Equestria was at war once more. After hundreds of years of peace, war has once more set its hooves on the country of harmony.

At the head of this all was Shining Armor, the Captain of the elite Royal Guard. However, despite his years of service, nothing in the peacetime service of the Guard could have prepared him for the life and death stakes of the war. Given the task of protecting Equestria, he must now navigate the battlefields on the north and the political intrigues of Canterlot as he and his comrades try to save their country from the ravages of war and the changes it brings with it.