Twilight and Spike lived their childhood in Canterlot Castle under the benevolent eye of Princess Celestia and violent protection of her resident, so called, monster. A monster she returns to to find peace with but also unexpected danger and threats.
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I would like to congratulate you on providing one of possibly THE scariest Raegdan images in my mind I have ever seen. GOOD LORD. In addition, WOW, this was single handedly the most "real" (in any sense of the word I can use) moment, especially at the end with Luna and the battered Lunar Guardsman. It still keeps going downhill for these two, doesn't it?
*sees Luna manipulating the Mane 6's minds again*
*rolls up a newspaper*
No! BAD WOONA!!!
The wordplay in this chapter gave me goosebumps, well done.
Wasn't expecting Steadfast to go out as he did though. It's why I enjoy your story so much, even when you think you can see where things are heading you'll be blindsided with a second (or even third) perspective that sheds light on the mentality of the characters.
Eagerly awaiting what's coming next.
Damn, so that's why Serenade hated Raegdan.
I will say though, that was badass. He took all of those hits, stood back up, and beat the shit out of Steadfast. I am curious however on what Celestia will do.
I am interested in Honest Serenade's back story.
I haven't understand everything. What is the story between Serenade and Reagdan?
7907963 I'm interested in that book Fluttershy has.
Every time I start reading this, all I can think of is the song Centuries by Fallout Boy.
"Private if you're pulling my leg right now I'm gonna make sure you clean all the barracks horse shoes with your tongue." grumbled Stalwart Shield as he ate his lunch.
"I'm not joking sir!" Cried the private, as other guards in the mess hall look on with attention. "After the monster tore Commander Steadfast Ray apart he slugged Princess Celestia right in the face!" The private continued as Stalwart sighed into his soup.
"Can't even eat in peace." muttered Stalwart as he diverted his attention back to the distraught private.
"First off rookie his name is Reagdan, despite the fact he's more scarier then a mama manticore at least respect him by saying his name.
Secondly it's an unspoken rule among the guard that you don't mess with Twilight Sparkle in front of him. Despite the fact that she's Princess Celestia's prized student and Captain Shining Armor's little sister, Reagdan is her bodyguard for life.
Thirdly aren't you suppose to be guarding one of the corridors in the east wing." Stalwart concluded as he eyed the rookie closely.
Well now I have a really strong suspicion about what happened with Serenade.
Fuck me, when reagdan snaps he really turns the violence up to 11. More back story into the almost split personanity please?
7908001 my guess: serenade is a manipulative cunt and raegdan hid her kid to get back at her
Remember back when Twilight learned about the foals abducted for the breeding ring he shut down/murdered? Serenade's foal may be one of the rescuees, just like Silver Lining is. Serenade may have been involved with running it, so it's also possible Raegdan kidnapped the foal to punish her.
Things like this is what really make it impossible to feel sympathetic for Luna (and Raegdan).
My first thought was that Serenade was one of the kidnappers, who had a favorite victim, 'her' foal. If that were the case, though, I think Raegdan would just kill her. Now I think that she was abused, and offered up her foal in her place. It would explain her desperation to get her foal back, Raegdan's contempt for someone who let a child suffer, but won't kill her because she's really just a victim herself.
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Based on what i have seen i would think Serenade is one of those foals, one who just had been there a bit too long. She had already birthed a foal but was too far gone... or based how Raegdan does things needed someone to hate to survive.
not going to deny it, it's fucking awesome to listen to doom metal as Ragedan goes fucking insane in a fight.
Holy shit.
Can't remember what that book was about. And that last line...
That was the train brake completely failing wasn't it?
7907802 Haha, thanks! It has been building for a while. Let's see if we can top it up a little bit later on, huh? And it's ups and downs, ups and downs. Gotta remember though, for them, this has been mostly ups so far according to past experiences.
7907889 No, no, no. That doesn't work at all. You need a spray bottle filled with water!
7907909 Thanks. I'm trying to give everyone a solid reason for being what they are, and not just have them as a cardboard cutout that needs to fill a single niche of the story. All of them have their own backstory and history.
