The Triple Alliance

—Official warning

"*By the command of Princess Aulia, Canterlot High School threatens the Vernadsky Stronghold and Vernadia Town Hall in Vernadia District, Prince Artemis and the Vernadian army raise their banners in a desperate effort to lift the siege. Join Sunset Shimmer Corps and Twilight Federation to lead to victory for Petrovburg over Communism by defeating the loyalists of Canterlot High School and sweeping the Soviet pretenders and the rest of the communists out of Ponyville and other Petrovburger districts!*"
— Official description
**The Triple Alliance** is the third chapter of the Battle for Petrovburg stories in the Luna the Miracle Boy series which is based on the Battle of Kurikara that was held in the year 1183 in Japan.

This folk story is being set in the year of 2016 and focuses primarily on Prince Artemis Osmansky as the king of Vernadia, leading the district to victory against the armies of Canterlot High School and conquer Ponyville.

President Sweyn promises to help Vernadia District by summoning the presidential army and forming an alliance with both national corps (Twilight Federation and Sunset Shimmer). The Canterlot High were brainwashed by Princess Aulia as her army in order to apply Communism as Petrovburg's main ideology. To stop the wrath of Communism and the Soviet pretension over Petrovburg, the Vernadia Army will have to convince Twilight Federation and Sunset Shimmer to sweeping the Canterlot High imperialists out of Petrovburg.

## Intro

*You see, my son; it was not Sweyn Forkbeard who brought Princess Aulia to the stake in the presidential palace, but his successor: our great Muslim gentleman – Vladimir Diana.*

*Before Diana's leadership as the president, Sweyn had been ruling Petrovburg in the presidential family's name, presiding over an economic and cultural golden age of Petrovburg. Outraged by the murder of Principal Chetverg, he quickly formed an alliance with the national corps to avenge the death of Chetverg. But the war declaration against Canterlot High School would have to wait.*

*Gliding through the trees, the wind whispers a faint melody to the rhythm of the footsteps of soldiers. The narrow mountain pass feels ominous and forbidding, and yet there is a peaceful aura to it that calms the Vernadian Army. The common soldiers groan as a deluge suddenly begins, transforming the soil into a treacherous forest. The battle-hardened pony riders are silent. Their honor is their prime concern, and it rests on the success of their mission: to deliver supplies to the besieged Vernadia.*

*After years of injustice due to Communism, Vernadia – in its representative to other Petrovburg districts, declared open opposition to the dominance of the wicked Canterlot High School. Throughout two and a half years of war, the Canterlot High soldiers have steadily advanced, rarely seeing defeat.*

*Their armies strike at Vernadia in a three-pronged assault, while an auxiliary force seizes the lighthouse at the point of Camp Everfree. Entourages of the loyal pony riders patrol all roads to Vernadia, and enemy supply lines reach all the way to Ponyville, the imperial capital that was held by Canterlot High School in the name of the Soviet Union.*

*This will be the decisive battle of this war. If Vernadia falls, the zionist army of Canterlot High School will be free to flood into the Petrovburger heartland and claim victory. If Vernadia survives and the Canterlot High soldiers are defeated, the tide will turn and Prince Artemis may even be able to bring the fight to the gates of Ponyville.*

## Notable characters

### Main heroes

 0 | **Vernadian Army** | The army that is the main protagonist of the chapter.

### Supporting characters

 0 | **Twilight Federation** | Another ally to Vernadia District. They serve as the cheerleaders in the battle for Petrovburg.

### Enemies

 0 | **Ponyville** | The initial headquarters of the Canterlot High Forces, which the Vernadians will have to besiege and conquer in order to win the battle. Ponyville will train cavalry archers and pony knights to defend itself.

## Battle informations

### Info

* From Canterlot Presidential Palace, President Sweyn has sent Prince Artemis and some presidential volunteers to aid the defenders of Vernadia – a walled district that is loyal to Luna and his family and under the protection of the Twilight Federation.
* Sunset Shimmer has a military camp in the west of Vernadia, whose motives are unknown. Its army consists of cavalry and siege units.
* Based on several camps scattered across the center of the map – the Canterlot High will be the primary opponent early on. They train light cavalry, spearmen, and crossbowmen, but may also field pony riders.
* The Canterlot High's loyalists patrol the countryside with cohorts of infantry, and their villagers are feeding and supplying the Canterlot High Forces.
* Surrounded by a moat and heavily fortified, the Soviet capital – Ponyville, has yet to be captured by an invading army. Should the walls be breached, legions of the Ponyville guards will rush to the defense.
* The Canterlot High armies are commanded by the Soviet warlords and princes, not the least of their statesman – Alexios Komnenos. Killing the Soviet warlords and princes commanding the Canterlot High armies in the field is vital to the success of the Vernadian Army.

### Main objectives

* Bring the supply cart and at least one soldier to Vernadia Town Hall.
* Defeat the Canterlot High Army and slay their Soviet princes.
* Conquer Ponyville in representing other Petrovburger districts by destroying all Soviet buildings, slaying all defenders, and killing Emperor Alexios.

