Sentinel is dead and life has returned to normal at Sweet Apple Acres for Applejack and Fluttershy, but things aren't well with the world. Dark forces are stirring behind the scenes, and a lost courier forces the pair of them to make a journey up to Canterlot, where the headquarters of the Order of Celestia, the Paladins that struck hope into the hearts of all and fear into those that crept in shadow. When they arrive, though, the order is having their own troubles, and the dynamic duo may be only just in time to save Equestria.

Sequel to The Farmer and the Fae, which is itself a spinoff of The Necromantic Adventures of Lyra Heartstrings.