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In chapter 3 of the My Little Pony Annual 2017, Shining Armor learns of a collection of spells and magical relics that Amore sealed away in the caverns underneath the Crystal Empire. He subsequently embarks on a journey across Equestria with Hope to recover the princess's scattered fragments. In My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issue #37, Sombra reveals that Amore can be restored to life if her shattered statue form is rebuilt. Radiant Hope mentions Amore in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issue #36 when she notes Princess Cadance's resemblance to the late princess. Sombra, enraged that Amore knowingly caused him years of pain with the tradition of the Crystal Faire, turns her into a black crystal statue, shatters her into pieces, and scatters her pieces across the world.

Having known of his true nature all along, Amore tells him it's not too late to choose his own destiny. Years later, when a matured Sombra embraces his dark destiny and steals the Crystal Heart, Amore appears before him again. She senses Sombra's fears about his future and tells him that he has the power to change it. When a young Sombra and his friend Radiant Hope see visions of their futures in the Crystal Heart, Amore appears before them. Princess Amore makes a more prominent appearance in King Sombra's origin story in My Little Pony: FIENDship is Magic Issue #1.

Amore is not referred to by name in the episode, and the book refers to her as the Crystal Empire's 'first queen.' In the book titled History of the Crystal Empire, it is said that she established the tradition of the Crystal Faire. Princess Amore is briefly mentioned in the season three episode The Crystal Empire - Part 1. Princess Amore is stated by Amy Keating Rogers to be 'a very distant relative' of Princess Cadance and by Jeremy Whitley not to be 'dead dead' at the end of FIENDship is Magic Issue 1 (Whitley 'had always intended for her to be not explicitly dead, but Hasbro asked for clarity' 'Hasbro was very specific about not killing off characters').

My little pony friendship is magic princess celestia and luna