In the alternate timeline where Sombra was not stopped, a human finds himself suddenly in Sombra's body... just after the dread tyrant has conquered Equestria. Now trapped in a world where just about everyone hates him, he must try to keep up the illusion that he is the villainous conqueror, while at the same time try to win over his new subjects.
However, this will not be so simple, as the real Sombra is not quite dead... and he is most definitely not happy.
Part of The Ocean Of Time series.
Chapters (8)
This is utterly hilarious bud. Keep up the good work.
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*slow claps*
I just... I don't... *sigh*
I just kinda want to read this story, but I also can't take it as seriously as I want to. I'll come back another day to see what happens to this story.
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If you're taking this story seriously, you're doing it wrong.
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I take stories seriously when I want a good read, I don't when I just want to be entertained.
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Take that as you will...
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Thanks much. Feel free to spread the love: I can use all the readers I can get.
Sweet god this is amazing so far
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Thanks! Feel free to tell others about this story. It seems the front page doesn't like me very much, so I'll have to rely on word of mouth.
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Sure if anyone I know asks for a good read I'll point em your way cause so far all your stories are simply wonderful to read
wonderful
I think the main thing fighting against you right now is your story description. Why did you capitalize every word? It gives the impression that you have no idea how to properly format a piece, on top of being hard on the eyes.
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Thanks for the advice. It's been corrected.
cool, btw I added you to a few groups, keep up the good work!
Interesting so far, rather glad there is a profanity filter in this equestria, I always enjoyed creative, non vulgar curses.
I hope this sombra boops celestia's snoot just to confuse her.
Well another pearl in a pool of gold.
This fic seems to be good. Fav liked and followed, also added to my group.
Is the title a play on "unfortunately I am the high king of Skyrim"?
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Yup!
Now this, this is some high quality shit right here. And congratulations cause you got featured bro.
It's alright girls, I'm sure you would do better without blue blood, even figureheads can only do so much and you would be very hard pressed to find a worse one and even more so to find someone willing to rally under him, "royal" or not.
So. . .
Rainbow dash; dang girl, you scary.
Pinkie pie; (hugs) I hope you smile again.
Maud; you could have stopped rainbow at any time, but you didn't. What are you planning in that geophilliac mind of yours?
So, the Crystal Heart beats within his chest does it?
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"They saved his body, but the cheese had completely slid of his cracker" I lost it after reading that sentence. I really enjoy how well you described things here. Also you don't happen to watch tfs do you."? The mention of time travel and being kicked in the dick brought about flashbacks. Cant wait to see how this plays out.
Love it. Hopefully this guy doesn't hold back and conquers the whole of equus at one point.
How much did Quapdo's story inspire you?
This looks like so much fun, please don't leave it as incomplete in the middle...
Dis gunna Be gud!
And that's using the long scale.
Celly just keep on dealing with threat after threat and it eventually wore her down enough for sombra to lunge on the weakened equestria causing it to fall and then some random guy shows up in the aftermath as their conqueror. This is most definitely going to be a good fic.
but being forced to take classes in acting, theatre, and improv for several years in preparation to starting a career in politics gave me a poker face that nothing short of a zombie-sharknado apocalypse could break. Wow that is honestly one of the best things you could have in this situation besides from having your lessons in politics. Again I cannot stress it enough, This is going to be Good!
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Shots fired.
That was the greatest telling of Equestrian history I have ever read. EVER. It was so good, I read it in VaatiVidya's voice. This deserves a like!
*Fav'd and Follow'd*
For the first time in a long time, the feature box did not disappoint me. This is really good. I particularly enjoy the characterizations you've given to the various ponies we've gotten to see so far and the uniquely colorful descriptions "Sombra" gives us. I'm looking forward to seeing where you go with this.
the title is a reference to http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1198546-the-elder-scrolls
isn't it?
I'd love if my meme knowledge pointed me in the right direction, but even if it isn't, I'll be with the story till the end!
Keep it up!
And now I imagine that "Sombra" has a mental voice that sounds exactly like Handsome Jack. Aaaaand, crap, now I imagine "Sombra" himself sounding like Handsome Jack.
I am completely okay with this.
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Indeed.
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Not quite. The Crystal Heart could destroy Sombra's body, to the point that regeneration would take a very long time. But kill him permanently? No. What the hero has inside of him could be best described as 'The Moment Of King Sombra's Death'. What that will mean will be discussed later.
nothing else except, wow. good writing
Now this is a good story with a great setup. I am extremely curious how events will go from here on out. And think it would be hilarious if it turns out Celestia's time being imprisoned is like the ultimate vacation where she is spoiled and treated well like an old friend by "Sombra."
Four chapters, 123 likes.. That's impresive.
