Stygian himself soon became the focus of my research, my materials shifting from ancient tomes to modern periodicals. The Base of the Pillars was a bestseller, especially in the wake of the Bearers publishing their friendship journal and Equestria's resulting hunger for more on them. I could have reached out to my ancestor by post, but buried as he no doubt was in fan mail, I doubted he could or would spare a second for such wild genealogical claims.