My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic Spike Saves the Crystal Empire Once Again Mlp

For the premiere episodes of flavor iii, come across The Crystal Empire - Function 1 and Part ii.

For the similarly named high school in Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, see Crystal Prep Academy.

The master characters visiting the Crystal Empire for the first fourth dimension.

The Crystal Empire is a location that showtime appears in the two-part 3rd flavor premiere of My Petty Pony Friendship is Magic as the dwelling of the Crystal Ponies. It is ruled by Princess Cadance and Prince Shining Armor and formerly by Princess Amore, so Male monarch Sombra.

1 Depiction in the serial
- 1.1 Flavour iii
- 1.ii Season four
- 1.3 Season 5
- 1.4 Flavour six
- 1.five Flavor seven
- 1.6 Season 8
- 1.7 Season nine
2 Depiction in Equestria Girls
3 Places
- 3.1 Foursquare
  - 3.one.one Crystal Castle
- 3.2 Libraries
- iii.3 Spa
- 3.4 Stadium
- iii.five Sunburst's firm
- 3.half-dozen Crystal flower garden
iv Festivities
five Other depictions
half dozen Notable characters
- 6.1 Residents
seven Gallery
8 References

Depiction in the series

Season three

Crystal Castle and surrounding buildings, from The Crystal Empire - Office ane.

The Crystal Empire starting time appears in the third season's opening two-parter The Crystal Empire, appearing in the chill north of Equestria after a thousand-year-long disappearance. It is inhabited by Crystal Ponies and tiny ewes, and is described in the The Ballad of the Crystal Empire as having a rich civilization and long history, including "the Crystal Kingdom canticle". Local food in the empire includes crystal berries that are used to make sweets and crystal corn.

Before the emergence of Nightmare Moon, the Crystal Empire was taken over by the evil unicorn Rex Sombra, who turned it into a dark land and enslaved the Crystal Ponies. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna defeated him with their magic, turning him to shadow and imprisoning him in the ice of the chill north, just not earlier he placed a expletive on the Crystal Empire that caused it to vanish for a thou years. Later it returns, the Crystal Ponies have no memory of their kingdom earlier Rex Sombra took over. Rex Sombra also returns and threatens to invade the empire again, so Shining Armor and Princess Cadance are sent by Princess Celestia to defend it, projecting a defensive magical barrier around it.

Celestia as well sends Twilight Sparkle and her friends Applejack, Fluttershy, Little finger Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity to help Cadance protect the Crystal Empire. Past finding and reading a history book in the local library, an impressive three-floor facility, they notice out information well-nigh the Crystal Ponies and set up the Crystal Faire. Twilight uses her magic to carve a crystal cake to look similar the Crystal Heart spoken of in the book; nevertheless, she finds out soon after that the Crystal Heart is actually a powerful item that was subconscious by King Sombra and is the fundamental to protecting the Crystal Empire. While the others proceed the Crystal Ponies occupied to prevent them from finding out that the real Crystal Heart has non withal returned, Twilight and Fasten search for the Centre.

Male monarch Sombra'due south shadow crystals forming.

When Cadance starts to run out of magic, Sombra begins to comprehend the empire with shadow crystals. Twilight and Spike search the castle for the Crystal Eye, reasoning that nobody would dare to look there while he was in ability. They overcome various obstacles and achieve the Crystal Centre, but upon arrival they activate an warning, leading Sombra to trap Twilight inside a wall of shadow crystals. Although she had been told past Celestia that she must be the one to ultimately solve the problem of protecting the Crystal Empire, Twilight doubts that she can escape the trap in time, so she tells Spike to take the Crystal Eye to Cadance. When Cadance's barrier fully disappears, Sombra invades again, to the terror of the Crystal Ponies. Seeing Spike with the Crystal Eye, he rides a growing shadow crystal toward him in an attempt to intercept Fasten, but Shining Armor throws Cadance at him and she saves Fasten from Sombra's assault. The Crystal Ponies recognize Cadance as the Crystal Princess.

Cadance returns the Crystal Middle to its original identify. The citizens, using its power to unleash an explosion of love and light that restores the Crystal Empire, temporarily turn Cadance, Shining Armor, Spike, and the Mane Half-dozen into Crystal Ponies and destroy Sombra, along with his black crystals.

