Timeline of the Eclipse War

1 DW-5th of September- Luna and Celestia run into each other on their way to the empire. They agree to negotiations and do talk instead of fight. Despite Luna not wanting to be even in the same tent as her sister, eventually she agrees to work together to take Sombra down but that’s it.

1 DW- 7th of September- Battle for the Crystal Empire- Both factions find the city now manned by every single citizen who can hold a spear, clearly either brainwashed, directly controlled or simply forced into it. Either way, their trademark sparkle was gone and each pony was dark and grey. They also see that the cities been transformed from a gleaming residential city into a massive workhouse, bringing in ore and breaking crystals from them. This all proves to be quite challenging for the attackers as their foe is using the young, old and even children, all who fought them against their will. The only option for this to end happily was to use nets and paralyse spells, but this would make a certain victory over a much smaller, less well equipped foe into a long and dangerous slog.

Celestia and Luna argue about how to proceed, Celestia wanting to rush in and capture as many ponies as they can before Sombra causes them more pain, Luna wishes to wait and consider alternative ways to keep the ponies safe either then using nets. It gets to the point where their forces split, Luna's forces taking up position behind the city, Celestia's forces at the front. After a few hours Celestia loses her nerves and attacks the walls using stun spells and ordering her unicorns to enchant weapons with electricity, just enough to knock a pony out. The attack was successful, but a lot more ponies were injured and killed then there would have been if they had used lethal force. Once the cities defenders rush to the front gate to holt the invaders, Luna's forces attacked from the rear.  The battle was won pretty simply though it took quite some time to knock out all the attackers making the battle start in the morning and go all the way into the night. Eventually, Sombra's palace is breached and the allied Republic and Empire soldiers rush in to find the building empty.

On the battlefield, Luna spot Sombra and a large group of followers attempting to flee from the city. Sombra was not certain he had enough power to take on both princesses at once, let alone their combines forces. Luna rushed in for the attack but found the pushed stalled while Sombra made his escape. On reaction, she ordered her forces to push through by any means, letting them use lethal force. They pushed through his escorts, allowing Luna to confront the fleeing Sombra and the two fight. While they seemed evenly matched, she manages to stall him long enough for Celestia to catch up and cause him to retreat as his new form, a cloud of black smoke. Before leaving, he casted a massive spell on the city, making it, along with its citizens, vanish into thin air. Sombra latter retreated to the mountains, where he was not seen for another thousand years. When the city went, it was replaced by a wide wasteland of pitch black crystals, which would play a big role latter on.

1 DW-8th of September- Celestia finds out about Luna's use of lethal weapons and confronts her. During the argument she admits that the biggest reason she is not willing to negotiate is because the way she saw it, when she left Canterlot she left her sisterhood behind. She now considers herself a leader, and her decisions have to be what a leader would make, even if her rival was her own sister. She goes on to explain that while Celestia took it too fair, she did teach her that you have to make moral sacrifices for your people. After leaving Celestia breaks down, now realising peace is out of her reach.

1 DW-10th of September- Changelings attempt a rescue of Elizabeth, since they believe escape is impossible and now her horn is removed they can no longer send a “kill me” order to her. They rescue is stopped however when Elizabeth herself raises the alarm. The changelings are made examples off which keeps the hive away permanently and Elizabeth, now having proved her loyalty, is now free to go and do whatever she pleases.

1 DW-13th of September- UCI scouts find the Crystal empire gone, but bring back some of the black crystals. After trying to use it, it is discovered running a current through it disables magic in a small field. Its sent to the research station for project Templar right away.

1 DW-16th of September- Project Templar is finished and ready for field testing.

1 DW-19th of September- Celestia tells Swordn Shield about Sombra and who he was. Swordn goes into a depression as a result.

1 DW-22nd of September- Battle of Unicorn range- This area had seen much conflict ever since the UCI entered the war, mainly because the hilly area to the east of the range was the perfect place to sit super long range artillery like rail cannons to fire onto Canterlot, from such a range retaliation was impossible without having to scale a probably heavy defended hillside. The unicorns used this to their advantage though by using the hillside to position magical artillery units, turning these battles into a stalemate every time. In fact, the range was unnamed until it was given one by the unicorns.

