After the Fallen War Humanity is crippled, brutally beaten and kicked to the curb like an unwanted puppy. Despite the world being driven into chaos, mankind is not finished, we will not be treated so brutally and forced to live out the rest of our lives in fear!
And with a resistance force being built and ready to fight, Mother Earth fears for that another war is about rise and destroy her beloved world. Worried that her beloved species will destroy itself, she turns to one man for help. His name is Isaac Anderson Ridgewood. And this is his story, a story about the survival of a fallen race.
Attention. This story may contain small amounts of Misanthropy, but also a bit Philanthropy
(You do not! Have to read PegasusKlondike's War of the Fallen Race. But if you want a better understanding in some situations I recommend that you do. But overall you don't have too, due later on most of your questions will be answered. Please if you liked this story please leave a rating and a comment. I do accept constructive criticism but I do not accept trolling.)
I've seen a story like this before.
2389027 Well you've probably seen Pegasus Klondike's War of the Fallen Race. He's also the one helping me make this story :D
Always good to see more stories based on the FR Universe.
2389706 From your viewpoint, yes. From my viewpoint, it's terrifying.
2389527 You should probably include a link in your intro material then.
2389778 Alrighty then, I'll get down to it soon. Right now I'm on Xbox and it won't allow me to add the link.
Sweet cover art.
2410345Thanks it's not done yet some other guy (Forgot his name sadly) asked if he could colorize the rough draft version the Emerald guy is working on. So yeah this is just the rough draft version in a week or so I should recieve the finished version which will have mine and your name on it. Plus title
"I no longer saw the faces of men, but the frenzied faces of demons reveling in their victory.
Perhaps that was the truth."
Wow, right as I thought the misanthropy on this site has gotten to it's max...
2452415 Don't blame him, that was all me. His story is based in my story universe, and off of the principles of my flagship story. Besides, I actually wrote that bit.
And yes, I have always been a sort of misanthrope.
Why must the humans win!?
2522674 Because it makes no fucking since for animals with clubs and ponies with spears to beat a warrior race that is thousands of years more technologicaly advanced than them?
Maybe it is because some people are not sick minded enough to want to see their own race wiped out of existence?
Or maybe because it isn't the end of the world if Humanity wins against a bunch of technicolored ponies.
Are you a Chatoyance fan or something?
2523194 Whoa man, it's just a story and if you read his War of the Fallen Race you would see that humanity isn't completely wiped out. Also if you think about it they have magic, and magic practically beats all.
So please just calm down, I don't want a fight breaking out in my comment section. Were all here to enjoy a story not go at each others throats.
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No, its just that the humans are evil.
2523317 Excuse me?
You realize that you just called yourself evil right?
And if anything the damn ponies are evil, they apear out of nowhere and just try and wipe out Humanity. Now please don't tell me mass genocide isn't evil.
I bet your a member of PETA or something.
May contain small spoilers portraying to Pegasus's WotFR 2525090 Okay come on now really, you cant be serious... Are you serious?... Now look I'm not writing this here story to show that man kind is evil and they should all be killed in a mass genocide caused by techni colored ponies. Will that happen in this story... Fuck no!
Why would I write about man kind being brutally slaughtered! If you've read Pegasus Klondikes War of the Fallen Race, even he doesn't write about how man kind gets brutally slaughtered. Infact humans kill themselves by accident by being wiped out by a uncureable disease.
But in the end, we humans are not all dead. We may be crippled but we are not all dead. But what I'm trying to get across is Pegasus and I are not trying to write a story saying man kind is evil, to be honest I fucking love the human race. I don't know so much about Pegasus but I bet he can show some passion for us. So all I'm saying is don't start assuming that we're writing a story about something were not. Trust me if you continue reading you'll see that I"m not trying to turn Isaac Ridgewood against his people or anything. So please don't go around excusing us of being Misanthropy bastards.
Because I don't wanna be a Misanthropy Bastard,
This has been Dark Nebula and like always, have a nice day.
2525765 I drift between misanthropy and philanthropy, depending on what I see in the world, where my mind is, and whether it's cloudy or not.
Notice how the first half of my story is misanthropic, but by the second half it takes a massive swing towards philanthropy.
Good golly, Molly. I want to keep reading, this really seems like a story with potential.
But I can't stand misanthropy.
Enjoy your vacation! Hm, I might as well fill out a few job applications while I'm at it.
2716759 Lol i'm actually back from vacation XD. That's how I was able to upload this.
This story has been reviewed by: The Equestrian Critics Society
Story title: Survival of the Fallen Race
Story by: Dark Nebula
Reviewed by: BronyWriter
A decent story that seems like it’s going in an fascinating direction. However, it keeps on going without really giving very many concrete answers to a fault. It has major mechanical issues, but the protagonist is relatable and fun to read about. The biggest flaw, though? It has next to nothing to do with ponies, at least thus far. It’s hard to count it as MLP fanfiction when ponies are only briefly mentioned every now and again, and what ponies do show up with speaking roles are bland.
