author received heavy criticism due to his arrogant, selfish behavior, he decided to never let his AU retelling of the infamous badfic see the light of day, and thank Celestia for that. As such, Rayner was transported by plot hole to the PPC, where he was promptly assigned to the DMS.

Things were relatively normal, or at least as normal as a career in the PPC could get, until April of 2014. Rayner and his partner, a Charizard gijinka named Nicholas, had always had a hunger for adventure that kept them alive throughout all the badfics they braved — that is, until they were tasked with disposing of a horrifying bleepfic involving an extremely violent Character Replacement. Only one of them made it out alive, and even so, Rayner had to spend two months in Medical after a rescue attempt on the part of the DIA went horribly wrong. Partner-less and devastated, Rayner began developing a hunger of a different kind… a hunger for the flesh of Sues, and for vengeance.

His life would change again during his first mission upon being released from Medical, when his battle with the Sue-wraith he was tasked with assassinating did not quite go to plan...

Mission Logs
Home: RC #133,316,666

Partnered with E.V.L.

 * Prologue: "When Good Banishments Go Bad"
 * In which an agent from the DMS makes a big mistake, and everything goes to Hell. Literally.
 * Mission One: "Enemy Mine"
 * In which opposites don’t quite attract — but still settle their differences in the face of a common cause.
 * Original fanfic: "Let Rise a New Alicorn" (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)
 * Mission Two: "Little Green Mobs"
 * In which the agents get the jump on a loyalty-challenged Warrior!Sue and make a surprising new friend.
 * Original fic: “Creeper H” (Minecraft)
 * Mission Three: "Zero-Sum Game"
 * In which Rayner restocks his fridge.
 * Original fic: “Game of Chance” (The Hunger Games)

Other Appearances

 * "Scarlet Disgrace" - Does not directly appear, but is mentioned.
 * "Suppertime Stories" - In which Falchion makes a wrong turn and some new friends.