Rainbow Dash is a pegasus with a blue body and a rainbow lightning bolt cutie mark. She was born and raised in Cloudsdale alongside her childhood best friend Fluttershy and is now based in Ponyville where she maintains the weather in the sky. Rainbow Dash loves flying and is courageous, competitive, loyal, confident, and bold. She is one of, if not the best flier in all of Equestria, according to Princess Celestia. She has a pet tortoise named Tank and is the element of loyalty.