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"After a rousing performance by Sunset Shimmer and her fellow performers at mayor Clarke's fund raiser has made waves in the entertainment business. The opening song sung by Ms Shimmer 'Give A Reason' stunned the crowd, the music is unlike anything that has ever been played, called Rock and Roll by Ms Shimmer. A new brand of music that her pride have created," Mitzi May said reading the newspaper.
"I was there and the music is nothing like, I have ever heard before," Sedgewick Sable said.
Both of them are sitting at the underground speakeasy, which thanks to the steady supply of imported alcohol that is safe to drink compared to the homemade moonshine, which some are contaminated, mainly from the materials used in the construction of the still. Has made Lackadaisy a popular spot with drinkers, and got the attention of many high rollers after hearing the news that the speakeasy has 8 bottles of Domaine Leroy Musigny Grand Cru wine. Which one of the bottles has already been open by one of the rich industrialist of the city, wanting to show off his wealth. (1)
Which made Mitzi worried as the amount of money she's making from the alcohol Shimmer is supplying her, makes her wonder what she wants in return. Sunset is rolling in money and has ties in high places, which leaves what could Shimmer want from her. She hasn't asked for any money, she did however been having her crew running errands for her, picking up packages and delivering other things to her businesses or to her home.
"I just wish why she picked me and what she wants," Mitzi said.
"Maybe she wants to keep this all out of sight and can't be connected to her," Sable said.
"Maybe," Mitzi said.
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Kingdom of Hungary -
The region is a mountainous region of Hungary. The region of Valdelobos has culturally been isolated from the rest of the country for most of its history, being a former Roman city state and the home of Iluminados, a primal religion which survived while others faded away. The religion of Iluminados is base around the immortal sirens, a trio of sirens who made the region their home and protected it since ancient times when the Roman Empire was still around. Using their powers to cause any invading force to fight among themselves, allowing the defenders to slaughter the rest. Or transform into dragons unleashing their rage on the invaders. Causing a religion to form around the sirens who displayed powers and magic unseen.
Valdelobos was given control to the Dazzlings noble family who are said to have been started by said sirens, after a visit from the Roman emperor of the time to see the sirens for himself. After allying themselves to the Empire, they were given rulership of the region. It's said that the reason why the Roman Empire lasted after the fall of the empire is because of the sirens aiding the empire. Till a betrayal told in the epic of 'Siren Song' where a power mad emperor tried to make the sirens his wives and cause the fall of the western empire when the sirens transform into dragons and lay waste to the city of Rome, with only the eastern empire surviving till its own fall to the Ottoman Empire.
The Dazzlings house continue to rule over the region, creating a sense of order while the surrounding lands, had kingdoms raise and fall. Merchants and traders came and did business in the region, with noble families moving to the area during the Black Death where the Dazzling house making sure that the chaos that the plague cause didn't happen in their region. As they made it well known that the rats and their fleas are the cause of the plague and made examples of any of the people who tried to throw blame elsewhere or start witch hunts. By having the leaders being burn at the stake instead. Creating a safe zone while the other countries tore themselves apart, with soldiers keeping the few safe roads into the region under heavy guard to stop any spread. Which cause the region to become quite wealthy thanks to the Siren bank, seen as the most stable financial institution in the world.
The city of Siren is built around the bank that the stories said to been started by the sirens themselves and still owned by the Dazzlings house. The bank loans to countries and invest in others, with the bank being very trusted thanks to how stable the bank is in managing the money that is put in. Other banks are more powerful but the Siren bank being the oldest is seen as the most stable. The bank is also known for their legendarily secretive bank accounts, which is a tax haven for many with ill-gotten gains.
Causing many companies and guilds to setup shop in the city. Which caused many of the smaller villagers to lose their young people who moved to the city for more opportunities and get an education. That gives the region a wall of protection, the city being a hub of economic power, few leaders dare to even think about invading as it would just bring down the wrath of other countries who depend on the bank to continue to operate.
Over the centuries, the Dazzlings house descendants continued to oversee and enforce matters in the region as feudal lords and castellans. While the land's political and technological climate changed radically over the course of the centuries, the region itself remained a time capsule, being a remnant of the Roman Empire. Which is seen well among the oldest of the villages and Siren Castle, with some buildings having been around since those ancient times, being rebuilt and repaired over the centuries.
