20000 years ago the planet eqius was a barren lifeless rock. however it was covered in valuable resources a great intelligence saw that and claimed said planet for her own. the mother of monsters Aranea saw the potential of eqius and placed her flag upon it. however at the other side of her kingdom 35 thousand light years away. war was brewing the tau another alien race was threatening her kingdom. and so she pulled all her forces to fight leaving the little planet eqius all alone. and only 5 light years away Zeratol. the machine god saw Aranea leave the recourse planet eqius and knew it was his time. though there kingdoms bordered Aranea and Zeratol. were not friends and so he landed on eqius set up the mines and factories. 3 hundred years later the tau were overcome Aranea controlled the deacons The deacon Swarm is a terrifying and ruthless amalgamation of biologically advanced, arthropodal aliens. Dedicated to the pursuit of genetic perfection, the deacons relentlessly hunt down and assimilate advanced species across the galaxy, incorporating useful genetic code into their own.
Zeratol controlled the orians a race of machines. the exact opposite of the deacons when Aranea saw that Zeratol took something of hers. SHE WAS TICKED! she had her greatest deacon broods invade eqius. not suspecting the attack thousands died in the first 10 hours torn asunder by claws melted by acid crushed underfoot. This was an open act of war. and while the scattered orians on eqius set up defenses. the rest of the orian fleet came out of warp space. more intelligent deacons say that night it looked as if the stars themselves were exploding.
Both deacon leviathans and orian capital ships where destroyed. however many capital ships made it to the surface. and reinforced the surviving orian bases. but the small deacon bases dotting the continents. had sprouted into full on hive clusters. and had started growing new deacons. you see eqius in those days was tidal locked. one side of the planet was eternally sun backed desert. while the other side was a barren frozen glacier. however in the center between ice and fire was a twilight realm. perfect for life. this was the only place for the orians to fight in. on the desert side the orians would quickly overheat. or sand and dust would quickly clog up there systems. they fared no better on the other side if not worse. the bitter cold would freeze the smaller orians.
the deacons did not have this problem. they had assimilated many arctic and desert creatures. the ursadons of kaldir made the deacons resistant to far colder climates. and creatures of the volcano like Agnaktor made the deacons so resistant to heat that they can move through lava. the desert heat barely gave them pause.
the war lasted 7000 years. each side upping the ante at each step. till massive kaiju and city sized machines clashed creating mountains and valleys. both sides used the resources of the planet for there own needs. the deacons used the minerals and metals to strengthen there shells and claws. while more magical and psychic crystals and minerals added to there abilities. the orians used them in similar ways. for this was no war for resources but to show dominance.
however the orians had a organic Allie. one who as a species fate was tied to eqius. the caeles eqiuos [heavenly horses]. the alicorns as other races called them were the orians greatest Allie. and when the orians called for aid they came. for they were a strictly lawful race bound by honor and what they believe to be the greater good. and so they joined the fight. all of them. for even though powerful and intelligent they were slow to breed not helped by there strong beliefs when it came to mating made it even slower. so for them to have any kind of impact ALL alicorns joined the fight in some way. however since most tasks were done better by machines most were warriors.
the one major flaw for alicorns was there superiority and in most cases god complex. so when the orians described the deacons the alicorns laughed and thought the machines weak for not overcoming some "bugs". and so king Solaris and queen lunastris ordered there most advanced warriors and ships at the largest deacon advancement they could find. and on that fatefully day 7000 alicorns stood row by row heads held high. knowing this was the day the bugs would get pushed back.
king Solaris in his hubris even ordered the orians to go back to base for they shall handle this. and in any other situation he would have bin right. for each alicorn was a demi god in his or her own right. and there on those hills they stood and watched confident in victory. even as the sky become dark with wings and coming swarm made the ground for miles look like it itself was moving. even as the distant shadows of kaiji bigger than mountains loomed in the distance. they stood there ground. much like the 300 Spartans that fought in Battle of Thermopylae.
but unlike them this was not a story of bravery,glory and triumph. in fact other races who know of it now see it as a ego trip so stupid it destroyed a race. for not only did they underestimate there enemy. they fought in the worst possible place to fight deacons. in the open foothills. the first rule of fighting deacons is not to let them surround you. this was something the orians told them not to do. but so determined to show his people superiority to not only the "bugs" but also the orians. that Solaris ordered them there so the deacons would have a environmental advantage. a grave error indeed.
