Another subterranean temple. Another priceless magical artifact. Daring has fought Ahuizotl for the fate of the world before … but this time, she's learned who killed her father, and only one of them is going to walk away.
Princess Celestia descends to the vaults beneath the Royal Castle to confront the restless spirit of Sombra, in hope of helping him find the peace he could never achieve.
Long ago, in the frozen wastelands of what would become the Crystal Empire, a lone unicorn stallion becomes trapped in an icy tomb. He finds salvation, but not without a price. A King Sombra origin story.
Some names are respected. Some are ignored. Some are loved. There is only one name in the whole world of Equestria that became the synonym for cruelty. This name is Sombra, and this is his story.
When Sonata and Aria return to school after disappearing for several weeks, Sunset begins to find out the reason the girls turned into such evil beings.
The ego of King Sombra knows no bounds. One morning, he looks over his domain, bristling with pride, with impossible confidence. But then, he sees something that makes his facade of power and control seem to shatter.
In a final effort to escape the prisons underneath the Crystal Kingdom, a race prepares their champion - a tiny child who may not survive to receive his new calling to save his people.
The demon must have his dues. Sombra must have his freedom. Yet that same love that first gave him the strength to carry on may be the price he must pay for his hubris. The power of the amulet may accept nothing less.
Aria will protect her cousin from anything, even if she is a burden, especially when it comes to the newcomer to their duo, a siren filly named Adagio Dazzle with plans of her own. [Siren Origin Story]
The story of how a single unicorn from Equestria overtook the entire Crystal Empire a thousand years ago, and how Luna and Celestia ultimately defeated him.