Back with another CC:WC/Iron Hearts crossover omake, detailing an annotated report that a certain Inquisitor found on her desk after writing the original.

Inquisitorial Report - Twilight Sparkle (Protectorate-Aligned Daemon Prince)

Contained herein is all the information I have gathered so far on the newly-formed Cainite-aligned Daemon Prince and the small cult of followers she has accrued. Be aware that much of this information is fragmentary, incomplete, and unconfirmed, and thus not to be relied upon to the exclusion of all other sources of intel, such as your own personal experience or that of your fellow inquisitors. On that note, any additional intel on this Daemon Prince would be welcome. (1)

- Amberley Vail, Ordos Xenos

Hi, Twilight here! Found one of these drifting around in the warp, and there were a few things I wanted to clarify. Hope you don't mind that I wrote all over this! (2)

Description

Before ascending to Daemonhood, Twilight Sparkle was a member of the quadruped xeno species that calls Centaur III home and had previously been sighted amongst 38th company forces. Specifically, she was a member of the "Alicorn" sub-species and thus a member of what we assume is the ruling caste of said xeno species. I guess that's accurate, though calling me a leader of ponykind is a bit of a stretch. I'd much rather be in a library than on a throne... (3) Before ascension, she was also notable for having a superlative talent for psychic sorcery, being the bearer of a now-destroyed xenos artifact known as the "Elements of Harmony", and for being among the first ponies to make contact with the 38th company.

Before becoming a Daemon Prince, Twilight resembled a typical member of her species, with lavender fur, a dark purple mane, wings, and a horn. Her cutie mark (4) was a six-pointed star with 5 smaller stars arranged in a circle around it. Post-ascension, she usually assumes a form indistinguishable from her old body; her true form is unknown at this time. I'd... I'd rather not elaborate on my true form right now... sorry... (5)

Not much is known about her domains of influence, nor what her place in the hierarchy of Daemons and Daemon Princes is (in theory she is a Daemon Prince of Slaanesh, but her independent streak, her status as the de-facto patron of the Iron Warriors 38th Company, and the amount of power she has at her disposal means that title means a lot less than it usually does). Not completely sure about those either, though Mantis theorizes that I'm a Daemon Prince(ss) of Slaanesh, specifically of Magical Perfection, Friendship, and Organized Chaos (not sure about that last one, though, because I'm reasonably certain that's an oxymoron). What is known is that she has Slaanesh's favor, is incredibly powerful for a Daemon Prince of her age, (6) and can also maintain a physical form in the Materium. Again, the reasons for this are unknown. Apparently, the process of ascending to Slaanesh's specific brand of Daemonic Princedom entails enduring a whole BUCKTON of pain, with your power in your new form corresponding to how long you can hold off pledging allegiance to Slaanesh and thus make the pain stop. Most soon-to-be Daemon Princes last about a second. Fulgrim lasted about 45. I managed to go a whole 20 minutes before losing consciousness, and technically never pledged myself to Slaanesh; according to Mantis, that last bit is why I can have a physical form in the Materium (unlike most Daemon Princes). (7)

Origin

The circumstances of her Ascension can be traced back to the Centaur III incident. For those of you who have not the faintest clue what I'm talking about, I'm referring to an incident in which Typhus and his Death Guard dropped out of warp near Centaur III, demanded fealty from the 38th Company, and unleashed the full fury of the Death Guard Warfleet he'd brought along upon the planet when the 38th Company's warsmith didn't immediately comply. Technically, Solon was going to comply; he just decided to ask him "what's in it for us?" first, and Typhus turned out to be, to quote Pinkie Pie, "a big, fat, spiteful MEANIE!" (8)

The 38th Legion was subsequently forced to flee Centaur III, which was subsequently occupatied by the Death Guard and attached cults. Fortunately for ponykind and the 38th Company, Ciaphas Cain happened to be nearby, along with a small warfleet seeking to take advantage of our crumbling hold on that region of space and expand the Cainite Protectorate's territory. And also help all the people that would otherwise die and suffer out there! Plus they were also beating the crap outta some more nurglites too... (9) The Black Commissar, thanks to ponykind's improbable talent for diplomacy, was able to be convinced to aid the 38th Company, actually it was less of a matter of convincing Cain to help and more of a matter of convincing Solon to put aside his hatred of anyone who tracked with "the Whore God" and accept aid from the Protectorate in beating up the Death Guard and recapturing Equestria, and immediately moved to "liberate" Centaur III from the Death Guard. To be fair, between the plagues, the ecological catastrophe caused by the rotation of the planet being halted due to Celestia and Luna's absence, and the Death Guard being the Death Guard, Equestria really needed to be liberated. (10) I'd be happy to send you a few books written after the fact about just how much living under Death Guard rule royally sucked if you want... (11)

