Talk:King Sombra/@comment-3218812-20130119224853/@comment-3218812-20130119235942

Yes, that's true. The other villains had more clear backgrounds and motivations that Sombra lacked. Maybe if Sombra is revisited (assuming he's not really killed off), they'll add a significant backstory other than insane tyrant king. I like an idea I heard of him being the previous student of Celestia / Luna and the true cause behind Nightmare Moon, but that's probably unlikely. I think Heart and Hooves Day explained that there was already unicorn royalty before the alicorn sisters, so that's probably the extent of his backstory (though I guess it also somewhat explains why unicorns tend to rub off as more aristocratic than the other races).