History ComicBook / MyLittlePonyFiendshipIsMagic

* {{Narcissist}}: Emperor Incitatus [[TooDumbToLive (doesn't question the acceptance of a trojan horse fashioned after his own image, though Chrysalis invaded because she loved him)]] and Sergio the dragon (who Chrysalis tricks by playing off to his self-importance).

* LaserGuidedKarma: Spike thinks Incitatus got when he deserved for caring more about himself than his subjects.

* NeverRecycleYourSchemes: Justified since Nightmare Moon was decided into thinking that what enabled her EvilPlan (the mind link to Celestia) was lost.

* MeaningfulName: The moon creatures are called Nyx, which is the name of the primordial Greek goddess of the night, mother of the Oneiroi, who were the gods of dreams. The Nyx are {{Dream Weaver}}s that shape pony dreams and live on the moon, and are eventually forced to serve Nightmare Moon.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Nightmare's far crueler here than in any prior work, especially in giving NoSympathy to anyone enduring AndIMustScream due to her.

* GirlInTheTower: {{Gender flip}}ped in the example of the games Sombra and Hope played together, with Sombra in the tower and Hope playing his rescuer.

* HumanoidAbomination: Well, Pony-noid. Sombra discovers he's actually a manifestation of pure darkness given form as a pony.

** A fly is snapped by the plant that will become Chrysalis, emitting a cry of [[Film/TheFly "Help me!"]]

* AllThereInTheManual: The story's writer, Christina Rice, [[https://twitter.com/christinarice/status/585815904899866624 considers Queen Haydon and Scorpan to be gargolyes]] in contrast to the centaurs that Vorak and Tirek are.

** Discord appears as one of King Vorak's advisers, dressed in a brown cloak.

* EmoTeen: Tirek has shades. He's moody, arrogant, doesn't get along with his family, especially his parents, and complains about how no one recognizes or respects his potential.

* GoLookAtTheDistraction: Tirek creates a fireworks like blast in the sky to distract the guards while he sneaks out.

The series was revealed in January of 2015, and all five issues were shipped over the course of April.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: After Nightmare Moon [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech mocks Doran for the above]], she conspire with Celestia to prevent Nightmare Moon from repeating her plan.

* DreamWeaver: The Nyx are responsible for creating pony dreams.

* KickTheDog: Invoked: Nightmare Moon creates a dream Celestia attacking a cat for the soul purpose of making her look evil.

* NightmareFuel: This issue show how Nightmare Moon learned to create and be associated with this InUniverse.

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Learning of [[spoiler: his origins]] causes any jealousy and insignificance Sombra felt towards the Crystal Ponies to explode into full-blown madness. Interestingly, the [[spoiler: umbrum crystal may be responsible for the madness itself]].

A ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' limited-run comic book series based on the cartoon show [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic of a similar name]], and part of the overall ''Franchise/MyLittlePonyGeneration4'' universe. Published by [[Creator/IDWPublishing IDW]], using a number of different writers and artists. The series is a special event for IDW in April 2015 (incidently the same month season 5 of the TV series premiered), temporarily replacing the normal runs of [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW the on-going comics]] and ''[[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendsForever Friends Forever]]''. The five-issue series explores some of the major villains of the franchise -- [[EvilOverlord King Sombra]], [[SatanicArchetype Lord Tirek]], [[EnthrallingSiren The Sirens]], [[TheNightThatNeverEnds Nightmare Moon]], and [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Chrysalis]].

[[folder:#3 The Sirens]]

* TheAgeless: The changelings, or at least Chrysalis, show no signs of stopping or aging even after 1000+ years in existence. It is not made clear if all the changelings serving under Chrysalis are exactly the ones who first emerged from their primordial ooze or how much their numbers have grown through generations of breeding. However, it is reasonable to assume that individual changelings at least have long lifespans.

* BrokenBird: Learning about his true heritage messed Sombra up, and then [[spoiler: turning Princess Amore to crystal]] made it worse.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Sombra's plot to take control of the Crystal Empire is largely driven by [[TheResenter resentment]] towards his adoptive people for a lonely childhood, as well as rage at being deceived about [[spoiler: his true nature]]. In addition, Sombra feels that he never had a choice because [[YouCantFightFate his destiny was planned from the start]].

* IAmWho: Sombra's actually a [[spoiler: creature called an umbrum, sometimes called "shadow ponies", taken in and raised by the Crystal Ponies]]. He doesn't take TheReveal very well.

Sombra's first memory was being found as a colt by crystal pony guards, and knowing only a single word, which became his name. He was taken into an orphanage and taught to speak and read. Because of his lack of basic communication skills, the other young fillies and colts teased him, but one filly, Radiant Hope, found Sombra to be weird like her and the two became friends. Sombra soon was able to better integrate himself with the others, and he and Radiant Hope began to save up gems to spend at the upcoming Crystal Faire. On the day prior to the Faire, the two go to gaze upon the Crystal Heart and both have visions - Radiant of becoming a princess, and Sombra of becoming evil. He is scared off but runs into Princess Amore, who knows he shouldn't be frightened of the visions, and that they may not come to pass.

The next day, Sombra finds that his body refuses to move. Radiant Hope stays by his side, forgoing the Faire, but the next day Sombra is all well. They plan for the same the next year, but again and again, on the day of the Faire, Sombra's body gains a strange crystalization and refuses to move. One year, his body in this state begins to shatter, but Radiant Hope uses her magic to restore Sombra to normal, and gaining her cutie mark. She finds her magic is able of restoring nearly anypony back to health. Though this is a special skill, Sombra recognizes that it is the type of magic that would likely lead to Radiant Hope becoming a princess, and begins to fear the visions of what he would become. When Radiant Hope receives a letter inviting her to study at Canterlot, Sombra realizes his fate is sealed, and runs off into the winter lands outside the Crystal Empire.

There, he runs into a strange red crystal that speaks to him. The crystal claims it is his mother, and that Sombra is not really a pony, but a shadow pony, a creature created by the umbrum forces that wait beneath the Crystal Empire, waiting for the Crystal Heart, Princess Amore's weapon, to be shattered so they can be freed. The crystal awakens Sombra's latent powers and tells him that he must remove the Crystal Heart before the next Faire or will be destroyed by the Crystal Heart itself, which has been causing his transformations before.

* ContinuityNod: The reason for the Crystal Heart and the need for the Crystal Faire, and how Sombra figures all into it is well established by this story.

* GoodHurtsEvil: Even before his power awakened, Sombra was hurt and paralyzed by the Crystal Faire, and after his awakening is vulnerable to it to the point that it would destroy him.

** Similarly, the sentience of his horn at the end implies he is not truly dead himself. (However, on this last, the stories are not necessary canon with the show).

* SavedByCanon: Being prequels, the villains are assured to get away with their deeds insofar as to remain the three they were in the main series. This is the reason this page does't bother with spoilers.

* MoralEventHorizon: Discussed In-Universe, Sombra considers crystalizing Amore to be his, and he doesn't regret it.

* VillainEpisode: This series will explore the origins of five of the show's villains; the only major villains at the time left out are [[MadGod Discord]] (although he does have a cameo in Tirek's), Sunset Shimmer, who had her origins explored in the 2013 Annual, and Starlight Glimmer, who was recently introduced in the TV show when this was running.