The population of the empire consists of ponies whose manes are usually tied dorsum with ribbon. The crystalline consequence that distinguishes them is a form of magic that is exclusive to the area inside the Crystal Empire. Most mares share Maud Pie's eye design.

The Crystal Empire is symbolized with a purple flag "of many hues" with a ringed snowflake in the middle which mimics the layout of their city. "Of many hues" implies that the flag, which is mainly purple, is made with an irised fiber.

In Just for Sidekicks, the Crystal Empire has a railroad train station platform where Fasten, the pets, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and the Mane Six arrive. The Cutie Mark Crusaders stand up in front of a souvenir shop selling Crystal Empire castle snow globes. According to Apple Bloom, the Empire is "as warm as tin can be", despite its cold appearance.

In Games Ponies Play, Twilight and her friends visit the Crystal Empire to welcome the Equestria Games Inspector, whom they believe Ms. Peachbottom to be. They attempt to give her a tour of the castle, which fails because they have inappreciably been in the castle themselves. This episode also shows a spa in the empire, complete with a mud bath, and a newly built stadium nigh the castle.

Season four

The Crystal Empire is mentioned in Princess Twilight Sparkle - Role 1.

In Flight to the Cease, Ms. Harshwhinny sends Cheerilee's class to the Crystal Empire stadium for a competition to decide who will bear the Ponyville flag for the Equestria Games. Afterward beingness the "stupendously the single most amazing thing [she'south] ever seen", Ms. Harshwhinny selects the Cutie Mark Crusaders to carry Ponyville'due south flag at the Games.

The Crystal Empire is mentioned multiple times in Three's A Crowd, and a Crystal Empire train, first shown in Rarity Takes Manehattan, that Princess Cadance rides to Ponyville is besides shown.

In the episode Equestria Games, Spike lights the torch for the Equestria Games opening ceremonies. The Crystal Ponies consider the young dragon a hero for his role in the defeat of King Sombra, fifty-fifty making a crystal statue in his accolade.

In Twilight'southward Kingdom - Role i, Twilight returns to the Crystal Empire with her friends to assist the other princesses in welcoming the duke and duchess of Maretonia. After the dignitaries leave, Twilight explains to the princesses that she is uncertain nigh what her role as a princess in Equestria is. Subsequently that night, Celestia experiences a vision involving Lord Tirek; she reveals this data to Twilight the next forenoon and besides reveals that she will job Discord in tracking down the villain.

Season five

In Party Pooped, Pinkie Pie passes through the Crystal Empire on her fashion to Yakyakistan.

In Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?, the Crystal Empire appears briefly in Pinkie Pie'south dream.

In The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 1, in an alternate timeline created by Starlight Glimmer, the Crystal Empire returns and falls under Sombra'southward command once again. Using the Crystal Ponies every bit his army, Sombra expands the empire's borders and conquers much of Equestria.

Season 6

Without the Crystal Heart, the Empire is exposed to the Frozen Due north.

In The Crystalling - Office 1 and Part ii, the Empire holds a "Crystalling" ceremony for the newborn imperial infant Flurry Heart. Yet, Flurry Heart unintentionally shatters the Crystal Heart, which threatens the Empire with eternal winter. Through Sunburst'due south magic noesis and Flurry Center's Crystalling, the Heart is restored.

In The Times They Are A Changeling, the Empire is placed on high alert due to the reported presence of a changeling. All the same, the changeling in question - named Thorax - befriends Spike and is allowed to stay in the Empire when he is discovered to be friendly.

Season seven

In Celestial Advice, Twilight creates a simulation of the Crystal Empire when because where to send Starlight Blink after she graduates from being her student, giving thought to having her continue her magic studies with Sunburst. In It Isn't the Mane Affair About You, the Crystal Empire briefly appears when "Silver Medal" discovers his baldness every bit a upshot of his mane beingness teleported.

Season eight

In The Parent Map, a mail courier pony delivers mail to Sunburst'southward house in the Crystal Empire. In A Rockhoof and a Hard Identify, Twilight and Rockhoof meet Mistmane at the Crystal Empire, who has become its royal landscape artist.

The Empire is also mentioned in Sounds of Silence, Father Knows Beast, and School Raze - Role i.

