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* DyingAsYouself: After going OneWingedAngel [[spoiler: during her fight with Rainbow Dash, Charisma seems somewhat happy that her body reverted back to its original form, as she dies.]]

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* DyingAsYouself: DyingAsThemself: After going OneWingedAngel [[spoiler: during her fight with Rainbow Dash, Charisma seems somewhat happy that her body reverted back to its original form, as she dies.]]
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* DyingAsYouself: After going OneWingedAngel [[spoiler: during her fight with Rainbow Dash, Charisma seems somewhat happy that her body reverted back to its original form, as she dies.]]


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* NoBodyLeftBehind: After [[spoiler: Charisma is mortally wounded in her second battle with Rainbow Dash, The Element she was using destroys her body.]] She doesn't seem too bothered.
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* AGoodWayToDie: [[spoiler: Charisma dies, after an epic battle with her WorthyOpponent and reverts back to her normal form, after which point the power of the Elements still disintagrating her, while she is ''still conscious''. Despite this, she manages to laugh it off and exchange confessions of love with Trail Blazer, as he comforts her. He also honors her last request of smiling the whole, which coincides is a pretty good last image to go out on.]]

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* AGoodWayToDie: [[spoiler: Charisma dies, after an epic battle with her WorthyOpponent and reverts back to her normal form, after which point the power of the Elements still start to disintagrating her, while she is ''still conscious''. Despite this, she manages to laugh it off and exchange confessions of love with Trail Blazer, as he comforts her. He also honors her last request of smiling the whole, which she coincides is a pretty good last image to go out on.]]



* BadFuture: What Rainbow Dash finds herself in. While not dystopian, it's still bad compared to her Present Day. [[spoiler: Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie find themselves there, too, whilst Spike is still alive]].

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* BadFuture: What Rainbow Dash finds herself in. While not dystopian, it's still bad compared to her Present Day. [[spoiler: Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie Pie, and Fluttershy find themselves there, too, whilst Spike is still alive]].


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** Starfall is the first pegasus on modern record, to be born with a magic Cutie Mark. This has lead to her being taken from her family and used as a political tool most of her life.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Backstory for [[http://www.fimfiction.net/blog/301231/supplementary-materials-the-solar-kingdom The Solar Kingdom]] and [[http://www.fimfiction.net/blog/550996/mid-october-update Lunar Republic]] can be found in the authors blog posts.

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* EliteMooks: The Changelings and Griffins serve as this, for the Lunar Republic and Solar Empire respectively.



* Foreshadowing:

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* GenreSavy: Rainbow has read enough Daring Do books to know to '''always''' check the body, when villains like [[spoiler: Max Cash are seemingly dead.]] [[spoiler: Too bad she still went in there alone.]]

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* GenreSavy: GenreSavvy: Rainbow has read enough Daring Do books to know to '''always''' check the body, when villains like [[spoiler: Max Cash are seemingly dead.]] [[spoiler: Too bad she still went in there alone.]]



* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeLikeHim: After [[spoiler: the heroes finally have Max Cash on the ropes, in Fluttershy's temple]], both Applejack and-more reluctantly-Calumn, try to convince them that killing [[spoiler: Cash]] while he's defenseless is wrong, whether he deserves it or not.

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* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeLikeHim: IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: After [[spoiler: the heroes finally have Max Cash on the ropes, in Fluttershy's temple]], both Applejack and-more reluctantly-Calumn, try to convince them that killing [[spoiler: Cash]] while he's defenseless is wrong, whether he deserves it or not.



* WouldNotKillACivilain: [[spoiler: Subverted with Astrid, who makes it clear that Cash taking someone she barley knows hostage, is not going to stop her from just running through them both.]] Good thing [[spoiler: Calumn]] stepped in to save the day.

