I think you might be too caught up in the idea that the Alicorn Amulet contains evil magic. It contains powerful magic, and as they say, power corrupts. Give a bunch of magic all at once to somepony who can't handle it and (as Equestria Girls in particular teaches us) the results are seldom good. It doesn't need to be an inherently evil artifact to act as an evil artifact in most hooves.


Here's an idea. What if the amulet worked like Darkstalker's scroll? The scroll was meant to contain darkstalker's magic so he wouldn't go insane while using it. Maybe Sombra did the same, putting his magic into an amulet so he could take it off should he need to stop himself, just a thought.


It could be Sombra became a unique alicorn of shadows and dark magic. And shadows aren't evil. Same with dark magic. It all depends on how the user wields this magic. Maybe after becoming an alicorn he grew curious about the more sinister side of it and thus fell when he misused it?


I’m not saying that he definitely was or wasn’t an alicorn at any past point, but what I am saying is that would explain why he went down in history and is remembered fondly by the princesses.Take into account that maybe he was just an exile that might’ve been banished from the actual alicorn sanctuary you were talking about in one of your long past videos.


Finally! A piece other than Aquarium from Carnival of the Animals in the intro! Keep up the good work Sawtooth.


Here is my personal theory:

Y’all remember Stygain right? The pony of shadows? If I remember correctly I think he had some red on him but that could also be white, but you know how the color Red is for Destruction and anger? That’s where the red in the wings come in. And that’s why the actual jewel on the amulet is red too. It might be kinda confusing but I think stygain was born before Sombra, and he could be a alicorn.. Maybe?

All I’m trying to say is what if
Stygain is the pony on the amulet?


I do think this theory holds a lot of weight. The color palette matches Sombra perfectly. But I think that Sombra didn't have the magic foreably removed by other pony, he did it himself. Assuming that Sombra was in fact an Alicorn he may of wanted to safeguard against him losing that power. It's possible that Sombra himself could have stored the magic in the amulet prior to being defeated by Celestia and Luna. It could have been sort of a Plan B should his initial plan fail. We did it, he set it up so that he could still tap into the power from it to use it. This would explain how Trixie could use it, but not become an Alicorn herself.


The problem with this is... Sombra didn't wear it when Celestia was talking about how she and Luna defeated King Sombra, But I believe this would be uncovored when the New MLP Movie releases I hope. Have you thought of the possibility that Starswirl was behind or some part of it involved? You did theorized that he turned those 2 into Alicorns, why not Ancient Relics; and Speaking of Ancient Relics Didn't the Old Mane 6 had Ancient Relics empowered by magic. Maybe the Alicorn Amulet was a failed experiment, and how did you not come up with this Sawtooth?

Well, there are sooo many possible theories to explain this. And if none of them are shown in the movie or book, we'll never know what really happens. And people will think of more and more theories


There is a flaw in this theory though. See in Twilight's Kingdom when princess' s magic was taken away they didn't lose their wings. But cosy glow did. How is that possible 😔


Perhaps the sombra use to be a good and powerful alicorn. After losing his power he may have gone corrupted over the years. Maybe he attacked the crystal empire for that reason! For revenge


I always said I would habe prefered it if real Grogar used the Alicorn amulet to take on Discord and then made it look like they destroyed each other until the end.


This kinda doesnt fit. Twilight had her Magic taken away from her. When she gave it up to save Discord. Or When she was robbed of it by tempest. So were the others princesses. None of them lost their horns or Wings. I would think, that someone took strength from all 3 Tribes (Earth, unicorn, Pegasus) to make the Amulett.  And.. i think the magic has to be given, not taken. Kinda like Twilight and Tirek are differnt. Twilight uses her friends, to gain their power. But they give it willingly. Tirek just takes it. So, the amulett may just be an experiment. Someone who took magic from all tribes by force, thats how it was corrupted, kinda like Sunset shimmer, when she used Twilights crown.


oooohhh! I like this theory! It fits perfectly with my desire to fit the Alicorn Sombra theory somehow without betraying the canon.


That is actually a pretty cool and creative theory , I have same the qns too how did the magic artifact came to be like who made it maybe sombra but if that’s the case then how and why would it suck sombra’s alicorn magic and what Pegasus or earth pony magic did this creator get it from. Its an alicorn amulet so it should according to your theory have magic from all three tribes I just wonder where the creator or whoever else like some sombra got those magic from. Or maybe the amulet is manifestation of another being cuz that may explain why trixie didn’t become an alicorn becuz the amulet won’t let her ,we just don’t know who that being is the closest would be the pony of shadows but he doesn’t have red magic so idk. I also don’t know why but I have a weird feeling that gusti the great is involved tho.


I loved the theory especially the part about the ex-alicorn thing


Me: just scrollin through YouTube and sees that Sawtooth Waves has red eyes
Also me: remembers him wearing the alicorn amulet saying it's just a replica
Mind: OH NO this is baad


I don’t think so... the horn on the amulet looks straight, like a unicorn horn, but Sombra’s horn is curved like it got bent, and as far as we know it’s always been like that. Maybe somepony made the amulet, like the pillars made the elements, maybe a powerful and corrupt pony made the amulet... maybe the pony of shadows did it to allow his evil to live on even after he got banished to limbo with the pillars. Maybe he knew he would lose so he made the amulet to ensure somepony would find and use it to do what he couldn’t, throw the world into darkness. I mean, pony of shadows had an alicorn appearance, a horn, wings, black and gray color scheme, all he’s missing is the red, but maybe the red comes from that crystal in the center, maybe it’s a magical gem of some kind.


I have one theory that may be an idea on the Alicorn Amulet. I believe the amulet is part of the pony of shadows. Reasons for that is that the poney of shadow is an alicorn and he almost looks like the poney on amulet.


Sombra wasn't an alicorn, there's actually a real backstory for Sombra , he did threaten the Crystal Kingdom because he's actually a shadow like creature getting hurted by the Crystal Heart...etc. <br>I think it's an official mlp issue comic.

Sombra wasn't an alicorn, there's actually a real backstory for Sombra , he did threaten the Crystal Kingdom because he's actually a shadow like creature getting hurted by the Crystal Heart...etc.
I think it's an official mlp issue comic.


Considering in the canon comics (though maybe tints and pieces) Celestia was in love with his nice version of him. This may have happened with prince and the pauper style that Celestia might have given the wrong one wings and the nice one was locked up.

Technically I’m behind on the canon comic of mlp, Im just hoping I’m correct on what happened.


Great theory

But, what if gusty the great sucked the magic from Sombra which made him an Alicorn, in the past only gusty the great has been mentioned to take powerful and evil magic from someone, and for someone to who was banished 1000 years ago, it makes even more sense


that an intresting idea since it would explain why simbra is a king even when not in control. exspecaly since everytime we seen a new form of magic there was an alicorn to repsent it with dark magic but the one we never got an awnser for.


That's a good theory but what if Sombra had a group pf powerful Unicorns, whom he met outside of the Crystal Empire, make him that amulet which would give him powers Equal to that of an Alicorn. This would be another reason that Luna and Celestia would come to the aid of the Crystal Ponies, because they were the only Alicorns known at the time with high enough magic to make Sombra take off the Amulet, which was something he had crafted in the Amulet so nopony but him could take it off, turn Sombra to shadow now that he was weakened, and hide it somewhere. Yes now all that needs to be figured out is who could have made the Amulet for Sombra and where are they now, but it's a start to a theory I think works in this scenario.


I have an issue with this theory
When the amulet was used on sombra why didn't it suck all his magic maybe it was designed to only unalicorn an alicorn or isn't that powerful but grogals bell (sorry if I have spelling mistakes) was able to suck all of eqestrias magic by my prediction that is older than the amulet because it could have been made to steal sambra's magic but why weren't there similar as strong amulets to suck all his magic maybe it's cuz that magic was natural and the amulet sucks earned magic but if they used grogars bell on him he would have lost all his magic another theory I have is what if the person who made amulet wasn't an alicorn infact no even good what if she was evil what if she was evil sucked sombra's magic and found a spell to extract the power from the amulet to become an alicorn but the thing is another alicorn WOULDENT go through selestia world because it wasn't properly earned to be detected by the system same way how cozyglow didn't go there when she became an alicorn but who could have stolen the amulet from sombra and be good enough with magic to extract power from it also maybe we never heared of her because selestia defeated her or maybe she was hiding and using the powers to invade places with mostly little magic to stop him or her and this could have been how she ruled til she died. Yes Ik alicorns are immortal but again she didn't earn it and the system must have not dectected it so maybe the imortallity wasn't put on her. Idk who this is but if can put it together let me know.
(Sorry for the spelling mistakes)


I look forward to more sombra history videos


Maybe that's why he was enslaving people into an army. He would find the amulet and his wings and if equestria was in the way, then it would burn to the ground.


Wait, but I renember that in the comics, (they may not be cannon I don't know) sombra is product of dark magic contain in a similar to his horn red cristal, he was born with the shape of a unicorn and end up living in the crystal empire, he makes friends with another unicorn that use to help him through the festival of friendship (love?) that they had as he would be always sick during that season. Eventually he  found out about his origins and reluctant at first but fully accepting the task of his "mother" he enslave the cristal kingdom, his friend tries to stop him but he asks her to join his rein of terror, she say no and got Celestia and Luna for help.
In the comics is also show that after the main six defeat him, and only his horn remains, we are show that he is still alive as a shadow. So is basically immortal, and could come back if he manages to get/ regenerate a new body.
Know, again I don't know if the comics count as cannon, but if they are, that's a lot of info


I like ur video but im afraid im going to have to disagree on the theory.

I dont think Sombra was an ex-alicorn cuz we already saw his past. He had no wings!! Even if the amulet did belonged to him, im pretty sure its just a title. Sombra probably named it that, maybe because he claimed himself to be more powerful, even than alicorns (hence the name).
Like u said in the alicorn vid (or another) that unicorns CAN be more powerful than alicorns. They just need a ridiculous amount of practice. Look at Starlight and Starswirls for example.
As for the purpose for its creation, I'll admit, i dont know. One thing i can think of, is that he wants to save some of his power in case he was defeated.

I like ur video but im afraid im going to have to disagree on the theory.

