Daybreaker, Celestia's alter-ego is finishing her war to take control of Equestria. The sun will shine brightly on all of pony kind and all enemies of Equestria and harmony shall burn. Daybreaker will provide the protection Celestia failed to.
As she approaches the final corners of Equestria still outside her control and the sun reaches its peak. Daybreaker thinks back to how it all started.
The story takes place in the Equestria at War universe, but you don't need to play the mod to understand this story. (it is really fun tho)
I got the idea for this story when making the drawing that is now the cover art.
The Cover image is made by myself
Chapters (1)
Witness the Queen in all her glory. Witness her greatness and despair.
Captivating artwork you have there.
Interesting plot to mull over. Better language use, descriptors and transitional terms would make it a even more fantastic read.
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I am glad you liked it. Do you have any advice on how to improve my language usage. I am dutch so English is not my first language.
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That is what I like about Daybreaker and tried to capture in this story. She does what she does because she loves her ponies and wants to protect them. It is just that she can't see that the way she does this causes more harm than good. But her reasons are ultimately to do good.
Thanks, it is one of my better ones. I really tried to create somewhat realistic lighting and shadow effects.
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Well, let's not forget that selfishness is the key characteristic of Daybreaker's character, meaning it no longer matters what was the initial idea Celestia had. The three focus trees that you have in the mod are three ways in which Daybreaker can build her tyranny, they don't really have anything to do with her character. The "Empress-Protector" isn't the "good" way, it is the way of least resistance. By not repressing her subjects too much, she doesn't provoke a strong reaction. It is even openly displayed in the mod itself, the "Empress Protector" has the least amount of time you need to invest in order to quell the resistance and stop it from constantly draining your PP.
Daybreaker is very direct and... one might say, simplistic in her approach to her rule. Nightmare Moon is much more subtle. Her "good" focus tree is arguably a much more effective way to build a tyranny. Nightmare Moon makes her subjects want her shackles to be put on them. Not that they have a choice, of course. Her tyranny is velvety and soft, by being merciful and generous to her subjects, she removes any necessity for them to resist her. There is simply no point, they will not get Celestia back either way and Nightmare Moon isn't a bad replacement, even if authoritarian.
But I digress, your story your choices. You want good Daybreaker? Well, then have good Daybreaker! I, myself, have good Nightmare Moon, it took a little time to get at that point, but do you.
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I agree with your point. Daybreaker is at heart a tyrant. What I meant to say was that although Daybreaker does a lot of evil things. The reason Celestia turned into Daybreaker was a good one, to protect her ponies. Basically like the saying "the road to hell is paved with good intentions." Celestia wanted to to good but she ended up doing evil.
The difference between Nightmare Moons style of rule and Daybreakers one was initially supposed to be the subject of this story. Because I do think that because of the points you made the Lunar Empire ultimately has a stronger foundation than the Solar Empire. But during the writing process I decided to remove that part of the plot because I wanted to keep this story short and I didn't feel like I could give both themes the attention they needed. So I decided to completely focus on Daybreakers backstory. Maybe in the future I will make another story or a sequel addressing Daybreakers style of rule.
I will, but you made some very good points and it was interesting to read someone else opinion.
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This is kinda what this place is for. To share opinions and ideas.