[Sad][Adventure][Grimdark] That is both the longest stream of tags and the longest description I have ever seen. Brevity is the soul of wit, ponies.
Author: lesserpoet
Description: Every civilization is predicated upon a set of founding myths, a unique Pantheon of heroes and villains. We laud them, idolize them, even speak for them. The nice thing about our legends though, is that they remain firmly locked in our past. They are, in a word, dead.
Imagine for a moment that they were not gone forever. Imagine if one day, they returned, and wanted their power back. Imagine if what we knew of them was built on lies.
Equestria has had 1000 years of relative peace, and prosperity. With the return of Luna, the balance upon which her walls have stood has been restored. Unfortunately, every empire falls. Often, our epilogues are etched deep into those histories that brought about the founding itself. The Elements of Harmony saved the fallen Princess, but their power comes with a heavy cost. When an ancient lie is revealed, when an old dawn threatens the survival of the Equestrian Age, an opportunity arrises to write history anew.... but even in this, as in everything else, what's past is bound to be prologue.
A Tangled Web: Prologue and Chapter I
A Tangled Web: Chapter II
A Tangled Web: Chapter III (New!)
Additional Tags: Origin, Loss, Revelations, Repercussions, Classical Epic
25 comments:
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ReplyDeleteAt least it didn't say "FIRST!"
ReplyDeleteThis defnitely sounds interesting. I may delay Crack of Thunder again for a few more hours...
THE SUSPENSE!
ReplyDeleteSeems like the prologue itself is the summary to this fic.
ReplyDeleteIt interests me, *puts on his long reading list*
*puts on reading monocle*
ReplyDeletethis sounds like a good read
This is just,wow...
ReplyDeleteArgh, cliffhanger ending!
ReplyDeleteI love your writing style. This reads really well.
ReplyDeleteAngel... just... Angel. Good grief. 5/5, because I got emotional reading it, and only great writing could do that.
ReplyDeleteThis one's epic so far :D
ReplyDeleteThis is very good so far, but please stop interrupting charachters so much when they're going to explain something. Rarity: "What's going on is-"
ReplyDeleteSpike rushes in "ZOMG"
"omg what's happening?"
Spike:"well you see..." fade to black
Dude..... I think that's the whole point.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteI can see why you might be concerned with that tactic, if overused it can become quite cheap, but (at least in the case of Spike) I employed it simply because what he was about to say the reader already knew: you see it happen. (Rarity was kind of a tease, sorry about that :p )
Thanks, everypony, for the kind words and pointers, I'm glad y'all are enjoying it so far. I should have chapter 3 out very soon, and four and five should be forthcoming (hopefully) by the end of next week.
Some-thing- has come and rained down destruction. Killded Celestia too. And ruined everything.
ReplyDeleteAnd brought death.
It's the humans, isn't it... spacefaring ones?
@CuteNekoHibiki Ya got me.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the geartest things I have ever read.
ReplyDeleteI'm intrigued. Really can't wait to see what felled the mighty princess. I'll definitely keep reading and commenting as I go along
ReplyDelete@Fifth Alicorn Comments are most highly appreciated, Fifth Alicorn. I am finishing chapter three as I write this, I should have it edited before saturday. From there, it's on to four and five!
ReplyDeleteDid you ever read the WoT series?
ReplyDelete@Soulspony
ReplyDeleteWoT? No... I can honestly say I am not familiar with it.
Ah, well the way you present everything + your writing style remind me a bit of Wheel of Time.
ReplyDeleteA very good thing in my book. Keep it up :D
this is a good read. i'd like to see more episodic ponyville adventures rather than these elaborate drama's that if made into a book would bare an intricate mural of half of the characters on some distant desert planet.
ReplyDeleteHm. I'm torn. I can already see that I shouldn't follow this story when I'm already following three other [GrimDark][Adventure][Sad] ones.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, the first few chapters were written well enough that I can't think of a good enough reason for me to not read it other than just that I'm being a massive pussy about it.
I suppose I'll have to add it to the list.
Hm. I'm torn. I can already see that I shouldn't follow this story when I'm already following three other [GrimDark][Adventure][Sad] ones.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, the first few chapters were written well enough that I can't think of a good enough reason for me to not read it other than just that I'm being a massive pussy about it.
I suppose I'll have to add it to the list.
Did you ever read the WoT series?
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