The Lost World

Few legends are far reaching enough to affect all the species that inhabit the world. The few notable examples almost always come from the Pony nation of Equestria. The legend of Night Mare Moon, the tyrant Discord and his reign of chaos and the myths of the Elements of Harmony are known all throughout the world. But there is also another, far darker myth. The legend of the Lost Continent.

Laying far off the western shore of Equestria is a mass of land no creature has ever explored, though not for lack of trying. Expeditions from the Gryphon Kingdoms, the Minotaur Republics, the Zebran tribes and even adventurous ponies have tried to map out or claim portions of this land over the centuries, but none of them have ever returned. This has garnered different reactions based on who one asks.

When asked why this happened, the zebras would say the region is sacred and should be left alone. The minotaurs would say that only the strongest would survive the hazards, and that so far none have been strong enough. Gryphons would argue that there must be some sort of magic protecting the land from outsiders and that only when the time is right could others visit. But the strangest answer comes from Equestria itself in that the princesses refused to comment on it. Their only comment is hundreds of years old from shortly after the land was first 'discovered', saying nothing but death awaits those who go there.

And so, to every cartographers chagrin every map has a large empty spot in the middle of the ocean, begging to be explored but lethal to all who try.

But they say nothing lost stays lost forever, and with the return of Princess Luna and the reappearance of the Crystal Empire many can't help but wonder if the time has come to explore this lost world.