Elements of Harmony (MLP: A New Mark Subseries)

The **Elements of Harmony** are six supernatural artifacts representing subjective aspects of harmony. They have been wielded on rare occasions, particularly during events marked by danger and anarchy as a last resort to restore and enforce the balance of peace and order. However, the effects of their use are generally temporary and non-lethal, usually a form of banishment or imprisonment.

## History

Formerly wielded by Twilight Sparkle and the Mane Six in Ancient Equestria. They were the most powerful form of magic known to all of Ponykind and they grew from their original source of power-the Tree of Harmony-until both it and the Elements were destroyed in the final battles leading up to Twilight's coronation as the Supreme Princess. Now a new generation of the Elements of Harmony have risen in Sarah, Race, Sunny and her friends.

In Ancient Equestria, 1,000 years ago when Discord took over Equestria, Celestia and Luna discovered the Tree of Harmony and retrieved the Elements from them to defeat Discord, turning him to stone. Then later on when Luna's jealousy and hatred for being overshadowed by Celestia took her over and transformed into Nightmare Moon, Celestia was forced to use them to banish her sister to the moon for the next 1,000 years.

### Celestia Era

Many years later, Twilight Sparkle, Princess Celestia's pupil, discovers that Nightmare Moon is set to return "on the longest day of the thousandth year", which is in two days' time. She sends a letter to Princess Celestia warning her of Nightmare Moon's return, but the Princess tells her to "stop reading those dusty old books" and sends her to Ponyville to see to the Summer Sun Celebration preparations and to "make some friends". Twilight Sparkle does as she is told and inadvertently befriends five ponies, but is still confused about the Princess's insistence on friendship.

At the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration, Princess Celestia goes missing and Nightmare Moon shows herself, declaring her return. Twilight discovers that the Elements of Harmony, the only source of magic that could possibly defeat Nightmare Moon, are located in the ruins of the "ancient castle of the royal pony sisters" in the Everfree Forest. During the dangerous journey, Twilight's friends each demonstrate a noble quality in the face of adversity, namely, **Honesty** (when Applejack tells Twilight to let go from the ledge Twilight is clinging because she is safe, what was true because she was caught by Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy during her mid-fall and carried her to safety), **Kindness** (when Fluttershy calmly approaches a manticore and removes a thorn stuck in the manticore's paw, calming the beast), **Laughter** (when Pinkie Pie laughs and makes funny faces at scary trees, causing the faces on the trees to vanish in pink smoke with sparkles, explaining that they can conquer their fears just by laughing at them), **Generosity** (when Rarity sympathizes with a sea serpent, who is upset about his ruined mustache and agitating the waters of the river the mares has to cross, and cuts off her own tail to repair his mustache, what makes the grateful sea serpent helps them cross the river), and **Loyalty** (when Rainbow Dash is invited to join the Shadowbolts as long as she abandons her friends, but a tempted Rainbow ultimately declines the Shadowbolts' offer and ties the bridge, letting the others cross). When they reach the castle ruins, they find five stone orbs that are supposedly five of the Elements of Harmony. Nightmare Moon confronts Twilight Sparkle and smashes the orbs.

When all seems lost, Twilight realizes that her friends embody the Elements themselves. As she describes how each friend represented an element, the shattered orbs turn into gem-studded necklaces that link themselves around the ponies' necks. Twilight herself represents the element of magic, which only appears when the other five elements are present. The Elements, wielded by the friends, create a rainbow-colored blast of magic that vanquishes Nightmare Moon and returns her to her original form of Princess Luna. Also, Rarity's tail, which she cut off during their journey, is restored by the Elements.

During the 'Return of Harmony' two-parter, when Discord is freed from his stone prison, Princess Celestia says to Twilight and her friends that she and her sister are no longer connected to the Elements and it's up to them to stop Discord. When she retrieves a box from a chamber that she believes only she can open with her magic, the ponies find that the Elements are missing. Discord hypnotizes the friends into acting contrary to each element they represent. When the Elements are eventually recovered, the friends cannot use the Elements' magic.

When Twilight reads all her old friendship lessons that Princess Celestia send back, she is convinced that she must harness the power of friendship. She casts a memory spell on her friends, restoring their former personalities. The friends, united, turn him to stone with the magic of the Elements and restore Equestria to its normal state.

Under the orders of Princess Celestia, the main six free Discord from his stone prison so they can reform him. As precautionary measures, Celestia casts a spell to protect the Elements from Discord's magic, and the six ponies wear them at all times in case he turns on them. Discord schemes to make Fluttershy remove her Element and never use it against him, which she does willingly as a sign of trust and friendship, ultimately swaying him. As a final precaution, Celestia decides to leave the Elements with Twilight in Ponyville.

