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Celestia Harmony S01E01

Princess Celestia, in charge of the sun, the moon, and Equestria for a thousand years, since the banishment of her sister, Princess Luna.

For the Category, see Category:Locations.
For a comprehensive overview of most locations, see Equestria.

The franchise My Little Pony Friendship is Magic features many locations.

Equestria

Map of Equestria April 2013

A map of Equestria designed for the series guidebook

Map of Equestria (Mobile game)

The world overview map used in Gameloft's mobile game

Main article: Equestria

The most featured and almost exclusively sole mentioned overall place is Equestria. The term is usually used in the media to refer to the realm of ponies in the franchise. Other uses of "Equestria" refer to an entire world.

Regardless, the show takes place exclusively in places comprised in Equestria, a "kingdom"[1] under the rule of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. The most prominent of these places are:

The stories feature many other places. Most are found in Equestria, and are developed in this article. Some links may be found at the bottom of this article.

Ambiguity

No known places in the franchise, as of the episode Magical Mystery Cure, is explicitly presented as not being part of Equestria; when taking the most general term. Some places may or may not be considered part of the kingdom of Equestria.

Lands

File:Map-south of Equestria-scan-IDW main series MLPFiM comic 2.jpg

Map of the south of Equestria, from IDW comics main series issue #2

Three places are suggested to have an anthem: the Crystal Empire,[5] Ponyville and Cloudsdale.[6]

Breezie's Cave

In the episode It Ain't Easy Being Breezies, Fluttershy says that the Breezies gather pollen from "western Equestria". They are transported by an artifical breeze in the episode, and go through Ponyville, then a snowy place, then an arid one, up to a cave above a canyon river, near a waterfall. in this cave, an ephemerous portal leads to the Breezies' home.

Astres

Celestial objects play a major role in the media. No planet is clearly mentioned, but a few globes appear throughout the show.

Because Princess Luna was supposedly banished out of Equestria when left on the moon, astres are considered as not being part of Equestria in this article. However, this point is not precisely explained in the media.

The sun and moon

Celestia Raising Sun S01E01

Princess Celestia raises the sun at dawn...

In the episode Friendship is Magic, part 1, Twilight Sparkle tells that Princess Celestia raises the sun at dawn and lowers it to make place for the night, brought by her sister Princess Luna who raises the moon and stars, before lowering them for the day to come; at least before she loses her responsibilities for a thousand years before the show's time.

Luna Raising Moon S01E01

...And Princess Luna brings out the moon and stars to begin the night.

The moon is where Princess Luna, who turned into the "wicked mare of darkness" Nightmare Moon, is banished for 1000 years by Princess Celestia, who then takes her responsibilities over the satellite. This ends in Friendship is Magic, part 1, when "the stars [...] aid in her escape" and Nightmare Moon comes back to Equestria. After the events of Friendship is Magic, part 2, Luna takes back her place as co-ruler of Equestria alongside her sister, and it is hinted that the role of raising the moon at dusk is also given back to her by Celestia; this point is however never precised.

It is visited for the first time during the second arc of IDW Main Series comic books. It features a land ruled from a fortress by a nightmarish power, which disappears at the end of the arc, changing the appearance of some of the place's unique denizens.

Other astres

Exile

The moon, mentioned above, is not the only place where characters are pictured banished' or in exile. These places are therefore supposedly outside of Equestria, although this is never precised.

Human world

In the Equestia Girls movies, Twilight Sparkle and Spike travel by means of a magic mirror to a human world, where the only humans in the franchise are found, many having pony counterparts in Equestria.

The place where most of the action takes place in this world is Canterlot High School and the surrounding unnamed city. This place is not Canterlot of Equestria, which is located in the pony world.

In the first movie, locations featured in the human world are Canterlot High School, a coffee shop similar to Sugarcube Corner, and a clothing shop similar to Carousel Boutique.

In Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, other locations featured include a cafe where the Dazzlings first appear, Pinkie Pie's house, Applejack's house, and an amphitheater that serves as the venue for the final round of the Battle of the Bands.

Credits

Pinkie Pie about to speak after acquiring her mouth back S3E05

This black void is accessed from Appleloosa by Pinkie Pie at the end of Over a Barrel and from Ponyville by both her and Twilight Sparkle at the end of Magic Duel. Pinkie in both cases enters by stretching an iris wipe, while Twilight enters through a portal held open by her own magic.

Derpy in the credits EG

During A Friend for Life at the end of My Little Pony Equestria Girls, human Derpy is shown in the black void; unlike the ponies, she appears alongside the credits text.

Location tables

My Little Pony Friendship is Magic Wiki:Workshop/Location tables

References

  1. See the article about Equestria.
  2. "South through the Appaloosan[sic] mountain range and then through the Forest of Leota... And that should bring us to the gates of the Changeling Kingdom." — Twilight Sparkle, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comics, issue #2
  3. Chapter 1, "A Crown Achievement", of the chapter book Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell (previewable on Google Books), states that "The citizens of Equestria, including the newly recovered Crystal Empire, were living in a time of happiness and prosperity".
  4. My Little Pony: Under the Sparkling Sea. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 2012 November 30.
  5. "And the Crystal Kingdom anthem, can you learn it in a day?", The Ballad of the Crystal Empire, The Crystal Empire - Part 1
  6. "our anthem [...] !" vs. "the Cloudsdale anthem [...] ?", Spike, Equestria Games

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