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** Vicearch Iniquitous is a Lawful Evil-incarnate version of this trope, being [WIP]
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** Vicearch Iniquitous is a Lawful Evil-incarnate version of this trope, being a leader that is able to take evil, and turn it into something productive for her country.[WIP]
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** The Empire of Trot, one of the Crystal Empire's rivals, also had it bad, reduced to little more than a collection of squabbling hedge realms and petty kingdoms that were easy pickings for Queen Chrysalis and her Hive, as mentioned in her MLP Fiendship is Magic issue, starting with Timbucktu (which left the [[{{Mutants}} Twinkle Eye Ponies]] critically-endangered) and finally ending with the city of Trot itself.
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** The Empire of Trot, one of the Crystal Empire's rivals, also had it bad, reduced to little more than a collection of squabbling hedge realms and petty kingdoms that were easy pickings for Queen Chrysalis and her Hive, as mentioned in her MLP Fiendship is Magic ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFiendshipIsMagic'' issue, starting with Timbucktu (which left the [[{{Mutants}} Twinkle Eye Ponies]] critically-endangered) and finally ending with the city of Trot itself.
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** Changeling Queen Odonata is the UltimateBlacksmith for Changelingkind, and has enormous physical strength from that role and also has a powerful Nirik form on top of it. However, she doesn't have much in the way of actual skill, with her sword slash being more like a baseball bat swing. However, her WeaponOfChoice, a giant forge hammer, doesn't require all that much skill.
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** Changeling Queen Odonata is the UltimateBlacksmith for Changelingkind, and has enormous physical strength from that role and also has a powerful Nirik form on top of it. However, she doesn't have much in the way of actual skill, with her sword slash being more like a baseball bat swing. However, her WeaponOfChoice, weapon, a giant forge hammer, doesn't require all that much skill.
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** Alicorns, naturally, but UpToEleven with the fact that as they age they start growing ''additional'' sets of wings. The 4 million years-old Mzazi has ''eight'' wings, while Golden Scepter and Ascending Dawn each have six wings, with Golden Scepter being very close to getting eight.
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** Alicorns, naturally, but UpToEleven exaggerated with the fact that as they age they start growing ''additional'' sets of wings. The 4 million years-old Mzazi has ''eight'' wings, while Golden Scepter and Ascending Dawn each have six wings, with Golden Scepter being very close to getting eight.
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'''Ace''': Mom, looks like we're gonna have a rain of rockets! And the guy on the Holotube [[YouCanPanicNow just said our city is gonna be kaput like all the others!]]\\
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'''Ace''': Mom, looks like we're gonna have a rain of rockets! And the guy on the Holotube [[YouCanPanicNow just said our city is gonna be kaput like all the others!]]\\others!\\
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** Queen Odonata is the UltimateBlacksmith of the Changelings, and has enormous physical strength from that role and also has a powerful Nirik form on top of it. However, she doesn't have much in the way of actual skill, with her sword slash being more like a baseball bat swing. However, her WeaponOfChoice, a giant forge hammer, doesn't require all that much skill.
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** Changeling Queen Odonata is the UltimateBlacksmith of the Changelings, for Changelingkind, and has enormous physical strength from that role and also has a powerful Nirik form on top of it. However, she doesn't have much in the way of actual skill, with her sword slash being more like a baseball bat swing. However, her WeaponOfChoice, a giant forge hammer, doesn't require all that much skill.
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** Zigzagged with Twilight Sparkle (now Princess Amicitia Sparkle Equestria). Twilight/Amicitia is among the most powerful divine mages on the planet and is a learned intellectual, but there are things that she isn't very good at, like physical combat (despite being an experienced battle mage) or using the racial magics of other Pony tribes. [[spoiler:Becoming [[TheOldGods Mana Equus]]' reincarnation gave her her memories and unique powers yet unexplored on top of even more magic, though Mana Equus herself notes it would take time for her to access them all]]. Reportedly, this would lead to Twilight/Amicitia befriending Prince Moon Ray/Canticum Lunae, who himself transformed into an 'infant' eldritch god through a series of events and is learning how to explore his new domains.
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** The newly-ascended Changeling King Thorax is incredibly young by Royal Changeling standards, and his meek and friendly disposition makes him not really all that keen on fighting... but his ascension has made him incredibly powerful, to the point he ''accidentally'' blew Zorpheus across Avalon Valley with a magic beam, leaving him unconscious in a crater with a cracked carapace. And that was because Zorpheus has a natural, insanely high defense, it's noted it likely would've been a One-Hit Kill on many other Changeling Royals. It's been stated and shown repeatedly that because Thorax is willing to let go of his people's racism against Dragonkind and forgive those responsible for perpetuating it, he has ''much'' greater potential than even the most experienced Royal Changelings, with his future potential being a Changeling Emperor that heavily resembles Emperor Blackthorn himself.
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** The newly-ascended Changeling King Thorax is incredibly young by an 'infant' [[SemiDivine Royal Changeling Changeling]] by divine standards, and his meek and friendly disposition makes him not really all that keen on fighting... very reluctant to fight... but his ascension Ascension has made him incredibly powerful, to the point he ''accidentally'' blew Zorpheus across Avalon Valley with a magic beam, leaving him the latter unconscious in a crater with a cracked carapace. And that was because Zorpheus has a natural, insanely high defense, it's noted it likely would've been a One-Hit Kill OneHitKill on many other Changeling Royals. It's been stated and shown repeatedly that because Thorax is willing to let go of his people's racism against Dragonkind and forgive those responsible for perpetuating it, he has ''much'' greater potential than even the most experienced Royal Changelings, Changelings. When empowered with his future potential being by Luminiferous during the 'Revenge of Apertus' crisis, Thorax's future divine form is implied to be a Changeling Emperor that heavily resembles a colorful version of Emperor Blackthorn himself.himself.
** Following the 'Cosmic Prophet Debacle' and his [[AdventuresInComaland coma]]-induced VisionQuest, Moon Ray Vaughoof (now [[MeaningfulRename Prince Canticum Lunae Cahaya]]) re-Ascended and became an eldritch Alicorn. However, due to his EldritchTransformation being very recent, Moon Ray/Canticum Lunae is an 'infant' by divine standards (despite being chronologically tens of thousands of years old), and because he [[DiscardAndDraw gained new domains in exchange for losing his original ones]], many of his powers haven't been fully explored yet. To resolve this, Moon Ray/Canticum Lunae has been learning under various divine teachers, including his adoptive father/relatives, the Three Deaths. It's been reported that he befriended Princess Amicitia Sparkle Equestria, likely due to shared experiences, but certain information regarding Amicitia ([[spoiler:namely, her being the young {{Reincarnation}} of a deceased [[TheOldGods Empyrean Alicorn]]]]) is kept secret by the Church of the Stars for her safety.
** Following the 'Cosmic Prophet Debacle' and his [[AdventuresInComaland coma]]-induced VisionQuest, Moon Ray Vaughoof (now [[MeaningfulRename Prince Canticum Lunae Cahaya]]) re-Ascended and became an eldritch Alicorn. However, due to his EldritchTransformation being very recent, Moon Ray/Canticum Lunae is an 'infant' by divine standards (despite being chronologically tens of thousands of years old), and because he [[DiscardAndDraw gained new domains in exchange for losing his original ones]], many of his powers haven't been fully explored yet. To resolve this, Moon Ray/Canticum Lunae has been learning under various divine teachers, including his adoptive father/relatives, the Three Deaths. It's been reported that he befriended Princess Amicitia Sparkle Equestria, likely due to shared experiences, but certain information regarding Amicitia ([[spoiler:namely, her being the young {{Reincarnation}} of a deceased [[TheOldGods Empyrean Alicorn]]]]) is kept secret by the Church of the Stars for her safety.
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** The Empire of Trot, one of the Crystal Empire's rivals, also had it bad, reduced to little more than a collection of squabbling hedge realms and petty kingdoms that were easy pickings for Queen Chrysalis and her Hive, as mentioned in her MLP Fiendship is Magic issue, starting with Timbucktu and finally ending with the city of Trot itself.
** Both above empires and the Principalities of Equestria were the three biggest successor states of the classical Equestrian Empire, whose declined and collapse climaxed at the beginning of Discord's reign and the five-centuries long Age of Chaos. Wonder if there's a link between the two events...?
** Both above empires and the Principalities of Equestria were the three biggest successor states of the classical Equestrian Empire, whose declined and collapse climaxed at the beginning of Discord's reign and the five-centuries long Age of Chaos. Wonder if there's a link between the two events...?
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** The Empire of Trot, one of the Crystal Empire's rivals, also had it bad, reduced to little more than a collection of squabbling hedge realms and petty kingdoms that were easy pickings for Queen Chrysalis and her Hive, as mentioned in her MLP Fiendship is Magic issue, starting with Timbucktu (which left the [[{{Mutants}} Twinkle Eye Ponies]] critically-endangered) and finally ending with the city of Trot itself.
