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* FantasticFlora: The badge of courage orchid is a flower found only in remote swamps of the Impenetrable Lands. It can heal almost any injury when eaten, with the caveat that it will only cure ones that were gained nobly.
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* HealingPotion: The Badge of Courage flower can cure any injury, so long as it is heroically gained.
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* HealingPotion: HealingHerb: The Badge badge of Courage courage orchid is a flower found only in remote swamps of the Impenetrable Lands. It can heal almost any injury when eaten, with the caveat that it will only cure any injury, so long as it is heroically gained.ones that were gained nobly.
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* TheProphecy: Some discussion is given to the concept, and it is noted that most prophecies were plainly fakes or unverifiable with a few notable exceptions, most prominently the one foretelling Nightmare Moon's return. In the last chapter, [[spoiler:Blueblood's mother reveals that their family has passed down the single prophecy ever written by Princess Platinum as fruit of her own research into divination, which describes Rarity's life with uncanny precision and claims that she will bring about the end of the world]]. Rarity ends up dealing with some existential dread due to both the specifics of the prophecy itself and the issue of how much room there is for free will if the future is set in stone.
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The aqueduct that Rarity and Khufu's crew use to [[spoiler:sneak out of the Griffon base.]]
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The aqueduct that Rarity and Khufu's crew use to [[spoiler:sneak out of the Griffon base.]]base]] using a spacious and clear aqueduct, stated to be as large as it is because it needs to supply drinking and cleaning water to the entire settlement.
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* AlluringFlowers: The honeytrap tree of the Impassable Lands emits an attractive-smelling pollen and surrounds itself with a deep pool of its sweet nectar, tempting animals to come and drink. The nectar itself only makes creatures drowsy and sleepy, but any disturbance of the pool will also draw out the tree's flesh-eating symbionts to come out and feed.
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* AlluringFlowers: The honeytrap tree of the Impassable Impenetrable Lands emits an attractive-smelling pollen and surrounds itself with a deep pool of its sweet nectar, tempting animals to come and drink. The nectar itself only makes creatures drowsy and sleepy, but any disturbance of the pool will also draw out the tree's flesh-eating symbionts to come out and feed.
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* FantasticFlora: The badge of courage orchid is a flower found only in remote swamps of the Impassable Lands. It can heal almost any injury when eaten, with the caveat that it will only cure ones that were gained nobly.
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* FantasticFlora: The badge of courage orchid is a flower found only in remote swamps of the Impassable Impenetrable Lands. It can heal almost any injury when eaten, with the caveat that it will only cure ones that were gained nobly.
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* FiendishFish: The waters of the Impassable Lands teem with "jagugars", carnivorous fish three times a pony's length that will devour anything that falls into the water with them.
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* FiendishFish: The waters of the Impassable Impenetrable Lands teem with "jagugars", carnivorous fish three times a pony's length that will devour anything that falls into the water with them.
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* HungryJungle: The Impassable Lands are a gigantic, trackless stretch of jungle and swamp at the southern edge of the known world. Their name derives from the fact that no expedition has successfully crossed them -- indeed, it's not even certain how large they are. The jungle is a place of wild, uncontrollable weather and wildlife like a larger version of the Everfree, and, after Rarity crash-lands in its depths, she finds it to be full of stifling heat, biting flies and dense, impassable undergrowth, and filled with dangers such as trees hosting colonies of flesh-eating insects and waters teeming with voracious predatory fish. However, it also home to things such as flowers with magical healing properties, prompting occasional attempts to penetrate and study it.
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* HungryJungle: The Impassable Impenetrable Lands are a gigantic, trackless stretch of jungle and swamp at the southern edge of the known world. Their name derives from the fact that no expedition has successfully crossed them -- indeed, it's not even certain how large they are. The jungle is a place of wild, uncontrollable weather and wildlife like a larger version of the Everfree, and, after Rarity crash-lands in its depths, she finds it to be full of stifling heat, biting flies and dense, impassable undergrowth, and filled with dangers such as trees hosting colonies of flesh-eating insects and waters teeming with voracious predatory fish. However, it also home to things such as flowers with magical healing properties, prompting occasional attempts to penetrate and study it.
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* ManEatingPlant: A variant with the honeytrap tree, which grows in the swamps and jungles of the Impassable Lands. It doesn't eat things, ''per se''. Rather, it serves as a home for a swarm of flesh-eating piranhasprites that rush out to devour whatever disturbs their home, with the tree then drawing nourishments from the decomposing remnants of its hosts' meals. Due to drawing all its energy from this source, it does not photosynthesize.
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* ManEatingPlant: A variant with the honeytrap tree, which grows in the swamps and jungles of the Impassable Impenetrable Lands. It doesn't eat things, ''per se''. Rather, it serves as a home for a swarm of flesh-eating piranhasprites that rush out to devour whatever disturbs their home, with the tree then drawing nourishments from the decomposing remnants of its hosts' meals. Due to drawing all its energy from this source, it does not photosynthesize.
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* SenseImpairedMonster: The piranhasprites of the Impassable Lands have no sense of smell and poor eyesight, and find it difficult to track prey by themselves. Instead, they rely on a tree that they live in symbiosis with, which rouses them into action by shaking its branches when animals disturb the pool of nectar it creates around itself.
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* SenseImpairedMonster: The piranhasprites of the Impassable Impenetrable Lands have no sense of smell and poor eyesight, and find it difficult to track prey by themselves. Instead, they rely on a tree that they live in symbiosis with, which rouses them into action by shaking its branches when animals disturb the pool of nectar it creates around itself.
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* TheSwarm: In the jungle of the Impassable Lands, Rarity runs afoul of a swarm of piranhasprites, carnivorous relations of the parasprites that move through the forest like a living wave of needle-toothed hunger.
