This story is a sequel to Itinerant Kingdom

My name is Daniel Holden, but since coming to Equestria I have been known in public by a number of aliases such as "South Wind" the pegasus, or "Blank Slate" the unicorn. But privately I am known as the "Itinerant King" by those who have sworn their loyalty to me, or have begun to quietly spread my legend.
The powerful 'Kingsblood', nanotechnology running through my veins, gives my subjects and I powerful advantages, most of all the ability to communicate and forge a weird extended family, closely bonded even over a great distance. Thus helping to repair not only bodily harm, but also the scars of the painful pasts I was able to rescue them from.
Now, while the scattered seeds of my Kingdom grow within Equestria's fertile soil, I am taking a handful of changelings in my employ to Manehattan, to see where my deceased former enemies were shipping dangerous, magical dark crystals.
Will I find more ponies in need of rescue? Or just more bad ponies in need of a smackdown? Either way, I'm going to poke into shadows that hide from the light of Celestia's sun and even Luna's moon.

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It all starts with: The Equestria Diaries.
This is a Sequel to Itinerant Kingdom.
This is Parallel to Scattered Seeds.
This is a Prequel to Kingdom in Shadows (at least one more story will come between).