Queen Moonbeam (Starscatter)

Insane, inside
The danger gets me high
Can't help myself
Got secrets I can't tell
==About==
Queen Moonbeam is part of Cloud of the IceWing’s historical ruler contest.
Streak of Moonlight is Moonbeam’s story! It is unfinished at the moment. 
Queen Moonbeam lived 60-80 years before Darkstalker. 
I love the smell of gasoline 
I light the match to taste the heat
== Moonbeam’s Life==
Queen Moonbeam of the NightWings started out as a princess, like all Queens do. Her mother, Queen Blight, was an overall . . . A horrible queen. She was delusional and naive, acting like a dragonet who needed to be coddled every time something went wrong. Moonbeam had to step up for her tribe early in her life, but her older sister, Symphony, was constantly trying to beat her to it. The NightWings loved their shroud of mystery, but Symphony wanted to expel that mystery and replace it with better inter-tribal relations. Moonbeam thought otherwise. 
When Moonbeam turned six, Blight fell seriously ill. She complained about chest pains, and always was whining about how nobody cared about her. Moonbeam had had enough. During a royal banquet for her birthday, Moonbeam slipped poison into Blight’s drink. She was dead before dessert. Symphony immediately accused Moonbeam, who didn’t deny it. She challenged Symphony for the throne right then and there, and soon the two sisters were in the official NightWing colosseum. As the crowd of NightWings cheered, Moonbeam revealed her secret weapon: her magic. As an egg, Moonbeam’s dead animus father enchanted her egg. The princess could make and control fire at will, creating it and shaping it. Symphony stood no chance. The princess was reduced to ashes in minutes, revealing Moonbeam as the new NightWing queen. Moonbeam immediately set out changing things across the kingdom. She funded the NightWing army better than any queen before her had, making an invincible attack force. Homeless or orphaned dragonets were swept by the dozen into the palace, and Moonbeam raised them as her own. Her favorites were two siblings: Starfall, a prophetic mind reader, and Meteorflight, an animus. Moonbeam had hardened herself to any emotions, covering her flaws with a tough and fiery exterior. 
Moonbeam, two years into her reign, led her first attack on the SandWing kingdom. Her spies had been spreading small popup towns through the kingdom for a while now, practically invading on a small scale. When she announced war, the SandWing queen gladly accepted. Fifteen battles and six months later, Moonbeam, Starfall, and Meteorflight led the frontal assault on the kingdom, gaining incredible ground. Meteorflight followed Moonbeam’s every request, not knowing the price of his magic. In the midst of the attack on the palace, Meteorflight cast his final enchantment. He killed the SandWing queen, and brought Moonbeam her head. That’s when he snapped. He slaughtered both SandWings and NightWing, causing Moonbeam to flee with the remainder of her army.
Moonbeam was bitter—they were so close, and he simply had to ruin it. When a new Queen rose to power, she drove all of the NightWings from her territory, leaving them to fly under the radar for the next fifteen years.
Moonbeam’s council were pestering her to get a mate. Why should she, if she had all the servants, heirs, and dragonets she could ever want? Especially after the war, orphans were sadly abundant. Finally, after her tenth year, she caved. Dragons vied for place as her mate, but she only fell for one dragon: Legend. Legend was a Sand-Night hybrid, yes, but Moonbeam didn’t care. She wanted the sensible, smart, sarcastic dragon as her mate, and she got her wish. The two were a power couple, helping the NightWings to recover after the short lived war, and gaining riches beyond imagining. 
Through all this, Starfall was watching. She was the designated heir, and was more cunning than Moonbeam knew. As a mind reader and prophet, she knew every mind and every dragon in the kingdom. Soon, she would rise to power. She just had to wait. 
And wait she did. Starfall waited for another ten years. The NightWings were healed. They were opening their borders, and trading with other tribes. NightWings and SandWings knit relations back together quickly, thanks to Legend, and everything was peaceful. And in that peace is when Starfall struck. With power to her name and a mate of her own, she challenged her adoptive mother for the throne of the NightWings. Starfall hid her unhatched egg on the roof of the palace, in case she lost, then officially challenged Moonbeam.
Moonbeam was hesitant to accept. Would Starfall bring prosperity or ruin to the kingdom she had built from the ground up? Only time would tell. Within the hour, hundreds of NightWings were gathered beneath three full moons to witness the duel for the throne. The battle started, and lasted what felt like hours. Moonbeam would send one flaming attack after another, but Starfall was swift and sly. She evaded, and even landed a few attacks of her own. After a full hour, Moonbeam was exhausted. As she faltered, Starfall lunged. Grabbing a spear off the colosseum floor, she threw herself through the fire breath of her mother, and stabbed the spear straight into her mouth. Starfall’s egg hatched as the reign of the great NightWing queen came to an end.