I dont think Sombra was an ex-alicorn cuz we already saw his past. He had no wings!! Even if the amulet did belonged to him, im pretty sure its just a title. Sombra probably named it that, maybe because he claimed himself to be more powerful, even than alicorns (hence the name).
Like u said in the alicorn vid (or another) that unicorns *CAN* be more powerful than alicorns. They just need a *ridiculous* amount of practice. Look at Starlight and Starswirls for example.
As for the purpose for its creation, I'll admit, i dont know. One thing i can think of, is that he wants to save some of his power in case he was defeated.


What if the alicorn amulet wasnt its original name. It may have been just a power boost. And i saw the comment about why trixie didnt gain wings. If you look sambra already contained more magic then trixie by himself without the amulet. Maybe if she would have tried it in later seasons she might have changed. Or the amulet didnt capture all of his magic....

If you got to the end of my ADD then good job.


I have a question!when Human twilight turned into a villian and make window portals thingys to the pony world what happened in the pony world did they know about or they didn't?If they saw what was happening in the human world then wouldn't twilight know about what was happening in the human world and got there by time?


But there  is a issue here. If it makes sombra an alicorn,shouldnt it also make trixie a alicorn?


hmmm an interesting theory, if true, who stole his power is not as interesting the sisters did before they banished him. the alicorn amulet was never an enchanted trinket, it was a siphon to be used to store Sombra's magic away. now the bigger question how did Trixie come across this trinket. why it was hidden is a no brainer but how did Trixie find out it was even a thing let alone acquire it? now that's a topic for discussion.


I like how he turned into the oldest version of himself and I think he is an alicorn


If Sombra knew about the Alicorn amulet who stole his alicorn powers, why not trying to get it back when he came back from Limbo?


Okay wait, but what did those two do to earn your displeasure???<br>I've been infinitely curious since it used to be just yoshidarklord but there have been two for a few videos now

Okay wait, but what did those two do to earn your displeasure???
I've been infinitely curious since it used to be just yoshidarklord but there have been two for a few videos now


I'm still on the fence about weither Sombra is a pony or not, he doesn't have a cutie mark. Did he just never earn it or will he never have one?


I think he lost wings and power cuz he used his power in evil way and this was his punishment. The amulet is created by somepony who made it for him as gift ( and if we at other princesses all of them have got necklaces. so something like symbol of majesty) but change the main gem for magic gem and it took away his powers and wings


I think Sombra made the amulet and chose to give it magic himself.


I think Celestia and Luna challenge King Sombra because first she had a really good idea about the crystals to help twilight when she first got there and it would have happened before Luna turned into nightmare moon so it lines up


Wow mind blown I can just picture Sombra as an alicorn


My theory is when he was making the alicorn amulet it took HIS alicorn magic away because the alicorn amulet is powerful


I’m just thinking it harnessed the power of every alicorn


Dear Music note Your Alcorn Sombra is my dream stallion, sorry I’ve always been into bad boys like him, keep up the good work my broney. Your broney sister Melody sparkle heart


I just wish your theories could be confirmed or denied by the creators of the show


Sombra is the one on the amulet that explains the corruption of the amulet and sombra was not an ex alicorn when princess celestia was telling the story of the Crystal empire sombra was still a unicorn


I think that when sombra was turned into shadow by the sisters they took sombra;s magic in the amulet and maybe he was a good pony in the past and turned evil like luna did but he didn't reformed and when he was good he turned into an alicorn then


Wow!  Didn't see that coming!  You really know to blow my mind!! 🤣


But then why did Celestia and Luna stay alicorns when they had their magic taken by the bell?


well can you make a theory according to pillars why banished themselves or according to reforming of daazlings


What thing I've notice where the pony of shadows and sombra became a pony made out of shadows I wonder not all sombras magic gone into the amulet. What if after he lost alicorn magic and his rage afterwards the banishment combined to make the Pony of shadow. A walking mindless entity with a hunger for darkness. Like if you agree


I found a hole in ur theory. Sombra isn’t a unicorn. In the graphic novel fiend-ship is magic, Sombra is a shadow pony, nota real unicorn. That explains his unique looking horn, and lack of cutie mark.which means he couldn’t have ever been an Alicorn in the first place.


Ok alicorn is actually really cool. His color palette matches the alicorn amulet. It must be fate 😱


I think he wasn't an Alicorn,and he wasn't evil but his mother gives him a power of Alicorn and the evilness,then he became an Alicorn and when he went to steal the crystal heart,then princess Amore made him an unicorn and then king Sombra made her as a stone or I think Radiant Hope can use the amulet of Alicorn to save the crystal heart and crystal ponies from king Sombra.


No.. doesn’t seem right, cause he just seems to have no past of being alicorn, or seeks to become alicorn


The only thing that confuses me is why Tricky didn’t become an Ailcorn?


But wait...! you need to wear the alicorn amulet to get it's power and corruption.. Sombra's never actually wore it... Trixie's corruption was still there after Rainbow dash took it but Trixie has always been like that! Somethings wrong


Maybe Sombre used to be an alicorn but put his magic inside of the alicorn amulet for some reason?


Hasbro watching this like: Huh, never thought of that


I do belive there are some issues with this theory considering the cannon nature of kind sombra, i envite you to check this video that summerice's it ! https://youtu.be/s8gc-lsqVTQ


gosh, that "or is he?" is so familiar

I can recall you doing something similar with Starswirl once


I think its  is a evil alicorn lock away into the amulet by a powerful unicorn
Or
Star swirl the beared Making a alicorn gone wrong so he lock him/her into the amulet

If not that idk what to think of


Next video: Finally solving the whole show


yes i think sombra is an ex alicorn.  how he became an alicorn i am not sure but it had to be after he left the crystal kingdom cause in the comics of his past he was a unicorn. there is not much story about what happened to him after he left the crystal kingdom, and im guessing that during his very first defeat the amulet was made and use on him to weaken him so that he could be compleatly defeated later when he did not have the extream power that he did have. but demonwolf dose bring up a good point why didnt trixie become a alicorn, well i think the reason why she didnt is cause the amulet is diffrent then grogar's bell where the bell gives its power to another as well as take it away. the amulet only lets some one use that power, it dose not give that power to another. so trixie would not become an alicorn cause that power is not apart of her she is just using that power.


It could also just be that starsworl made it


What if it’s the MLP equivalent of the One Ring?


So the alicorn amulet is basically the One Ring of MLP


Sombra used to rule the crystal empire "king Sombra"


Sombra's not a unicorn though, he's an umbrum


that moment when you hear the end credits theme of a warhammer 40k youtuber in a MLP movie

o_o


What should you oc look like in equestra human would? I really want to see!


Can you do a sombra reforming video? Please


But why.  .. The blu pony (sorry I forgot the name) was not alicorn, when she use an amulet?


Grogar's bell stole the magic of the amuelet


Ok but is no one talking about how his icon is different and shows him having red eyes?


This is Exactly why MLP G4 is so Awesome.<br>.... best show ever, maybe?

This is Exactly why MLP G4 is so Awesome.
.... best show ever, maybe?


No he is not, One of the Amulet think About it wen Overthrown or Fighting Celestia and Luna or Story Hab told by Celestia he is not Alicorn but shi not say he was Alicorn but look at the story hab told i didn't see hes wings before he was turned to shadow.<br>The amulet of Alicorn dapat what are you asking for ho made it and way, Some one made the elements of harmony then some one made the amulet of alicorn. but what do you think Sawtooth waves?

No he is not, One of the Amulet think About it wen Overthrown or Fighting Celestia and Luna or Story Hab told by Celestia he is not Alicorn but shi not say he was Alicorn but look at the story hab told i didn't see hes wings before he was turned to shadow.
The amulet of Alicorn dapat what are you asking for ho made it and way, Some one made the elements of harmony then some one made the amulet of alicorn. but what do you think Sawtooth waves?


Sawtooth you got this one I have nothing to say.


Game theories: theories about all game<br>Sawtooth waves: theories about all mlp

Game theories: theories about all game
Sawtooth waves: theories about all mlp


To the person pinned, maybe its.because Trixie is a unicorn and grogar is a way more powerful creature? And that bell belonged to grogar, my second theory, maybe only sombra has the access to being an alicorn when he wears the alicorn amulet because it does represent his past


I think idk but maybe Gusty the Great had a battle with Sombra like how she did with Grogar but idk just a theory 😐


This is awesome but a bit shorter than I thought. But I know how busy you probably get so I get it. I am definitely not early and in fact, I might be pretty late. But you’re just worried about being late. You know right? Your whole Friday after next thing. So I’m thinking to expand on that theory, I need to say, x-alicorns could be a thing and to support and expand on that theory, I think some people in the comments and maybe even Sawtooth please check out my new podcast because I will update it later today. (Depending on when you watch this because I do my podcast every Saturday or so.) and also, I’m watching on a Saturday


Solve the alicorn amulet? It will not do anything if no one uses it.


Huh if that's true, that would give us the first male alicorn


sawtooth, l was thinking that who are the diamond dogs because we've only seen them in rainbow rocks and season 1 and  were did they go after season 1?


king sombra doesn't has his cutie mark<br>Please explain

king sombra doesn't has his cutie mark
Please explain


Can I just sayalicorn King Sombra would make me love love him even more


I don't even watch my little pony but I'm subscribed to you.


They said mlp was over but not eg! ahaa now they have to probe this correct


But sombro is not an alicorn or is he

Sawtooth waves tricks us again

Me: DANG IT


it's been a mystery.......until now!  is his catchphrase


I was wondering if other pony try stealing power, Why would be Sombra is a unicorn, i mean....... Alicorn in the first place then..... Someone stealing power by a other pony


Sombra is a Umbrum not a pony or a unicorn


I HAVE A THEORY!!!
Theory: Trixie Lulamoon and StarSwirl Abearden are RELATIVES
Why I think: Because they BOTH dress pretty similar for example a hat and cape with stars. Also in the episode friendship university. We saw StarSwirls cutiemark when he was paddling a raft in a river near the beginning. His cutie mark has a Moon and Star and Trixie has a moon and a star WAND.
Trixie is most likely StarSwirls Long Lost GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT Granddaughter.


