Ever since he was a colt, Nightwatch wanted to be like the heros in his books, but when he learns every hero in the wasteland is either killed or corrupted by the wasteland itself, he gives up on the dream. Years after his realization, a few events occur that force him into the heroic life. Now, he travels the wasteland in search of the corrupted in hopes of destroying them for the betrayal to the ponies they protected.