War plagues the distant continents of the world and Equestria continues to remain neutral. When a refugee from one of the war torn nations comes to Ponyville, reality hits and opinions change about the conflict across the ocean...

Almost 200 years since the exile of the Nordic ponies after a civil war against Princess Celestia, a new ruler claims the throne. His younger brother, Dietrich Monetlius, a renown Nordic historian, grows weary of his brother's true intentions...