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* TheSwarm: In the jungle of the Impassable Impenetrable Lands, Rarity runs afoul of a swarm of piranhasprites, carnivorous relations of the parasprites that move through the forest like a living wave of needle-toothed hunger.
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* FantasticFlora: The badge of courage orchid is a flower found only in remote swamps of the Impassable Lands. It can heal almost any injury when eaten, with the caveat that it will only cure ones that were gained nobly. However, it must be plucked in a very specific manner; otherwise, its magic will turn into a deadly toxin.
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* FantasticFlora: The badge of courage orchid is a flower found only in remote swamps of the Impassable Lands. It can heal almost any injury when eaten, with the caveat that it will only cure ones that were gained nobly. However, it must be plucked in a very specific manner; otherwise, its magic will turn into a deadly toxin.
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* ActionGirl: Rarity and Zinzi.
* AncientArtifact: The Heavenstone or the ''Adamas Firmamentum'' is a massive diamond that can store and amplify unicorn magic as well as enable a unicorn to cast spells at considerable distances. It belongs to the bloodline of Princess Platinum and has remained in their family’s care all the way to the present day. Before Celestia and Luna, unicorns would willingly contribute their magic to the Heavenstone, and in doing so give their ruler the power necessary to move the sun and moon. After the Royal Sisters emerged and the unicorn royal family lost much of their power and prestige, the Heavenstone also fell into disuse and was locked away in the ancestral home of Platinum’s family. [[spoiler: Until recently when Blueblood’s brother Procyon steals it and Windlass turns it into a superweapon.]]
* AncientArtifact: The Heavenstone or the ''Adamas Firmamentum'' is a massive diamond that can store and amplify unicorn magic as well as enable a unicorn to cast spells at considerable distances. It belongs to the bloodline of Princess Platinum and has remained in their family’s care all the way to the present day. Before Celestia and Luna, unicorns would willingly contribute their magic to the Heavenstone, and in doing so give their ruler the power necessary to move the sun and moon. After the Royal Sisters emerged and the unicorn royal family lost much of their power and prestige, the Heavenstone also fell into disuse and was locked away in the ancestral home of Platinum’s family. [[spoiler: Until recently when Blueblood’s brother Procyon steals it and Windlass turns it into a superweapon.]]
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* AlluringFlowers: The honeytrap tree of the Impassable Lands emits an attractive-smelling pollen and surrounds itself with a deep pool of its sweet nectar, tempting animals to come and drink. The nectar itself only makes creatures drowsy and sleepy, but any disturbance of the pool will also draw out the tree's flesh-eating symbionts to come out and feed.
* AmplifierArtifact: The Heavenstone acts as a receptacle for magic that is poured into it, allowing its bonded users to vastly increase their own magical prowess and perform feats such as calling storms into being or moving the sun and moon by accessing the stored might of hundreds to thousands of unicorns.
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* AntiHero: Blueblood.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Sort of for Rarity, in the form of Blueblood and [[spoiler: Buckaroo.]] Blueblood is arrogant, abrasive, and insecure but at the same time intelligent, inventive, occasionally courageous, and is aware of his character flaws. [[spoiler: Buckaroo is a former bounty hunter who has done questionable things but is described as “ruggedly handsome”, has shown a compassionate heart and is quite a charmer himself.]] This plot element has not really come to the fore since the ongoing crises Rarity finds herself in make romance the least of her worries. [[spoiler: Later on, the love triangle seems to quietly unravel when Buckaroo and Applejack start getting friendly.]]
* {{BFG}}: Rarity and her allies manage to steal a prototype weapon called an Automatic Repeating Cannon which is described in a word as being “pony-sized”. Considering the “firesticks” which are used by the griffons appear to be based on real-world flintlock weapons and can only be fired and reloaded twice a minute, a weapon like the ARC that can fire half a dozen rounds a second is truly devastating.
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: In the final battle, Windlass' misuse of the Heavenstone seems to completely alter the cellular structure of her body. Her horn shatters and is replaced by a jet of pure magical energy, her skin cracks, and hellish red light emanates from the cracks as well as her [[GlowingEyesOfDoom facial]] [[ThroatLight orifices]]. At that point, Rarity wasn't sure if the terms 'alive' or 'dead' could even be applied to Windlass anymore. Also, she exploded into a cloud of red sparkles when she was hit by a bullet.]]
* {{BFG}}: Rarity and her allies manage to steal a prototype weapon called an Automatic Repeating Cannon which is described in a word as being “pony-sized”. Considering the “firesticks” which are used by the griffons appear to be based on real-world flintlock weapons and can only be fired and reloaded twice a minute, a weapon like the ARC that can fire half a dozen rounds a second is truly devastating.
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: In the final battle, Windlass' misuse of the Heavenstone seems to completely alter the cellular structure of her body. Her horn shatters and is replaced by a jet of pure magical energy, her skin cracks, and hellish red light emanates from the cracks as well as her [[GlowingEyesOfDoom facial]] [[ThroatLight orifices]]. At that point, Rarity wasn't sure if the terms 'alive' or 'dead' could even be applied to Windlass anymore. Also, she exploded into a cloud of red sparkles when she was hit by a bullet.]]
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* BettyAndVeronica: Sort of for Rarity, in the form of Blueblood and [[spoiler: Buckaroo.]] [[spoiler:Buckaroo]]. Blueblood is arrogant, abrasive, and insecure but at the same time intelligent, inventive, occasionally courageous, and is aware of his character flaws. [[spoiler: Buckaroo [[spoiler:Buckaroo is a former bounty hunter who has done questionable things but is described as “ruggedly handsome”, "ruggedly handsome", has shown a compassionate heart and is quite a charmer himself.]] This plot element has not really come to the fore since the ongoing crises Rarity finds herself in make romance the least of her worries. [[spoiler: Later on, the [[spoiler:the love triangle seems to quietly unravel when Buckaroo and Applejack start getting friendly.]]
friendly]].