The battles were never on the mountains themselves as they were some of the tallest south of the crystal empire and were too difficult to fight in, even by pegasus. On this day however, something different occurred. Using a wardrobe sized device, called a magic jammer, the unicorns suddenly found any attempts of using magic useless. Since most of the defending forces were unicorns, they soon found themselves fighting off attackers using weapons they have never even held before. Despite this, and some clever tactics and traps, managed to just barely hold them off until Sun Shine charged in with royal guards from the palace to force the UCI back into a stalemate. While the battle was a draw, this proved the effectiveness of this new weapon build using black crystals, and it would start mass productions. These weapons did have their faults though. They were expensive, few in number, only disabled magic in a certain area and had to be carried around out in the open. They were also bulky.

1 DW-25th of September- the UCI take over all mines that used to be in control of the crystal empire, continuing the stream of batteries for their empire.

1 DW 30th of September- the First decides to no longer train Elizabeth into an assassin and instead into a commander, and she becomes his left hand. She hates this because she felt she was robbed for a chance to end the war once and for all by eliminating each faction’s leaders while they slept, all because the First didn't want to see her hurt.

1 DW-3rd of October- After some confusion about where his loyalty truly lied and coming to terms with his feelings, Swordn Shield is pulled out of his depression by Sun Shine and, despite their differences, become close friends.

1 DW- 5th of October- Celestia attempts to cancel the second nightmare night but is talked down by some nobles and Sun Shine, not only because in just one year it had become massively popular, and it would give the empire a massive boost to moral.

1 DW- 7th of October- Swordn Shield returns to the battle field. He helps the royal guard achieve some minor victories and starts organising extra training to all magical infantry in melee combat to help counter act the effects of the magic jammers.

1 DW- 10th of October- Battle of Neighagra Falls- The UCI, having taken the new crystal wasteland after it was abandoned by both other forces, push through towards Manehatten. Manehatten was a massive port and a centre of trade for the Republic, let alone the massive population it could count towards recruitment. When scouts reported the UCI was on the move, led by the newly appointed left hand of the First Elizabeth, a force was mustered by Black Dye to halt them as Neighagra Falls, knowing full well that they would have a massive height advantage. When Elizabeth arrived with her army, Black Dye offered a chance to talk before the conflict began, and she agreed. Black Dye confronted her about the value of honour on the battlefield, how, despite being in charge of the armed forces, he was still vastly overshadowed first by Blackmare, then by Luna. He told her that, in the end, he was simply a clever soldier, with no quirks.

A completely average who took orders to the letter. Before leaving he finished his talk by asking her if he deserved to die. It’s unknown why he opened up like this to Elizabeth, but it seemed he was holding these feelings in for a while, suggesting he was suffering from war fatigue. When the battle itself started, it wasn't a mighty clash as other before it. The Republic had position itself above the falls, with the UCI at the bottom. With no way up except with pegasus or grappling hooks, both of which would be a meat grinder, pot shots from archers and unicorns were all that took place. This weren't on for the whole day until night took over and the moon rose back into the sky. When the night came round, Elizabeth herself infiltrated the Republics lines as a soldier and then, when Black Dye was with his generals, planning out the day, she disguised herself as him and ordered the commanders to advance down the waterfall with the cover of night. Of cause, this was a disaster, and the Republic took a large amount of casualties before Black Dye called back his troops. However, while still licking their wounds, they soon found themselves under attack.

While the Republic forces were in confusion over the attack, UCI pegasus had attached a grappling hooks to the side of the cliff, directly under the waterfall. Despite the massive torrent of water, and many ponies fall down into the murky depth below, they somehow managed to clime threw the water, which acted as perfect cover doing the night. After such a second wave of confusion, only minutes after the attack was called off, caused many of the republic forces to run off, and the rest was forced to retreat under Black Dye. However, while this was technically a win for the UCI, Black Dye and those who stayed with him did a fighting retreat, stalling the vastly greater numbered UCI long enough for Manehatten to be fortified and the cities defences too strong for the UCI to take without a massive effort, and the UCI were stalled. They had taken the land leading to the city, but not the city itself.

