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// The Forgotten Origins  
// Story: The Rise of the Fallen 
// by SaintCrusade 
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Long ago, before the Sisters of Royal, before the reign of Discord and before the three tribes was known, Equestria was free from sin and any evil. During that time there was 3 groups roam the world. The first were the Alicorns who lived life in paradise from the land for it was the run by what they called Angel Alicorns. These Angels were the ones who grew blessed the land and the air with their magic and power but out of them all rose seven Arches who were known to govern the Alicorns and the Angels. Honestidade harvested the crops and blessed the ponies with food. Beneficentia blessed the land, the water and the sky to become rich and pure for the ponies to live and enjoy.  Magie taught the ponies to harness energy around them and how to read and write and learn. Gáire blessed the ponies to celebration and life that will never go boring. Lealtà blessed the sky to rejuvenate the land and and the harvest as promised to the ponies. Générosité blessed the ponies with charity so that no pony was without any. The last one was Sacrifos who had who offer himself and tied himself onto equstria so the magic will flow from the land and onto the ponies.

As the Alicorns enjoyed their Garden of happiness, one was wracked with the curiosity of the power of Angels. Pecado studied the power of the Angels and his curiosity became lust and rage as his desire to have such power grew darker. Soon after he found a way to become as powerful as those he envied. He created the spell that will allow him to grow strong if others would be willing to offer their magic and so he began his temptations upon the ponies.

As time past the seven Archs took notice upon the ponies and notice the darkness forming. They tried to warn the ponies to not turn from each other but their voices fell from their ears. Ponies became selfish and prideful and became anger of one of another and form clans of of three. The seven Archs knew that they must save the ponies from ending one another and so created seven gems that would bear the seven full power to bring justice and harmony to all and only those pure from sin can harness this power. As the gems were created, the war of Alicorns broke and began to take toll on the land of Equestria. The Angels tried to help stop the conflict but was intervened by Pecado’s followers. The Archs rushed to the Garden of Everfree and place them into the first tree created on Equestria. As they drew near the heart of the garden, Pecado and his minions drew near and outnumbered the Archs. Knowing what had to be done, Sacrifos told the others to go as he would fight them off. Sacrifos being the strongest gave the Archs the time they needed to place the gems and activate the tree but in return had sacrifice himself to his last breath and his gem dissapearing. With the Pecados banished and his minions casted out, darkness began to shrink but as Pecados was banished, he declared that there will be no safe haven for Equestria and his minions shall take new forms and he shall return from the Scarlet Moon after the birth of fourth Alicorn.  

Because of the betrayal of the Alicorns it was decided that once the gems were in place, The Alicorn race shall be dormant for more than a millennium and the clans be divided and shall work the Land, the Skies and the bodies of night and day and none of the ponies shall have memory of the past. Only a few scrolls have been discovered as well as a prophecy of both Pecados and Sacrifos to return in the days leading to the Fourth Scarlet Moon and Equestria will either be saved or destroyed.