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* WouldNotKillACivilain: WouldNotShootACivilian: [[spoiler: Subverted with Astrid, who makes it clear that Cash taking someone she barley knows hostage, is not going to stop her from just running through them both.]] Good thing [[spoiler: Calumn]] stepped in to save the day.

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* AGoodWayToDie: [[spoiler: Charisma dies, after an epic battle with her WorthyOpponent and reverts back to her normal form, after which point the power of the Elements still disintagrating her, while she is ''still conscious''. Despite this, she manages to laugh it off and exchange confessions of love with Trail Blazer, as he comforts her. He also honors her last request of smiling the whole, which coincides is a pretty good last image to go out on.]]



* BulletCatch: Max Cash does this, after Traduse and Hard Boiled try to get the drop on him with their guns. [[spoiler: [[ImmuneToBullets Not that he has to..]]]]



* Foreshadowing:
** Max Cash [[spoiler: surviving the hole Hard Boiled put where his heart would be, should clue you in that Astrid ripping out his heart isn't going to work.]]



* GenreSavy: Rainbow has read enough Daring Do books to know to '''always''' check the body, when villains like [[spoiler: Max Cash are seemingly dead.]] [[spoiler: Too bad she still went in there alone.]]



* ImmuneToBullets: [[spoiler:When Rarity is shot in the head with a sniper rifle, the impact only knocks her unconscious instead of penetrating her skull and killing her.]]

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* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeLikeHim: After [[spoiler: the heroes finally have Max Cash on the ropes, in Fluttershy's temple]], both Applejack and-more reluctantly-Calumn, try to convince them that killing [[spoiler: Cash]] while he's defenseless is wrong, whether he deserves it or not.
** Of course, [[spoiler: this becomes a moot point soon after.]]
* ImmuneToBullets: [[spoiler:When Rarity is shot in the head with a sniper rifle, the impact only knocks her unconscious instead of penetrating her skull and killing her.]]
** [[spoiler: Max Cash is also this... but ''how'' is little more mysterious.
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* NighInvulnerability: [[spoiler: Exposure to the corrupted elements, has given Max Cash this ability.. to the point that tearing out his heart and mauling what's left is only a temporary set back for him.]]


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* NotQuiteDead: Did you really think [[spoiler: Astrid tearing Max's heart out, would stop him.]]


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* [[HumanoidAbomination Ponyoid Abomination]]: [[spoiler: Continued use of the elements have turned Max into.. something else.]] [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Assuming he was really a regular pony to began with.]]


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* WouldNotKillACivilain: [[spoiler: Subverted with Astrid, who makes it clear that Cash taking someone she barley knows hostage, is not going to stop her from just running through them both.]] Good thing [[spoiler: Calumn]] stepped in to save the day.
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* BullyingTheDragon: Max's often taunts Charisma, about her parents, after getting to Fluttershy's statue and almost gets her to kill him. Whether there is any reason to this or if it was just ForTheEvulz is unknown.

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* BullyingTheDragon: Max's often Max taunts Charisma, Charisma about her parents, parents after getting to Fluttershy's statue and almost gets her to kill him. Whether there is any reason to this or if it was just ForTheEvulz is unknown.
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* DestructiveRomance: Charisma and Trail Blazer old relationship is implied to be this.


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* RomanticizedAbuse: Zigzagged with Charisma and Trail Blazer. They may have been genuinely in love, but Charisma was still [[BloodKnight blood thirsty sadist]] who enjoyed torture and had a HairTriggerTemper to boot, and it is likely Blaze was only ever able to take being with her because he was TooKinkyToTorture.

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* TheAce: Rainbow Dash [[spoiler:,Applejack and Rarity]]. This is due to their vast amount of innate magic, which the ponies of future Equestria have little of. Twinkle Shine even comments that Rainbow Dash was a phenom even by pre-Schism standards.

