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* LowCultureHighTech: Actively defied by Celestia, who tightly controls what technologies and magics are allowed back into pony society in an effort to keep Equestria stable.

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* LowCultureHighTech: Actively defied by Celestia, who [[YouAreNotReady tightly controls controls]] what technologies and magics are allowed back into pony society in an effort to keep Equestria stable.
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* MedeivalStasis: Enforced by Celestia for almost a thousand years after Luna's imprisonment. Averted for the actual story, as the IndustrialRevolution is finally getting kicked off with airships and MagiTech.

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* MedeivalStasis: MedievalStasis: Enforced by Celestia for almost a thousand years after Luna's imprisonment. Averted for the actual story, as the IndustrialRevolution is finally getting kicked off with airships and MagiTech.
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* MedeivalStasis: Enforced by Celestia for almost a thousand years after Luna's imprisonment. Averted for the actual story, as the IndustrialRevolution is finally getting kicked off with airships and MagiTech.
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* PoweredArmor: Given to Twilight during the invasion, it normally looks like a simple torc, but activates into full-body armor with dozens of enchantments.
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** BecomingTheMask: Celestia has trouble with letting Luna and the others in on her secrets because she was alone for so long. She couldn't trust anypony for so long she forgot how.

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* TheChessmaster: Celestia. She does admit that due to working on her own for a millennium, it is hard to counsel with other ponies, even her own sister.

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* AristocratsAreEvil: Celestia's been trying a long game to work against this, as part of being TheChessmaster.
* TheChessmaster: Celestia. She does admit that due to working on her own for a millennium, it is hard to counsel with other ponies, even her own sister. She even considers the current head of the Council to be excellennt at this.
** Comes back to bite her in the cutie mark in chapter 20; Twilight calls her out on it in their next scene in chapter 22.
* CoolAirship: The ''Bellerophon''. A top-secret airship with [[AppliedPhlebotinum solidified magic]] powered engines. [[spoiler:Also a fake.]]
** MeaningfulName: Bellerophon in GreekMythology captured and rode a pegasus. The one here? Captured and ridden by pegasi.


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* TheSpymaster: Shining Armor has elements of this as per his royal position.
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* ApocalypseHow: The aftermath of Discord's reign was a Class 2: full societal collapse/destruction, with those capable of undoing the damage driven mad or worse. Celestia explains that she and Luna had to wait a generation first, before even being able to rebuild from ''scratch''.

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* ApocalypseHow: The aftermath of Discord's reign was a Class 2: full societal collapse/destruction, with those capable of undoing the damage driven mad or worse. Celestia explains that she and Luna had to wait a generation first, before even being able to rebuild from ''scratch''.

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* TheChessmaster: Celestia. She does admit that due to working on her own for a millennia, it is hard to counsel with other ponies, even her own sister.

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* ApocalypseHow: The aftermath of Discord's reign was a Class 2: full societal collapse/destruction, with those capable of undoing the damage driven mad or worse. Celestia explains that she and Luna had to wait a generation first, before even being able to rebuild from ''scratch''.
* TheChessmaster: Celestia. She does admit that due to working on her own for a millennia, millennium, it is hard to counsel with other ponies, even her own sister.



* LowCultureHighTech:
** [[spoiler:After the end of the war with Discord, Celestia and Luna tried to get back some technology from before that. This culminated, in Celestia's words, "a foal a stick of dynamite with a match." when Celestia and Luna started fighting and giving their individual sides more advanced combat spells than what they were used to.]]
** [[spoiler:Actively defied by Celestia, who tightly controls what technologies and magics are allowed back into pony society in an effort to keep Equestria stable.]]
* MathematiciansAnswer: Before the WhamLine, Celestia tried to break the news to Twilight by asserting that a) unicorns can only cast spells via their horns, and b) the fact that Twilight was able to cast a spell through her hoofs did not contradict a). It doesn't work.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Pony of Mass Destruction]]: The reason Princess Celestia doesn't get in big fights. She has two settings: off, and nuke. See the page image? That's what's left of the army she fought. That's not water, it's ''glass''.
* TrainingFromHell: Luna, to the point of combining both a high-explosive boot-camp for Twilight and [[spoiler: Spike]]. This includes fighting a legion of clones, Luna herself being their personal [[RefrigeratorAmbush Cato]], and ''stopping a volcano from exploding.''

