Introduction

Introduction

Once upon a time there was a magical world called Equestria. In Equestria there lived many different magical races like zebras, changelings,griffons and of course ponies. Equestria had an long and bloody history filled with hatred. Since the dawn of time different races had waged war with them self but also against each other. Then a time came when the biggest of all the races, the ponies formed empires. Ponies gathered under banners to wage war against each other. The empires where built upon destruction and slavery. Each empire wanted to be the biggest and the strongest. The griffons took after the ponies and made their own empire.

This led to a completely new industry, where giant guns designed to kill thousands where the product. Empires created alliances to ensure their survival against the enemy. Everyone felt threatened by their neighbors and blamed each other for their problems .

A small spark struck in the form of regicide erupted in a monstrous war between the Griffon Kingdom and Crystal Germaneigh. When a young stallion from Serbimane shot the prince of Crystal Germaniegh, the crystal ponies invaded Serbimane and it's neighboring countries. Then the Northcolt Empire of Stalliongrad came to the aid of Serbimane, backed by the griffons that hated the crystal ponies more than anything. Then the unicorns of Trottingham came to the aid of the griffons. Together these nations formed the Talon Powers. The Ottomane Empire formed the Crystal Union together with the crystal ponies. The Pegasi of Cloudsdale where first a part of the Crystal Union but then they betrayed them and joined the Talon Powers. All of Equestria's pony nations choose a side in the war.

At first it looked like Crystal Germaneigh was winning, because of their superior technology. They had Flamethrowers, mighty submarines and gas bombs. They assaulted their enemies with no mercy and ultimately crushed the Northcolt Empire. But then the Lunar Republic joined the Talon Powers. Faced with superior numbers the Crystal Union where forced to surrender. When the Crystal ponies lost many said that the age of war was over, but the victorious Griffons wanted the Crystal ponies to pay extreme amounts of bits as a fine for the destruction caused in their homeland.

As an aftermath of the war the Crystal ponies where humiliated and broke. In Equestria many of the empires crumbled and fell as an new age was dawning. But in the far northeast a new nation rose from the ashes of the Northcolt Empire. Led by an mysterious Alicorn named Celestia they quickly rose to become a superpower. Also Serbimane joined with their neighbors and created the nation of Juggomaneia.

In Crystal Germaneigh depression and crisis ruled. It was in the middle of all this as a young unicorn named Sombra rose to power. He promised the Crystal ponies an brighter future and gave them someone to blame all their misery upon. But Sombra was a madcolt and wanted to rule all of Equestria for himself.

Crystal Germaneigh became the Crystal Empire under Sombras hoof and they where not subtle in their wish of revenge on the griffons. They once again began with the creation of new even worse weapons. Although the mobilization of the Crystal Ponies the other nations of Equestria did not interfere.

When the Crystal Empire invaded Griffon Lands they where such a powerful force that yet again all of Equestria went into the conflict.

If the first war was horrible then this where an abomination. Death camps burning and gassing ponies to death by the millions, magical devices with the ability to destroy whole cities in seconds where deployed. Although Sombra lost the war Equestria would never be the same.

Seeing all destruction and death made ponies realize what was important but was it to late?

One stallion saw the opportunity to fix it all.. He went back into time to stop the war before it even began.