The NightWing egg born under three full moons, on the first brightest night, would live on as Moonstream, in honor of her late grandmother. The brightest night was began by the NightWings on that very same night, in honor of their queen who would be lost to time.
Moonbeam was dead, but not forgotten. Legend was placed on Starfall’s council, and helped guide the kingdom to even richer prosperity. So ends the legacy of Moonbeam: the great NightWing queen.
~~~
I've always liked to play with fire
Play with fire
I've always liked to play with fire
==Description==
Moonbeam had amber-orange eyes that seemed to glow in the darkness, and scales that had the texture of cold cave stone. She had a stripe of dark red running down her spine and tail, with otherwise a complex galaxy-like scale pattern. A pearlescent white galaxy stripe runs across her eyes like a raccoon’s mask, and twines around her pale blue horns majestically. Her underbelly is a dusty purple-grey, with some spots faded with a deeper ruby color. Moonbeam’s eyes Blaze like the fire within her, flickering and dancing with the shift of the light. Her spines and claws are a crystalline white, while the stars on the undersides of her wings are gold and amber, growing more bold towards the edges of her wings where they gather like dancing fireflies. Three teardrop scales surround the back of each eye, flickering orange, yellow, red, and amber like fire. Moonbeam had amber and ruby inset on the brow above each eye, and in a necklace that had a small golden NightWing pendant handing from it. Two scars rake across her left eye, tracing down her face. She has scars across her talons, and tail. Below both of her eyes, twining around in a hypnotizing fashion is a gold-leaf tattoo, swirling like embers on wind. She also has the tattoo of a snake coiling around her right wing, and one of ivy vines curling around her left leg and arm. Moonbeam wore three gold rings, one inset with onyx, one inset with ruby, and one inset with emerald. She also wore one emerald hoop earring in each of her ears.
I've always liked to play with fire
Play with fire
Play with fire
Fire, fire
I've always liked to play with fire
Oh, watching as the flames get higher
Oh, I've always liked to play with (mmm)
== Personality ==
Moonbeam was described by all who knew her as a ‘fierce feminist”. She advocated for all female dragons in every kingdom, pressing for them to be respected and admired, like males were. She was extremely intelligent, and usually could solve her problems from afar by thinking her way out of any situation. She was also extremely sarcastic, almost to the point of annoyance, but not quite. She would always make jokes in good humor, making sure to not go too far with them. However, every good queen has their flaws. Moonbeam could sometimes be haughty to the point of arrogance, costing the lived of many in her army. She also didn’t set any boundaries on abilities or magic, since she herself was blessed with them. Dragons could peek into any other dragon’s mind any time they wished with no repercussions to their actions, inevitably leading to Moonbeam’s death. Overall, Moonbeam was a good queen, and will always be remembered in the ancient NightWing scrolls.
Rite of passage, classic havoc
Match in the gas tank, ooh, that's wretched 
Unstoppable, legendary animal (mmm)
Digital justice, now you're gonna know us
Hail to the king and queen of the ruckus
Yacht Money wired, no denying
I've always liked to play with fire
==Traits==
Strength: 6/10
Agility: 5/10
Dexterity/Acrobatics: solid 2/10
Intelligence: 9/10
Compassion: 4/10
Kindness: 7/10
Response to her own failure: 1/10
Empathy: 8/10
Humor: 3/10 (ish)
Sheer willpower: 10/10
Play with fire
(I've always liked to play with fire)
Play with fire
(I've always liked to play with fire)
Fire, fire
(I've always liked to play with fire)
Always liked to play with fire
(I've always liked to play with)
==Family==
===Starfall (Daughter, Adopted)===
Starfall is described in the ancient NightWing tomes as an immaculate, seductive, and sly dragon who never showed her true face until you had gotten to know her. She was incredibly cunning, and could make anyone drop their mental barricades with a single wink. Her known powers are to be a prophet, and a mind reader. She was Meteorflight’s sister, and was genetically orphaned, until Moonlight adopted her. Her appearance has been lost to the ages, though the documents from her reign are being searched for.
===Meteorflight (Son, Adopted)===
Meteorflight was a follower, not a leader. Growing up alongside his sister, Starfall, he followed the smarter sibling’s lead, and did what he was told. He never knew the limits of his animus magic, sadly, and ended up going mad in the last battle between the NightWings and SandWings thousands of years ago. His known spells are invincibility for himself, immortality (for himself), and random items that have been stored in the enchanted Ancient NightWing vault nobody has been able to open. It is unknown if he is still alive, roaming the continents after so many thousand years.