1 DW-12th of October- the siege of Manehatten- the UCI start besieging the city, but this wasn't so much a battle or an attempt to stave them out as much as it was build fortifications surrounding the city and stationing soldiers there. The people of Manehatten were worried at first, but soon calmed down as the days went on without any fighting. Republic ships full of food and water kept sailing in and trade was unaffected, mainly because the UCI Navy was on the other side of Equestria with no ways to get around. Really, the cities value was not worth the lives it would take to capture it, though it was clear that if the Republic was going to counter attack, it would be out of this city.

1 DW-15th of October-Windigos start popping up around Equestria, dropping the temperature. They feed on the feast of anger and hatred created by the war, however all factions soon find a way to deal with it themselves. Celestia directs sunlight to scare them off, while the republic uses spells and its enchanted towers to shoot them down. The UCI were in the best position, as all the smog coming out of their factories caused any Windigo to get sick and leave, so they never had to worry about them.

1 DW-18th of October- Viola confronts the First about something that had been troubling her. The First had become a lot more lenient and merciful since Elizabeth became his left hand. While this was actually a nice change of pace, it did bother her about exactly WHAT brought about this change. The First simply replies that, as the UCI was an improvement over communism, that it was his sworn duty to keep the UCI constantly updated to serve the people better. She drops the subject, but knows it’s the changeling that has shifting things around the empire.

1 DW-25th of October- To everyone’s surprise and shock, the First, figuring that, technically Elizabeth was now an orphan, and under aged by pony standards, that he was officially adopting her. Elizabeth becomes the Firsts daughter, and is given the title “Daughter of the Ideal”

1 DW- 27TH of October-Refugees from the front line settle in the ruins of Ponyville and rebuild it bit by bit using whatever they can get their hands on, slowly building a new community and resurrecting Ponyville.

1 DW-31st of October- the Empire and oddly enough the UCI celebrate Nightmare Night, while the republic celebrate New Moon Night. While Nightmare Night is vastly more popular and a far bigger success than last year, New Moon Night doesn't see that much popularity. Most of the other faction’s leaders to indulge themselves in the celebrations...All but Celestia, who spends the whole night alone in her room.

1 DW-3rd of November- battle of Manehatten- For whatever reason, the First decides to take Manehatten. The First himself chooses to take command, and he decides against full on assault. The defenders have spent all this time building defences and walls, turning the outskirts of Manehatten into a maze of walls, traps , hard points and kill zones. Instead, he chose to direct his artillery not at the city, but at a single point in this defensive line. This blasts apart most of the defences and the UCI troops rush in before the Republic defenders can fill the gap. The battle is still hard fought.

Many of the defenders retreat into defendable buildings, which either had to be demolished by artillery or taken threw a bloody assault. The citizens also form a militia and fight back too, making it even harder for the UCI to push through. However, the First lead the spearhead, and knowing the zeal that the defending militia would have, set up firing lines for these would be heroes to rush right into, cutting them down in storm of lead. A handful of tanks were also rolled in to smash right into the buildings, causing them to collapse right on top of those insides, leaving the armored shell of the tanks unharmed though some found themselves immobile until UCI troops dug them out. Manehatten was eventually taken when they defenders were pushed back to the docks, were they surrendered. The UCI ordered the cities repairs to start right away, and for the docks to quickly be repurposed to start producing war ships.

