Kingdom in Shadows

by Istaran
The Itinerant Kingdom has grown and prospers within the shadows of much larger kingdoms. But they are beginning to want more from life. When they step out from the shadows, will the light of day warm their hearts or burn them?

Time-skipped continuation of Itinerant Kingdom, picking up in MLP Season 5 / The Silver Stars chapter 64.


The fate of Equestria is held in the hooves of five terrifying beasts: creatures with magical horns, powerful wings, and in one cases a pair of deadly fangs. Princesses. Now Daniel Holden, the Itinerant King, will face these dangerous beings, not in the relative safety of mortal combat, but in the most dangerous of contests imaginable: diplomacy!

If everything goes well, his subjects will be able to emerge from the shadows, wear their allegiance openly, trade for rare and restricted materials to enable their more experimental industries, and have an impact on the world beyond the personal. They will also have the freedom to bring their combat potential to bear to protect ponies and others from threats they dare not engage before, for simple fear of being discovered.

And if all goes poorly? If they thought hiding in the shadows was hard, just wait until the Sun itself is their enemy.

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34265 words: Estimated about 3 hours to read

18 Chapters:

  1. Chapter 1: Prelude 2015-04-29 16:55:25 UTC
    1147
  2. Chapter 2: Welcome to our town 2015-04-29 18:14:46 UTC
    4114
  3. Chapter 3: A place to call home 2015-04-30 17:52:20 UTC
    2143
  4. Chapter 4: Melodies of life 2015-05-01 16:29:46 UTC
    2089
  5. Chapter 5: Lurking in the Darkness 2015-05-06 19:26:35 UTC
    1435
  6. Chapter 6: Garnet's Theme 2015-05-11 21:56:37 UTC
    1559
  7. Chapter 7: The Evil Mist Returns 2015-05-18 22:18:00 UTC
    1433
  8. Chapter 8: One Danger Put Behind Us... 2015-05-28 16:18:57 UTC
    1681
  9. Chapter 9: You're not alone! 2015-06-01 17:47:50 UTC
    2684
  10. Chapter 10: Secret Maneuverings 2015-06-05 20:36:11 UTC
    1614
  11. Chapter 11: Living by the sword 2015-07-07 17:21:40 UTC
    1562
  12. Chapter 12: South Gate at the Border 2016-01-22 00:51:21 UTC
    1806
  13. Chapter 13: Those Whom We Must Protect 2016-03-17 22:37:33 UTC
    1305
  14. Chapter 14: Concurrent battles 2016-03-23 06:27:51 UTC
    1992
  15. Chapter 15: Within The Giant 2016-03-29 00:00:55 UTC
    1596
  16. Chapter 16: Sword of Confusion 2016-04-08 21:32:41 UTC
    1821
  17. Chapter 17: Two unstealable hearts 2016-04-11 19:29:52 UTC
    1896
  18. Chapter 18: The place I'll return to someday 2016-05-10 19:15:34 UTC
    2388