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// 8. Archive #8 - Of The Other Races within Our City, and the Forgiving of a Sister 
// Story: The Archives of Equusweyr 
// by Coranth 
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Our Prince has his strength, yes, but his mind is still – and perhaps forever will be – damaged. If you visit him, and he speaks with slow, slurred speech sometimes – or if he seems to 'zone out' and see through you – that is the reason why. Nevertheless… As our Prince's strength increased, so did the length of the trips he was able to take. Having been weak and frail for so long, he was of course unable to walk at first, but aided by Fire Sign – set atop her back like a foal – he was able to get about. Fire Sign – blessed Fire Sign – was so good to him! Accompanied by two of his Hoofmaidens and an ever-present Templar escort (as always), not only did she take our Prince all about our City, but she also took him throughout Equestria such that he was able to broker peaceful trade agreements and forge many alliances

Said alliances were oft with races the ponies of Greater Equestria hadn't considered, such as the Gryphons, the Dragons, and even the Changelings. Why… Our Prince was even able to convince a Changeling Queen, named Amalthea, to emigrate to the Princedom and set up her hive deep, deep below Equusweyr with an Embassy on the surface! He did, however, politely ask that she restrict the hive to a manageable number of Changelings, and that said Changelings employ passive feeding; something to which she readily agreed. Back then, Amalthea and her small hive – comprised of herself and only a few hundred workers and drones – were on the run, desperate to escape persecution from the ponies of Greater Equestria. [Ref. File: Queen Chrysalis Incident.] Now she and her kin are known as the Everfree Changeling Cooperative and she is one of our Prince's staunchest allies. If you come to visit our fair Everfree City, you'll often see members of the Cooperative out and about in their natural forms, fixing, maintaining, and improving this or that. Furthermore, virtually all of them are fully Weyrjoined; the Neural Transceivers Amalthea and her Brood possess have enhanced their 'hive-mind' to such a degree that all may as well be a single entity! 

Everyling practically flaunts the latest Weyr Technology, from Bio-System limbs, to cybernetic grafts, to sophisticated armor, weapons and all manner of equipment; even more miraculous is that a sub-group of Changelings within the Cooperative have actually become part of the Weyr. Their enhanced minds serve as additional processing adjuncts and storage repositories for the Weyrmind and the Transequines whom live therein! As I stated above, Gryphons, too were welcomed into the Everfree Princedom, their Emperor having an interest in the secrets of Weyrtech and Psi-Steel. Now, you can find many of them about Everfree City; some live and work in the Gryphon Embassy whilst others live within the heart of our City, and still others have found friends and lifemates among the Treeponies.

Ah, but I am rambling again! It's just… there is so much to tell! The final trip our Prince made – before he was at last able to walk on his own – was to Canterlot, where he apologized profusely to Princess Luna for his behavior toward her and Celestia upon The Day of Rejection [ref. Archive #6]. "We… arrre of… the sssame… hoof," he spoke softly as he sat before her Obsidian Throne, touching her hoof gently with his own "We… are all… pony." Eyes misty, Luna nodded and nuzzled our Prince gently, wondering why her sister had fought against him at all. Then, "A giffft… forrr you," our Prince murmured softly, one of his Hoofmaidens coming forward to present the Equestrian Night Princess with a Neural Transceiver! After returning to Everfree City with us - to have the device implanted and then activated by the command of our Prince and the will of the Weyrmind - Princess Luna became an honorary citizen of our fair city. Princess Celestia... was not pleased...