The moon has always been a source of curiosity to Ponies. It has always there when the sun went down, and has acted as a great many things to many a pony, and was the prison for the infamous Nightmare Moon. Now, following Princess Luna's return, Princesses Celestia and Luna seek to send ponies up to the moon to conduct research on the mysterious moon of the it; and task Twilight Sparkle and the Elements of Harmony to make it happen: by training three of the very best and brightest to become Astroponies.

Unfortunately in this case, the most unexpected applicants find themselves on the shortlist to be trained as Astroponies, and are questionably the very best and brightest that Equestria has to offer; but the hopes and dreams of all of Equestria are on their shoulders.

(Image art from Darkkon13!)

Equestria and much of the civilized world was destroyed in a devastating war, following a seventeen year buildup. Many played a part in it: including the former Wonderbolt and war-hero Fleetfoot, whose contributions to the Equestrian war effort as a civilian contractor had a significant role to play in bringing about the end of the world.

A hundred and seventy four years following the explosive conclusion of the Great War between Equestria and the Roam Empire, Emerald Dawn; a young pegasus stallion schoolteacher in the far off and isolated town of Derbyshire is forced to seek a new home and livelihood for himself, and finds himself immersed in the tragic tales that constituted the end of the world, and the turmoil it wrought.

'In Her Shadows' is set twenty-five years before kkat's excellent Fallout Equestria novella, and seeks to explore some of the more intricate and subtle elements leading up the the destruction of Equestria; and is in some ways, an experiment on different styles of writing.