Season nine

In The Outset of the End - Part 1, the Crystal Empire is reconquered by the resurrected King Sombra, but freed soon after when Twilight and her friends use the Elements of Harmony to (seemingly) defeat him.

In The Ending of the End - Part 2, Twilight is shown to have retreated to the Crystal Empire after her friends helped her escape Queen Chrysalis, Lord Tirek, and Cozy Glow.

Depiction in Equestria Girls

In My Little Pony Equestria Girls, the Crystal Empire is the venue for a "princess top." During this time, Sunset Shimmer uses the Crystal Mirror, one time located in Canterlot Castle merely moved to the Crystal Castle, to sneak into Twilight Sparkle's room and steal the element of magic.

Places

Square

The square lies at the heart of the Empire, where the Crystal Castle is located. In the series, it is depicted as a peaceful place with a lot of buildings and working Crystal Ponies.

There is a snowflake pattern on the ground, spreading out from the Crystal Heart.

The statue the Crystal Ponies created to honor Spike also resides here.

Crystal Castle

The Crystal Castle is the abode of the majestic rulers of the empire. It has a huge crystal tower which fires a ribbon of energy into the sky whenever the Crystal Heart below is powered.

During King Sombra's dominion, the Crystal Castle had a much darker advent and strongly resembled Barad-dûr from The Lord of the Rings.

Libraries

The Crystal Empire is dwelling house to an immense library with decorative griffon statues outside its front doors. Amethyst Maresbury serves as its librarian. Twilight and her friends visit the library in search of information most the Empire's history.

Another library, shown in the IDW comics' My Little Pony: Friends Forever Issue #4, is part of the Crystal Castle. Dictionary serves as its librarian.

Spa

The Crystal Empire spa is kickoff shown in Games Ponies Play, with Twilight and her friends meeting Princess Cadance there. Ane of the spa'southward signature luxuries is a crystal mud bath.

Stadium

The main city of the Empire is also home to a huge stadium, on one occasion used to host The Equestria Games. It is a huge structure, capable of seating many thousands of ponies in the wrap-around grandstands. Likewise as regular seating, the stadium also features a special seating box for VIP spectators, including customized seating for the Alicorn Princesses.

Sunburst's house

The domicile of Sunburst, commencement shown in The Crystalling - Part 1. It is a small house, shaped like a archetype wizard's hat. The interior is filled with shelves containing books on many magical spells and their history.

Crystal bloom garden

A large garden filled with crystalline plantlife, tended to by Mistmane since she became the Crystal Empire's royal landscape artist. It appears during A Rockhoof and a Difficult Place.

Festivities

The Crystal Faire is a celebration established by the Crystal Empire's kickoff queen and is the Crystal Ponies' most important tradition.

The Crystalling is a Crystal Empire tradition held for Empire newborns in which the parents collect the low-cal and dear of the Crystal Ponies in the purest crystal they can find (which is then added to the Crystal Center) and a designated "Crystaller" presents the babe to the public. Through this ceremony, the Crystal Eye is made even stronger.

Other depictions

*Adventures in the Crystal Empire* DVD embrace.

The Crystal Empire is the focus of a toy line of the same name. This toy line has a logo featuring Princess Cadance and a description reading, "Welcome to the CRYSTAL EMPIRE, a magical place total of hidden secrets! The ponies shine and sparkle here!" Crystal Way Style Princess Cadance & Shining Armor, one of the toy sets included in this toy line, has an individual clarification reading, "PRINCESS CADANCE and SHINING ARMOR share a large responsibility! They pb the CRYSTAL EMPIRE together!" The Crystal Princess Ponies Collection, some other one of the toy sets included in this toy line, has an individual description reading, "PRINCESS CELESTIA and PRINCESS LUNA believe that PRINCESS CADANCE will bring happiness to the CRYSTAL EMPIRE!" Fluttershy, a single toy to exist included in this toy line, has an individual clarification reading, "FLUTTERSHY has a tea party to brand friends with the CRYSTAL EMPIRE ponies—they seem just equally shy as her!"^[one] "Crystal Empire" is also listed on the packaging of mystery pack waves six^[2] and seven. Hasbro appear online in German on January 21, 2022 a set up for September 2016: "Das Kristallkönigreich ist die Heimat von Prinzessin Cadance und Prinz Shining Armor. Das Spiel-Set ist dem Original aus der Tv set-Serie „Freundschaft ist Magie" in Optik und Bauweise nachempfunden. Es ist lichtdurchlässig und mit einer integrierten Beleuchtung ausgestattet."^[3]

The My Little Pony Wedding Quiz section of Hasbro's Pony Wedding microsite describes the Crystal Empire as "cultured".