** Both above empires and the Principalities of Equestria were the three biggest successor states of the classical Equestrian Empire, whose declined and collapse climaxed at the beginning of Discord's reign and the five-centuries long Age of Chaos. Wonder if there's a link between the two events...?
** Both above empires and the Principalities of Equestria were the three biggest successor states of the classical Equestrian Empire, whose declined and collapse climaxed at the beginning of Discord's reign and the five-centuries long Age of Chaos.
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** The most prominent of these cycles is the Changeling-Dragon feud, which was rumored to have started with the "Burning of Amorea" conflict because of Dragonkind's greed and cruelty. While Changelingkind's reasons to hate them are understandable, the grudge has become so bloody, vicious, and enduring that it ended up hurting those who had nothing to do with the conflict, such as Princess Apertus and Dr. Toxikon, and creating {{Tragic Villain}}s from these individuals. Almost every single non-Changeling deity had called out both Changelingkind and Dragonkind for their actions, and even Luminiferous made it a point to show off the future potential Thorax and Ember had as friends and gods-in-the-making, so both races will know just how much they are squandering to fuel an ultimately detrimental and petty grudge. Even Thorax himself pointed out that Changelingkind's desire to survive at all costs is rendered moot if they constantly do something that's opposite of survival, and he and Ember are so sick of the violence that they instead forgive the elders of each other's races for their actions. This created a magical karmic backlash that resulted in the "birth" of Princess Lampyridae/Firewing, who is seen as the greatest hope for Changelingkind and Dragonkind reconciling.
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** The most prominent of these cycles is the Changeling-Dragon feud, which was rumored to have started with the "Burning of Amorea" conflict because of Dragonkind's greed and cruelty. While Changelingkind's reasons to hate them are understandable, the grudge has become so bloody, vicious, and enduring that it ended up hurting those who had nothing to do with the conflict, such as King Xestobium, Princess Apertus and Dr. Toxikon, and creating {{Tragic Villain}}s from these individuals. Almost every single non-Changeling deity had called out both Changelingkind and Dragonkind for their actions, and even Luminiferous made it a point to show off the future potential Thorax and Ember had as friends and gods-in-the-making, so both races will know just how much they are squandering to fuel an ultimately detrimental and petty grudge. Even Thorax himself pointed out that Changelingkind's desire to survive at all costs is rendered moot if they constantly do something that's opposite of survival, and he and Ember are so sick of the violence that they instead forgive the elders of each other's races for their actions. This created a magical karmic backlash that resulted in the "birth" of Princess Lampyridae/Firewing, who is seen as the greatest hope for Changelingkind and Dragonkind reconciling.
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** The cold lands of the Hoyklan Deer pantheon and its divine predecessors have been stuck in a vicious "[[{{Gotterdammerung}} Ragnarok]]" cycle since time immemorial - a leader of their pantheon would adopt a trickster god as their child, only to shun and emotionally abuse them when it's revealed that said trickster god has been fated to destroy their pantheon. [[SelfFulfillingProphecy This would result in Ragnarok occurring anyway, as the trickster god would become so miserable and resentful that they would engineer the end of their adoptive parents and peers out of spite]]. This would continue repeatedly, with many succeeding trickster gods being killed or suppressed... until High King Kaldr decided to do the right thing by adopting the trickster god Flœrð and treating him like his own son despite the prophecies, even protecting him from those who call for Flœrð's death and/or suppression for the greater good. It's later revealed that the [[EldritchAbomination Shadowed Ones]] have been influencing the "Ragnarok" cycles so they could feed off the energy produced by these cycles, but the actions of Kaldr, Flœrð, and Flœrð's sister Ljóss Hefna [[SpannerInTheWorks would ultimately expose the Shadowed Ones and lead to their defeat]], saving the Hoyklan Deer.
* VictoryByEndurance: Wibeti defeats Fik'iri this way: Fik'iri's complacency and hedonism left her with terrible stamina for a deity, while Wibeti's constantly being chased by Moufette gave her great endurance and agility. As a result, while Fik'iri has the advantage at first, she tires quickly and Wibeti still has stamina to spare, negating any advantage Fik'iri had as a war goddess.
* VictoryByEndurance: Wibeti defeats Fik'iri this way: Fik'iri's complacency and hedonism left her with terrible stamina for a deity, while Wibeti's constantly being chased by Moufette gave her great endurance and agility. As a result, while Fik'iri has the advantage at first, she tires quickly and Wibeti still has stamina to spare, negating any advantage Fik'iri had as a war goddess.
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** The cold lands of the Hoyklan Deer pantheon and its divine predecessors have been stuck in a vicious "[[{{Gotterdammerung}} Ragnarok]]" cycle since time immemorial - a leader of their pantheon would adopt a trickster god TricksterGod as their child, only to shun and emotionally abuse them when it's revealed that said trickster god has been was fated to destroy their pantheon. [[SelfFulfillingProphecy This would result in Ragnarok occurring anyway, as the trickster god would become so miserable and resentful that they would engineer the end of their adoptive parents and peers out of spite]]. This would continue repeatedly, with many succeeding trickster gods being killed or suppressed... until High King Kaldr decided to do the right thing by adopting the trickster god Flœrð and treating him like his own son despite the prophecies, even protecting him from those who call [[WouldHurtAChild called for Flœrð's death and/or suppression suppression]] for the greater good. It's later revealed that the [[EldritchAbomination Shadowed Ones]] have been influencing the "Ragnarok" cycles so they could feed off the energy produced by these cycles, but the actions of Kaldr, Flœrð, and Flœrð's sister Ljóss Hefna [[SpannerInTheWorks would ultimately expose the Shadowed Ones and lead to their defeat]], saving the Hoyklan Deer.
* VictoryByEndurance: Wibeti defeats Fik'iri this way: while vastly older and more powerful, Fik'iri's complacency and hedonism left her with terrible stamina for a deity, whileWibeti's Wibeti was constantly being chased by Moufette gave her great and gradually gained incredible endurance and agility. agility for a deity her age. As a result, while Fik'iri initially has the advantage at first, advantage, she tires quickly and Wibeti still has stamina to spare, negating any advantage Fik'iri had as a war goddess.War goddess. The result was Fik'iri suffering a HumiliationConga, which Katharsis recorded and sent to all her victims.
* VictoryByEndurance: Wibeti defeats Fik'iri this way: while vastly older and more powerful, Fik'iri's complacency and hedonism left her with terrible stamina for a deity, while
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*** [[GodEmperor Golden Scepter]], one of the antediluvian Alicorn rulers who survived the war, stayed behind to help Equus, and its mortal and divine residents rebuild, which ultimately led to the creation of the 'Golden Imperium' civilization of yore. Unfortunately, the traumas he would suffer after fighting for ''ten Ages'', [[ThereAreNoTherapists with no one to properly help him deal with said traumas]], would bring out many of his worst traits that would also deeply affect his judgement. This led to him making terrible mistakes that ultimately caused him to be sealed away, while his Golden Imperium crumbled and collapsed.
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*** [[GodEmperor [[ImmortalRuler Golden Scepter]], one of the antediluvian Alicorn rulers who survived the war, stayed behind to help Equus, and its mortal and divine residents rebuild, which ultimately led to the creation of the 'Golden Imperium' civilization of yore. Unfortunately, the traumas he would suffer after fighting for ''ten Ages'', [[ThereAreNoTherapists with no one to properly help him deal with said traumas]], would bring out many of his worst traits that would also deeply affect his judgement. This led to him making terrible mistakes that ultimately caused him to be sealed away, while his Golden Imperium crumbled and collapsed.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent:
** In a ShoutOut to popular fanon, it is revealed [[spoiler:[[{{Characters/CodexEquusPonyville}} Vinyl Scratch/'DJ Pon-3']], Octavia the Cellist's roommate/soulmate]] in Ponyville is actually a member of Equestrian Vampirekind who had been around for [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 500 years]], getting her sustenance buying blood packs from blood banks and feeding ([[VegetarianVampire non-lethally]]) on the occasional AssholeVictim to sate her HorrorHunger. Luckily for every-pony, she is a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire in Ponyville and apparently the town already knows of and is fine with her vampirism.