Near the end of the six-month siege that had followed, Twilight somehow gained contact with the youngest of the Dark Gods. Or rather, I picked up a few things from Jafar and his Tzeenchian friends, and Slaanesh was the only Chaos God who seemed willing to listen to me. I think it had something to do with the fact that where I'm from, Friendship and Magic are kinda the same thing, and since I'm the Princess of Magic/Friendship and friendships are considered to be emotional attachments, that meant my link to Slaanesh was stronger than my link to Tzeentch... (12) One thing led to another, and Twilight ended up bargaining with Slaanesh in order to ascend to Daemonhood and thus gain the power needed to take down Typhus. There was also the matter of all my friends dying (again, and this time we couldn't use the Elements to save them the way we did the last time). Fortunately, nothing scares off a feeding frenzy of hungry Daemons quite like a stupidly powerful newly-mined Daemon Prince ascending right in the middle of them... It isn't known at this time what Slaanesh demanded in return, nor why Centaur III wasn't turned into a Daemon World. She actually didn't demand anything; apparently she was really looking forward to the prospect of having a pony Daemon Prince. (13)

Abilities and Allies

Following the Centaur III incident, Twilight Sparkle has supplanted Nurgle as the chief object of worship among the Iron Warriors 38th Company, which are now also known as the Knights Harmonic. Not really. Silver's still a little miffed at me for how I essentially severed everyone's connection to Nurgle and replaced it with a connection to myself (and by extension Slaanesh) when I brought them all back to life (again), and most of the other Astartes treats me more like another of their kind instead of an object of worship. Wish I could say the same about the Handmaidens... Not much is known about what sort of abilities she might be able to bring to bear on the field of battle, and with any luck that isn't going to change for a while. Same here; still figuring out exactly what I would do, and again I'd rather read books in a library than fight on a battlefield. (14)

1: Should've specified that any additional intel on this Daemon Prince courtesy of my fellow Inquisitors would be welcome...
2: Case in point. I still have no idea how this just appeared on my desk in a burst of green flame. And on a related note, yes, I do mind!
3: Yet more fuel to the burning question of how she wound up as a Daemon Prince of Slaanesh instead of Tzeentch... If it's any consolation, you're not the only one!(15)
4: I'm referring to the picture on her rear thigh. These pictures magically manifest on a pony when they find their special talent, and have to do with said special talent in some way.
5: We can agree on that, at least...
6: The main evidence of this being the fact that when she ascended, every psyker, navigator, and astropath within a 50 light-year radius of Centaur III had an immediate panic attack (99% recovered fully, thank the Emperor). ...yeah, sorry about that...(15)
7: ...wait. If this is true, then Twilight Sparkle is several orders of magnitude more powerful than Fulgrim... Yep! I'm the second strongest Daemon Prince to ever be born, apparently, (first place goes to somebody called Be'lakor).(15)
8: Apparently this Solon fellow was the same Techmarine Solon that originally commanded the 21st Grand Battalion's 38th Company when the Legion betrayed their oaths to the Emperor. The analysts claim that that's highly unlikely, but I have my doubts... You guys live in a nation that uses tactical nukes as anti-personnel landmines, issues fully automatic 20mm gyrojet grenade launchers as personal weapons, builds escort ships capable of crippling planets by ramming them at full speed (I actually did the math once), and has somehow become a galactic hyperpower despite being completely reliant on a form of FTL travel that entails jumping into the warp, navigating by a psychic beacon lit by your almost-dead emperor and the screaming souls of who-the-buck-knows how many psykers, and jumping out before the daemons catch you... and your analysts somehow find it hard to believe that Solon is that old?!(15)
9: And also indoctrinate said people into worship of the Dark Gods? Hey, it isn't their fault that they happened to be both a Chaos Cult and the only people around who were willing to help! Besides, the Protectorate has Emperor-worshippers too!(15)
10: ...is she implying that the rotation of Centaur III is slaved to the whims of a pair of psykers?! Yeah, Luna and Celestia regulate the planet's rotation with magic. Now that you mention it, it is kinda weird that Centaur III is the only planet in the galaxy where that's necessary...(15)
11: NO, THANK YOU. This annotated report was bad enough...
12: LALALALALA SKIPPING THIS BIT DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!
13: No. There's no way Slaanesh would just offer ascension to Daemonhood to someone free of charge, no matter how exceptional or unique that someone happens to be. ...right? Hey, crazier things have happened to Cain. And you. Yeah, I heard about how you two first bumped into each other.(15)
14: ...well, at least she's a Daemon Prince that doesn't want to plunge the whole Materium into the howling depths of the Warp for a change...
15: ...HOW IN THE EMPEROR'S GILDED BALLSACKS DID ALL THESE EXTRA ANNOTATIONS GET HERE?!