'Moonwatcher', preferring the nickname "'Moon'", is a
female NightWing dragonet and the main protagonist of Moon Rising. Raised in the Rainforest Kingdom by Secretkeeper
until the age of four, Moonwatcher was born under two full moons,
granting her true prophetic and mind-reading abilities that the
NightWings had lacked for nearly a century. She currently attends Jade
Mountain Academy as a member of the Jade Winglet and is in a
relationship with Qibli.

## Description

Moonwatcher is small, with cool, smooth, shiny purplish-black scales
that are imbued with hints of dark blue and green. She has one
glittering silver scale on the outside corner of each of her dark green
eyes, like a teardrop about to fall. These scales are bigger and shinier
than Fatespeaker's. She has powerful muscles, black wings and frequently
has small furrows crossing her forehead, as though she has a perpetual
headache. Secretkeeper describes her scales as "gleaming as though
they'd been polished" and thought that she looked healthier than the
NightWings who were raised on the volcano.

## Personality

Moonwatcher is nervous and anxious, but simultaneously kind, firm,
brave, determined, loyal, and friendly. She is easily flustered,
sometimes reluctant, and she thinks that there are a lot of things wrong
with her. During the events of Moon Rising, Moonwatcher often found
herself stammering when trying to talk, and her mindreading and
foresight made it difficult for her to communicate with others. She
suffers from social anxiety and is easily frightened by loud,
overwhelming, and hectic situations. She often tried to avoid being
around others by reading Literature|scrolls to calm herself down.
Moonwatcher was worried about what others would think of her, and she
did not open up to her peers very easily; however, she still looked for
the good in dragons. Moonwatcher eventually learned to be more open
about her powers and chose to use them for the good of other dragons
instead of hiding them, although, she still struggles to tell others
about her mind reading.

According to Luna, she is kind of "spacey" at weird moments. She has a
sort of distracted air to her, as though "invisible dragons whisper in
her ears while everyone else is talking". Moon is generally well-liked
by others, and according to Qibli, she is fascinating.

## Biography

### The Dragonet Prophecy

left The Brightest Night

In the epilogue, Deathbringer briefly mentioned Moonwatcher,
along with Mightyclaws as possible NightWings students who could attend
Jade Mountain Academy. Glory responded, "That poor little nervous
dragonet," in description of her.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

left Moon Rising
After
laying Morrowseer's egg, Secretkeeper hid the egg in the rainforest to
protect it from the volcano and the harsh living conditions of the
NightWing island. As hatching under one or more full moons gives
NightWings their powers, and NightWings not having those powers in
thousands of years, Secretkeeper was shocked to see her egg had turned
silver. Moonwatcher then hatched under two full moons, thus giving her
the powers of mind-reading and foresight. <File:Moonwatcher> GN
7.png|thumb|300px|Secretkeeper with Moon's egg Four years later,
Moonwatcher and Secretkeeper sat together near Jade Mountain Academy,
watching the other students arrive. They saw Queen Coral, Turtle,
Anemone and Auklet arrive, while Tsunami greeted them happily.
Moonwatcher first noticed that she could not read Turtle's mind. She
could only hear a strange hum instead of thoughts, which confused her.
She then received a vision of Turtle pinning Anemone down on a beach.

After Queen Coral and her dragonets entered the academy, Secretkeeper
said goodbye to Moonwatcher. Moonwatcher briefly stayed where she was
but eventually approached the Great Hall, where Fatespeaker greeted her.
After receiving her welcome scroll and a map, Moonwatcher walked to her
sleeping cave, where she began looking through scrolls provided by the
Academy. After Moonwatcher received a headache from a conflict between
Carnelian and Pike, she was confronted by a mysterious telepathic voice,
which disappeared shortly after talking to her.

Clay then separated the arguing dragonets, and Moonwatcher realized that
Carnelian was one of her clawmates as she stormed into their cave.
Shortly afterwards, she was greeted by Kinkajou, her second clawmate,
who invited her to the school library.

After speaking with the blind librarian, Starflight, Moonwatcher
received a library stamp and a soft black leather pouch to carry it in.
She and Kinkajou then met Sora, who continued to read while Moonwatcher
and Kinkajou visited the prey center. After meeting Kinkajou's friend,
Coconut, Moonwatcher rescued a terrified scavenger named Bandit from
several dragonets who were trying to catch and eat him. She was
confronted by Prince Winter, who threatened to slice her face off if she
did not return his pet. However, he was quelled by Qibli, who attempted
to negotiate with Moonwatcher, asking her to choose different food,
before realizing that she did not want to eat Bandit. Sunny and Clay
then intervened, and Moonwatcher returned to her sleeping cave, where
she spent the rest of the day, eager to avoid conversation about their
interaction.

That night, Moonwatcher had a nightmare about Jade Mountain collapsing.
Her mystery friend helped her out of the nightmare, but after asking her
what year it was, he abruptly disappeared from her mind. Puzzled,
Moonwatcher decided to visit Stonemover with intentions of finding her
mystery companion in the scales. After realizing that Stonemover had no
telepathic powers, she returned back to her sleeping cave. There, she
overheard Ex-Queen Scarlet and Icicle planning a murder through a Animus
enchantments#Treasure|dreamvisitor.