===Legend (Mate)===
Legend was a NightWing SandWing hybrid, described as handsome, intelligent, wise, and a born leader. His scales were dark brown with streaks of silver and gold running throughout, and he had  black wings adorned with golden stars and planets. As Moonbeam’s mate, he helped lead the Queendom, and brought great prosperity especially through the inter-tribal healing of the NightWings and SandWings. His known abilities were fire breath, and his more deadly than average tail barb. 
=== Blight (Mother, Deceased) ===
Not much is known about Blight, since all dragon scholars agree her to be a useless queen worth absolutely nothing. She was an only dragonet, and only assumed the throne after her mother had a heart attack. She had no known special abilities.
===Symphony (Sister, Deceased)===
Not much is known about Symphony either. She was said to be a jealous, prideful dragon who spent too much time bragging and not enough time thinking. Her nonexistent legacy is less than impressive. She takes after her mother, apparently.
===Moonstream (Granddaughter, adoptive)===
Moonstream was a beautiful dragoness with pale scales the color of the moon, and sunbeam-colored stars speckled about her snout and body like freckles. Her wings, talons, and eyes were black with white-silvery stars, and it is said she wore all of Moonbeam’s jewelery when Starfall passed the throne to her. She was a valiant dragon, according to the ancient NightWing scrolls, and other than being stubborn and hotheaded, was an excellent Queen.
I’ve always liked to play with fire
==Jewelry ==
===Onyx Ring - Enchanted/Heirloom===
The Onyx ring is a sacred ring passed down through NightWing royalty, but has since been lost to the greed of other tribes. It was enchanted to allow the wearer long and healthy life, protecting from dragonbite viper bites, poison, frostbite, overheating, and sicknesses.
===Ruby Ring - Enchanted===
The ruby ring was a ring enchanted by Meteorflight before he went mad. It allowed the wearer to look attractive and beautiful in any dragon’s eyes, and even produce love in some dragons already thinking the wearer beautiful. 
===Emerald Ring - Enchanted===
The Emerald Ring is another one of Meteorflight’s enchantments. Its sole purpose is glow and emit an echoing noise when any danger of a sneak attack, ambush, or assassination is near. 
===The Emerald Earrings - Heirloom===
The emerald earrings Moonbeam wore for her whole time as queen belonged to her father—her only remnant of him before he died. She wore them when she woke and when she slept, vowing to keep her father by her at all times. In her heart, in her mind, and, evidently, in her fashion. 
===Necklace of Fire - Heirloom===
Moonlight wore the Necklace of Fire as a sign of good will to the SkyWings when the NightWings opened their borders. The SkyWing queen had given the necklace to the royal line of NightWings, but it had been forgotten for quite a while. When Moonlight was seen wearing it, it pleased the SkyWings greatly.
Fire, Fire
==Gallery ==
File:Queen Moonbeam.jpg|Base by the amazing Crowji, filled and edited by Star!
File:Moonbeam Sketches .jpg|Sketches of Moonbeam by Star!
File:Moonbeam by Charnotfound.webp|Base by JA, filled by CharNotFound! Ty!
File:By Lily for the Colorblind contest! TYSM!.webp|By Crystallilycat for the Colorblind contest! Amazing!
== Incorrect Quotes==
Moonbeam: Love is stupid. When people are in love they just act stupid around the person they like.
Legend: Then why are you always acting stupid around me?
Moonbeam: . . . Yeah, don’t think about that too hard.
~~~
Moonbeam: IDIOTS!
Starfall & Legend: What?
Moonbeam: You two are both idiots.
Starfall: What did we do?
Moonbeam: You stayed up all day doing paperwork!
Legend: Since when do you care about our wellbeing?
Moonbeam: IDIOTS I say! IDIOTS!
~~~
Legend: HYDRATE or DIE-RATE! *chasing Moon and Meteor with a bucket of water*
Moonbeam: It’s kinda sweet, honestly, him caring about our wellbeing.
Meteorflight: Well-being and sanity are out of the question, though.
Legend: NO THEY’RE NOT!
Meteorflight: How about I enchant that NightWing to be a statue?
Legend & Moonbeam: So enchanting dragons is okay, but being healthy isn’t?
Metorflight: No comment.
Ooh, ooh-ooh,
I’ve always liked to play with—
==Facts==
* A huge painting of Moonbeam, Legend, and Starfall was painted two years before the queen died, but was fractured into pieces when the Darkstalker Era started.
*A cave was magically made in one of the mountains during the Darkstalker crisis to protect all the relics from Moonbeam and Moonstream’s era.
*Almost all jewelery worn by the queen has been lost to time, all but her emerald earrings and crown.
*Queen Moonbeam is known in legends and folklore as the Ever-Blazing Queen.
==Trivia==
*Moonbeam was originally an IceWing!
*Star had NO ideas for her until she fleshed out her family a little more, then boom!
*Moonbeam loves cats!
*Moon is also allergic to apples and gets horrible indigestion.
Fire
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