I know who stole some Rosa Alcorn magic take a wild guess it's a defeated Kroger and it's a pony take a wild guess it is Gusty the  GreatCheetah Girls on Rosa Elkhorn and  Powerit makes perfect sense that it said that pony came face-to-face with the strongest being then she went face-to-face with the second most evil being so I know who stole Tom Roselle coordinate power it was guske the grades she is there no no by Magic it makes perfect sense that it said that pony came face-to-face with the strongest being then she went face-to-face with the second most evil being so I know who stole Tom Roselle coordinate power it was guske the grades she is there no no by Magic we know her in your videos to have a magic stealing my history so why not


PLEASE make a vid on sombras past PLEASEEEEE


It probably was an Alicorn and he became an Alicorn from flavouring ponies and what happens if the Luna and Celestia are keeping a secret like they were the ones 2 suck sombras magic out😎😎😎😎😎


If he was an ex alicorn then they can B boy alicorns


Guis it is from sombra look at he's eyes his piupols have the same gem as the amulet 💎🖤😯😱


The real question is, who made the amulet? Hhmmmmmm?!


i dont know how ppl come up with these theories


Oh my alicorns .................you are so much awesome 😎 I wish we were friends 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰


FAN GIRL SCREAMS*<br>MY LOVE IS (UM... WAS?) AN ALICORN!!!!

FAN GIRL SCREAMS*
MY LOVE IS (UM... WAS?) AN ALICORN!!!!


It’s now a Halloween logo he changed his logo cool


Hi I’m a big fan how did you get that alocorn ambulent theree


No I don't think that sombrero is an alicorn because magpiepony  the song my dear Luna there was a alicorn that looked exactly like the  Alicorn Amulet.


sawtooth waves's eye's changed red in the profile but blue in video


You never know he might be Random things always happen because you never know or you probably do know but You might be right you never know


yes he is luna and her sister stole it and ciping it save


Знам че не можеш да ме разбереш но ми хареса видеото ти


Sawtooth Waves
Sawtooth Waves
Sawtooth Waves

its idk...


NOO ITS THE PONY OF SHADOWS<br>WATCH SHADOW PLAY AGAIN

NOO ITS THE PONY OF SHADOWS
WATCH SHADOW PLAY AGAIN


But why r u making a theory about something that happened in like season 3? Lol


But, in his past, he was just a unicorn.....

But I think that was after his alicorn magic got inside


Maybe sombra the shadow and he a alicorn in the pas


Hell yeah im early!<br>Btw I love your vids so much!

Hell yeah im early!
Btw I love your vids so much!


i ageer with you sawtooth waves  it makes sense


Me look at his profile pic
Umm you k there bud you say you have a copy of the amulet but why your eye is red ummm...

*Me look at his profile pic*
Umm you k there bud you say you have a copy of the amulet but why your eye is red ummm...


Hey I heard if you say a youtuber's name 3 times you will be pinned
Sawtooth Waves
Sawtooth Waves
Sawtooth Waves


Heyyy! I wanna kno WHO IS COZY GLOWS PARENTS


when will you upload another video ? 😡😡😡


Mhh...good theory mayb its trze but I dont Now


In 1 : 46 , 🤔🤔😐😙😗😉😆🤣

In 1 : 46 , 🤔🤔😐😙😗😉😆🤣


To be perfectly honest, I think it would be easier to simply imagine that maybe Sombra managed to encapsulate alicorn magic in the amulet. Maybe, he used to use it to keep up with the magic of a real alicorn in order to rule over the Crystal Empire. He was already powerful, but it would make sense if he powered-up himself just to be able to fight back if real alicorns like Celestia or Luna were to fight him.


Interesting ideas! Fatal flaw though. When Tirek came to equestria he took all the alicorn magic from the princess. If it all it took to become an ex alicorn is to take away their magic. Wouldn’t they have transformed back into unicorns?


When you showed the villain defeat clip, I seriously thought it was going to be Tirek (maybe, he did absorb magic from all tribes after all . . .)

But aside from that, nice new icon! <3


In the episode "All bottle up", Starlight's anger have that same intense red color, since then I think the Alicorn amulet feeds from anger, and by enhancing a negative emotion causes corruption, and that the name was given just for the power up;but never resolved its origin.


This is a really good theory! One question though, I thought Sombra was an Umbrum instead of an Alicorn?Was that confirmed non-canon?


I theorize that Sombra used to be the original crystaler for the crystal empire before going mad with power after researching dark magic. When he took over the empire he struck down Princess Cadence’s parents (who I think were also alicorns), but not before they could seal their daughter away in crystal. Enraged at his own failure, Sombra banished the empire as retaliation. When Celestia and Luna came to liberate it, they found Cadence and brought her back to Canterlot. It took Celestia years to undo all the spells put on Cadance to unfree her from crystal, but eventually she did it, and that’s why we see Cadence as a teenager when twilight is only a filly.


Maybe someone or thing was threatening Sombra's power, so he put his magic into the amulet (which could've just been a plain old accessory) for safe keeping only for it too be lost or stolen

I mean, according to Luna, alicorn magic "can't just disappear into thin air", so if somebody were threatening Sombra, he could've used the seemingly useless pin to hold and hide his magic from the threat the same way the princess hid their magic in twilight


"Alicorn Amulet" was in fact the first instance of the word "Alicorn" being used on the show at all. Before that, it was a term used by fans (and one I always thought was awkward and did not like). The term alicorn is the word for the horn of a unicorn outside the context of My Little Pony fan-speak.


My question is who was well versed in crystals? We know from Maude and Starlight that gems hold power. That they are capable of transfering talent or creating certain effects. There are artifacts that almost stole all the magic in equestria. Who had knowledge of stones back in the day of sombra. Well the crystal ponies of course. The Crystal heart was capable of pushing back sombra. It would make sense for the crystal ponies to have other gem stones of power. Still who could have done this?


What if the Alicorn Amulet boosts the pony in general. And if someone good wore it, their good abilities would be amplified. We only have one pony as proof of the Amulet’s abilities. We never saw Twilight or anyone good wear it. Just an idea. LOVE your work, keep it going.


king sombra is very under rated- he had a great design- tbh hes on of my favs


I think him as a ex-alicorn makes sense, actually I wonder if before he was corrupt something happened where when luna and Celestia banished Sombra but it took his Alicorn magic as well and turned it into the amulet, we can't see if he has wings way back then sombra so this could have been an Alicorn associated with the princesses.


I have seen a lot of comparisons between Sombra and Sauron from LOTR. a looming threat more than an active one. You see its efect but not the evil itself. With that in mind i cant help but think that the AA is to Sombra  what The One Ring is to Sauron to an extent.

My theory in short is that Sombra made the amulet himself and poured a lot of his magic into it. only diference is that The Amulet did not get a will of its own but it does rougthly the same thing. amplify the power of all who wear it but also corrupts them with evil. Creating it left Sombra with to little power on his own to be an Alicorn but if he got his hooves on it again...


A small theory I have mainly tied together because of flurry heart.

Celestia and Luna only banished Sombra, it’s never stated that they knew him before that, my theory is he was born an Alicorn like flurry and was meant to rule the crystal empire.
But when something corrupted his magic it was then absorbed into the amulet, and the corrupted magic then corrupts the user.
My guess is the one they called the crystal princess, which I’m assuming was the princess who helped rule before cadence and Sombras take over, is the one who hid it in the amulet.

Another Idea that I believe supports this is 1:46 Sombra doesn’t have a cutie mark, did he lose it during corruption?

We know any unicorn or Alicorn can use the dark magic that’s green and black, but the red magic seems to be his personal colour, so I don’t believe that’s got something to do with it.

But again just a small theory


if becoming an alicorn means making new magic, that new magic for sombra would have been shadow magic. if you think about it ponies didn't use that magic, until nightmare moon. this means sombra was an alicorn before that. but because the royal sisters didn't know that sombra was an alicorn, they couldn't have been the ones to take his magic. this means that the most likely candidate was starswirl. we know he went on many adventures, and left behind many artifacts, maybe the amulet was one of them. this also means sombra would have been the first alicorn. i think the most likely story would have been that he was a powerful unicorn gaining the attention of starswirl, much like the royal sisters. after he dicovered new magic, shadow magic, starswirl made him into an alicorn. he was then put incharge of the crystal empire. After he was corrupted and his power taken the crystal empire disappeared, and starswirl covered up the fact that sombra was an alicorn, so everyone thought he was always a unicorn. And the story of the first unicorn was lost.


Sombra’s Magic wasn’t absorbed by the amulet, it made the amulet. Crogar’s bell took everyone’s magic, and when used was able to give that magic to someone, making them an alicorn. The alicorn amulet isn’t like that though- you can’t take the magic out, because it IS the magic! I think Sombra purposefully made the amulet by using all of his magic. I don’t know why, but he did. Your theory also proves further that there CAN be male alicorns. Which again, brings up the question as to why there aren’t.


Don't we see the entirety of Sombra's backstory in the comics? As a Sombra connoisseur I feel like it's all been covered, and nowhere does it state we became an alicorn. Unless you don't count the comics as canon. I personally take bits and pieces but Sombra's backstory seems to be very plausible, even having an event in the mobile game if I'm not mistaken.

marck0060 I meant his backstory <b>before</b> the first appearance of the amulet. The amulet is in season 1 or 2, can't remember exactly, before Sombra even shows up for the first time in the show, and definitely in the comics. What I'm saying is that there are no holes is time where such an event as him becoming an alicorn, fighting someone, and losing the amulet. I'm well aware of his full backstory, there just is no time he could have done this.

marck0060 I meant his backstory *before* the first appearance of the amulet. The amulet is in season 1 or 2, can't remember exactly, before Sombra even shows up for the first time in the show, and definitely in the comics. What I'm saying is that there are no holes is time where such an event as him becoming an alicorn, fighting someone, and losing the amulet. I'm well aware of his full backstory, there just is no time he could have done this.

But according to the comics, Radiant Hope brought Sombra back to life and with the other princesses, they transformed him into a real pony and then he left with Radiant Hope to search for the bits of Princess Amore. In the show we clearly see "Grogar" reviving him and then him getting destroyed by the mane six for good


Makes sense why he'd be referred to as a "King"; As far as I'm aware, all higher royal authorities are either referred to as "Princess" or "Queen", and are all alicorns. That puts a few pieces together


There's one issue with this though. When Twilight, Celestia, Luna, and Cadance lost their magic, why didn't they revert back into Unicorns (or Pegasi).