* {{BFG}}: Rarity and her allies manage to steal a prototype weapon called an Automatic Repeating Cannon which is described in a word as being“pony-sized”. "pony-sized". Considering that the “firesticks” "firesticks" which are used by the griffons appear to be based on real-world flintlock weapons and can only be fired and reloaded twice a minute, a weapon like the ARC that can fire half a dozen rounds a second is truly devastating.
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: In the final battle, Windlass' misuse of the Heavenstone seems to completely alter the cellular structure of her body. Her horn shatters and is replaced by a jet of pure magical energy, her skin cracks, and hellish red light emanates from the cracks as well as her [[GlowingEyesOfDoom facial]] [[ThroatLight orifices]]. At that point, Rarity wasn't sure if the terms 'alive' or 'dead' could even be applied to Windlass anymore. Also, she exploded into a cloud of red sparkles when she was hit by a bullet.]]devastating.
* {{BFG}}: Rarity and her allies manage to steal a prototype weapon called an Automatic Repeating Cannon which is described in a word as being
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: In the final battle, Windlass' misuse of the Heavenstone seems to completely alter the cellular structure of her body. Her horn shatters and is replaced by a jet of pure magical energy, her skin cracks, and hellish red light emanates from the cracks as well as her [[GlowingEyesOfDoom facial]] [[ThroatLight orifices]]. At that point, Rarity wasn't sure if the terms 'alive' or 'dead' could even be applied to Windlass anymore. Also, she exploded into a cloud of red sparkles when she was hit by a bullet.]]
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Applejack kicking Tempest off the ''Alicorn'' while Tempest was holding [[DistressedDude Blueblood]] hostage.]]
* BirthmarkOfDestiny: According to Princess Palladium, [[spoiler: the three gemstones that form Rarity's cutie mark actually represent the Heavenstone, Hopestone, and Balancestone, (collectively referred to as the Adamant Triskelion) and signify her connection to them.]]
* BrokenAce: Blueblood thinks he’s this, much to Rarity’s irritation.
* ChekhovsGun: To prove that the different airship racers have stuck to the assigned path, each team must stop at specific waystations and pick up a special marker from each site. The first is an apple from Sweet Apples Acres in Ponyville. The second is a string of pearls from the coastal city of Gallopoli. The pearls are said to have a little magic that makes them good luck charms for those at sea. The third is a flower called the Badge of Courage to be retrieved from the jungles of the Impenetrable Lands. [[spoiler: When Rarity and Blueblood are left stranded in the jungle together, the pearls save Rarity’s life by warding away various waterborne predators while the Badge of Courage flower turns out to have potent medicinal properties that save Blueblood’s life from a potentially lethal infection. Even the apple turns out to have some significance as Blueblood uses it to say farewell to his crashed airship and his failed revival of the Alicorn's Cup.]]
** [[spoiler: The ''[[MeaningfulName catta]]'' [[PunnyName tonic]], which allows griffons to enter a deathlike state when ingested.]] In Chapter 25, it's revealed that [[spoiler: Ninetalons had used it to fake his death in order to increase hostilities between ponies and griffons and so he could continue his machinations behind the scenes.]]
* BirthmarkOfDestiny: According to Princess Palladium, [[spoiler: the three gemstones that form Rarity's cutie mark actually represent the Heavenstone, Hopestone, and Balancestone, (collectively referred to as the Adamant Triskelion) and signify her connection to them.]]
* BrokenAce: Blueblood thinks he’s this, much to Rarity’s irritation.
* ChekhovsGun: To prove that the different airship racers have stuck to the assigned path, each team must stop at specific waystations and pick up a special marker from each site. The first is an apple from Sweet Apples Acres in Ponyville. The second is a string of pearls from the coastal city of Gallopoli. The pearls are said to have a little magic that makes them good luck charms for those at sea. The third is a flower called the Badge of Courage to be retrieved from the jungles of the Impenetrable Lands. [[spoiler: When Rarity and Blueblood are left stranded in the jungle together, the pearls save Rarity’s life by warding away various waterborne predators while the Badge of Courage flower turns out to have potent medicinal properties that save Blueblood’s life from a potentially lethal infection. Even the apple turns out to have some significance as Blueblood uses it to say farewell to his crashed airship and his failed revival of the Alicorn's Cup.]]
** [[spoiler: The ''[[MeaningfulName catta]]'' [[PunnyName tonic]], which allows griffons to enter a deathlike state when ingested.]] In Chapter 25, it's revealed that [[spoiler: Ninetalons had used it to fake his death in order to increase hostilities between ponies and griffons and so he could continue his machinations behind the scenes.]]
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Applejack kicking During the fight over Gallipoli, [[spoiler:Applejack dives in and kicks Tempest off the ''Alicorn'' while Tempest was the latter is holding [[DistressedDude Blueblood]] hostage.hostage]].
* BirthmarkOfDestiny: According to Princess Palladium, [[spoiler:the three gemstones that form Rarity's cutie mark actually represent the Heavenstone, Hopestone, and Balancestone, collectively referred to as the Adamant Triskelion, and signify her connection to them.]]
*BirthmarkOfDestiny: According BrickJoke: Shortly after they meet, Zinzi describes her tendency to Princess Palladium, [[spoiler: rhyme as a holdover of the three gemstones zebra language's grammar that form Rarity's cutie mark actually represent she keeps up as a nervous habit, and while she tries to drop it to make her speech easier to follow she is too stressed out to do so. This is left at that until much later, after the Heavenstone, Hopestone, story's resolution, where she casually stops rhyming and Balancestone, (collectively referred explains to as a gobsmacked Rarity that, with the Adamant Triskelion) crisis over and signify done with, she's not really stressed anymore.
