“You ponies will be silent,” the figure commanded, and Olivia’s necklace translated. “Listen carefully. The Storm King has graciously permitted you all to live. Submit to your chains, and you will join us on the Stormbreaker, alive and healthy. Fight, and we will leave you here to burn with this island. Not one pony will be left alive when we are done here. Equestria must see the power the Storm King wields, and this island will be the demonstration of his wrath. Submit or be destroyed.”