Hundreds of years after the death of Twilight Sparkle, a brutal theocracy rules over ponies with an iron hoof. A young pegasus mare slowly learns the truth about her world, and the lies her faith is built on.
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It has been nearly a thousand years since Twilight Sparkle died. Celestia and Luna are gone. The Holy Equestrian Diarchy, ruled by a bigoted and brutal theocracy, has driven ponies apart and divided them along tribal lines. Unicorns are driven from society, feared and hated.
The lessons of friendship, painstakingly written down in the journal of friendship by Princess Twilight and her friends, have been warped and twisted to fit the Diarchy's hateful ideology. But to the average pony, this is the truth and reality of the world they live in, beset on all sides by enemies monstrous and magical.
Emberglow, a young pegasus mare, aspires to join the elite Knights, magically enhanced warriors dedicated to the holy Saints worshiped by the state religion. Can she uncover the lies and deceptions that have led the world to this bitter place?
Thanks to QueenChrysalisForever for prereading Chapters 1-24. Prereader for chapters 29-31 is MrRTS.
Prereading for chapter 34-? by Horsetorian
Additional pre-readers: bananachips/CommissarVulpin, Thought Prism, Chyre
Special thanks to my amazing editor, Cyonix
Cover Art by JodTheCod
Note on timing: I began writing this long before Season 9 aired, so none of those events happened as far as the narrative of this story is concerned.
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Edit: Featured 8/7/20! Yay and Thanks!
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Interlude: Dark Words Fly Across the Ocean [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Interlude: Dreams of Destiny [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Interlude: Technicalities [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Epilogue for Part One: Stealing Laughter [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Interlude: No Good Choices [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Interlude: Admissions of Guilt [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Interlude: What Emberglow Saw [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Interlude: What Terminus Saw [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Interlude: Numb [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Interlude: What Heartwing Saw [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 44, Part 1 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Epilogue for Part Two: Smothering Dreams [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Interlude: The Litany of Injustice [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Interlude: The Winds of War [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Interlude: The Wings of the Mothers [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Interlude: Like a Thief in the Night [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Interlude: The Darkest Day of Your Life [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Epilogue: The Garden of Memories [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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