-->"Maybe I will," Zinzi said. "I could use a vacation."\\\
Rarity nodded, then quickly turned to stare at the zebra mare.\\\
"What?" Zinzi asked innocently. "I told you I would stop when I was not stressed out any longer." Rarity continued to gawk, and Zinzi and Zips both visibly suppressed a laugh at herconnection expense.
* BodyHorror: In the final battle, [[spoiler:Windlass' misuse of the Heavenstone alters her body at a profound level. Her horn shatters and is replaced by a jet of pure magical energy, her skin cracks, and hellish red light emanates from the cracks as well as her [[GlowingEyesOfDoom facial]] [[ThroatLight orifices]]. At that point, Rarity isn't sure if the terms "alive" or "dead" could even be applied tothem.Windlass anymore. Also, she explodes into a cloud of red sparkles when she's hit by a bullet.]]
* %%* BrokenAce: Blueblood thinks he’s he's this, much to Rarity’s Rarity's irritation.
*ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsGun:
** To prove that the different airship racers have stuck to the assigned path, each team must stop at specific waystations and pick up a special marker from each site. The first is an apple from Sweet Apples Acres in Ponyville. The second is a string of pearls from the coastal city of Gallopoli. The pearls are said to have a little magic that makes them good luck charms for those at sea. The third is a flower called the Badge of Courage to be retrieved from the jungles of the Impenetrable Lands. [[spoiler: When Rarity and Blueblood are left stranded in the jungle together, the pearls save Rarity’s life by warding away various waterborne predators while the Badge of Courage flower turns out to have potent medicinal properties that save Blueblood’s life from a potentially lethal infection. Even the apple turns out to have some significance as Blueblood uses it to say farewell to his crashed airship and his failed revival of the Alicorn's Cup.]]
**[[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The ''[[MeaningfulName catta]]'' [[PunnyName tonic]], which allows griffons to enter a deathlike state when ingested.]] In Chapter 25, it's revealed that [[spoiler: Ninetalons had used it to fake his death in order to increase hostilities between ponies and griffons and so he could continue his machinations behind the scenes.]]
* BirthmarkOfDestiny: According to Princess Palladium, [[spoiler:the three gemstones that form Rarity's cutie mark actually represent the Heavenstone, Hopestone, and Balancestone, collectively referred to as the Adamant Triskelion, and signify her connection to them.]]
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-->"Maybe I will," Zinzi said. "I could use a vacation."\\\
Rarity nodded, then quickly turned to stare at the zebra mare.\\\
"What?" Zinzi asked innocently. "I told you I would stop when I was not stressed out any longer." Rarity continued to gawk, and Zinzi and Zips both visibly suppressed a laugh at her
* BodyHorror: In the final battle, [[spoiler:Windlass' misuse of the Heavenstone alters her body at a profound level. Her horn shatters and is replaced by a jet of pure magical energy, her skin cracks, and hellish red light emanates from the cracks as well as her [[GlowingEyesOfDoom facial]] [[ThroatLight orifices]]. At that point, Rarity isn't sure if the terms "alive" or "dead" could even be applied to
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** To prove that the different airship racers have stuck to the assigned path, each team must stop at specific waystations and pick up a special marker from each site. The first is an apple from Sweet Apples Acres in Ponyville. The second is a string of pearls from the coastal city of Gallopoli. The pearls are said to have a little magic that makes them good luck charms for those at sea. The third is a flower called the Badge of Courage to be retrieved from the jungles of the Impenetrable Lands. [[spoiler: When Rarity and Blueblood are left stranded in the jungle together, the pearls save Rarity’s life by warding away various waterborne predators while the Badge of Courage flower turns out to have potent medicinal properties that save Blueblood’s life from a potentially lethal infection. Even the apple turns out to have some significance as Blueblood uses it to say farewell to his crashed airship and his failed revival of the Alicorn's Cup.]]
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* CoolAirship: Several, but most notably the one that the story is named for.
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* DragonWithAnAgenda: [[spoiler:Subverted with Windlass, who turns out to be [[TheManBehindTheMan The Man In Front Of The Man]].]]
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: [[spoiler: This is Princess Palladium's cutie mark talent, a talent shared by her ancestors. The ability has weakened with each generation; while Palladium can only catch small, vague glimpses of the future, her predecessors were able to see the future with perfect clarity and accuracy.]]
** Rarity has several prophetic dreams during the course of the story, which foreshadow, among other things, being thrown overboard, [[spoiler:the conflict with the griffons]] and [[spoiler:her final battle against Windlass.]]
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: [[spoiler: This is Princess Palladium's cutie mark talent, a talent shared by her ancestors. The ability has weakened with each generation; while Palladium can only catch small, vague glimpses of the future, her predecessors were able to see the future with perfect clarity and accuracy.]]
** Rarity has several prophetic dreams during the course of the story, which foreshadow, among other things, being thrown overboard, [[spoiler:the conflict with the griffons]] and [[spoiler:her final battle against Windlass.]]
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** [[spoiler:This is Princess Palladium's cutie mark talent, a talent shared by her ancestors. The ability has weakened with each generation; while Palladium can only catch small, vague glimpses of the future, her predecessors were able to see the future with perfect clarity and accuracy.]]
** Rarity has several prophetic dreams during the course of the story, which foreshadow, among other things, being thrown overboard, [[spoiler:the conflict with the griffons]] and [[spoiler:her final battle against
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* [[spoiler: FakingTheDead: Chancellor Ninetalons.]]
* FantasticRacism: When Blueblood hosts a dinner for the various racing teams participating in the Alicorn’s Cup, his unicorn mother insults not only the griffons, three zebras, and one camel attending but also the pegasi and earth ponies present. In the words of Blueblood himself:
-->'''Blueblood:''' As you may have gathered at the dinner, she abhors commoners, non-unicorns, and non-ponies, in order of increasing disgust.
