King Sombra



King Somber is a unicorn and an upcoming villain who will appear in My Little Pony Friendship is Magic third season's premiere The Crystal Empire. He has not been explicitly identified on the show, but an unnamed character with eyes matching his appears in other media.

In July 2012, writer M.A. Larson wrote on Twitter regarding an image of King Somber "Interesting. I read about that in a script but never seen it before."

A differently-shaded version of the armor around King Somber's neck is used for the 2012 Design a My Little Pony Finalists poster, as part of Steel Masquerade's armor.

In The Crystal Empire, King Somber is mentioned, and his eyes briefly appear.

King Somber first appeared on Hasbro's Pony Wedding microsite, which does not refer to him by name. In the microsite's Wedding Quiz section, the quiz "Your dream wedding location!" includes the question "Who should be the MC?", with Somber as the choice that steers the quiz's result to the Crystal Empire.