The worldbuilding is based on Equestria at War, this takes place in my alternate timeline, Smoky Skies.
It is early 1004 ALB, a few months after the catastrophic defeat of the changeling Heer during the 1003 invasion of Equestria. Queen Chrysalis is dead, leaving nothing but a power vacuum behind.
The situation is dire, a military junta sized power in Vesalipolis to bring some order to the streets as society started to break down. Tensions are brewing as communists and “monarchists” start to chafe against each other in the streets, and one wrong move could spark an all-out street war. Meanwhile, the remnants of the Queen’s Guard lurk in the shadows, unwilling to accept anyling usurping the power and authority of the queens. Outside the great hive-city, Queen Argynnis and Vraks have left the Changeling Union, and the other queens are seriously entertaining the idea of doing so as well.
The junta and the republic have their strongholds, and their troops keep some semblance of order. Yet despite all their efforts, Vesalipolis is on a knife’s edge, and it’ll only take one wrong step to make the streets run with blood.
(PS, if you any idea for a good cover image, I’d appreciate that)