When Canterlot fell under siege from the zebras, SteelHooves and Applejack were evacuating everyone they could from Zebratown. After word came that Cloudsdayle was destroyed, Applejack ordered SteelHooves to stay and help evacuate in her absence because she knew he had been stationed there before. Celestia and Luna had put a shield around Canterlot, but when they were killed by the Pink Cloud , the shield collapsed, releasing the Pink Cloud upon the town and killing everyone that was left.

SteelHooves survived as a Canterlot ghoul , but the effects of the pink Clond had fused his armor to his body, preventing him from ever removing it again. Celestia