In 'Magical Mystery Cure', Twilight casts an unfinished spell written by Star Swirl the Bearded that switches her friends' cutie marks and destinies. To revert these changes, the friends use their talents to help each other out, thereby remembering their own destinies and regaining their cutie marks.

After all the cutie marks are fixed, Twilight finishes writing the spell that caused it. The elements come alive and zap Twilight to a "dream world", where she encounters Princess Celestia. In Celestia's Ballad, Celestia tells Twilight that the time has come to fulfill her destiny. They return to Ponyville, where Twilight transforms into an Alicorn. Her element, different from the others, then becomes her crown and she becomes a princess.

In 'Princess Twilight Sparkle', Twilight and her friends finally discover the Tree of Harmony for themselves and return the Elements to save the Everfree Forest from the Plundervines planted by Discord 1,000 years ago to replenish its magic which it lost and thus was vulnerable to the plundervines stealing its magic and allowing them to grow.

In Season Nine 'The Beginning of the End', King Sombra destroyed both the Tree of Harmony and the Elements of Harmony believing he'd taken away the Mane Six' source of their power.

In 'Pokemon Play - The Endless Night', Sunny's Lantern from her Father used its Prisbeam Power to create a new generation of Elements of Harmony for Equestria.

## Elements of Harmony Generations

### First Generation

* **Sorcery** Starswirl the Breaded
* **Healing** - Mage Meadowbrook
* **Beauty** - Mistamne
* **Strength** - Rockhoof
* **Bravery** - Flash Magnus
* **Hope** - Somnambula

### Second Generation

* **Magic -** Twilight Sparkle
* **Kindness** - Fluttershy
* **Laughter** - Pinkie Pie
* **Generosity** - Rarity
* **Loyalty** - Rainbow Dash
* **Honesty** - Applejack
* **Generosity** - Rarity

### Present Generation

* **Kindness -** Wielded by Hitch
* **Loyalty** - Wielded by Zipp
* **Generosity** - Wielded by Pipp
* **Laughter** - Wielded by Izzy
* **Sorcery** - Wielded by Sunny
* **Hope** - Welded by Sarah
* **Faith** - Wielded by Race

## Other Element Sets

These Elements exist beyond Equestria in the countries of the other creatures within their own Trees of Harmony planted by the Knights of Harmony:

* Tree of History (Farasi)
* Tree of Family (Caninia)
* Tree of Purpose (Abyssinia)
* Tree of Love (Orinithia)
* Tree of Patriotism (Cunabula)

**Elements of History**:

* Cactus Rose - **Generosity**
* Marini - **Honesty**
* Dust Devil - **Kindness**
* Medley Brook - **Laughter**
* Crystal - **Loyalty**
* Zecora - **Magic**

**Elements of Family**

* Moonbeam Twinkletail - **Magic**
* Ambrosia Muffinbuns - **Kindness**
* Jennino Lanternlight - **Generosity**
* Fiona Floppyears - **Laughter**
* Indiana Embereyes - **Honesty**
* Katherina Proudpaws - **Loyalty**

**Elements of Purpose**

* Chummer - **Loyalty**
* Capper - **Generosity**
* Molly - **Laughter**
* Admiral Fluffington - **Kindness**
* Max - **Honesty**
* Shadow - **Magic**

**Elements of Love**

* King Thaumas - **Protection**
* Queen Ozomene - **Generosity**
* Prince Aello - **Kindness**
* Zephyra -**Trust**
* Ocypete - **Hope**
* Captain Celaeno - **Perseverance**

**Elements of Patronism**

* **Pride**: Valor
* **Equity**: Barkk
* **Loyalty**: Ivory
* **Acceptance**: Chike
* **Faith**: Trix
* **Magic**: Plume

## Appearances:

* Hitch - A golden necklace with a Light Amber gem in the shape of his cutie mark
* Zipp - A golden necklace with a white gem in the shape of her cutie mark
* Pipp - A golden necklace with a light pink gem in the shape of her cutie mark
* Izzy - A golden necklace with a lilac gem in the shape of her cutie mark
* Sunny - A blue crown with Apricot Orange gem in the shape of her cutie mark
* Sarah - A Gold Crown with a gemstone of a golden yellow and white shield that had a pink heart in the center while having three white and hold hearts on both sides from it and attached to the shield was a pair of wings that had rainbow feathers on it
* Race - A Gold Crown with a gemstone of an eight-point star without any of the fancy decorations done on it

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## Rule:

They're never used to fight nor for revenge since that goes against their real purpose: to heal those who had been wronged

## Powers:

* Petrification - When their true power is unleashed, the Elements would turn their opponents into stone statues for imprisonment
* Purification - When their true power is unleashed, the Elements would purify their opponents of all evil within their hearts