To that very day did Celestia still feel guilt for that her church was to blame and when the matter came to light, had the both of them declared as nonexistent from that point onward. But the deeds, they were done and couldn't be undone. That was the reason for the newer looks, if the history was told right. For not even the princesses themselves had the desires to speak over the matters in public. They rather kept the entire hunts in the silence, but never denied they didn't happen. A darker time in an already dark period of their lands.