I’ve… been rethinking my suspicion about Yoth-Atal being behind the kelpies.
As much as I hate to even consider it… as much as I fear of it, she might be the true enemy behind this. There is nothing I can conceive of that would bring back something from the dead. Only she has the power, and frankly the motivation.
I have no clear evidence for this, but … let me write this out for you diary.
Yoth has every reason to try to destroy the seapony and deep pony races with a third species that is designed to devour them all. After all, while both species… were if I recall correctly from Panthalussa’s memories…created by Yoth. It was the Creator then altered us from Yoth’s original vision.
Furthermore, Yoth definitely has the power. Can she access all of her power? No, due to the seal… she can’t escape and with Vale Auras dropped into the abyss to renew the seal, there’s no way she could possibly get out.
But… now that I think about it… she could conceivably circumvent part of the seal to create a new species. Why? Well… probably to help her get out, or at least, help her return to power in the seas through proxy, if not directly. It would take a lot of time… but the kelpies have been around for centuries now.
Still, I have no evidence. No direct link aside from the fact that Tethys came back to life, and the only possible power that can do so would be an Old One...or the Creator herself. That being said, I doubt the Creator would actually do such a thing because that would mean the kelpies were her creation.
Damnit. Just… damnit.