Nothing is known of It's background. There are only stories and legends, most of them apocryphal, passed down through the ages. In truth, It is a mystery for whom the only true biography is description: It is a universal force, a consumer of souls. It is a being of the void, at times corporeal, other times ethereal. A beast between the planes. It is said that even the Great Equalizer fears Der Grosspony; the Tall Pony.
When a pony with a strange and shrouded past ends up seeking out this abomination purposefully, only ill tidings can come of it.
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