Prologue

So, my name is Shadowheart and I'm a unicorn mercenary from West Ferniginia. I'm an orphan, and have been since I was 12. But, I made my own way in Sumptersville. Yeah, that's the little community i was born in, a f**ked up place in f**ked up world. Oh, did I forget to mention that I live in a burned-up world, like 200 f**king years after a war between my country and the Zebra Empire? Yeah. It's pony hell; but some of us have survived it. My ancestors came from Stable 76, a bunker of sorts they used for 25 years to ride it out. A f**kin' week before Nightmare Night 200 years ago, the world as ponies knew it ended. And a second later, a whole new world was born. And that's the one I live in. But, I live in a valley that's pretty sheltered. So, I don't know what's beyond it or how things are now. Maybe it's better. Or maybe it's worse than here.