In a forgotten city at the northern edge of the world, something emerges out of the residue of a dark and obscure history. Equestria will never be the same.

The reformers' movement of nineteenth century Equestria takes a turn for the radical when a group of like-minded isolationists found their own liberated community on an empty island.

Princess Twilight finds a sublime light in the looming confusion of death and beauty.

Seven years down the road, the indomitable Adagio Dazzle is confronted with an old friend and an old choice.