Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria...

When Balefire baptised all of Equestria, life itself was nearly extinguished. As the dust settled, little was left save for shattered ruins and broken hopes, shadowed beneath a cloud-filled sky, the survivors crawling from their shelters to eke out a meager existence amid the remnants of the past.

It was far above the surface that last shreds of Civilization held firm. The pegasus ponies, whose capitol of Cloudsdale was obliterated in the Last Day’s first strike, closed off the sky in grief. Proclaiming the surface lost to it’s fiery fate, they turned their backs on the surface world. Anypony who defied the new Council’s ruling would be branded as an outcast forever, and cast down to the hellscape below to die.

It was here that the greatest minds and strongest warriors the pegasi could produce gathered for their greatest undertaking yet... A great return; a new war nearly two-hundred years after the first.

Even as the dust settled and corpses cooled far below, the pegasi turned back to a culture of war... Just as in the days of old, ponies divided themselves and fell to chaos, distrust, and discord.

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This fic will be a starting point for stories to come, and is also a prequel to a work-in-progress piece entitled 'Fallout Equestria: Finding Harmony' by RedSquirell456 (the author of My Little Metro and Whisper Sun, Silent Moonamong others) that will feature some familiar faces.

This story is a sequel to Fallout Equestria: Night of the Loving Dead

To some, the Day of Sunshine and Rainbows had a different name. Because, when LittlePip destroyed the cloud cover, all those vegetables from the Enclave cloud farms had to come down somewhere.

Written for the Fallout: Equestria group's collab of January 2016.

This story features some characters that readers may remember from my main Fallout: Equestria story, The Daily Unlife. Be warned; this story contains mild spoilers about the end of The Daily Unlife.

Set in the world created by Kkat and expanded upon by other authors, this story takes place in Fallout: Equestria, following the journey of Nevermore. Unforgiven, she atones for her sins through aimless wandering, enduring the suffering around her. Her life is a cold and lifeless thing, and she has grown to accept her fate, as much as she rails against it. But perhaps even one such as she can find a glimmer of hope in the blasted wasteland, or will the world break her further, as she races against time.

All rights to their original owners. No claims made or implied by this work.

Thanks so much to Nessy from http://tehfizzle.tumblr.com/ for the wonderful artwork!

My second place entry for the Fallout: Equestria 500 members writing competition, choosing the theme "Before the bombs".

This isn't a tale of great heroism, of any great battle fought hard and won well. Deadbolt Tumbler never really had any driving force in his life, he didn't have a special somepony, he didn't even have any friends. He was content to do his job to the best of his abilities everyday and live out his life in peace as he always had, but the great war was now in full swing, and as it often does, fate decides to intervene. On the afternoon of his 18th birthday, he was drafted to fight for his country, throwing him into a world of new experiences that threaten to shatter his fragile perception of friends, love, and loss. Although he had written them off as nothing more than fables as a colt, he soon comes to see that the monsters from the tales of old, still roam the battlefields before him.

The wonderful youtuber Plagen Shiki has done a marvelous reading of this story! You can find it here if you'd like to listen as you read!

Hope is the faith of the young. Losing everything she holds dear, Puppysmiles embarks on the adventure of her life to find her mother, her hopes of meeting her again driving her through the horrors of a world not of her making. Too bad the Wastelands doesn't care about hope.

In the ruins of embattled Lunangrad, the proud city of Equestria's most northern climes, a Dashite finds an injured pony alone and helps him, despite the risk to herself, holding the example of a certain Lunagrad Crusader before her as a shining example. But this pony, a stallion who's not truly even fully grown quite yet, is more than what meets the eye. Two ponies each face their own struggles: one must learn to overcome her own disappointment and fear to help a stranger, and the other must come to terms with his own motivations, and face an ugly truth behind at least some of his bravery.

(A Oneshot set in the Fallout Equestria Universe.Credit to Kkat, for this dark chest of wonders. Credit to MasterJosh140 for the AWESOME picture. Go look at the gallery! Go!)

Ortus:
‘My coming would have saved you, set your people free in ways they cannot see. War would have tested them: broken the weak with its violence, yet allowing the strong to arise.’
-Legate Lanius, 2281

To live is to be a slave we only choose the nature of our bindings. In a meaningless world, corrupting and devoid of all hope, the choice is clear.

(Originally meant to be a one-off, this is kind of a very short origin story, but lays the ideology on quite thick. Warning: gore tag added as this contains some light goriness and alludes to willing self-mutilation.)

Vita:
‘Home isn’t where you’re born into this world.’
-Speculator Ulysses, 2281

The story of a couple held apart by the necessities of societal rank and social norms stealing a few precious moments to celebrate their one year anniversario.

Occasus:
‘I survived because the fire inside burned brighter than the fire around me. I fell down into that dark chasm, but the flame burned on and on.’
-Legate Joshua Graham (disgraced), 2281

The inevitable conclusion for those who live by the sword and have given up all hope for their world’s redemption.

After finally reading Fallout Equestria by Kkat and loving it I gradually threw these together for no apparent reason (each one written randomly when majorly stressed out). In general these are ponified Caesar’s Legion in the Equestrian Wasteland, based around my main pro-Legion playthrough of Fallout New Vegas, discussions (arguments) with mates about this decision and a stupid picture I drew of a main OC and Legate Lanius as a ponified couple (above), one of the many weird results of these conversations (arguments). (Triptych story consists of Ortus, Vita and Occasus, meanwhile the Memoriam are more like individual scenes)

Massive thanks to Haphazard for pre-reading whatever this is meant to be and getting me over my aversion to crossovers.

Also thank you to anyone who reads my stuff.

Notes:
• Title: Conqueror of My Heart (Latin)
• I have not yet had the chance to check out stories in which others have already inserted the Legion into the Fallout Equestria universe. This is not meant as a serious attempt to insert the faction; rather this is a really basic ponification based on conversations.
• Sketch used as cover art used base by XxPartyingxX (http://xxpartyingxx.deviantart.com/)
• I’m marking this as complete for now, but may write more in the future depending on how I feel.
• I welcome any and all feedback.

CURRENTLY BEING REWRITTEN
The Northern wastes, a place once believed to be completely void of life aside from ghouls in what used to be the Crystal Empire and the frost Mirelurks who live in the frigid waters of the frozen sea. So it might come to a surprise to learn there is a Stable located here, very few knew of it’s existence until the Outcast and the Forgotten Knights made themselves known to the Equestrian wasteland.

Before that, the Stable laid there buried under the snow with only two living inhabitants both in cryogenic sleep. These two are about to play a major role in the future of the ponies in the Equestrian wastesland.

PART ONE of my Eternal series of stories

This story is in dire need of an editor so if you're interested send me a message okay.

Removed the Fallout Equestria in the Title since this story has little to do with the original so sorry in advance

set 200 years after the Day of Sunshine and Rainbows