7908001 You're not meant to understand everything since you don't have all the pieces yet, but there are strong hints in here so far.
7907963 No worries, it's coming. Just... not yet.
7908465 7908661 While this is a valid theory, you might want to remember Twilight Velvet's lines here and remember the characters' mentality.
7908851 *gives cookie* Almost, almost got it, and I don't think you could have done any better with the hints given out so far. You just missed one thing but it's too out in the open to notice and was revealed way back so you get a pass!
7908961 It should be! This scene has been in my mind for months! Felt so good to finally get it out. Liike a tu-
It felt good, that's what I'm saying.
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HOLY SHIT! Wow, talk about pessimistic! Yeah, that would make a good ending. Train got derailed, everyone died. The End. Just the way George R.R. Martin likes it. Some people's stories never get to be told, this has been one of them all along. Show over, people. It's all done!
7909170 Not going to lie, one of my personal preferences of Raegdan Angry-Music Background is "Agony and Shame" by Virgin Steele. I think the threatening lyrics but quiet way they're sung captures his mindscape a little tad.
Man i hope this story NEVER ends.
So if Sweetblue is close, then I say that the foal that committed suicide after Raegdan freed her was Honest Serenade's foal. He promised Honest Serenade that he would free her foal, but her foal killed herself instead. Raegdan does not want to tell Honest Serenade that her foal killed herself. Best to let her keep some hope for the rest of her life than to know that her foal is dead.
Sweet Luna, how much more can Raegdan take? He's practically a walking corpse!
He didn't get slipped some Re-Colour in a moment of distraction, right?
This shit went downhill extremely fast in an incredibly violent way, only to twist it around and blow up in your face.
And I loved every single moment of it.
Did Luna freeze time around the Mane Six and wiped their memories or something?
Perhaps named for hundreds of severed heads stuck on the pikes lining the battlements above the garden?
Yeah. That's probably why it's named such.
7912550 More like rendered them catatonic for a few minutes while doing kind of a mind wipe on them.
7912124 Oh god, please, please, PLEASE, let me be able to write a sequel. There are so many delicious details about him that are still unknown, even to Raegdan himself.
7913580 See, there's this delightful () game that Dr-Prof-Sweetness plays with me on GDocs. He basically changes up words to make jokes or references. He laughs, I laugh, I go after them trying to fix them up with sweat on my brow. Good family fun. Apparently I missed this one. At least I got all the references to Star Wars out, and there's no instance where Honest Serenade is named Honest Trailer.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to make sure that a certain long piece of wood I'm holding is as knobby as possible and has as many splinters as it can. I intend to meet up with someone.
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I was thinking Serenade might have been one of the mares, herself, and they managed to get a foal out of her before they were shut down. Though depending on how long their little operations was going on, it could be that both are the case.
7913835 triumphantly Hey, If you say "West Rose" fast enough it does sound like Westeros.
7913835 Wooden knobby things with splinters? OOoooooh kinky, though i prefer cacti.
Also, is it wrong to think that johnny cash's "Hurt" would be a good theme dong for this? (No, not because of 'Logan's trailer, though good.)
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IIRC, Serenade is about Twilight Velvet's age, so she'd have been a young-ish (mid 20's to early 30's) adult by the time Raegdan arrived in Equestria.
I expect Raegdan told her that her foal was among the dead, and that the body was never recovered.
But after that statement from Raegdan, she's wondering if he actually lied to her (perhaps to save her the pain?) and somewhere out there, her child is still being used by some sex slave owner who went into hiding.
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That is quite possibly the cruelest thing i'v ever read.
I can't remember what the book was for either....
Is that golden book going to be mentioned again in this story?
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Oh yeah. It's not there just for giggles. It's going to be appearing again, once in the third act (this chapter is the ending of the second one) and possibly the fourth one as well.
I think this entire scene is my favorite part of the story.
The Monk
"Knowledge is power and power corrupts, so study hard and be evil." - Reykan
Here is praying that our home-slice gets a bit of slack now, even if at great cost.
I'm getting doom vibs from this and I love it
The human end is only a matter of time and Celestia is not doing enough...