The soldiers of the Dazzlings House are of the remnants of the 27th Roman Legion, who served under the command of the Dazzlings house. Maintaining their ranking system, training, and discipline for centuries, with them being the only standing army that had female soldiers in Europe. The soldiers are still used as a military police force and during the war kept the peace as refugees came to the region and acted as neutral ground during talks between the two sides.
Far from Siren City is Siren castle that is built on a hill and separated from the city by a deep riven with a river at the bottom. Several old bridges and a newer one are built over the riven. Protected by an outer wall and an inner wall. It started off as a temple to the sirens before being built upon in the passing centuries. The castle has survived fires, sieges, natural disasters, and many other things that has damaged the castle. The castle has been rebuilt and remodeled to its current state.
The old outer walls built in Roman times is still used to keep out the wild animals that still roam in the forest and hillside areas. The forest and hillside is home to the last herd of Auroch, a specie of wild cows that died out everywhere else. The Dazzlings house has royal hunts whenever the population needs culling with them either being hunted and killed or captured and used for breeding bigger and stronger cattle. The forest also the home of elephants which the Dazzlings house collected over the centuries from side shows, privet zoos or another places, letting them loose in the forest where they bred and multiplied. There are also the flocks of dodos that one member of the Dazzlings house took a liking too and gathered up a flock and brought home with her. While the dodos died off on their home island they thrived under the care of the Dazzlings house and are now farmed like other farm birds.
Followed newer walls that protects the castle town. Between that are the smaller hamlets and farmlands which have emptied out over the years as more jobs and opportunities lay in moving to the city. The main military base is still standing at the site where the original Roman fort once stood. The soldiers are well trained and paid for their service, and in agreement with the Hungary government also trains the government soldiers and sends their soldiers to serve with the government army.
The region is apart of the Hungary empire but as a self governing region. Which the government is happy with as the region keeps the payments and other agreements flowing to them. A deal that the Dazzlings house has always maintained with the different kingdoms and governments that raised and fall around them, while they remained.
The castle town and the remaining populated hamlets have been modernized thanks to the Dazzlings house investing to improve the living standards. Power lines connecting to the new dam and power plant, light up homes and buildings. The region still used the old Roman aqueducts and baths built and the public toilets, being repaired and maintained for centuries, with only the new water treatment plant being built to make the water clean and the sewage plant to treat the waste water. Which was dump out of a drain into the riven before the treatment plant was built.
The castle itself is protected by a dry moat, which depends on the time of the year is filled with water or dry. The wall that still have towers standing that have be changed to gun towers, cannons and machine guns were place on the towers during the war for protection. The main entrance is still the main gatehouse that still has a working drawbridge that can still be lifted up, the gatehouse also has a working portcullis. There are also several sally ports built along the wall, allowing people to get in and out from the castle from small and easily overlooked doors halfway up a wall. Unlike other castles thanks to the still working aqueducts the latrines didn't lead to a pit where a gong farmer had to empty it out now and then, but are connected to the sewerage system that takes the waste away.
Inside the walls are several courtyards called baileys. During war times, animals and people were sheltered inside, during peacetimes the courtyards housed workshops. In the modern era the courtyard now houses 3 guest houses where workshops use to be located at. There is still a stable and a blacksmith forge, mainly used as a maintenance shed where all the tools are kept. Several store houses, a garage for the cars. A greenhouse has also been built. The guard houses are still around and used by the soldiers who guard the castle.
The castle keep has been changed and rebuilt to be more homely than a fortress. The great hall is located in the keep that is used both as the dining room and ballroom. The castle still has the shrine to the sirens, which is also a bathhouse, now serves as an indoor pool.
There are plenty of bedrooms for the residents and guests, servant quarters, a guardroom for the soldiers station in the keep. The full time servants and guards who stay inside the keep are all women, no men are allowed to stay inside the keep. A few exceptions have been allowed, like when Kimba the white prince was given sanctuary in the keep.
The kitchen that still has some of the old kitchen equipment still there, like the spit wheel where a small dog would run in the wheel to turn whatever is being spit roasted over the fire. Others like the larder has been turned into the refrigerator like the cold room that's deep underground that is still in use to keep the food from rotting, has freezer AC installed to keep the room colder.
