Moon Rings

The **Moon Rings** are special, magical mermaid tail-encarved rings with a blue moonstone embedded in the middle. It is a powerful object and can be used for perform powerful and complex magic, otherwise not possible to mermaids. They are capable of amplify their powers hundreds of times. The mermaids are able to negate the effects of the majority of spells casted through their Moon Rings.

## Description

The Moon Rings store moonlight and only works in a place that can receive full moonlight, such Lyla used it to open the Trident Cave, but it did not work inside. When a mermaid graduates Mermaid School, she is given a Moon Ring and is initiated in their respective pod. If a mermaid loses her Moon Ring, it will be near impossible to receive a new one unless they can prove to their respective Mermaid Council their worth. In *Moon Ring 2*, it is shown that the rings' stones react to mermaid magic. Twice, the mermaid trio's use of magic in close proximity to the ring caused its stone to glow and release a beam which stunned Rita. However, the properties of a moon stone can be altered, like the trident's which was altered to absorb a mermaid's energy rather than react to it. Moon Rings, as magical objects, remain even if mermaid wearers are under the Legs Spell or not.

Improper use of powers or less powers than required is also implied to cause problems, as seen when Lyla and Sirena attempted to stop a rainstorm using the Moon Ring without Nixie, causing snowfall indoors. The rings' source of power is in the moonstones embedded on them. Moon Rings also depletes over time, and to load them, they have to be exposed to moonlight, or another object that stores it, such the Trident used to.

Moon Rings amplifies mermaid's powers hundreds of times, they are dangerous and if a mermaid doesn't know what they're doing, or if a land person goes outside during a Full Moon, it can be harmful to themselves or others. To use a Moon Ring, a mermaid has to focus on their intent. A mermaid has to also focus her energy on the Moon Ring and meld their thoughts with it. She has to also be positive and unleash positive energy when using a Moon Ring, focusing her mind on what they want the Moon Ring to do.

## History

It was Aquata's original Moon Ring that allowed Lyla, Nixie and Sirena to grow legs. Rita Santos later teaches the girls to use their acquired Moon Rings and graduates them in her own Mermaid School.

## Owners

* Rita Santos (got a second one)
* Sirena
* Nixie
* Lyla
* Aquata (got a second one)
* Mimmi
* Ondina
* Evie McLaren (formerly)
* Veridia
* Nerissa
* Weilan
* Weilan's Grandmother
* Chinese Mermaid † (until her death; formerly)
* Canadian Mermaid (possibly)
* Aurora (possibly)

## Trivia

* A mermaid only gets her Moon Ring when she finishes her training in Mermaid School and can join the pod in the Full Moon Ceremony.
* It is unknown what happens if a land person wears the ring on a Full Moon, but it would be dangerous, as stated by Lyla, Nixie and Sirena.
* The Trident and the Moon Rings shared the same moonstones, however, the Trident's stone was much bigger.
* The Moon Rings were easily overpowered by the Trident.
* The Moon Ring's source are the crystals that are encrusted in the middle.