Eule

= The Lady in White =
Listen to Moonlight, Movement 1 of Beethoven's sonata.
Prompt: "What would happen if someone harnessed the full magical power of moonlight?"
== Intro: ==
You stumble through the ruined ashes of Bloodworm Hive in the darkness. The three moons shine brilliantly in the sky. One is full, the other two are waxing crescents. There is no sound except for your muted steps through the ash. The sharp smoky smell stings your snout, and the occasional wind stirs up the fine grey pulp and sends it to float gently in the air. In the distance, you see a figure, as bright, beautiful white as the moons. As you approach, you notice the figure is wearing a cloak, its bottom streaked in black and grey. The dragon beneath the cloak is staring up at the moons, silent and still as a statue. Another gust of wind sends the ash flying into your snout, and when you blink it back, the dragon is gone.
== Appearance: ==
Eule translates to "owl", and she certainly looks like one. Her eyes are huge and innocent, dark like the sky around the moons and as young as a newborn dragonet's. Her snout is lean and takes after her Silkwing origin. Her antennae are delicate, thin and short. Her scales gleam softly, almost as if they glow. Her wings are paper-thin and again take after her Silkwing origin. Each of the four wings folds delicately on top of the next one to create a sleek frame. Her legs are graceful, and she moves so softly, it seems as if she never touches the ground. Sometimes she glides silently in the sky, each wingbeat making only the smallest amount of sound. Sometimes it seems like she's never even there at all.
Her scales are a beautiful silver, the color similar to the reflection of the stars on calm water. This silver brightens to a white at the tips of her tail and the end of her slender snout. Her four wing membranes are the same white as the tip of her tail, but the edge of each wing is swathed in darkness; most of the time this resembles a dark crescent, but occasionally, it is said that her wings become fully white when the largest moon is the brightest, and they become completely black when the largest moon cannot be seen. Her eyes are big, dark, and beautiful; their depths are unfathomable, and they give the distinct impression of someone who has never seen bloodshed.
She dons a white cloak whenever she is seen by another dragon. She keeps it pristine and as brilliant as the moons. It covers her wings and sweeps down from her front knees to her bottom talons.The hood covers her dark eyes and her antennae, allowing only her snout to be seen. Because of her small form and rare appearance, the dragons in the Hives began to call her the Lady in White.
== Personality ==
Eule never really sees other dragons. Her personality is best suited for herself and the moon. She spends most of her days in silence, moving methodically and completing whatever tasks she has been given. 
When Eule is alone, she is comfortable. She spent her entire life alone, and is convinced it hurts less. She goes about her day quietly, rhythmically, working for the sake of having something to do. Sometimes, she lets herself believe that she isn't a dragon. That she's something else, perhaps something made entirely out of moonlight. Perhaps she's not even there at all.
When she goes out in public, she is quiet, speaking only to shopkeepers or dragons who she directly and specifically needs. If anyone tries to talk to her, she'll push her hood down and keep walking. If anyone touches, she pulls away fluidly. Most dragons see her white cloak and are either intrigued or scared. The former category tries to get near her, but can never keep up. She has never been seen in public without a cloak on.
== History ==
Her Silkwing mother met her moonborn, Nightwing father during an expedition to Phyrria. Fearing for the egg's discovery, her mother sent Eule's egg back to Pantala, cradled in a silk net wrapped around another Silkwing's chest. During the flight, the webbing snapped, and the Silkwing cried out, distraught, as the egg sunk into the ocean. The animus Seawing escorting the group cast a spell to find it, enchanting the egg to "glow as powerful and as brightly as the moons". The egg lit up in a brilliant, shining silver, retaining the moon-like glow even after being fished from the sea. A few months later, after being returned to Pantala, the egg hatched in a flash of moonlight, revealing a small, delicate dragonet, who seemed to glow like the moons themselves: Eule.
Eule was kept in Bloodworm Hive, but because of her dark features and fascination with the moon, she was left alone most of the time. It was her adoptive father's idea to bring her the white cloak. She had always been nervous about other dragons, fearing that the Hivewings would try to capture her and study her distinctly moon-like properties. When presented with the soft white cloak, Eule smiled brightly. It was everything she had ever wanted.
Due to her nocturnal tendencies, she took the cloak out at night, when most of the Hive was asleep. Those who did see her thought she was a ghost, a trick of the light. Eule didn't want to hide; she just wanted to keep her scales hidden. Whenever she was seen, moving silently around the Hive, she was remarked upon. Frequent sightings made her legend grow, and dragons began to refer to Eule as "The Lady in White". They would leave out silk weavings in the shape of her cloak to try and attract her, leaving gifts like honey drops and carvings of the moon phases. Eule never took these, and as she aged, she began to venture out less and less. The Lady in White was considered to be an urban legend.
Every 100 years, on the brightest nights, Eule would insist on being left alone on top of the Hive. All night, she would sit and look at all three moons, wings fully white, her scales glowing brightly and eerily. When each moon was at its highest point, roughly at midnight, her scales would send out a flash of light, visible from Jewel Hive. In the morning, when Hivewing guards where sent to investigate the flash, all they would find was a single, black egg, wrapped in a discarded white cloak.
Eule would hatch from this egg a few nights after, a young dragonet again. This cycle would repeat itself. She retains all of her memories, and spends the time between the brightest nights preparing for her rebirth.
== Abilities: ==
==== Nocturnal tendencies ====
Eule prefers the night, and has only ever been seen in the silver light of the moon. She sleeps during the day, on a high, hidden level in Bloodworm Hive, with blackout curtains blocking the garish light of the sun. When the sun sets, Eule awakens, and starts her evening. She goes about her business quietly, relying on her night vision and the gentle glow from her scales. When the sky fades from deep blue to a light purple, she makes her way back, to go back to sleep.
==== Tideshifting ====
Like the moon, Eule has a sense of gravity around water. While she cannot change the tides, despite the name, small pools of water will shift towards her.
==== Selenosynthesis ====
Eule doesn't need normal substance; she gets her energy from the moonlight. This is part of the reason she is so solitary; she has no reason to interact with anyone outside of her comfort zone. This also means that Eule cannot starve to death, since she gets her substance from an infinite source. 
==== Phasing ====
Phasing is the cycle of rebirth and death that Eule experiences every hundred years, and corresponds along with all three moons. If all three moons are dark, Eule will fall sick, and won't recover until at least one is full again. Her wings depict a very subtle form of phasing, in which the portion of her wing is colored black to represent the phase of the largest moon.
== Quotes: ==
- "It... speaks to me. More than it should to a normal dragon." - Eule in one of her papers
- "The moon hurts me, some nightsThe darkness feels wrong, that's all;I know I'll be safe, withinThe light, that warms me inside;The moon loves me, all nightsAnd I return all feeling." ~ Eule's sijo about the moon
- "The moonlight never burns... it soothes and calms in it's welcoming silver glow." -Eule describing her experience with moonlight
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