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* LowCultureHighTech:
** [[spoiler:After the end of the war with Discord, Celestia and Luna tried to get back some technology from before that. This culminated, in Celestia's words, "a foal a stick of dynamite with a match." when Celestia and Luna started fighting and giving their individual sides more advanced combat spells than what they were used to.]]
** [[spoiler:Actively
LowCultureHighTech: Actively defied by Celestia, who tightly controls what technologies and magics are allowed back into pony society in an effort to keep Equestria stable.]]
stable.
** [[spoiler: During Nightmare Moon's rebellion, both sides tried to give themselves an edge by giving their troops advanced knowledge that they weren't yet ready for. This culminated, in Celestia's words, in "giving a foal a stick of dynamite with a match."]]
* MathematiciansAnswer: Before the WhamLine, Celestia tried to break the news to Twilight by asserting that a) unicorns can only cast spells via their horns, and b) the fact that Twilight was able to cast a spell through her hoofs hooves did not contradict a).(a). It doesn't work.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Pony of Mass Destruction]]: The reason Princess Celestia doesn't get in into big fights. She has only two settings: off, Off, and nuke.Nuke. See the page image? That's what's left of the army she fought. That's not water, it's ''glass''.
* TrainingFromHell: Luna, to the point of combining both a high-explosive boot-camp for Twilight and [[spoiler: Spike]]. This includes fighting a legion of clones, Luna herself being their own personal [[RefrigeratorAmbush Cato]], and ''stopping a volcano from exploding.''



* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Celestia, although throughout the story, the mask is slipping, and she' straying to take it off in front of Twilight.

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* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Celestia, although throughout the story, the mask is slipping, and she' straying she's trying to take it off in front of Twilight.
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* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Celestia, although throughout the story, the mask is slipping, and she' straying to take it off in front of Twilight.
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* AGodIAmNot: Celestia and Luna are ''very'' insistent on this one, and with [[AGodAmI some]] [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide pretty]] [[DivineConflict damn]] [[CivilWar good]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon reasons]].

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* AGodIAmNot: Celestia and Luna are ''very'' insistent on this one, and with [[AGodAmI some]] [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide pretty]] [[DivineConflict damn]] [[CivilWar good]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon reasons]].
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* TheChessmaster: Celestia. She does admit that due to working on her own for a millennia, it is hard to counsel with other ponies, even her own sister.
* FirstNameBasis: Celestia and Luna are trying to get Twilight here.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Celestia pumps in a lot of magic into Twilight to show her what she'll look like at the end of it.

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* LowCultureHighTech: Actively defied by Celestia, who tightly controls what technologies and magics are allowed back into pony society in an effort to keep Equestria stable.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Pony of Mass Destruction]]: The reason Princess Celestia doesn't get in big fights. She has two settings: off, and nuke. See the page image? That's what's left of the army she fought. That's not water, it's glass.
* TrainingFromHell: Luna, to the point of combining both a high-explosive boot-camp for Twilight and [[spoiler: Spike]]. This includes fighting a legion of clones, Luna herself being their personal [[RefrigeratorAmbush Cato]], and ''stopping a volcano from exploding.''

