Bucking finally. I thought you died!

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW BUCKING LONG I'VE WAITED FOR THIS!
i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll40/JazzEx022/131483703449.gif
The dark, beautiful world you've created with this fic make it one of the best ever (in my opinion, anyways) I'll be sad when it finally ends. But well worth it

My reaction to seeing this updated

OH GOD YES 18K WORD UPDATE.

this is one of those books that i'm going to read over and over again once you finish it.

Great chapter, can't wait for the next!

Few words can describe the feelings coursing through my body as I read the newest chapter of what is quite possibly my favorite story. But while no words can truly convey these emotions of excitement, one stands out as the closest to what I seek...

Yes.

--Chronicler Arcanus

YOU UPDATED !!!!! You don't understand how glad I am to see that this story is finally updated.

Oh man how I have waited for this update!

WOW is Astor a monster, she almost couldn't be more unlike Twilight. And putting the Elements into manual instead of automatic? Interesting.

The severed head of an adult male Alicorn? I'm guessing that is a hint as to the events that led to Order turning into Titan.

Glorious. I hope you understand that you have made me blow off industrial psychology for an hour and half to read this. A small price to pay.

holy crap....
that was bucking amazing! Probably the best chapter yet!
one tiny thing though, in the part about the river and whatnot, shouldn't it be dam instead of damn?

I finally got an account here because I knew an update was coming and I wanted to know as soon as possible. The fact that said update actually occurred only minutes later was an unexpected stroke of luck.

But jeez, you really love cliffhangers, huh? I'd be lying if I said I didn't like getting to Archive Binge the first sixteen chapters when I first started. Having to wait a week after... this would be almost as bad as I assume the wait between fifteen and sixteen would have been. Still a week wait isn't so bad. I can make it a week.

Oh thank the powers above. i was really worried about this story. I was in shock when I saw the update. I really enjoy this story you do a excellent job describing the action and the character thoughts. I am never confused or lost which is rare for me. I can't wait for the next part hopefully the name change won't effect the tracker.

damn i hope celestia survives this also i see twilight becoming far more powerfull than astor. and the elements on manual basically means OD mode for the fighters of harmony. maby twi'll kill titan as well.

530934
Heh, all chapters should be written for how they will fit into the whole, not how they exist in a vacuum. Whether or not I actually do this is up for debate, but this one wasn't a cliffhanger originally. Vimbert essentially said something along the lines of "Why not just end it here? You love ending chapters with swords sticking out of somepony's chest". The others agreed with him, and so did I. So I pushed everything from that point on to the start of Chapter 18.

Why do Esteem and Valiant give their swords the same name :l

530918
I'll take the blame for this one, I read it not once, but twice and while finding it a bit odd, interpreted the 'damn' as cursing or spoiling the water to unusable levels.
530934
And while I'm here I can admit it took me almost a week to convince B to end chapter 15 that way, the opening scene of 16 was originally the end of chapter 15.
531193
It so happens to be that it is the same blade, incredible, don't you think?

And here I never thought you'd name Firkraag directly. Silly, silly me.

BUCK YES! IT UPDATED!

Have my mustaches. All of them.

SWEET JESUS IT'S FINALLY HERE

Mr. B, I give you the title of Arch Cliffhangermancer. Superb work, sir.

When I saw that this updated, I almost cried... almost.

-Minty

A really well done chapter. I'm a massive fan of both Astor and Valiant's characterization.

AstorValiant. I ship it due to the best marriage proposal ever.

Kind of got confused by Discord promising Celestia three days, and then they went right back to fighting after the Astor break, but I'm going to assume that's me being slow. All in all, an excellent addition to an excellent fic. Will be here on the 9th.

saw this chapter and i
JIZZED
IN
MY
PANTS.

Since Relevant Heavy Metal is not here yet...

Darkane - The Killing of I
Deadlock - We Shall All Bleed
Mors Principium Est - The Animal Within
Dark Tranquillity - Hours Passed In Exile
Dark Tranquillity - Am I 1?

530934 Yes, the wait between fifteen and sixteen was...unpleasant...

531193 Ahh, I was wondering where I recognized Carsomyr from, I knew it was somepony's sword but I wasn't sure whose it was. I was hoping it was Unimpressive's sword and that we were eventually going to find out that somehow Unimpressive was Valiant.

531213 You bastard!

Any marriage proposal that includes the severed head of a dragon is best marriage proposal!

Several major grades deciding my fate tommorw

* see's Ponies make war updated*

screw it , ponies first. and hell yes it was worth it.

Great chapter, I cannot fully express my appreciation.

Silly Celestia, don't stab the heart, stab the brain, or just cut off the head. And do so from a distance!

OMG finally an update!

531213 No way they could possibly be blood related...

/sarcasm JUST NOOOT POSSSSIBBBLE AAAT AAALLL.

“I could do it, you know,” he said. “I could say I didn’t know how much I was hurting you. I could say I thought it was a game."

Was that a subtle nod to Ender's Game or just coincidence? Probably just a coincidence, but you seem like the kind of guy who'd read Ender's Game.

532175
It's definitely a nod to Ender's Game. While writing the scene I noticed the similarities and ran with them. I love that book.

I just did 6 hours of school, 2 hours at the gym, and 6 hours of unloading a delivery truck. My body is physically exhausted, but this is worth it. AestheticB, your one hell of a writer.

Is the name Clarion Call reference to a song?

My head exploded, need to find pieces before I can read this.

Holy shit, Astor is beyond anything I could have imagined, truly a monster in the greatest sense. Odd then to remember that she was also crucial in forming the elements of harmony.

Words fail me in describing my feelings for this chapter, except maybe *pomf*

I have a question, is Valiant the one that mellows out Astor, if at all?

My reaction to this update:
gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs2/2287926_o.gif

No. NO! YOU HEAR ME! I am sleep deprived enough as it is. I need to go to sleep right now. I am going to wait until tomorrow to start your 18,000 word monstrosity of a chapter. It's the size of a long fic! NO!

Celestia's dying Maybe Twilight will become blood thirsty enough to shower herself in the thick, red liquid. OR something funny happens with that book's spell and Twilight's wards fail, though I can't let my mind wander too far down either path. I think I am insane with happiness.

532764
Screw sleep, read it now; you can sleep through finals.

This story is just so... sooo....

img17.imageshack.us/img17/5552/00001byspeccysyd4qscf21.gif

I squeed when I saw this update, I assure you all it was a deep manly squee of course.

Awesome story. I love the way you create characters

I wonder how Twilight will feel now that she knows about her ancestor. Holy crap, Astor... and I thought Esteem was bad

Great to see this fic updating again I can't wait to see what happens next.

“I could do it, you know,” he said. “I could say I didn’t know how much I was hurting you. I could say I thought it was a game. The worst they could do is conscript me, because I’m just a kid.”

Isn't that almost a direct quote made from Peter to Ender in Ender's Game? Actually that whole scene definitely has a whole Ender vibe going on.

I saw this updated and spent the next 10 minutes pcking up pieces of my head.

E-Epic length...Oh god, my body isn't ready for this.

I'm not usually one for Grimdark but I've heard such great things... *Sigh* I'll get to it soon; for now, it's going on the tracker

Why do I like Astor so much?
Why is Valiant awesome?

Also, Terra got the breaks beat off her.

I am sorely disappointed that I missed the Ender's Game reference.

Also, I suddenly can't get the image out of my head of Esteem proposing to Twilight while holding Spike's severed head...

532782
But I'm teaching the finals! Gotta keep my eye on 7th graders. They'll eat me alive if I nod off.