Somewhere in the Frozen North, a griffon expedition has gone missing. As the only airship specifically designed for the frigid environment, the Aurora Dawn and her crew's first mission out of the shipyards will be to find and rescue this lost expedition.

If only they knew what the expedition was really out there to find...

Inspired by the collective works of H.P. Lovecraft, though familiarity with Lovecraft's works are not necessary to get this.

I experimented quite a bit with narrative in this story, specifically in using different narrative voices depending upon the perspective. I'll leave it up to the readers if I pulled this off effectively.

My thanks to JawJoe for the exceptionally helpful prereading and suggestions on how to make this story all the better.

Now with a Russian translation, courtesy Steel_Ranger!

This story is a sequel to Fallout Equestria: Cloudy Skies

The rationing of the Grand Pegasus Enclave makes for somewhat bland cuisine: opportunities to spice up meals are generally seized with enthusiastic ruthlessness steered by a desperate desire to inject some flavor into life.

Two Enclave ponies watch the wasteland from the skies.

Editing done by the fantastic Everfree Pony

On the Last Day, the world came to an end. But it was just the beginning to a new world that awaited those that would survive. This is just one of many stories from the perspective of those that were there when the timer reached zero, and began again.