Summoned by a human obsessed unicorn Lyra, Otto von Bismarck appears in Equestria. The ever calm Iron Chancellor befriends many Ponies and encounters many new foes, all while trying to contain the power of his magical Pickelhaube, enchanted by the sinister lord of chaos himself - Discord.

In hopes of wreaking more wonderful chaos, said draconequus summons Montezuma, the Aztec Emperor. The man quickly starts to believe that Trixie is a goddess. Will Lyra and the moustached German Chancellor prevail against the evil forces of the egoistic showmare and her bloodthirsty servant, or will the whole Equestria drown in disharmony? Only time can tell, and the clock is right in Discord's left hand.

Big thanks to McNeil for proofreading and being generally helpful.

"I'm done" was what Searing Moon said to Luna, before leaving the Lunar Republic, in hopes of having a better life. He heads to Equestria, only to find out that it has been ravaged by this war, and he knows the pony who could give him some answers. Only being there a day, his best friend and two others were murdered, and Moon goes to find the killer, and try to stop the war before it destroys civilization as he knows it.

War comes to Equestria: with despair, with starvation, with suffering and with sacrifice. And the ponies must learn how to keep true to their values while surviving not just the rigors of battle, but the desolation of total war.