The Fiery Farm takes great pride in hard work and careful organisation, to the point that it might seem more a military regiment rather than a family business and you wouldn't be too far off the mark: Ash's father, Pure Fire, used to be a Royal Guard and he took the lessons learned there back at home to improve efficiency.

Luckily, Ash enjoys that kind of discipline and always strives to prove himself, so he embraced eagerly that militaristic life style along with his big brother Flash Fire, as they always compete with each other to complete all the chores better than the other.

However, even in the Gingerverse Ash has still a fire deep within him and he had decided to explore it in the mountain dojo, where he studies martial arts as a way to further improve his body and his mind.

When he's not working in the fields or training himself, Ash is usually at Maple Leaf's market, selling his family's products: in this role he's a bit of a chatter box and super curious and invested in the daily lives of other ponies, lending a ear and a shoulder when something troubles them.

He wears a black cowboy hat and a red bandanna tied around his neck.

Nova Stella was born to two unicorns in the city of Manehatten. The father, Professor Pluto, a kindly bumbling professor of astronomy and history, and Moonlight Melody, a former famous singer and pianist, now relegated to a secluded life due to a stage injury, chronic pain, and depression. (This affected Nova Stella, as she wanted nothing more than for her mother to be happy.) Though Nova’s parents loved her to pieces and vice versa, she had trouble making friends in the city. So she convinced herself that she didn’t need any. 

One day, her dad sat her down and explained that for her mother’s health, they needed to move to the oceanside. And there just so happened to be an open job for a professor in Maple Leaf, on the west coast of Equestria. Although she didn’t have many friendships tying her down, besides her astronomy teacher at school, she was devastated at leaving the only place she ever knew. And as a refined pony who enjoyed cleanliness and the convenience of the city, she was dreading what awaited her. But she tried not to vocalize these things for her mother’s sake, and just stewed over them as they traveled to Maple Leaf. After arriving in the town square still in thought, she was approached by Ginger Bread, the local baker’s daughter, with a welcome gift of freshly-made cookies. (This was something she enjoyed doing regularly). Shocked and secretly touched, Nova Stella did not know how to react. So she mumbled thanks and levitated it out of the young earth pony’s hoof, only to trot away quickly.