“Portrait of the Royal Family of the Crystal Empire.

Circa. ten-ish plus years from the current shows timeline, so well within the realm of my own head-canon. Haha.

Yes. Yes, I did give Shining Armor a beard. Because why the hell not. (Cadance thinks it makes him look distinguished.)

I gave Cadance a new breastplate (or whatever the heck theyre called) and her crown is the alternate one she typically wears when her manes all done up in the crystal headdress.

Rolling Thunder has no idea whats going on, he just knows he has to sit pretty.

Part of me really would like to color this. The majority of me is too intimidated to.

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