Equestria is a magical nation controlled by anthropomorphic pony creatures. It is sectioned into numerous towns, cities, and landmarks. The entirety of Equestria bows to a ruling class of Equestrian called Alicorns.
Description
History
Pre-Equestria
An Epoch of Darkness
Before the lands of Equestria were fully developed there was nothing but small patches of farms ran by weak ponies of three distinct races, Unicorns, Pegasi, and Earth Ponies. One day a ram named Grogar declared himself Emperor, ruling Equestria with an iron hoof through fear alone. He was a dangerous tyrant that created the Equestrian variants of hybrid monsters such as the Chimera and Cockatrice. These monsters scared the ponies of primordial Equestria into submission to Grogar by destroying everything they held dear.
With the power of his Bewitching Bell, a magical talisman that gives Grogar his magic and immortality, He was nearly impossible to defeat. However, a young Unicorn named Gusty the Great and her Unicorn army was able to defeat Grogar by stealing his bell, stealing all of his magic with it, and hiding it far away from society so no one could be able to find it. Grogar went into hiding while the monsters he created were sent to Tartarus for all eternity.
The Windigos and the Fire of Friendship
The ponies grew more advanced forming three tribes that symbiotically work together to succeed. The Unicorn Tribe used their magic to move Etheria's moon and sun, changing the night and day. The Pegasus Tribe maneuvered the clouds and controlled the weather. And the Earth Pony Tribe tended the farms creating food for the other tribes. Despite needing each other the three tribes did not care for each other and only for themselves. This dispute eventually summoned the Windigos, winter spirits that feed off of negative energies. With the Windigos came a deep blizzard that killed off all the crops and led to mass famine.
The leaders of the three tribes got together to talk about the snow but instead blamed each other and argued. They each decided to leave and find new lands to colonize by themselves. However, they all found the same land and began to fight over it, attracting the Windigos and spreading the snow. Eventually, before freezing to death they found out about the Windigos and that they were feeding off of their hate for each other. They learned to get along and their friendship summoned the Fire of Friendship, which melted the ice and caused the Windigos to leave ending the storm. The three tribes united and named the land Equestria, founding it.
Early Equestria
The Pillars and The Princesses
Sometime within the next one thousand years, six elder ponies came together and formed what will be called "The Pillars." The Pillars helped guide an early Equestria forward in development and by riding Equestria of dangerous monsters. One of these monsters was the Sirens, flying hippogriff-like creatures that cause ponies who hear their singing to become angry and ragefully which the Sirens will feed on. Also during this time Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were born, but not as Alicorn princesses but as normal Equestrians. The princesses were just normal ponies but were extremely gifted. They were mentored by Star Swirl the Bearded, the leader of the Pillars.
The Unicorns in charge of raising and lowering the sun and moon
One day a Centaur named Lord Tirek and his Gargoyle brother Scorpan traveled to Equestria. Tirek came to steal the magic from the ponies, succeeding by staying around the outskirts of the lands. Scorpan, becoming curious of his brother's increasing size and strength, traveled inland discovering the ponies and befriending Starswirl the Bearded, a Unicorn wizard. Now knowing what Tirek has been doing, he attempts to plead with his brother to stop what he's doing, but to no avail. Seeing that can't get through to him, Scorpan alerted Celestia and Luna, now full-grown Alicorns, of Tirek's intentions. Tirek was sent to Tartarus for his crimes and Scorpan returned to his homeland to rule as its new King.
New kingdoms were founded over time the biggest of which was The Crystal Empire ruled by the evil King Sombra. Sombra was another tyrant who ruled with fear similar to Grogar himself. He used mind control to force his subjects to follow him, without question, into darkness. A nameless pony called The Crystal Princess was able to stop him by creating a magical object known as the Crystal Heart. The Crystal Heart began to banish Sombra but before that, he cursed the whole of the Crystal Empire to disappear for a thousand years.
For the longest time, The Everfree Forest attempted to grow, covering the whole of Equestria. But, through the use of their magic, Unicorns and The Pillars have been able to fight it off. The Pillars decided to enter the forest and plant a magic tree that will become The Tree of Harmony. The Tree of Harmony kept the Everfree Forest at bay, stopping it from expanding. Soon after The Tree of Harmony was planted The Pony of Shadows came to light. The Pillars using their enchanted items were able to banish The Pony of Shadows to The Void forever. However, in doing so the banished themselves to The Void as well.
Discord and Cosmos arrived at Equestria sometime after the Pillars left. it did not take long for them to turn it into a chaos filled wasteland. Cosmos and Discord began to have disagreements to the extent of their chaos, Discord wanted jokey mishaps while Cosmos wanted pure destruction. Discord eventually received aid from all of Equestria's royals to banish Cosmos to the stars. However, Discord erases everyone's memories and took credit for Cosmos' chaos. This fate lead Celestia and Luna to retrieve magical stones from the newly discovered Tree of Harmony. These magical stones, known as the Elements of Harmony and were used against Discord to turn him to stone for the next one thousand years.
The Princesses, Celestia and Luna, take on the task of raising and lowering the sun and moon bringing upon the day and the night. Luna grew jealous of her older sister as the citizens of Equestria flourished through Celestia's day but slept through her night. Luna embraces the darkness in her heart and transforms into the evil Nightmare Moon. Nightmare Moon attempts to take over all of Equestria and plunge it into an eternal night. Celestia sadly had to use the Elements of Harmony to banish her sister to the moon for a thousand years.