User blog comment:Guildmaster Grovyle/JLE Role Play, Spring 2016/@comment-7345250-20160419001822

Celestia: "If that encounter with Spider is anything to judge by, I believe so. Spider and his Sons, including Rat, are the Tree's mortal enemies—in fact, I'd wager whatever was appearing above the Ice Beacon before was coming for the purpose of doing it harm."


 * She looks back to where her cutie mark was shining. This very symbol is visible in the bark of the ancient tree: proof of her destiny.

Celestia: "In order to protect the land and itself from the likes of Rat, the Tree seems to have called an agent from beyond the grave to deal with the threat... and I happen to have maintained a particularly good record with the Tree."