The following morning, Moonwatcher and her clawmates entered Tsunami's
meeting cave to introduce themselves to each other. They were told that
Winter and Qibli had been placed into the Jade Winglet after their
interaction the previous day. After their introductions and an
uncomfortable discussion about NightWing powers, Tsunami launched a
hunting party and abruptly flew away, leaving her students behind. For a
while, Winter and Carnelian tried to threaten Moon into telling them
more about NightWing powers, while Qibli and Kinkajou defended her. They
joined the hunting group after Tsunami called to them again. After
catching a mountain goat, Moonwatcher followed the others to the prey
center to eat. During the flight back, her mystery friend briefly taught
her how to slip other dragons' thoughts into the back of her mind by
thinking of raindrops. She then shared her goat with Qibli, Umber, and
Sora while Kinkajou and Coconut shared fruit; Winter sat away from their
group with Icicle.

Moonwatcher and Qibli then discussed Qibli's family, and although he
believed that he will never have to see them again, Moonwatcher had a
vision of three bigger SandWings sneering down at Qibli as he shouted
"Where is she?" at them. After her vision faded, Qibli appeared
concerned and thought about offering Moonwatcher swordleaf root for her
headaches, but she insisted that she was okay.

After eating, Moonwatcher and Sora returned to the library, where Sora
began reading a scroll regarding IceWings. Moon thought that her mystery
friend might be using dreamvisitors to communicate telepathically with
her, instead of having true mind-reading powers. After asking Starflight
for a scroll concerning Animus magic|animus-touched objects, Moonwatcher
received one titled Scrolls#List of Known Scrolls|The Animus Histories.
After reading about the Summer Palace, the Royal SeaWing Massacre,
dreamvisitors, and Darkstalker, her mystery friend instructed her to
read the section on Fathom, revealing himself to be Darkstalker soon
afterward.

After Kinkajou warned Moonwatcher and Sora that history class was
starting soon, one of the students alerted the academy that "Queen
Scarlet" had invaded Jade Mountain. They quickly realized that it was
not Scarlet, but was actually Peril. Upon seeing Peril, Clay invited her
to stay, and Moonwatcher, Kinkajou, Winter, and Icicle then headed to
history class. Kinkajou introduced Moonwatcher to Tamarin, and Tamarin
then introduced Onyx, her clawmate, to Moonwatcher and Kinkajou.
Moonwatcher realized that, like Turtle, Onyx's mind was impossible to
read, even to Darkstalker. Webs, the history teacher, then began his
lesson to teach about the Scorching, but he was soon overwhelmed by
questions unrelated to the topic. Moonwatcher, barely listening to
Webs's lecture, conversed with Darkstalker, and he eventually convinced
her to at least consider the possibility of freeing him.

Later, during Kinkajou's suntime, Moonwatcher explored the school's
tunnels and eventually approached Mightyclaws, who was busy painting the
NightWing island in the art cave alone. Moonwatcher, taking a canvas,
brushes, and a few shades of blue and green paint, began talking to him
about NightWing powers and Darkstalker. Upon hearing Darkstalker's name,
Mightyclaws reacted negatively, although he did answer her questions
about him. He then stormed out of the cave upon seeing Moonwatcher's
painting, which depicted a badly-done rainforest, and snarled that the
painting — in other words, Moonwatcher never having to live on the
island — was why she would never be a true NightWing.

The next day, Moonwatcher attended her first music class with her
winglet, playing a mbira. Afterward, on her way to the library, Winter
approached her to ask for help with Bandit. Although Moonwatcher tried
to give Winter advice on helping his pet, he eventually stormed out of
the library in frustration. Halfway down the tunnel to her next class,
history, she was hit by an awful vision of the history cave exploding in
fire, killing her friends. Although Darkstalker advised her to stay
away, she hurried toward the history cave. Although managing to stop
most of the other dragonets from entering, Carnelian ignored
Moonwatcher's warning and went to class anyway.

When the classroom exploded, Darkstalker tried to calm her down.
Moonwatcher's physical friends try to help her get away from the smoke
while Umber ran to get help. Peril and Clay then entered the cave,
dragging out Carnelian, Tamarin, and Bigtail. Carnelian and Bigtail were
confirmed to be dead, and Tamarin was alive but badly injured, taken
away to the underground lake, and then to the infirmary by Onyx, Clay,
and Pike. Winter, dragging Moonwatcher away from the fire, asked how she
knew about the explosion. After Winter left, warning her to tell him how
she knew by the next midnight, Moonwatcher confessed her mind-reading
and visionary powers to the rest of her dismayed friends.

The only dragon who did not seem horrified by this was Turtle, who
invited her to a large underground lake, where he pulled out a
Plants#Dragonflame cactus|dragonflame cactus seed from her shoulder,
which was stuck there by the explosion. Moonwatcher began to fly above
the water, contemplating whether or not to flee the Academy. Presumably
deciding to stay, she landed on a boulder near Turtle. He suggested that
she should use her mind-reading abilities to catch the arsonist, and she
agreed. On their way back, they meet Tsunami and Sunny, who assured
Moonwatcher and Turtle that they were trying their best to catch the
dragon that caused the explosion.