I like this new info of The Alicorn Amulet and how it connects to King Sombra. Hopefully this brings a link to his past that's not connected to the IDW comics?


It would make complete sense because Sombra was the leader of the crystal empire. As we’ve seen in the show alicorns normally take positions of great power making this theory even more solid.


If so, then chances are Starswirl is of course the most likely suspect for making the amulet of course. As to how Sobra became an alicorn in the first place, I have no idea.


I have a theory

In the distant future, Twilight gave birth to two sons, Animus and Cielo. Due their mother being an Alicorn, the two princes were also Alicorns. Out of the two Animus had the strongest magic while Cielo was the better flyer. As the princes grew they became more ambitious, experimenting and testing the limits of their power. They began using their magic to sway their destiny. It wasn’t anything huge at first, improve a test score here, change the weather there. Until Animus cast a spell on twilight making her forgive them for breaking a priceless artifact they were using in an experiment. Cielo confronted Animus saying they shouldn’t cast spells on other ponies. To which Animus merely rubs it of saying it was for the best and it’s a lot easier than that way. Worried about his brother Cielo went on a walk to a pound where he meets a young Changeling  named Fluorine. The two talk for a while and learn a lot about each other. Over time Cielo and Fluorine develop a relationship. Animus also gets a girlfriend of his own, an unicorn named Amethyst. As Animus and Cielo grow up they are still very close. Animus continues to cast spells on ponies to make his life easier. Even going as far as casting one on Amethyst and Cielo make them stay quiet about the spells he’s been casting. Unfortunately for him Fluorine notices a change and in their behavior so she takes a little bit of Cielo’s magic to remove the spells. Fluorine tells both Cielo and Amethyst about the spells and all three of the agree that they have to do something. At first they try reasoning with Animus but they soon discover he far beyond reason. Amethyst, Cielo and Fluorine discuss a plan to stop Animus. They knew that Animus was to strong to be stopped using Cielo’s magic. That was when Fluorine suggests taking Animus’s magic instead. For the next two moons they practice taking and giving magic from one another. Overtime they construct a gemstone capable of holding Alicorn magic. Once they make sure the gemstone worked they set their plan in motion. That night when Animus took Amethyst on a date she put a strong sleeping potion in his drink. Once he was asleep Cielo, Amethysts and Fluorine cast the spell to to take Animus’s magic. While Animus was still asleep Cielo cast a spell to bring the amulet 5,000 years into the past where they hoped it would be lost to time.


One thing that makes me confused is the loss of alicorn ship, while cool, <br>Why didnt Twilight , or any of the alicorn princesses revert back to regular ponies when tirek stole their magic?

One thing that makes me confused is the loss of alicorn ship, while cool,
Why didnt Twilight , or any of the alicorn princesses revert back to regular ponies when tirek stole their magic?


This theory makes a lot of sense! My only gripe is that now the comic about sombra’s origins falls apart


spoiler alert!: well, this theory does make sense. But, according to the comic "My Little Pony:Fiendship is Magic" (which explains the past of the villans), Sombra was never an alicorn, and he never created the alicorn amulet. In fact, Sombra was never even a real pony! Although, I enjoyed your video.


This theory makes me think of Fall of an Empire by L-Train. Sombra was originally a unicorn. He and Luna fall in love but celestia breakers them up because of his mortality. Using a talisman he ascends so he can marry Luna but in the process corrupts himself. Playing with that story maybe it was the alicorn amulet he used to gain his ascension but when he banished the empire he got separated from the amulet. He lost his alicorn power but by then he was already a cursed being of shadows so he retained his immortality.


In spite of what people will, have, and may yet say - unless they think the same - I honestly agree with the idea of King Sombra having once been an alicorn (however, I won't use the flowing mane part as a point, because of Mistmane also having one, which strengthens the theory that it's a result of a magic wielder's level of power). Since NONE of the comics relating to "Siege of the Crystal Empire" are canon, thank god, no offense, this returns him to a blank slate in terms of history. With this theory, it makes the possibility that he wasn't always evil, and he did something special that helped him ascend to Alicorn status.

But then something happened to turn him to the Dark Side, and turn to evil.

If the writers at DHX were smart, they could have further played on the Sauron theme they originally had going with him before S9 came along. So here's how I think Sombra is connected to the Amulet, and what it has to do with this "Ex-Alicorn" theory: Sombra was indeed once good, and did something to become an alicorn prince, probably the first and only. And he was either consort, or the legitimate husband to the original ruler of the Crystal Empire, if there was one and Sombra wasn't already its ruler. Then something in him changed, and he grew an obsession with dominion: with taking all the knowledge and power there was, and use it to strengthen his rule. But knowing defiance would eventually come, he then took the same route as his concept muse, and secretly forged "The Alicorn Amulet". And much like Sauron, the shadow king surrendered all of his might as an alicorn into the amulet, along with all of the evil aspects that were now in him. And in turn, he fully embraced the powers of the Darkness to become KING Sombra, the conqueror we know and most of us love today even though David Kaye should have voiced him. He may even have poured in much of his own life-force into it to give it greater power: for what greater source of power surpasses magic than that of the Immortal Soul, itself?

Whether he used it, or not remains forever a mystery, but if DHX thought things through, then the Alicorn's method of defeating could have been how he was separated from it during their REAL battle, and not the brief summary Celestia gave - mainly because I refuse to believe that someone demonstrating as much power as he does could have been easily felled unless they basically pulled an Isildur and cast the spell we saw while he had been distracted. And since his curse was only restricted to the Empire, and all who truly come from it, it may be possible the Amulet was forged OUTSIDE his kingdom from materials mainly found in Equestria. Which would then explain how it ended up in a merchant's shop: the princesses found it, and stored it away......but probably when Nightmare Moon arose, and the capital kingdom of Equestria was changed, the Amulet was either forgotten, or was stolen until it eventually wound up where Trixie found it. That could then have been the catalyst for Sombra's return as the TRUE final enemy, if and/or when he comes back to life through a devious means that may or may not involve his still missing horn and decides to find his amulet. Then goes back to the Legion of Doom during their coup, and uses the bell on himself while none of the triad are paying attention. Thus in doing so, he pretty much becomes what he was meant to be, and whom even the trio at their levels have no choice but to submit to.

A True Dark Lord of Equestria.

But as I said, DHX wasted that potential storypoint, and future plot by making the amulet a one-time evil macguffin we never see again, and semi-diminish Sombra. However, if I ever make a second version of Season 9, I am definitely using the ideas you inspired to make Sombra into the final enemy who takes on the full Sauron mode, but if Sauron had been more active. More than Grogar, I would now love to see what a King Sombra, empowered by 3 powerful magical sources would become: i'm hoping something akin to a mix of the Balrog King, Gothmog, and the first winged Great Dragon, Ancalagon the Black. And if he gains full control over these powers, and builds an army of darkness in his wake, it would certainly amp the stakes. And make his true defeat when the Amulet is somehow destroyed, all the more satisfying.

But these are just MY thoughts, and ideas....and prattling. I just enjoyed the theory vid so much it inspired me. I'm sorry if my comment is exaggeratingly long because of this. But I really did enjoy your video, and the ideas behind it. The ideas are sound, and I hope to see more vids like this.:)


I always thought that it was his. Because of the reasons you already said. To add on this would also explain why he wants to take over equestria in the first place. Revenge against the one who took his power away. But since that creature as far as we know is dead he is taking it out on the ponies of equestria as if they were his original opponent. Punishing them for a different creatures doing.


This! Also my guess is the Pony of Shadows ties in. It was an alicorne, Sombra used shadow magic to sneak into the Crystal Empire. If Sombra wasn’t somehow a “student “ of the cult of the POS found under the Shade, then it would be the biggest misdirect in the show!


I honestly just think that Sombra wanted to have the respect and power of an alicorn. The amulet gave him the power to command the respect. The wings are a darker color—like an add-on. It could be because his wings (Pegasus magic) are “trapped” in the amulet but...Sombra is exactly the kind of villain who’s ambitious and powerful enough to make an artifact like this. Or maybe he stole it from some other magic user and corrupted it for himself.


There is something confusing.

We saw Tirek was born huge but how did they took his power and where it went?


Wait, but if losing the magic is what reverts you back to what you were before being an alicorn, then why did Twilight, Cadance, Celestia and Luna stay alicorns when they lost ALL of their magic?


This does make alot of sense and makes me love sombra even more


What if Sombra created the Alicorn amulet so it contains some of his power? Like Grogar's bell. Because obviously the amulet doesn't make you an alicorn, it just gives you power. My theory is that Sombra had wings but lost them up for some reason. But he still can turn into shadow and fly like that. So he doesn't need wings. And maybe he put a part of his power in the amulet so if he is defeated, the amulet will remain.


I love this theory but I’ve been wondering....Where did sombra a get the alocorn magic from? Because cozy glow got the magic from the bell. Does that mean somber got his magic from another alicorn, or from a bunch of unicorns. And if he got the magic from an alicorn was it necessarily one alicorn? And who’s magic was stored in the bell?


Here is my theory...it’s one that has pledged me for years. I’ll do my best to fit in as little words as possible, but if anyone wants an elaborated version, I’ll link my Wattpad.

Anyway....what is Sombra ruled side by side with another pony? What if they both got corrupted by a powerful entity...by..magic? Because of historical research, the offspring of the king and Queen will become a King or Queen if both parents die. So...what if King Sombra was father to Celestia and Luna? What if because he married someone who he wasn’t supposed to, both the King and Queen were cursed? And in turn, their daughters. I feel like this would explain the alters of Celestia and Luna...

But what if Sombra tried to take the curse at full force, instead, the curse rebounds onto the Queen, causing her to turn into a creature.


I think, the Alicorn Amulet is actually made by either Star swirl thr bearded or clover the clever because clearly it's an Ancient magic, not only that I also think that I was made with the purpose to trap or suck out magic from a tyrant who was causing wreck all over the place.. may be it was Sombra? Is could be Grogar! Or even Shadow Pony- remember? A shadow like entity lured Stygian to become one with him. It means that the shadow pony didn't had a body and needed a host.. if we think about it... all star swirl did to the villains was to trap them in some kind of place, he did it with those three sirens, did the same with stygian and even recommended to do it again. Even his pupil, Celestia sealed Luna in the moon.. so what I'm trying to say is, the Alicorn Amulet isn't Sombra's but some Creature with powers of darkness and evil which is so powerful  that it literally is on the same level as Alicorns...