1 DW-5th of November- Battle of Dodge City- While Dodge City might have been a trade hub for the cities built in the blistering heat of the southern desserts, it was relatively under defended. This was before the Equestrian railway was built, in fact only the UCI even had access to trains. More so, Apple Loosa would not be built for hundreds of years, and with no major cities nearby local militia were small and unorganized. The Republic aimed to use this to their advantage by Taking the city and using it as a staging ground to launch assaults into the Empire. The attack, led by Luna herself this time as she was taking a more active role in leader the army since the fall of the Crystal Empire, did run into a serious problem before the battle even started. The heat was not something the Republic had delt with before and it forced many soldiers to a crawl, especially since, while the militia and royal guards against their order’s, wore light, breezy leather armor that helped in the heat, the Republic was told to keep wearing its heavy, metal plate armor instead, since it offered way better protection and in a one on one fight the heavy armor would most likely win. When the Republic got there, they were completely tired. Some of them had even collapses from heat stroke and had to be carried back.

Those who did get there however, had a fight on their hands. The whole city goes up in arms given them a number advantage that the republic did not count on, and instead of defending the city like expected, surprisingly they go on the offensive,  and soon is the republic on the defence. The battle goes back and forth for three who days of none stop fighting, the Empire taking casualties but the republic baking in the boiling heat and constant fighting, soon find soldiers simply collapsing in the middle of battle. However, thanks to Luna's leadership, they manage to take the city. Its only then they figure out that in order to march into the empire, they have to cross the desert itself, suicide for a fully armored platoon of soldiers. While they gain land, it was not the war winning manoeuvre that the Republic had hoped, and underestimation of the heat being on Luna's part, talks began behind closed doors from the council about whether or not Luna was in the right mind to lead.

1 DW- 10th of November- Luna starts to get more and more paranoid of first the council, then then anyone who was not shipped over from the Luna Republic homeland.

1 DW-15th of November- Strange reports of some kind of virus start coming in, supposedly spreading from the east. Up to this point, the UCI was in the best position then all factions, having the railway to ship supplies, advance medical and industrial technology and suffered little in the conflict. However, what was about to quickly put them on equal footing with the Empire and Republic.

1 DW- 21st of November- Outbreaks of a virus occur in individual cities. The outbreak of mysterious origin is nicknamed the “Cutie pox”. A completely odd disease, it involves said pony gaining dozens of new cutie marks and a need to act them out, resulting in ponies literally dying of exhaustion and heart attacks. The UCI are slow to act and the virus spreads rapidly.

1 DW-23rd of November- the First gets a full run down of the virus, and he orders full quarantine of these areas. Doctors with hazmat suits will enter these locations and help the populous. While this is quite popular amongst those not inflected, those who are infected feel abandoned, and despite the doctors being there to help, some are beaten by angry and scared mobs, some even having their suits ripped open so they can catch the disease.

1 DW-27th of November- the First sends a messenger confronting Luna over the outbreak which she says she knows nothing about. The virus seems to be a magical creation, as something with such pacific side effects, especially ones this bizarre could only be created with magic. While the Republic was known for experimenting with magic, it was all documented and there was no proof of any research that could have led to such a thing, though the UCI would still hold it against the Republic.

1 DW-2nd of December- Riots break out as infected ponies try to break free of the quarantine zones. They are eventually pushed back by lethal force. A handful of ponies start talking about how this virus would end them all, and move to the empire, where they start up a village in the secluded Everfree Forest.

1 DW-5th of December- After three full days of riots, the UCI finally contain the outbreak threw use of lethal force. It goes down as a dark day in the UCI history.

1 DW-15th of December- the virus dies out...Along with all those infected. While it never got around to infecting the army, it did kill a large chunk of the workforce, plus this was the first time the citizens of the UCI experienced something so horrific. It takes a hit to the UCI's moral.

1 DW-25th of December- Heartwarmings eve- Luna spends it alone in her tower, while Celestia, pushed into celebrating it with nobility to boost morale, also feels completely alone. The First actually has a wonderful holiday, spending it with the two people he considers family, Elizabeth and Viola.

1 DW- 31st of December- While celebrating new year’s day, Elizabeth confronts the First and asks, if not begs, to let her do what she was created for and assassinate the princesses. The First strictly says no, until, after much pressure he eventually gives in. He allows her whatever support she needs for an operation to eliminate either faction’s leader, but it must be a military operation, not an assassination.