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* TheAce: Rainbow Dash [[spoiler:,Applejack [[spoiler:,Applejack, Rarity, and Rarity]].Pinkie Pie]]. This is due to their vast amount of innate magic, which the ponies of future Equestria have little of. Twinkle Shine even comments that Rainbow Dash was a phenom even by pre-Schism standards.


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* EasilyForgiven: Charisma lampshades that after Max will get under her skin, she'll barley stop herself from killing him, he would make another snide remark and it will be business as usual... except this time
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Trail Blazer makes his introduction by butting into an argument between Calumn and a bartender, to correct Calumn phrasing: "It's not robbery, it's ''extortion''." He then casually warns his new buddy, that the guide he was about to hire is planning to rob and leave him for dead in the Everstorm, in a very cheerful and casual manner.


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* FriendlyEnemies: One sided example with Cash, who half tauntingly expresses admiration for the awakened heroes.
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* BullyingTheDragon: Max's often taunts Charisma, about her parents, after getting to Fluttershy's statue and almost gets her to kill him. Whether there is any reason to this or if it was just ForTheEvulz is unknown.
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RagTagBunchOfMisfits: The cast is slowly growing into this. LampShaded by Hard Boiled:

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* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: The cast is slowly growing into this. LampShaded by Hard Boiled:
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* BigFancyHouse: Spike curved his own personnel palace, inside a mountain.


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RagTagBunchOfMisfits: The cast is slowly growing into this. LampShaded by Hard Boiled:
--> '''Hard Boiled''': “So we’ve got a group of heroes from the past, a princess, a Griffin, a Dragon, a Storm Guide, a pair of Changelings, a Senator, an RIA Director, [[Gamma]], and a detective. All in one room. Why do I get the feeling this is all one big joke that I’m not going to get?”
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Charisma gives an epic one to Max, along with a "Reason You Suck Speech", after finally having enough of his crap in chapter 33.


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** Charisma also gives one to Max in Chapter 33. See No Holds Barred Beatdown above.


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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Charisma does this, after she in Cash get to Fluttershy's statue. See You're Insane entry below, for more details.


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* WorldOfCardBoardSpeech: Charisma gives a short one to Star Fall, after the latter makes the mistake of thinking she's still working for Cash.
* WorthyOpponent: How Charisma seems to view Rainbow Dash.
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* ArmourPiercingQuestion: When trying to get Rainbow to understand his view of Charisma, Blaze asks her:
--> Blaze: “And you fly fast. How would you feel if you were told ever since you were a little filly that you weren’t allowed to? That it was wrong.”


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* BigBadassBattleSequence: Umbra's attack on the Solar Capital and Cash's siege of Senator Birk's Massion.


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* GenreShift: Hard Boiled and Traduse's segments have a lot more BuddyCopShow and FilmNoir elements.


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* NoodleIncident: The beginning of Trail Blazer's story about him and Charisma, discussed in chapter 33 begins with him apparently trying to sell a fur coat, while the store was on fire, because he needed water, and Charisma walking in soaking wet from a pond explosion and being chased by water fowls. We get ''no'' knowledge about what happens before this.


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* YoureInsane: Charisma of all ponies gives one to Max Cash, after they finale get to Fluttershy's statue and instead of a having coherent plan, Max starts babbling about completely contradictory ideas, that make no sense to her.
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* NormalFishInATinyPond: While Rainbow Dash and the other members of the Mane Six ''are'' pretty powerful, they are still within the normal abilities of their races. When Dash finds herself 1000 years in the future [[spoiler:(eventually followed by the others)]], where ambient magic has been reduced and much knowledge has been lost, making the inhabitants a lot weaker. For instance, Pegasi have forgotten how to walk on clouds, control the weather, can't fly very fast, and are not strong enough to fly while carrying another pony. Earth Ponies have lost a lot of their strength and speed and their connection with the earth and plant life. Unicorns have relatively weak telekinesis and can't manipulate a lot of objects at once or with fine control. The inhabitants tend to see the ponies of the past as {{Super Soldier}}s. Also, the inhabitants are MadeOfPlasticine compared to the ponies of the past. [[spoiler:When Rarity gets shot in the head, the impact of the bullet only knocks her unconscious, while everyone is shocked that it didn't make her head explode.]]
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* BadFuture: What Rainbow Dash finds herself in. While not dystopian, it's still bad compared to her Present Day. [[spoiler: Applejack and Rarity find themselves there, too, whilst Spike is still alive]].