And that's my theory lol


Maybe sombra was a pupil of the ruler of the crystal empire. Something like twilight’s thing happened with sombra and he turned into an alicorn. But is ambition made him want more power so he created the alicorn amulet. But instead of gaining more power it took his away. Ashamed he left his studies and went to the dark arts. Slowly turning more and more evil,


I mean his hair is magic and wavy. Speaking of which, if that indicates power stored up from being an alicorn as stated in one of your other videos, (you've SORTA debunked it with Sombra) then what of Mistmane?


I simply can't imagine sombra being an alicorn.


i think (and because i read the comics) sombra never was an alicorn. and if so, how did he get the power. its a mystery, now after i think about it, how did the bell gave cozy enough power to become an alicorn. what kind of magic was that (do you just need enough unicorn magic, or a mix from all three tribes). anyway, i think the amulet and sombra never had any kind of relation. i think that someone forged and crafted it, someone who is pretty powerfull....well, equestria is big and we havent seen the entire world or the past history. who knows how much other magicians like sombra, discord or starswirll are out there, lived and died


I remember seeing an MLP comic forever ago that had Sombra as a pegasus that gained his horn and dark magic through a dark spellbook that enhances magic in a negative way. Which explained why his horn looks so different than the typical unicorn horn. Can't remember the name of the comic atm. I'll try digging around tho and then edit this comic to include the name.

Lol, I got it super wrong. Then again, the youtube vid was from 2013. It's a fanmade AMV with the song Awake and Alive. It's pretty cringy and he never has wings in the whole thing. But at the beginning of the vid, he finds this book with dark magic in it and he uses it. He ends up having this internal/ kinda external battle with himself while Luna is epicly singing in the background. Who knows, maybe he got his wings from completing a spell like Twilight did. Only the spell was some arcane spell from the past created by the Shadow Pony. Hence his whole being banished to the shadows thing.

I remember seeing an MLP comic forever ago that had Sombra as a pegasus that gained his horn and dark magic through a dark spellbook that enhances magic in a negative way. Which explained why his horn looks so different than the typical unicorn horn. Can't remember the name of the comic atm. I'll try digging around tho and then edit this comic to include the name.

Lol, I got it super wrong. Then again, the youtube vid *was* from 2013. It's a fanmade AMV with the song Awake and Alive. It's pretty cringy and he never has wings in the whole thing. But at the beginning of the vid, he finds this book with dark magic in it and he uses it. He ends up having this internal/ kinda external battle with himself while Luna is epicly singing in the background. Who knows, maybe he got his wings from completing a spell like Twilight did. Only the spell was some arcane spell from the past created by the Shadow Pony. Hence his whole being banished to the shadows thing.


When celestia and luna first banished sombra, no wings were in sight and Trixie didn't become an alicorn with the amulet. But the theory that sombra was once an alicorn does explain the flowing mane.

Wait.
Flowing mane
Curved horn
I've seen this before

MISTMANE???!!!!
Just saying


I believe that Alicorn Amulet was constructed by Sombra (Or other not mentioned practitioner of dark arts) As a means to amplify their arcane potential to the Alicorn level, Although said amplification came at the cost of heavy mental overload causing the user to suffer from madness.

P.S. Alicorns created by artificial injection of magic (usually black magic) would be considered black alicorns, not related to the actual color.  Black alicorns are also false-immortal, which is another difference between and "natural" alicorns. False immortality could sometimes be considered as actually stronger than true immortality, Although that's a speculation for another topic


Wait..If the amulet has so much magic,why didn't Trixie become one?How THAT would  be an interesting video!


What about tirek? The color palette is also similar, and doesn’t tirek steal the magic from unicorns, strength of earth ponies, and flight of Pegasi? Isnt an alicorn a mix of all the three types of ponies?


So basically Sombra was an evil Alicorn stallion that created the Alicorn amulet but somehow the amulet sucked the Alicorn magic out of him and caused his wings to vanish? I like this theory.
Maybe the pony who stood up to Sombra was none other than Princess Amore, the previous Crystal Princess, maybe it was her that caused Sombra to become an ex Alicorn. And maybe Sombra came from a land (you mentioned this before) where Alicorns thrived and is the reason why in Equestria stallions can’t become Alicorns. But maybe somehow Sombra can Retrieve his wings by redeeming himself which i think is an interesting topic.

I’d love to discuss this with you!


I just looked up Hasbro's official stance on the IDW mlp comics as cannon. <br>It turns out that they are b- tier cannon. That is to say that they are to be taken as cannon EXCEPT when they directly contradict the show. Imagine all the new info you cold have Sawtooth. Imagine IT!

I just looked up Hasbro's official stance on the IDW mlp comics as cannon.
It turns out that they are b- tier cannon. That is to say that they are to be taken as cannon EXCEPT when they directly contradict the show. Imagine all the new info you cold have Sawtooth. Imagine IT!

Makes me wonder what c- tier cannon would be. Like elseworld DC style or like could be cannon if the writers say it is. Questions for later.


As much as I love this theory it’s most likely not  true because of the comics that explain his back story.


It seems he is "finally" solving everything


I think Sombra put his magic in the amulet because he knew he would be captured and if he escaped, he could regain his magic


I think it is possible that it belonged to him.
Thank you for this video.
I hope you are well.


Sawtooth: FINALLY solving the alicorn amulet with my theory

MLP Yoda: ....there is another


Shall I assume that we're not counting the MLP comic series, Fiendship is Magic? For that has his backstory and how he came to be.


I have a bit of a weird issue on this theory too I mean it’s true that all alicorns don’t have to be always evil and some don’t have to be always good but my weird theory is I believed that Star swirl the bearded probably fought sombra off I mean star swirled is also a unicorn and he is powerful to even stop sombra but how did they know each other and I was always wondering who is even sombra’s parents I mean no one in the show or videos even mentioned sombra’s parents


Sombra isn't even a unicorn, he's an Umbrum taking unicorn form. It's all explained in the comics.


What about the Pony of Shadows? Could it be a reference to it? We can see that they knew what it looked like when the Well of Shade was made...


I may of missed something but if the amulet was Sombra’s then how did the mystery pony get ahold of it and then steal Sombra’s alicorn magic

(Edit) Maybe the sales pony that sold it to Trixie?!


You are a god bro , keep up the amazing work and theories . You're the best.


Also he’s a king and monarchs are normally linked with alicorns. Like princess cadence, flurry heart, twilight, Luna, celestia and perhaps queen chrysalis


Well it's most likely that sombra used to be a student of clestia and like sunset he betrayed her but unlike sunset sombra had the power of twilight and became a alicorn  maybe the fight in one of the worlds twilight visited wasn't fake and sombra was trying to get his alicorn power back


For What It's Worth... I tackled the question about the Alicorn Amulet about a year ago, and you MIGHT find it interesting as a different take on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xs2nbcRSL4


Also I have a theory that Sombra became an Alicorn for doing something good then got taken away because of the power


When you said sombra I thought sauron from lord of the rings that would make the amulet like the one ring and this makes sence both corrupt those how were them, they make you more powerful and maybe sombra like sauron has two forms a normal pony form and a alicorn  form like how sauron has a elf form and his tower of iron form


I love your vids but THIS FINALLY MAKES SINCE!!!! Stay safe please 😊❤🧡💛💚💙💜


Sombra himself is a mystery. he is not a normal pony. I would say it is safe to assume there is a lot of gaps in what he even is. Consider that Sombra might be a different race of pony. I would consider him a shadowmare or nightmare race. A race that is either extinct or in hiding. The amulet though... Could just be a magic item from Sombra's underground lab. Something he made to amplify his own power or grant his powers to a subordinate. what I always wondered was how Trixe of all ponies got it.  It smells of Discord.


if thats what you think of sombra then could you do a reforming sombra video i'd like to know how you would reform a tyrant like king sombra


Did anyone notice brony notion's new Halloween character?
Happy earlyween everyone!
I also noticed something....
The wings on the amulet they have red on it if you look at all the other alicorns they have no specific color on the wings
If the amulet represents sombra how can we explain that well this is the most logical explanation I got
Their mechanical wings if you rewatch the ep where starlight tries to stop the main 6's friendship if you look at the crystal empires helmets they seem...
Otherworldly  while celestia has basic helmets if sombra was actually this advanced he would be able to make mechanical wings.


Heres my fury sombra was a normal unicorn he lived in acharya but he was not like most unicorns he was selfish rude and power hungry he was all was getting into trouble but when he heard about star swirl looking for a ruler for acharya he immediately want to the school he was pretty powerful once he got news about he was in the top 3 picks for the new ruler star swirl was thinking that sombra would be powerful and kind WELP HE WAS WRONG but sombra wasn't stupid ever since sombra started to try to get the spot of the ruler sombra was acting more and more nice so when star swirl celled sombra to a meeting saying that he was the new ruler sombra was head over hooves star swirl right then and there trued sombra into a alcorn sombra want out of the meeting room to show off his new wings but when sombra became ruler star swirl fell sick sombra cakeing advantage of the situation  kick star swirl out of acharya sombra now saying that he was the new king he said he needed a queen and he brainwashed every body one day wall on a expedition for a new queen he found the change wings almost died sombra meat queen chrysalis as soon as sombra layed eyes on her he feel hooves over heels for her he promised her if she married and became  his queen he would give her all the love to fest on chrysalis also fell in love with him so she said YES to him sombra and chrysalis ruled for years and founded a new kingdom sombra named it after chrysalis the crystal empire Intel star swirl come back a battle lasted for weeks intel star swirl used the alcorn emlied to suck out sombra's alcorn powers and blasted him away but before the battle sombra hide chrysalis and the change wings fair away when she got word sombra was thought to be died she played for ravage for years back with star swirl be picked the NEW rules for acharya Luna and alesha who where task with finding a new ruler for the crystal empire


Sombra was once an Alicorn? It seems plausible.


