This alternate-universe story tells the downfall of the ancient city of Valencia, about 5,000 years before the events of the show. The crown jewel of a global empire, led for millennia by a powerful alicorn named Magnus de Vaspian. A broken, desperate Lord, and his unloved son, a captain of the Imperial Legion, who does his best to protect his home while wishing he could earn the love of his father. They prepare for an invasion by the Umbrum and their armies while dealing with their own internal conflict, aided by his lifelong friend and closest subordinate.