* FantasticRacism: When Blueblood hosts a dinner for the various racing teams participating in the Alicorn’s Cup, his unicorn mother insults not only the griffons, three zebras, and one camel attending but also the pegasi and earth ponies present. In the words of Blueblood himself:
-->'''Blueblood:''' As you may have gathered at the dinner, she abhors commoners, non-unicorns, and non-ponies, in order of increasing disgust.
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* [[spoiler: FakingTheDead: Two of the griffon guards use a potion called the ''catta'' tonic, which induces deathlike symptoms, to trick Rarity into thinking that they committed suicide so that she will let her guard down. In the penultimate chapter, [[spoiler:it is revealed that Chancellor Ninetalons.]]
Ninetalons used the same tonic to fake his own assassination and so be able to conspire in secret]].
*FantasticRacism: When FamilyThemeNaming:
** In the Bluebloodhosts a dinner for family, all males are named after stars and all females are named after platinum-group metals. Prince Blueblood's true name is Polaris -- "Prince Blueblood" is an inherited title -- his brother is named Procyon, his young sisters are Ruthenium and Iridium, and his mother is Palladium. This tradition goes back to their ancestors among the various racing teams participating in the Alicorn’s Cup, his pre-Equestrian unicorn mother insults not only royal family, such as Princess Platinum. Palladium was originally called Salvia Dream, but changed her name when she married into the griffons, three zebras, family.
** Rainbow Dash's family uses rainbow-themed names, as seen with her cousins Chroma Prism andone camel attending but also the pegasi and earth ponies present. In the words of Blueblood himself:
-->'''Blueblood:''' As you may have gathered at the dinner, she abhors commoners, non-unicorns, and non-ponies, in order of increasing disgust.Aurora Glow.
** Gilda's full name is Girigilida Goldenwings, matching her uncle Korb Graywings.
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** Rainbow Dash's family uses rainbow-themed names, as seen with her cousins Chroma Prism and
-->'''Blueblood:''' As you may have gathered at the dinner, she abhors commoners, non-unicorns, and non-ponies, in order of increasing disgust.
** Gilda's full name is Girigilida Goldenwings, matching her uncle Korb Graywings.
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* FamilyThemeNaming: Blueblood’s family are descendants of Princess Platinum (one of the founders of Equestria) and female members are all named after platinum group metals such as his mother Palladium and his sisters Ruthenium and Iridium. Males of the family are named after stars such Blueblood’s brother Procyon. Even Blueblood’s true name is revealed to be Polaris.
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: Why [[spoiler:Rarity]] rejects [[spoiler:Blueblood's]] confession to her. [[spoiler:She is terrified that the unicorn who shattered her heart at the gala is still around somewhere, and until Blueblood proves to her otherwise she refuses to form a romantic connection with him.]]
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: Why [[spoiler:Rarity]] rejects [[spoiler:Blueblood's]] confession to her. [[spoiler:She is terrified that the unicorn who shattered her heart at the gala is still around somewhere, and until Blueblood proves to her otherwise she refuses to form a romantic connection with him.]]
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* FamilyThemeNaming: Blueblood’s family are descendants FantasticFlora: The badge of Princess Platinum (one courage orchid is a flower found only in remote swamps of the founders of Equestria) and female members are all named after platinum group metals such as Impassable Lands. It can heal almost any injury when eaten, with the caveat that it will only cure ones that were gained nobly. However, it must be plucked in a very specific manner; otherwise, its magic will turn into a deadly toxin.
* FantasticRacism:
** When Blueblood hosts a dinner for the various racing teams participating in the Alicorn's Cup, his unicorn motherPalladium insults not only the griffons, three zebras, and one camel attending but also the pegasi and earth ponies present. In the words of Blueblood himself:
--->'''Blueblood:''' As you may have gathered at the dinner, she abhors commoners, non-unicorns, and non-ponies, in order of increasing disgust.
** General Karroc and hissisters Ruthenium followers view ponies as witless prey animals undeserving of honor or respect, since those are things reserved for people. Tempest and Iridium. Males his own cohorts despise griffins in return, viewing them as savage animals and monsters incapable of civilized behavior and deserving only of eradication. They ironically enough end up conspiring with each other and against their mutual governments, since they share an ambition to provoke war between their nations and each firmly believes that his side will be able to wipe out the other in a full conflict.
* FiendishFish: The waters of thefamily are named after stars such Blueblood’s brother Procyon. Even Blueblood’s true name is revealed to be Polaris.
Impassable Lands teem with "jagugars", carnivorous fish three times a pony's length that will devour anything that falls into the water with them.
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest:Why This is why [[spoiler:Rarity]] rejects [[spoiler:Blueblood's]] confession to her. [[spoiler:She is terrified that the unicorn who shattered her heart at the gala Gala is still around somewhere, and until Blueblood proves to her otherwise she refuses to form a romantic connection with him.]]
* FantasticRacism:
** When Blueblood hosts a dinner for the various racing teams participating in the Alicorn's Cup, his unicorn mother
--->'''Blueblood:''' As you may have gathered at the dinner, she abhors commoners, non-unicorns, and non-ponies, in order of increasing disgust.
** General Karroc and his
* FiendishFish: The waters of the
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest:
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* HealingPotion: The Badge of Courage flower, but only for injuries that were heroically gained.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Prince Khufu, staying back to take on the griffons and thus enabling Rarity, Zips and Zinzi to escape]].
** In chapter 23, [[spoiler: Blueblood tries to do this by volunteering to ram the ''Alicorn'' into Karroc's warship since it needs constant piloting in order to stay on course. Twilight successfully teleports him to safety at the last second, however.]]
