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Unshaken

by The 24th Pegasus
The age of gunslingers is coming to an end. As the law closes in on outlaws across the Equestrian southwest, Kestrel must find a way to help her wanted gang of misfits escape or die trying. [A CYOA Story]

It all used to be so simple: find a lead, survey the land, and grab a take to tide the Gang over for a few months. But the era of outlaws in the Equestrian Southwest is coming to an end, and it has no tolerance for ponies like Kestrel. Wanted by the law and stealing just to survive, Kestrel will have to take the fate of her band of outlaws into her own hooves and try to give them a good life... or die trying.

A comment-driven Choose Your Own Adventure story inspired by Red Dead Redemption 2. Key events in some chapters are in part influenced by dice rolls, which can be seen in my discord server. Be wary as the dice rolls may spoil current and past chapters.

As this story is different from traditional fare, there are a few caveats going in, inspired by another great CYOA story:

  1. The chapters will be kept fairly short, ideally not longer than 1500 words per chapter, barring the choices and author's notes.
  2. The vote will always have the last say, even if the choice they have chosen is suboptimal in terms of its effects in-world.
  3. The story will end once the fate of the Gang is resolved, though it may end prematurely if Kestrel dies before this can happen.

You can see Kestrel's character sheet, along with important information about the Gang, here.

Special thanks to Ruirik for the cover art.

Teen
Incomplete
Profanity
Violence
Dark
Death
Alternate Universe
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Adventure
 
OTR

245574 words: Estimated about 20 hours to read
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145 Chapters:

  1. Chapter 1 2019-05-12 05:17:54 UTC
    1406
  2. Chapter 2 2019-05-15 17:03:51 UTC
    1427
  3. Chapter 3 2019-05-16 17:02:38 UTC
    1587
  4. Chapter 4 2019-05-18 18:55:32 UTC
    1625
  5. Chapter 5 2019-05-19 19:24:30 UTC
    1731
  6. Chapter 6 2019-05-20 16:53:34 UTC
    1785
  7. Chapter 7 2019-05-21 17:04:16 UTC
    1781
  8. Chapter 8 2019-05-23 16:31:33 UTC
    1430
  9. Chapter 9 2019-05-24 17:45:41 UTC
    1259
  10. Chapter 10 2019-05-25 16:43:29 UTC
    1860
  11. Chapter 11 2019-05-27 21:49:18 UTC
    2033
  12. Chapter 12 2019-05-28 18:22:55 UTC
    2188
  13. Chapter 13 2019-05-30 22:41:15 UTC
    995
  14. Chapter 14 2019-05-30 22:41:23 UTC
    1517
  15. Chapter 15 2019-06-02 19:51:38 UTC
    1600
  16. Chapter 16 2019-06-05 16:46:12 UTC
    2433
  17. Chapter 17 2019-06-06 17:28:18 UTC
    1513
  18. Chapter 18 2019-06-08 17:10:16 UTC
    1702
  19. Chapter 19 2019-06-10 16:53:07 UTC
    1935
  20. Chapter 20 2019-06-11 18:26:39 UTC
    1378
  21. Chapter 21 2019-06-12 23:32:38 UTC
    1593
  22. Chapter 22 2019-06-16 23:03:28 UTC
    1918
  23. Chapter 23 2019-06-20 17:41:43 UTC
    1400
  24. Chapter 24 2019-06-26 17:10:16 UTC
    2025
  25. Chapter 25 2019-07-02 16:46:37 UTC
    1380
  26. Chapter 26 2019-07-02 20:24:19 UTC
    2065
  27. Chapter 27 2019-07-09 17:19:09 UTC
    2633
  28. Chapter 28 2019-07-13 20:28:11 UTC
    2432
  29. Chapter 29 2019-07-26 19:38:25 UTC
    2129
  30. Chapter 30 2019-08-05 18:59:30 UTC
    1712
  31. Chapter 31 2019-08-16 16:27:31 UTC
    1668
  32. Chapter 32 2019-08-17 15:07:08 UTC
    1485
  33. Chapter 33 2019-08-21 00:12:22 UTC
    1680
  34. Chapter 34 2019-08-22 17:03:37 UTC
    1603
  35. Chapter 35 2019-08-23 14:45:08 UTC
    1939
  36. Chapter 36 2019-08-26 18:17:26 UTC
    1605
  37. Chapter 37 2019-08-29 16:18:18 UTC
    1552
  38. Chapter 38 2019-08-31 15:41:55 UTC
    1974
  39. Chapter 39 2019-09-02 21:39:38 UTC
    1491
  40. Chapter 40 2019-09-04 21:31:47 UTC
    1979
  41. Chapter 41 2019-09-11 00:44:07 UTC
    1807
  42. Chapter 42 2019-09-17 15:33:07 UTC
    1844
  43. Chapter 43 2019-09-23 23:01:07 UTC
    1389
  44. Chapter 44 2019-09-28 20:50:19 UTC
    1442
  45. Chapter 45 2019-10-07 23:17:18 UTC
    2148
  46. Chapter 46 2019-10-12 00:47:52 UTC
    2585
  47. Chapter 47 2019-10-15 00:33:20 UTC
    1962
  48. Chapter 48 2019-10-18 22:36:59 UTC
    1775
  49. Chapter 49 2019-10-25 23:45:04 UTC
    1703
  50. Chapter 50 2019-10-31 01:16:43 UTC
    1822
  51. Chapter 51 2019-11-02 01:15:17 UTC
    2961
  52. Chapter 52 2019-11-05 03:43:19 UTC
    1576
  53. Chapter 53 2019-11-12 00:33:24 UTC
    1938
  54. Chapter 54 2019-11-15 23:57:52 UTC
    1840
  55. Chapter 55 2019-11-19 01:53:33 UTC
    1828
  56. Chapter 56 2019-11-26 00:07:14 UTC
    2380
  57. Chapter 57 2019-12-02 20:10:24 UTC
    1180
  58. Chapter 58 2019-12-06 17:20:14 UTC
    1666
  59. Chapter 59 2019-12-10 02:45:57 UTC
    1565
  60. Chapter 60 2019-12-17 00:13:07 UTC
    2000
  61. Chapter 61 2019-12-20 20:35:28 UTC
    1615
  62. Chapter 62 2020-01-03 20:09:25 UTC
    1287
  63. Chapter 63 2020-01-07 00:41:40 UTC
    1391
  64. Chapter 64 2020-01-10 23:22:17 UTC
    1228
  65. Chapter 65 2020-01-14 00:24:17 UTC
    1634
  66. Chapter 66 2020-01-17 20:52:34 UTC
    1475
  67. Chapter 67 2020-01-20 22:01:47 UTC
    1391
  68. Chapter 68 2020-01-24 22:41:27 UTC
    1320
  69. Chapter 69 2020-01-27 23:42:45 UTC
    2365
  70. Chapter 70 2020-01-31 23:01:12 UTC
    1841
  71. Chapter 71 2020-02-03 22:54:58 UTC
    1400
  72. Chapter 72 2020-02-11 00:49:01 UTC
    1935
  73. Chapter 73 2020-02-17 23:09:26 UTC
    1450
  74. Chapter 74 2020-02-21 22:54:53 UTC
