Draco-Nightmarity: "The old carrot-and-stick: the protection of a dragoness, with the powers of the tamed Nightmare Forces,AND an Element of Harmony at her command; plus all the prestige and power that will come with our victory and my plans for afterwards.....against the WRATH of said dragoness. Add in guarantees of mercy for civilians in captured cities, fair treatment of POWs, and a few reforms of Equestria's old system....and we'll have a power base in no time. And then, we look to the wider world....."