Talk:Star Swirl the Bearded/@comment-10390252-20141029101502

Okay, I'm going to make a bold-ish prediction here: When we meet present-day Star Swirl (and I think we are), there is a good chance that he is going to be an alicorn. It turns out that not all alicorns are princes and princesses. Star Swirl tells Twilight that such rank must be granted by an existing ruler or government or alternately earned by merit (Twilight is actually the only of the four princesses who achieved both). Star Swirl is quite happy just being an extraordinarily long-lived wandering wizard.