Equestria was a changing society. Emerging out of its long-held isolation, the people of Equestria, and her government, were beginning to be exposed to ideals and forces that threatened to tear apart the ancient nation. Racial tension was returning to what was once a peaceful, orderly society, and the long held ideals of Equestrian equality were being undermined in the face of new wealth and technology.

But it was in the name of these ancient ideals that Equestria went to war in 1939. In the process, it was being pulled into a global whirlwind that threatened to once again bring invasion and foreign occupation to the lands of Equestria. As Equestria found new friends and enemies in the human world, so did old enemies and friends once again emerge from its own continent.

In the process, our heroes the Mane Six try to find their way in this new world, even as they are inevitably being pulled towards their destinies.