The Giant Blue Hourglass once stood as the greatest symbol of strength and power. Standing before the pegasi and the batpony. It was forged thousands upon millions of years ago by the umbrums during the reign of Cthulhu, the great separator.
This gross beast of tentacles and beaks separated the light and the darkness. The umbrums feared him more than their own god, Sanity. So they imprisoned themselves with the Giant Blue Hourglass. From there, they watched his empire rise and fall to the alicorns.
They only opened their doors when Sanity returned to claim the lands from the alicorns. This led to a great war that unveiled Sanity's brother, Madness as well as many other species like the sirens and the wendigoes. The umbrums stood strong even after the fighting reached its peak.
In this fading of blood, war, and death, the smaller species like the unicorns, pegasi, batponies, and earth ponies, sought a place of safety. The unicorns stood with the naga and the earth ponies fought alongside the centaurs and minotaurs. Meanwhile, the batponies and the pegasi united in search of a land of safety for them both.
In time, these two species found their safe haven in the Giant Blue Hourglass. Due to their ease of flying, they were able to enter the massive domes from above. However, the umbrums weren't the main problem for them upon arriving. That was the griffins.
The griffins had long nested within the Giant Blue Hourglass during their travels. They didn't care for the warring of the alicorns, Sanity, and Madness. They wanted a constant trade with the umbrums and a home-away-from-home with this land.
The griffins only stayed for a few years at a time. Once they had the resources they needed, they would leave and stay within their homeland until these resources weakened and thus they would return. This constant replay was a fine deal for the umbrums as the land was still theirs.
This was a problem for the pegasi and the batponies. They needed a permanent stay to escape war and the constant replay with the griffins proved to only increase the chances of war. However, this new peak wouldn't come until the arrival of a strange rotting pony by the name of Thule.
Thule met with the leader of the pegasi, Curiasian Curtain, the mother of Rainbowous Julia Dasherton, and the leader of the batponies, Narsassis Lace Nox. He told them that the land wouldn't be theirs until they convinced the umbrums to turn their back on the griffins. To do this they revealed the griffins' species line led back to the god, Madness, the enemy of umbrum's god.
The griffins were offended by this accusation as they never cared for the gods at all. Most, if not all the species were atheists, believing in no god at all. Yet, the blood couldn't lie, Thule revealed their blood was of Madness. The umbrums were outraged and fought the griffins off.
Ever since that day, the griffins have hated the pegasi and the batponies with all their might. They deemed the two species as pure evil incarnate and thus a new warring across the oceans began. Thule vanished with this proclamation.
Ever since then, the pegasi and the batponies held a mighty grip over the Giant Blue Hourglass for many years beyond this point. Even as the umbrums too fell to the hands of the alicorns, the pegasi and batponies stood strong.
That is until a centaur king laid his eyes upon this glorious symbol. Now, King Ixion wanted the Giant Blue Hourglass and he would do anything to claim it. The only one that stood in his way was the last standing umbrum, Rex Moba.
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