** During the 'Great Wars Era' of the Second Age, a ''[[FeralVampires Strigoi]]'' from [[{{Myth/RussianMythologyAndTales}} Strussia]] somehow managed to find its way to Ponyland and began terrorizing a town preying on its inhabitants. Unfortunately for the Strigoi, a working-class Strussian émigré member of the VampireHunter group which went after and eventually ambushed the vampire [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/829176999/4891700191 brought]] a [[{{UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets}} Hooviet]]-made [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPV_heavy_machine_gun KPV-series]] [[MoreDakka Heavy Machine Gun]] along to deal with the bloodsucking bastard.[[note]]For reference, those things fire 14.5x114mm rounds size of fists which can absolutely shred people and kill light vehicles at a range of up to 4-8 km at 600 rounds-per-minute[[/note]] [[CurbstompBattle The Strigoi]] [[MugglePower didn't stand]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill a chance]].
** In a ShoutOut to popular fanon, it is revealed [[spoiler:[[{{Characters/CodexEquusPonyville}} Vinyl Scratch/'DJ Pon-3']], Octavia the Cellist's roommate/soulmate]] in Ponyville is actually a member of Equestrian Vampirekind who had been around for [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 500 years]], getting her sustenance buying blood packs from blood banks and feeding ([[VegetarianVampire non-lethally]]) on the occasional AssholeVictim to sate her HorrorHunger. Luckily for every-pony, she is a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire in Ponyville and apparently the town already knows of and is fine with her vampirism.
** During the 'Great Wars Era' of the Second Age, a ''[[FeralVampires Strigoi]]'' from [[{{Myth/RussianMythologyAndTales}} Strussia]] somehow managed to find its way to Ponyland and began terrorizing a town preying on its inhabitants. Unfortunately for the Strigoi, a working-class Strussian émigré member of the VampireHunter group which went after and eventually ambushed the vampire [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/829176999/4891700191 brought]] a [[{{UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets}} Hooviet]]-made [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPV_heavy_machine_gun KPV-series]] [[MoreDakka Heavy Machine Gun]] along to deal with the bloodsucking bastard.[[note]]For reference, those things fire 14.5x114mm rounds size of fists which can absolutely shred people and kill light vehicles at a range of up to 4-8 km at 600 rounds-per-minute[[/note]] [[CurbstompBattle The Strigoi]] [[MugglePower didn't stand]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill a chance]].
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* VirtueIsWeakness: Played with Vicearch Iniquitous. After witnessing the actions of the increasingly corrupt, proud, and incompetent Malrègnarian Pantheon, Iniquitous came to believe that virtue and goodness are [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/787594426/4905383190 obsolete concepts]] that create hypocrisy, self-righteousness, and ultimately moral corruption instead of actually stopping evil threats like they're supposed to. On the other hand, her view on evil is similar to Temnobog's - that evil is like a 'wildfire' that will destroy everything ([[EvilWillFail including itself]]) if proper measures aren't taken to control it. While Iniquitous does genuinely [[VillainRespect respect]] heroic individuals who practice and adhere to their own standards of goodness, such as Virtuecrat Fairytale, Blue Suede Hearstrings, and Santa Hooves, she still wants to find 'better' alternatives to virtue and goodness, believing that the entire world will be better for it. Naturally, this has brought Iniquitous into opposition with a lot of good and constructively evil individuals; Temnobog especially opposes her largely because her success would mean [[CantLiveWithoutYou both he and Belyolen would die]], due to both of them being the living bisected halves of [[spoiler:High King Bogolenya]].
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** During the 'Great Wars Era' of the Second Age, a ''[[FeralVampires Strigoi]]'' from [[{{Myth/RussianMythologyAndTales}} Strussia]] somehow managed to find its way to Ponyland and began terrorizing a town preying on its inhabitants. Unfortunately for the Strigoi, a working-class Strussian émigré member of the VampireHunter group which went after and eventually ambushed the vampire [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/829176999/4891659215 brought]] a [[{{UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets}} Hooviet]]-made [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPV_heavy_machine_gun KPV-series]] [[MoreDakka Heavy Machine Gun]] along to deal with the bloodsucking bastard.[[note]]For reference, those things fire 14.5x114mm rounds size of fists which can absolutely shred people and kill light vehicles at a range of up to 4-8 km at 600 rounds-per-minute[[/note]] [[CurbstompBattle The Strigoi]] [[MugglePower didn't stand]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill a chance]].
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** During the 'Great Wars Era' of the Second Age, a ''[[FeralVampires Strigoi]]'' from [[{{Myth/RussianMythologyAndTales}} Strussia]] somehow managed to find its way to Ponyland and began terrorizing a town preying on its inhabitants. Unfortunately for the Strigoi, a working-class Strussian émigré member of the VampireHunter group which went after and eventually ambushed the vampire [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/829176999/4891659215 com/comments/1/829176999/4891700191 brought]] a [[{{UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets}} Hooviet]]-made [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPV_heavy_machine_gun KPV-series]] [[MoreDakka Heavy Machine Gun]] along to deal with the bloodsucking bastard.[[note]]For reference, those things fire 14.5x114mm rounds size of fists which can absolutely shred people and kill light vehicles at a range of up to 4-8 km at 600 rounds-per-minute[[/note]] [[CurbstompBattle The Strigoi]] [[MugglePower didn't stand]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill a chance]].
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** It is revealed that [[spoiler:[[{{Characters/CodexEquusPonyville}} Vinyl Scratch/'DJ Pon-3']], Octavia the Cellist's roommate / soulmate]] in Ponyville is actually a member of Equestrian Vampirekind who had been around for [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 500 years]], getting her sustenance buying blood packs from blood banks and feeding ([[VegetarianVampire non-lethally]]) on the occasional AssholeVictim to sate her HorrorHunger. Luckily for every-pony, she is a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire in Ponyville and apparently the town already knows of and is fine with her vampirism.
** During the 'Great Wars Era' of the Second Age, a ''[[FeralVampires Strigoi]]'' from [[{{Myth/RussianMythologyAndTales}} Strussia]] somehow managed to find its way to Ponyland and began terrorizing a town preying on its inhabitants. Unfortunately for the Strigoi, a working-class Strussian émigré member of the VampireHunter group which went after and eventually ambushed the vampire [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/829176999/4891659215 brought]] a [[{{UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets}} Hooviet]]-made [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPV_heavy_machine_gun KPV-series]] [[MoreDakka Heavy Machine Gun]] along to deal with the bloodsucking bastard.[[note]]For reference, those things fire 14.5x114mm rounds size of fists which can absolutely shred people and kill light vehicles at a range of up to 4-8 km at 600 rounds-per-minute[[/note]] [[CurbstompBattle It didn't stand]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill a chance]].
** During the 'Great Wars Era' of the Second Age, a ''[[FeralVampires Strigoi]]'' from [[{{Myth/RussianMythologyAndTales}} Strussia]] somehow managed to find its way to Ponyland and began terrorizing a town preying on its inhabitants. Unfortunately for the Strigoi, a working-class Strussian émigré member of the VampireHunter group which went after and eventually ambushed the vampire [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/829176999/4891659215 brought]] a [[{{UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets}} Hooviet]]-made [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPV_heavy_machine_gun KPV-series]] [[MoreDakka Heavy Machine Gun]] along to deal with the bloodsucking bastard.[[note]]For reference, those things fire 14.5x114mm rounds size of fists which can absolutely shred people and kill light vehicles at a range of up to 4-8 km at 600 rounds-per-minute[[/note]] [[CurbstompBattle It didn't stand]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill a chance]].
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** It In a ShoutOut to popular fanon, it is revealed that [[spoiler:[[{{Characters/CodexEquusPonyville}} Vinyl Scratch/'DJ Pon-3']], Octavia the Cellist's roommate / soulmate]] roommate/soulmate]] in Ponyville is actually a member of Equestrian Vampirekind who had been around for [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 500 years]], getting her sustenance buying blood packs from blood banks and feeding ([[VegetarianVampire non-lethally]]) on the occasional AssholeVictim to sate her HorrorHunger. Luckily for every-pony, she is a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire in Ponyville and apparently the town already knows of and is fine with her vampirism.
** During the 'Great Wars Era' of the Second Age, a ''[[FeralVampires Strigoi]]'' from [[{{Myth/RussianMythologyAndTales}} Strussia]] somehow managed to find its way to Ponyland and began terrorizing a town preying on its inhabitants. Unfortunately for the Strigoi, a working-class Strussian émigré member of the VampireHunter group which went after and eventually ambushed the vampire [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/829176999/4891659215 brought]] a [[{{UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets}} Hooviet]]-made [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPV_heavy_machine_gun KPV-series]] [[MoreDakka Heavy Machine Gun]] along to deal with the bloodsucking bastard.[[note]]For reference, those things fire 14.5x114mm rounds size of fists which can absolutely shred people and kill light vehicles at a range of up to 4-8 km at 600 rounds-per-minute[[/note]] [[CurbstompBattleIt The Strigoi]] [[MugglePower didn't stand]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill a chance]].