2 DW-2nd of January- the Senate find out threw their agents that Luna has been spying on them and building a case with the help of local law enforcement. They pay off the investigators and start to conspire against her.

2 DW-10th of January- the Senate approach Black Dye and ask him a “Theoretical” Question. If Luna was seen as no longer fit to rule, would he be able to take over a Prime Minister. He does not answer the question and considers telling Luna about it.

2 DW-14th of January- Swordn Shield organises a secret operation to be led by Sun Shine herself, to sneak into UCI territory and use explosives to destroy a massive, blimp/artillery producing factory.

2 DW-19th of January-Sun Shine gathers her team and sets off to the UCI

2 DW- 24th of January-After a series of events that eventually lead to them succeeding in their mission, Sun Shine and her group find out that all blimps that were supposed to be stationed there have been shipped out to the front lines, all of them to the same area.

2 DW-29th of January- Sun Shine arrives back and reports her findings, though Swordn Shield, suspects an attack, he does no foresee the battle to come.

2 DW-2nd of February- Battle for Clouds Dale- At the time, Clouds Dale was actually a massive fortress as opposed to a city. It was built just before the war when the black hooves were still the empires chief threat. Many ponies were frightened of the idea that the hooves could pop up anywhere and attack, so the current leader of the Empire armed forces built the fortress out of clouds to show that If they dare show their heads, they will be annihilate by our shear righteous power!” The fortress was built for firepower and durability, while also being mobile, though its mobility was VERY limited. Plus, due to only being clouds, only pegasus could be garrisoned. When the war began, it was too far west to make a difference, and moving it over such a long distance risked it being blown off cause, perhaps into Republic territory where it could be isolated and taken at the republics leisure. Instead, when the UCI showed themselves, it was stationed behind Canterlot to act as a buffer for any attack that might go for Canterlot.

At the time, it was seen as invincible since only pegasus could attack it and the mass of crossbow men, ballista’s, scorpions and other anti-air weapons made an attack from the air suicidal. However, when the UCI attacked with a combined might of its full war blimp and griffons, they instead besieged the fortress, keeping their distance and blasting it apart with flank and artillery guns. A siege by air, let alone an artillery barrage, was something no one would think possible before the technological might of the UCI. Blasting apart towers and siege emplacements,  Elizabeth ordered them to rush the fortress, as their goal was to capture it. This was quite rash and many were loss to crossbowmen and surviving siege equipment before the fortress erupted into a massive brawl. In the end, the UCI pulled out on top and they deployed balloon platforms to place artillery guns which, due to the height and position on the fortress, could fire onto Canterlot itself. This was the only time Canterlot was directly affected by the war.

2 DW-3rd of February- The citizens of Canterlot panic when suddenly their city comes under attack without warning. The Royal guard send citizens into basements and makeshift bomb shelters to protect them while Celestia, Sun Shine and Swordn Shield talk about a way to stop the bombardment. Unwilling to take men back from the front lines for what could be a suicidal attack on their own creation, Swordn Shield uses his power to make a shield around the city, though this agitates Elizabeth who orders the blimp fleet to assault the city.

2 DW-4th of February- The fleet parks itself outside the city and pound the shield with fire, weakening it. Quickly changing their minds now that they know the capital is at risk, soldiers fighting against the UCI get called back to help defend the city. Oddly, the UCI use the opportunity to send its soldiers to push against the republic, a huge chunk going to the lines outside Manehatten.

2 DW-5th of February- Battle for Canterlot- The shield simply cannot take anymore and collapses. The blimps and griffins bomb the city before deploying troops inside its walls. The guards set up checkpoints with the goal of protecting citizens, though, knowing it was not the people the UCI was after but the crown, Swordn Shield orders them to redeploy in new locations. These new locations, while some difficult to defend, are in perfect place to separate the attackers and keep them independent from each other. While this gives the city a fighting chance, troops deploy in the palace after the roof to the throne room is blasted off with a luck artillery shell.

