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Camaraderie is Sorcery

by FireOfTheNorth
What if Equestria wasn't all sunshine and rainbows? Friendship is Magic is retold in a dark fantasy setting where kings and queens rule a divided Equestria, sorceresses are persecuted and burned at the stake, and beasts wait around every corner.

This is the core story of the Camaraderie-verse.
Reading order:
Camaraderie is Sorcery, Season 1 (Ch. 0:0 - 1:27.4)
Lady of Love
Camaraderie is Sorcery, Season 2 (Ch. 2:0 - 2:27.3)
King in the North
Camaraderie is Sorcery, Season 3 (Ch. 3:0-3:14.3)
The Other Side of the Mirror: Vol. 1
Camaraderie is Sorcery, Season 4 (Ch. 4:0- )

Maps of Equestria
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4

What if Equestria wasn't all sunshine and rainbows? What if the lands were wild, untamed, and ruled by powerful (and corrupt) nobles in the names of distant kings and queens? What if magic belonged not to every unicorn, but only to the privileged (and persecuted) few?

Camaraderie is Sorcery is a dark fantasy retelling of the story of Friendship is Magic. In this Equestria, the land is divided into kingdoms hungrily eyeing each others' lands and resources. This is a world where peasants are born, work, suffer, and die without their overseers shedding a tear. It is a world where bandits and monsters occupy both the wild places and the civilized ones (but in different forms). This is the world where Twilight Sparkle lives. Cant'r Laht, a shining city perched on the edge of a mountain with more nobles and mages than it knows what to do with, has been Twilight's home her whole life. Now, as the one thousandth summer solstice of the Fourth Age approaches, she will leave Cant'r Laht and depart for the tiny hamlet of Ponieville, where five companions await her. These Brave Companions, as the ballads will come to commemorate them, are already bound by destiny, though they do not know it yet. For who would ever imagine that a sorceress, a farmer, a Hunter, a blacksmith, a druidess, and a baker would ever become comrades with the strength to stop the end of the world?

Author's Note: I drew inspiration from several dark or realistic fantasy sources for the world of Camaraderie is Sorcery, but the most influential was the world of Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher novels and CD Projekt RED's video game series of the same name.

Teen
Incomplete
Violence
Slice of Life
Dark
Alternate Universe
Gore
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Adventure
 
PMPPS

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110 Chapters:

  1. Chapter 0:0 - Prologue 2016-06-21 11:51:39 UTC
    954
  2. Chapter 1:1 - Camaraderie is Sorcery, Part the First 2016-06-21 23:57:02 UTC
    10847
  3. Chapter 1:2 - Camaraderie is Sorcery, Part the Second 2016-08-29 03:05:16 UTC
    13998
  4. Chapter 0:1 - The Gift from Tyrannus 2016-08-29 03:14:40 UTC
    910
  5. Chapter 1:3 - A Troublesome Invitation 2016-09-22 04:12:34 UTC
  6. Chapter 1:4 - Harvest 2016-12-29 16:46:02 UTC
    11328
  7. Chapter 0:2 - The Order of the Sparrow 2017-01-11 03:39:00 UTC
    627
  8. Chapter 1:5 - Old Comrades 2017-01-11 03:39:10 UTC
    7550
  9. Chapter 1:5.1 - Diplomatic Immunity 2017-01-11 03:39:20 UTC
    7519
  10. Chapter 1:6 - The Black Sorceress 2017-02-10 04:11:14 UTC
    11435
  11. Chapter 0:3 - The Foal and the Dragon 2017-07-07 23:36:14 UTC
    1120
  12. Chapter 1:7 - Smoke and Fire 2017-03-22 03:07:02 UTC
    10803
  13. Chapter 1:8 - Blizzard 2017-06-09 16:13:42 UTC
    13702
  14. Chapter 1:9 - The Woods Witch 2017-08-16 02:50:25 UTC
    10086
  15. Chapter 0:4 - Long Winter 2017-10-20 00:38:08 UTC
    2012
  16. Chapter 1:10.1 - Frost 2017-10-20 00:38:56 UTC
    7694
  17. Chapter 1:11 - Spring, Unnaturally 2017-10-20 00:39:03 UTC
    6531
  18. Chapter 1:12 - A Priest from the East 2017-10-25 03:04:27 UTC
    9328
  19. Chapter 1:13 - Autumn, Naturally 2017-10-27 01:31:36 UTC
    10850
  20. Chapter 1:13.1 - White Tail 2017-10-27 01:49:01 UTC
    9470
  21. Chapter 1:14 - The Mastercraftsmare 2017-12-29 20:24:05 UTC
    10068
  22. Chapter 0:5 - Seeing Pink 2018-01-04 01:50:34 UTC
    1634
  23. Chapter 1:15 - The Anomaly 2018-01-04 01:50:39 UTC
    7000
  24. Chapter 0:6 - Disgrace 2018-01-06 00:10:13 UTC
    768
  25. Chapter 1:16 - The Gauntlet 2018-01-06 00:10:22 UTC
    8931
  26. Chapter 0:7 - Keepers of the Wild 2018-01-06 18:27:47 UTC
    1316
  27. Chapter 1:17 - Strength in Silence 2018-01-06 18:28:04 UTC
    6931
  28. Chapter 0:8 - Apprentice 2018-01-08 01:59:40 UTC
    1165
  29. Chapter 1:20 - The Pain of an Unrealized Dream 2018-01-08 02:00:02 UTC
    6374
  30. Chapter 1:21 - Masters of the Land 2018-04-28 17:35:16 UTC
    11082
  31. Chapter 1:21.1 - Radish 2018-05-06 01:47:59 UTC
    5895
  32. Chapter 1:22 - Royal Procession 2018-05-09 23:52:59 UTC
    5896
  33. Chapter 1:23 - Where It All Began 2018-05-11 00:47:07 UTC
    9242
  34. Chapter 1:26 - A Long-Awaited Party 2018-05-11 23:04:14 UTC
    10656
  35. Chapter 1:26.1 - Blueblood 2018-05-13 01:45:18 UTC
    9809
  36. Chapter 1:27.1 - The First Sister 2018-05-24 00:49:11 UTC
    6629
  37. Chapter 1:27.2 - The Second Sister 2018-05-25 02:43:13 UTC
    6510
  38. Chapter 1:27.3 - The Third Sister 2018-05-26 00:56:27 UTC
    6174
  39. Chapter 1:27.4 - The Three Sisters 2018-05-30 23:39:23 UTC
    8193
  40. Chapter 2:0 - Chaos 2018-09-19 03:03:32 UTC
    1153
  41. Chapter 2:1 - Harmony's Return, Part the First 2018-09-19 03:13:05 UTC
    10731
  42. Chapter 2:2 - Harmony's Return, Part the Second 2018-09-24 03:47:43 UTC
    7286
  43. Chapter 2:2.1 - City of Stone 2018-12-08 04:10:17 UTC
    7285
  44. Chapter 2:3 - A Sorceress's Burden 2018-12-09 01:33:32 UTC
    5938
  45. Chapter 2:4 - The Night Festival 2018-12-14 05:10:04 UTC
    10698
  46. Chapter 2:4.1 - Turncoat 2019-06-16 22:32:27 UTC
    5672
  47. Chapter 2:6 - Heart's Desire 2019-06-18 00:22:32 UTC
  48. Chapter 2:9 - The Ivory City 2019-06-19 03:57:39 UTC
    6700
  49. Chapter 2:9.1 - The College of Eyes 2019-06-20 00:10:04 UTC
    6116
  50. Chapter 2:11 - Hearth's Warming Eve 2019-06-20 22:35:37 UTC
  51. Chapter 2:12 - The Apple Matriarch 2020-05-14 01:42:56 UTC
    7571
  52. Chapter 2:14 - Promises to Keep 2020-05-14 01:44:49 UTC
    5381
  53. Chapter 2:14.1 - The Old King 2020-05-14 01:49:32 UTC
    5065
  54. Chapter 2:15 - Cider and Sorcery 2020-05-14 01:51:28 UTC
  55. Chapter 2:16 - Bedridden Discovery 2020-05-14 01:53:48 UTC
    5375
  56. Chapter 2:16.1 - A Hunter's Task 2020-05-14 01:57:34 UTC
    2077