Have you ever talked about why cadence is not like Celestia and Luna? She rules her kingdom and everything! She was born before twilight! Why is she not with flowing hair and stuff? Does it have to do with being a crystal pony? Or her past? I've been questioning this


I just thought of something at the beginning of the cristal empire celestia and Luna talked about someone being ready could that possibly be cadence? If so then she the we’re talking about her ruling the cryastle empire. But before the crystals empire disappeared who ruled it before Sambra? Mabye it was sambra altough he became curruped and then another alacorn stole his magic so he finds the only way to have an army. <br>By control.

I just thought of something at the beginning of the cristal empire celestia and Luna talked about someone being ready could that possibly be cadence? If so then she the we’re talking about her ruling the cryastle empire. But before the crystals empire disappeared who ruled it before Sambra? Mabye it was sambra altough he became curruped and then another alacorn stole his magic so he finds the only way to have an army.
By control.


Yeah, plus her eyes got all smoky like Sombra's... But, I am totally open-minded to this theory!


Wow that is mind-blowing keep solving these mysteries of My Little Ponies


mabye sombra was good, chosen to be the king the same way twilght was, but somthing happened that made the ponnies not like him, that may or may not be his fault, so he deiced to make them like him using mind control majik.  rember in season 6 ep 21 weree starlight used a spell on the mane six so they do what they are told, what if sombra used a smilar spell, with a few diffrent spells added toghther, becuces rember,  starlight made the spell, but wanted to make last forver so his sugjet were always slaves, but making a spell last fover and using rapid fire with almost zero charge time ( like what sombra dose) was no esay feet, even for allacorn like him, so he had to use curse, dark, evil majik turning him evil, then a heric ponnie took away his allcorn powers, but even with out his allcorn majik, we was to powerful for this ponnie, so the last of this ponnies power, the ponnie but sombra power into the allcorn neckless, then ran, intill the ponnie was out in the snow, using the last of the ponnies power to throw the allcorn neckless into the raven, then covered in wounds and freezing, the powne drew its last breaths and died


Mmm. I think you haven't read that comic when sombra was a child. He didn't have wings then. So ,I think maybe you're wrong about him being an ex alicorn


I think Sombra is some sort of shadow creature as stated in the comics, but idk if they're canon


I'm not really so sure about this one. Are you not using the backstory for sombra from the comics?


Do the video for how he got and lost his alocorn magic!


What about the 'Origin of Sombra' comic? Does that not apply here? (I don't know what issue it was just that it had Sombra as a filly and Cadences Mom was in it.)


I think sombra was possed by a evil spirit that is inside the amulet and in time it turned him evil and gave him wings, and I think the princess, (aka princess Luna and princess Tia) beated him with the elements of harmony and when they banished him the amulet didnt fallow and that's how Trixie was able to get it in the first place from that selling pony that found it


If the amulet contains alicorn magic why didn't Trixie become an alicorn when she wore it?


I thought we all knew that was Sombra on the amulet LOL


What if he made dark magic!?(yunno cause he’s like one of the first ponies in the show to use it) that could be how he became an alicorn but he either was already corrupt or got corrupt along the way because of the dark magic or other means


Wait, the thing is if his alicorn magic was sucked out, why didn’t Trixie become an alicorn like Clozy Glow? Clozy became an alicorn with corrupted magic, why didn’t Trixie?


Sawtooth i have another therie (how ever thats spelled) its about how sombra came to be just compare him to mistmane both have a curved horn and wavy manes problaly he used to be a goos unicorn but then became evil for some reason and i love your videos so so much that i watch them almost every single day and please tell me what you think


one problem is left.. a lot of people talking about the crystaling because sombra is still a shadow pony.. so it doesnt make any sense a lot of fan art on mlp show his story... the problem on here is he also born as a unicorn und already knew hes becomes evil, so.. where can be the part of an alicorn,  that even`t make any sence???


But, if the the amulet contains his powers, why don’t the pony’s using it turn into alicorns themselves?


But what about Trixie? If all this is true, why didn't Trixie turn into an Alicorn? 🤔🤔🤔


What about Sombra’s backstory, though, from the comics? Or are you only going off of the show?


I swear at the start of the video it sounded like Sawtooth was recording at 3am trying not to wake his family up lol


I think somebody was good until someone cook that Amber match and drained all the good from him and that magic and now he lost his memory


This makes WAY too much sense...HEAD-CANNON ACCEPTED


It is Celestia the Alcorn amulet represented the same gym that Celestia has ancestry has encountered Sombra so that’s a hole in your Theory


Yay a new video! Keep up the good work man👍.


Ah yes, crystals playing in the background
chef’s kiss

Ah yes, crystals playing in the background
*chef’s kiss*


Maybe Sombra use to be the Father of the two sisters! Just an idea


That would make perfect sense that King Sombra would be an X Alicorn


You have no idea how excited I was when I saw the title


Sawtooth Waves: Makes a theory about Sombra’s potential origins
MLP Comics: Am I a joke to you?

But on a more serious question, are the mlp comics even cannon?

Andrew S. Greig Ahhh so if we saw Sombra come back at the ending of the show (I believe it’s season 9 maybe?) then that contradicts with the comics. But because the comics are second-class, we don’t count Sombra’s redemption as cannon. Got it, thanks!

Canon, Second-Class.<br>To be treated as Canon when not in conflict with the 9-Seasons of the Show, Movies, and Equestria Girls shorts.

Canon, Second-Class.
To be treated as Canon when not in conflict with the 9-Seasons of the Show, Movies, and Equestria Girls shorts.


Also thanks so much for these videos I miss mlp and your videos help with that!!


Who would win?

Smart unicorn who passed in celestias school
OR,
some weird necklace


Or sombra created the amulet to become an alicorn?


Wait I thought we all knew it was Sombra on that


WOW. <br>That's gave me another look on this battle. XD

WOW.
That's gave me another look on this battle. XD


Hmmmm but......Sombra isn't even a pony, he's an umbrum so how did he become an alicorn in the first place


I remember when you first asked this question!


What about the Pony of Shadows they were an alicorn too maybe that’s why why Sombra became a shadow


yk what else this theory means, there actually was a male alicorn in equestria :o


I mean like you did prove it and it does look like him just like you said the colors matches exactly like Sombra so it should be him


Alicorn Amulet and Sombra?<br>i made that connection a while ago

Alicorn Amulet and Sombra?
i made that connection a while ago

※★➷♡𝓟𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓾𝓽 ♡➹★※


I think that the Alicorn Amulet was probably his fathers but that's just what my 3 braincells depict


What about his comic?<br>I dont think that theory fits in ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

What about his comic?
I dont think that theory fits in ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


Maybe he hide his power
So he make his magic to the... whatever it is
It like putting some of yoursouls to thats
And after some generation he sure somepony will use thats and he gonna take the pony body a Little again and again and then he get rebirth to that pony body

Oh btw i think zombra is gonna be a alicorn that time
Maybe he need more time to get his wings
I mean he from shadow then a unicorn body maybe he need more time to absorb the hate to take his wings

Mx Galuh! the greatest and most awesome fox!!


Before he mentioned Sombra I thought it was Astelle XD but maybe that’s just me stuck on Magpie’s audio drama PTS XD so


welp...this kinda ties with my story arc with my amulet (cannot spoil due to not wanting to well...spoil anything)


Wait but sombra is actually a umbrum its official in the comics origins it doesn't have a separate storyline maybe since the comic siege of the crystal is explaining origins
BUT HEY ITS A MULTIVERSE
atleast I think it is ..........
But origins just explains everything about sombra and the story extends in the siege of the crystal empire
Let's get back to the theory
umbrum in particular are like masters of disguise they act like cute creatures near hope and also How they created sombra is that they encased him in a body of a pony Maybe the umbrum magic is in the amulet or sombra is hiding his wings
HE WAS BANISHED IN THE FAR NORTH ICY PARTS
THATS WHERE THE CRYSTALS WHICH ENCASED THE UMBRUM ARE idk what to add feel free to extend or annoy me by debunking this .
Until then
Brofis-
I mean until then
Brohoof


1:44- “Or is he” has been used before this ...


SAWTOOTTTTTTTTH
I love you & your videos!!!
You are the most amazing changeling that I ever heard about!!!! 💙💙💙


What do you have against Syannax and Yoshi Darklord?


NOO!!!!!!! I loved the sombra comic book lore :(


Idk if the comics are canon but his backstory it shows that hes originally not even a pony so 😐


But male alicorns don't really exist. Being Starswirl himself just a unicorn proves it. Twilight got her wings just by finishing his spell and created a new magic. Bur Starswirl is a Father of Magic, which means he already has created magic. So he should have been an alicorn. I think they just don't exist. And being Big Mac an alicorn in a dream proves nothing because it is a dream. He could do everything that is not possible in real world. So King Zombra wasn't an alicorn. Just an opinion


It would make sense if you had to be MADE an alicorn to be UNMADE so maby luna and celestia made sombra the ruler of the crystal empire but the new power corrupted him and maybe hi power was taken and stored in the amulet buy a nother pony we already know to take power from evil rulers Gusty<br>And maybe sombra became there ruler of the crystal empire when celestia and luna where just figuring out how to make ponys into alicorns after all god like beings can make mistakes too

It would make sense if you had to be MADE an alicorn to be UNMADE so maby luna and celestia made sombra the ruler of the crystal empire but the new power corrupted him and maybe hi power was taken and stored in the amulet buy a nother pony we already know to take power from evil rulers Gusty
And maybe sombra became there ruler of the crystal empire when celestia and luna where just figuring out how to make ponys into alicorns after all god like beings can make mistakes too

We don't actually know the back story of how he became ruler of crystal empire


Hi sawtooth waves
I think that makes sense
Keep up the good work
I wanna know more


Hmm why does Sombra not have a cutie mark?<br>Or does he and I'm just blind XD

Hmm why does Sombra not have a cutie mark?
Or does he and I'm just blind XD


Wait wait wait wait wait... so if this is teue would that make sombra the first dude alicorn? In equestrias history?


Also can you make a video about how Mia and me and My little pony friendship is magic are related to each other with some interesting theories


Wait what if this whole Series was just a dream to twilight because remember what year is it in twilight’s coronation,1111 or 11:11 the wish minute so does that mean that this whole series was a dream then was reality after the dream? That would be an interesting ending to mlp G4

I mean about in the year if you were wondering


Equestrian Magic..........<br>Think about it.

