… After an era when friendship failed, light and hope were restored to the world. This new world still bore the scars of the old world, and change was sluggish in application. The ideals of The Stable Dweller offered an alternative to the violent and ignorant in the wasteland. But ideas are only as strong as their messengers. Just as quickly as she had appeared, The Stable Dweller vanished from the pages of history…

… It was not, as many hoped, the start of a new world. Another blood drenched chapter of history awaited the ponies of Equestria. The New Canterlot Republic became consumed with its own politics, and the budding power of the restored Equestria struggled to practice civics and make allies. One such potential ally was Stable City, which sat between the NCR and a great host that was slowly making its way out of the Equestrian badlands and the Wasteland unsaved by the Gardens of Equestria. Stable City, a community of sycophants and scientists ignoring the outside world and concerned only with themselves sat securely behind their wall, content to weather the coming storm. Life in Stable City and the badlands beyond however, was about to change.