The castle is a mix of the old and new, with the current heads of the castle being the 3 Dazzlings sisters. The Dazzlings house has always been lead by women as no man has been born into the family and there is always 3 of them. The different generations would rule for some years before they would head off and never return. The steward left in charge would rule till the new generation of the house would return to the castle to rule, mirroring the appearances of the old generation but have different personalities.
Only a select few knows or managed to figure out that the Dazzlings house has always remained the same. They are the sirens of legends and are immortal, just disappearing for some years before returning as their own daughters to hide the fact that they don't age or die.
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Inside the Keep -
In the grand hall a feast is being held as Adagio, Aria, and Sonata are heading for America to meet up with Sunset Shimmer. They been living in this world for centuries now and while they do enjoy some things, they do wish to return to their own world. The energy they gather to keep them alive, isn't like magic which thanks to the witch hunts and the spread of the church stamped out magic. It's been so long since they got to feed off of someone who could use magic, and had to feed off of emotions instead. Which thanks to all the wars that happen in Europe, there was lots of it for them to feed upon.
Then Sunset showed up having came through a portal and found herself stuck here like them. Sunset still has her magic and used it to get her fortune, she put on magic shows and wowed crowds with simple magic tricks from Equestria which are just amazing for the cats of this world. Working sideshows and traveling circuses, earning fame and fortune the hard way. Getting attention and offers that had her traveling from one place to other.
As Sunset traveled she also robbed gangs, outlaws, turning them in for the bounty on their heads, and stealing for the rich. She even salvaged sunken wrecks for valuables, like from the wreck of the HMS Hussar that sank in New York harbor in deep water, where she recovered the payroll for the British soldiers worth 3 to 4 million in 1763 money. Sunset gathered a pride around her as she traveled around, as her drive kept her moving forward to her goal of returning to Equestria and taking her revenge.
Sunset's journey is also how she met up with the Dazzlings, in her search for magic. On her travels she did uncover real magic and magical arts from which she learned how the magic of this world works. The Dazzlings have collected magic items, books and scrolls here and there. From there they discovered that they are from Equestria and they all want to return.
Around the table are the Dazzlings own pride members.
Turmoil is a harshly beautiful noblewoman the only heiress of a noble family who always been apart of the military. Because of how women weren't allowed in her country's military, she journeyed to Valdelobos where women are allowed. She is the commander of the new Air Force, with the German war blimp that gotten after the war being what they're going to be using to travel to America.
Amelia the captain of an old sailing ship, Legacy. A merchant vessel that has been serving under the Dazzlings house for generations. She brought her crew with her, Panthera, Eris, Kuune, Melwin, Chaika, and Dr. Durel.
Yoruichi, Haineko, Polly Esther, Francine, and Dee Dee, the current kunoichis that served under Dazzlings for generations. A trip to Japan before they closed their shores and ending up having runway ninjas flee with them when the Dazzlings went back home. Gain them a clan of ninjas that have served them well for generations. (2)
Then there are the oldest members of the pride. Thanks to a magic spell that stores the memories of a person in a gemstone and a golem spell. Their pride members who choose to, can live on as copies. Their bodies can be shaped and molded to how they like but they aren't the original but just a copy, stored in a glass gem. The spell and bodies also break down after some years have pass and the ritual has to be done again. They been doing the ritual for centuries and there are many others who the sirens have done the ritual on. Which is why there are so many females in the region.
Shaharl former priestess of the old Roman gods with her daughter, the oldest of the pride member. She has a body made to be like that of a succubus with wings on her back that allows her to fly. Which she is the one behind the legends. Her body is very busty with I cups size breasts and a large jiggly butt, which the other members of the pride like her followed suit in designing their new bodies. (3)
Shamsiel a whimsical and mischievous woman and daughter of Shamsiel. She also has the body model after her mother. Has G cups.
Roxanne De Desir a noblewoman who lost everything during the fall of Rome. Has take the simple role of a maid and mostly found in the kitchen. Has K cups.
Luceria von Diamante was a queen till her kingdom was invaded and conquered. Now a devoted follower of the Dazzlings, she seeks to please her queens. She takes the role of steward when the Dazzlings leave on their journey, which she shares with others. Has M cups.
Gladys Von Wackenheim a powerful warrior, the daughter of a famous commander of ancient times. The best sword master of the pride, unmatched military strategist and a brilliant chess player. Has I cups.
Isis Petrovna Elenskaya a powerful warrior in her own right. Has J cups.
Emeralia was a priestess in the past and now the distant and stoic minister. Has H cups.
