@Masem  
What about digital releases?

I’ll make a note here (and the other covers) that Diamond Comic Distributors just announced that due to the COVID-19 situation they will postpone shipping any comics with planned released after April 1 indefinitely, which will include MLP Issues #89 onward.

Sorry… problems here.

On the cover we can see Zecora’s friends, but do not yet know where to place their names. The two front ones are possible kelpies, but they are different, one in front, “slim pony” different from the other in the back. She in the back is very reminiscent of the kelpies seen in # 23 and # 24 with her hair style and sharp lines in the profile.
 
If the home of Zecora is located in southwestern Africa where the legend of the monster Grootslang is found, it will be too dry and hot for sea creatures in the countryside. Possibly these had to transform to have hind legs to move, and to have an “armor” of water around them against the dry air.
 
If the colored zebra is Marini, it’s very strange to see a non-black and white zebra. Just hope that Andyprice has a lot of black color for the zebras in the story, as this will be expected. It will be interesting to see how zebras coexist with the abadas and the sea kelpies.

@vgmaster9
 
On the cover we can see Zecora’s friends, but do not yet know where to place their names. The two front ones are possible kelpies, but they are different, one in front, “slim pony” different from the other in the back. She in the back is very reminiscent of the kelpies seen in # 23 and # 24 with her hair style and sharp lines in the profile.
 
If the home of Zecora is located in southwestern Africa where the legend of the monster Grootslang is found, it will be too dry and hot for sea creatures in the countryside. Possibly these had to transform to have hind legs to move, and to have an “armor” of water around them against the dry air.
 
If the colored zebra is Marini, it’s very strange to see a non-black and white zebra. Just hope that Andyprice has a lot of black color for the zebras in the story, as this will be expected. It will be interesting to see how zebras coexist with the abadas and the sea kelpies.

@vgmaster9  
On the cover we can see Zecora’s friends, but do not yet know where to place their names. The two front ones are possible kelpies, but they are different, one in front, “slim pony” different from the other in the back. She in the back is very reminiscent of the kelpies seen in # 23 and # 24 with her hair style and sharp lines in the profile.
 
If the home of Zecora is located in southwestern Africa where the legend of the monster Grootslang is found, it will be too dry and hot for sea creatures in the countryside. Possibly these had to transform to have hind legs to move, and to have an “armor” of water around them against the dry air.
 
If the colored zebra is Marini, it’s very strange to see a non-black and white zebra. Just hope that Andyprice has a lot of black color for the zebras in the story, as this will be expected. It will be interesting to see how zebras coexist with the abadas and the sea kelpies.

Huh. Abadas, grootslangs and a Zecora backstory? All right, this will be interesting.

@Background Pony #8A12  
But there was already a kelpie in an early issue.

So it’s the abadas … thought they were going to be smaller than the zebras. More like the gazelle. It is possible that these “slim ponies” are the sea kelpies that might be able to transform to live on land instead of staying in the water. After all, Zecora was special as a zebra, and of course had to have unusual friends in her home country. Possibly the story was that the zebra (she in the cover of # 89) Marini sent a message for Zecora who had to go home and confront an old enemy. We do not know why Zecora had chosen to travel so far.
 
Grootslang - Tempest and Rockhoof face a real challenge with this monster. Certainly bigger than an elephant as it should have a snake body with elephant head.
 
From what the covers show, it is possible that the home of Zecora lies in a landscape between the sea and the savannah with sandy landscape facing the sea beaches. More like southwestern Africa than inner Africa. It may mean the traveling companion may have gone on the sea from Equestria, although it is uncertain. In any case, it should be remembered that Africa is much larger than both Europe and America.

@Joshua  
Well there was early concept art for an MLP movie that featured Grootslang, but not the way you think.
 

Slime ponies are now canon. Never thought I’d see the day.

@Trahzo  
Okapi, calling it now.

Bicorns?

@Blissey1 @WyrmSpawN  

this is going to be real cool or fucking dumb.

Yes, it’s clearly a slime pony.

yo is that a fucken goo pony?

@Red-Supernova  
The one in front is a zebra, just not the usual black and white.

What the?! Those are who Zecora knew back when she was younger? Not other Zebras?!

The one in blue red and yellow is what I drew and that I didn’t expect to see

Is that a slime pony?

Finally, we get some backstory of Zecora.

I drew something like those

@Joshua