Basically a collection of short stories about magical artifacts and magical phenomons and how they were used/came to be. (Or even sometimes just stories about them.) With small additions by Twilight Sparkle.

Expect multiple war stopping artifacts, mind control staffs, OP amulets, and even gender changing stones to appear.

This is gonna be a crazy ride.

(Gore for certain chapters containing more violence than the show. Most of it will be fantasy violence. There will probably never be extremely graphic detail. Probably.)

Long ago, a great king ruled Equestria. In the type of unity only a single, benevolent ruler can provide. Now this "great" king is sealed in a cave, banished by himself. Or what was left of him, now he sits in a throne he hasn't left for millennia. alone, so... alone. He tried to not succumb to the darkness like all of his friends did before him. Little does he know, he already has.

I should also mention that this is a companion fic to "A New Game" so updates will depend on that being finished

Dark clouds gather on the horizon... And a storm is coming. When The Princesses, the Mane six, , and even Discord all suddenly vanish, Equestria is left leaderless. Meanwhile in... another place, a new villain is rising, and a new game has just begun.