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// Thorn roots of a beautiful tree, seeds of malignance (2/6) 
// Story: How Bronconia Was Made 
// by JRPerl 
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Thorn roots of a beautiful tree, seeds of malignance



There was a period of time when Equestrian ponies had brutal outlaws among them. Basically, there was a specific, dangerous group of outlaws. These were the ponies that conspired in secrecy to one day overthrow their Royal regime and take control by any means necessary. 

At the beginning, these were known as The Unseen Gallopers. It is unclear much about the battle between the Unseen and the Equestrian ponies. But their coup failed and were defeated. Equestria made the Unseen, and all ponies affiliated pay for willingly fostering and carrying out their unthinkable act of betrayal against their own Kingdom. Punishment ranged from minimal Detention sentence of many many many stellar blue moons, to total exile out of Equestria and/or into Tartarus, and all in-between depending on the outcome of the investigation conducted by Royal officials, the severity of the crime committed by the individuals, and the co-operation of the individuals that committed the crime or were involved. 

The top most powerful, influential ones were sent to Tartarus. Those that were forced against their will were mostly pardoned. But a great number of those who were found guilty in knowingly helping in the conspiracy, fulfilled their time and were casted out of Equestria, deemed never to be seen again. 

It should be noted that not all of the exiled were bad ponies. In fact, a small group headed west enough to not be seen by Equestrian eyes, yet east enough so they were not encroaching on Mustangon territory. They possibly had enough of the negative influence and the consequences that came from going against an established regime. Thus, became a Neutral populous and strongly adopted one Equestrian value, friendship and family. So much so that the greater mass went against the other group because of their stubbornness and unwillingness to change for the better. Maybe  they had an argument,  possibly an escalation of force. 

And so the greater Neutral group banned the rest, for them  to keep going west away from the their new settlement. As for the Neutrals, they just wanted to live their lives peacefully in their little quaint, hidden settlement. They seek no forgiveness, no sympathy, just each other’s company and good will. Even though their settlement was a small one that could be (and was) easily overlooked, they did good for themselves living off the  land and near by sea. They even made a few new friends that happened to  notice their tucked away village. They were truly changed.