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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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* NighInvulnerability: [[spoiler: Exposure to the corrupted elements, elements has given Max Cash this ability..ability... to the point that tearing out his heart and mauling what's left is only a temporary set back for him.]]



* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: While the group debate, [[spoiler: whether they should finish off Max Cash, while they have him dead to rights and only Applejack and Column [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim beg the others to just take him in]]]], you know this is serious when the normally very forgiving and FriendToAllLivingThings (even the {{Jerk ass}}es) Trail Blazer plainly says he with the "kill him now" group.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: While the group debate, [[spoiler: whether they should finish off Max Cash, while they have him dead to rights and only Applejack and Column [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim beg the others to just take him in]]]], you know this is serious when the normally very forgiving and FriendToAllLivingThings (even the {{Jerk ass}}es) {{Jerkass}}es) Trail Blazer plainly says he with the "kill him now" group.



* PainfulTransformation: [[spoiler:How Twinkle Shine transforms into Nightmare Umbra is...not pleasant. It involves her bones, tendons, and flesh constantly shifting, breaking, tearing, and healing as she grows wings and more than doubles in size.]]

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* PainfulTransformation: [[spoiler:How Twinkle Shine transforms into Nightmare Umbra is... not pleasant. It involves her bones, tendons, and flesh constantly shifting, breaking, tearing, and healing as she grows wings and more than doubles in size.]]
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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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** Starfall is the first pegasus on modern record, 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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* GenghisGambit: What [[spoiler:Nightmare Umbra]] is, as revealed in Chapter 36. [[spoiler:She]] was made to unite the warring factions after the Schism.
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* {{Unperson}}: [[spoiler:Discord]].

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* AnimalisticAbomination: [[spoiler: Continued use of the Elements has turned Max into.. something else.]] [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Assuming he was really a regular pony to began with.]]



--> '''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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--> '''Blaze''': And "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."



* AscendedToCarnivorism: A variation is revealed in chapter 37; dragons before the Schism ''could'' eat meat, but preferred not to, due to the abundance of sapient animals and the fact they could get just as much nourishment from gems. However, this ability was based on the high levels of ambient magic, so after the Schism, they had to revert to eating meat.

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* AscendedToCarnivorism: A variation is revealed in chapter 37; 36; dragons before the Schism ''could'' eat meat, but preferred not to, due to the abundance of sapient animals and the fact they could get just as much nourishment from gems. However, this ability was based on the high levels of ambient magic, so after the Schism, they had to revert to eating meat.



* FromBadToWorse: [[spoiler: The backstory of Nightmare Umbra's creation, as revealed by Spike in chapter 37: the budding CivilWar first drove Celestia and Luna to abdicate so that they couldn't be used as figureheads for factions they had nothing to do with. Then, under Twilight Sparkle's leadership, war ultimately broke out. When it destroyed Canterlot, a devastated Twilight created Nightmare Umbra as a way to force the reunification of ponydom, no matter how many lives it took. When it seemed like even that wasn't working, Twilight attempted to stop her creation, which produced the Schism as a mere byproduct of the battle.]]

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* FromBadToWorse: [[spoiler: The backstory of Nightmare Umbra's creation, as revealed by Spike in chapter 37: 36: the budding CivilWar first drove Celestia and Luna to abdicate so that they couldn't be used as figureheads for factions they had nothing to do with. Then, under Twilight Sparkle's leadership, war ultimately broke out. When it destroyed Canterlot, a devastated Twilight created Nightmare Umbra as a way to force the reunification of ponydom, no matter how many lives it took. When it seemed like even that wasn't working, Twilight attempted to stop her creation, which produced the Schism as a mere byproduct of the battle.]]



* GreyAndGrayMorality: Neither the Solar Kingdom or Lunar Republic are exactly bad, both have some unpleasant parts to them and neither is really that wrong for seeing the other as a serious threat. The only black so far seems to be Cash and Nightmare Umbra, a criminal with way too much power and an immortal alicorn that causes a lot of destruction. [[spoiler: And that last one may have some goal in mind that is intended to help the world.]]

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* GreyAndGrayMorality: Neither the Solar Kingdom or Lunar Republic are exactly bad, both have some unpleasant parts to them and neither is really that wrong for seeing the other as a serious threat. The only black so far seems to be Cash and Nightmare Umbra, a criminal with way too much power and an immortal alicorn that causes a lot of destruction. [[spoiler: And it turns out that last one may have some goal in mind Nightmare Umbra is literally a living invocation of the WellIntentionedExtremist trope, having been ''created'' to be a force of destruction so terrible that is intended to help ponies would finally unite against her, as they had been before the world.CivilWar.]]



