In my internet wanderings I discovered a remnant of an elaborate “play by post” forum RPG called End of the Dream! It ran from the “early internet” G1 era to G3 (2006 or so). Sadly the forum is no longer available; I got a screenshot of its front page via The Wayback Machine, but the subforum links didn’t work.
This RPG definitely deserves to be remembered. Did you play it back in the day? LMK!
What I Was Able to Scrounge Up:
Main End of the Dream page on Google Sites
Another main page, on The Wayback Machine
Glossary of Terms - (”OMM!” - Oh my Mimic!; “Unipeg – A pony that is a mix of a Pegasus and a Unicorn. Also referred to as an ‘alicorn’ by some.”)
Random Pony Generator, via The Wayback Machine (and they shouted out my old website at the end of the page, awww!)
The Setting, as Copied from Above Sources:
29 years ago (11 BD) Silver Dream is born to Sundance. This was a bad thing. Silver Dream is a Unicorn (obviously a half-breed) that is white with silver hair. 27 years ago (9 BD) Silver Dream’s sister, Justice, is born. This ain’t all that good of a thing either and is, in fact, kinda wierd as Justice is dark grey with grey hair and is blind and is also a Unicorn (the creator of the game liked Unicorns). Every pony born after Justice is born with dark colors and a number with funky magical powers. This is both funky and bad and has all of the “Ponies of Light” scratching their heads, but not for very long. 18 years ago (0 BD), Megan dies (most of the ponies don’t know this, yet), which is really bad and over a period of several months ALL of the original ponies (ie, the canonical MLP’s) die. The remaining “Ponies of Darkness” believe a disease killed all of the “Ponies of Light” but that they couldn’t get it for some wierd reason. This event is called “The Great Death”. After all of this, the only remaining pony that is lightly colored is Silver Dream, who then claims the throne of Ponyland with the argument that she is the only remaining “Pony of Light”. This ain’t a very good thing either. Almost everyone accepts this and supports her, but then they learn that this wasn’t a good idea. She has some serious issues and is mean, cruel, etc., etc… Now, almost nobody likes her. But she just wants to rule Ponyland for whatever reason. She especially doesn’t like Prince or Princess ponies or anyone that’s lightly colored, as they could threaten her political platform. The rest of Ponyland has fallen into some light form of disorder now and resembles Europe of the medieval / dark ages. Think medieval fantasy novel, but with Ponies being the dominant species.
The 90 second supplement to the 60 second EoD
Ponyland is an alternate plane of existence that resides within the realm of dreams. Many of it’s residents (mainly the ponies) are wished into existence by certain individuals of the real world. This can be, and often is, done without the individual knowing it. The ponies can also be born like any other creature would be. It is theorized that natural birth accounts for most of the population within Ponyland. However, all are dependent on the individual that wished them (or their parents) into existence in the first place (which is why the person is sometimes referred to as the ponies’ “pillar”). Megan was the support for the canonical MLP’s and when she died, so did all of the ponies that depended on her. Silver Dream was the first pony that was created by Molly’s (Megan’s younger sister) will, though we are unsure if she is aware of what she’s done. Molly, for whatever reason (read: that is what the creator of the RPG told us), has a very sour view of life and the world, which is why all of her ponies are dark though they aren’t all mean and cranky like she is. Also, the ponies that live in a place known as Friendship Gardens (2nd generation MLP’s that Hasbro released) were created by Danny (Megan and Molly’s brother), though he doesn’t know about them. The ponies of Ponyville (3rd generation MLP toys) are also around, but we don’t know why just yet. Dragons, Dream Beauties, and a special breed of Twinkle-Eyed ponies, are considered ancient creatures and have been around for a really, really, long time. They’re independent of any happenings within the real world. Ponyland itself is now densly populated with mostly ponies and other creatures. Many towns and villages exist, and Ponyland itself is pretty large too.
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