** During the 'Great Wars Era' of the Second Age, a ''[[FeralVampires Strigoi]]'' from [[{{Myth/RussianMythologyAndTales}} Strussia]] somehow managed to find its way to Ponyland and began terrorizing a town preying on its inhabitants. Unfortunately for the Strigoi, a working-class Strussian émigré member of the VampireHunter group which went after and eventually ambushed the vampire [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/829176999/4891659215 brought]] a [[{{UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets}} Hooviet]]-made [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPV_heavy_machine_gun KPV-series]] [[MoreDakka Heavy Machine Gun]] along to deal with the bloodsucking bastard.[[note]]For reference, those things fire 14.5x114mm rounds size of fists which can absolutely shred people and kill light vehicles at a range of up to 4-8 km at 600 rounds-per-minute[[/note]] [[CurbstompBattle
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** It is revealed that [[spoiler:[[{{Characters/CodexEquusPonyville}} Vinyl Scratch/'DJ Pon-3']], Octavia the Cellist's roommate / soulmate]] in Ponyville is actually a member of Equestrian Vampirekind who had been around for [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 500 years]], getting her sustenance buying blood packs from blood banks and feeding ([[VegetarianVampire non-lethally]]) on the occasional AssholeVictim to sate her HorrorHunger. Luckily for every-pony, she is a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire in Ponyville and apparently the town already knows of and is fine with her vampirism.
** During the 'Great Wars Era' of the Second Age, a ''[[FeralVampires Strigoi]]'' from [[{{Myth/RussianMythologyAndTales}} Strussia]] somehow managed to find its way to Ponyland and began terrorizing a town preying on its inhabitants. Unfortunately for the Strigoi, a working-class Strussian émigré member of the VampireHunter group which went after and eventually ambushed the vampire [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/829176999/4891659215 brought]] a [[{{UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets}} Hooviet]]-made [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPV_heavy_machine_gun KPV-series]] [[MoreDakka Heavy Machine Gun]] along to deal with the bloodsucking bastard.[[note]]For reference, those things fire 14.5x114mm rounds size of fists which can absolutely shred people and kill light vehicles at a range of up to 4-8 km at 600 rounds-per-minute[[/note]] [[CurbstompBattle It didn't stand]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill a chance]].
** It is revealed that [[spoiler:[[{{Characters/CodexEquusPonyville}} Vinyl Scratch/'DJ Pon-3']], Octavia the Cellist's roommate / soulmate]] in Ponyville is actually a member of Equestrian Vampirekind who had been around for [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 500 years]], getting her sustenance buying blood packs from blood banks and feeding ([[VegetarianVampire non-lethally]]) on the occasional AssholeVictim to sate her HorrorHunger. Luckily for every-pony, she is a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire in Ponyville and apparently the town already knows of and is fine with her vampirism.
** During the 'Great Wars Era' of the Second Age, a ''[[FeralVampires Strigoi]]'' from [[{{Myth/RussianMythologyAndTales}} Strussia]] somehow managed to find its way to Ponyland and began terrorizing a town preying on its inhabitants. Unfortunately for the Strigoi, a working-class Strussian émigré member of the VampireHunter group which went after and eventually ambushed the vampire [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/829176999/4891659215 brought]] a [[{{UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets}} Hooviet]]-made [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPV_heavy_machine_gun KPV-series]] [[MoreDakka Heavy Machine Gun]] along to deal with the bloodsucking bastard.[[note]]For reference, those things fire 14.5x114mm rounds size of fists which can absolutely shred people and kill light vehicles at a range of up to 4-8 km at 600 rounds-per-minute[[/note]] [[CurbstompBattle It didn't stand]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill a chance]].
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting:
** Changelings, as in canon, with the Changeling Progenitors indisputably being considered the best of their children.
** Trickster deities as a rule are talented at this.
** Death deities in general have this as part of their domain. When visiting the dying/deceased, a Death deity would change their own form to match the species of those they visit so they could feel more at ease. Many Death deities choose to appear as their pre-Ascendant mortal selves, likely so they would remain grounded and remember what they once were.
** Changelings, as in canon, with the Changeling Progenitors indisputably being considered the best of their children.
** Trickster deities as a rule are talented at this.
** Death deities in general have this as part of their domain. When visiting the dying/deceased, a Death deity would change their own form to match the species of those they visit so they could feel more at ease. Many Death deities choose to appear as their pre-Ascendant mortal selves, likely so they would remain grounded and remember what they once were.
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** Queen Majesty is a defining example of one, having [WIP]
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* {{Ubermensch}}: Quite common in the Codexverse setting and often lauded for their willingness to not abide but to overcome the limitations of the world and their own selves, allowing them to achieve feats transcending the mortal and normal and alter the history/destiny of the world. The [[MoralityKitchenSink moral complexities]] of the setting also makes it difficult to put an accurate classification of the moral disposition of these characters: more often than not, they are simply too big to judge.
** Overmare [WIP]
** Vicearch Iniquitous is a Lawful Evil-incarnate version of this trope, being [WIP]
** Overmare [WIP]
** Vicearch Iniquitous is a Lawful Evil-incarnate version of this trope, being [WIP]
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'''Ace's Mother''': " Ah... [[CasualDangerDialogue so the typical Monday usual, then]].
'''Ace's Mother''': " Ah... [[CasualDangerDialogue so the typical Monday usual, then]].
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'''Ace''': "Mom, Mom, looks like we're gonna have a rain of rockets! And the guy on the Holotube [[YouCanPanicNow just said our city is gonna be kaput like all the others!]]\\
'''Ace's Mother''':" Ah... [[ItCantBeHelped Ah...]] [[CasualDangerDialogue so the typical Monday usual, then]].
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* VillainSong: Propagare sings a version of [[Disney/{{Pocahontas}} "Savages"]] to Xestobium in order to tip him over the edge into carrying out his genocidal ambitions, which Propagare intends to capitalize on. Towards the end, Xestobium himself takes over and finishing the song, signifying the point where he fully gives himself in to his revenge.
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* VillainSong: Propagare sings a version of [[Disney/{{Pocahontas}} [[WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} "Savages"]] to Xestobium in order to tip him over the edge into carrying out his genocidal ambitions, which Propagare intends to capitalize on. Towards the end, Xestobium himself takes over and finishing the song, signifying the point where he fully gives himself in to his revenge.
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--> '''News Bulletin''': ''"- Reports are coming in from all over the world: [[{{ApocalypseHow/Class0}} many cities are in ruins]], [[DeathFromAbove devastated by hails of]] [[MacrossMissileMassacre ballistic missiles]] launched by the renegade forces of - this just in! [[EmergencyPresidentialAddress The president has declared a nation-wide state of emergency]] and [[EmergencyAuthority martial law]] in response to - !"''
--> '''Ace's Mother''': "Honey, what's the weather forecast for today?"
--> '''Ace''': "Mom, [[UnderStatement looks like we're gonna have a rain of rockets]]! And the guy on the Holotube [[YouCanPanicNow just said our city is gonna be kaput like all the others!]]"
--> '''Ace's Mother''': "[[{{Funny/CodexEquus}} Ah...]][[CasualDangerDialogue so the]] [[StiffUpperLip typical Monday]] [[ItCantBeHelped usual, then]]."
--> '''Ace's Mother''': "Honey, what's the weather forecast for today?"
--> '''Ace''': "Mom, [[UnderStatement looks like we're gonna have a rain of rockets]]! And the guy on the Holotube [[YouCanPanicNow just said our city is gonna be kaput like all the others!]]"
--> '''Ace's Mother''': "[[{{Funny/CodexEquus}} Ah...]][[CasualDangerDialogue so the]] [[StiffUpperLip typical Monday]] [[ItCantBeHelped usual, then]]."
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** Alicorns, naturally, but UpToEleven with the fact that as they age they start growing ''additional'' sets of wings. The 4 million years-old Mzazi has ''eight'' wings.
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** Alicorns, naturally, but UpToEleven with the fact that as they age they start growing ''additional'' sets of wings. The 4 million years-old Mzazi has ''eight'' wings.wings, while Golden Scepter and Ascending Dawn each have six wings, with Golden Scepter being very close to getting eight.
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* UnfazedEveryman:
** During the 'Second Age', world-endangering conflicts and calamities became such a regular occurrence many Ponies by the 1980s/90s were more or less unfazed by all but the most terrible events. Ace, a colt-friend of the Tales Seven, was more annoyed by the fact that he had to move venue for his birthday party one Monday then by the fact much of the metropolis he lived in was devastated by a massive attack, with the description noting that everything's usually back to normal within a month.
--> '''News Bulletin''': ''"- Reports are coming in from all over the world: [[{{ApocalypseHow/Class0}} many cities are in ruins]], [[DeathFromAbove devastated by hails of]] [[MacrossMissileMassacre ballistic missiles]] launched by the renegade forces of - this just in! [[EmergencyPresidentialAddress The president has declared a nation-wide state of emergency]] and [[EmergencyAuthority martial law]] in response to - !"''
