(A crossover with The Crow universe. Contains extremely graphic violence. If you can't stand brutal violence, I suggest turning away from this story right now.)

The royal family lies dead, assassinated by fanatics in broad daylight. The Crystal Empire mourns the loss of their princess, her prince and their newborn daugther. After the long period of joy and happiness within the empire, despair and sorrow once again lowers itself upon them all. On the day of their death, rain begun pouring down on the streets, refusing to ever let up.

The Crystal Empire has fallen along with its rulers. Six months later, and the rain still hasn't stopped, and the empire has turned into a pale graveyard of shattered dreams and broken memories.

On the day of the death of the royal family, a family stumbles upon a mangled stallion, crucified up-side-down in the town square, still breathing. In his dying breath, they make out a single sentence.

"It was a crow."

Something has been brought back from the land of the dead, carried into our world to take revenge on the ponies that wronged it. A cloaked stallion with a crow on his shoulder.

Justice and death will reign upon the sinners that drew their blades in the crowd.