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The Crown of Night

by Daedalus Aegle
The stars can see the future, and they don't like what they see. Princess Luna, accompanied by a young and beardless unicorn named Star Swirl set out to uncover and avert an unknown impending calamity.

(New readers, unsure where to start? Anywhere works, but The Education of Clover the Clever is best.)

The stars can see the future, and they don't like what they see.
Beset by signs of a great evil approaching on the horizon, Princess Luna and a young unicorn who speaks to the stars set out to uncover and prevent an unknown disaster.

Star Swirl the Bearded: the greatest wizard nopony has ever heard of. Why is that? What did he do? Why do so few now remember that he existed at all, and why do those who do remember him say he was one of the most important unicorns of all time?
A mythical retelling of Equestrian history.

23.02.2014 Featured on Equestria Daily!
Prequel to a more popular and completed sequel, The Education of Clover the Clever. Feel free to read either one first.

Cover art by VSabbath, used with permission.

Teen
Incomplete
Adventure
Tragedy
Alternate Universe
Drama
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
 
SPNP

139965 words: Estimated about 12 hours to read
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23 Chapters:

  1. Prologue: Remembered. 2013-08-05 00:10:58 UTC
    692
  2. Chapter 1: Llamrei's Seat (How Star Swirl Met A Princess) 2013-08-05 00:11:05 UTC
    4597
  3. Interlude: Changing of the Guard 2013-08-28 00:04:33 UTC
    2146
  4. Chapter 2: Cambridle Academy of Magic (The Entrance Exam) 2013-08-25 11:14:59 UTC
    4671
  5. Chapter 3: The Cambridle Academy Library (Star Swirl vs. the Written Word) 2013-09-27 21:58:09 UTC
    4483
  6. Interlude: White Knight 2013-09-10 21:20:48 UTC
    3170
  7. Chapter 4: Night-Mare Night (A Night in the Life of Princess Luna), part 1 2013-09-15 16:50:36 UTC
    12726
  8. Chapter 5: Night-Mare Night (A Night in the Life of Princess Luna), Part 2 2013-12-11 22:15:01 UTC
    8465
  9. Interlude: Fuel for the Fire 2014-01-15 19:55:12 UTC
    1433
  10. Chapter 6: The Halls of Enlightenment (Star Swirl vs Cambridle, round 1) 2014-01-28 21:53:10 UTC
    8487
  11. Interlude: Witness to History. 2014-03-20 20:49:34 UTC
    4466
  12. Chapter 7: The Court of Everhold (How Star Swirl Got His Outfit) 2014-03-20 20:49:46 UTC
    8928
  13. Interlude: A story waiting to be told 2015-03-20 16:19:54 UTC
    600
  14. Chapter 8: Impossible Things, Act One. 2015-03-20 16:20:03 UTC
    7608
  15. Interlude: Red Rain. 2015-06-13 21:49:41 UTC
    471
  16. Chapter 9: Impossible Things, Act Two. 2015-06-13 21:49:46 UTC
    15333
  17. Interlude: In Dreams. 2015-08-13 19:55:19 UTC
    2488
  18. Chapter 10: Impossible Things, Act Three 2015-08-15 22:16:46 UTC
    15443
  19. Impossible Things, Epilogue: The Legend of Star Swirl. 2015-08-21 14:30:17 UTC
    2241
  20. Interlude: Homecoming 2015-11-19 00:58:06 UTC
    2368
  21. Extralude: Clover the Clever Recaps The Story So Far 2020-06-21 18:35:58 UTC
    3914
  22. Chapter 11: Labyrinth, Act One (Everhold Slice Of Life) 2020-06-21 19:08:07 UTC
    14878
  23. Chapter 12: Labyrinth, Act Two 2021-01-12 20:32:34 UTC
    10357