Over a century has passed since the balefire apocalypse, Celestia's and Luna's holy lights are nowhere to be seen. Within the calm mists slumbers the ancient city of Vanhoover, the years pass and the generations of ponies are born and pass away. The old aristocratic family of the Van Hoofs are all but forgotten, and the old Equestrian rule pass into myth.

Meanwhile, from the shattered ruins of Las Pegasus a new city is rising. Stuck between a Zebrecian legion, a Steel Ranger regiment and a rumoured Changeling hive, New Pegasus is a hotbed of conflict. None the less the bits and caps keep rolling in, as do the refugees from the north every winter.

Yet only a single courier from the Vanhoover Express, is ready as the dawn of a new age drawing near.

Art by AdagioString