The next morning, Qibli approached Moonwatcher, offering to help her
find the arsonist. They attended an assembly in which Sunny and Clay
asked the students to give the staff two days before leaving to find the
killer, followed by a speech from Starflight concerning physiological
trauma. Moonwatcher then listened to Pike, Icicle, and Flame's minds,
but none of the suspects thought about the explosion like they were the
ones who caused it. While Darkstalker tried to help Moonwatcher out of
Flame's angry thoughts, she was thrown out of his mind by Flame himself,
who noticed the uninvited presence in his brain.

When they went to the prey center, unexpectedly, a stalactite fell where
Icicle and Winter were sitting, nearly impaling Icicle. There were
visible claw marks along the base of the stalactite, and that was when
Icicle suspected Sora as the arsonist and of trying to murder her.
Moonwatcher, reading Icicle's mind, rushed to save the little MudWing
before Icicle could have her vengeance. They found Sora in the
infirmary, apologizing to Tamarin. Sora, who was visibly crying,
explained that Icicle was the one who had killed her sister, Crane, in a battle between the IceWings and MudWings during the
War of SandWing Succession. Distraught, Moon let Sora escape into
Pyrrhia with her brother Umber so that she would not lose her life to
Icicle.

Moonwatcher, Qibli, and Winter then found Icicle creeping toward
Starflight to kill him on behalf of Ex-Queen Scarlet to free her older
brother, Hailstorm, from her SkyWing prison. With the help of Qibli and
Winter, Moonwatcher was able to stop her and save Starflight. However,
Icicle escaped out of a leaf window; Qibli suspected that she had gone
in search of Queen Glory to kill her since Icicle might have thought
that Scarlet might forgive her if she killed the dragonet she hated the
most.

As they made plans to search for her, they discover that Winter had left
Jade Mountain, taking Bandit and his cage with him. After they found
Winter in the pouring rain, the Jade Winglet decided to go with Winter
to find Icicle. Moon later delivered the Jade Mountain Prophecy and
Darkstalker showed her a possible good future of the academy. Moon then
confessed her powers to Winter, giving him a skyfire stone to shield his
thoughts.

left Winter Turning

Winter was outside Jade Mountain Academy, trying to convince Bandit to
leave, when the rest of his winglet arrived, including Moon. She
delivered the Jade Mountain Prophecy in the middle of their
conversation, then after Winter questioned what that was, Moon told
Turtle to give him a skyfire rock. She then explained that she had both
NightWing powers: mind reading and foresight. After arguing with the
other dragonets, Winter finally allowed them to help him after Turtle
returned to Jade Mountain to tell everyone where the rest of the Jade
Winglet had gone. After setting Bandit free in the pouring rain, he
traveled to the rainforest with Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou.

Once they had arrived, Moon offered Winter some fruit and started to
discuss her childhood. Moon's mind was interrupted by a NightWing named
Obsidian, who (according to Moon) had "dark thoughts." Arriving with
Bromeliad, he nastily told them that rainforest visitors had to be
permitted; as Kinkajou objected, Moon calmed her down by saying that
going to the NightWing village would give her a chance to see her
mother.

At the NightWing village, Moon reunited with her mother and talked for a
few moments, before Winter was attacked by Deathbringer, which she
protested to. When Queen Glory's scouts were reporting, Moon read their
minds and asked if any of them had seen anything unusual, not just an
IceWing. Winter later chose Moon to come with him to the place near the
biggest banyan tree. Once arriving, she let Winter know that she could
not detect Icicle's mind anywhere nearby. Upon finding a NightWing's
dead body, Glory sent them to the tribe's hatchery so that the guards
could watch them, but they ended up escaping regardless. This was
accomplished when Kinkajou told the dragonets in the wingery to count to
one-thousand but then remembered they could not count, which gave them a
narrower window of time. Winter used his frostbreath to make a hole,
which they all flew out of. They then found their way to the tunnel to
the NightWing island. When they got there, Moon did not think this was
what the prophecy meant by the 'Lost City of Night.' They found Icicle,
who had been awake for days, to keep Scarlet from visiting her in her
dreams. Kinkajou had left a trail for Queen Glory, who found them,
tranquilized Icicle, saved Kinkajou in the process, and ordered them all
back to the Rainforest Kingdom.

Moon read Icicle's mind while she was dreamvisited by Scarlet. She saw
mountains in the background when Scarlet's real location was revealed.
She drew a picture of them, and Deathbringer told them they should ask
the Talons of Peace. They then went to the Sky Kingdom to find them.

They went to the Talons of Peace, trying to find a SkyWing who could
help them. There, Moon showed the only SkyWings there, Avalanche and
Pyrite, a sketch of the mountains that she had seen when Scarlet
dreamvisited sleeping Icicle. Pyrite was a nervous, simple-minded, and
unusual SkyWing, who was very loyal to Ex-Queen Scarlet. No one in the
group thought it was a good idea to bring her, but they were left with
no other options. Thus, Pyrite became their guide to finding Scarlet.
Moonwatcher said she felt sorry for Pyrite, she also said it was almost
like her thoughts were looping, stuck in perpetuity.