* HiddenVillain : [[spoiler:Procyon is apparently the mastermind behind everything, but unlike the other villians he doesn't get any motive rants, major apparences or even a speaking role. All we know about him is Blueblood's description, where he points out how unlikely a mastermind he is. Eventually he turns out to be a [[OutGambitted mere tool]] of the real big bad.]]
** As of Chapter XXI, we ''still'' don't know how the ponies and gryphons involved got in contact with each other, much less began conspiring.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Prince Khufu, staying back to take on the griffons and thus enabling Rarity, Zips and Zinzi to escape]].
** In chapter 23, [[spoiler: Blueblood tries to do this by volunteering to ram the ''Alicorn'' into Karroc's warship since it needs constant piloting in order to stay on course. Twilight successfully teleports him to safety at the last second, however.]]
* HiddenVillain : [[spoiler:Procyon is apparently the mastermind behind everything, but unlike the other villians he doesn't get any motive rants, major apparences or even a speaking role. All we know about him is Blueblood's description, where he points out how unlikely a mastermind he is. Eventually he turns out to be a [[OutGambitted mere tool]] of the real big bad.]]
** As of Chapter XXI, we ''still'' don't know how the ponies and gryphons involved got in contact with each other, much less began conspiring.
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* HealingPotion: The Badge of Courage flower, but only for injuries that were flower can cure any injury, so long as it is heroically gained.
*HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Prince Khufu, staying HeroicSacrifice:
** In chapter 21, [[spoiler:Prince Khufu stays back to take on the griffons and thusenabling enable Rarity, Zips and Zinzi to escape]].
escape, and is mortally wounded in doing so]].
** In chapter 23,[[spoiler: Blueblood [[spoiler:Blueblood tries to do this by volunteering to ram the ''Alicorn'' into Karroc's warship since it needs constant piloting in order to stay on course. Twilight successfully teleports him to safety at the last second, however.]]
* HiddenVillain : [[spoiler:Procyon is apparently the mastermind behind everything, but unlike the other villians he doesn't get any motive rants, major apparences or even a speaking role. All we know about him is Blueblood's description, where he points out how unlikely a mastermind he is. Eventually he turns out to be a [[OutGambitted mere tool]] of the real big bad.]]
**]] As of Chapter XXI, we ''still'' don't know how the ponies and gryphons involved got in contact with each other, much less began conspiring.
*
** In chapter 21, [[spoiler:Prince Khufu stays back to take on the griffons and thus
** In chapter 23,
* HiddenVillain : [[spoiler:Procyon is apparently the mastermind behind everything, but unlike the other villians he doesn't get any motive rants, major apparences or even a speaking role. All we know about him is Blueblood's description, where he points out how unlikely a mastermind he is. Eventually he turns out to be a [[OutGambitted mere tool]] of the real big bad.
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* [[ICallItVera I Call It Daisy May]]: The [[GatlingGood ARC]] stolen from the gryphon base in the Impenetrable Lands.
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* [[ICallItVera I Call It Daisy May]]: HungryJungle: The Impassable Lands are a gigantic, trackless stretch of jungle and swamp at the southern edge of the known world. Their name derives from the fact that no expedition has successfully crossed them -- indeed, it's not even certain how large they are. The jungle is a place of wild, uncontrollable weather and wildlife like a larger version of the Everfree, and, after Rarity crash-lands in its depths, she finds it to be full of stifling heat, biting flies and dense, impassable undergrowth, and filled with dangers such as trees hosting colonies of flesh-eating insects and waters teeming with voracious predatory fish. However, it also home to things such as flowers with magical healing properties, prompting occasional attempts to penetrate and study it.
-->Rarity had by now her breath enough to ask questions, even if she wasn't ready to get up off the deck quite yet. "Just what are the Impenetrable Lands?"\\\
"A vast, seemingly endless jungle," Fancypants answered. "Some ponies call it the dark heart of the world. Many great rivers and streams flow into and out of that jungle, like so many veins and arteries, but nopony has ever gotten far exploring them. Some say there are hostile natives, and others claim that the forest is haunted. Whatever the case may be, the Impenetrable Lands are as alien and uncontrollable as the Everfree Forest near Ponyville, but on a much larger scale."
* ICallItVera: Buckaroo refers to the [[GatlingGood ARC]] stolen from the gryphon base in the ImpenetrableLands.Lands as Daisy Mae.
-->Rarity had by now her breath enough to ask questions, even if she wasn't ready to get up off the deck quite yet. "Just what are the Impenetrable Lands?"\\\
"A vast, seemingly endless jungle," Fancypants answered. "Some ponies call it the dark heart of the world. Many great rivers and streams flow into and out of that jungle, like so many veins and arteries, but nopony has ever gotten far exploring them. Some say there are hostile natives, and others claim that the forest is haunted. Whatever the case may be, the Impenetrable Lands are as alien and uncontrollable as the Everfree Forest near Ponyville, but on a much larger scale."
* ICallItVera: Buckaroo refers to the [[GatlingGood ARC]] stolen from the gryphon base in the Impenetrable
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* InsufferableGenius: [[spoiler: Of all ponies, Blueblood. Blueblood’s company North Star Shipwrights produces airships of such quality that Fancypants decides to buy it outright to gain access to its innovations and brilliant staff of engineers. Blueblood later reveals to Rarity that Fancypants will gain nothing from the acquisition as he and he alone was responsible for all the designs that made his company’s airships great. Unfortunately his impressive intellect only gives him more reason to look down on others and adds to his arrogance. ]]
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* InsufferableGenius: [[spoiler: Of all ponies, Blueblood. Blueblood’s His company North Star Shipwrights Shipwrights, produces airships of such quality that Fancypants decides to buy it outright to gain access to its innovations and brilliant staff of engineers. Blueblood later reveals to Rarity that Fancypants [[spoiler:Fancypants will gain nothing from the acquisition acquisition, as he and he alone was responsible for all the designs that made his company’s company's airships great. Unfortunately great]]. Unfortunately, his impressive intellect only gives him more reason to look down on others and adds to his arrogance. ]]arrogance.