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* LowCultureHighTech: Actively LowCultureHighTech:
** [[spoiler:After the end of the war with Discord, Celestia and Luna tried to get back some technology from before that. This culminated, in Celestia's words, "a foal a stick of dynamite with a match." when Celestia and Luna started fighting and giving their individual sides more advanced combat spells than what they were used to.]]
** [[spoiler:Actively
defied by Celestia, who tightly controls what technologies and magics are allowed back into pony society in an effort to keep Equestria stable.
stable.]]
* MathematiciansAnswer: Before the WhamLine, Celestia tried to break the news to Twilight by asserting that a) unicorns can only cast spells via their horns, and b) the fact that Twilight was able to cast a spell through her hoofs did not contradict a). It doesn't work.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Pony of Mass Destruction]]: The reason Princess Celestia doesn't get in big fights. She has two settings: off, and nuke. See the page image? That's what's left of the army she fought. That's not water, it's glass.
''glass''.
* TrainingFromHell: Luna, to the point of combining both a high-explosive boot-camp for Twilight and [[spoiler: Spike]]. This includes fighting a legion of clones, Luna herself being their personal [[RefrigeratorAmbush Cato]], and ''stopping a volcano from exploding.''''
* WhamLine:
--> '''Celestia:''' Twilight Sparkle, welcome to the alicorn race.
** Before that, Celestia states that Twilight is more powerful than other unicorns, by an order of magnitude.
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* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Pony of Mass Destruction]]: The reason Princess Celestia doesn't get in big fights. She has two settings: off, and nuke.

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* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Pony of Mass Destruction]]: The reason Princess Celestia doesn't get in big fights. She has two settings: off, and nuke. See the page image? That's what's left of the army she fought. That's not water, it's glass.
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* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Pony of Mass Destruction]]: The reason Princess Celestia doesn't get in big fights. She has two settings: off, and nuke.
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* TrainingFromHell: Luna, to the point of combining both a high-explosive boot-camp for Twilight and [[Spoiler Spike]]. This includes fighting a legion of clones, Luna herself being their personal [[RefrigeratorAmbush Cato]], and ''stopping a volcano from exploding.''

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* TrainingFromHell: Luna, to the point of combining both a high-explosive boot-camp for Twilight and [[Spoiler [[spoiler: Spike]]. This includes fighting a legion of clones, Luna herself being their personal [[RefrigeratorAmbush Cato]], and ''stopping a volcano from exploding.''
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Twilight's swords. Yes, they are normal sword, but she frequently instead uses them as [[StuffBlowingUp Improvised Explosives]].

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* ImprovisedWeapon: Twilight's swords. Yes, they are normal sword, swords, but she frequently instead uses them as [[StuffBlowingUp Improvised Explosives]].
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* AGodIAmNot: Celestia and Luna are ''very'' insistent on this one, and with [[AGodAmI some]] [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide pretty]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DivineConflict damn]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CivilWar good]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon reasons]].

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* AGodIAmNot: Celestia and Luna are ''very'' insistent on this one, and with [[AGodAmI some]] [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide pretty]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DivineConflict [[DivineConflict damn]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CivilWar [[CivilWar good]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon reasons]].
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Twilight's swords. Yes, they are normal sword, but she frequently instead uses them as [[StuffBlowingUp Improvised Explosives]].
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* LowCultureHighTech: Actively defied by Celestia, who tightly controls what technologies and magics are allowed back into pony society in an effort to keep Equestria stable.

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* LowCultureHighTech: Actively defied by Celestia, who tightly controls what technologies and magics are allowed back into pony society in an effort to keep Equestria stable.stable.
* TrainingFromHell: Luna, to the point of combining both a high-explosive boot-camp for Twilight and [[Spoiler Spike]]. This includes fighting a legion of clones, Luna herself being their personal [[RefrigeratorAmbush Cato]], and ''stopping a volcano from exploding.''
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''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/39849/rites-of-ascension Rites of Ascension]]'' is an ongoing WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfiction by CVBrony.

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''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/39849/rites-of-ascension Rites of Ascension]]'' is an ongoing WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfiction by CVBrony.
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* AGodIAmNot: Celestia and Luna are ''very'' insistent on this one, and with [[AGodAmI some]] [[DrunkOnTheDarkSidepretty]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DivineConflict damn]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CivilWar good]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon reasons]].

