History Recap / CodexEquusFinalRagnarok

** The Wendols are revealed to be tribes of a once-believed extinct Equine race who were corrupted by the Shadowed Ones into monstrous savages, and also worshiped the Shadowed Ones. They are among the hordes of monsters, fiends and demons sent out to wipe out the Nine Realms as part of the Shadowed Ones' contingency plans.

** Yarost goes into one hearing from [[GreenEyedMonster Awnd]] about how [[CainAndAbel she hope her sister Kunnista would fall in battle]] and allow her to take her place as High Queen of the Shadowed Ones. He immediately tries to burn her to ashes, as [[BerserkButton he utterly despise traitors to their own kin]].

--> [[spoiler:'''Spring Court Changeling General:''']] Treachery upon treachery. Deceit upon deceit. [[NotSoDifferent How different were both their kinds, really?]]

* ScrewDestiny: In contrast to many past Cervidian Pantheons, who either [[TheFatalist fatalistically accepted their fate]], didn't do enough until it was too late, or [[SelfFulfillingProphecy even unwittingly ensure it happens]], the Hoyklan actively did everything possible (''and'' [[GenreSavvy in the right manner]]) to derail the coming of Ragnarok, from having Luminiferous using his powers to defy fate, Kaldr and Haust raising their TricksterGod son right so he'll never want to play his prophecized role, to trying to completely short-circuit it by modifying their daughter Ljoss' Primordial Quintessence make-up to make it such that she happened to be [[LogicBomb two mutually-exclusive divines existing at the same time]] (Where one would only follow after the other's tragic death as her 'avenger'). The fact that the prophecy as foretold by many sages continued as if nothing had changed, among other things, is what clued Kaldr in that something about the entire 'Ragnarok Cycle' is amiss, as if something or someone is [[{{Railroading}} trying to keep everything on track]].

** Downplayed, but the Changeling Summer Court is an unexpected WildCard player, having partially-subverted the Ragnarok Cycle for their own ends and played against ''everyone''... except the [[BigGood Grand Primevals]]. At Amareros' behest and realizing the Cycle having outlived its usefulness, they would formally but secretly side with the Hoyklan against the Shadowed Ones.

--> [[Spoiler:'''Spring Court Changeling General:''']] Treachery upon treachery. Deceit upon deceit. [[NotSoDifferent How different were both their kinds, really?]]

--> '''[[Spoiler:Spring Court Changeling General:]]''' Treachery upon treachery. Deceit upon deceit. [[NotSoDifferent How different were both their kinds, really?]]

* AlphaStrike: The Clovenists attempted this in panic when Ragnarokkr finally [[OneWingedAngel revealed his true form]], one of their airfleets firing a full barrage of Mana Bomb tipped rocket-bombs right into his mountain-sized eldritch body, each one capable of devastating a city. The High King of Shadow [[NoSell tanked it virtually without a scratch]] and [[CurbstompBattle vaporized the offending fleet with a single mouth-beam of shadowy divine energy.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: This arc takes place around the aftermath of the "Storm King Crisis", sometime after Mjolna discovered her divine heritage and eventually Ascended to godhood as the Pony goddess of Thunder. Several heroes who previously fought against the Storm Empire's forces would be shortly sent by Equestria to help stop the Shadowed Ones and their malicious, depraved allies, such as Rainbow Dash, Shadow Sentinel IV/Captain Umbra Wing, and the Scourge of Hell. Other individuals would include Eephus, the Four Terrors as well as the divine children of Belyolen and Tsiviliza, and a few demi-Alicorn sons of [[GodEmperor Golden Scepter]] from the Terran Empire, such as Prince Crimson Star and his older brother, Prince Fanged Paw.

** High King of Shadows Ragnarokkr, who is just as vicious and depraved as Surtr is if not worse, became lustful when he restrained Kaldr's ally Queen Mzazi with his gnarled roots, noting that catching someone as ancient and beautiful as she was is rare. He fully intended to take her as his own [[SexSlave to enjoy]] (and give the other goddesses [[FateWorseThanDeath to Surtr]]), partly so he could [[BreedingSlave replace his lost subordinates and children]]. Luckily, Belyolen and Temnobog's fusion Bogolenya rescued Mzazi and prevented Ragnarokkr from having his way with her right then and there.

** Queen Dazzleglow [[ItsPersonal goes into one]] when they discovered Fegr&eth, Author of Beautiful Ends is actually of the same race of entities as the Void Traveler who helped bring an end to the Second Age. She would declare that they ''must'' destroy him, ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill down to the atomic level]]''.

* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Just to emphasize how horrible the Shadowed ones and their allies are, some of them intend or threaten to do this to those they have in their grasp.
** High King of Shadows Ragnarokkr [WIP]