Celestia, Swordn Shield and Sun Shine all lead the palace’s defenders from the front line, personally joining the fight. After hours of battle, the city is saved by an air attack force spearheaded by the Wonderbolts which came from around the mountain surprising the blimps and landing on their decks before they can turn their guns to fire. Soon, they become great blossoms of fire in the sky as the fleet is slowly destroyed using magical flame explosives and fire spells used by unicorns on the ground. Canterlot was saved, though was now a bombed out ruin. Surprisingly, the UCI did not attack the cities supports connecting it to the side of the mountain. This suggests they goal was to capture the city, not destroy it. Elizabeth was captured by Sun Shine after she defeated the changeling in one on one combat.

2 DW-10th of February- the First finds out not only is the attack a failure, but also his daughter has been captured. Panicking, and also blaming himself a little, he sends Celestia a message. Keep her alive and safe and he will be willing to discuss a permanent peace agreement.

2 DW-15th of February- Celestia receives the message to her joy and quickly agrees to it, and they choose to meet in Ponyville. Sun Shine and Swordn Shield don’t like the idea of making friends with the same people who just tried to kill them, but they know if the UCI and the Solar Empire make peace, maybe they could unit and overpower the Republic.

2 DW-18th of February- the Royal Guard go to the dungeon to collect Elizabeth…Only to find her cell empty. There is no sign of any escape attempt, and the cell suffered no signs of internal or external changes to the cell. It’s like she literally disappeared. She was never seen again. They tell Celestia, who panics.

2 DW-20th of February-The First arrives in Ponyville with Celestia running late. His “bodyguards”, numbering in the hundreds, camp outside the village though some intermingle with the locals. After all, this is where they reunite as brothers! However these are mostly new recruits, as most of the soldiers taken are hand selected for their almost robotic like loyalty to the Ideal and its leader.

2 DW-22nd of February- Second burning of Ponyville- Celestia arrives with only a dozen guards. The two leaders sit down and discuss the terms, which are quite simple.  The war between them will end and they will organise a military alliance in return for the release of all Elizabeth and that Luna will be taken in alive if possible. Both leaders sign and the First ask for his daughter to be released immediately. Celestia doges the question. He asks again and she explains she’s still in Canterlot.

The First asks to see her but Celestia refuses. The First demands to see her but Celestia refuses again, but tries to calm him down. He losses it, and believes that she’s dead and that the Empire is covering it up to get the treaty.  He, in a fit of dark rage, orders the village burnt to the ground and Celestia’s head on a pike. With cold, unflinching efficiency, they begin using fire spells, Molotov cocktail and very basic flame throwers to set fire to the town.  Celestia barely manages to escape with a handful of her guards as she watches the town and the people themselves set on fire. Once the town becomes a smouldering wreck, the First leaves with his guards.

2 DW-23rd of February-Celestia comes back and is shocked to see the damages, also helping any pony she can find. Most of the residents are now brunt corpses or suffering from serious, permanent burns.

2 DW- 27th of February- the First arrives back at Stalliongrad and isolates himself in the palace, ordering everyone, including Viola, to leave.

2 DW-2nd of March- the First finally lets others see him. He proceeds to rebuild the UCI from the ground up.  Free speech is no longer allowed, those of high military standing are given more rights and privileges, and the laws are re-written. Overall, while some argued the Empire’s laws benefited the rich, the UCI laws now benefited the strong. This was loathed by many ponies, some even rioting before being put down with live fire, but other races, such as the zebra, Griffins and diamonds dogs are much more pleased with the changes, probably because of their warrior cultures.

2 DW-21st of March- After much planning, Viola and the First come up with a plan to finally defeat the Republic once and for all. Almost all UCI troops are pulled out and sent to Manehatten. They know the Empire will use this chance to invade the UCI, but have a trick up their sleeve.

