The fall of Mareitania: Operation FreeMare

by The Hand of Pony
Twilight is tasked with tearing down the tyrannical duchy of Mareitania. No problem right?

Mareitania, the old kingdom. A kingdom of secrets and oppression, where earth ponies rose to power in the absence of the unicorns and the pegasi following the events of hearthswarming. A kindom where having a horn is a travesty and having wings is a sentence to life long slavery.

Unfortunately for Twilight she has both. When she and three companions are tasked with tearing down the tyrannical government of Mareitania, with nothing more than their own ingenuity and some words of encouragement, she finds that plans are super awesome for getting things done.

(Canon up to Rainbow Rocks, but not with the comics although I might add the occasional bit I find out from them. My first foray into a longer piece, and honestly I have no idea how this will turn out.)

Tagged dark because some unpleasant stuff will probably happen along the way, even if my writing style isn't particularly dark itself.

Slight change to name since I was starting to think Operation: FreeMare wasn't giving the right impression on its own.

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142314 words: Estimated about 12 hours to read
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93 Chapters:

  1. 1. Barely even a concept 2015-01-21 00:59:57 UTC
    1775
  2. 2. Breaking in is easy 2015-01-21 01:17:56 UTC
    3595
  3. 3. Breaking out is (slightly) harder 2015-01-21 01:37:45 UTC
    4293
  4. 4. The worst place ever 2015-01-22 00:27:06 UTC
    5198
  5. 5. The more you know 2015-01-25 23:51:36 UTC
    5607
  6. 6. The waiting game 2015-01-29 23:56:01 UTC
    4645
  7. 7. Moving on slowly 2015-02-01 23:23:17 UTC
    5378
  8. 8. Just over the horizon 2015-02-08 23:38:48 UTC
    5627
  9. 9. Casually seeking Fleur 2015-02-16 02:57:30 UTC
    14127
  10. 10. Unexpected Consequences pt 1 2015-03-15 18:10:06 UTC
    5547
  11. 11. Unexpected consequences pt 2 2015-03-23 01:01:22 UTC
    7733
  12. 12. Guilt. 2015-03-29 19:58:06 UTC
    5047
  13. 13. Whiplash blues 2015-04-19 22:09:34 UTC
    5922
  14. 14. Party hard! pt 1 2015-05-11 22:22:08 UTC
    7486
  15. 15. Party hard! pt 2 2015-05-14 22:05:07 UTC
    7874
  16. 16. Party hard! pt 3 2015-05-28 19:13:55 UTC
    9540
  17. 17. The littlest jailbreak 2015-06-24 21:54:51 UTC
    8841
  18. 18. Story cave 2015-07-04 14:50:45 UTC
    7548
  19. 19. Twilight's adventures underground 2015-07-18 01:17:46 UTC
    9472
  20. 20. Nowhere's perfect 2015-07-28 21:14:35 UTC
    8225
  21. 21. Into the bayou 2015-08-18 19:39:27 UTC
    8834
  22. 22. Lost and Found 2015-09-13 22:52:58 UTC
  23. 23. Power struggle 2015-09-26 00:11:07 UTC
  24. 24. Friend or foe? 2015-10-14 21:32:53 UTC
  25. 25. Grisly experiments in alicorn anatomy 2015-11-08 02:05:37 UTC
  26. 26. Poor decisions for noble reasons 2015-11-22 20:48:33 UTC
  27. 27. Hard work holidays 2015-12-05 00:59:23 UTC
  28. 28. Best laid plans 2015-12-13 23:01:56 UTC
  29. 29. Freedom flighters 2015-12-14 23:28:56 UTC
  30. 30. In the business of freedom 2015-12-28 23:25:14 UTC
  31. 31. New recruits 2015-12-31 00:16:25 UTC
  32. 32. Drowning your troubles 2016-01-09 00:51:11 UTC
  33. 33. A pretty dress for a pretty mare 2016-01-16 01:53:08 UTC
  34. 34. Caverndown or bust 2016-01-21 22:05:30 UTC
