Nastasia Solitude gives us her theory about how King Sombra's Start of Darkness might have happened. Can be found here
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Tropes:
- Awesome Moment of Crowning: Less awesome and more heartwrenching and horrifying, unfortunately.
- Brainwashed: We see the corrupted Sombra do this to the Crystal Ponies when he seizes power.
- Doppelgänger: The Shadow of Sombra that is created when he uses the dark spell.
- The Corruption: Dark magic acts like this.
- Demonic Possession: Sombra ends up possessed by the Shadow he accidentally created.
- Gemstone Assault: Sombra has the power to create red crystals and attack with them. It seems to be the fusion of this magic and the Shadow's darkness that produces his signature Dark Crystals.
- Pet the Dog: Early on, we see Sombra giving his own scarf to his (presumably) love interest to protect her from the biting cold. When the Shadow possesses him and he usurps the Empire, she becomes just another one of his slaves.
- Heroes Prefer Swords: Sombra can fight with a sword of crystal.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Sombra, who is not yet King and instead appears to be a warrior of the Crystal Empire, reads about dark magic in a book and decides to try it out. Needless to say, it turns out to have been a bad idea.
