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The Setting and Introduction


Sassy Sweet

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Tall Tales is a pet project of mine (and my daughter's) that is set in the MLP Poniverse.  It has been shaped by innocent questions like "Where do Sirens come from?" or "Is there more than one Changeling Queen?", to Roleplaying is Magic created characters and stories, to bedtime stories told over about seven years to my daughter who shaped them with her interruptions.  Even though it won't be licensed, I am actually working on a little anthology book that I will have made for her.

It has been 100 years since Twilight Sparkle was crowned as the Princess of Friendship.  Celestia had always told Twilight that she saw potential in her from the beginning and there was a reason she became a princess.  What she didn't tell her was that Twilight's strong magical talents and her positive outlook would be needed in the future.  Now that future has come. 

Anaphora is a pony who was born in Canterlot.  Like most unicorns, Anaphora was always been a bit bookish.  She has an innate magical ability that is very strong but it can be a little too strong.  Even some of the most well-intentioned, simple spells have a tendency to backfire on her or those around her.  Her talent can best be described as bringing out inspiration in others.  Though her talent comes with a price; if somepony or creature isn't open to it, then it can hurt them if she uses it against their will (even if she was just trying to help).  Nothing too bad but it will result in headaches at the least and nose bleeds at the worst.   While substituting at Canterlot's School for Gifted Unicorns, Twilight begins to see herself in Anaphora who was starting to become a recluse.  Rather than take her on as a student, Twilight sends her off to become her Ambassador of Friendship.  She sends Anaphora off to the city of Tall Tales with the intent of having her reach out to some of the more unique species of Equestria in an attempt to build bridges and mend fences. 

In her travels and talking to others, Anaphora begins to find out bits and pieces of Equestria's history and the lands beyond.  There is much more going on than meets the eye...

 

TALL TALES WILL SEE

  • More about the Elements of Harmony
  • The rise of new Alicorns and the return of others (remember the unnamed Alicorn in the Hearts and Hooves day story?)
  • A civil war in the Crystal Empire
  • Exploring the lands to the West and South
  • Finding a new species and building relations with ones that have been introduced
  • A more detailed history
  • Slice of Life stories from Vanhoover to Our Town, from the Frozen North to the Oubliette.
  • Tears in reality and worlds

TALL TALES BASIC INFO

  • Tall Tales draws from a ton of sources, including the show, books, comics, Roleplaying is Magic, more popular fandom lore, and mythology
  • As it stands now, Tall Tales has about 50 "unique" characters.  Keep in mind, Tall Tales was actually just me and my daughter making up MLP themed bedtime stories as we went along so some of the characters are eerily similar to some of the Mane Six, at least on the surface.
  • Now that Ariana is older, she is wanting to add more science and more updated technology too it.  While it sounds strange at first, her reasons WHY such things exist are actually pretty understandable.  (Just as an example, game systems and computers do exist in the Poniverse but if the ponies relied on them too much, then the ecology would fall to pieces.  Just imagine what would happen if Celestia and Luna decided to binge out on Skyrim and the sun and moon weren't raised?)
  • With 50 characters at a minimum and more being added, there can only be so many original names, talents, and color schemes.  Sorry if you have an OC named Cherry Blossom with a similar color scheme.  In the real world, people share names, may look similar [blonde hair, blue eyes, pale skin], and even jobs.  If "unique talents" were really entirely unique, then one pony would be incredibly overburdened so some ponies who have similar talents (with their own unique spin on it) may share jobs.  I.E.  Rainbow Dash helps with weather but is unique because of the Sonic Rainboom.
  • Tall Tales actually has a timeframe.  A "moon" is 30 days (29.5, the time frame from new moon to new moon).  Yeah, she is getting THAT specific with stuff.
  • Strangely, some of these characters which are my own, started off as only jokes and trolls (one in particular) but then I ended up using them again for a story and actually fleshed them out in a way that they work well.  So yes, some have connections to canon characters.  Others are directly related to secondary characters.  Some may seem a bit Mary Sue... but that's because they were at one time, lol. 
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This looks really cool. :love: It reminds me of a similar thing I did in my spare time back in middle and high school to try to link the worlds of Nintendo into one single universe, with a detailed chronology over thousands of years and numerous original characters to fill in gaps, plus extensive headcanon backstories.

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This is so awesome! I love roleplays that expand the universe we have, fleshing it out even more. Update us always when possible! :D

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