Numen was less than normal. Not that he minded, most of the time. He had his parents. He had freedom. The only snag? He was an alicorn in a world where there were only supposed to be two: Celestia and Luna. Growing up can be hard. Especially when other ponies expect you to be either a fiendish demon or their savior. Or when you accidentally release an elder god composed of pure chaos and entropy, and start what most ponies would consider the end of times.

Despite his terrible, horrible luck, a happy, grey-coated pegasus with golden eyes starts him on a journey that he never dreamed of. With his own fate undetermined, and a wide, huge world waiting for him, who knows what will become of the white and blue alicorn colt?

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This fic is the genesis of the Royal Road collaboration, telling of a dark Alternate Universe of Equestria where religion, politics, and war are all very real, very brutal things.

Warning for the intermittently butthurt: there's an alicorn OC.

Cover art done by:
ManicVerse