When they were camping for the night, Qibli told Moon and Kinkajou the
story of the night the War of SandWing Succession ended. When Winter
took watch that night, he woke Moon up and told her that he thought
Pyrite was an animus.

Eventually, the Jade Winglet found Winter's brother, actually Pyrite.
Unfortunately, there was an unexpected encounter, in which Kinkajou was
injured by a mysterious NightWing (who was Chameleon, as Shapeshifter)
when she was violently thrown against a tree. Then, the group flew
toward Possibility, where they found a MudWing doctor named Mayfly.
Winter decided to take his brother back to the Ice Kingdom. He claimed
that he would not come back. Qibli and Moon said that, regardless, they
would wait four days in case he changed his mind. Throughout his entire
time in the Ice Kingdom, Winter thought of Moon. Near the end, after he
lost the Diamond Trial and because Hailstorm did not want to kill him,
he returned to his winglet, ready to help stop the prophecy.

left Escaping Peril

Turtle and Peril journeyed to Possibility to find Moon, Qibli, Winter,
and Kinkajou. When they met and started talking, Moon told Peril that
Qibli probably had thought of five ways to defeat Peril, although he had
probably thought of three by the time she stated that. Then, she
revealed to Peril that she was a mind reader, to which Winter later
objected. Moon and Qibli awaited Winter, though they had doubts that he
would show up. When Moon found Winter, he was severely burned because of
an accident with Peril, and she frantically told him not to die. Turtle
revealed his animus magic by healing Winter with his river rock he
enchanted to heal surface wounds. Moon was shocked to hear of his
unexpected powers, and realized that was the secret he had mentioned in
Jade Mountain.

After Peril came back from the SkyWing palace, Turtle told Moon about
the Darkstalker's scroll|scroll in Chameleon's possession. Once the
scroll was retrieved, Moon admitted that she had talked to Darkstalker
and had promised to return it to him. A heated argument arose, ending in
an interruption from Turtle to sleep. The morning after that, she left
without the others, knowing how Winter would react. She was carrying the
scroll to release Darkstalker. When Peril found her residing by Jade
Mountain, Moonwatcher was crying because of what Darkstalker had done to
Arctic. He had enchanted him to do whatever he said, and apparently, he
had told him to disembowel himself. Soon the others returned in shock
that she was crying and had not released him yet. Taking turns fighting,
they argued about who got to keep the scroll. Peril tried to stop them
by burning the scroll, but ended up giving Darkstalker precisely what he
wanted, as he immediately got his powers back.

left Talons of Power
Moon was with Darkstalker when he emerged out from the ground and
talked to him. When she noticed that Winter, who at first was arguing
with Darkstalker, was now acting friendly and more open towards him, she
told him not to enchant her friends, but Darkstalker denied that he did
anything to Winter. When they told him they all should go hunting, she
told Turtle to warn the school. Turtle did so, only to intrigue Anemone
to meet Darkstalker. When they arrived after hunting, Darkstalker
mentioned seeing timelines with both of them, most likely referring to
Winter and Qibli, where she responds by covering her ears and denying
everything. Anemone sets off a lightning storm with copper armbands she
enchanted to do so. Darkstalker asks if there are any scrolls about
Fathom and Clearsight.

Flame came to them, only to have the horrid scar on his face healed.
Darkstalker also enchanted a bracelet on Mindreader to give her
mind-reading abilities, Mightyclaws' earring to give him the power to
have anything he draws to come to life, and a makeshift bracelet for
Fearless to give her super-strength. Moon seemed worried about him
giving out these free powers, provoking the now empowered NightWings to
claim that she was just jealous. After this, Moonwatcher has a vision of
someone being attacked, and brought Sunny and the others to Stonemover,
who was very close to dying.

Darkstalker enchanted a stalactite to heal Stonemover. This then removed
Stonemover's curse, which caused him to yell in alarm that his claws are
not his, after which Darkstalker enchanted it to turn him back to stone.
Anemone enchanted a piece of bone to find the culprit, who was Flame. He
stated that he asked Stonemover to enchant his scar to heal, but he had
refused his request, to conserve his soul. In reaction to this, Flame
almost killed Stonemover. After this dilemma, Darkstalker said he wanted
to lead the NightWing tribe to the lost city of night.

When he got to the rainforest, he asked Glory if he could take her
subjects back. To promote his idea, he started handing out superpowers
to the NightWings. Moon decided to stay with Glory, as she believed her
to be a worthy queen. Later she, Kinkajou, and Turtle then chose a cave
close to where the NightWings were sleeping. When Turtle returned from
following Darkstalker, Moon was awake. She said she had a nightmare and
that her sleep schedule was different. Moon told Turtle he was a good
brother, and then they have a conversation about it before they went to
sleep. The next day, Moon said she was going to go with him, only to
visit. They did so, and Moon followed Anemone to the room where Fathom
had stayed, but Anemone said it was too dusty and dirty. She started to
beat Moon with a mop she enchanted to continue to hit her until she
began and finished cleaning.