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: As chapter 37 reveals, it was the bloodthirsty stupidity of the Royalist and Rebel factions that ultimately pushed Twilight Sparkle to create Nightmare Umbra, which in turn led to the Schism as an unintended side-effect of Twilight's attempt to stop her. In a more specific case, Princess/Queen Teneral of the Changelings taunted Twilight Sparkle at the final failed peace talks before open war broke out that Twilight could either force them into obedience, thus becoming a tyrant, or watch impotently as Equestria burned itself to the ground before picking up the pieces afterwards. This planted the seed that ultimately became Nightmare Umbra -- and, in an act of LaserGuidedKarma, Teneral is remembered as the ''last'' Changeling Queen because one of Nightmare Umbra's first acts of destruction was ripping Teneral to shreds.]]

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: As chapter 37 36 reveals, it was the bloodthirsty stupidity of the Royalist and Rebel factions that ultimately pushed Twilight Sparkle to create Nightmare Umbra, which in turn led to the Schism as an unintended side-effect of Twilight's attempt to stop her. In a more specific case, Princess/Queen Teneral of the Changelings taunted Twilight Sparkle at the final failed peace talks before open war broke out that Twilight could either force them into obedience, thus becoming a tyrant, or watch impotently as Equestria burned itself to the ground before picking up the pieces afterwards. This planted the seed that ultimately became Nightmare Umbra -- and, in an act of LaserGuidedKarma, Teneral is remembered as the ''last'' Changeling Queen because one of Nightmare Umbra's first acts of destruction was ripping Teneral to shreds.]]



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



** [[spoiler: Chapter 37 reveals that Nightmare Umbra was created to ''invoke'' this, being so powerful and destructive as to end the CivilWar through creating a single enemy so horrible that they would be forced to unite together, and then be so sick of battle as to finally make peace.]]
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: [[spoiler: Spike reveals in chapter 37 that the Schism ultimately came to pass because neither the Royalists nor the Rebels would cooperate with each other to fight Nightmare Umbra; they both fought her, but they kept trying to fight each other at the same time, and so she curb-stomped them.]]

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** [[spoiler: Chapter 37 36 reveals that Nightmare Umbra was created to ''invoke'' this, being so powerful and destructive as to end the CivilWar through creating a single enemy so horrible that they would be forced to unite together, and then be so sick of battle as to finally make peace.]]
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: [[spoiler: Spike reveals in chapter 37 36 that the Schism ultimately came to pass because neither the Royalists nor the Rebels would cooperate with each other to fight Nightmare Umbra; they both fought her, but they kept trying to fight each other at the same time, and so she curb-stomped them.]]



* WhamEpisode: Chapter 37, full stop. [[spoiler: Spike reveals that Twilight Sparkle ''created'' Nightmare Umbra to be a blunt instrument to force the end of a bloody CivilWar. When things went wrong, she then caused the Schism by accident. Ever since then, Nightmare Umbra has been patiently waiting for the survivors of Equestria to rebuild to the extent that she can try to repeat her original purpose: waging war on both sides until they form a united Equestrian kingdom once more to defeat her.]]
* WillingChanneler: Nightmare Umbra is possessing the willing [[spoiler: Twinkle Shine]]. [[spoiler: Except it's a little more convoluted then that... as chapter 37 reveals, they're actually ''two different personalities'' sharing the same body; Twinkle Shine is just the identity that the "peace" side of Nightmare Umbra chose to use during this generation.]]
* WingedUnicorn: Nightmare Umbra takes the form of a winged unicorn. [[spoiler: Spike reveals in chapter 37 that there's actually a difference between these and alicorns: Alicorns are linked to cosmic forces, which makes them far more powerful. Nightmare Umbra is dangerous, but if she was an alicorn, she'd have smashed the moon into the planet and killed everything long before now. Twilight Sparkle wasn't ''that'' stupid as to give her that level of power.]]