Full review
Final Score: 5/10
BTW, sorry it took so long to get this up. There were some screw ups on our end on top of the fact that my computer was damaged. Here it is now, though.
2828517 Why thank's for the review, Bronywriter, and yes I do agree with you on most of your points in there. But like the description says, all you're questions will be answered as you continue to read. But then again this is a side story to a much bigger one known as War of the Fallen Race. Links in the description.
But why am I trying to justify myself, I'm just happy you reviewed it! And I'm glad you found it engaging, but if you'd like to know more about the story I suggest you keep reading. Because in time all your questions will be answered, and trust me after you do read it. Hopefully you're reaction will be either be
or most of all 
And thanks for the 5/10 I was thinking you're gonna give me 2
But yeah more ponies will come in the future. Actually in the next chapter there's going to be a lot of freaking ponies!
WHAT?! Where's Tom Cruise?!
2987736 I'm sorry but Leiter's men mistaken him for the enemy... May Tom Cruise be missed.
I've read War of the Fallen Race. It was one of the best damn stories I've ever read. I don't agree with how easily our race fell, but there were...modifications to that humanity. The removal of personal firearms will never happen. I believe than we could defeat the forces of Equestria with little trouble. However, it was not my fic.
You are currently following the story of the old. As humanity fights, the ponies get stronger and stronger, also allied with the griffons, diamond dogs, and even dragons. Admittedly, the full power of all the races probably equals our own, but that is beside the point. Should things repeat, we will fight to the last, eventually triumphing over the god-boosted races and reclaiming what is ours. Until Celestia and Luna pull a ****ing god card.
They live in harmony, with only a hint of the power of old. Until a magical monster we should've had the power to fight slowly exterminated humanity, while the ponies look on. Celestia and Luna chase him, but none of the ponies ever tried to truly fight him. And with that, the "Earth Mother's beloved children" pass into the abyss. Without the Cyril-chambers, humanity would be extinct.
Now, you are writing in the same universe, but can follow your own path. What I advise is you give humanity the power it needs to truly succeed. Should the Princesses wipe out our armies, I would bathe the world in nuclear fire. Without the power that Lucifer provides, we are helpless to protect ourselves. I suggest that Lucifer enters the war, same as the mother. He would see his chosen race falling to a power they cannot defeat on their own. And he would truly step in.
Isaac seems to indicate you want is eventually living in harmony. Perhaps he is one of the only agents mother can use when Lucifer calls humanity. If we were to gain his power, we would cleanse the land of ponies and bury it in hellfire, to ensure this never happened again. It would be bloody, brutal, and utterly hellish. But humanity would survive.
Honestly, I'm on Lucifer's side here. The mother claims to love us yet murders us. She claims to give us a chance yet creates endless enemies to murder us. And when her plan to grant us harmony comes together, our race dies. Lucifer has given us a true chance. We can fight, we can kill, so we can survive. The ponies would be brought under our iron fist, never to know the freedom to threaten us again. But we are not monsters. When we reclaimed our world, we could take pity on the ponies. Roman slaves might have a better life, but you must START AT THE BOTTOM TO SEE THE LIGHT. It would be time for the ponies to begin what we have done since the dawn of time. Struggle to reach your goals.
Love this story, can't wait for more. :)
3107488 Why thank you person, for the long comment, but I should tell you that this story will stay true to WotFR so yes eventually humanity will be wiped out but return in the future. This story is only here to explain how the final humans were not wiped out by Discord and survive.
Klondike only hired me to write the history. But I do have few things planned for this story a lot of things really. So I hope you continue to read to see those few things that I have created and I hope you enjoy.
I remember PK's fic it was one of the first HiEs I ever read and I loved it. I remember a very strong desire to stomp a mud hole into "the great mother's" face at the end of it though. The best the whore could be qualified as is a child murderer and at worse she ended up becoming worse than any human ever was. I mean everything we were is what she made us to be, if she wasnt happy with the way we turned out she shoulda just sucked it up. You have to live with your children no matter what, it's your imperative as a parent and there is no getting out of it unless your a sick bitch like she ended up becoming.
Sorry the rant is over now.
Great story btw and as of chapter 5, very faithful to the original.
2989491 Sir, I am going to say this now... over powered princesses are NOT good plot points.
3108153 ... Don't tell people the ending to your storys in comments.
3500584 It's not the ending if you haven't read Pegasus Klondike's story, plus this is my 2nd story I've ever written on this site. So yeah... if you hadn't noticed I kinda... well gave up on this story. But yeah I see what you mean by the old comment.
But yeah originally that wasn't going to be the ending of the story. (Saying that because I don't know if I should continue this or not.)
3502732 Dam I really liked this, oh well stuff happens.
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So that's the end of this then?
