Sombra was a mage in the service of the Crystal Empire and was brought before the leading council after nearly killing one of the city guards. The court quickly becomes a shouting match, as Sombra accuses the council of not doing enough for the Empire.

Sombra has plans to restore the Crystal Empire to its former glory.

No matter what.

Cover art by sophiecabra and kenket.

Sombra was not always the heartless ruler that ruled the Crystal empire with an iron hoof. He once had friends, a home, a lover...
But his thirst for knowledge and power led him down a dangerous road.

By chance or the powers that be, Sombra is deemed worthy of a second chance to correct a thousand year old mistake. History ignores intentions however, only recording actions. Can Sombra find a way to bring peace to his heart and those he cares for, or will the darkness from his past consume him?

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At the height of the Dark Crystal Empire, the King of Shadows sits down to do his accounts, because even a totalitarian dictatorship cannot suppress taxponies.

But as he tries desperately to get through the impenetrable paperwork, Sombra finds himself the victim of a magically manifesting bird. Because of course he does.

I have no idea why I wrote this.

Made as a birthday present for the magnificent Evehly.

After their defeat at the hands of the Rainbooms, Adagio, Aria and Sonata search for a new motive. Anything to keep them alive. Their aimless wanderings bring them to the home of two people, who themselves have learned from past mistakes.

“All unicorns build doomsday devices!” Those five words were words that Twilight Sparkle never expected to hear next to each other and in that specific order in a sentence.

King Sombra has returned, and upon discovering that Twilight Sparkle has not even considered building a doomsday device, has given her an ultimatum: Either she builds a device that has the sole purpose of destroying the world, or he starts defacing her books.

The clock is ticking: Will Twilight be able to get in touch with her inner mad science and save her imperiled reading material? More importantly, is she really destined to bring about the end of the world? Are unicorns really nothing more than a cosmic reset button, poised to bring a halt to all existence at a moment's notice even in the face of past evidence suggesting that they're not very good at it? Will Twilight succeed where all others have presumably failed? Does she even want to?

Join in as we follow the journey to answer the question on minds the world over: “Anypony for Doomsday?”

Part of a series of companion fics to each of the "Fiendship is Magic" comics.
Fiendship is Magic #2 Fanfic (Tirek) : Madness for Power
Fiendship is Magic #3 Fanfic (Sirens) : Music Wars
Fiendship is Magic #4 Fanfic (Nightmare Moon) : For the Love of a Nightmare
Fiendship is Magic #5 Fanfic (Chrysalis) : The Need for Change

As Sombra pens the final words in his diary, the pony sisters descend upon the kingdom, and the shadow king prepares to meet them. Ascending to the throne room from his study, Sombra reflects on his plans, his feelings now, and the final fear he shall instill in the crystal ponies that will endure in them for a thousand years and beyond!

The thousand years passes, Sombra is defeated, and whatever is left of the shadow king reflects on his fall at the hooves of Twilight and others while he waits...and waits...and waits...for the inevitable defeat of light by darkness.

And back in the past, just after the Crystal Empire's banishment, Celestia and Luna tearfully try to come to terms with Sombra's curse and how the news will affect Radiant Hope. Luna in particular does her best to make sense of the madness.

"I'm just a beast. There's a darkness rising from the east. The darkness is me. It's what I always wanted to be."
~Aviators, "Undead"
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After his defeat at the Crystal Kingdom, Sombra has been revived but has different intentions of what he's going to do. What is his plan, if any? How will he react to what's happened?

Ispired by the IDW five-week comic series Fiendship is Magic issue no.1 which gave us some back story on Sombra and the big reveal that he is, indeed, still alive. I hope you enjoy!

Rated teen for language.

Twilight Sparkle has a secret: her mind is not hers alone.

King Sombra, tyrant of the Crystal Empire, was spared from his destruction. Twilight Sparkle welcomed his severed consciousness into her own, and began to learn from and hopefully teach the fallen unicorn. No one knows what she has done, and now fate has thrown a wrench into her plans.

Back in Ponyville after her coronation as Equestria's newest princess, Sombra refuses to ignore Twilight's new station in life.

One hundred percent approved by Twilight's Library.

A lot of people have their own ideas about the background of King Sombra.
This is my own take on the story behind the villain.
Editor: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7LEoRNDJEChwTJdWa_PypQ
Cover Art taken from dragonwolfrooke on deviant art

Not every tale has a happy ending.

This is the story of one colt, now an old stallion, and his journey to the north in hope of an adventure and a chance to get his Cutie Mark. It was an archaeological expedition to the tundras that once held the great Crystal Empire. It was the discovery of King Sombra's tomb. How could it get any more exciting than that?

What exactly does Fear look like?

Cover art was created by cmaggot