Step into the oppressive world faced by the lower classes of the Holy Equestrian Diarchy—not under the shielded protection of nobility or wealth in New Canterlot City, and exposed to injustices faced by everypony else.

The imposing system had thrown many a youth away, but Indium Indigo had a cause.

A cause he would die for.

The candle flickered.

Although set in the universe of Rekindled Embers authored by applezombi, no knowledge of that universe is required to enjoy the story. Besides, this story occurs decades to years before Rekindled Embers. Thanks to Celestilune, iAmSiNnEr, TerribleSpeller, ExaltedFiction, SmokyFlare, Seriff Pilcrow, et al. for pre-reading and editing, on both Discord servers, namely Angel's Rest and Advisors' Cove.

Thanks to the talented Smiley Hexagon for the cover art.