Darkstalker then enchanted both Moon and Kinkajou, so they could not
hear him tell Anemone to leave (although, of course, the spell did not
affect Kinkajou, so Turtle told her to act like it). After Anemone left,
Darkstalker restored Moon. She then said she sensed danger in the
Kingdom of the Sea.

left
Darkness of Dragons
Qibli watched
Moon leave for the rainforest with Darkstalker. Later in the book, she
was shown through the Obsidian Mirror talking to Kinkajou. Soon after
arriving in the lost city of night, Qibli found her in the NightWing
library. Moon and Qibli reunited, and she seemed happy to see him again.
Moon then began to talk about how amazing the NightWing library was and
that she would stay forever because of this. Qibli silently disagreed
and thought he only would if she asked him to.

Qibli then offered her one of the enchanted earrings and explained that
they would protect her from Darkstalker's spells. She looked sad, saying
that they do not need to worry so much about Darkstalker, but put the
earring on anyway. The earring did not change her opinion of him,
confirming that her trust for Darkstalker was her own. Darkstalker soon
appeared and noticed the earring, seeming saddened by Moon choosing to
wear the earring. He introduced Moon to fake Clearsight, and invited
them both to breakfast tomorrow.

Moon went back to her and Kinkajou's room in the palace, and Qibli
brought Winter there to reunite with the two of them. Winter and Moon
started arguing on whether Darkstalker was evil, in which Winter told
Moon about the IceWing plague. Qibli worried about Darkstalker reading
her mind and wondering how she knew, but then Anemone appeared and gave
Moon her skyfire. Moon took Qibli with her to go talk to Darkstalker,
and saw him enchanting fake Clearsight to become different versions of
herself. Moon talked to Darkstalker about the IceWing plague, which made
him realize that the IceWings were going to wage war on them. Moon told
Darkstalker to turn the fake Clearsight back into what she was before,
and he turned Clearsight back into Fierceteeth. Moon and her winglet
flew to Jade Mountain to try to stop the war from happening. At Jade
Mountain, she tried to talk her fellow NightWings out of attacking the
IceWings, to no success. During the battle, she attempted to convince
Darkstalker to stop via mental communication. When Anemone cast the
spell to open everyone's minds up, she told her friends what the dragons
fighting were thinking. She saw a vision of Darkstalker living a normal
life as Peacemaker. After talking to Hope, Moon and Kinkajou hid in the
cave where Darkstalker and Qibli were, and revealed herself when
Darkstalker said he knew she was there. Moon asked Qibli why he had not
said yes to Darkstalker's offer, and after a short conversation, they
flew outside together. Moon watched Darkstalker reunite with his mother,
and told him about her vision of Peacemaker.

In the epilogue, Moon asked Hope about the lost continent after having a
vision about it, and later, Moon went to the SandWing stronghold, where
she and Qibli started an official relationship with each other. Moon and
Qibli then traveled to the northwest coast of the Kingdom of Sand, where
they meet Jerboa III, who then introduces them to the first dragon from
the lost continent of Pantala, later revealed to be named Luna.

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### The Lost Continent Prophecy

left The Lost Continent

In the epilogue, Moon was alongside Qibli when they first saw
Luna right where Darkness of Dragons ended. Moon was shocked to see a
dragon from the lost continent for the first time and introduced herself
and Qibli to the SilkWing. Moon told Luna that she had a vision about
her, and when Luna asked if she could see the future like Clearsight,
Moon was surprised that Luna knew who Clearsight was. She told her that
she could see the future too, just not as well as Clearsight did. Luna
told Moon that she needed to get back home, to which Moon said that she
could not and had not even seen any visions of the future revolving
around the lost continent. The young SilkWing responded, saying that she
had to go home and that her tribe needed her help.

left
The Hive Queen
Moonwatcher was
sitting on beach near Jerboa III's hut, alongside Luna. Moon thought
that Luna wanted her to save the SilkWings from Wasp|Queen Wasp and that
she was "the second coming of Clearsight." She thought how Luna did not
know that Moon could also read minds, and had a conversation with her,
feeling guilty. Moon wanted to tell Luna about the prophecy she had been
hearing in her head. Qibli, Tsunami, and Turtle soon joined them. Turtle
told them how his animus magic was "broken," and the others debated on
how to get to Pantala. Eventually, Tsunami said that "all [she] and
Turtle have to do is swim there."

In the epilogue, Moon was with Luna on the beach again. She shared her
new vision with Luna and said that the Pantalan dragons are coming to
Pyrrhia. Moon also saw dragons fighting one another and flames, which
are probably from the burning of Bloodworm Hive.

left The Poison Jungle

Moon was mentioned by Tsunami when she was staying in the
SapWing village on Pantala.

left
The Dangerous Gift
Moonwatcher was
with Qibli near Jerboa III's hut. Snowfall remembered darkly that she
was the dragon Winter liked very much and Darkstalker's first friend.
Her hatred of Moon eventually resulted in her insulting her and
purposely thinking darkly about the NightWings to disturb her. Moon
asked for Snowfall to come along the other dragons on the journey to
Sanctuary.