2 DW-17th of March- Celestia, finding out about that most of the UCI forces have left the frontlines, decides to take a gamble. She herself does a similar thing to the first, drawing back most of her forces from offensive and defensive operations to form an attack for to assault the UCI taking Sun Shine with her, leaving behind a small forces lead by Swordn Shield, whose goal is to hold off any attacks until she returns from taking Stalliongrad.

2 DW-20th of March- the First arrives in Manehatten and inspects his newly constructed fleet. While smaller than the western fleet, the fact it was built so fast is a miracle, using magic and almost none-stop work.  Once he is satisfied, he orders his forces onto the ships and orders them to head out to sea, taking their equipment and supplies with them. The fleet heads out, and Luna is given news of this. She also hears news of Celestia heading into the UCI. She has a choice, send her forces to intercept the fleet, most likely planning to take Baltimare by sea and cutting off the republic from its home islands, or push into the Solar Empire and take the seemingly defenceless Canterlot. In the end, she choice the latter. Despite her plans to take the city back by attacking from land and sea, the Senate feel like she is abandoning them to the UCI, and decide to act.

2 DW- 24th of March- Battle of red ridge-Celestia runs into a problem. In order to reach Stalliongrad she needs to run her army between two ridges. However, Viola, being left behind to defend the UCI with as few soldiers that where left, managed to form a massive artillery battery on the left side, defended by anti-aircraft guns. This means that while there is only a couple thousand soldiers, each and every one are vastly well equipped, and in the perfect position to set up a kill zone. In a rash choice, Celestia decides to send the pegasus, led by Sun Shine, to attack the UCI to hold them up while the rest of the army dashes threw, once they are clear the pegasus would retreat and return to the Empire.

However, they both underestimate the UCI presence and the pegasus find themselves on the defence and surrounded with the army including Celestia herself only half way through.  Knowing that they would be caught in the pass and destroyed, Sun Shine chooses to stand her ground, and her and her forces are eventually destroyed,  giving their lives so Celestia and her forces get threw and rush towards Stalliongrad, too fast for Viola to catch up if her and her forces left. Instead, she orders them to head for the operation Dawn and Dusk research facility, as the First told her to in case the capital fell.

2 DW- 26th of March-Swordn Shield comes up with an unconventional way to hold the Republic back. Instead of setting up a static, defendable position, he sets up a long line of “Mock fortresses”, hard points that are built to look like they contained hundreds or thousands of soldiers when they only really contained a couple dozen at most. This was to scare the Republic away and it almost works, Luna and her commanders believing that the Empire forces must have been pushed back and returned. However, on a rather rash and surprising choice, Luna orders them to push through anyway. Although there were almost no soldiers standing in their way, the fact remains Luna almost lead her soldiers into a meat grinder in her quest to win the war.

2 DW- 28th of March- Battle of Eternity’s Crossing-unfortunately, Luna was wrong when she thought the UCI was heading for Baltimare. In truth, he paid off a merchant and found the location of the Luna Republics home islands. His plan was to destroy the people there and cut Luna off, and knowing threw spies about the friction between the Senate and their Prime Minister, that they would turn on each other and whoever won, they would simply be too weak to fight on and all it would take is a small push to wipe them out. No longer fighting on two fronts, he will concentrate most of his forces on the Empire before they are able to withdraw their forces from the eastern front, and overpower them, ending the war.

However, they were spotted by a Republic fishing ship, and the Islands navy went out to meet them. The island itself was always troubled by pirates, and as they grew in size they became more and more dependent on outside resources. In a bid to make jobs and with a goal to eliminate the threat of piracy once and for all, they built a massive navy with the best designs and engineering bits could buy, making them the best built and armed ships next to the UCI’s ironclad warships. Even though the Republic ships used primitive cannons and scorpions as opposed to the UCI armor piecing turrets, the UCI navy was still outnumbered five to one. The UCI took a massive chunk out of their numbers by bombarding them from a distance, using their weapons range to their advantage, before they were forced into a bloody melee. Though the republic cannons and spears bounced off harmlessly against the UCI ships armor, they did quite some damage to the deck of the ships, destroying weapons, denting turrets out of shape and killing crew.

