Gleaming Shield was just a recruit in the Royal Guard. She wasn't a greenhorn by any means, she was an elite. Not yet a captain, but still elite. And yet, here she was, in a realm not her own and gazing around in wonder just like a recruit would be.
A little too much curiosity had sadly caused her to get dropped off into a completely new land, filled with things she'd never seen and more violence than she'd ever want.
A land, called Skyrim.
Let me explain the tags here.
The Anthro tag only applies while a pony or, really, anyone from Equestria is on the other side. This is because I've decided the Mirror does what it did in the movies; It changes your form to suit the world on the other side. And, since Elder Scrolls has Khajiit, Argonians, and some other Beastmen (most of which haven't been seen quite yet), I thought it only logical for ponies to become anthros in Skyrim/Tamriel.
The sex tag is there only for implications and mentions of sex, there will be none shown, only bits where a character is in their undergarments.
The gore tag is pretty self explanatory. You do commonly see decapitations and stuff in Skyrim, plus, think about how you always get pelts in the game. I figure it only makes sense to describe just a bit of the process you do it in.
Also, narcotics goes without saying as well, since Skyrim has booze and Moon Sugar as well as refined Moon Sugar called Skooma. (Think of it as heavily refined Crystal Meth turned into a liquid. Yeah. Shit's crazy.)
This is set before even Season 1 of the show, before Gleaming would meet Cadance.
Anyways, I hope you will all enjoy this spiritual revival of my character, Black, formally known as the Black Statue. 
Looks promising to me.
9198842 Good to hear!
that is a lot of stuff... hope to see more... tracking it. so far my grade for this is at least 5/10
9200469 It's good to know I still got half, at least. However, might I ask why it was only half, so I can try to improve?
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sometimes it's best not to say what's wrong with it... it's just that i hope you can put those tags that you have for this story when if finish. So what I'm saying is I hope that all these tags are in the story... if not you might have to get rid of some tags. #2
she slapped someonethat is telling the story... she used her left hoof and smack it across his or her face. that is showing. more examples.... i'm sweating it's hot... My forehead was dripping down water. I know i haven't done in my stories but, hear me out... I been criticized super hard from the past last 2 years.9201520 The tags will be shown in the story, worry not. As for the showing and not telling... Well, that's something I'm still working on doing on command. Typically it either comes naturally, or doesn't, for me, so trying to show and not tell on command is still a bit of a struggle for me.
Anyways, thank you for pointing out the issues, I'll continue to work on them.
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may the timeless celestia guide you.
When in the time line is it in skyrim?
9207613 This is set after pretty much every event in the game, except the civil war is still ongoing. Anyways, point is, Red has done pretty much everything by this point in the timeline. There are a few things he hasn't done, but in terms of the main story of the game, he's basically finished and doing his own thing.
...Of course, that don't mean that things won't come up. Have to keep things interesting, after all.
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Thank you.
A Mute Dragonborn.... That's new.
Oh you poor, poor little girl; you have no idea what your getting into.
9207886 Me being the oblivious one I am, I'm afraid I can't quite tell if your first comment was meant to be sarcastic or not. Would you mind enlightening me?
As a side note, I chose him to be mute because, canonically, the Dragonborn in game does speak despite it only being via text. I simply wanted to branch off a bit from that and make him an actual mute, both because it's a little different and also to stay true to the spirit of Red's predecessor, Black.
9207712 Of course. I endeavor to explain what I can to my readers when they are confused. It's common courtesy.
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I was being genuine, I would never have imagen the Dragonborn, the guy who speaks the Dragon tongue, to be mute.
I find that funny and fascinating.
I wonder if you are able to tell us how he felt when he gained the ability to speak, albeit in a forgotten language.
9209221 A fair point. As to whether or not I'm going to tell you how he felt when learning the language... Yes. And you'll find out what those feelings are soon enough.
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I look forward to it.
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