Equestrian Magic..........
Think about it.


:O u changed ur profile pic for The Halloween Spirit? The fangs and red eyes!<br>I see it! Does anyone else see it?

:O u changed ur profile pic for The Halloween Spirit? The fangs and red eyes!
I see it! Does anyone else see it?


When complaint it could have been Luna because you see her color she's more of a great and she's a very very very dark gray like and I'm as black gray like sombra with lighter with he's a later color than the amulet so it could have been lunas As but yet I'm gonna crystal it but What That would make about sense Or Luna could have made it and took it out powers away when he wasn't corrupted and turned it to the evil summer


If is true, I believe Celestia and Luna take it from it but the amulet a be create by star swirl who be originally to train future alicorn, but the alicorn amulet is higher of what alicorn have normally! if is your theory is true, but here what is, Sombra a create the amulet to not only rival the alicorn but to surpass them, but if some who is not him will be corrupt the use..like the ring in lord of the rings, but is two Alicorn amulet, one is evil and one is good, and Is star swirl who a create it, Sombra and Star swirl know another and never like a other, Sombra a steal the blueprints of Alicorn Amulet, on this time Sombra not call himself king..yet, he create the dark Alicorn Amulet but Star swirl a create a light Alicorn Amulet to train Celestia and Luna before be transform as one but when Star swirl found out Sombra a create a Alicorn amulet to boost himself is when he turn Evil, Star swirl and Sombra be only rival in magic school but not enemy, but this day change everything, Star swirl use the light alicorn amulet who be the prototype of the Element of harmony, is with this he won and succeed remove the dark Alicorn amulet from Sombra but both Amulet a lose through time and Space, Luna and Celestia a See all and Know who sombra be, Sombra a never like the idea of let the Sun and the Moon to those kids, he should be HIM have the job, Yes he powerful but he too many pride, this is why the high mage and the mother of Cadence ,exile him, but he comeback to have his revenge, the first thing he a done is murder those who exile and next kill the Alicorn, of course he need more power and is how he learn of the crystal heart, when he murder all his former fellow mage and kill Amora but he never found Star swirl who a seal himself with other pillar and the pony of Shadow, the pony of Shadow a be create by Sombra to KILL Star swirl and the pillar but he a not see this coming of the fact he creation a be seal, of course he see it as funny and he believe Celestia and Luna will be easy to kill but he be wrong, but he put a curse on the empire if be lose but he put a other curse who hit one of the Sister who have be fall in the sadness and hate, and is how Luna turn as Nightmare moon, Sombra in his prison he still see it and he laugh to see is Luna a cursed and see Celestia to be forced to sealing her own blood to the moon, Sombra a laugh more hard when he see Luna a be seal in her own moon but before 1000 come, he watching Celestia be Sad and is amuse him but when he see her be happy again but be a good teacher and a mother figure a make him gag, but what make him in Rage is the fact the daughter of Amora a be found 980 before his return and the luna return, and what make worst for him is see a Princess fall in love with a none Prince, this a make him RAGE, why? well on his young time he try to win the heart of Amora but she rejected him and tell him she a found her own love who be a brave Prince, so see a low Guard be in love relation with the daughter of who he love, of course he be in rage, and what make him more Rage is when he found out of Luna a be cure of his Curse and she be forgive of her crime, a make him more rage, but as his return he ajoy hurt Shining and make powerless but when he lose to the power of crystal heart and he more angry but he still plan his next move but when he learn Twilight become Alicorn Princess, this too make him angry and be more angry to see her fall in love to a low guard, not a unicorn but a Pegasus, this a make in furry, he be very again the love of Pegasus with a unicorn or  Earth pony with unicorn or Pegasus and even Unicorn with earth pony, in other word, he see this as impure and wrong! this is why he wand to rule all equestria and remove all free will to make sure nothing be wrong!

Note: the past of Sombra comic is NOT canon but a legend, if is be Canon why in a episode he evil again? where his love? so is clear no canon


My theory is Chrisales I think maybe that made her the way she is today?


Why didn't trixie become  an alicorn then


Please make a video about the love story of celestia and sombra


What if clover the clever suked the magic


Is it just me did he sound different in the beginning


I made MV of Sombra I Put Wings on him so I think so too and sombra my favorite evil pony


How is That a replica when his profile picture shows his eye is red. Or maby it's just for Halloween


i just come back after not watching for like 2 years- the name change- omg what have i missed


Sawtooth waves I must tell you can you do a video about daybreaker really interesting and sunset shimmer and starlight glimmer has a bit of the same name


I bet he's a x alicorn but what about Trixie is  ex alicorn


Which inspiration 😂😁 i think you're right , really good video


1:45 o.m.g...... WHY JUST WHY.... THAT PICTURE OF him sitting down..... i can see his- this is mlp it DONT matter 3:58 🤭😂💀😂😂😂🤣😂


The background reminds me of Looney Tunes


wait.......... your profile changed.........to you having red eyes......and sharp teeth....... this is going to lead to something


First 30 seconds sad and dark and creepy voice....<br>5 second later UNtIl NOw!!!!

First 30 seconds sad and dark and creepy voice....
5 second later UNtIl NOw!!!!


Also where I cadence ontop of all of this? Twilight became a princess and rules a kingdom now! But cadence was an alicorn before so so how?


Heey i have a theory(ik its not from this vide )<br>6month ago u made a video abut “mightmare noon” and than u said that u dont know how luna got her power of going in dreams. I think when nightmare moon was gone she got black ( or datk blue) spots on her mark. Maybe she got her power when she got thoes spots, so she wont get jelous again and she can control her anger.

Heey i have a theory(ik its not from this vide )
6month ago u made a video abut “mightmare noon” and than u said that u dont know how luna got her power of going in dreams. I think when nightmare moon was gone she got black ( or datk blue) spots on her mark. Maybe she got her power when she got thoes spots, so she wont get jelous again and she can control her anger.

Or maybe somebody already told u this theory and im not telling u any new stuff -w-‘


I honestly don’t have a theory... sorry :(


ok but why is the background the looney tunes background


Where's  the sunset shimmer from the human world


Heey there u noticed that your icon was changed!


I think that the Magic boot all the way back to Trixie's home and then she found it in the middle of the woods she picked it up and she put it on her and showed everyone in Ponyville how strong she was


oh and i a alicorn because my name is aly so alycorn ya


why the heck you like my little pony that much like i like bendy and the ink mushean idk how mushean is spelled sorry i 10 years old


I do not know what you do are you talking about now you’re getting me Siri what we don’t want to what I don’t understand in all your videos are like for a couple minutes I know that and you don’t even tell us if it’s actually a truth so you better tell us a true friend went to bed videos but I know it’s true but you better tell other people that is the truth so tell them OK OK


The strange thing is there are two types of Sombras: 1 who was shown in his first appearance return in the comics but turn into a regular pony because of love and the 2nd sombra who was at season 9 the pormblem is the 1st sombra never was an alicorn. This is too complicated for me.


Maybe King Sombra was an alicorn before he turned evil, and maybe the amulet sucking out his power had something to do with why he turned evil? According to the lore, he wasn’t always a power hungry despot who sought to enslave others. Could it be possible to reform Sombra too, by getting him to realize that he can’t replace what he lost by turning on those around him. Another point to mention is that Sombra taking over the Crystal empire happened shortly before the Nightmare Moon incident. Could Sombra be related to the two sisters? Celestia did have some knowledge of dark magic, which she could have learned alongside Sombra, before realizing the effects the dark magic had on him. If he was, maybe this could have fuelled Luna’s own turn to darkness, especially if Celestia was the one who got the credit for banishing him. Losing a brother and being pushed further into Celestia’s shadow could have had an even greater impact on young Luna’s psyche. Celestia also doesn’t allow herself or Luna to go to the Crystal Empire in S4 E1, and this could have been because of the pain this would’ve caused the two of them, seeing Sombra in person after all this time? Anyway, it’s something to think about for a future video.


All these years later and the alicorn amulet has still never been touched upon? Anyway, this theory doesn't really hold much water if you've read sombras origin story from the comics, but the comics are essentially de canonized, so never mind. I still love your theory cause it makes sombra even more intimidating, and above all, more interesting.


I guess that it is much more likely that Sombre made this amulet the way it is to boost his own power to match power of alicorns, that were only beings of his kind that could threten him :3


If Sombra did happen to once have and then lose a pair of wings, I'd like to imagine that it happened violently enough to leave a scar which he conceals with a regal red cape.


I've got something in mind, and it involves how Flurry Heart was born an Alicorn. What if Sombra was too? Look at it this way, if Sombra was born an Alicorn he would've had all the magic he needed to control the Crystal Empire, but we all know he was greedy and wanted more power so he created the amulet, perhaps forcibly taking the magic from the earth, unicorn and pegasi crystal ponies, which is why they looked so bleak when we see them in the flashback to Sombra's reign. This is all just my brain buzzing about but I think it could work, as for him losing his magic that could've been the work of some ancient spell left behind by Star Swirl which the royal sisters used. Hope this makes sense.


I  don't think Sombra was an alicorn. It could just be a name given to it due to its appearance and power. I propose two options:

1) Its power and appearance came from an ancient individual pre Equestria, maybe even around Grogar's time. An amulet made by someone seeking power, or as a means of safeguarding their power by sealing it within a crystal. Whether this individual was "evil" or not is unknown.

2) It did belong to Sombra, and the whole amplifying one's jealousy and dreams of grandeur is a result of his "essence" being infused into the amulet. Gems have been shown to possess magic, and gain a connection with an individual. As for unicorns, their magic is coloured a certain way as part of who they are. Trixie's magic is naturally pink, and Sobra's is red. When she wore the amulet (and if we assume some of Sombra's essence got infused into the amulet's magic), her magic turned red too. A similar thing happened to Rarity when she was ensnared by that one book. Her magic turned vibrant green.

Either way, I could totally see Sombra wearing it, if only as an accessory


My thoughts on this:
What if Sombra made the Alicorn Amulet himself?
Hear me out on this one:
Sombra had a steady power base in the Crystal Empire. IN an effort to boost his own power, he created the Alicorn Amulet, however something went wrong. Instead of amplifying his own power, it removed a significant portion of his power by mistake, and the end result was him losing his alicorn capabilities.

