Robert Thornton, a man seeking a new life after the death of his father, heads to Colorado in the year 1899. He hopes to settle down and begin his life anew, free from the troubles he left behind in New York City.

However, after meeting his death defending the innocent from a group of outlaws, he decides it's time to move on from the world he once knew.

And someone agrees with him. While in the void known as Purgatory , waiting to enter Heaven, he recevies a strange offer from the deity known as Faust. If he so chooses, he may live again, free of the troubles that once burdened him.

Robert accepts, and ends up on the outskirts of a town known as Ponyville. It turns out that the inhabitants are the least of his worries as he treads the road to salvation.

And he might just make a few friends along the way.
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Will have gore, swearing, and violence. Anthro ponies with a few adjustments. AU due to historical advancements in Equestria, among other changes.