The Crystal Empire had returned after an eternity in limbo and with it, its dark king escaped his tomb of ice. Equestria sent its most capable ponies to defend and secure the Crystal Empire, they fought admirably, but they ultimately failed to safekeep the heart of the empire. The Dyads fell, King Sombra retained his throne, and darkness blemishes the northern skies once again.

Equestria is now in the midst of recuperating, preparing itself for a large-scale siege to take back the empire and free it from King Sombra’s influence. However, the dark king will not rest until Equestria is no longer a threat. He is not above doing whatever it takes to prevent Harmony from spreading into the Crystal Empire, and he has the perfect tool to carry out his whim.

A spiritual crossover with Star Wars, based on the cover image by NCMares. Written for Equestria Daily’s Friend-Off Revival. And for Halloween, I guess.

Streaming video games online is a good way for a pony to earn extra bits—literally, in the case of Twitch. Not to mention making new friends online . . . as long as Shiroi can remember to follow human rules, something which doesn’t always come naturally to an au naturel pony.

Rule 9i can be a real bummer.

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The changelings, years after the invasion of Canterlot, struck at Equestria once more, this time with a highly industrialised army - panzers crashed through Equestrian troops, technologically inferior, taking Acornage in very few days, pushing to Vanhoover and even as far as Tall Tale.

Celestia erupted in fury.

The Solar Empire drove the changelings back, led by Empress Daybreaker, and within a year the changelings lands were Equestrian territory. Not all ponies accepted the new tyranny of Daybreaker, who considered herself a Goddess and the ponies her 'children' of sorts, especially the thestrals, whom had earlier enjoyed much better rights only to have those rights rescinded and finding themselves targeted.

Major General Sharpened Sword was one such figure, an earth pony stallion and hero of the war. It's up to him to rescue Equestria - can he help the resistance, lead a revolt, and rescue Celestia from the grips of her alter-ego, or will he stumble, failing to manage the high-exposure of being a hero and the favour of Daybreaker combined with his own beliefs in harmony and the old Equestria?

When the Gardens of Equestria were activated, many ponies believed the trying times were over and Equestria would become the paradise it had once been within a few short years.

As if the wasteland would give up that easily.

Monsters still roam the wasteland. Apex predators left unchanged from before the war. Mutant horrors born of balefire. Sadistic people whose hearts went black long ago... The Gardens did not kill. They did not reform. The Gardens did the one thing they were designed to do.

The Gardens cleaned up toxic waste everywhere their light could reach. No more, no less.

With radiation all but gone in most of the wasteland, taint entirely eliminated from Equestria's heartland, and much of the old farmland fertile once more, ponies everywhere banded together to take advantage of the world Pip healed... By forming large yet isolated settlements which over time joined one of two nations: The New Canterlot Republic, or the Herd.

These two ideologically opposed nations have clashed for over a decade. Border skirmishes are frequent. Black ops have been preformed by both sides. All out war has nearly broken out several times.

You can take the waste out of the wasteland. It's much harder to take it out of the wastelanders.

It is into this politically charged world that a newcomer arrives. A zebra from a remote northern kingdom, separated from Equestria for these many years by a megaspell induced winter that is at last dying down. A pity she arrives just as the other newcomers are enacting their bid for power.

This story is based on the story Fallout Equestria written by Kkat. It has been written with permission.

Featured on: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 7:18 AM UTC

For over a millennium, Equestria has seen (mostly) peace, with the barest of militaries, seen as "unnecessary" due to the prolonged period of harmony and friendship that took root within the country. However, that is quickly changing. With Stalliongrad having broken free from Equestria years prior, and the Changeling hives newly reunited under Queen Chrysalis, the age of peace is coming to a quick- and bloody- end.

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Set in the Equestria at War universe.

Cover Art belongs to the awesome MadHotaru

The year is 1019. 

And the World is on fire. 

The Final Showdown of the Griffonian Empire and the Republicans in the North is at claw. 

Meanwhile, the nation of Equestria has finally destroyed the Changeling threat once and for all.

However, it was only doable at the cost of their principles, morals, and their Princess’s sanity.

The heir to the Crystal Empire, Princess Flurry Heart has just turned fifteen years old. However, the world is crumbling down around the doomed landlocked Kingdom. Just a month prior, Flurry Heart was nearly abducted by her aunt, Princess Twilight Sparkle only stopped due to the timely intervention of her mother. But will it be enough to stop their defeat? 

And what about after? 

Will the new Solar Empress have them executed? Converted to another drone like Flurry’s Aunt? 

Only time will tell. 

This story is actually based on an Equestria at war playthrough I did a while back, so I am using its timeline to the best of my memory, if an event is impossible in the mod that occurs in the story, please tell me so I can fix it.

Deep in the forests and wilderness of the River Coalition, a squad of Griffon saboteurs raid the countryside in preparation for a larger invasion. Little did they know however, as they pillage and murder their way through the forested hamlets, a predator of a different breed is on the hunt, and he’s just caught their scent…

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.

'Prepper', is an alicorn who once saw a glimpse into the future. With a vision of disaster, her destiny changed. No longer believing that no harm could ever come to the world she knows, she began to prepare for an uncertain future.
Now a wandering caravan finds themselves welcomed, invited to come join her in her shop, 'Prepper's Place', as she tells the story of how things came to be the way they are now.

This is an 'episodic' style story that follows the dream one alicorn has of bringing love to the wasteland in her own little way. Revel as she recounts her tales, and buy her bargains at brazenly discounted prices.

Cover art was done by the magnificient Grypher, who can be found on Derpibooru. (No link this time, you might see why if you check!)
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Authors note: I had planned to keep this hidden until completion (it isn't going to be a long story, I swear!) but the fact that Grypher finished the cover art and plans to release it prompted a change of pace. Current events in the world (a certain virus) have slowed down my writing efforts, but I promise, this WILL be complete before long!

Also of note: although this is set in the same canon as Broken Bonds, the two stories will never meet, so knowledge of one will not affect the other.

This story is a sequel to Fallout: Equestria - Fall of a Hero

Saying goes that in the Equestrian Wasteland, no hero lives forever.

History has shown time and time again that even the most promising of uprising heroes may fall to the wasteland. Temptation is lurking left and right, and once one has given in; has embraced the insanity of the Equestrian Wasteland, it's very hard, maybe even impossible, to get back on the path of light.

This is the story of how Equestria's favorite and most well-known heroine fell to the wasteland - and of what happened in the years after.

Sequel/Epilogue to Fall of a Hero.

Credit for the cover goes to Whitepone. Props to Dustchu for suggesting it!