Dusk Shine, personal student of Nightmare Moon, has been groomed his entire life to be the left hand of Nightmare Moon. Given access to secrets beyond mortal comprehension, funds to make the wealthiest buisnesspony green with envy, and authority above nearly all nobles, he harbors a dark secret.

He hates this power.

Despite the temptations of his post, and the fear associated with his family name, he wishes only for a brighter tomorrow, where ponies live in freedom and peace with the land. However, in a military nation beset on all sides with enemies, peace is a fleeting dream; in a nation overseen by a tyrant queen, harmony is impossible.

Unless things change.

Cover Art by mariosbro64 from Deviantart