--> '''Ace's Mother''': "Honey, what's the weather forecast for today?"
--> '''Ace''': "Mom, [[UnderStatement looks like we're gonna have a rain of rockets]]! And the guy on the Holotube [[YouCanPanicNow just said our city is gonna be kaput like all the others!]]"
--> '''Ace's Mother''': "[[{{Funny/CodexEquus}} Ah...]][[CasualDangerDialogue so the]] [[StiffUpperLip typical Monday]] [[ItCantBeHelped usual, then]]."
** During the 'Second Age', world-endangering conflicts and calamities became such a regular occurrence many Ponies by the 1980s/90s were more or less unfazed by all but the most terrible events. Ace, a colt-friend of the Tales Seven, was more annoyed by the fact that he had to move venue for his birthday party one Monday then by the fact much of the metropolis he lived in was devastated by a massive attack, with the description noting that everything's usually back to normal within a month.
--> '''News Bulletin''': ''"- Reports are coming in from all over the world: [[{{ApocalypseHow/Class0}} many cities are in ruins]], [[DeathFromAbove devastated by hails of]] [[MacrossMissileMassacre ballistic missiles]] launched by the renegade forces of - this just in! [[EmergencyPresidentialAddress The president has declared a nation-wide state of emergency]] and [[EmergencyAuthority martial law]] in response to - !"''
--> '''Ace's Mother''': "Honey, what's the weather forecast for today?"
--> '''Ace''': "Mom, [[UnderStatement looks like we're gonna have a rain of rockets]]! And the guy on the Holotube [[YouCanPanicNow just said our city is gonna be kaput like all the others!]]"
--> '''Ace's Mother''': "[[{{Funny/CodexEquus}} Ah...]][[CasualDangerDialogue so the]] [[StiffUpperLip typical Monday]] [[ItCantBeHelped usual, then]]."
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* VillainOfAnotherStory: While the canon characters have been facing their own villains, Equus has countless others fighting their own heroes elsewhere.
** Most of the Changeling Kings are villains to other areas of Equus, many having their own heroes they're fighting.
** Ivory Towers, a powerful elephant witch, was the ShadowDictator of Corporatum and main villain to the Dazzling Divas, a group of [[MagicalGirl Magical Fillies.]] Her demon patron Don'yoku is another example, though he remained the GreaterScopeVillain for much of the conflict.
** Most of the Changeling Kings are villains to other areas of Equus, many having their own heroes they're fighting.
** Ivory Towers, a powerful elephant witch, was the ShadowDictator of Corporatum and main villain to the Dazzling Divas, a group of [[MagicalGirl Magical Fillies.]] Her demon patron Don'yoku is another example, though he remained the GreaterScopeVillain for much of the conflict.
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* VillainousLegacy: The things left behind by villains can be both good and bad.
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** After Morning Star [[FaceHeelTurn fell to evil]], he tried subjecting Equus and the surrounding universe out of narcissism, spawning a civil war that lasted ''ten unnamed Ages''. The fallout of his cruel actions would continue to resonate in the present Age and beyond.
*** The [[{{Gotterdammerung}} destruction of the antediluvian Alicorn Civilization]] forced its surviving remnants into total seclusion from the rest of the world to recover. This explains why the Alicorns are no longer around in meaningful numbers in canon, save for a few who left or stayed behind.
*** The birth of Luminiferous. Despite his origins as a living weapon, Luminiferous would grow up with a loving family, who influenced him to become a hero instead. After defeating and killing his father, he would wander the world, helping to raise individuals with potential to greatness and fighting evils threatening Equus as a way to 'make up' for all the damage Morning Star caused.
*** Before Luminiferous, Morning Star created many 'incomplete' and 'flawed' Divine children and minions who would continue to cause trouble for Equus in the ages to come, which Luminiferous would spend a lot of time hunting down and defeating. However, not all of his divine children were bad, as Morning Star indirectly created the Glow sisters, who would play an important role in the battle against the [[EldritchAbomination Void Sovereign]].
*** [[GodEmperor Golden Scepter]], one of the antediluvian Alicorn rulers who survived the war, stayed behind to help Equus, and its mortal and divine residents rebuild, which ultimately led to the creation of the 'Golden Imperium' civilization of yore. Unfortunately, the traumas he would suffer after fighting for ''ten Ages'', [[ThereAreNoTherapists with no one to properly help him deal with said traumas]], would bring out many of his worst traits that would also deeply affect his judgement. This led to him making terrible mistakes that ultimately caused him to be sealed away, while his Golden Imperium crumbled and collapsed.
*** The [[{{Gotterdammerung}} destruction of the antediluvian Alicorn Civilization]] forced its surviving remnants into total seclusion from the rest of the world to recover. This explains why the Alicorns are no longer around in meaningful numbers in canon, save for a few who left or stayed behind.
*** The birth of Luminiferous. Despite his origins as a living weapon, Luminiferous would grow up with a loving family, who influenced him to become a hero instead. After defeating and killing his father, he would wander the world, helping to raise individuals with potential to greatness and fighting evils threatening Equus as a way to 'make up' for all the damage Morning Star caused.
*** Before Luminiferous, Morning Star created many 'incomplete' and 'flawed' Divine children and minions who would continue to cause trouble for Equus in the ages to come, which Luminiferous would spend a lot of time hunting down and defeating. However, not all of his divine children were bad, as Morning Star indirectly created the Glow sisters, who would play an important role in the battle against the [[EldritchAbomination Void Sovereign]].
*** [[GodEmperor Golden Scepter]], one of the antediluvian Alicorn rulers who survived the war, stayed behind to help Equus, and its mortal and divine residents rebuild, which ultimately led to the creation of the 'Golden Imperium' civilization of yore. Unfortunately, the traumas he would suffer after fighting for ''ten Ages'', [[ThereAreNoTherapists with no one to properly help him deal with said traumas]], would bring out many of his worst traits that would also deeply affect his judgement. This led to him making terrible mistakes that ultimately caused him to be sealed away, while his Golden Imperium crumbled and collapsed.
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* VillainousLegacy: The things left behind by villains can be both good and bad.
** It is noted that despite being exposed and punished for their crimes, Noble Grace and Bubbling Beaker left behind a legacy in Crystal Prism, who was intended to become an Alicorn so he could be a symbol for a "[[DeityOfHumanOrigin new age]]" for Ponykind. Crystal Prism bitterly notes how [[TheBadGuyWins even though their experiments failed, Noble Grace and Bubbling Beaker still got what they wanted out of him]], and feels obligated to fulfill the destiny they've laid out for him. Fortunately, Golden Scepter would [[ScrewDestiny encourage him to forge his own path]], resulting in Crystal's intended destiny being utterly broken. Temnobog also notes that while the circumstances surrounding Crystal Prism's Ascension were bad, his existence is still a positive one that benefits all.
** It is noted that despite being exposed and punished for their crimes, Noble Grace and Bubbling Beaker left behind a legacy in Crystal Prism, who was intended to become an Alicorn so he could be a symbol for a "[[DeityOfHumanOrigin new age]]" for Ponykind. Crystal Prism bitterly notes how [[TheBadGuyWins even though their experiments failed, Noble Grace and Bubbling Beaker still got what they wanted out of him]], and feels obligated to fulfill the destiny they've laid out for him. Fortunately, Golden Scepter would [[ScrewDestiny encourage him to forge his own path]], resulting in Crystal's intended destiny being utterly broken. Temnobog also notes that while the circumstances surrounding Crystal Prism's Ascension were bad, his existence is still a positive one that benefits all.
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* ViciousCycle: One of the prevalent themes of ''Codex Equus'' - no matter how successful, heroic, benevolent, and prosperous a species or civilization is, it would always fall to internal flaws and outside forces... though fortunately, benevolent forces are working to break them, most prominently the Church of the Stars.
** The most prominent of these cycles is the Changeling-Dragon feud, which was rumored to have started with the "Burning of Amorea" conflict because of Dragonkind's greed and cruelty. While Changelingkind's reasons to hate them are understandable, the grudge has become so bloody, vicious, and enduring that it ended up hurting those who had nothing to do with the conflict, such as Princess Apertus and Dr. Toxikon, and creating {{Tragic Villain}}s from these individuals. Almost every single non-Changeling deity had called out both Changelingkind and Dragonkind for their actions, and even Luminiferous made it a point to show off the future potential Thorax and Ember had as friends and gods-in-the-making, so both races will know just how much they are squandering to fuel an ultimately detrimental and petty grudge. Even Thorax himself pointed out that Changelingkind's desire to survive at all costs is rendered moot if they constantly do something that's opposite of survival, and he and Ember are so sick of the violence that they instead forgive the elders of each other's races for their actions. This created a magical karmic backlash that resulted in the "birth" of Princess Lampyridae/Firewing, who is seen as the greatest hope for Changelingkind and Dragonkind reconciling.
