Author's Note

So, if you are wondering what caused the state of affairs described in the main chapter... here is an answer.

Our words will echo through the ages

”...And Caelestia had appeared to them, the Griffins, and the Minotaurs, and the Zebras, in her Fire and Glory, and thus she spoke.

You sought to strike us while we were at our lowest. You sought to feast upon the fat of our land. Now be warned that even in the darkest hour will I stand guard over Equestria. And all who would challenge us will know my wrath, unfettered and raw.

And the speaking peoples of the world had heeded her words, for to go against the will of the Sun was to invite death...”

An excerpt from “The Aftermath of the Nightmare Heresy”,
recovered and translated by Brittle Page.