> In a country, within the middle of the world, there is a kingdom. A cruel and terrible kingdom ruled by a cruel and terrible tyrant. The kingdom of Equestria, filled with ponies, a kind people under a cruel queen, a cruel princess. Princess Celestia, the tyrant of Equestria. Celestia Sol, the Arbiter of Fire, the Lord of The Burning Light, the Queen of The Scorching Heaven. She who murdered a king and took his throne, she who murdered a queen and took her people, she who sits upon the throne and subjugates the people. She is Fire, she is Wrath, burning hot, burning cold.
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> The tale of the Tyrant of Equestria is not a kind story, or a lesson to be taken lightly. It is a telling of misplaced loyalty and betrayel. Of a king being felled by his own hubris, and a queen blinded by the Sun.
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> "… there is no glory in cowardice." (Celestia Sol, 412 ATC.)