Pegasus

Pegasus is the leader of Topia a close friend of Anteater James and Anteater Rachel. He is an enhanced clone of Diomedes, created as Dio-X as a result of The Great Bear's experiments. The Great Bear planned for Dio-X to be his agent and have him help apprehend The Great Anteater, but Dio-X leaves his services and takes the name Pegasus. He becomes the best friend of Triceratops and a frequent companion of the Anteaters.

Appearance and Personality


Pegasus is a blue horse with a white mane, white tail, and large white wings. He has a number of mutations other than the wings, but he keeps most of these dormant and physically unexpressed. Before he grew his wings, his fur was green.

Although his personality was originally a copy of that of Diomedes, Pegasus comes to adopt different values and principles. Unlike his predecessor, Pegasus realizes that organized nations are necessary to protect people. Pegasus is a natural leader; at one point, he leads a team that includes the future leaders Edward and Lance Wolf, and eventually, all of Topia follows him as their ruler.

By the time the Anteaters meet him, Pegasus has become more laid back and carefree. He is especially proud of his flying ability and loves to brag about it.

Creation
The Great Bear creates Dio-X as a heavily altered clone of Diomedes following the Buffalo conquest of the horse homeland Rylama. Dio-X is born with the potential to develop a number of different superpowers, including time travel. The Great Bear transfers Diomedes's memories to Dio-X, so Dio-X believes that he is Diomedes after having undergone an extensive treatment, rather than a new horse altogether. Like Diomedes, he revolves to liberate Rylama and eliminate the Buffalo. He also remembers a deal Diomedes made with the Great Bear, which entailed that he would help defeat The Great Anteater in exchange for the power to defeat the Buffalo.

As Dio-X


The Great Bear plans to manipulate Dio-X into doing his bidding, but Dio-X, unable to control his own time travel abilities, disappears millions of years into the past. There he meets a young triceratops named Edward, who is the leader of a kingdom of dinosaurs. Edward sympathizes with Dio-X and, because he's bored with his life as a king, agrees to leave his old life behind to help the horse in his quest. Dio-X manages to pull himself and Edward through time, but they arrive 70 years after the conquest of Rylama. At this point, the horses and buffalo have assimilated into one large mining community. None of the horses show any interest in fighting to free their land, and few remain who even remember the time before the Buffalo. Disheartened, Dio-X leaves and heads east, hoping to find a way to gather the strength to free his home.

While traveling through present day Wolf Owned Land (which at the time had no leader or government), Dio-X experiences firsthand the brutality that can take place in a lawless society. He and Edward meet a young Bear named Mandy and a thief called The Prowler, both of whom join them on their journey. Mandy decides to bring the group to meet with her "grandfather" in Topia. When they arrive, she introduces them to The Great Bear (actually her great great grandfather), who hasn't aged due to the effects of Vitamin Z, and who is shocked to see that Dio-X is alive. The Great Bear has Dio-X reaffirm his loyalty, and tells him that they are close to finding and defeating the Great Anteater.

Dio-X, along with his friends Edward, Mandy, and the Prowler, learn about the war Topia is fighting against Tromia and decide to help Topia while they wait for further instructions from the Great Bear. They travel to the neighboring nation of Stufftania in attempt to recruit them as allies, but as Stufftania has no leader, no one there has the power to raise armies. Dio-X begins to doubt his old ideas of no government being better for a nation.



Unable to recruit any help, Dio-X and his friends attack Tromia on their own. They storm the main Tromian base and inflict major damage to the Tromian forces. They confront the leader of Tromia, who turns out to be the original Diomedes. Diomedes explains that Dio-X was a clone the entire time, who never even lived in Rylama to begin with. After the Great Bear took his genetic sample and copied his memories, the original Diomedes spent years sabotaging Buffalo mining equipment and trying to start a revolt, but to no avail. He reveals that he became the leader of Tromia and started the attack against Topia in the hopes of brewing a massive war that would wipe out all developed nations and leave the survivors free of tyranny forever. Diomedes then attacks Dio-X, who, forced to defend himself, kills Diomedes.

