In the darkness of the Everfree, something stirs amidst the Royal Ruins, driven by an insatiable hunger for pleasures of the flesh.
Dispatched by his monarch to investigate the rising threat, Shining Armour bravely forges deep into the depths of the forest in search of his target. Alone, isolated, and miles from another living soul, Shining Armour fails to realize he is little more than the Nightmare's Tribute.
Shining Armour searches within the depths of the Everfree for his target, unaware he has become the Nightmare's Tribute.
Shining Armour plunges the depths of the Canterlot sewers for the remnants of the Changeling swarm; unaware that he holds the attention of their queen.
Sent north to secure an alliance with the Crystal Empire by any means necessary, Shining Armour has his first encounter with the beautiful, yet dark, Queen Umbra