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* WhamEpisode: Chapter 37, 36, full stop. [[spoiler: Spike reveals that Twilight Sparkle ''created'' Nightmare Umbra to be a blunt instrument to force the end of a bloody CivilWar. When things went wrong, she then caused the Schism by accident. Ever since then, Nightmare Umbra has been patiently waiting for the survivors of Equestria to rebuild to the extent that she can try to repeat her original purpose: waging war on both sides until they form a united Equestrian kingdom once more to defeat her.]]
* WillingChanneler: Nightmare Umbra is possessing the willing [[spoiler: Twinkle Shine]]. [[spoiler: Except it's a little more convoluted then that... as chapter 37 36 reveals, they're actually ''two different personalities'' sharing the same body; Twinkle Shine is just the identity that the "peace" side of Nightmare Umbra chose to use during this generation.]]
* WingedUnicorn: Nightmare Umbra takes the form of a winged unicorn. [[spoiler: Spike reveals in chapter 37 36 that there's actually a difference between these and alicorns: Alicorns are linked to cosmic forces, which makes them far more powerful. Nightmare Umbra is dangerous, but if she was an alicorn, she'd have smashed the moon into the planet and killed everything long before now. Twilight Sparkle wasn't ''that'' stupid as to give her that level of power.]]
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--> '''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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--> '''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, 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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* 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.]]

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* GenreSavvy: Rainbow has read enough Daring Do ''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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--> 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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--> Blaze: “And '''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.



-->"So Be It. If A Thousand Stand Together, Then Together A Thousand Will Fall."
-->"There Is No Escape. There Is No Victory. There Is Only Me. And Death."
-->"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."

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-->"So Be It. If A Thousand Stand Together, Then Together A Thousand Will Fall."
-->"There
"\\
"There
Is No Escape. There Is No Victory. There Is Only Me. And Death."
-->"I
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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
Umbra'''!"\\
"Heed
Your Mentor's Words, Fallen Star, And Hide While You Can. For In The End, There Will Be Nowhere To Run To."



* NiceJobBreakingItHeroes: [[spoiler: As chapter 37 reveals, it was the bloodthirsty stupidity of the Royalist and Rebel factions that ultimately pushed Twilight Sparkle to create Nightmare Umbra, which in turn led to the Schism as an unintended side-effect of Twilight's attempt to stop her. In a more specific case, Princess/Queen Teneral of the Changelings taunted Twilight Sparkle at the final failed peace talks before open war broke out that Twilight could either force them into obedience, thus becoming a tyrant, or watch impotently as Equestria burned itself to the ground before picking up the pieces afterwards. This planted the seed that ultimately became Nightmare Umbra -- and, in an act of LaserGuidedKarma, Teneral is remembered as the ''last'' Changeling Queen because one of Nightmare Umbra's first acts of destruction was ripping Teneral to shreds.]]

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* NiceJobBreakingItHeroes: NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: As chapter 37 reveals, it was the bloodthirsty stupidity of the Royalist and Rebel factions that ultimately pushed Twilight Sparkle to create Nightmare Umbra, which in turn led to the Schism as an unintended side-effect of Twilight's attempt to stop her. In a more specific case, Princess/Queen Teneral of the Changelings taunted Twilight Sparkle at the final failed peace talks before open war broke out that Twilight could either force them into obedience, thus becoming a tyrant, or watch impotently as Equestria burned itself to the ground before picking up the pieces afterwards. This planted the seed that ultimately became Nightmare Umbra -- and, in an act of LaserGuidedKarma, Teneral is remembered as the ''last'' Changeling Queen because one of Nightmare Umbra's first acts of destruction was ripping Teneral to shreds.]]



* 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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* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: The cast is slowly growing into this. LampShaded [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Hard Boiled:
--> '''Hard Boiled''': “So 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]], [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?”get?



-->'''Rainbow:''' Buck you, Bird Brain!
-->'''Astrid:''' What did she say?
-->'''Star Fall:''' She says that she's unhappy, but will accept the wisdom of your decision.

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-->'''Rainbow:''' Buck you, Bird Brain!
-->'''Astrid:'''
Brain!\\
'''Astrid:'''
What did she say?
-->'''Star
say?\\
'''Star
Fall:''' She says that she's unhappy, but will accept the wisdom of your decision.



* 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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* YoureInsane: Charisma of all ponies gives one to Max Cash, after they finale finally 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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After the defeat of Chrysalis, Celestia assigns Twilight the task of studying The Elements of Harmony. Over a thousand years later, Rainbow Dash wakes up underground, next to a dead stallion, with no memory of anything that has happened since Ponyville was assigned tornado duty, in a world very different to the one she is used to. Equestria has split in two, the magic of the world has faded, the geography, cultures and languages are not what she is familiar with and the first thing she does gets her in trouble with the Lunar Republic's police force.