only 1200 made it back that day. the deacons had surrounded them before they attacked. the burrowing ones had made tunnels all across those hills long ago. so as the the alicorns made there supposed unbreakable circle. the deacons surrounded them. the more more animalistic deacons hissed and roared and the warrior breeds stared them down. the flyers circled around them like mutant vultures and the kaiju stayed silent just standing over them. this lasted for half a hour. it all went silent at once. the alicorns took this as a sign to strengthen there dome of shields expecting a frontal assault. what they didn't anticipate was an attack from below. a massive deacon burrower burst from below scattering them in all directions. the deacons attacked all at once.
many were killed instantly impaled on claws and spikes.others melted by acid or scorched by flame.or eaten by the larger breeds. the massive alicorn capital ships fell quickly with so many deacon flyers. little did they know Aranea was part of that attack . and in that attack she hit all the alicorns with a terrible sickness. a genetic degradation virus.
with more and more leviathans and the new deacon behemoths. there was no way to escape and most of there technology was gone. they resigned to hiding out the war. eventually Zeratol came down to the planet and challenged Aranea himself. she accepted and took her true form. there battle created most of the tectonic plates of eqius. Zeratol was killed his mechanical heart ripped out and thrown into the moon.
in the war the massive magical, psychic and elemental energy drew many other creatures from space and other planes of existence. like dragons and windigos. with her enemy destroyed Aranea took her swarm and left. during the war Zeratol and Solaris had combined there gravity technology and alicorn magic to break the tidal lock. and get the planet rotating. however most of the planet was still uninhabitable. so Solarice created a a magical dome over the least damaged continent giving it its own controllable day and night cycle and weather. both Solaris and lunastris broken and beaten used there magic to build a grand castle. were they had two daughters. Solaris and Lunastris were dying so they sealed there daughters in stone til they were needed by the alicorns once again. however most of his kind were scattered across the planet living in their crashed ships.
most deacons left after the war with there queen and her brood mothers. however not all some due to injury or capture they were left behind and separated from the hive mind. but all was not lost. now with there civilization dying the alicorns decided to forget about breeding rights. and so they bred faster than ever. alicorns grew slowly needing hundreds of years build up magic. but the degradation virus leeched away magic a little bit more each generation. meaning the younger alicorns grew much faster but had less magic. different groups were separated by mountains and valleys and the rapidly emerging oceans.
for you see. during this time creatures from space and other planes started Terra forming the planet.many portals to the plane of water had been opened by many creatures on purpose or by accident. spilling gallons of water a day onto the planet. and came with it was the cretaceans a race of Crustaceans from the plane of water. and so for 300 years the ocean levels continued to rise. and so dragons ruled the mountains. the cretaceans ruled the new waves. however in this time the alicorns were dying out. the genetic virus was taking affect. some alicorns offspring were losing there wings. some were losing there horns. and still others both. the cretaceans were going through a civil war. and in the end they destroyed the portals to the plane of water. thus stopping the growth of the oceans.
the slowly emerging pony races.the ones who lost there wings and horns were planting farms while the winged ones grabbed rain clouds to water the farms. the horned ones magically protected the farm from the now feral deacons and elementals that surrounded them.however small group of ponies that we call Pegasus came north to equestria and took shelter in a massive cave system that we now call black caverns. however a cave in sealed them in the caves. however a massive glowing edible mushroom grew in the cave. so they fed upon that and adapted to the cave.these Pegasus would become bat ponies.
50 years later [ the story of hearth warming insert here ]. some earth ponies went south and some west. the southern ponies became the saddle Arabians. and earth ponies who kept going south past modern day Arabia to the afecan Savannah became the zebras. the ones that went west across the ocean found themselves in the grimmorim swamp.
they became the blair witches/wizards. a large fleet of unicorns went east across the other ocean. but they were attacked by a pack of legias a type of aquatic feral deacons. however they were saved by the cretaceans. however a fleet unicorns were a good 2 hundred miles offshore and they lost themselves in the storm. taking pity upon the unicorns the cretaceans made them an offer. they would allow them to live with them. but they would have to make some changes. after agreeing the cretaceans shifted there bodies to live underwater. thus sea ponies and mermares were created. the ships that survived found themselves on a new continent, and there they found the massive semi hollow body of Zeratol. taking refuge in its mighty body they found they could incorporate the "living" metal into there bodies. eventually they would become the unicrons.
