A brief history on the rise and fall of an empire.

[Shuriken 27]

Please note that this was done before se3 and that it's based on a non-cannon race of ponies.

I'm looking for advice, ideas and improvements such as events, stories and other things that i could add to expand their history.

 

 

A long time ago, longer than anypony can remember, Equestria was ruled by three dark and evil tyrants, Venom, Plague and Fear, they were powerful Draconi who exploited the lands and the ponies that lived on them, bringing pain and suffering to all that lived. 
They were dark days full of pain, suffering, death and depression. 
But there was hope the king had a younger sister, an alicorn who went by the name of Matra, her job was to create slaves for her uncles and brothers and land for them to ruin, but she was full of love and tried reasoning with her sibling, but he would not listen. 
Eventually feeling sorry for her subjects, Matra built a sanctuary in the form of a magical enchanted forest that would function on it's own, for her beloved subjects who had endured much pain and suffering throughout their lives, this place was a dream come true and a new form of hope was born in their hearts. 
Guiding them to their new home Matra would tell the ponies not to be afraid and that they'd forever be free from her brother's tyranny, but Fear had eyes and ears everywhere. 
His loyalists, the shadowmanes told Fear of what his younger sister had been doing with his "playthings", enraged Fear called upon his uncles, Venom and Plague and engaged his sister and her priestesses in a deadly battle that lasted three days, covering the land in darkness and dust. 
Eventually tired and weak Matra fell to the ground accepting her fate, but not without one final act of vengeance and love, She gave away light, and even the smallest source of light can bring about courage in the darkness. 

She had fallen in love with a young stallion back in the forest, his name was Light and it was his destiny to become a great leader and unite the species to raise an army against the shadowmane and its tyrannical lords. 
Granting him the gift of light, a weapon which only the purest of hearts could wield. 
Angry and full of rage Light marched onward towards the dark city of Necro with his great army "The Everfree" meaning that they had no lords and no masters they were free and willing to die for that right no matter what. 
Everyday more would join their cause and legion, griffons, dragons and ponies alike came together for the bloodiest battle Equestria's soil and skies would ever witness. 
It was said that in the course of the decade long campaign every blade of grass and stone was painted red with the blood of the brave warriors who fought for freedom. 
Eventually reaching the city of Necros, Light clashed with the powerful dark lords with the power of light, he cast them down and imprisoned the three draconi deep underground rendering their magic useless. 
The rebellion was victorious and the shadowmane without their masters were forced into hiding. 
Building a city in the Enchanted forest Light decided to build a shrine for his lover in the form of a beautiful castle at the heart of the forest. 
As the years went on Light grew old and tired, eventually like all mortals he passed away leaving behind two sons that would go on to spread the knowledge and power of the Everfree empire. 
But peace was not to last and the golden age soon came to an end in chaos. 
Corruption, another draconaquis who'd taken the form of one of the princes advisers started poisoning the young one's mind turning him to the dark arts, interested in the power of the draconi the prince studied the archives left behind by Matra his mother, day by day his heart grew darker and his experiments became cruller and more extreme until he lost his mind, having perfected a spell crafted by the shadowmane priests long ago, he transformed himself into Discord, a powerful Draconoquis, Discord and Lore his brother clashed, atop of the great peaks of the Equestrian mountain range for days 
but the power of light alone was not enough this time and so the good prince fell and with him a whole empire. 
Being forced to flee Magik Everfree, the ancestor of Star swirl cast a cloak upon the remaining Everfree army and bloodline granting them the gift of the shadows. 
Forced into hiding they returned to their old home and true land the Everfree forest where they bid their time. 
Time is a cruel thing the empire had become long forgotten and the Everfree forest became a symbol of fear rather than a symbol of hope, and the family that had once led a united Equestria against all odds to victory became a myth, and that myth in turn became forgotten. 
Celestia and Luna who had not forgotten about their cousins and in time started to see the old power as a threat to their new regime they declared a secret war on the clan and the forest all together. 
The aftermath three hundred years later only allowed ten members to survive and desperately try to recruit whoever they could so that their knowledge and arts would not be lost in the tides of time. 
One day the ponies of Equestria will be forever free once more and the princesses and draconi will pay tenfold, they hide behind their elements of harmony because they know their time draws near and the evil prince now known as discord will be punished severely by the light that flows within them and the shadows that hide their flesh and bones. 
Matra's Sacrifice will not be forgotten.