We doubted the queen's power. We thought nothing of her tales of strength. Why should we have believed the far fetched rumors of awesome power? Of her loyal maidens of battle? That the small country that had the gall to call itself the "Crystal Empire" was in its right a true empire?
Well, the simple answer is, we didn't. And we should have.
Then maybe the bloodshed could have been avoided. I believe that's what Queen Megan would have wanted.
-From the memoirs of an ex-Providence soldier.
Inspired by a particularly excellent piece by Equestria Prevails!
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this is very well done for your work you get a cute ponyderpicdn.net/img/view/2014/12/17/786835__safe_solo_applejack_looking+at+you_g1_unshorn+fetlocks_raised+hoof_realistic_saddle_bridle.png
Where did you get that awesome picture?
Equestria Prevails. Go check out his amazing art! 5415643
This made me smile way wider then it should have. I have a weakness for the stories that are written almost like biblical passages that paint humans as almost godlike beings of myth.
Now I wish 'Human 3 shades of grey' would update.
Interesting, and I could tell, you were losing some steam at the end, but overall, a really good story! 8/10
5415675 Especially with how Equestria Prevails paints Megan, she practically is a god. She builds an empire that spans nearly the entire planet, rules it for 500 years, ascends a handful of ponies to alicorn-hood to act as her elite guard, and even then she is so powerful that Tirek is a general to her. Of course he does try to start a revolt against her which he essentially gets completely stomped on.
So Megan...ya...she's a god.
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Thank you very much!
Actually, this was very good. And you clearly know something about medieval warfare beyond what Skyrim taught you.
Humans will win, of course. Ave
ImperatorImperatrix.5417397 Never played Skyrim myself.
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Ehh. If you don't think it would be a good idea if Diablo were an FPS, you probably don't want it.
But the lore's pretty damn good.
man another fic of badass megan as ruler of the crystal empire sweet work
i dont know if you have read it already but there is another work similar to yours
lets hope the author resumes it or leave it for someone else
5432499 I haven't read that one, but it looks pretty sweet! Defienlty will check it out, I love pony lore stories!
I want to read an entire novel based on this. Complete with gray-and gray morality, Equestria VS the Crystal Empire and its protector/queen, the unification and peace versus independence and inevitable chaos, and all of the necessary, horrific bloodshed in between.
(I'm aware that it wasn't actually megan vs Equestria, but that's the idea I came up with.
... Mind if I try my hand at something based on this? I'm already coming up with lore and stuff in my head.)
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5438447 Why thank you.
What a haunting interpretation of the sometimes-biblical Megan of G1. Masterfully written.
5502223 I blame the cover-art
It's a good snippet of the cover art, so in that way it has, I presume, completely achieved your objective. And yet ... meh.
5564335 Ya, I didn't finish it too well, so that played a part overall.
5564446 Perhaps it's because you were busy portraying that moment in time. In the picture, the battle hasn't ended, so when you had to end it in the story, you wavered! It all makes sense.
5564505 You just blew my mind.
You have some trouble with repeating the same, or very similar words.
Also, you have some odd phrases that don't quite line up.
Other than that, very good!
Short but it's good.
This..story...
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Enough of my gasping!
This is some good stuff,even if it was short.
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Oh dear...
This is a well written story
I'm not typically a big fan of first-person stories, but you did a nice job with this. I love the imagery you put in here, and the subject is just so cool... I mean, how can an army led by god-queen Megan and her alicorn maidens NOT be freaking cool?? But you did a great job of really bringing it to life in a way that felt like a retelling of the actually event. Very nice!
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But in all seriousness, very well done. THis was a very well written piece and expresses both the horrors and glory of war, while still maintaining that feeling of awe you get from fantastical war stories of old.