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* [[KillAllHumans Kill All Gryphons]]: [[spoiler: Tempest's]] reason for joining the conspiracy.
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* LovableRogue: Khufu and his crew are a bunch of shady arms dealers...who happen to be some of the most honorable and tightly-knight characters in the fic.
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* LovableRogue: Khufu and his crew are a bunch of shady arms dealers... who happen to be some of the most honorable and tightly-knight characters in the fic.
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* MagiTek: Building on Lauren Faust's explanation for how technology in Equestria is powered, reference is made to a "magilectric grid" that wirelessly supplies energy to any appliance within a certain radius, such as Pinkie Pie's phonographs or Rarity's sewing machine. Border towns like Appleloosa however are too far to receive energy from the grid, hence the differing levels of technology in different parts of Equestria. Interestingly the "magilectricity" is generated by the Celestia Dam seen in Ponyville, like a modern hydroelectric dam.
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* MagiTek: {{Magitek}}: Building on Lauren Faust's explanation for how technology in Equestria is powered, reference is made to a "magilectric grid" that wirelessly supplies energy to any appliance within a certain radius, such as Pinkie Pie's phonographs or Rarity's sewing machine. Border towns like Appleloosa however are too far to receive energy from the grid, hence the differing levels of technology in different parts of Equestria. Interestingly the "magilectricity" is generated by the Celestia Dam seen in Ponyville, like a modern hydroelectric dam.
* ManaDrain: In the penultimate chapter, [[spoiler:Windlass uses the Heavenstone to forcibly drain the magical essence of every pony and griffon in her vicinity in order to power herself up for her duel with Rarity]].
* ManEatingPlant: A variant with the honeytrap tree, which grows in the swamps and jungles of the Impassable Lands. It doesn't eat things, ''per se''. Rather, it serves as a home for a swarm of flesh-eating piranhasprites that rush out to devour whatever disturbs their home, with the tree then drawing nourishments from the decomposing remnants of its hosts' meals. Due to drawing all its energy from this source, it does not photosynthesize.
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--> '''Rarity:''' You get it! It’s coming for my hair, I just know it! Do something before it gets tangled in my hair!
--> '''Blueblood:''' Use a spell before it drinks my royal blood!
--> '''Blueblood:''' Use a spell before it drinks my royal blood!
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* PowerArmor: In the penultimate chapter, [[spoiler:Windlass reveals a suit of clockwork armor, complete with a pair of razor-edged mechanical wings and a set of rocket boosters, which grants her flight and increased strength]].
* PowerCrystal: The ''Adamas Firmamentum'', or Heavenstone, is a gigantic, flawless diamond enchanted so as to be able to store magic. It can accumulate an immense charge, either by a single unicorn pouring magic into it over time or many powering it up at once, and can allow a unicorn that has bonded with it to perform feats that would otherwise be impossible for any single mage. The ancient unicorns used it to gather the energy to move the sun and moon.
* PowerCrystal: The ''Adamas Firmamentum'', or Heavenstone, is a gigantic, flawless diamond enchanted so as to be able to store magic. It can accumulate an immense charge, either by a single unicorn pouring magic into it over time or many powering it up at once, and can allow a unicorn that has bonded with it to perform feats that would otherwise be impossible for any single mage. The ancient unicorns used it to gather the energy to move the sun and moon.
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* SecretlyWealthy: [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash]].
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* SecretlyWealthy: [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash]].[[spoiler:Rainbow Dash]] is part of a large and very wealthy family that runs the largest cloud mining company in the country.
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---> '''Rarity:''' I hereby pronounce myself guilty of fashion treason. The sentence is public humiliation, to be carried out at once.
* SequelHook: Several are sprinkled throughout the fic, most prominently regarding [[spoiler: a prophecy about Rarity being somehow involved with the end of the world.]]
* ShowerScene: Rarity has several of these.
* SilkHidingSteel: Why, Rarity of course.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Rarity vs. Blueblood. If they're talking to each other, this is the inevitable result.
--> '''Blueblood:''' What did you do? [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder This is supposed to be an airship, not an exercise in interpretive landscape design!]]
--> '''Rarity:''' Sorry, did I scratch the paint with a branch? Here I thought the goal was to avoid being discovered [[spoiler: by griffons]]. I do hope any harm I did will blend in with the giant hole in the hull and all the damage from crashing into a forest of trees!
--> '''Blueblood:''' Touché. Thorough job you’ve done, I must say. I can hardly see the forest for all the trees that you pulled down over the top of my ship. I’m sure the effect works equally well in the opposite direction.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Rarity's a spanner in the [[spoiler: "Kill Rarity"]] and [[spoiler: "Kill Polaris"]] plots; afterwards she understands enough to join the XanatosSpeedChess already in progress.
* SteamPunk: There are prominent elements of steam-driven technology, not the least of which are the zeppelin-style airships involved in the race. Besides owning a personal airship, Fancypants also possesses a steam-powered carriage. Fancypants mentions investing heavily in steam engines as he considers them to be a necessity for expanding Equestria since distant settlements will be deprived of the magilectric grid (see “MagiTek”).
* SequelHook: Several are sprinkled throughout the fic, most prominently regarding [[spoiler: a prophecy about Rarity being somehow involved with the end of the world.]]
* ShowerScene: Rarity has several of these.
* SilkHidingSteel: Why, Rarity of course.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Rarity vs. Blueblood. If they're talking to each other, this is the inevitable result.
--> '''Blueblood:''' What did you do? [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder This is supposed to be an airship, not an exercise in interpretive landscape design!]]
