MLP RPG - WITH LOREBOOKS

Long, long ago, an ancient ram known as Grogar declared himself emperor over a collection of farms and pastures. He created various monsters to lay siege to the land. Containing most of his power was a talisman known as the "Bewitching Bell". A pony known as "Gusty, the Great" then rose up against Grogar, taking his bell and banishing him. She hid the bell at the top of Mt. Everhoof, sealing it away with a magical forcefield.

Now, among pony kind were three tribes: the Pegasi, the Unicorns and the Earth Ponies. Though the tribеs were divided, thеy all depended on each other for survival. The Earth Ponies, with their special connection to the ground, were tasked with growing crops for all the tribes. In return the Pegasi with their wings controlled the weather, while the Unicorns with their horns and magic spells, raised and lowered the sun and moon to bring forth day and night.

During this time, a unicorn named "Clover, the Clever" underwent seven trials, one of which involved pursuing an evil sorceress who had a memory-erasing artifact called the "Memory Stone". This ended when the sorceress entered a portal and the artifact became lost in another world.

The tribes' precarious peace was suddenly toppled when mythical creatures known as Windigoes arrived and started a massive blizzard that destroyed most of the Earth Ponies crops. A grand summit was held where the leaders of each tribe discussed what to do about the famine. The meeting didn’t go too well as the leaders blamed each other for the blizzard. The leaders and their number twos all separately decided that they would seek out a new land. But unexpectedly, all three tribes came across the same territory, so they fought for sovereignty. This drew the attention of the Windigoes' blizzard, which had been feeding off the hatred between the tribes since the beginning. The leaders had no choice but to seek shelter in a cave, but they brought their fighting and therefore the blizzard, with them. It wasn't long before the leaders were completely frozen in ice. Fortunately, the tribes’ number twos saw how the fighting caused their leaders to freeze, and they befriended each other. This ignited the "Fire of Friendship", which incinerated the Windigoes and melted the ice off their leaders and the land around them. The three tribe leaders saw how harmony had conquered the coldness od hatred. They agreed to share the land, officialy declaring it "Equestria".

After the founding of Equestria, a powerful unicorn known as "Starswirl the Bearded" was assigned to be the mentor of the two newly crowned princesses of Equestria, Celestia and Luna. The young rulers were powerful ponies known as "Alicorns", having both a pair of wings and a horn each.

After some time, Celestia learned the ability to raise and lower the sun all by herself. She took over the duty that was previously held by Star Swirl and five other unicorn sorcerers. Eventually, Luna likewise learned to raise and lower the moon by herself. Celestia and Luna offered to bring forth day and night together, bringing balance to the land.

Meanwhile, dangerous creatures coming in all shapes and sizes threatened to take advantage of young Equestria's growth.

Brothers Tirek and Scorpan were intent on stealing magic from Equestria. However, Scorpan came to appreciate the ways of the ponies and urged Tirek to abandon their plans, to which he refused. Scorpan alerted the princesses, who responded by sending Tirek to Tartarus, a prison for dangerous beings.

The Sirens: Adagio, Sonata and Aria fed off ponies' negative energies, giving them power. They intended to conquer Equestria through their songs. To stop them, a scholarly unicorn named Stygian brought together six of the land's greatest heroes who became known as the "Pillars of Old Equestria". One of the Pillars, Star Swirl, banished the sirens to another world, believing their magic would cause no harm there.

Stygian, wanting to fight alongside the Pillars, took artifacts from each of them to make copies. However, the Pillars misunderstood this as an act of selfish jealousy, and kicked him out for it. Having been cast away from the group he assembled, Stygian let the darkness envelope him and he transformed into a creature known as the "Pony of Shadows". The Pillars responded by sacrificing themselves, using a rock formation known as "Ponehenge" to trap the Pony of Shadows in limbo. Knowing this plan would trap themselves in limbo too, they infused a powerful seed with their magic that would one day grow into a force that could protect Equestria in their absence. The Pillars summoned the Pony of Shadows to Ponehenge and its magic caused all of them to disappear into limbo, leaving behind each of the Pillars' artifacts to be scattered across Equestria. The seed they planted grew into a magical essence known as the "Tree of Harmony".

By the time it was full-grown, the powerful and mischievous creature of chaos known as Discord turned Equestria into his playground, ruling it in a state of of unrest and unhappiness for all ponies. Celestia and Luna wanted to put a stop to it. Having discovered the Tree of Harmony, they retrieved six magical artifacts contained within it, known as the "Elements of Harmony". They wielded the Elements against Discord and defeated him, casting him into stone. But before his defeat, Discord had planted "plunderseeds" to steal the magic from the Tree of Harmony and capture Celestia and Luna. However, even without the Elements contained in it, the tree continued to have enough magic to prevent the seeds from taking over.

Around this time in the artic north of Equestria, an evil unicorn named King Sombra took over a magical domain known as the "Crystal Empire" and enslaved the Crystal Ponies that lived there. Celestia and Luna saw the suffering of the ponies in the north, so they overthrew King Sombra, turning him to shadow and banishing him into the ice. But not before he was able to put a curse on the Empire that caused it to vanish completely.