When Tromians and Topians alike start falling unconscious, Dio-X and his friends realize that the cause is several massive generators controlled from a remote source. They trace the source back to Topia, where they find the Great Bear and Mandy's parents atop a volcano. The Great Bear reveals that with the generators, he threatened the lives of thousands, knowing that the Great Anteater would arrive in attempt to save everyone. The Great Bear and Mandy's parents ambushed and finally defeated him. Dio-X, knowing that the Great Bear had been lying about the entire time about him being Diomedes, stands up to defend the Great Anteater. With the help of his friends, Dio-X defeats the Great Bear, but the volcano erupts, scattering the group and killing Mandy's parents. Dio-X summons the strength for a final mutation, a pair of wings, and rescues the Great Anteater.



After the Great Anteater wakes up, Dio-X decides he is nothing like Diomedes and takes the name Pegasus for himself. When the Topians see Pegasus, they appoint him their new leader, as it is a Topian legend that a winged horse will come and lead them in their time of need.

As Leader of Topia
Although there is peace for a time, eventually Tromia resumes the war with Topia. Pegasus leads his nation to battle, focusing on the development of powerful aircraft. When The Bear comes to the capital looking to become a soldier, Pegasus recognizes him as the brother of Amanda and makes him an officer. Pegasus oversees the Bear's progress and orders him to take back a ship stolen by Captain Black Fur and liberate the revolutionary Max from Tromian prison in order to incite rebellion in Tromia. Eventually Amanda returns and, at her urging, Pegasus relieves the Bear from the Topian Army for a time.

While he is leader of Topia, Pegasus often takes time to travel to Stufftania in search of his old friends. He finds Edward, who is now referred to as Triceratops and is the new leader of Stufftania. Edward has suffered memory loss and does not recognize Pegasus, but still the two once again become best friends. Pegasus also meets Anteater James and Anteater Rachel and befriends the siblings as well. Pegasus even shows his time travel abilities to the Anteaters and accompanies them on many of their adventures, including the rocket incident.

Even though the Bear is an enemy of the Anteaters, Pegasus allows him to resume his old position as a Topian officer. When the Anteaters find their way to Topia, the Bear uses his influence there in attempt to hunt them down. Anteaters find their way to Topia for the second time and Pegasus reveals himself to them as the leader of Topia. When the Anteaters join forces with the Topians to repel a Tromian attack, the Bear betrays Topia and takes the opportunity to attack the Anteaters, but Pegasus thwarts his attempt and discharges him from the Topian army. Afterwards, the Bear joins the Tromians for a massive attack on Topia, driving out Pegasus and the Topians. The Anteaters help Pegasus capture The Tromian King and force Tromia to retreat.

Although Topia takes no part in the Stufftanian-Wolf War, Pegasus assists Stufftania personally.

The Imperial War
Topia generally takes no part in the conflicts of other nations, but Pegasus makes an exception for the threat of The Empire. Topia fights alongside the other nations at The Battle of Free Nations' Stand and plays a major role in gaining air superiority. Pegasus rescues Max from Mystic and during the fight, it seems that he is resistant to Mystic's telekinesis. The free nations win the battle, capture The Bear, and continue to pursue the retreating Imperial Forces.

Shaken from his encounter with Mystic, Pegasus tries to talk to Edward about his past as Dio-X. Although initially Edward seems to remember their old adventures, his repressed memories frighten him and he refuses to talk. Next, Pegasus turns to Amanda, who agrees to give him information about The Great Bear's experiments in exchange for her brother. Amanda reveals that there was a second, more stable surviving clone of Diomedes, but to stabilize the genetic sample, an X-chromosome had to replace the Y-chromosome, making the subject female. Pegasus suspects that Mystic may be the second clone.

Mutations and Powers


Pegasus is a clone of Diomedes with many powerful enhancements. Generally, he only keeps one mutation active at any given time, and for the past 30 years, it have been almost exclusively his wings.

His mutations also include dragon fangs, flame mane, spiked hooves, brass hooves, thick fur, frozen coat, whip tail, drunken spirit, hydro power, and everlasting water. He can also travel through time, although this requires an incredible amount of energy.

Edward
Edward and Dio-X became best friends before Dio-X became known as Pegasus. Edward always stuck up for Dio-X and willingly left his old life behind to help him win back his homeland. He was always the one to break up fights between the other members of the group. When Edward becomes sick, Dio-X loses hope and only brings himself to continue on the urging of Mandy.

Although Edward no longer recognizes Pegasus as his old friend Dio-X, the two become best friends again when they reunite in Stufftania. Pegasus trusts Edward with all of his problems and often turns to him for help and inspiration.

The Anteaters
Anteater James and Anteater Rachel are good friends of Pegasus and often bring him along on their adventures.