Moon eventually told the prophecy to all the Pyrrhian queens (excluding
Coral). She was chosen by Glory to be the NightWing representative of
the stealth team, a group of ten dragons from each tribe and Wren (as
the human representative), who were chosen to journey to Pantala to stop
the threat of the othermind.

left
The Flames of Hope
Moon was
indirectly mentioned by Luna when she told Swordtail about a dragon who
could see the future and gave them a prophecy. On the journey to
Pantala, she suggested that some of them were more useful than they
looked, referring to Qibli. The stealth team was attacked by a group of
mind-controlled HiveWings, and were turned invisible by Sundew. Moon
used her fire to distract the HiveWings from the rest of the team.
However, Moon was captured by the HiveWings, knocked unconscious, and
taken away. It was later revealed that she had been rescued by Sundew
and Lynx before she was brought to the queen.

After Qibli, Pineapple, and Tsunami escaped Wasp Hive, they travelled
southward until they ran into Moon, Sundew, and Lynx on the way there.
The stealth team had a brief reunion before they left towards the abyss.
Later, Moon appeared in the mindspace, although she had not been
infected with the breath of evil. Luna was puzzled about this, before
Moon told her that she could read minds. She learned that Pineapple and
Luna had been taken over by the othermind. Qibli shouted at the group,
telling them Pineapple had been infected. After a short scuffle between
the stealth team and Cottonmouth (the one controlling Pineapple),
Cottonmouth hit them with a proposition; he would let Luna go, under the
condition that one of the stealth team members offer themself in her
place. The stealth team reluctantly agreed to this, following
Cottonmouth all the way to Lake Scorpion.

During this, Luna had the idea to share the memories of the stealth team
to Freedom. They decided to share the memories through Moonwatcher. In
Moonwatcher's memory, a young Moon was shown hiding away in the
rainforest, waiting for her mother to arrive. As soon as the stealth
team arrived at Lake Scorpion, they were attacked by Cottonmouth's
dragons and a fight broke out. After Luna flew out of the abyss, Moon
was part of the group that flew with her to Cicada Hive.

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### Field Guides

left
A Guide to the Dragon World

Moonwatcher was first mentioned in Kinkajou's story about Silver in the
RainWing chapter. She was later indirectly mentioned as one of the
students who found Python's letter in the library in Possibility.

In the NightWing chapter, Moon provided literature#Named scrolls|The
Truth About NightWing Powers, a scroll about NightWing powers and how
they work. She also made a suggestion for the school to have a class
where NightWing students could learn to use their powers for good in the
future.

## Relationships

### Anemone

Moon seemed oblivious to Anemone's jealousy of her relationship with
Darkstalker, up until Anemone enchanted a mop to attack her out of rage.
Moonwatcher seems to forgive the SeaWing, as she defended Anemone when
Darkstalker was furious with her for hurting Moon. Following her duel
with Turtle, Anemone expressed remorse for her mistreatment of Moon,
however she regretfully informed Turtle that although she was ashamed
for picking on Moon, a part of her holds a twisted delight about it.

### Darkstalker

Moonwatcher was Darkstalker's best friend when he emerged from Agate
Mountain. She began crying at the discovery of what he had done to
Arctic, and although she had just wanted to hear his voice again, she
admitted that Arctic's death was the cruelest thing she had ever read.
She later stated that she had been fine before she met Darkstalker, to
which he responded by yelling at her.

After he was freed, Darkstalker refused to enchant Moonwatcher's mind as
he did for most of Pyrrhia, and she believed that he was not evil. She
genuinely liked him, largely due to the fact that he genuinely liked
her, and he was one of the only dragons he trusted to believe in him and
enjoy his company of their own accord. They were genuine friends, and
Darkstalker considered a party boring because Moonwatcher did not
attend. She believed that he was good, and that he wanted the most
peaceful future for Pyrrhia, and she believed wholeheartedly that he
would never kill her. He appeared genuinely wounded when she began using
skyfire and protection spells against his magic. She flinches whenever
she hears his name, although at one point they were good friends and she
was saddened by the idea of him lying to her.

While visiting Peacemaker, Moon always found it both sad and relieving
that the young dragonet showed no signs of Darkstalker in him. After
Darkstalker's defeat, Moon blamed herself for Darkstalker's rise to
power, believing she had seen too much good in him and not enough of the
bad.

### Kinkajou

Kinkajou is Moon's best friend and has been shown to care much about
her. Clay thought Moon and Kinkajou were a good match, though Moon
initially could not see any similarities between her and the bubbly
RainWing. Moon was distraught when Kinkajou was severely injured by a
mysterious companion of Scarlet's (Chameleon, in his NightWing form,
Shapeshifter), showing the strong bond between them. At first, Moon was
put off by Kinkajou's energetic thoughts and actions, but realized that
Kinkajou really did care about her. After Kinkajou found out that
Moonwatcher could read minds, she felt like her privacy was invaded
majorly, and did not trust Moonwatcher for a short period of time. But
after the shock wore off, Kinkajou and Moonwatcher were best friends
once again. She was visibly happy when she told Qibli that Kinkajou was
unharmed.

