After that, the article devolved into speculation about how he ended up in Equestria. An unnamed court mage with Celestia's complete confidence offered a few educated theories. The Canterlot Castle Herald seemed to latch onto Tirek's assault on Ponyville as the cause after he stripped Eris of her essence. From there, the story explained how no pony could contain all that chaos magic, not even Tirek. This could then lead to unstable chaos portals opening up across Equestria. One of these portals could have formed near him and possibly dropped off in the middle of Canterlot.