The Black Mane Forest is a bleak land of shadows and death inhabited by toxic flora and deadly fauna. Yet still a stubborn species of predatory pony, evolved to the land, thrives in it. This is the story of one of their greatest heroes, Symbol Trace.

In a land far away from Equestria, an isolated race of carnivorous ponies faces peril, but one alchemist will bring them all hope for the future.