### Qibli

If it were up to Qibli, he would spend every day of his life flying with
Moon. He recognizes subtle things about her, and thinks about what she
would do when he needs motivation. Qibli wants to get Moon to like him
and to Qibli, everything is less awful for when he is with her, and he
often wishes that she were by his side. When Moon was in danger, he
leaped aside to protect her with his wings, and he looks at Moon like he
loves her. When Qibli spoke about how free he thought Possibility was,
Moon looked at him like he made sense. When Moonwatcher said that she
was unsure if anyone would want to come with her to fulfill the Jade
Mountain Prophecy, Qibli waved a wing at himself as though it were
obvious. When Winter told Moon he should have nothing to do with her,
Qibli sounded genuinely angry. He feels a need to know whether or not
she is safe, and during his time away from her, he felt like he was a
broken vase and she was the piece that would fit him all back together.
He once thought that his ideal future would be as a loyal advisor to
Thorn, but as he continued thinking about it, Moon appeared in the
vision alongside him as his partner. He wants to make her smile, and she
makes him happier than he has ever felt before. For Qibli, being around
Moonwatcher feels like being on a team with someone who works with him
and makes his own brain work better. He once stated that he would be
there for Moon anytime she needed him, and thought that if Moon ever
died, it would kill him as well. She often turns to him for physical
comfort, and he is considerate of her needs. Darkstalker once mentioned
that Qibli could never stay away from Moonwatcher for long. In the
epilogue of Darkness of Dragons, Moon asked Qibli if they could try
'being together'. Qibli wanted to, but he thought that his 'best
friend', Winter needed Moon more than ever and that Winter couldn't live
without her. But that was the same case for Qibli. In the end, Moon said
that 'she' was the one who couldn't live without Qibli. Qibli felt a
deep connection between them, and he finally said yes to try 'being
together' with Moon. Luna guessed that Qibli was 'her Swordtail' from
the way they looked at each other, and the fact that they slept side by
side every night on the trip to Pantala. To Moon, Qibli is one of the
most closest relationships, and that is likewise towards Qibli.

### Secretkeeper

Secretkeeper is Moon's mother and the first dragon to learn about her
daughter's powers. She hid Moon's egg in the rainforest secretly,
resulting in the other NightWings possessing no knowledge of her until
they moved to the rainforest. While growing up, Moon was only able to be
visited by her mother a few times a week until the NightWings moved into
the rainforest. She felt extremely lonely during the periods of time
alone. Moon really loves her mother and wanted to stay with her instead
of going to school, but was persuaded otherwise. Despite this, she still
often visits her mother in the rainforest. Moon was a little hurt by the
mental worries that Secretkeeper had about her and was jealous of
Anemone because of Coral's fawning over her. In Talons of Power, when
she journeyed to the Rainforest Kingdom, she was overjoyed to meet her
mother again and flew into her arms.

### Sora

Upon meeting her, Moonwatcher recognized the same tremors of anxiety as
she felt and even considered making friends with her. Sora had the same
paralyzing anxiety that Moon had and Moon wanted to use her powers to
help her feel better. After realizing that Icicle was after Sora,
Moonwatcher went to warn Sora, despite knowing that Sora had been who
had set off the bomb. Moon came to discover that she was not as much
like Sora as she originally though she was; though both were shy and
timid, Moonwatcher was not as mentally fragile as Sora. Before Sora
left, Moonwatcher reassured to her that no one was thinking about her as
much as she thought they did.

### Sunny

Moonwatcher already had a liking for Sunny and Starflight as they
visited in the rainforest. She liked how their thoughts matched what
they said and did. Sunny was the first of the Jade Mountain Academy
staff that Moonwatcher confessed the truth about her prophecy and
mind-reading powers to. Sunny was kind and grateful towards Moonwatcher
after she told her.

### Turtle

Moonwatcher initially did not trust Turtle as he had his skyfire, which
made his mind a quiet fuzz to her. Moonwatcher thought Turtle might have
something sinister in him, as she had a vision of him fighting Anemone
when she first saw him. As time passes, she sees him as more and more of
a friend and learns to trust him.

After the cave explosion and Moonwatcher's reveal of her powers, she
visited the underwater lake with Turtle. He removed the dragonflame
seedpod from her shoulder, and she wondered if he would let her drown if
she fainted. He then told her to, "Go ahead and try." This referred to
flying, but Moonwatcher wondered if he was offering her an escape as
well. She thinks that she does not know him and believes he is
interesting despite what he says to the contrary.

In Escaping Peril, she defended him against others
that how he used his power should be decided by him and him alone. When
Turtle used his animus power to get Darkstalker's scroll from Chameleon,
she was worried about his soul, but he shrugged them off as he said that
the "tiniest of evil" was in him. Moon believes he is a good brother as
he was willing to travel to the ends of Pyrrhia to protect Anemone,
despite Turtle's protests. In Darkness of Dragons, Darkstalker mentions
that Moonwatcher was fond of Turtle and Kinkajou, which made him
reluctant to kill either of them. She worries about his soul being
affected by animus magic.