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After the defeat of Chrysalis, Celestia assigns Twilight the task of studying The the Elements of Harmony. Over a thousand years later, Rainbow Dash wakes up underground, next to a dead stallion, with no memory of anything that has happened since Ponyville was assigned tornado duty, in a world very different to the one she is used to. Equestria has split in two, the magic of the world has faded, the geography, cultures and languages are not what she is familiar with and the first thing she does gets her in trouble with the Lunar Republic's police force.

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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 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.]]

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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 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 considers is a pretty good last image to go out on.]]



* 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, were ''rendered nonsapient'', or were ''driven extinct''. Pony civilization 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 prophesied 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.

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* CrapsackWorld: The future version of Equestria... well, let's see: Celestia and Luna are are, to all practical purposes, ''dead''. A planet-wrecking apocalypse has siphoned away so much magic that the sapient races of Equestria either lost most of their powers, were ''rendered nonsapient'', or were ''driven extinct''. Pony civilization 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 prophesied 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.



* TheDreaded: Charisma is basically considered impossible to beat in single combat and scares just about everyone who knows about her. Nightmare Umbra is even scarier as she's effectively a war goddess ponification of destruction.

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* TheDreaded: Charisma is basically considered impossible to beat in single combat and scares just about everyone who knows about her. Nightmare Umbra is even scarier as she's effectively a war goddess {{war god}}dess ponification of destruction.



* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: A variation. Rainbow ''does'' know how strong she is. What she doesn't realise at first though is how fragile everypony ''else'' is and nearly kills two police officers by accident. Even the air pressure from her sonic booms are dangerous.

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* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: A variation. Rainbow ''does'' know how strong she is. What she doesn't realise realize at first though first, though, is how fragile everypony ''else'' is is, and nearly kills two police officers by accident. Even the air pressure from her sonic booms are dangerous.



* FauxAffablyEvil: Max Cash can act rather polite and friendly. But it has a disturbing undercurrent. He [[EvilCannotComprehendGood barely understands friendship]] and basically is just messing with heads. While not confirmed by the writer, a lot of Max's actions are similar to the characteristics of actual sociopaths.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: Max Cash can act rather polite and friendly. But it has a disturbing undercurrent. He [[EvilCannotComprehendGood barely understands friendship]] and basically is just messing with everybody's heads. While not confirmed by the writer, a lot of Max's actions are similar to the characteristics of actual sociopaths.



* {{Gotterdammerung}}: Celestia and Luna are now [[spoiler: sealed in their respective celestial bodies, which happened after they ''voluntarily'' abdicated the Equestrian throne in the face of the CivilWar]]. Additionally, a magical disaster called the Schism has sucked away the vast majority of the planet's magic, possibly imprisoning it in the form of the Everstorm. See TheMagicGoesAyay.

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* {{Gotterdammerung}}: Celestia and Luna are now [[spoiler: sealed in their respective celestial bodies, which happened after they ''voluntarily'' abdicated the Equestrian throne in the face of the CivilWar]]. Additionally, a magical disaster called the Schism has sucked away the vast majority of the planet's magic, possibly imprisoning it in the form of the Everstorm. See TheMagicGoesAyay.TheMagicGoesAway.



* 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.
** Of course, [[spoiler: this becomes a moot point soon after.]]

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* 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.
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not. Of course, [[spoiler: this becomes a moot point soon after.]]



* NotQuiteDead: Did you really think [[spoiler: Astrid tearing Max's heart out, would stop him.]]
* NotQuiteFlight: Bigwig can levitate platforms to carry himself at speeds rivaling pegasi (though with worse maneuvrability).

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* NotQuiteDead: Did you really think [[spoiler: Astrid tearing Max's heart out, out]] would stop him.]]
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* NotQuiteFlight: Bigwig is a unicorn who can levitate platforms to carry himself at speeds rivaling pegasi (though with worse maneuvrability).maneuverability).



* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: [[InvertedTrope Inverted.]] Modern Equestria is both more scientifically advanced ''and'' more religious than Rainbow is used to. She considers it strange to think of the alicorns as gods or to pray to them. Twinkle Shine lampshades how this is different from what her class might expect.