They also got close enough to board, drowning the UCI sailors and marines with corpses. However the UCI was winning the battle until the Republic showed off their flagship. A massive vessel, the size of two battleships side by side and stacked on top.  The shear size of the vessel meant a group of mages had to constantly casts spells on it to keep it afloat, and to the UCI horror the massive size was used to put in hundreds of cannons, a thick layer of copper armor and metre long thick wooden walls under that. It ripped through a couple of UCI ships until, in what some would call a lapse in sanity, the First rammed his flagship into the side of the ship. Despite this, the ships still sailed on with the ship in its side, until the First fired the ships turrets directly into the armoury, exposed thanks to the ship’s ram.

The explosion consumed both flagships, destroying them both. Without their secret weapon the Republic either ran or surrendered. The UCI, after the battle, find the First out cold on a piece of wreckage. Upon waking up, he is declared the embodiment of order, as no simple mortal could possibly survive something like that, plus this explains how he hasn’t seemed to age a day since all this began. He has nothing to say on the matter, but he is now put in the same regard as Luna, Celestia and Discord as an immortal embodiment of an eternal element of the world. His name is changed from the First to Order, but since it’s almost the end of the war, and this timeline, for ease we will continue to call him the First.

2 DW- 30th of March- the Second Battle of Stalliongrad- Calling this a battle is more of  mockery then anything, but since there were defenders…Or in this case, a defender, it still counts as a battle. The Empire forces found a single guard in the middle of the gates for the city, and fought back when cornered. Celestia would let him go praising his bravery, before marching into the city. They find, oddly, a quarter of the population is missing, along with all the exotic species leaving. Apparently, when they found out the Empire was on their way, the First had left them an order…If the foe reached the city, soldiers were to go home and let them take it. If this was part of some complex plan or if he just didn’t want to see his people hurt on a useless venture is unknown.

2 DW-2nd of April- Luna is about to march on Canterlot when he finds out the Senate has declared her a renegade and have put Black Dye up as emergency president. Luna, in a blinding rage, knows that while she could take Canterlot with her forces, it would give her former allies time to form a much larger army and catch her. She if forced to retreat to the home islands and come back with the full might of the true Luna Republic and completely destroy Baltimare this time as opposed to save it. To speed this up she takes only the pegasus and fly there, leaving the unicorns and earth ponies behind, who eventually defect to either the Empire or this new Baltimare republic.

2 DW-5th of April- the Burning of Gallopfrey- The home islands of the Luna Republic were not well defended in the slightest, as they were never directly threatened. In fact the city was built more as an art piece then anything, comprising of thin spires that rose into the night sky, made of enchanted blackrock that sparkled like a sea of stars in the moonlight. The city was covered in libraries, theatres, and schools, the roads being made or marble formed into artistic pictures. Its citizens worshipped their leader Luna like a god, after all, she was literally the adopted mother of the Islands people, and made a true paradise for her children of the night. They did not stand a chance. The First lead the attack, bombarding the island with naval fire before launching a swarm of landing craft. There were defenders but they were vastly outnumbered. The whole city was set ablaze as women and children fled to the boats to sail to its neighbouring, unexplored island. They said by the time Luna arrived, the city of the night was burning as bright as the surface of the sun.

2 DW-6th of April- Luna arrives at Gallopfrey and sees her city burning. She rushes into the streets and sees her people…Her children, butchered in the street as they cry for her help. All the pain.  All the anger. All the hatred that had been building up in her since she arrived back in Equestria consumes her…And she becomes Nightmare Moon. Her and her forces, who take her change as some kind of spell, shove the UCI aside like they were children, Nightmare’s power crushing the UCIs technology.  She eventually confronts the First and they fight, battling across the city but the First is just too overpowered and, after failing to blow threw her magical shield and kill her with a direct blast from a beached battleships turret, he is defeated, barley managing to escape by crawling away when Nightmare declares the “Tyranny of the sun over!”