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> *A long time ago, the
> Mares of Malevolence rode through the world,
> sucking up all the joy and leaving only the bad
> things. Anger. Hostility. Sadness. Disgust…and so
> much more. They were wild, unrestrained.*
>
> *Bereft of love, affection, benevolence, Beware, beware,
> the Mares of Malevolence!*
>
> *Our world was plunged into
> darkness everywhere they went. They took
> delight in it. Nopony could stop them long
> enough to make them see that what they were
> doing was wrong!*
>
> *But there were some brave, sharp-witted
> ponies who stepped forward to help! They
> tricked two of the Mares into a trap. After a
> long, hard fight, they managed to subdue them
> long enough to make them understand what
> harm they and their sisters had wrought.*
>
> *The two captured Mares were named Surly
> Hooves and Midnight Chicory, and once they
> understood the harm they’d done, they worked
> together to help everypony stop their sisters.
> The Mares of Malevolence were too powerful to
> ever be really destroyed, they said, but together
> they could capture the Mares and send them
> into an eternal slumber.*
>
> *And that’s what they did. Together, the
> ponies and the two reformed Mares built a great
> catacomb somewhere in the Everfree Forest,
> and dressed it up to look like a shrine dedicated
> to them. The Mares of Malevolence reveled in
> their greed and pride, and so naturally wanted
> to see what gifts they were being given and just
> how deeply they were adored. When they went
> in, the trap was sprung. The Mares were sent
> into a magical slumber. The location of their
> resting place was magically hidden, and no one
> has seen them since.*

> **CERULI-BLUE, MYSTERIOUS BENEFACTOR AND EX-MARE OF MALEVOLENCE (SHE/HER)**
> This Earth pony’s coat is a vivid cerulean,
> and most likely the reason behind her
> name! Her mane and tail are a light shade
> of gray-blue. Her cutie mark is an abstract
> series of white waves, reminiscent of sea
> foam on water.

> Clever players (or just really good guessers) might
> piece together that Ceruli-Blue is actually Surly
> Hooves, one of the reformed Mares of Malevolence!
> If challenged with this, she tries to deny it but
> eventually admits it if pressed. She shares the
> following with the player characters if they ask:
>
> • She changed her name to Ceruli-Blue when she
> “recovered” from being a Mare of Malevolence.
> She likes it so much better than “Surly
> Hooves” anyway.
>
> • The spell that erased the location in the forest
> also erased her memory of it. She does not know
> where it is.
>
> • She does not know where the other reformed
> Mare, Midnight Chicory, is. Over the many years,
> their paths diverged. Even though they don’t talk
> anymore, Ceruli-Blue still considers Midnight
> Chicory a friend.
>
> • She does not know about the items needed for
> part 2 of this adventure, but she does know they
> are important.
>
> • She is willing to answer what questions she can,
> but in the end, the ponies have the book of myths;
> they have more information than she does. At this
> point, she’s just a pony trying to live a better life.
>
> • She will help as much as she can, but the ancient
> magic still binds her to her sisters and she cannot
> act against them. She is also terrified that if she
> gets too close to them, she may lose herself and
> become like than again. She has vowed never
> again to be the cause of such hurt.