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// Ruined Nations 
// Story: Tear the Sky Asunder 
// by Ice Star 
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Where three Sirens work their magic
Enchanting earth ponies across the countryside for power
Starswirl will soon hear of this
The last resort of the race he holds so low, despite the prejudice that haunts them all

Although his services —  if he agrees at all —  will come at a heavy price that few could truly pay
Nothing can be done with their minds under the spell of the trio of enchantresses
Dying crops dot the southwestern fields, all as the food supply of all three Tribes rots beneath earth pony hooves

Escaping the castle ruins is young Platinum's nurse
And in her desperation she finds a unicorn who can deliver the news of the castle's fall
Still, there is no rest for her as Platinum — in the tradition of her kin — cries not for family, but for material lost
The second messenger departs, on a parallel journey with the first, putting the ruined northeast behind him