• Published 18th Sep 2016
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Forbidden Land - Mane-Shaker



(Inspired by Boatmurdered, the famous Dwarf Fortress succession game) If you check the official Equestria map, you see a place called "Undiscovered West", north of Las Pegasus. Why was It never explored?

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21 INTERMISSION (not part of fic)

Author's Note:

Hey everyone, I've been having some ups and downs lately on life. :ajbemused:
I'll leave this small intermission as a thank you for the support and the private messages.

I'll be back soon after some stuff is finished
Thank you again! You all woke up a small writer inside me! :pinkiesmile:

INTERMISSION

So people have been sending me some messages in private with questions, and how they are liking this fic so far. :heart: :yay:
And you have no idea how happy I am right now for all this. So as a thank you for you people, I've made some drawings related to the FIC and include some descriptions about them.
I hope this also answers some questions. :twilightblush:




A comparison sheet about Mane Shaker, Pinkamena Diane Pie and a regular dwarf pony.
Mane is 1,79m and Pinkamena is 1,68m. Sorry they look almost the same height and some anatomical errors. Now you get to see those two a bit more clearly and their "dress code"
Dwarf ponies are all earth ponies like said in the fic, recognized by their beards, low height (variation around 1m), strength and chubby appearance. And no that's not denim, It's dyed leather. I couldn't get a mixture of brown with the colors I had at the time.




Her weapons are all flintlock action. The pistols are the most basic flintlock pistols.
The sniper referred in "Stolen Technology" is an "upgraded musket". The action is still flintlock, but the bullets are made to be aerodynamic, armor piercing and long ranged, but still needs a lot of gunpowder for the effect.
The thing in the stock is an alteration made in chapter 33 ("Training and Studies"), the pistons and springs installed in the middle of the stock absorb the huge recoil of the weapon. The longer barrel than a musket, a bipod to help the steadiness, and a brass scope is what makes the "prototype sniper" what It is.




"Elephant Shenanigans" (Chapter 8 and 9)