Tom has a busy life, coordinating several clubs, doing university work in the midst of a global health crisis, researching strange artefacts, and turning into a pony every now and then trying to unravel a strange curse.

However, he soon finds himself thrust onto the frontlines of a struggle for the fate of the world, and not as somebody he's especially fond of...

Another side story in the Legends of Equestria timeline, which occurs concurrently with Legends of Equestria: the Sorceror's Apprentice, and marking five years since The Cutie Map first aired.