** The curse that Pakak placed on Sunnytown revolves around this by exploiting the Pony inhabitants' paranoia, cruelty, hatred - during a magical simulation of that fateful party, the Sunnytowners are given a choice of either persecuting and killing Ruby Heart for earning a Cutie Mark, or acknowledging their actions as wrong and accepting Ruby Heart's accomplishment. If they choose the former, then they are forced to repeat it for potentially all of time. If they choose the latter, then they are freed from the curse and cured of their zombification... [[CurseEscapeClause which is exactly what Pakak intended]].
** The cold lands of the Hoyklan Deer pantheon and its divine predecessors have been stuck in a vicious "[[{{Gotterdammerung}} Ragnarok]]" cycle since time immemorial - a leader of their pantheon would adopt a trickster god as their child, only to shun and emotionally abuse them when it's revealed that said trickster god has been fated to destroy their pantheon. [[SelfFulfillingProphecy This would result in Ragnarok occurring anyway, as the trickster god would become so miserable and resentful that they would engineer the end of their adoptive parents and peers out of spite]]. This would continue repeatedly, with many succeeding trickster gods being killed or suppressed... until High King Kaldr decided to do the right thing by adopting the trickster god Flœrð and treating him like his own son despite the prophecies, even protecting him from those who call for Flœrð's death and/or suppression for the greater good. It's later revealed that the [[EldritchAbomination Shadowed Ones]] have been influencing the "Ragnarok" cycles so they could feed off the energy produced by these cycles, but the actions of Kaldr, Flœrð, and Flœrð's sister Ljóss Hefna [[SpannerInTheWorks would ultimately expose the Shadowed Ones and lead to their defeat]], saving the Hoyklan Deer.
* VictoryByEndurance: Wibeti defeats Fik'iri this way: Fik'iri's complacency and hedonism left her with terrible stamina for a deity, while Wibeti's constantly being chased by Moufette gave her great endurance and agility. As a result, while Fik'iri has the advantage at first, she tires quickly and Wibeti still has stamina to spare, negating any advantage Fik'iri had as a war goddess.
** The most prominent of these cycles is the Changeling-Dragon feud, which was rumored to have started with the "Burning of Amorea" conflict because of Dragonkind's greed and cruelty. While Changelingkind's reasons to hate them are understandable, the grudge has become so bloody, vicious, and enduring that it ended up hurting those who had nothing to do with the conflict, such as Princess Apertus and Dr. Toxikon, and creating {{Tragic Villain}}s from these individuals. Almost every single non-Changeling deity had called out both Changelingkind and Dragonkind for their actions, and even Luminiferous made it a point to show off the future potential Thorax and Ember had as friends and gods-in-the-making, so both races will know just how much they are squandering to fuel an ultimately detrimental and petty grudge. Even Thorax himself pointed out that Changelingkind's desire to survive at all costs is rendered moot if they constantly do something that's opposite of survival, and he and Ember are so sick of the violence that they instead forgive the elders of each other's races for their actions. This created a magical karmic backlash that resulted in the "birth" of Princess Lampyridae/Firewing, who is seen as the greatest hope for Changelingkind and Dragonkind reconciling.
** The curse that Pakak placed on Sunnytown revolves around this by exploiting the Pony inhabitants' paranoia, cruelty, hatred - during a magical simulation of that fateful party, the Sunnytowners are given a choice of either persecuting and killing Ruby Heart for earning a Cutie Mark, or acknowledging their actions as wrong and accepting Ruby Heart's accomplishment. If they choose the former, then they are forced to repeat it for potentially all of time. If they choose the latter, then they are freed from the curse and cured of their zombification... [[CurseEscapeClause which is exactly what Pakak intended]].
** The cold lands of the Hoyklan Deer pantheon and its divine predecessors have been stuck in a vicious "[[{{Gotterdammerung}} Ragnarok]]" cycle since time immemorial - a leader of their pantheon would adopt a trickster god as their child, only to shun and emotionally abuse them when it's revealed that said trickster god has been fated to destroy their pantheon. [[SelfFulfillingProphecy This would result in Ragnarok occurring anyway, as the trickster god would become so miserable and resentful that they would engineer the end of their adoptive parents and peers out of spite]]. This would continue repeatedly, with many succeeding trickster gods being killed or suppressed... until High King Kaldr decided to do the right thing by adopting the trickster god Flœrð and treating him like his own son despite the prophecies, even protecting him from those who call for Flœrð's death and/or suppression for the greater good. It's later revealed that the [[EldritchAbomination Shadowed Ones]] have been influencing the "Ragnarok" cycles so they could feed off the energy produced by these cycles, but the actions of Kaldr, Flœrð, and Flœrð's sister Ljóss Hefna [[SpannerInTheWorks would ultimately expose the Shadowed Ones and lead to their defeat]], saving the Hoyklan Deer.
* VictoryByEndurance: Wibeti defeats Fik'iri this way: Fik'iri's complacency and hedonism left her with terrible stamina for a deity, while Wibeti's constantly being chased by Moufette gave her great endurance and agility. As a result, while Fik'iri has the advantage at first, she tires quickly and Wibeti still has stamina to spare, negating any advantage Fik'iri had as a war goddess.
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* ViciousCycle: One of the prevalent themes of ''Codex Equus'' - no matter how successful, heroic, benevolent, and prosperous a species or civilization is, it would always fall to internal flaws and outside forces... though fortunately, benevolent forces are working to break them, most prominently the Church of the Stars.
** The most prominent of these cycles is the Changeling-Dragon feud, which was rumored to have started with the "Burning of Amorea" conflict because of Dragonkind's greed and cruelty. While Changelingkind's reasons to hate them are understandable, the grudge has become so bloody, vicious, and enduring that it ended up hurting those who had nothing to do with the conflict, such as Princess Apertus and Dr. Toxikon, and creating {{Tragic Villain}}s from these individuals. Almost every single non-Changeling deity had called out both Changelingkind and Dragonkind for their actions, and even Luminiferous made it a point to show off the future potential Thorax and Ember had as friends and gods-in-the-making, so both races will know just how much they are squandering to fuel an ultimately detrimental and petty grudge. Even Thorax himself pointed out that Changelingkind's desire to survive at all costs is rendered moot if they constantly do something that's opposite of survival, and he and Ember are so sick of the violence that they instead forgive the elders of each other's races for their actions. This created a magical karmic backlash that resulted in the "birth" of Princess Lampyridae/Firewing, who is seen as the greatest hope for Changelingkind and Dragonkind reconciling.
** The curse that Pakak placed on Sunnytown revolves around this by exploiting the Pony inhabitants' paranoia, cruelty, hatred - during a magical simulation of that fateful party, the Sunnytowners are given a choice of either persecuting and killing Ruby Heart for earning a Cutie Mark, or acknowledging their actions as wrong and accepting Ruby Heart's accomplishment. If they choose the former, then they are forced to repeat it for potentially all of time. If they choose the latter, then they are freed from the curse and cured of their zombification... [[CurseEscapeClause which is exactly what Pakak intended]].
** The cold lands of the Hoyklan Deer pantheon and its divine predecessors have been stuck in a vicious "[[{{Gotterdammerung}} Ragnarok]]" cycle since time immemorial - a leader of their pantheon would adopt a trickster god as their child, only to shun and emotionally abuse them when it's revealed that said trickster god has been fated to destroy their pantheon. [[SelfFulfillingProphecy This would result in Ragnarok occurring anyway, as the trickster god would become so miserable and resentful that they would engineer the end of their adoptive parents and peers out of spite]]. This would continue repeatedly, with many succeeding trickster gods being killed or suppressed... until High King Kaldr decided to do the right thing by adopting the trickster god Flœrð and treating him like his own son despite the prophecies, even protecting him from those who call for Flœrð's death and/or suppression for the greater good. It's later revealed that the [[EldritchAbomination Shadowed Ones]] have been influencing the "Ragnarok" cycles so they could feed off the energy produced by these cycles, but the actions of Kaldr, Flœrð, and Flœrð's sister Ljóss Hefna [[SpannerInTheWorks would ultimately expose the Shadowed Ones and lead to their defeat]], saving the Hoyklan Deer.
* VictoryByEndurance: Wibeti defeats Fik'iri this way: Fik'iri's complacency and hedonism left her with terrible stamina for a deity, while Wibeti's constantly being chased by Moufette gave her great endurance and agility. As a result, while Fik'iri has the advantage at first, she tires quickly and Wibeti still has stamina to spare, negating any advantage Fik'iri had as a war goddess.