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* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: [[InvertedTrope Inverted.]] Modern Equestria is both more scientifically advanced ''and'' more religious than Rainbow is used to. She considers it strange to think of the alicorns as gods or to pray to them. Twinkle Shine lampshades how this is different from what her class might expect. One possibly reason why might be because of how the depletion of magic has left the general pony population weaker, and thus made once-mundane feats of old now only mythical to modern generations.



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



* RealityIsOutToLunch: The Everstorm induces insanity, creates illusions, moves locations, has variable gravity, logic defying weather, attacks with floating skulls and the occasional crucified zombie ursa major animated by fast growing vines among other things.

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* RealityIsOutToLunch: The Everstorm induces insanity, creates illusions, moves locations, has variable gravity, logic defying weather, and provides attacks with by floating skulls and the occasional crucified zombie ursa major animated by fast growing vines vines, among other things.



--> Charisma: if you wanted someone to kill you so bad, you could have gotten '''literally! anyone''' who's spent more than five minutes with you!

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--> Charisma: if you wanted someone to kill you so bad, you could have gotten '''literally! '''literally anyone''' who's spent more than five minutes with you!



* 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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* RomanticizedAbuse: Zigzagged with Charisma and Trail Blazer. They may have been genuinely in love, but Charisma was still a [[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.



* WeAreStrugglingTogether: [[spoiler: Spike reveals in chapter 37 that the Schism ultimately came to pass because neither the Royalists nor the Rebels would cooperate with each other to fight Nightmare Umbra; they both fought her, but they kept trying to fight each other at the same time, and so she curbstomped them.]]

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* WeAreStrugglingTogether: [[spoiler: Spike reveals in chapter 37 that the Schism ultimately came to pass because neither the Royalists nor the Rebels would cooperate with each other to fight Nightmare Umbra; they both fought her, but they kept trying to fight each other at the same time, and so she curbstomped curb-stomped them.]]

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* AscendedToCarnivorism: A variation is revealed in chapter 37; dragons before the Schism ''could'' eat meat, but preferred not to, due to the abundance of sapient animals and the fact they could get just as much nourishment from gems. However, this ability was based on the high levels of ambient magic, so after the Schism, they had to revert to eating meat.



* CivilWar: The Solar Empire and Luna Republic ultimately descend from a particularly bloody and brutal war that was fought centuries ago, after the deaths of Twilight's original circle of friends. How bitter was it? [[spoiler: Celestia and Luna grew so sick of the two factions who claimed to be operating in ''their'' names, but wouldn't listen to either of their "chosen" rulers, that they abdicated and left Equestria in the hooves of Twilight Sparkle. And that was just the start of when things went wrong.]]



* 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.

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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 powers, were ''rendered nonsapient'', or were ''driven extinct''. Pony civilisation civilization 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 prophesied 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.



* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Being pushed over this by the CivilWar is what led Twilight Sparkle to create Nightmare Umbra, hoping that Equestria would finally reunite in the face of ultimate, universal annihilation.]]



* FriendlyEnemies: One sided example with Cash, who half tauntingly expresses admiration for the awakened heroes.

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* FriendlyEnemies: One sided One-sided example with Cash, who half tauntingly expresses admiration for the awakened heroes.heroes.
* FromBadToWorse: [[spoiler: The backstory of Nightmare Umbra's creation, as revealed by Spike in chapter 37: the budding CivilWar first drove Celestia and Luna to abdicate so that they couldn't be used as figureheads for factions they had nothing to do with. Then, under Twilight Sparkle's leadership, war ultimately broke out. When it destroyed Canterlot, a devastated Twilight created Nightmare Umbra as a way to force the reunification of ponydom, no matter how many lives it took. When it seemed like even that wasn't working, Twilight attempted to stop her creation, which produced the Schism as a mere byproduct of the battle.]]



* {{Gotterdammerung}}: Celestia and Luna are now [[spoiler: sealed in their respective celestial bodies]]. As a result, this has sapped ambient magic, causing the present day population of ponies to be dramatically weaker than those of the eras before.

