There were four races of Beings:
Angels, a dauntless, militant race of winged Beings who could walk upon clouds and take to the skies in flight;
Humans, a hardy, stubborn race of Beings gifted with great strength and a deep bond with nature;
Elves, a scholarly, mystical race of Beings who could practice Sorcery through the manipulation of their Chi;
And Gods, the immortal personifications of primal forces who ruled over the mortal Beings as paragons of wisdom, strength, beauty, and power.
The oldest and most powerful of the Gods was Discord, the God of Chaos. The Age of his rule over the world was one of tyranny, mayhem, and despair.
However, one Goddess saw the suffering of the mortals and took pity on them: Celestia, the Goddess of the Sun. She united the other Gods and led them into battle against Discord, the cruel Lord of the Gods. Their battle was great, hard, and devastating, and though Discord vastly outmatched the other Gods they were able to narrowly escape the jaws of defeat and claim victory against him. The Gods prepared for him Tartarus, the great prison of Hells, and Sealed him in stone in its Deepest Hell.
Following Discord’s downfall, the Gods waged another great War amongst themselves for his now-empty Throne. Celestia emerged victorious, and Sealed five more Dark Gods in five more Hells of Tartarus: in the Second Hell she Sealed Tirek, the God of War; in the Third Hell she Sealed Chrysalis, the Goddess of Lust; in the Fourth Hell she Sealed Sombra, the God of Darkness; in the Fifth Hell she Sealed Sonata, the Goddess of Music; and in the Sixth Hell she Sealed Scorpan, the God of Storms.
Celestia then divided the world’s lands amongst the remaining Gods, ruling over them as High Princess. What followed was a more civilized and peaceful Age, though the mortal races were still divided in resentment and hatred.
Celestia ruled in the city of Olympus over the land of Equestria along with her younger sister Luna, the Goddess of the Moon. However, Luna began to grow envious of her sister, for their subjects adored and honored Celestia as they did the day while they feared and shunned Luna as they did the night. Though Celestia cautioned her sister against denying the mortals their freedom, Luna demanded their adoration and honor on pain of divine retribution. When Celestia stood against her, Luna renamed herself High Princess Nightmare Moon and declared war against her sister for the world’s Throne.
The Gods all took sides between the sisters, and so there was a third great and catastrophic War of the Gods. Celestia rallied the mortal races to unite against Nightmare Moon, and together they were able to defeat her. Though it caused her unspeakable sorrow, Celestia Sealed her sister in the Seventh Hell of Tartarus.
The Gods all returned to ruling over their lands, and the mortals all celebrated Nightmare Moon’s defeat. Thus began an Age of Unification, when all of the mortal races coexisted in harmony. From that day forward, the Festival of the Summer Sun Celebration was celebrated on the first day of each Summer to commemorate Celestia’s victory against Nightmare Moon and the beginning of the friendship between the mortal races.
I've just started reading this story and the beginning has me hooked already!
Why Sonata instead of Adaigo Dazzle as one of the dark gods?
This sounds really good so far.
7843739 Thanks. I'm glad you actually took the time to read the prologue. I wish all of my readers would. Not just because I think it sets the tone well, but because I also think it to be one of my best pieces of writing. To be honest, I think this is the best chapter of my fic so far...
I love this concept! I've never read a fic like this! I'm excited to see where it leads.
I'm interested, but if they are Humans, Angels, Elves, and Gods. Why Equestria? Not criticizing, just curious
You have my attention... but can you keep it?
I’ve got to say, that is probably the most tags I’ve ever seen on a story. You have my interest!
As a sucker for fantasy, I wish I found this sooner. I’ve got to ask, why the name? It doesn’t seem to the sort of thing you could search up really, and the only reason I found this is because I was scoping through TV tropes
9432522 The name was inspired by the likes of The Lord of the Rings and Soul Eater, whose titles refer to their main antagonists.
"Hùndùn" is the "true" name of Discord, the story's main antagonist. I decided upon this title when I realized that I'm portraying Discord as the same kind of ominous, ever-present looming force of evil that Sauron and Asura are.
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Ah, that’s pretty cool. Though doesn’t Soul Eater’s name reference Soul Evans, who is sometimes called Soul Eater?
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Also I’m a said to say it took me twelve years after I first watched the Lord of the Rings to finally realize that the title was referring to Sauron
I somehow missed the update that this story was going through a huge revision. Which is a shame. Since my favorite aspect of the story was that it was MLP Lord of the Rings. but I guess I can live with it, it's just sad to see the story I've followed the past 2 years change so much. But I can understand the decision. At least it gives me a reason to read it again.
Are you planning on keeping his name Ares? It's just weird having new names like Celestia or Eliana mixed with the greek mythology names sometimes.
hmmmmmmmm, You're gonna have to change Luna's name too.
lol, what the fuuuuuuuuck is that name it sounds like a Yu-Gi-Oh Card and honestly doesn't come across as powerful or threatening at all. I pulled up https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/god-names.php and got the name Phyra, Goddess of Night. High Princess Phyra. That rolls off the tongue way easier. I dont know if you do, but I use generator cites like that all the time when coming up with last names, locations, names of armies, spell names, and anything else while writing my comic. I can understand wanting to have unique names for characters (tsuki/Hundun) but it's also important for the average reader to be able to pronounce and understand it without pulling up google translate.
I know it's only a prologue but I feel like we need more description of the battle. something like "Eliana rallied the mortal races together in A last stand against Tsukiyomi (Stifled laughter), after much bloodshed and devastating loss on both sides, Eliana and the allied races won the day".
Interesting first chapter when it comes to presentation. I'm not sure I would've chosen angels to represent Pegasi, but at the same time I'm also not sure what other fantasy creature I would have chosen. I've just never been very fond of placing direct Judeo-Christian religious references in a non-religious stead. That being said, I think this is very well presented and I really like the format as well as the idea in of itself. This one's been on my saved to read later list for a long time and I'm finally getting around to it, and I am immediately just as intrigued as I was by the cover, and one of the most fascinating things about these kinds of stories is how one reinterpret an existing mythos through a different lens. So far so good.