Standing up from his throne, Deathbridle IV cast aside his golden goblet and looked upon his kingdom. The Everfree. He gained his rights from his father, Deathbridle III, who gained his rights of the Everfree from his grandfather, Deathbridle II, who was son to Deathbridle I, the first Pegasus to ever have both enough wealth and idiocity to claim a part of the Everfree as his own.
The original Deathbridle, originally named Aero Covert (only to have fallen on his head, contemplating within the following hour that he was an alicorn for no given reason and then changing his name... Hopefully within that exact same hour), used his inherited wealth to buy a portion of the Everfree— a large portion of the Everfree. Deathbridle I had a family that goes back generations ago, to the date where the Castle of the Royal Sisters was first built. A stallion named Edifice, an architectural designer, and his co-worker Sulcus, a mare who had previously designed the architecture of a few famous land marks, were responsible for the layout of the Castle of the Royal Sisters. Edifice and Sulcus both decided to wed each other soon after and had a family.
Centuries later Princess Celestia gained a scroll by a descendant of Edifice stating their right to the Castle and, for some reason, the Everfree forest. The Princess was meant to sort out the troublemaker, but after thinking about the very few needs that the castle could suffice and the, unpleasant, inhabitants of the Everfree forest, she was kind enough to grant the descendant his request. Only after she noticed the following package.
Deathbridle I had little money left so he had to rely on 'taxes' which required him to go to Ponies that wandered through his land and ask them to 'pay up their taxes'. He made little income this way and so decided to gather crops to eat. He had a son; Deathbridle II, who in twenty years time had his own son, aka, Deathbridle III who then had his own son; Deathbridle IV.
Deathbridle III has been dead for half a decade. His son, Deathbridle IV, decided that he needed a queen by his side to aid him in his duties as the king of the Everfree.
Irrelevant fact; he was stood up, gawking at a stunning mare located in his front garden at the same time he decided that he needed a Queen by his side. Irrelevant.
Anyway, she was staring back, with eyes wide open with surprise. She seemed to be interested in him.