This story is a sequel to The Northern Winds

When Princess Luna goes to raise the moon the night after the summer sun celebration she finds it stained with a bloody red glow and is tormented by voices from inside her head. The next morning Princess Celestia is visited by Queen Galacia who informs her that the third conduit, The Empire of the Sands, has resurfaced and with it the third Lord of Decay, Warlord Bloodmoon, with an army larger than they could ever imagine. Now Twilight and her friends must travel to the ends of Equestria in order to unite it's different factions against a common enemy while at the same time searching for the descendants of the Peacekeepers, a secret order of knights responsible for giving their lives in order to stop Bloodmoon's assault on Equestria.

New to the Royal Guard, Swift Steel is put into a newly forming squad named "Foxtrot" alongside a guardsman known only as Sergeant "Scar" and as new members of the squad join he finds himself caught in the crossfire of a long term feud between his fellow squad mates. Now not only must he learn the art of war but he must also teach his fellow squad mates to put aside their grudges, come together, and fight for something more than themselves before the Lord of War tears them and Equestria apart.

*Note: This story is still under heavy construction as I am still working on drawing the cover art. What is currently being used is just a piece from it. That being said cover art was once again drawn by me. Requests are pay what you want head over to DeviantArt for more details.