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* GoneHorriblyWrong: [[spoiler: Needless to say, Twilight's plans for Nightmare Umbra went soundly tits-up, as evidenced by the creation of the modern Solar Kingdom and Lunar Republic.]]
* {{Gotterdammerung}}: Celestia and Luna are now [[spoiler: sealed in their respective celestial bodies]]. As bodies, which happened after they ''voluntarily'' abdicated the Equestrian throne in the face of the CivilWar]]. Additionally, a result, this magical disaster called the Schism has sapped ambient sucked away the vast majority of the planet's magic, causing possibly imprisoning it in the present day population of ponies to be dramatically weaker than those form of the eras before.Everstorm. See TheMagicGoesAyay.



* 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. This did make other species go extinct, like buffaloes.

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* TheMagicGoesAway: The Schism [[spoiler: as part Schism, a mysterious cataclysm that sapped away a large portion of Celestia and Luna's plan.]] the planet's magic. This has had severely ''extremely'' 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 planet. Many species actually went from being capable of, whilst sapient to being little more than animals, or outright extinct. Dragons suffered a DepopulationBomb effect, as the griffons larger ones suffocated under their own weight; those who survive have nearly gone extinct, due to carefully marshal their growth, lest they experience the same fate. Griffons have been afflicted by a SterilityPlague, as the low magic levels impacting pose potentially genocidal impacts on their genetic viability. This did make other species go extinct, like buffaloes.ability to conceive. Even ponies and changelings, who have come through the Schism with the least issues, have experienced a serious [[BroughtDownToNormal downgrade in their natural abilities]].



* NiceJobBreakingItHeroes: [[spoiler: As chapter 37 reveals, it was the bloodthirsty stupidity of the Royalist and Rebel factions that ultimately pushed Twilight Sparkle to create Nightmare Umbra, which in turn led to the Schism as an unintended side-effect of Twilight's attempt to stop her. In a more specific case, Princess/Queen Teneral of the Changelings taunted Twilight Sparkle at the final failed peace talks before open war broke out that Twilight could either force them into obedience, thus becoming a tyrant, or watch impotently as Equestria burned itself to the ground before picking up the pieces afterwards. This planted the seed that ultimately became Nightmare Umbra -- and, in an act of LaserGuidedKarma, Teneral is remembered as the ''last'' Changeling Queen because one of Nightmare Umbra's first acts of destruction was ripping Teneral to shreds.]]






** [[spoiler: Chapter 37 reveals that Nightmare Umbra was created to ''invoke'' this, being so powerful and destructive as to end the CivilWar through creating a single enemy so horrible that they would be forced to unite together, and then be so sick of battle as to finally make peace.]]
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: [[spoiler: Spike reveals in chapter 37 that the Schism ultimately came to pass because neither the Royalists nor the Rebels would cooperate with each other to fight Nightmare Umbra; they both fought her, but they kept trying to fight each other at the same time, and so she curbstomped them.]]



-->'''Nightmare Umbra''': Eight Hundred Years Have I Waited, Marshalling My Power. Eight Hundred Years Have I Given You To Do The Same. When I Emerged From My Silence I Expected To See Armies Arrayed Against Me! Heroes And Sages Aiding Great Leaders In Battle Against The Only Foe That Will Ever Matter For You. A Worthy Challenge To My Dominion. What Have I Found? The Petty Rulers Of A Broken World, Sitting In Pretty Rows Celebrating The Union Of A Blushing Filly And A Pampered Fop Who You Expect To Be Your Sovereign. Are You Such Fools That You Thought Me Gone Forever? Were You Not Informed Of My Return? Did You Not See The Signs?
* WillingChanneler: Nightmare Umbra is possessing the willing [[spoiler: Twinkle Shine]].