** The most prominent of these cycles is the Changeling-Dragon feud, which was rumored to have started with the "Burning of Amorea" conflict because of Dragonkind's greed and cruelty. While Changelingkind's reasons to hate them are understandable, the grudge has become so bloody, vicious, and enduring that it ended up hurting those who had nothing to do with the conflict, such as Princess Apertus and Dr. Toxikon, and creating {{Tragic Villain}}s from these individuals. Almost every single non-Changeling deity had called out both Changelingkind and Dragonkind for their actions, and even Luminiferous made it a point to show off the future potential Thorax and Ember had as friends and gods-in-the-making, so both races will know just how much they are squandering to fuel an ultimately detrimental and petty grudge. Even Thorax himself pointed out that Changelingkind's desire to survive at all costs is rendered moot if they constantly do something that's opposite of survival, and he and Ember are so sick of the violence that they instead forgive the elders of each other's races for their actions. This created a magical karmic backlash that resulted in the "birth" of Princess Lampyridae/Firewing, who is seen as the greatest hope for Changelingkind and Dragonkind reconciling.
** The curse that Pakak placed on Sunnytown revolves around this by exploiting the Pony inhabitants' paranoia, cruelty, hatred - during a magical simulation of that fateful party, the Sunnytowners are given a choice of either persecuting and killing Ruby Heart for earning a Cutie Mark, or acknowledging their actions as wrong and accepting Ruby Heart's accomplishment. If they choose the former, then they are forced to repeat it for potentially all of time. If they choose the latter, then they are freed from the curse and cured of their zombification... [[CurseEscapeClause which is exactly what Pakak intended]].
** The cold lands of the Hoyklan Deer pantheon and its divine predecessors have been stuck in a vicious "[[{{Gotterdammerung}} Ragnarok]]" cycle since time immemorial - a leader of their pantheon would adopt a trickster god as their child, only to shun and emotionally abuse them when it's revealed that said trickster god has been fated to destroy their pantheon. [[SelfFulfillingProphecy This would result in Ragnarok occurring anyway, as the trickster god would become so miserable and resentful that they would engineer the end of their adoptive parents and peers out of spite]]. This would continue repeatedly, with many succeeding trickster gods being killed or suppressed... until High King Kaldr decided to do the right thing by adopting the trickster god Flœrð and treating him like his own son despite the prophecies, even protecting him from those who call for Flœrð's death and/or suppression for the greater good. It's later revealed that the [[EldritchAbomination Shadowed Ones]] have been influencing the "Ragnarok" cycles so they could feed off the energy produced by these cycles, but the actions of Kaldr, Flœrð, and Flœrð's sister Ljóss Hefna [[SpannerInTheWorks would ultimately expose the Shadowed Ones and lead to their defeat]], saving the Hoyklan Deer.
* VictoryByEndurance: Wibeti defeats Fik'iri this way: Fik'iri's complacency and hedonism left her with terrible stamina for a deity, while Wibeti's constantly being chased by Moufette gave her great endurance and agility. As a result, while Fik'iri has the advantage at first, she tires quickly and Wibeti still has stamina to spare, negating any advantage Fik'iri had as a war goddess.
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* VitriolicBestBuds:
** It's mentioned in Blueblood's entry that he has this relationship with Shining Armor, who is technically his brother-in-law since he sees Cadence as his sister despite being adoptive cousins. Despite being best friends, they constantly snark at each other, and notably, during Shining Armor and Cadence's wedding, he congratulated Shining before not-so-subtly threatening him with bad things to come should he hurt his "[[AffectionateNickname Caddy]]".
** Guiding Light's entry mentions that he has has this relationship with his friends as well - they constantly get on each other's nerves by ribbing and snarking at each other, but they are nevertheless very good friends and will not hesitate to defend each other. Guiding Light really appreciates this, however, because his friends treat him like a normal person despite his blindness, instead of [[CondescendingCompassion pitying him and giving him special treatment for being disabled]].
** It's mentioned in Blueblood's entry that he has this relationship with Shining Armor, who is technically his brother-in-law since he sees Cadence as his sister despite being adoptive cousins. Despite being best friends, they constantly snark at each other, and notably, during Shining Armor and Cadence's wedding, he congratulated Shining before not-so-subtly threatening him with bad things to come should he hurt his "[[AffectionateNickname Caddy]]".
** Guiding Light's entry mentions that he has has this relationship with his friends as well - they constantly get on each other's nerves by ribbing and snarking at each other, but they are nevertheless very good friends and will not hesitate to defend each other. Guiding Light really appreciates this, however, because his friends treat him like a normal person despite his blindness, instead of [[CondescendingCompassion pitying him and giving him special treatment for being disabled]].
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* ViciousCycle: One of the prevalent themes of ''Codex Equus'' - no matter how successful, heroic, benevolent, and prosperous a species or civilization is, it would always fall to internal flaws and outside forces... though fortunately, benevolent forces are working to break them, most prominently the Church of the Stars.
** The most prominent of these cycles is the Changeling-Dragon feud, which was rumored to have started with the "Burning of Amorea" conflict because of Dragonkind's greed and cruelty. While Changelingkind's reasons to hate them are understandable, the grudge has become so bloody, vicious, and enduring that it ended up hurting those who had nothing to do with the conflict, such as Princess Apertus and Dr. Toxikon, and creating {{Tragic Villain}}s from these individuals. Almost every single non-Changeling deity had called out both Changelingkind and Dragonkind for their actions, and even Luminiferous made it a point to show off the future potential Thorax and Ember had as friends and gods-in-the-making, so both races will know just how much they are squandering to fuel an ultimately detrimental and petty grudge. Even Thorax himself pointed out that Changelingkind's desire to survive at all costs is rendered moot if they constantly do something that's opposite of survival, and he and Ember are so sick of the violence that they instead forgive the elders of each other's races for their actions. This created a magical karmic backlash that resulted in the "birth" of Princess Lampyridae/Firewing, who is seen as the greatest hope for Changelingkind and Dragonkind reconciling.
** The curse that Pakak placed on Sunnytown revolves around this by exploiting the Pony inhabitants' paranoia, cruelty, hatred - during a magical simulation of that fateful party, the Sunnytowners are given a choice of either persecuting and killing Ruby Heart for earning a Cutie Mark, or acknowledging their actions as wrong and accepting Ruby Heart's accomplishment. If they choose the former, then they are forced to repeat it for potentially all of time. If they choose the latter, then they are freed from the curse and cured of their zombification... [[CurseEscapeClause which is exactly what Pakak intended]].
** The cold lands of the Hoyklan Deer pantheon and its divine predecessors have been stuck in a vicious "[[{{Gotterdammerung}} Ragnarok]]" cycle since time immemorial - a leader of their pantheon would adopt a trickster god as their child, only to shun and emotionally abuse them when it's revealed that said trickster god has been fated to destroy their pantheon. [[SelfFulfillingProphecy This would result in Ragnarok occurring anyway, as the trickster god would become so miserable and resentful that they would engineer the end of their adoptive parents and peers out of spite]]. This would continue repeatedly, with many succeeding trickster gods being killed or suppressed... until High King Kaldr decided to do the right thing by adopting the trickster god Flœrð and treating him like his own son despite the prophecies, even protecting him from those who call for Flœrð's death and/or suppression for the greater good. It's later revealed that the [[EldritchAbomination Shadowed Ones]] have been influencing the "Ragnarok" cycles so they could feed off the energy produced by these cycles, but the actions of Kaldr, Flœrð, and Flœrð's sister Ljóss Hefna [[SpannerInTheWorks would ultimately expose the Shadowed Ones and lead to their defeat]], saving the Hoyklan Deer.
** The most prominent of these cycles is the Changeling-Dragon feud, which was rumored to have started with the "Burning of Amorea" conflict because of Dragonkind's greed and cruelty. While Changelingkind's reasons to hate them are understandable, the grudge has become so bloody, vicious, and enduring that it ended up hurting those who had nothing to do with the conflict, such as Princess Apertus and Dr. Toxikon, and creating {{Tragic Villain}}s from these individuals. Almost every single non-Changeling deity had called out both Changelingkind and Dragonkind for their actions, and even Luminiferous made it a point to show off the future potential Thorax and Ember had as friends and gods-in-the-making, so both races will know just how much they are squandering to fuel an ultimately detrimental and petty grudge. Even Thorax himself pointed out that Changelingkind's desire to survive at all costs is rendered moot if they constantly do something that's opposite of survival, and he and Ember are so sick of the violence that they instead forgive the elders of each other's races for their actions. This created a magical karmic backlash that resulted in the "birth" of Princess Lampyridae/Firewing, who is seen as the greatest hope for Changelingkind and Dragonkind reconciling.