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* BadFuture: What Rainbow Dash finds herself in. While not dystopian, it's still bad compared to her Present Day. [[spoiler: Applejack Applejack, Rarity, and Rarity Pinkie Pie find themselves there, too, whilst Spike is still alive]].
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''Harmony Theory'' updates every few months.

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* CrapsackWorld: The future version of Equestria... well, let's see: Celestia and Luna are ''dead''. A planet-wrecking apocalypse has siphoned away so much magic that the sapient races of Equestria either lost most of their powers or were ''driven extinct''. Pony civilisation has shattered from the peaceful, harmonious unity they were under the Alicorn diarchy into two warring factions, the Solar Empire and the Luna Republic. Cutie Marks can apparently now mentally ''damage'' their bearers -- and since this world is grim enough it's possible to get Cutie Marks for talents in ''killing'', that just makes it worse. A MadGod is prophesised to return and finish the annihilation of the world. There's a psychopath running around trying to get his hooves on the Elements of Harmony as part of some mysterious plan. Yeah, this world sucks. No wonder Rainbow Dash is less than impressed with the future.



* IWantMyJetpack: Rainbow actually asks why they don't have jetpacks. Star Fall is actually a bit disappointed at how unimpressed Rainbow seems with the future.

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* IWantMyJetpack: Rainbow Dash actually asks why they don't outright where the jetpacks are early in the story, and is visibly bummed to hear that Equestria doesn't have jetpacks. them. In fact, as Star Fall notes with some disappointment, Rainbow Dash is actually a bit disappointed at how pretty unimpressed Rainbow seems with the future.future in general. Justified: modern Equestria ''is'' a CrapsackWorld in comparison to the Equestria of 1000 years ago, so it's kind of understandable that Rainbow Dash feels let down.



* LightningBruiser: Rainbow is faster, stronger and tougher than pretty much every modern pony. There ''are'' modern supersonic pegasi, but they are [[FragileSpeedster extreme specialists]] and only the more powerful earth ponies are stronger or tougher (and probably not both).

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* LightningBruiser: Rainbow is faster, stronger and tougher than pretty much every modern pony. There ''are'' modern supersonic pegasi, but they are [[FragileSpeedster extreme specialists]] and only the more powerful earth ponies are stronger or tougher (and probably not both). This is explained as a side-effect of the {{Gotterdammerung}}.
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*WarIsHell: Rainbow Dash[[spoiler: And the other elements]] are completely shocked at how horrifying the battles are.
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* ImmuneToBullets: [[spoiler:When Rarity is shot in the head, the impact only knocks her unconscious instead of penetrating her skull and killing her.]]

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* ImmuneToBullets: [[spoiler:When Rarity is shot in the head, head with a sniper rifle, the impact only knocks her unconscious instead of penetrating her skull and killing her.]]

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-->"I Am The Destroyer! I Am Nations Brought Low And Cities Made Ruin. I Am The Final Power, The Ultimate Darkness. I Am The Doom Of Ponykind, And Through Me All Things Will Become Ash. I Am '''Nightmare Umbra'''!"
-->"Heed Your Mentor's Words, Fallen Star, And Hide While You Can. For In The End, There Will Be Nowhere To Run To."



* BlessedWithSuck: Charisma's Cutie Mark decreed special talent: she's a born assassin. As a result, she constantly "hears" her subconscious not only whispering ''how'' she can kill every single being she interact with, but demanding that she ''does'' kill them. It goes without saying that this has driven her totally insane.