Over time, tensions between Celestia and Luna grew hot. Luna became jealous of her elder sister's reign over the ponies during their waking hours. One day, she raised the moon to block the sun and refused to lower it. The darkness in Luna turned her into a wicked mare known as "Nightmare Moon", who wanted to destroy Celestia. The fight that followed led to the destruction of their castle. Celestia had no choice but to begrudgingly use the Elements of Harmony against her own sister, gambling the chances of banishment versus the chances of taking Luna's Life. The Elements banished Luna to the moon for a thousand years. This began the great Celestia-Luna rift.

Celestia took over Luna's duty and raised both sun and moon every day. Shortly after Luna's banishment, Celestia formed the E.U.P Guard to protect herself and those left vulnerable by the recent change. After a successful year of peace brought by the E.U.P, Celestia declared an event to commemorate the day of Nightmare Moon’s defeat, and celebrate the peace that followed. At the celebration, General Firefly of the E.U.P led an elite of aerial performers, who showered the ground with magical lightning. This inspired the name they’d being known by: The Wonderbolts. Celestia made the event into an annual festival called the "Summer Sun Celebration". Though, to her, this day was one of great regret and sorrow over the loss of her sister. Over time, ponies began to forget there ever was a second princess, and Luna was forgotten from history.

A family of travelling seed collectors arrived in the capital city of Canterlot and met with Princess Celestia. Noticing the family's need for a new home, she directed them to a land next to the Everfree Forest, where they soon settled down and planted their first orchard. But since it would take a while for the orchard to grow, a young filly we know as Granny Smith ventured into the Everfree Forest to look for food. She found a magical fruit called "Zap Apples" that grew to full size the moment their seeds were planted. Granny paid attention to the special signs in the harvesting of Zap Apples and then developed a process of strange activities to produce her one of a kind Zap Apple jam. Ponies started coming from far and wide for her jam, including one named "Stinkin’ Rich", who opened a store nearby. This attracted even more ponies into the area, and it developed into a humble town by the name of "Ponyville", and Granny Smith's farm became "Sweet Apple Acres".

Another family eventually settled next to Sweet Apple Acres. They grew their own pear farm and started a feud over who's farm was better. The only ponies that ever got along between the two families were Bright Mac and Pear Butter. The two grew closer, despite their families never allowing them to meet. Over the years, they continued to meet in secret and eventually fell in love. The head of the Pear family, Grand Pear, decided to move the family to Vanhoover to expand their business but also to get away from the Apple family. Without a moment to lose, Bright Mac set up a secret wedding, located between the Apple and Pear farms. He and Pear Butter planted their own families' seeds in each other’s farms as a special way to seal their vows. Both Grand Pear and Granny Smith found out about their wedding, but the vows had already been sealed. After being forced by her father to choose between being an Apple and being a Pear, she tearfully decided to stay with the Apples. Grand Pear left, angered by his daughter's decision. Bright Mac and Pear Butter went on to have three kids together: Big MacIntosh, Applejack, and Apple Bloom.

Back in Canterlot, a unicorn named Sunset Shimmer enrolled in Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. However, her greed and impatience eventually led her to abandon her studies. She came across a Crystal Mirror, which led her to another world. Princess Celestia left the mirror in her throne room, hoping that one day Sunset Shimmer would come back through the mirror to seek her guidance once more.

One Summer Sun Celebration, a young unicorn named Twilight Sparkle witnessed with awe Princess Celestia raising the sun. She was inspired to extensively study magic. Her parents enrolled her in Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. But to get in, she was required to pass an entrance exam that involved using magic to hatch a dragon's egg. After several failed attempts, Twilight was about to give up, until a powerful magical blast triggered her magic, allowing her to successfully hatch the egg. That magical blast came from a legendary phenomenon known as the "Sonic Rainboom". It was performed in Cloudsdale by a young pegasus named Rainbow Dash, who was racing through the sky. This Sonic Rainboom set in motion a chain of events that caused six ponies across Equestria to get their Cutie Marks, symbols on a pony's flank that represent what makes them unique. These ponies were: Rainbow Dash, discovering her love of speed and flying. Twilight Sparkle, discovering her raw magical abilities. Applejack, discovering her love of country life. Fluttershy, discovering her love for animals. Rarity, discovering her sense of beauty. Pinkie Pie, discovering joy and happiness. With the help of the Sonic Rainboom, Twilight passed her entrance exam to Celestia's School with outstanding results and became one of her pupils. Twilight took in the baby dragon that came from the egg, named him Spike, and cared for him like her little brother.

In the outskirts of Equestria, another young unicorn named Fizzlepop Berrytwist had her horn broken after being attacked by an Ursa Minor. This rendered her magic unstable and dangerous, driving her friends away out of fear. Filled with bitterness, she ran away from her hometown.

Meanwhile, Princess Celestia continued to teach Twilight Sparkle at her school, fostering her academic and magical abilities. However, she noticed that Twilight isolated herself from other ponies, which prevented her from reaching her full potential. The thousandth year since Nightmare Moon's defeat was approaching, and Celestia devised a plan to help Twilight finally make some friends., polite and formal IMPORTANT ROLEPLAY RULE:

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