Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria...

… there came the time when magic and technology lost the guiding lights of the virtues of ponykind. Lies protected dark secrets, friends plotted against each other. Ponies hoarded dwindling resources as their hearts became hard and calloused. Ultimately smiles became the rarest of things. And one day, magical balefire scorched earth and pony alike. The luscious lands of Equestria turned into the unforgiving Wasteland.

Those who survived did so in huge underground Stables. From one such Stable, one day emerged the Stable Dweller. A young unicorn mare who united a collection of allies and friends of all species and races. She came upon and vanquished many enemies, and in the end managed the unthinkable: she destroyed the cloud cover, returning the sky to Equestria.

But all is not yet well, in Equestria.

The pegasi exploded into Civil War over rapidly draining crops and the right to rejoin their wingless cousins. The isolationist Enclave clash against the noble Dashites. The cyberpony Red Eye is dead, but several bands of his slaver minions survive. The Reds still are a force of darkness in Fillydelphia. Raiders continue to plague the wasteland, as do many of its savage creatures. Wrenches in the integration process of the pacific pockets of Ghouls, Alicorns and Hellhounds.

The heroes of the Day of the Sun have pooled their efforts on finding the missing keys for Twilight Sparkle's legacy: the Gardens of Equestria. A megaspell, the last hope to return life to the equestrian wasteland. An year and a half have passed since the battle of Fillydelphia. The elements of Harmony though still lay in a cave as gloom jewelry, lacking any shimmering or power.

The bearer of the element of Magic is still nowhere to be found.