  35. 35. Caverndown is bust 2016-01-21 22:05:39 UTC
  36. 36. The show must go on 2016-02-01 23:18:54 UTC
  37. 37. Whiplashes leave their marks 2016-02-15 01:14:10 UTC
  38. 38. Clean things make me suspicious 2016-03-05 01:32:15 UTC
  39. 39. Rotten smells 2016-03-05 02:05:49 UTC
  40. 40. Five thousand cats, two mice 2016-03-13 16:17:04 UTC
  41. 41. A pony's gotta do what a pony's gotta do 2016-03-20 19:44:00 UTC
  42. 42. The depths of many things 2016-03-28 21:29:22 UTC
  43. 43. The more you wish you never knew 2016-03-31 00:29:18 UTC
  44. 44. Strangely simple solutions 2016-04-04 21:57:53 UTC
  45. 45. Make or break 2016-04-14 22:34:00 UTC
  46. 46. Into the breach 2016-04-17 20:56:43 UTC
  47. 47. Fallen 2016-04-18 21:27:33 UTC
  48. 48. Those left behind 2016-04-20 22:29:55 UTC
  49. 49. Hotel Gallopfornia 2016-04-24 21:46:30 UTC
  50. 50. Dying is easy. Coming back? Also strangely easy. 2016-05-02 20:38:55 UTC
  51. 51. In memoriam 2016-05-07 18:54:56 UTC
  52. 52. A roll in the Hayfield 2016-05-12 22:05:28 UTC
  53. 53. Playing together nicely 2016-05-18 20:09:54 UTC
  54. 54. Nibbles for freedom 2016-05-24 21:46:07 UTC
  55. 55. Minor distractions 2016-05-30 20:20:52 UTC
  56. 56. New developments 2016-06-07 22:22:13 UTC
  57. 57. Oh what a lovely rebellion 2016-06-14 21:52:02 UTC
  58. 58. Questionably sane science 2016-06-26 19:11:06 UTC
  59. 59. Once more with feeling 2016-07-03 18:59:20 UTC
  60. 60. Ironhoof 2016-07-11 00:20:47 UTC
  61. 61. Incoming 2016-07-25 23:33:59 UTC
  62. 62. It's all secrets and lies with these equines 2016-08-01 01:09:17 UTC
  63. 63. Does it even matter? 2016-08-14 23:20:20 UTC
  64. 64. A walk in the dark 2016-08-21 17:11:51 UTC
  65. 65. Famous last words 2016-08-29 13:48:24 UTC
  66. 66. You can only fail so hard 2016-09-11 15:31:28 UTC
  67. 67. Full repercussions 2016-09-18 16:45:48 UTC
  68. 68. Crime and punishment 2016-09-25 18:33:40 UTC
  69. 69. Fighting lightening with love 2016-10-02 15:45:53 UTC
  70. 70. Marephy's law 2016-10-09 15:21:08 UTC
  71. 71. La liberté pour la Prance 2016-10-16 16:03:24 UTC
  72. 72. Sticks and stones will break my bones, so words really aren't the issue right now 2016-10-23 14:47:49 UTC
  73. 73. Tricks up her sleeve 2016-10-30 16:08:58 UTC
  74. 74. A slice of wartime life 2016-11-06 18:07:07 UTC
  75. 75. Oracle of a sort 2016-11-13 16:27:05 UTC
  76. 76. We're not singing the failure song just yet 2016-11-20 19:27:06 UTC
  77. 77. King of the hill 2016-12-04 18:37:37 UTC
  78. 78. Steam power, and how to apply it 2016-12-18 19:03:10 UTC
  79. 79. Why is it never simple? 2017-01-08 18:26:28 UTC
  80. 80. Scandalous behavior 2017-01-15 18:43:42 UTC
  81. 81. On the march 2017-01-22 19:51:44 UTC
  82. 82. Bring hell to your doorstep 2017-01-29 19:02:45 UTC
  83. 83. Light, dark, and vast shades of grey 2017-02-05 19:13:14 UTC
  84. 84. Bad places 2017-02-12 19:57:30 UTC
  85. 85. Happy times 2017-02-19 18:47:12 UTC
  86. 86. Full circle 2017-02-26 18:57:30 UTC
  87. 87. Walk softly 2017-03-05 19:17:39 UTC
  88. 88. Or carry a big stick 2017-03-12 18:07:28 UTC
  89. 89. Unhappy family reunion 2017-03-19 18:48:49 UTC
  90. 90. Say sweet farewell 2017-03-26 18:05:13 UTC
  91. 91. Epilogue 2017-03-26 18:05:24 UTC
  92. 91.5 The bits I forgot. 2017-03-30 18:07:41 UTC
  93. The end of an era 2017-05-13 01:41:38 UTC