More and more, I become convinced that the powers we face are those of darkness and dark magic. Those attacks that are always most fearsome come at night, or with darkness as their shroud, and wither in the face of light.

I wonder, then, if magic of light and life could truly be our path to defeating it. The shards, powerful as their promise is, seem to feed off the same darker side of pony, or human, psyche. I fear that relying on them will prove, ultimately, fatal to us -- that our success would also be our fall, if they were our weapons.

Perhaps a new sun must shine over this sea, before we can find freedom.

Princess Celestia

There has been so much chaos and death in these seas as of late.... So many voices and hearts went quiet...

[She goes to let out a long sigh before taking a deep breath and begins to sing.]

Getting real fuckin' tired of these goddamn shitty dead assholes popping up every damn night. What the shit, how many of 'em can there fuckin' be??! Can barely remember the last time I got any decent sleep. Ain't even had much time for good cooking lately, which is a pain in the ass.

[He says, though probably at this very moment you can hear pots and pans clanging in the background as he continues his sleep-deprived rant whilst trying to get dinner made before they're attacked again. Or maybe it's breakfast. Or lunch? Who the hell knows.]

Some of these zombie things are definitely shitheads we've seen before, too. Seriously, just tonight I planted my damn foot in the fuckin' face of one of the jerks who tried to ambush our ship not long ago. Wasn't about to forget his ugly face, just didn't expect to see it again so soon. And so dead. The hell's that about? Thought all those guys were having some kinda shitty summit of their own, and now they're crawling up outta the ocean noticeably lacking a damn heartbeat, what the fuck?

And they're still trying to hold that damn race this year? Tch, whatever. Dumbasses running it must be fuckin' crazy. Maybe there'll be a crew full of shitty dead people participating this time. It's still starting at Port Chance, yeah?