Equine Wars – The Lunar Rebellion
Prelude
Equestrian, the once proud empire ruled by the goddess of the sun, Princess Celestia. By her side stood her younger sister Princess Luna, goddess of the moon. together they ensured that all of Equestrian remained in a state of peace. For another thousand years they ruled side by side as one graded the day and the outer night. the sisters ruled over the three factions: ponies, pegasus, and unicorns. for a thousands years they all lived at peace. the ponies held sway over the plains. the Pegasus's soared the sky. and the unicorns claimed the mountains. this was known as the age of tolerance, where all forms of equestrians lived in harmony. The unicorns were masters of arcane magic and the Pegasi could soar through the sky, ponies naturally lacking any wings or horns were limited in there abilities. that is until they discovery the wisdom of technology. thus sparking the flames to come in the era known as the age of discovery. in the beginning it comprised of the most basic of mechanical tools and equipment. Hence, being tillers of the land, ponies crafted basic farm equipment to ease the burden to feed an ever expanding population. Then, it became more advanced as time went on. Ponies applied this concept of mechanization to other aspects of life such as communication and travel. Thus, fanning the flame as they became a more connected society separate from the equestrian factions
from the development of forging simple projectile weapons to the splitting of the atom, space travel was nearly with in there grasps. tho with the massive explosion in technological advancement came a price. the natural resources of the planet dwindled as time pressed on. Unicorns supplying the ever increasing demand of raw minerals of the ponies was ever exhausting. Eventually, they could not fulfill the ponies demands. Cutting off all trade to preserve themselves, the ponies saw this as a sine of aggression to impede their progress to become an equal form of life. with their advanced weapons of war they attacked the mountains, driving the unicorns out. they fled Canterlot to seek the aid of Princess Celestia. She heard their pleas yet was unable to help. for she knew that it was too late. The planet's resources were almost depleted. She would have to side with the ponies if there was to be any hope for the survival of the planet. yet the unicorns would not go unaided. Princess Luna outraged with here sisters decision to forsake the unicorns offered them sanction in her domain, the moon. Celestia did not at all approve of Luna's decision to harbor the unicorns for it would drive the wedge between the two factions even further. she made several attempts to plead with Luna and convince her otherwise, however, they fell on deaf ears as Luna defied Celestia even further by teleporting the entire unicorn populous to the moon where they founded the Lunar Empire. The two sisters were torn apart by the waring factions. Borders would be redrawn as the ponies inherited all but the sky were the neutral Pegasus rule. Communication broke down between Celestia, Luna, and the warring factions. Many years of pony space exploration passed beyond the moon and the stars in search of resources. Within years of separation, the sisters grew to distrust each other as the factions drew near to war once again, as the ponies began colonization of other worlds.