Talk:Episodes, films, and shorts/@comment-10390252-20150224104159

Equestria Daily has reported that 'Mayor Marx', the apparent leader of 'Equaltown' is both an enemy and an ally. I suspect that this means she's a loyal servant of the system because it's all she's ever known. However, when she encounters the Mane Six, they break through to her somehow and she helps them break the enchantment on her hometown. Maybe she's the first pony from Equaltown in generations to get a true Cutie Mark or something.

This raises the possibilty that the opening two parter may not have a villain at all! Just an ancient enchantment that is millennia old and the origin of which no-pony alive knows. Naturally, Twilight will find a clue that points her towards the real villain (who may be nothing more than a Well-Intentioned Extremist) but it's anypony's guess whether or not they are still alive after all this time.