I’ve noticed a sudden increase in stories about humans becoming the rulers of a certain Displaced Empire made of a certain type of profitable material, and I’m so happy! It’s no secret that SMOTE takes inspiration from stories like, 1,000 Virgin Mares, 1 Frikin' Badass Dark Overlord, Infinite Facehoofing, Hail to

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If the Empire is filled with hope and love, those things are reflected across all of Equestria. If hatred and fear take hold...

So... the mood of the Crystal Empire is reflected across Equestria. Except this has never been demonstrated in the show. How exactly does this work? Does this mean that if the majority of the Crystal Empire was angry, most of the ponies in Equestria would become angry?

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The next Sombasi chap will be up by tomorrow! Until then, here are a couple of characters that will show up in the story:

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The basic unit is the Element (2 Ponies), commanded by an Able Legionary (PFC equivlent). 2 Elements make a Lance (4 Ponies), commanded by a Lancer (corporal equivalent). 2 Lances plus a command Element make an Optio (10 Ponies), the smallest normal tactical maneuver unit, commanded by an Option (sergeant equivalent).

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Original thread: https://www.fimfiction.net/group/50/the-writers-group/thread/490719/the-crystal-empire-legitimacy-and-annexation

(Warning - kind of long and rambling. TLDR at the bottom.)

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The next chapter will be up very soon! I'm sorry for the huge delay. My workplace was quite chaotic last month, but things are much better now.

With that being said, allow me to at least give a glimpse into what's to come in the upcoming chapter:

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I'm nearly satisfied with the amount of chapters I have, not to mention being sure to have the best quality as possible before uploading them one by one. We can expect the story to be submitted very soon!

And so, I offer this for now:

Created by SkyeyPony

The Great Dictator isn't done, I still have to post those last 3 chapters and epilogue but, before that, I would like to ask: What you have liked so far?

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I am planning on doing a YouTube video on an analysis of the Crystal Empire. After briefly watching it yesterday, I realized that it didn't seem like it was 1,000 years old... And if it was, it seemed extremely advanced in its culture, language, architecture. However, I do not know much about this kind of fictional topic. Is it normal for it to be so advanced? I mean, they had glasses, modern foods, instruments, clothing, etc, etc. Before I make a video on this, I want to make

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The next chapter will be up within the next few days. My apologies for the wait; it's been a combination of work and preparations for Christmas—life stuff in general.

That being said, I can certainly leave you with a progress report of sorts: 85% done at the moment. Just have to add another scene, and it'll be golden!

Chapter 10: Scene for Luna and Snowdrop:

Image created by SkyeyPony.

Hello!

Well, still nothing to wirte home about, but I've uploaded my second brass quintet to youtube, with better sound quality and a different video style. Yes I realize the song was released all the way back a t the beginning of season three, but I still like it!
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If you've seen my other video, I'd like some feedback as to which one you think is beter. I want this channel to be as good as possible, so feedback is much appreciated.

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In the year 1436 BTH, some 1936 years before Twilight Sparkle rescued Princess Luna from her Nightmare, and three decades before the Migration of the Three Tribes had even begun, there was a regiment of Pegasus mercenaries in service to the Crystal Republic as foederati (allied auxiliary troops under their own leader and laws). This was in the Twilight of the Old Republic, which was to harden into Empire under the impact of the catastrophic climate change brought by the Windigoes.

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So yeah, corrupted Luna is on the loose. Shining starts fighting her and tells Spike to find the Crystal Heart while Thunderlane gets the kids somewhere safe. Turns out Luna's real target is Cadence though, but by the time she gets upstairs Cheerilee has already taken her outside and Shining seals himself and Luna in the throne room to keep her contained.

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So, very little reason to beat around the bush on this one: The Crystal Empire has returned and Celestia knows well what that means.

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The next chapter will be up by tomorrow!

... and I posted a new chapter! It's very emotional because Darren spills the beans...
Enjoy!

To all of you, a happy and blessed new year 2020.
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Today's random verse-canon note:

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You know with over 3000 Fallout: Equestria fics out there you'd think I wouldn't be re-visiting fics I already reviewed so much.

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You know, I still have no idea how to introduce fanfics when I'm going into them blind.

So, it seems we have yet another fanfic about a pre-war pony finding themselves in the Equestrian Wasteland, if Pink Eyes didn't exist before this I'd blame this trend on Fallout 4.

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