    1438
  75. Chapter 75 2020-02-25 03:26:37 UTC
    1892
  76. Chapter 76 2020-02-28 22:17:41 UTC
    2380
  77. Chapter 77 2020-03-06 22:35:33 UTC
    1649
  78. Chapter 78 2020-03-10 00:15:48 UTC
    2196
  79. Chapter 79 2020-03-13 19:18:49 UTC
    1481
  80. Chapter 80 2020-03-16 21:04:31 UTC
    2290
  81. Chapter 81 2020-03-20 19:25:23 UTC
    1907
  82. Chapter 82 2020-03-24 00:08:32 UTC
    1417
  83. Chapter 83 2020-03-27 19:01:03 UTC
    1333
  84. Chapter 84 2020-03-30 18:20:24 UTC
    1292
  85. Chapter 85 2020-04-03 16:29:05 UTC
    1362
  86. Chapter 86 2020-04-06 18:40:50 UTC
    1502
  87. Chapter 87 2020-04-10 18:09:01 UTC
    1233
  88. Chapter 88 2020-04-13 18:56:13 UTC
    1132
  89. Chapter 89 2020-04-17 18:01:54 UTC
    1683
  90. Chapter 90 2020-04-20 20:27:28 UTC
    1609
  91. Chapter 91 2020-04-27 18:38:00 UTC
    1731
  92. Chapter 92 2020-05-01 19:29:34 UTC
    1536
  93. Chapter 93 2020-05-04 19:38:43 UTC
    1582
  94. Chapter 94 2020-05-08 19:04:14 UTC
    1491
  95. Chapter 95 2020-05-11 17:17:02 UTC
    1447
  96. Chapter 96 2020-05-15 17:24:01 UTC
    1218
  97. Chapter 97 2020-05-18 20:20:47 UTC
    1452
  98. Chapter 98 2020-05-25 18:22:31 UTC
    1721
  99. Chapter 99 2020-05-29 22:54:34 UTC
    1720
  100. Chapter 100 2020-06-01 20:33:53 UTC
    2419
  101. Chapter 101 2020-06-05 18:59:12 UTC
    2214
  102. Chapter 102 2020-06-15 19:21:30 UTC
    1997
  103. Chapter 103 2020-06-20 03:33:05 UTC
    1480
  104. Chapter 104 2020-06-29 17:37:31 UTC
    1341
  105. Chapter 105 2020-07-03 18:09:59 UTC
    1618
  106. Chapter 106 2020-07-10 21:56:51 UTC
    1548
  107. Chapter 107 2020-07-14 02:24:35 UTC
    1327
  108. Chapter 108 2020-07-17 16:25:56 UTC
    1569
  109. Chapter 109 2020-07-24 17:48:09 UTC
    1466
  110. Chapter 110 2020-08-07 18:56:38 UTC
    1724
  111. Chapter 111 2020-08-14 17:12:39 UTC
    1548
  112. Chapter 112 2020-08-21 21:48:29 UTC
    1334
  113. Chapter 113 2020-08-28 20:21:50 UTC
    1182
  114. Chapter 114 2020-09-04 17:44:09 UTC
    1395
  115. Chapter 115 2020-09-14 21:41:58 UTC
    1503
  116. Chapter 116 2020-09-18 19:10:53 UTC
    926
  117. Chapter 117 2020-09-21 20:12:17 UTC
    1683
  118. Chapter 118 2020-09-28 18:39:17 UTC
    1958
  119. Chapter 119 2020-10-02 19:14:58 UTC
    1488
  120. Chapter 120 2020-10-12 21:54:57 UTC
    1912
  121. Chapter 121 2020-10-26 21:12:36 UTC
    2433
  122. Chapter 122 2020-11-06 19:28:29 UTC
    1487
  123. Chapter 123 2020-11-24 01:08:42 UTC
    2024
  124. Chapter 124 2020-12-22 01:20:41 UTC
    1475
  125. Chapter 125 2021-01-11 21:41:39 UTC
    1378
  126. Chapter 126 2021-01-15 21:00:04 UTC
    1788
  127. Chapter 127 2021-01-22 22:11:27 UTC
    1672
  128. Chapter 128 2021-02-01 21:49:11 UTC
    1664
  129. Chapter 129 2021-02-12 20:23:34 UTC
    1474
  130. Chapter 130 2021-02-19 20:08:29 UTC
    1515
  131. Chapter 131 2021-03-05 16:54:48 UTC
    1644
  132. Chapter 132 2021-03-15 21:04:29 UTC
    1619
  133. Chapter 133 2021-04-12 23:06:39 UTC
    1737
  134. Chapter 134 2021-04-19 23:57:56 UTC
    1388
  135. Chapter 135 2021-05-10 23:18:42 UTC
    1716
  136. Chapter 136 2021-06-08 00:31:15 UTC
    2364
  137. Chapter 137 2021-06-22 00:00:43 UTC
    1248
  138. Chapter 138 2021-07-12 22:30:02 UTC
    1652
  139. Chapter 139 2021-08-02 23:54:15 UTC
    1939
  140. Chapter 140 2021-09-06 19:32:40 UTC
    1605
  141. Chapter 141 2021-09-20 22:39:43 UTC
    1565
  142. Chapter 142 2021-10-04 23:09:37 UTC
    1418
  143. Chapter 143 2021-10-18 22:34:11 UTC
    1958
  144. Chapter 144 2021-12-13 23:38:54 UTC
    2766
  145. Chapter 145 2022-02-08 01:11:49 UTC
    1528