It wasn't his actual name, of course. But then, this wasn't his world. Here, he could be whoever he wanted to be. So he became Lamp Lighter, local eccentric, Ponyville patron of the arts, as well as the town, well, lamp lighter.

And at night, when everyone dreams, he does his part to make the night a little less frightening. After all, tis the job of a lamp lighter to make the evening a little less dark, a little less frightful.