This story is a sequel to Earth & Sky

Set three years after the founding of Harmony Aeronautics and the Grand Pegathalon.

The best and brightest (or at least flashiest) minds in Equestria are at it again. An accidental combination of Harmony Aeronautics and Lulamoon Studios' latest magical technologies leads to Twilight finding a new way of looking at the world. What will be revealed by her new found perspective, and how will it shake things up in Los Pegasus?

This story is a sequel to The Dusk Guard Saga: Rise

"Viking ZX has pride in the fact that he can throw his readers into a ride." —PCaRG
"... an exhilarating romp that leaves you guessing half the time and keeps you thrilled throughout." —PaulAsaran
"... you’ll enjoy this one." —City of Doors

Blade Sunchaser is a griffon on the run.

Seven days ago she was the bodyguard of two of the wealthiest railroad magnates in Equestria. One day after that she was in a jail cell.

She didn’t stay there for long. She’s got a job to do, a job with a payoff bigger than any she’s ever earned before. All she needs to do is track down two stolen bits of crystal and bring them back to her employer. Stolen bits last seen being taken north, past Equestria’s furthest borders, into the lawless wasteland known as the Ocean of Endless Ice. A haven of ice dredgers, criminals, and pirates ripe with violence, danger, and dark secrets. But for this kind of payoff, the danger is nothing. She’ll face anything, go anywhere, and do whatever it takes to see her mission through.

Even start a war ...

Book II of The Dusk Guard Saga
Epic Fantasy
Equestrian Map of the Ocean of Endless Ice
Official Series Timeline at [url=https://www.fimfiction.net/group/204855/the-dusk-guard-saga/thread/127607/the-dusk-guard-saga-timeline]TDG Group Forums
Can be found on TV Tropes at The Dusk Guard Saga’s page (Page outdated)
Cover art by Midnight Sonare
Alpha and Beta read by Siers, Raptra, and Jorlem.
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Author’s note: From time to time you may encounter a hotlink in the text. These hotlinks are background themes and can be clicked or passed over at your own choice. It is recommended that for maximum enjoyment beforehand, make sure that your volume settings on YouTube are at a comfortable level and make use of Ctrl+Shft+Clicking or the middle mouse button to open the song in a new tab, where it will play automatically without your involvement.

Or just don’t click on them until later. They are an entirely optional experience, and can be passed over without incident.

Twice an age has passed since the last great winter faded from memory, twice an age since the races of Equestria took their first steps from their shelters and tasted air ripe with the warmth of Spring.

The time of the Founders has long since passed and with them, the memory of bitter cold and harsh winds. The fearsome Windigos, eldritch beasts of hate and hoarfrost, reduced to mere bogey ponies. Tales told by mothers to frighten errant children. Those who once stood sentinel against the coming frosts, the Northknights, brave individuals of all races, have faded into obscurity along with their purpose. Protective eyes, now long dark in their graves, no longer watch the northern horizon.

The years have grown colder. Spring arrives later and later, and lasting only the blink of an eye. The bitter winds howl down from the highest peaks like the wails of banshees, stirring memories long forgotten. In an attempt to alleviate their worries, the Princesses dispatch their brightest minds and bravest hearts to restore connections to the Crystal Empire, now lost to Equestria behind driving blizzards and grinding glaciers. And yet, one sister cannot shake darker thoughts. Thoughts of hooves, frost-rimed and black, and ragged winds like howls from mountain tops.