The Griffonian Empire was on its deathbed.
For years, it has battled with itself and its own institutions for survival. Already, revolutions and acts of secession have tormented it, tearing it apart limb by limb until only its most integral parts remained, paying lip service to the emperor - the Herzland.
But all these discussions, all threats, are suddenly silenced when news from the Imperial Palace are made public. News which the Empire, with all its shortcomings, may never be able to recover from.
This short story takes place in the Equestria at War alternate universe. Knowledge is advised to immediately understand the scenery and characters, but not ultimately required.
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We lost a True Patriot.
A tragic loss indeed. May he rest peacefully.
I-Im not crying, You are crying!
A sad day for all
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MY HEARTTT WHY MUST YOU DO THIS TO ME DAMN IT AAAHHHHH
Gone but not Forgotten
I will never cease to be amazed by the amount of high-quality EaW stories on FimFiction. This one is definitely one of them. Very sad and moving.
That was a good story.
It's haunting to go beyond the wargaming that goes on in the mod and get into the mind of Grover VI right after his father's death, especially knowing how many griffons (and non-griffons) would do terrible things to him moving forward. Something about... growing up too fast, much more so since you keep up that angle of innocence all the way through (like, for one, that bit about VI thinking that his father going to the gods was an awesome emperor ability... it's morbidly funny).
It's a somber, sobering read. Thank you for this, Penpusher.
Dam, that ending right there.
Poor Grover, he has a very long and hard time ahead of him, may he be guided by those that went before him and there wisdom and his father be there with him too.
But does this perhaps have a sequel in the works?
Ps haven’t played the mod yet, but still dam, life just sometimes is not fair sometimes,
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No sequel in the works I'm afraid, just a one-off thing for a writing group I'm part of. I didn't know what to write for the prompt given this week so I substituted with this.
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Gotcha. But dam even in the world of Harmony life still doesn’t give you a break.
"Gentlemen synchronise your death watches."
What a way to grow up !!!!!