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-->'''Nightmare Umbra''': Eight Hundred Years Have I Waited, Marshalling Marshaling My Power. Eight Hundred Years Have I Given You To Do The Same. When I Emerged From My Silence I Expected To See Armies Arrayed Against Me! Heroes And Sages Aiding Great Leaders In Battle Against The Only Foe That Will Ever Matter For You. A Worthy Challenge To My Dominion. What Have I Found? The Petty Rulers Of A Broken World, Sitting In Pretty Rows Celebrating The Union Of A Blushing Filly And A Pampered Fop Who You Expect To Be Your Sovereign. Are You Such Fools That You Thought Me Gone Forever? Were You Not Informed Of My Return? Did You Not See The Signs?
* WhamEpisode: Chapter 37, full stop. [[spoiler: Spike reveals that Twilight Sparkle ''created'' Nightmare Umbra to be a blunt instrument to force the end of a bloody CivilWar. When things went wrong, she then caused the Schism by accident. Ever since then, Nightmare Umbra has been patiently waiting for the survivors of Equestria to rebuild to the extent that she can try to repeat her original purpose: waging war on both sides until they form a united Equestrian kingdom once more to defeat her.]]
* WillingChanneler: Nightmare Umbra is possessing the willing [[spoiler: Twinkle Shine]]. [[spoiler: Except it's a little more convoluted then that... as chapter 37 reveals, they're actually ''two different personalities'' sharing the same body; Twinkle Shine is just the identity that the "peace" side of Nightmare Umbra chose to use during this generation.]]
* WingedUnicorn: Nightmare Umbra takes the form of a winged unicorn. [[spoiler: Spike reveals in chapter 37 that there's actually a difference between these and alicorns: Alicorns are linked to cosmic forces, which makes them far more powerful. Nightmare Umbra is dangerous, but if she was an alicorn, she'd have smashed the moon into the planet and killed everything long before now. Twilight Sparkle wasn't ''that'' stupid as to give her that level of power.]]
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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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* WarIsHell: Rainbow Dash[[spoiler: And Dash [[spoiler:and the other elements]] are completely shocked at how horrifying the battles are.



* 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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* WouldNotShootACivilian: [[spoiler: Subverted with Astrid, who makes it clear that Cash taking someone she barley barely 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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* TheAce: Rainbow Dash [[spoiler:,Applejack, Rarity, and 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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* TheAce: Rainbow Dash [[spoiler:,Applejack, Dash[[spoiler:, Applejack, Rarity, and 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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* TooDumbToLive: The Solar Empire and the Luna Republic, as shown in chapter 36, are willing to ignore Nightmare Umbra publicly declaring she's going to kill them all to instead focus on fighting a battle against each other.
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** [[TheSociopath Max]] [[ManipulativeBastard Cash]], the other member of the BigBadEnsemble, gets one of his own after finale pushing his [[TheDragon body guard and right hand mare]] [[DarkActionGirl Charisma]] too far, along side a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown courtesy of the latter.
--> Charisma: if you wanted someone to kill you so bad, you could have gotten '''literally! anyone''' who's spent more than five minutes with you!
*** Disturbingly enough, even after she breaks his shoulder, he just laughs it off.
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* BigBadEnsemble: Between Nightmare Umbra and Max Cash.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: While the group debate, [[spoiler: whether they should finish off Max Cash, while they have him dead to rights and only Applejack and Column [[fYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim beg the others to just take him in]]]], you know this is serious when the normally very forgiving and FriendToAllLivingThings (even the {{Jerk ass}}es) Trail Blazer plainly says he with the "kill him now" group.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: While the group debate, [[spoiler: whether they should finish off Max Cash, while they have him dead to rights and only Applejack and Column [[fYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim beg the others to just take him in]]]], you know this is serious when the normally very forgiving and FriendToAllLivingThings (even the {{Jerk ass}}es) Trail Blazer plainly says he with the "kill him now" group.
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* OutOfCharaterIsSeriousBusiness: While the group debate, [[spoiler: whether they should finish off Max Cash, while they have him dead to rights and only Applejack and Column [[IfYouKillHimYoullBeLikeHim beg the others to just take him in]]]], you know this is serious when the normally very forgiving and FriendToAllLivingThings (even the {{Jerk ass}}es) Trail Blazer plainly says he with the "kill him now" group.

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* OutOfCharaterIsSeriousBusiness: OOCIsSeriousBusiness: While the group debate, [[spoiler: whether they should finish off Max Cash, while they have him dead to rights and only Applejack and Column [[IfYouKillHimYoullBeLikeHim [[fYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim beg the others to just take him in]]]], you know this is serious when the normally very forgiving and FriendToAllLivingThings (even the {{Jerk ass}}es) Trail Blazer plainly says he with the "kill him now" group.
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* [[BreedingCult Breeding]] [[ThePlan Plan]]: The Solar King is bent on having powerful Royal Heirs to the point[[spoiler: that he wants an Alicorn born into the family. And he believes Star Fall is the key to this]]. So far, nopony else is in agreement with him, but nopony is able to change his mind.


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* SuperBreedingProgram: The Solar King is bent on having powerful Royal Heirs to the point[[spoiler: that he wants an Alicorn born into the family. And he believes Star Fall is the key to this]]. So far, nopony else is in agreement with him, but nopony is able to change his mind.
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* 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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