--> '''Rarity:''' Sorry, did I scratch the paint with a branch? Here I thought the goal was to avoid being discovered [[spoiler: by griffons]]. I do hope any harm I did will blend in with the giant hole in the hull and all the damage from crashing into a forest of trees!
--> '''Blueblood:''' Touché. Thorough job you’ve done, I must say. I can hardly see the forest for all the trees that you pulled down over the top of my ship. I’m sure the effect works equally well in the opposite direction.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Rarity's a spanner in the [[spoiler: "Kill Rarity"]] and [[spoiler: "Kill Polaris"]] plots; afterwards she understands enough to join the XanatosSpeedChess already in progress.
* SteamPunk: There are prominent elements of steam-driven technology, not the least of which are the zeppelin-style airships involved in the race. Besides owning a personal airship, Fancypants also possesses a steam-powered carriage. Fancypants mentions investing heavily in steam engines as he considers them to be a necessity for expanding Equestria since distant settlements will be deprived of the magilectric grid (see “MagiTek”).
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* SenseImpairedMonster: The piranhasprites of the Impassable Lands have no sense of smell and poor eyesight, and find it difficult to track prey by themselves. Instead, they rely on a tree that they live in symbiosis with, which rouses them into action by shaking its branches when animals disturb the pool of nectar it creates around itself.
* SequelHook: Several are sprinkled throughout the
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%%* ShowerScene: Rarity has several of these.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat:
--> '''Blueblood:'''
-->'''Blueblood:''' What did you do?
--> '''Rarity:'''
-->'''Rarity:''' Sorry, did I scratch the paint with a branch? Here I thought the goal was to avoid being discovered
* SpannerInTheWorks: Rarity's a spanner in the
* SteamPunk: There are prominent elements of steam-driven technology, not the least of which are the zeppelin-style airships involved in the race. Besides owning a personal airship, Fancypants also possesses a steam-powered carriage. Fancypants mentions investing heavily in steam engines as he considers them to be a necessity for expanding Equestria since distant settlements will be deprived of the magilectric
* TheSwarm: In the jungle of the Impassable Lands, Rarity runs afoul of a swarm of piranhasprites, carnivorous relations of the parasprites that move through the forest like a living wave of needle-toothed hunger.
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** [[spoiler: Blueblood]] takes a bullet for [[spoiler: Rarity]], but thankfully only gets hit in the rib.
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** [[spoiler: Blueblood]] [[spoiler:Blueblood]] takes a bullet for [[spoiler: Rarity]], [[spoiler:Rarity]], but thankfully only gets hit in the rib.
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* WingedUnicorn: In the penultimate chapter, [[spoiler:Windlass reveals a suit of winged PowerArmor that gives her flight and increased strength in addition to her enhanced unicorn magic]]. In response, [[spoiler:Rarity uses the immense magical power that she gained from the Heavenstone to turn the enchanted butterfly wings that Twilight cast for her earlier into a pair of flesh-and-blood feathered ones; she quickly afterwards has to sacrifice her new alicornhood to repair the damaged artifact]].
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* MixedAncestry: Zipinoru, or Zips as he is called, is half-zebra and half-pony. His front half is striped but his rear half is solid color like a pony. On one flank he has a cutie mark like a pony and some kind of zebra symbol (like Zecora’s) on the other.
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Not an accurate usage
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* LastVillainStand : Rarity tears apart the final tatters of [[spoiler:Windlass's plan in the final chapter, leaving her surrounded by guards and abandoned by all her allies. Her reaction is to note that she could still easily win by killing everyone present personally, and works up through taking out almost the [[OneManArmy entire cast]], a serious Villainous Breakdown when she realises Rarity is more powerful than her, a suit of steampunked PoweredArmor, a HeroicRROD, some VillainousValor and a OneWingedAngel transformation for luck. [[TropeOverdosed Phew...]]]]
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* LastVillainStand : Rarity tears apart the final tatters of [[spoiler:Windlass's plan in the final chapter, leaving her surrounded by guards and abandoned by all her allies. Her reaction is to note that she could still easily win by killing everyone present personally, and works up through taking out almost the [[OneManArmy entire cast]], a serious Villainous Breakdown when she realises Rarity is more powerful than her, a suit of steampunked PoweredArmor, a HeroicRROD, some VillainousValor and a OneWingedAngel transformation for luck. [[TropeOverdosed Phew...]]]]]]
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per Trope Repair Shop, Jerkass Facade is being cut in favor of Hidden Heart Of Gold / Jerk With A Heart Of Gold.
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* JerkassFacade: Blueblood.
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Updating the summary to reflect that the second book was never finished.
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Book One of ''The Adamant Triskelion'', a planned trilogy. The second Book, ''Fanfic/TheAbyssalForge'', is currently ongoing.
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Book One of ''The Adamant Triskelion'', a which was originally planned to be a trilogy. The second Book, ''Fanfic/TheAbyssalForge'', is currently ongoing.
a DeadFic since its last update was back in 2013.
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Moved to Trivia.
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* DevelopmentGag: The show's original plans for Blueblood to be a duke rather than a prince are worked into the fic by having him actually ''be'' a duke, and explaining that "Prince Blueblood" is in fact a hereditary title held by his family's eldest son.
** Despite Rarity claiming that it's a fake title, it turns out that "Prince Blueblood" is semantically equivalent to "Uncrowned King of the Unicorn Kingdom." The only fake thing about it is how it suggests to the ignorant that the prince is closely related to Celestia and Luna.
** Despite Rarity claiming that it's a fake title, it turns out that "Prince Blueblood" is semantically equivalent to "Uncrowned King of the Unicorn Kingdom." The only fake thing about it is how it suggests to the ignorant that the prince is closely related to Celestia and Luna.
