//------------------------------// // Delusions of Grandeur // Story: Oh Bearer Mine // by JunebugTheBug //------------------------------// It's been two years since you volunteered to be a defender of the land, to go out into the dangerous lands, to stop threats to Equestria, you with your new armor and sword, fresh out of training. You had heard the legend, all of you guardians had, of the Ahamkara. The dragon-like beings were said to grant wishes of knowledge and power in return for service. They knew answers to questions no-one thought to ask. Though, with the risk, and many of your predecessors seeking them out, even after explicitly being forbidden, the Sisters and the Nobles came to a consensus. The Ahamkara were to be eradicated. It wasn't an easy decision, the knowledge and power was a near necessity in Equestria's early years. But the price was too high, and it seemed nothing would stop the land's protectors from seeking them out, driven by hope, vengeance, or despair. Their call needed to be silenced, and so, the Great Hunt began. The Ahamkara are now all but extinct, their solipsistic flattered removed, and their plan - if one existed - destroyed. You can be assured of this, after all, they haven't been seen, heard of, or even spoken of, in over a millennium. Their story completely forgotten by all, not even the Sisters dare to truly remember them.