** The curse that Pakak placed on Sunnytown revolves around this by exploiting the Pony inhabitants' paranoia, cruelty, hatred - during a magical simulation of that fateful party, the Sunnytowners are given a choice of either persecuting and killing Ruby Heart for earning a Cutie Mark, or acknowledging their actions as wrong and accepting Ruby Heart's accomplishment. If they choose the former, then they are forced to repeat it for potentially all of time. If they choose the latter, then they are freed from the curse and cured of their zombification... [[CurseEscapeClause which is exactly what Pakak intended]].
** The cold lands of the Hoyklan Deer pantheon and its divine predecessors have been stuck in a vicious "[[{{Gotterdammerung}} Ragnarok]]" cycle since time immemorial - a leader of their pantheon would adopt a trickster god as their child, only to shun and emotionally abuse them when it's revealed that said trickster god has been fated to destroy their pantheon. [[SelfFulfillingProphecy This would result in Ragnarok occurring anyway, as the trickster god would become so miserable and resentful that they would engineer the end of their adoptive parents and peers out of spite]]. This would continue repeatedly, with many succeeding trickster gods being killed or suppressed... until High King Kaldr decided to do the right thing by adopting the trickster god Flœrð and treating him like his own son despite the prophecies, even protecting him from those who call for Flœrð's death and/or suppression for the greater good. It's later revealed that the [[EldritchAbomination Shadowed Ones]] have been influencing the "Ragnarok" cycles so they could feed off the energy produced by these cycles, but the actions of Kaldr, Flœrð, and Flœrð's sister Ljóss Hefna [[SpannerInTheWorks would ultimately expose the Shadowed Ones and lead to their defeat]], saving the Hoyklan Deer.
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!!''Codex Equus'' provides examples of:
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* UltimateBlacksmith: Queen Odonata is this, her father being a Kirin and her using it as outlet for her anger at being a target of FantasticRacism. She's so good even some of the Summer Court have tried to commission her and she does most of the Spring Court's metal working.
* UnskilledButStrong:
** Queen Odonata is the UltimateBlacksmith of the Changelings, and has enormous physical strength from that role and also has a powerful Nirik form on top of it. However, she doesn't have much in the way of actual skill, with her sword slash being more like a baseball bat swing. However, her WeaponOfChoice, a giant forge hammer, doesn't require all that much skill.
** The newly-ascended Changeling King Thorax is incredibly young by Royal Changeling standards, and his meek and friendly disposition makes him not really all that keen on fighting... but his ascension has made him incredibly powerful, to the point he ''accidentally'' blew Zorpheus across Avalon Valley with a magic beam, leaving him unconscious in a crater with a cracked carapace. And that was because Zorpheus has a natural, insanely high defense, it's noted it likely would've been a One-Hit Kill on many other Changeling Royals. It's been stated and shown repeatedly that because Thorax is willing to let go of his people's racism against Dragonkind and forgive those responsible for perpetuating it, he has ''much'' greater potential than even the most experienced Royal Changelings, with his future potential being a Changeling Emperor that heavily resembles Emperor Blackthorn himself.
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* VictoryByEndurance: Wibeti defeats Fik'iri this way: Fik'iri's complacency and hedonism left her with terrible stamina for a deity, while Wibeti's constantly being chased by Moufette gave her great endurance and agility. As a result, while Fik'iri has the advantage at first, she tires quickly and Wibeti still has stamina to spare, negating any advantage Fik'iri had as a war goddess.
* VertebrateWithExtraLimbs:
** Naturally very common, with winged races being the most obvious.
** Alicorns, naturally, but UpToEleven with the fact that as they age they start growing ''additional'' sets of wings. The 4 million years-old Mzazi has ''eight'' wings.
* VestigialEmpire:
** The Crystal Empire became one as a result of a war against a realm of Giants, although it was showing signs of decadence, arrogance and stagnation by the time war broke out. Many of its mistakes and the actions it took to survive the war ultimately contributed to its decline and collapse.
** Queen Colossos' Empire, said realm of Giants, also went into decline partly as a result of that conflict, although they apparently had it much better than the Crystal Empire.
** The Empire of Trot, one of the Crystal Empire's rivals, also had it bad, reduced to little more than a collection of squabbling hedge realms and petty kingdoms that were easy pickings for Queen Chrysalis and her Hive, as mentioned in her MLP Fiendship is Magic issue, starting with Timbucktu and finally ending with the city of Trot itself.
** Both above empires and the Principalities of Equestria were the three biggest successor states of the classical Equestrian Empire, whose declined and collapse climaxed at the beginning of Discord's reign and the five-centuries long Age of Chaos. Wonder if there's a link between the two events...?
** The Empire of Zinari is noted for its unusually rapid decline after the reign of Queen Parabola, leaving behind only its PortalNetwork and much of its stupendous wealth hidden in vaults across the world, one of which would eventually be discovered by Daring Do and Fluttershy as depicted in Issue 32 of the MLP Friends Forever comic.
* VillainSong: Propagare sings a version of [[Disney/{{Pocahontas}} "Savages"]] to Xestobium in order to tip him over the edge into carrying out his genocidal ambitions, which Propagare intends to capitalize on. Towards the end, Xestobium himself takes over and finishing the song, signifying the point where he fully gives himself in to his revenge.
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!!''Codex Equus'' provides examples of:
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* UltimateBlacksmith: Queen Odonata is this, her father being a Kirin and her using it as outlet for her anger at being a target of FantasticRacism. She's so good even some of the Summer Court have tried to commission her and she does most of the Spring Court's metal working.
* UnskilledButStrong:
** Queen Odonata is the UltimateBlacksmith of the Changelings, and has enormous physical strength from that role and also has a powerful Nirik form on top of it. However, she doesn't have much in the way of actual skill, with her sword slash being more like a baseball bat swing. However, her WeaponOfChoice, a giant forge hammer, doesn't require all that much skill.
** The newly-ascended Changeling King Thorax is incredibly young by Royal Changeling standards, and his meek and friendly disposition makes him not really all that keen on fighting... but his ascension has made him incredibly powerful, to the point he ''accidentally'' blew Zorpheus across Avalon Valley with a magic beam, leaving him unconscious in a crater with a cracked carapace. And that was because Zorpheus has a natural, insanely high defense, it's noted it likely would've been a One-Hit Kill on many other Changeling Royals. It's been stated and shown repeatedly that because Thorax is willing to let go of his people's racism against Dragonkind and forgive those responsible for perpetuating it, he has ''much'' greater potential than even the most experienced Royal Changelings, with his future potential being a Changeling Emperor that heavily resembles Emperor Blackthorn himself.
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* VictoryByEndurance: Wibeti defeats Fik'iri this way: Fik'iri's complacency and hedonism left her with terrible stamina for a deity, while Wibeti's constantly being chased by Moufette gave her great endurance and agility. As a result, while Fik'iri has the advantage at first, she tires quickly and Wibeti still has stamina to spare, negating any advantage Fik'iri had as a war goddess.
* VertebrateWithExtraLimbs:
** Naturally very common, with winged races being the most obvious.
** Alicorns, naturally, but UpToEleven with the fact that as they age they start growing ''additional'' sets of wings. The 4 million years-old Mzazi has ''eight'' wings.
* VestigialEmpire:
** The Crystal Empire became one as a result of a war against a realm of Giants, although it was showing signs of decadence, arrogance and stagnation by the time war broke out. Many of its mistakes and the actions it took to survive the war ultimately contributed to its decline and collapse.
** Queen Colossos' Empire, said realm of Giants, also went into decline partly as a result of that conflict, although they apparently had it much better than the Crystal Empire.
** The Empire of Trot, one of the Crystal Empire's rivals, also had it bad, reduced to little more than a collection of squabbling hedge realms and petty kingdoms that were easy pickings for Queen Chrysalis and her Hive, as mentioned in her MLP Fiendship is Magic issue, starting with Timbucktu and finally ending with the city of Trot itself.
** Both above empires and the Principalities of Equestria were the three biggest successor states of the classical Equestrian Empire, whose declined and collapse climaxed at the beginning of Discord's reign and the five-centuries long Age of Chaos. Wonder if there's a link between the two events...?
** The Empire of Zinari is noted for its unusually rapid decline after the reign of Queen Parabola, leaving behind only its PortalNetwork and much of its stupendous wealth hidden in vaults across the world, one of which would eventually be discovered by Daring Do and Fluttershy as depicted in Issue 32 of the MLP Friends Forever comic.
* VillainSong: Propagare sings a version of [[Disney/{{Pocahontas}} "Savages"]] to Xestobium in order to tip him over the edge into carrying out his genocidal ambitions, which Propagare intends to capitalize on. Towards the end, Xestobium himself takes over and finishing the song, signifying the point where he fully gives himself in to his revenge.
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