Reign of Ember

The Reign of Ember is the present period in which Dragon Lord Ember rules over the Dragon Lands. It began after Spike stepped down from his incredibly brief time as Dragon Lord and passed the Bloodstone Scepter to Ember.

History
Ember was officially proclaimed Dragon Lord when she brought the Bloodstone Scepter back from the Flamecano where Torch had placed it as part of the Gauntlet of Fire. Having befriended Spike,, and , Ember sought to establish more peaceful relations between dragons and ponies than had existed previously. However, she struggled with long-standing pony prejudices, and became frustrated with their attitudes towards dragons. When she learned that the yak Prince Rutherford had named an honorary yak in violation of an ancient bond between Prince Ulysses and Lord Scintilla, she became furious. As a result, she led her dragons to Yakyakistan and initiated the Second Dragon-Yak war.

As it happened, several ponies-including the Wonderbolts-were in Yakyakistan at the time, and others-including Twilight Sparkle and her closest friends-soon arrived to help the yaks fend off the dragons. After the initial assault, Ember appeared and informed the yaks of their transgression-without going into specifics-and warned them to prepare for further battle the next day. Fortunately, the conflict was halted by Spike acting as mediator between the two sides, helping them come to an understanding and correct their ill behaviors. The dragons made peace with the yaks, even helping to repair the damage they had caused before returning to the Dragon Lands.

At some point, Ember issued a decree that dragons were to establish peaceful relations with ponies, with a warning against doing any harm to them. After Ember met and befriended Thorax, leader of the Changeling Kingdom, peaceful dragons were established between dragons and changelings, despite Spike's fears that the two peoples would go to war. Under Ember's leadership, a delegation of dragons also attended the Convocation of the Creatures, a gathering of various species from around the world. Unfortunately, such work of diplomacy was nearly undone after Twilight founded the School of Friendship only for it to be shut down by the EEA. When students of various non-pony races went missing, Ember and various other leaders became angry and suspicious of each other; fortunately, Twilight and Celestia were able to resolve the issue before war could break out.

After overseeing the hatching of a new generation of dragon eggs, which was only enabled by Garble making the other dragons laugh by reciting beat poetry, Ember declared that dragons would celebrate each other's differences rather than mocking them in the future. Later, Ember would lead her people into battle against the Legion of Doom after Smolder rallied the dragons with the lessons she had learned about friendship.