Finished June 16, 2016 and made with colored pencils with white gel pen for highlights.Hey, my scanner didn't mess up the colors that much, hooray!This is a drawing heavily inspired by TheLTrain's 50 minute symphonic metal opera, Fall of an Empire , which I listened to a LOT while working on this. I love it because it gives King Sombra a much needed backstory, and it's a romance that ends badly, my kind of thing. XDAs for the drawing, I had the idea just spring on me when I was at the park with my sister. I was just hanging out on the swings staring at the sky when it hit me, and I was like , I knew I had to draw it as soon as I got home. Overall, the drawing took a few weeks, I think. I'm trying to record the date I started as well as the date I finished, but as you can see, I'm not doing so great. XDPlease do not repost anywhere.I own nothing but the artwork. King Sombra and the crystal soldiers are from the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.