### Optional objectives

* Bring Twilight Federation's supply carts to Vernadia Town Hall to receive 1,000 gold per cart.
* Kill Nikephoros Melissenos and his Soviet guards and capture the Magyar Lighthouse in Camp Everfree so that Vernadian armies can march through the forests unscathed.
* Bring one military unit to the Sunset Shimmer military camp to negotiate an alliance.
* Bring some trebuchets for Prince Alan of Sunset Shimmer to earn his alliance.

### Hints

* Vernadian Army can support a big population, but this battle occurs long before the advent of gunpowder weapons.
* The roads around Vernadia District are crawling with the Canterlot High loyalists. Taking the most direct route to the district would be advisable.
* The Canterlot High do not yet know that supplies have been delivered to Vernadia, but they will soon attack ferociously.
* The Everfree District is of great strategic importance, but the part between Vernadia to Ponyville is blocked by dangerous forests.
* Having conscripted all the local districts into the army, the Canterlot High are unable to rebuild any buildings.

### Losing conditions

* Vernadia Town Hall is destroyed.
* Artemis, Prince Alan, or the Twilight chairman dies.

## Battle strategies

The Canterlot Presidential delegates start on the way from Canterlot Presidential Palace with 11 military units and their trade cart. Immediately they should meet a small enemy force. After defeating them, the CPU delegates should go across the bridge and directly to the town. They should try to avoid patrols from the Canterlot High loyalists as there is no need to fight them right now. When the player arrives at the town hall, they will be given control of Vernadia and given some resources.

The next objective is to destroy four Canterlot High military camps and kill the Soviet princes. Four of those captains are residing in the Canterlot High military camps and the last one is residing beside the Magyar Lighthouse in Camp Everfree, which Vernadia needs to capture to complete the side quest and enable their army access to the rest of the territory. Vernadia should prepare a small force to guard their civilians as the gold, stone, and wood need to be gathered within the district walls. The defense should be the priority until the Vernadian Army makes some trebuchets, as there is no point attacking the camps without them. Vernadia should logically first take care of the camp in front of them and then move on to the lighthouse in Camp Everfree. Just in case, Vernadia should send a few guards to take care of the small resort near the lighthouse.

In the meantime, Vernadia should get the quest to ally with the Sunset Shimmer Corps. Just send a random unit and then some trebuchets and they will start to send their troops to attack the enemy. This could be a good investment, as they will provide constant distractions. After Vernadia destroys the remaining 3 camps and kills 3 captains, Vice Principal Kosovo will arrive from the CPU delegates' starting position along with 30 Equestria Pony Riders. The quest will now be to destroy Ponyville. Vernadia won't have problems collecting resources for their army as they will control most of the territory by now.

Ponyville is a heavily fortified city with 6 castles and at least 30 towers. After taking down the main gate and two castles beside it, Vernadia should task their civilians to build military buildings in front of the walls to keep a constant stream of units flowing. They will need a lot of units, as the enemy will produce troops constantly from all their production buildings, so it's not a bad idea to focus those buildings down with the trebuchets.

## Quotes

*For more quotes, see the episode's transcript.*

## Outro

*Princess Aulia arrogantly boasted the term: "If you are not a loyalist to Canterlot High School, you are not a human, and you are an animal". The arrogance of that chic princess has ignited a great wrath among the Petrovburger religious people and the natives.*

*In the reality, the troops of Vernadia and other Petrovburger districts were waging an uprising to overthrow the Soviet regime.*

*Thunder boomed as spears of lightning pierced the sky. Driven back from the walls of Vernadia, the Canterlot High Army retreated in panic as Prince Artemis and other Petrovburger nationalists claimed victory after victory. Smoke rose from the enemy camps and floated towards Ponyville, an ominous shadow of the doom approaching those inside the district.*

*Luna and his family revived the Petrovburger people with respect. While Aulia was only an outcast, her plot, while failed, had been in true satanic and childish fashion. Even so, Aulia found her imprisonment in Ponyville intolerable.*

*Offering thanks and prayers to Allah, Prince Artemis halted and made camp outside Ponyville. Siege engines pounded the walls for days, reducing its great castles to piles of rubble. As the main gate fell, the national pony riders poured into the city while Prince Artemis and the Vernadian army strode triumphantly to the Ponyville Town Hall and planted the Vernadia regional flag.*

*Not long before her capture, her patron saint – Storm King, was found dead; murdered by poison. It is unclear if Princess Aulia was behind this; some have even speculated that Luna himself ordered the assassination. But do not let anyone hear you say that, my son.*

*With the power of Communism broken, and the Canterlot High have been aware, a seemingly doomed rebellion had triumphed. Regardless, Aulia used the ensuing chaos magic to escape her house arrest. Dressed like a man, she fled to Manehattan, forcing Luna to keep his attention in the north. It would take two more long years, but Prince Artemis, as a true commander ensured victory at the 2016 Soviet-Petrovburg battle and ushered in the new era of Petrovburg.*

## References

1. **Main course**
	* https://ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Kurikara