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* AGodIAmNot: Celestia and Luna are ''very'' insistent on this one, and with [[AGodAmI some]] [[DrunkOnTheDarkSidepretty]] [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide pretty]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DivineConflict damn]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CivilWar good]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon reasons]].
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* AGodIAmNot: Celestia and Luna are ''very'' insistent on this one, and with [[AGodAmI some]] [[DrunkOnTheDarkSidepretty]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DivineConflict damn]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CivilWar good]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon reasons]].
* [[LostTechnology Lost Magic]]: Sums up what Discord did to the world. It's unknown to anypony but Celestia and Luna how much they lost, exactly.
* LowCultureHighTech: Actively defied by Celestia, who tightly controls what technologies and magics are allowed back into pony society in an effort to keep Equestria stable.
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''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/39849/rites-of-ascension Rites of Ascension]]'' is a WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfiction by CVBrony.

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''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/39849/rites-of-ascension Rites of Ascension]]'' is a an ongoing WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfiction by CVBrony.
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* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/153395/the-rites-encyclopedia The Rites Encyclopedia]] is an {{Infodump}} for large amount of information casually mentioned in the main story, sort of like an [[ExactlyWahtItSaysOnTheTin encyclopedia]]. Only canon up until the point where it conflicts with the main story. Also features Twilight and others frequently [[BreakingTheFourthWall talking to the audience directly]] in lectures about their universe.

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* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/153395/the-rites-encyclopedia The Rites Encyclopedia]] is an {{Infodump}} for large amount of information casually mentioned in the main story, sort of like an [[ExactlyWahtItSaysOnTheTin [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin encyclopedia]]. Only canon up until the point where it conflicts with the main story. Also features Twilight and others frequently [[BreakingTheFourthWall talking to the audience directly]] in lectures about their universe.
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* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/53321/designing-intrigue Designing Intrigue]] follows Rarity as she maneuvers the dark and glamorous underworld of Equestria as an [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TuxedoAndMartini agent of the Crown]].

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* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/53321/designing-intrigue Designing Intrigue]] follows Rarity as she maneuvers the dark and glamorous underworld of Equestria as an [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TuxedoAndMartini [[TuxedoAndMartini agent of the Crown]].
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* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/53321/designing-intrigue Designing Intrigue]] follows Rarity as she maneuvers the dark and glamorous underworld of Equestria as an [[http://t [[vtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TuxedoAndMartini agent of the Crown]].

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* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/53321/designing-intrigue Designing Intrigue]] follows Rarity as she maneuvers the dark and glamorous underworld of Equestria as an [[http://t [[vtropes.[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TuxedoAndMartini agent of the Crown]].

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''Rites of Ascension'' follows the adventures of Twilight Sparkle fifteen years after the events of the second season of Friendship is Magic, for the most part ignoring anything happening after [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding]].

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''Rites of Ascension'' follows the adventures of Twilight Sparkle fifteen years after the events of the second season of Friendship is Magic, for the most part ignoring anything happening after [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding]].
Wedding]]. The story chronicles her ascension to alicornhood and the political turmoil that surrounds her, from coup attempts to scheming aristocrats, to the fallout of millenia-old mistakes.

There are currently several side-stories in the ''Rites of Ascension'' Expanded Universe.
* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/76892/love-and-barriers Love and Barriers]], a story of the first meeting and the romance of Shining Armor and Princess Cadence.
* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/53321/designing-intrigue Designing Intrigue]] follows Rarity as she maneuvers the dark and glamorous underworld of Equestria as an [[http://t [[vtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TuxedoAndMartini agent of the Crown]].
* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/153395/the-rites-encyclopedia The Rites Encyclopedia]] is an {{Infodump}} for large amount of information casually mentioned in the main story, sort of like an [[ExactlyWahtItSaysOnTheTin encyclopedia]]. Only canon up until the point where it conflicts with the main story. Also features Twilight and others frequently [[BreakingTheFourthWall talking to the audience directly]] in lectures about their universe.
* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/179251/rites-of-ascension-fireside-tales Fireside Tales]] is a collection of shorts that take place in the Rites EU, but have little bearing on the larger storyline.
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''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/39849/rites-of-ascension Rites of Ascension]]'' is a WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfiction by CVBrony.

''Rites of Ascension'' follows the adventures of Twilight Sparkle fifteen years after the events of the second season of Friendship is Magic, for the most part ignoring anything happening after [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding]].

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