Colonel Galea, EUPG (retired), Dame Companion of the Order of the Golden Sun, found herself at loose ends after her medical retirement and recovery. She jumped at the chance to captain the nation’s largest civilian airship, Pride of Equestria, right out of the builder’s yard—but after a harrowing sky-pirate ambush, the elderly unicorn decided it was time to leave the derring-do to younger ponies and retired again.
Now she’s moved to Ponyford in the Valley of Heart’s Delight, and it’s time to pay her respects to the marquess of the Valley, as his newest vassal knight.
Based on the Valley of Heart’s Delight setting of my pony role-playing game, Pony Tales.
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Well, this should be interesting. I look forward to seeing where you go with this.
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To be honest, so am I. It’ll be pretty low-key, though—mostly a character study of Galea, Wrought Iron, and Grapevine, along with a little background on the Valley.
Interessant. I have to applaud you on your descriptions, they are done very neatly, with a sense for detail. Overall it's nothing worldbreaking, but you still have a fair share of lore here. It's great to see more of this late middle ages Equestria. Also, playful Deutsch noble seems like a great carrier of more worldbuilding. I'm looking forward to the next chapter, whenever it appears.
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Thanks very much for the kind words! The story is set during the series. As I describe elsewhere, I base my writing on Lauren Faust’s original world-building—which placed Equestria squarely in the equivalent of the late nineteenth century (around the 1860s to 1880s)—rather than the anachronistic hodgepodge mandated by Hasbro. The story takes place in the Valley of Heart’s Delight, a setting I created for a pony role-playing game I wrote a few years ago.
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I see. Thank you for clarification!