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Charisma's Cutie Mark decreed special talent: she's a born assassin. As a result, she constantly "hears" her subconscious not only whispering ''how'' she can kill every single being she interact with, but demanding that she ''does'' kill them. It goes without saying that this has driven her totally insane.insane.
** Detective Hard Boiled's LivingLieDetector abilities cause him pain and fatigue whenever he uses them. Being around things that are inherently lies like Changelings and long term illusions is like torture to him.


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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: A pony named Melody Drop wants revenge on Max Cash for killing her master. While he vaguely remembers the incident, he doesn't remember who she is.


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* ImmuneToBullets: [[spoiler:When Rarity is shot in the head, the impact only knocks her unconscious instead of penetrating her skull and killing her.]]


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* StrawNihilist: Max Cash reveals himself to be one.
-->'''Max Cash''': I knew someone would come. I knew it not because I had planned for you to be here, or because I'm somehow in control of these grand events. No, I knew it because I hadn't planned for it. I knew it because I'm not in control. This isn't my story. I'm not the hero, but neither am I the villain. I'm just like you, in fact. Just like them. I'm a puppet. I'm just another fucking plaything for the real villains. Freedom is a joke, and choice is an illusion. In the end there's only a hoofful of ponies who can honestly say that they've ever actually had one, and most of them never even realized it. Me? I want to be one of them. I want myself to matter. But I can't ever do that unless those same forces that are pulling the strings want to let me. I am at their mercy, just like every other sucker in the whole damn universe. You know how I feel about that? I hate it.
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* InsistentTerminology: In the future, Cutie Marks are now called Talent Glyphs. Rainbow Dash adamantly refuses to use that term and always calls them Cutie Marks.
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* ForTheEvulz: Max Cash causes a lot of pain and suffering just because he can.

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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Rainbow, Astrid and Star Fall actually manage to [[spoiler: chase off Nightmre Umbra. However, Umbra is still regaining her strength.]]

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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Rainbow, Astrid and Star Fall actually manage to [[spoiler: chase off Nightmre Nightmare Umbra. However, Umbra is still regaining her strength.]]


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* TheSocialDarwinist: Nightmare Umbra hints that she attacks people because she wants them to fight back and prove they are worthy enough to survive. Unfortunately, she's judged the entire world to be unworthy and is determined to exterminate them.
-->'''Nightmare Umbra''': I Loathe This Entire World. Filled With Cowards And Fools. Ruled By The Pathetic Wills Of Ponies Who Cannot See Beyond Their Own Petty Wants. A Kingdom Of Friendship? They Will Never Achieve Such A Thing. All They Are Destined For Is To Be Ruled By The Strongest Hoof, Or Ground To Dust Beneath Mine.
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* TheMagicGoesAway: The Schism [[spoiler: as part of Celestia and Luna's plan.]] This has had severely negative effects on the planet; for example, all ponies are vastly inferior in ability compared to what Rainbow Dash [[spoiler: and the other members of the Mane Six]] remember being capable of, whilst the griffons have nearly gone extinct due to the low magic levels impacting on their genetic viability.

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* TheMagicGoesAway: The Schism [[spoiler: as part of Celestia and Luna's plan.]] This has had severely negative effects on the planet; for example, all ponies are vastly inferior in ability compared to what Rainbow Dash [[spoiler: and the other members of the Mane Six]] remember being capable of, whilst the griffons have nearly gone extinct extinct, due to the low magic levels impacting on their genetic viability.viability. This did make other species go extinct, like buffaloes.
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* HarmfulHealing: Healing magic caries a high risk of causing cancer, so most avoid using it unless they have no choice.

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* HarmfulHealing: Healing magic (especially if done wrong/by an inexperienced unicorn) caries a high risk of causing cancer, so most avoid using it unless they have no choice.
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* ProudWarriorRace: The Griffins

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