Zebra

Zecora, example of Zebra

Zebras are equine in apperance, however are distinguishable from ponies by their striped coats. They were the rival of Equestrian forces during the Zebra Wars, or the Equestrian War.

Before the war

There were a number of communities in Equestria that had zebras living and working among ponies, often as the minority. While zebra interaction with ponies was not uncommon, their strange mannerisms invited speculation and irrational fear among ponies in some areas.

During the war

Zebras were the first to master the technology behind stealth gemstones. Coupled with a history of martial prowess, they were remarkably effective at non-conventional warfare. Zebra operatives were able to get close enough to both Celestia andRarity to attempt assassination, though were foiled in both attempts.

After the war

There are few Zebra's that are mentioned in the series. The most notable is Xenith, a member of Littlepip's group. She was found in RedEye's camp near Tenpony Tower.

Known Locations

There have been several mentions of towns of Zebra. However, the only ones mentioned by name are very poor areas or occupided by others. There was one listed Stable where Zebra's and Ponies were forced to get along, Stable 3 in Canterlot.

Glyphmark - Home of Xenith's child Xephyr. All Zebras from a certain tribe of children are sent here when they earn their cutie mark. The town is run down, and are just now learning to defend themselves from slavers.

Zebratown - A old pre-war town of Zebras. Mostly destroyed due to Pink Cloud and the Megaspells. Zebras from this town were supposed to be re-located to Stable 3.

Technology

The only mentions of technology so far are:Zebra Rifle, and an Invisiblity cloak. We do know that the Zebra's took Fluttershy's megaspells of healing, and reverse engineered the bombs that created the Pink Cloud.

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Medicine

The full extent of Zebra medicine is curently unknown but in the Pre-war era the Zebra's made Mint-als a mint tasting drug that temporarily boosted a Pony/Zebra's thinking proceses allowing them to think clearly and quickly. There was also a Variant of stronger Mint-als called Party-Time Mint-als which Pinkie Pie was addicted to. Mint-al addiction is not uncommon and taking just one can be enough to addict a Pony, the Pony in question will become more dependent on Mint-als until they need them just to think clearly. Mint-al addiction can be cured like most drug addictions but it requires a day of being cleaned out as seen with Littlepip as she was treated by Dr Helpinghoof.

Other Zebra Medicine includes potions that can permenently alter a Ponies genetic makeup and improve them as Xenith did for Littlepip. Xenith also showed the ability to brew potions that could stop bleeding from amputated limbs by dipping them in the potion.

Mythology

Zebras associate exo-atmospheric events such as meteor showers with evil. By extension, anything that originated in space, such as the remnants of a meteorite, is believed to be inherently evil. They believe that Nightmare Moon was influenced solely by the stars.

Social structure

Nothing is known about their social structure at this time.