Nellis a priestess who learned to use magic and became the court magician. Has H cups.
Aphrodia a former queen of a fallen kingdom. She also acts as a steward when the Dazzlings are gone. Has L cups.
Rosalyn another princess of a lost kingdom and current body is a merwoman. Has I cups.
Estoria another princess of a lost kingdom. She also acts as a steward for the region when it's her turn. Has K cups.
Serebria the head priestess of Iluminados. She has been following her goddesses for centuries and still heads the faith which still has followers. Has N cups.
Zebia an assassin who uses her graceful and busty body to lure in targets. Has perfected the art of stealth. Has G cups.
Elysia an archer who has trained her skill with the bow to being an art form. Is able to move fast and silently in the forest. Has F cups.
Nadine a former queen of a long dead kingdom. Also acts as the steward for the region. Now works in the world of business. Has L cups.
Lorelia former priestess of a dead faith. Her current body is a merwoman, being able to breathe underwater. Has H cups
Irina Julizarenko a former nun who learned the truth of the Dazzlings and abandon her old faith. Has K cups.
Paia a former slave who given to the Dazzlings as an offering. Has I cups.
Zoe a former oracle who joined the pride after learning real magic. Has J cups.
Constantia a former slave also been given to the Dazzlings as an offering. Has K cups.
Destra a former slave given as an offering to the Dazzlings as an offering. Has I cups.
Escelda a former slave given as an offering to the Dazzlings as an offering. Has I cups.
Then there are the goddesses who are the surviving test subjects for the ritual to copy and make a golem body for the pride members. They use to pretend to be goddesses in the past as part of the Iluminados faith. They do use more normal looking bodies time to time but they are currently using their goddess bodies who are all stand over 7 feet tall at the shortest.
Ajura a former female gladiator who in the ancient past pretended to be a demonic goddess of war. Stands over 8 feet and built like a brick house. Has I cups.
Venus a former slave who has taken the name and appearance of the Roman goddess of love and beauty. Has L cups.
Athena a former slave who has taken the name and appearance of the Roman goddess of wisdom. Has M cups.
Farnelia a former slave who has taken the name and appearance of the demonic goddess of ice. She has large bird wings on her back and the source for the reason why angles are now look like cats with wings, instead of how they really are described in the Bible. Has M cups.
Then there is the lone king of the pride, the only male who won the right to being the king of the pride. Even if he's clearly not in charge of the pride. Izak who was a young man living in his abandon village by himself for years far in the north where the Dazzlings found him.
"The rest of Sunset's pride are finishing up loose ends here and be heading back to American. We be joining them, the time window when the portal reopen is small," Adagio said.
"We be able to give you all real bodies once there," Aria said.
The clay bodies of their pride feel real as they all can still feel with their clay bodies. They don't need to eat and don't need to sleep either but can sleep when they want to, but they can't have children and if their bodies are damaged or a limb is cut off, the limb turns back to clay. And have to change their bodies and create a new memory copy to keep on living. Some couldn't handle it and choose to just die for good or kept sealed away in a memory glass gem till they can have better bodies. With the news of a way to return to Equestria they now have a way to give them flesh and blood bodies again. Even making them dragons so that they like the Dazzlings can live for centuries.
"And we can wake up all the others," Sonata said as they done the memory spell lots of times over the centuries.
"But can we really just go and take over?" Turmoil ask.
"The guards are a joke from what Sunset told us and the ponies are cowards," Aira said.
"The only ones we need to worry about are the ones who are brave, but once they're taken care of, the ponies will fall in line," Sonata said.
"Don't worry once they see the weapons of this world, they will fall and with Sunset she can take the throne from Celestia. And we can rule over the scared and cowardly ponies," Adagio said.
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Author's Notes -
1 - In the Prohibition-era United States, many died from ingesting unhealthy substances with their moonshine. Consumption of lead-tainted moonshine is a serious risk factor for saturnine gout, a very painful but treatable medical condition that damages the kidneys and joints.
2 - List of pride members -
Swat Kats -
Turmoil
Treasure Planet -
Amelia
Thundercats -
Panthera
Cat Planet Cuties -
Eris
Kuune
Melwin
Chaika
Durel
Bleach -
Yoruichi
Haineko
Samurai Pizza Cats -
Polly Esther
Francine
Dee Dee
3 - Funbag Fantasy
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