I have to say I'm a little disappointed but also a bit relieved. This was a neat story and it was pretty faithful to how things might have happened in Wotfr but it was terrible in the way some stuff happened.
The first and foremost of these is the 'god Mother Earth chick' I was pissed at her in Wotfr but I could ignore her in favor of the rest of the story. Did it bug me how no one saw her as a murderer? Yeah it really did but like I said other more important things were going on.
In this story on the other hand I sit here and watch her psychologically torture an innocent man while she tells him it's for the greater good, while she continuously creates hordes of creatures bent on killing as many humans as they can. It's like she is patting a little kid on the head with one hand and cooing at him, telling him everything is going to be ok, while she disembowels him with a set of rusty sheep shears with the other hand.
Do you know the term "learned helplessness"? There was an experiment a long time ago, I think they did it on dogs I don't really remember, but basically it was to see if creatures could be so badly abused that instead of getting violent towards their abusers they instead just rolled over to wait till the pain stopped. This is what it feels like the evil chick is trying to do to all of humanity. That is the "harmony" she is trying to force on us. Humans of course just see this as something trying to kill all of them and act appropriately.
And now humanity has Satan on our team?
Excuse me if anyone takes this seriously but "Hail Satan, savior of humanity!"
Now none of this is saying that your a bad writer or that this was a bad story. In fact I liked this story, it was really good at wielding some very powerful emotions. Emotions that I've just had to vent in the above statement. The Inherent wrongness of the "god chick" and the imagery of humanity valiantly fighting for our survival and still loosing against the onslaught created by someone who insists they love us is both stirring and disturbing.
Have you ever considered writing psychological horror? I know the setting of this story was created by PK but I honestly think you would be very good at it.
And I couldn't let the final comment on this story be a giant picture of crazy Twilight.
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Why thank you for the comment, honestly I found your gripe statement rather entertaining. If I could have I would've changed the whole how Mother Earth did everything. But again this is a story set in PK's universe and he said I couldn't.
On the other hand, yes I have thought of writing a Physiological Horror story. I actually have the idea written in a Gdoc, which I need to find because it's a down there with like ten thousand other ideas. But if you want to read something of mine that kind of delves into the human mind.
I recommend you check out The Butler (Yeah shameless self promotion!) yes it's a comedy but it also has a touch sadness and how a human would and should react to arriving in a Equestria.
Is this story dead?
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I'm still debating if I should continue it or not, with the lack of views and ratings. I have no clue if I should.
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Hey, try for an Equestria Daily posting. Even a round-up would win you more traffic.
I haven't had much interest in my stories either, but that's because I can never hold to an idea for longer than a week.
I think the main problem is you halve to read for a while before the story drags you in. The other problem is a lack of connection to... Well... Ponies! I totally read the second half of War of the Fallen Race first, haven't even read the first part fully. Maybe you could re-structure it. Have ponies we know wandering an unknown area, gathering clues as to what happened. Sprinkle in flashbacks from the humans POV. A fic that did this well is TCB: the other side of the spectrum. It grabs you with Twilight stuttering at a raging human, then gradually explains what is going on
Gees, sounds like Issac took the red pill.
"And as the battle turned in the favor of the humans, as the booted feet of my kind trampled down the pitiful revolt of the creatures of the Earth" when i read this i was so happy. dose that make me a bad person?
3904858 No... instead you were given a reward that said. "Congratulations! You now officially hate all life on Earth! (save for humanity of course XD)"
interesting tale old chap
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Sometimes I wonder... Why am I here?
Because I sometimes enjoy cutting locust apart with the lancer. I enjoy killing orkz and Eldar.
So...What does that make me?
Crazy?
Someone with mental problems?
Or someone who played to much Wolfenstien?
Pick your call Mr. Bond. For you only have one decision.
:P
4892704 For half a second I had no idea what you were talking about.
Then I remembered my previous comment and this old abandoned story... that's just drifting in the wind. Cold, scared, hungry, and no one to care for it. At times I find myself looking at my monitoring, staring at that cover art made by a lad that I had forgotten. Wondering if I should one day return to this forgotten tale, revive it and continue down the lowly path of misanthropy.
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K
XD
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I got in the zone that is all, odd fella I am.
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Oh yes the zone. The time you rant on about something and actually make it interesting. Like making a bag of puppies sound even cuter and a puddle of vomit more disgusting. Welcome to the zone. Now then...get out.
-Kicks you out of house- "AND HOW DID YOU GET IN?!"
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*Stumbles into the grass and falls in a mud puddle*
Bah! Wha–! How did I?
This isn't America! What the...
*Screams into the early morning sky*
WHERE THE FUCK AM I?!
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-some guy shouts- "WELL YOU AINT IN KANSAS ANYMORE!"
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*Shouts back!*
Well I'm not from Kansas to begin with! I'm from that little state no one ever heard of, Ohio!
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-shouts back- "WHO THE HELL IS OHAI?"