Shining Armor, prince of the Crystal Empire, after returning home to see his wife, Princess Cadence after months of traveling to find aid in curing a widespread epidemic reaching far throughout the land of Equestria, an unknown assassin comes and takes the innocent life of Shining armor's princess. And to make matters worse, everypony thinks he did it. Now after escaping prison, Shining is left to find the true killer and bring about justice to stop him and clear his name. But then he realizes that this tragic event is way more complicated than he ever imagined. And as events unfold, he slowly uncovers who is really pulling the strings. If one thing is certain, Equestria will never be the same again.