Just your average author, who diddles and doddles and doesn't really bother until he realizes how annoying it must be for other people. Don't worry, he still gets stuff done, he's just really slow.
The world of ponies is in utter and complete chaos, since the villains have taken over and banished the princesses to another dimension. No pony knows where the elements are either. Even the human Zach was banished when he was sent to Tartarus.