
The Light Despondent
It's a bad old time to be human. About half the world is gone thanks to Celestia's Barrier, the only options are 'fight and die' or 'get turned into newfoals,' and everything's falling apart. The greatest menace to America as they wait for the Barrier to touch down is not, paradoxically, PER, but restless Human Liberation Front terrorists that dream of taking control of the fight from the brave PHL. One of the worst HLF men is Viktor Marius Kraber, a traumatized Afrikaner, former father, and former surgeon with an appetite for destruction and big guns. But one day, wracked by guilt at an HLF checkpoint, he lets a lost filly and her mother live. From that point on, his life goes to hell (more than usual, anyway) as he tries to make his way and cast aside hatreds in a world gone mad, and maybe, just maybe, become a good person.
Forced to deal with irritating hallucinations, self-hatred, enemies on all sides, and developing a conscience in a world gone mad, will he manage to survive in this world? Will he ever become a good person? Will he join the PHL and befriend the freakishly huge earth pony stallion named Aegis seen in the cover image, and shoot Queen Celestia's spine out?! Can he? FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, CAN HE?!
Of course he can! It's a fokkin' prequel.
(Well, actually, considering the emphasis on the development of a character from before the beginning of a game and the fact that it takes place between stories, it's actually more of a presequel. Or presidequel?)
Part of the Conversion Bureau: The Other Side Of The Spectrum continuity.



24 Chapters:
- The End / The Beginning 2014-11-17 00:24:27 UTC4002
- Episode 1: Riding the Gallows-Horse/Equcrux 2014-11-17 00:02:04 UTC2846
- Nowhere To Run 2015-02-14 00:16:10 UTC9508
- City Of No Palms 2015-01-18 21:44:59 UTC9544
- Burn My Shadow / Nightmare 2014-11-17 01:57:19 UTC7775
- Toothpick 2015-01-18 21:51:38 UTC7129
- Dope Fiend Massacre 2015-01-18 22:02:59 UTC7354
- Sunset City / God Bless us Every One 2014-12-22 21:09:38 UTC9819
- My Self-Defense Catastrophe 2015-01-11 02:56:00 UTC19485
- Philistine / Don't Fear The Reaper 2015-01-14 23:40:08 UTC32813
- Episode 2: A Stranger I Remain / Kraber Alone 2015-01-15 02:59:28 UTC2297
- Busy Earnin' / A Long Way Home 2015-05-12 00:41:50 UTC15368
- Golden Light 2015-08-20 04:18:41 UTC14817
- The Enemy / Roller Mobster 2016-02-17 19:46:44 UTC15751
- It's Another Day 2016-03-05 07:40:03 UTC12203
- Take Up Your Spade 2016-03-05 21:18:38 UTC16468
- Didn't Know I'd Love You So Much 2016-06-16 06:27:37 UTC21883
- We're Gonna Have A Party... 2016-07-18 06:21:57 UTC9338
- Wrong Number 2016-09-20 04:48:14 UTC18983
- Keep Calm / Dreamscapes 2016-09-23 20:14:32 UTC7879
- Kill The Cooks 2016-11-12 06:40:27 UTC17825
- Hype Waltz 2017-01-18 01:56:30 UTC15986
- I Miss You Beau Velasco / Dare 2017-03-01 15:54:51 UTC12861
- Let It Die 2017-12-27 16:15:32 UTC18787