Among the Special Intelligence Service (SIS) of the Crystal Empire, a towering figure is SHINY BUTTONS, legendary for her role in averting military conflict with Yakyakistan with nothing but a steamed vegetable dumpling, recovering the Imperial crown jewels from gentlecolt gem thief Halfbeard the Mad Vexillologist, and, it is rumoured, bringing back various secrets of crystal magic that Equestria had unfairly held back from their Northern ally.