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And now I have to go back and do the same thing xD
So far this story isn't very, uh, comedic. This dude has willingly taken up the mantle of a vicious evil wizard, and then humiliated someone who was zero threat to him, and then manipulated the good guys into murdering him in the most disgusting way possible. Why did Dash kill him anyway? All because Blueblood surrendered to the guy who beat Celestia herself? Because you're not a traitor if you surrender when your armies are broken and your rulers are deposed and you have nothing left to fight with. That's just common sense. It's really not okay to kill someone by drowning them in piss just because they're not an uber-warrior like you. And if Rainbow is such a hardass, why not attack Sombra in a last-ditch effort to kill him when the three warriors who have the best chance of doing it are right in front of him? And on top of all that, why didn't Maud do anything to stop Rainbow Dash after the first punch if she is so perfectly perceptive in figuring out what's really going on? Is she only able to realize she's being manipulated after the fact?
And this psychopathic manipulation on the OC's part is... not what the supposedly more evil King Sombra would do? Why is this guy tricking ponies into killing each other if he's eventually going to not be an evil dictator later on anyway?
I mean it's not a bad story necessarily, assuming you can justify the grimdark outlook of the characters. But if you're going for dark, tag it that way. As in, remove comedy, and replace it with dark. This is absolutely not comedy, unless you're just into watching people get killed by a Rainbow Dash who has titanium balls but no brains to match.
I fear you have misapplied one of the Tags to your story.
So far I have found absolutely nothing resembling comedy.
And considering one of the 'Heroes' just murdered someone in an absolutely disgusting and degrading fashion and having regrets, not for murdering someone, but for being 'manipulated' to do so.
I would strongly consider applying a Dark Tag to this story.
Otherwise I fear quite a few readers will come bearing completely different expectations, and be found wanting.
Oh colt, this is good! Not usually much for dark comedy (or comedy in general) but this, I like.
*continues to read.*
8192706 Wait, so Sombra managed to crystallize (huh, that term actually works) a conceptualized event/moment in time, before it actually happened? Or is it something similar to the concept of a lich binding their lifeforce to a physical object (think Sauron and "The One Ring"), or perhaps even like Davy Jones who -to quote Tia Dalma- "carve out him heart, lock it away in a chest, and hide de chest from de world"?
That last one actually sounds incredibly similar what you described him doing:
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So, the MC might have been the "chest" in question or something?
8193191 That or the contents of the chest somehow latched on to the main character when they were pulled through the void. If I'm right and this is a case of Sombra pulling a Voldemort, then that means it's highly likely that whatever this "death" is, it would be drawn to Sombra like a magnet.
"The Ring yearns above all else to return to the hand of its master."
Yikes Rainbow, I know Blueblood is a cowardly fool, but that death was pretty harsh!
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Still, you have earned a fave, this story is intriguing and I await seeing where it goes! (Please continue and don't leave us in suspense?
Does that mean he has to slowly try to better his image and slowly change the way he is treating them?
I think the problem in this world is, that if he would just tell them everything and suddenly look weak they maybe would take the chance to just kill him or something like that right? I just try to see the reason why he has to continue being like Sombra.
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More like the Russian fairy tale of Koschei The Deathless. Koschei was immortal, as he had hidden his 'death', although some stories refer to it as his soul instead, inside of a needle, which is in an egg, which is in a duck, which is in a hare, which is in an iron chest, which is buried under a green oak tree, which is on the island of Buyan in the ocean. Unlike nearly any other villain in existence, Koschei made sure that it would be REALLY FRICKIN' HARD for anyone to get to his one weakness. Sombra went a step further by hiding his 'death' on another planet (Earth). However, Sombra had buried it more than a thousand years ago, and never went to check on it afterwards. What may have once been land uninhabited by anyone may no longer be so. Is it like The One Ring, in that it wants to return to its owner? While not a perfect analogy, it does kinda fit. There's more to the story, of course, but we'll get to that later. The point is, the one thing that can kill Sombra for real is out and about in Equestria, and he's got a serious murder-boner for the guy that's carrying it.
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For a justification, I think I made it fairly clear: If he comes out and says that he's Someone Else is Sombra's body, and he has no means of using any of Sombra's magic, someone will have the bright idea to kill him in the hopes of making sure it means Sombra will not come back. After all, there's no way most of Equestria would know that the current situation is permanent. Sombra had just finished conquering their kingdom in a long, drawn out war, and all that any Equestrian citizen had to look forward to was dominion by an evil overlord who'd make Voldemort and Sauron look like pretty nice guys. Now, you know and I know now that if Not-Sombra dies, then Equestria's best chance of being rid of Sombra falls into the wrong hands, but nearly everyone else in the story believes otherwise.
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You say it is not really a comedy, but way too many people are laughing for it not to be. Still, to keep the peace, I have put a dark tag on the story.