In The Journal of the Two Sisters, a young Celestia and Luna go to visit the Crystal Empire, which was ruled over past the unicorn, Princess Amore. A dragon steals the crystal heart and takes it to his home in the Crystalline Mountains. In Starlight Glimmer and the Secret Suite, the Crystal Empire is mentioned, with Twilight wanting Starlight Blink to go there and visit Sunburst. In Princess Cadance and the Spring Hearts Garden ^[specify].

In My Little Pony: FIENDship is Magic Issue #ane, Amore'due south reign over the empire is brought to an end by a young Sombra. The empire serves as the setting for the four-part story arc Siege of the Crystal Empire, in which the empire is invaded by an alliance of villains assembled by Sombra'southward childhood friend Radiant Hope. It is revealed that the umbrum once ruled over the region and terrorized the Crystal Ponies; Sombra's goal is to complimentary the umbrum imprisoned below the empire. In the two-part story arc Storm's Tale, Storm Shadow travels to the Empire and, on a mission for Princess Cadance, reunites with her old friend Glitter Drops.

In My Petty Pony: Nightmare Knights Result #ii, Princess Luna and Stygian travel to the Crystal Empire to recruit Tempest for their team. In the v-office story arc Cosmos, the Empire'due south Crystal Market is revealed to exist the hiding identify of one of the Andalusian Stars which contain Cosmos. Information technology after serves as the setting for the showdown against the restored Cosmos.

The Crystal Empire appears in the last upshot of the My Little Pony Transformers miniseries. The alliance of Queen Chrysalis and the Decepticons assail the Empire in hopes of stealing all the magic items in the castle.

Notable characters

Known residents of the Crystal Empire:

Residents

Princess Cadance
Shining Armor
Flurry Heart
Sunburst
Mistmane
Crystal Ponies
- Amethyst Maresbury
- Autumn Precious stone
- Bright Smile
- Mannerly Cavalier
- Chestnut Falls
- Crystal Swain
- Elbow Grease
- Fleur De Verre
- Gallant Gallop
- Glitter Dance
- Gilt Glitter
- Aureate Hooves
- Golden Wheat
- Honeysparkle
- Ivory Rook
- Lexicon
- Lilac Luster
- Lilac Quartz
- Moondust
- Periwinkle Footstep
- Princess Amore (formerly)
- Radiant Hope (formerly)
- Rooks Rampart
- Sapphire Joy
Royal guards
- Flash Sentry
King Sombra (formerly)
Thorax (formerly)

Gallery

Crystal Empire image gallery

References

↑ More Transluscent Ponies on Taobao + a Bit more Crystal Empire. Equestria Daily (2012-09-01). Retrieved on 2012 October 14.
↑ Consummate Set of Wave 6 Blindbags Revealed. Equestria Daily (2012-10-ten). Retrieved on 2012 October fourteen.
↑ My Trivial Pony Kristallkönigreich (High german). Hasbro Newsroom. Hasbro (2016-01-21). Retrieved on 2022 January 26.

v•d•east Locations
Cities and towns	Appleloosa • Canterlot (human being world version) • Cloudsdale • Crystal Empire • Dodge Junction • Fillydelphia • Griffonstone • Las Pegasus • Manehattan • Our Boondocks • Ponyville
Establishments	Carousel Boutique • Castle of Friendship • Cloudominium • Fluttershy'southward Cottage • Golden Oak Library • Ponyville Day Spa • Ponyville School • School of Friendship • School for Gifted Unicorns • Sugarcube Corner • Sugariness Apple tree Acres
Miscellaneous	Camp Everfree • Canterlot High Schoolhouse • Castle of the Two Sisters • Crystal Prep University • Equestria (Reflections version) • Everfree Forest • Mirror Pool • Treehouse of Harmony • Wonderbolt University

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