Sombra - Life Of A Dark Presence

Sombra. A name that spawned thousands of legends and tragedies. In this day and age, this name is generally associated with just one thing. Savage terror. Not without cause as a matter of course.

Sombra was an equestrian pony, who, over thousand years ago, dispossessed the princess of the Crystal Empire, an ancestor of Princess Cadance and claimed himself dictator. He figuratively, if not literally, enslaved his subjects and imposed compulsory labor on them to extend the Crystal Empire and its military capabilities, as well as strengthening his own personal hallmark and position by doing so.

His way of regency was the complete opposite of Celestia's and Luna's apparent referent power. Fearing that the dark presence also devours Equestria, and because of feeling sympathy for the pitiful Crystal Ponies, mixed with a breeze of sense of justice, they faced him. They won the conflict and turned Sombra into a shadow, allowing them to easily seal him into the arctic ice. But he had just one more ace up his sleeves, and he simply took the Crystal Empire with him, changing the sealing spell in the process to turn the entire region into a cryostat-tube, which would appear about thousand years later.

Just mere months ago, the bearers of the Elements of Harmony of this generation, with the assistance of their friends, family and an ancestor of the Crystal Empire royalty, they were able to prevent him from taking over the Crystal Empire again, though it is debatable what exactly happened.

Some say the protection spell of the Crystal Heart turned the sealing spell from a thousand years ago into its true effect, while other ponies believe that he was actually killed in the progress, which they consider the worst of all, a true crime against nature, even if they are talking about somepony like Sombra. Even his opponents were distressed because of this question, but his dark presence could still be felt outside of the empire itself in the arctic snow, leading to the conclusion that he has really become just the shadow he always was. Just a shadow of a pony. And someday, he may recur and continue his siege.

That is basically all information left of him. Nopony knows how he became the way he became; much less is known about his past. Has he always been this unworldly, dark presence? Was there ever something inside him that could be considered pony? What would lead a pony to do such horrible, atrocious misdeeds?

This is the journey of a single stallion. From the beginning to the very end. A journey about a life against long odds, a journey of failures, achievements and uncountable ordeals. But most of all, a journey of friendship and harmony.

My name is Sombra; and this is my story.