  57. Chapter 2:17 - St. Lotentius's Day 2021-03-06 01:01:23 UTC
  58. Chapter 2:17.1 - Hunting Discord 2021-03-06 20:08:04 UTC
    5552
  59. Chapter 2:19 - The New Druidess 2021-03-07 21:54:03 UTC
  60. Chapter 2:19.1 - Coins and Kings 2021-03-10 00:54:58 UTC
    5437
  61. Chapter 2:20 - A Sparkle in Time 2021-03-11 00:51:09 UTC
  62. Chapter 2:21 - Among His Own Kind 2021-03-15 04:18:55 UTC
    6408
  63. Chapter 2:25 - The Cant'r Laht Wedding, Part the First 2021-03-16 00:55:05 UTC
    8530
  64. Chapter 2:26 - The Cant'r Laht Wedding, Part the Second 2021-03-17 00:03:12 UTC
    11616
  65. Chapter 2:27.1 - The House Stalanokov 2021-03-21 21:32:58 UTC
  66. Chapter 2:27.2 - The Siege 2021-03-23 00:19:55 UTC
    10183
  67. Chapter 2:27.3 - The Second Son 2021-03-23 23:59:09 UTC
    9786
  68. Chapter 3:0 - The Return 2021-08-16 23:41:17 UTC
  69. Chapter 3:1 - Return of the Crystal Empire, Part the First 2021-08-16 23:48:09 UTC
    10280
  70. Chapter 3:2 - Return of the Crystal Empire, Part the Second 2021-08-18 02:27:30 UTC
    8268
  71. Chapter 0:9 - And Then There Were Two 2021-08-18 23:56:21 UTC
  72. Chapter 3:2.1 - The Lord of the Mountains and the Prince of the City 2021-08-19 00:00:59 UTC
    6721
  73. Chapter 0:10 - The Curse of Magic 2021-08-21 19:40:28 UTC
    725
  74. Chapter 3:5 - Return of the Black Sorceress 2021-08-21 19:51:44 UTC
    7687
  75. Chapter 3:5.1 - Foreign Sands 2021-08-22 20:25:28 UTC
  76. Chapter 3:5.2 - Trials of a Grand Duchess 2021-08-23 23:36:32 UTC
    10553
  77. Supplement: Grand Ducal Charter of 1002 4A 2021-08-23 23:37:26 UTC
  78. Chapter 3:6 - Monsters of the Mind 2021-08-24 23:43:49 UTC
    6061
  79. Chapter 0:11 - Mother 2021-08-25 23:51:39 UTC
    437
  80. Chapter 3:7 - A Hunter's Dream 2021-08-25 23:55:06 UTC
    5279
  81. Chapter 0:12 - The Elder Sister 2021-08-26 23:01:40 UTC
    1424
  82. Chapter 3:10 - Chaos Controlled 2021-08-26 23:07:00 UTC
    7595
  83. Chapter 3:10.1 - Defenders, Conjurers, Lords, and Merchants 2021-08-28 00:11:29 UTC
    11667
  84. Chapter 0:13 - The Younger Sister 2021-08-28 18:33:37 UTC
  85. Chapter 3:13 - Ascension 2021-08-28 18:42:16 UTC
    7683
  86. Chapter 3:14.1 - Los Pegasus: The West 2021-08-29 22:55:06 UTC
  87. Chapter 3:14.2 - Los Pegasus: The South 2021-08-31 00:04:56 UTC
    7664
  88. Chapter 3:14.3 - Los Pegasus: The North 2021-09-02 01:25:13 UTC
    5210
  89. Chapter 4:0 - A Stirring in the Undergrowth 2021-09-25 16:57:53 UTC
    734
  90. Chapter 4:1 - A Ruler in Waiting, Part the First 2021-09-26 14:20:01 UTC
  91. Chapter 4:2 - A Ruler in Waiting, Part the Second 2021-09-28 00:42:43 UTC
    7154
  92. Chapter 4:2.1 - A Court in Exile 2021-09-29 00:40:03 UTC
    4410
  93. Chapter 4:4 - The Scribe and the Heroine 2021-09-30 00:59:41 UTC
  94. Chapter 4:4.1 - The Reappeared Past 2021-10-02 00:47:51 UTC
    7998
  95. Chapter 4:8 - Charity 2023-03-25 01:11:31 UTC
  96. Chapter 4:8.1 - Mother and Daughter, Princesses Both 2023-04-15 21:47:38 UTC
    5828
  97. Chapter 4:10 - Allegiance 2023-05-16 02:08:18 UTC
    7593
  98. Chapter 4:10.1 - The Boys 2023-06-16 01:23:12 UTC
    5838
  99. Chapter 4:10.2 - World of Frost 2023-07-15 22:13:42 UTC
    5772
  100. Chapter 4:12 - Mirth 2024-01-16 04:05:14 UTC
  101. Chapter 4:12.1 - The King is Dead... 2024-02-16 00:45:34 UTC
    7436
  102. Chapter 4:12.2 - ...Long Live the Duke 2024-03-01 01:13:19 UTC
    4999
  103. Chapter 4:16 - Compassion 2024-03-16 00:14:17 UTC
    6734
  104. Chapter 4:16.1 - Neighbors 2024-03-31 23:50:54 UTC
  105. Chapter 4:18 - Maudileena Daisy Pie 2024-06-16 03:21:45 UTC
    5612
  106. Chapter 4:20 - Trustworthiness 2024-07-01 00:21:22 UTC
    5671
  107. Chapter 4:21 - Learning of Legends 2024-07-16 01:52:14 UTC
    5370
  108. Chapter 4:21.1 - Khatun 2024-08-01 02:20:29 UTC
    9535
  109. Chapter 4:25 - Twilight's Rule, Part the First 2025-01-16 03:59:43 UTC
  110. Chapter 4:26 - Twilight's Rule, Part the Second 2025-02-01 02:18:13 UTC