Another possibility is that he made it so that he may live on in case of a defeat or to extend his own life. Alicorns may or may not be immortal (yea, they can live 1000+ years, but that doesn't mean they're truely immortal, and by no means invulnterable.) Upon creation, he put a significant portion of his power, and by extension, a bit of himself into the amulet. This would be the same way that Sauron made the One Ring, or the Voldemort made a Horcrux. A fraction of the creator's power and soul went into the artifacts upon their creation, and they were still very powerful in their own right.


Anyone else remember that comic by Hazbro that came out a long time ago about the villains? Yeah, it debunks this entire theory. The Alicorn amulet was never shown in that comic once, and Sombra isn’t an alicorn in the comic at anytime.

My theory is that the alicorn on the amulet is an Umbrum, the species Sombra is. If you don’t know, the Umbrum are underneath the snowy arctic landscape surrounding the crystal empire. It hasn’t been said how or why they are under there, but they are. Sombra was smuggled out, and the reason he mind controlled the empire and why they were digging, was to free the rest of the Umbrums under the city. So, maybe one of the Crystal ponies who dug there found the amulet, and smuggled it out, (Lots of smuggling.) and it got lost... wherever the heck Trixie found it.

I don’t watch the show anymore, but I’m still interested in this type of lore. So I’m probably going to rewatch the show to try and decipher this,
Probably won’t get anywhere though.


Sawtooth i love your theory about sombra being an ex alicorn, it really fits in but it seems like you may have missed some details that can futher proof your theory, for example, he was the ruler of the crystal empire, and the only rulers we know (on the pony species) would be alicorns, just that would give a huge red flag about it, also he did used magic to make a whole kingdom dissapear out of thin air, only an alicorn with a lot of magic can do that, as we saw with cozy glow and her magic, she was able to blast the palace on one go, also if he was an ex alicorn then that would explain that book that showed the good sombra being an unicorn, after all if sombra died on one dimension the other must die too, so if one became an ex alicorn so does the good sombra. btw i love your videos and i hope you continue the great work


It's possible that sombra was once the ruler (or heir) of the crystal empire, but was banished due to his evil intentions. He could have been an alicorn or in the process of becoming one. He had incredible crystal magic despite of his evil intentions, which shows his power knowledge.


This video is great and also gives some more lore of Sombra. And, I think that both Cozy Glow and Sombra link to your previous alicorns video, because those two rapresent two relationships as well: Sombra, who controls the other with terror, is the alicorn of fear and Cozy, who distorted friendship as a mere mean to have power, is the alicorn of hate. I know it's a bit of a stretch, but I think that everything is connected. And, their being evil and corrupted actually messed with Starswirl's spell, preventing them to enter the celestial dimension


Not sure about Sombra being an alicorn and someone made an amulet to "demote him". However, you got me thinking that maybe Sombra was looking into becoming an alicorn through an amulet, which he then creates. Or looking into immortality and found this Horcrux spell... Yeah, Harry Potter. Become immortal by splitting your soul and binding the pieces to objects. ... Yeah, probably doesn't explain why the amulet has a figure of a horse with horns and wings. Unless it was a gift when he was benevolent? Lotsa thoughts.


Maybe Sombra was once good and he did something unforgivable, or was framed for it and lost his privilege to his alicorn magic. Maybe that was why he took over the Crystal Empire in the first place. Or maybe he went power hungry. <br>Just ideas. Don’t really have any evidence for anyo of this

Maybe Sombra was once good and he did something unforgivable, or was framed for it and lost his privilege to his alicorn magic. Maybe that was why he took over the Crystal Empire in the first place. Or maybe he went power hungry.
Just ideas. Don’t really have any evidence for anyo of this


But then why did trixie not gain Alicorn wings?  As we know, it takes three types of magic, unicorn, Pegasus, and earth pony, to gain your wings (or horn). But trixie, never got any wings.
 Maybe the amulet only has one type of magic? Or maybe the amulet is not capable of turning ponies into alicorns?
That’s all I got right now, I’m tired.


There was a theory that Sombra use to rule the Crystal Empire with Queen Chrysalis. The theory included thoughts that Sombra became corrupted and the changelings fled the city. If that’s the case, here’s my theories:

1. The amulet CAUSED his corruption. Maybe someone with bad intentions stole Sombra’s alicorn magic, and he went insane trying to find it again.
2. The amulet was used to try to STOP his corruption. Maybe even Chrysalis try to use it. If Chrysalis used it, she would have seen he was too far into corruption to save him. So she used it herself to save the changelings (Though I doubt it was her because if she did she could have also saved the crystal ponies). This could also explain why the amulet is corrupted itself because it gained Sombra’s corrupted magic.

Anyways, that’s my thoughts. Great video!


I love you’re theories they kinda inspire me to draw sometimes :)


Sombra is pretty much the poster child of delving too deep into dark magic and anything that will give him power.

Instead of the Amulet as the receptacle for getting rid of Sombra's alicorn-ness... I think it's exactly what made him able to become an alicorn in the first place, and it's an item that was lost upon his initial defeat.

If you recall, "natural" alicorns that don't get their power from simple magic stealing don't revert when their magic gets removed. And even if it WOULD happen to a natural alicorn if you only removed, say, their pegasus and earth pony magic, why would an enemy of Sombra's only stop at those two magic types?

No, I think Sombra saw Celestia and Luna, was intimidated by their power, and designed some sort of ritual to steal magic and use it for himself. Maybe not perfectly, since it still required the amulet to make it compatible (or something to that effect), but it rather seems like Sombra's invention.

And wouldn't it make sense for Sombra to make sure that even if someone did manage to steal the Amulet, that they would be mind controlled to fit his visions anyway? And doesn't it fit his ego to place his own, more "perfect" image on the Amulet, rather than an enemy?

Now, I like your theory better than my own, since it fits canon more than fanon, but I had an interesting idea about the Amulet years ago. It has no direct evidence to support it, and yours has a lot more likelihood of being true, but an old fandom headcanon about alicorns is that they have amplified emotional responses. Luna's jealousy was explosive, and even after her reformation, she had quite the mood swings. Celestia's motherly love is legendary, while most fandom interpretations of her give her a surprisingly incandescent rage when someone actually threatens ponies.

The "alicorn" in the alicorn amulet wasn't for creating literal alicorns, but it was close. It gives ponies great magical power, and even though it can't quite give them the magic of other races, it also has the side effect of amplifying all their emotions as well. So on Trixie, her already considerable jealousy would be magnified to levels that made her go a bit insane and ending up evil - though notice that she was more paranoid than actually evil. ("I don't trust wheels," anyone?)

On someone like Twilight? It would amplify her friendship as well as her neuroticism. Fluttershy would be kinder, but likely her shyness would be even more crippling. And her temper would also likely be a problem.

It's like Captain America's super serum, where it amplified his already good sense of justice and selflessness, while on Redskull, it made him unequivocally evil.

So the Alicorn Amulet would actually be a neutral artifact, though still an extremely dangerous one.


My biggest problem with this theory is that this is all based on the idea that the Amulet is evil.  I don't recall it ever being described as "Evil" only that it was deemed Dangerous.  The two are very different.  You can't change the nature of something which is evil, but something which is dangerous CAN be wielded in a way that has a good outcome.

In the wrong hooves, the Amulet will exaggerate the wielder's magic but also their personality.  I suspect that if Trixie received the Amulet somehow again after Season 9, she would be far less damaging because her personality has changed, especially thanks to Starlight.  The Amulet is designed to give the wielder the same level of magic as an alicorn, implying that it is imbued with magic from all 3 kinds of pony.  It is therefore likely to have been created by the likes of Starswirl or some other historic Unicorn with such great magic control, maybe even one of Starswirls forbears.

My money would be on Gusty the Great or Starswirl or one of his Students like Clover the Clever.  Before Celestia, such power as the amulet would have greatly aided in the raising of the sun and moon.  As such, after Celestia took over the sun, it is likely that Starswirl used the same spell to imbue Celestia and Luna with Alicorn status.  Celestia, in her many years probably learned the spell herself and was able to pass on the magic to Cadence and Twilight.  As such, the Amulet is safest in Zecora's hooves out of the way of anyone wanting to use it for evil.

The thing about all that magic in the Amulet is that it wants to have an outlet, but I doubt it has its own agenda.  Only that it amplifies the pony using it and if they are not pure of intent, then it will corrupt, but I would not say that it is evil itself.  So it's link with Sombra I think is circumstantial based on color alone and no other real connection.  That being said, Sombra could have his own ancient link to the Amulet through relatives rather than the Amulet being linked to him.


Ngl, I always thought it was just a amulet of the past and the only reason why it had black, grey and red is because those are seen as evil colours. I dont think that Sombra was an alicorn because that just makes him...less epic? A unicorn coming to power over a nation is way cooler then another flimsy alicorn. Infact the idea of him using the amulet to boost his power seems way more likely. But assuming it did have something to do with Sombra, perhaps it was a crystal in one of the ice caves in the crystal empire and sombra found it. It had magical abilities so great it was like an alicorn. He decorated it like himself (because of corse he would) and used it to help him enslave his empire just for power. Making him want more and more ontop of his evil and hate already.

Still, I love the theory! I've never thought of it that way before and it has me thinking about a lot more


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You told that you will solve each stained  glass window in the future,but you just did flurry hearts  window,please do the other ones!
Your videos  are awesome!💖💖


What if the alicorn amulet was created by the reversal of harmony? if alicorns are created by uniting magic from all 3 tribes (for good or evil purposes) then by creating an absence or reversal of harmony you could create an item to reverse the alicorn process.


What if "The Great and Powerful" Trixe Still Had The Amulet? Would The Amulet Bond to Her Skin and Corrupted Her Mind Even More Instead of Jealousy The Amulet Corrupted Her Mind Into Thinking Twilight Should Be Destroy


Sawtooth, I just want to point you the comic #25 of Friends Forever, one of that line of comic are canon, so, the #25 could be help you about alicorns. When Rainbow's wings are stoled, a group of unicorns wants to become alicorns, but is Twilight herself that said that they will just turn into a kind of ''pseudo alicorns'' or something like that.