Years after Tirek was defeated, his followers were still angry. They were mad at Twilight, Equestria, and especially Celestia. So one night, they decide to take action.

Thorn is a highest ranking guard in the Royal Army. He is certain that nothing can take that away from him. But, one thing he sees during what he assumes a normal court case, he'll regret it for the rest of his life.

Now he is taken hostage, and put in a POW camp. Now he needs to get out. But he'll learn nobody on the outside really care about him.

Equestria has fallen, from the ruins were built towns that were left to fend for themselves. Food is scarce, people get depressed. There is but one savior from the living hell, the Firing Squad. It is said that if you are lucky every other Sunday you will be given extra food, medicine, or just offed right there. But a legend remains, that you are not really killed, but brought away, to a better life.