You are an Initiate Guard for an empire, an Earth Pony stallion that knows nothing short of loyalty, and on a fateful night in the middle of a snow storm, mysterious and mythical creatures take all that you stand for away from you.

These creatures, referred to and known as Crawlers by lore and stories, know nothing but disharmony and destruction, and they strain against the safety of the citizens of the empire.

''Remember; to fight is to die for your beliefs. A fight is not won until one last faction is standing. At the end of the day, only one will triumph over the other, reeling in a new order of peace.''