Friday, 3 January 2014

The Legend of Sol, Titan, and Morgan: Foreword

Once upon a time, before the land of Equestria had come under the leadership of Princess Celestia, there existed three mighty heroes known as Sol, Titan, and Morgan. Many of these stories have been forgotten, as Equestria moved from a war-like, dangerous climate and into the more peaceful world we know of today, but forgetting the past does no benefit to any of us: if we fail to remember our past victories and defeats, if we try and block out all the bad memories in favor of good thoughts, then we are doomed to repeat our own history... or worse, force our children to repeat our mistakes to discover why some things should better remained buried, why exactly all the things we were taught to believe in are so important.
So, under the request of two ponies who factor greatly into these legends themselves, I have rewritten the stories of Sol, Titan, and Morgan for a modern-day audience. They were three of the most powerful warriors Equestria has ever seen, and they brought great influence and change to the land, stopping the constant warring between lands, uniting the baronies, and driving the darkness that had once infested this land into the endless tunnels beneath our beautiful country.
But in the beginning, they didn't set out to change the world: Sol was looking for information about her past, and it wasn't until she had spent years with Titan that she began to develop relationships with others in the world around her and put value on more things than just her desire to know where she had come from. It was Titan who would influence her towards taking care of the world, although not in the way he had intended: their ideas of what was best for the country were very different. But as Morgan took greatly after her brother in many respects, she was always there to help remind Sol of the value of the lives of all ponies, not just those who were 'useful' to society.
This will all be revealed in time through the stories in these pages, however: I've done my best to bring as many of these fables and old fairy tales to life as I could, under the guidelines set for me from two very important, rather knowledgeable ponies. With luck, I've kept the lessons in these stories intact, and even more importantly, they'll be an entertaining read as well.

~Scrivener Blooms

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