For two Enclave deserters, they're fighting against the clock as the world changes around them. In the aftermath of Maripony, they journey into the decrepit ruins of old Canterlot to scour the city before Operation: Cauterize begins.

Ahead of them, the terrors of the Pink Cloud follow them at every turn. The deadly miasma builds with every moment. However, these obstacles won't keep them from their goal. They only have two days before Canterlot is destroyed.

Their prize? A pre-war salt water taffy family recipe.

A story set one year before Fire on the Mountain.

Baldric's Day — One of the biggest national celebrations in the Gryphon Confederacy. There are few like it, but this day is special in every gryph's eyes.

But this year, in the little hamlet of Talon's Reach, the celebrations go awry as a terrible crime befalls the town: The death of their beloved mayor, Tala Whitetalon. At first, the murder is seen as happenstance, committed by a crazy gryphon with no love for his mother. However, as the investigation goes deeper, terrible truths expose themselves, leading to a sinister explanation.

Tradition. Status. Two words that resonate in the daily lives of the noble gryphons, high and low. For hundreds of years, the hierarchy has reigned supreme, from family, clan, to state. This is how it has been, how it is, and how it will remain.

However...

In the century before the return of Nightmare Moon, Tor Razorwing, aristocratic senator of the Confederacy of the Gryphons, commits an act of kindness that breaks social barriers, and unknowingly strikes upon the foundation of a fragile social order. Between the duties of the upper class to uphold tradition and the need to pursue the freedom of his people, a crisis boils beneath a facade of righteousness and order.

Tor’s world balances on the tip of an upturned mountain - Will it right itself back into the seat of stability? Or will it tumble, and with it, break into a world that dares to find new meaning?