### Winter

Moonwatcher is one of Winter's closest friends, and Winter is in love
with her. Moonwatcher once stated that she would never be Winter's
enemy, no matter what he said. She wanted Winter to come with her to
solve the Jade Mountain Prophecy, and her face crumbled into
disappointment when he refused. Since Winter began wearing skyfire, it
became a lot easier for Moonwatcher to talk to him, although Moonwatcher
sometimes has to remind him not to order her around and to attempt to
converse with her rationally instead of yelling. Winter sometimes jokes
with Moonwatcher, but he feels a twisting feeling in his chest when he
thinks about her, and hearing her say his name was described to be like
a spell that runs warmth through his bones. Winter had never met anyone
who seemed to be as interested in scavengers as he was until he met
Moonwatcher. She is determined to support Winter whether he wants her
help or not, and Winter has had quiet thoughts about how Moonwatcher is
different from the other NightWings, and perhaps different than most
dragons in Pyrrhia. His expression while looking at her once was soulful
and full of tortured longing. He quite likes her, and misses her dearly
after moving to Sanctuary.

Winter once thought that where Narwhal and Tundra saw Winter as nothing
more than a gray lump of ice, Moonwatcher saw dazzling mountain peaks,
as she regards him as one of the best dragons in Pyrrhia. Moonwatcher
finds Winter's mind to be very confusing, but she regards Winter as
someone who can think bigger than the things that affect him personally.
She trusts Winter and thinks that he is honorable and brave, and Winter
felt a rush of gratitude for her understanding of how important rescuing
Hailstorm was to him. Winter often cannot tell when Moonwatcher is
joking, but he looks at her in a loving way, and felt hollowed out when
he pictured her and Qibli together. He was afraid of what he might say
to her alone in the dark. Winter's heart told him to rescue Moonwatcher
when their group was attacked by Shapeshifter, and while he initially
felt guilty about being Moonwatcher's friend under the judgement of
Hailstorm, he felt a second wave of guilt after realizing how much
Moonwatcher had done to help him. After Narwhal and Tundra intended for
Winter to die during the Diamond Trial, he thought that Moonwatcher
would never have done something like that to him, as he becomes his best
self around her.

However, Winter acted harshly and explosively angry, causing Moonwatcher
to flare up during their argument about Darkstalker; Qibli wondered how
he could yell at Moonwatcher the way he did, if he truly loved her, and
Kinkajou admitted that he had been mean towards her when he yelled at
her or did not believe in her. When Moonwatcher chose Qibli over Winter,
he was heartbroken and wondered how long it would take for his heart to
heal.

## Prophecies

| Prophecies                  | Meaning                                                      |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| The Jade Mountain Prophecy  | The Jade Mountain Prophecy#Interpretations|Interpretations  |
| The Lost Continent Prophecy | The Lost Continent Prophecy#Interpretations|Interpretations |

## Quotes

No. I don't want to be … like other dragons. I just want them
to not mind that I'm different, if that makes sense. I want to stop
being scared — of being found out, of what my visions mean, of other
dragons, of everything.
to Darkstalker
Moon Rising
61

-----

All right. But please stop trying to scare me. You are not as
terrifying as you think you are.
to Winter
Moon Rising
92

-----

If I couldn't read minds, everyone I met would be like Turtle —
completely unreadable. Strange and blank. I'd have no way to know if
they were kind or cruel. I'd never understand why they act the way they
do. Everyone would be all surface. I'd think Winter was just mean; I
wouldn't know about his dead brother and how he hates himself more than
anyone else. I might think Qibli was just goofy and ordinary, if I
didn't know about his layers and his amazing mind and his childhood. I'd
have stayed away from Kinkajou, because I wouldn't have known or
believed that she really liked me. I guess that's how other dragons live
… never knowing how complicated everyone is. That's what it would be
like, to be normal.
thoughts about her powers
Moon Rising
198

-----

That just seems kind of wrong, doesn't it? I mean, judging
dragons by their dark thoughts, and using that to justify spying on
them? Lots of dragons think dark things sometimes; it doesn't mean
they'll ever actually do them … I don't know, I guess I don't like to
think of myself as sneaking around in dragons' heads. I can't help what
I hear, but it doesn't seem fair to do it on purpose.
to
Qibli Moon Rising
233

-----

You can't give up. Of course it's hard; the whole point is that
you're trying to fix something that's nearly impossible to fix. But if
no one ever tries, then it will always be terrible. You and Clay and the
others … dragons believe in you. You have to take that gift and do
something with it, not run away from it.
to Sunny, about Jade
Mountain Academy Moon Rising
281

-----

I mean, no one is completely evil … Dragons are complicated.
Some are kinder than others, or braver than others, and some of them do
really cruel things. But everyone has both good thoughts and bad
thoughts and reasons for what they do, reasons that they believe are
important.
to Winter Winter Turning (book)|Winter
Turning
77

-----

Because I think she's the kind of dragon you respect. And I
think you wouldn't want to start a war between the IceWings and both of
her tribes. I think you can imagine what killing her would do to
Pyrrhia, and you know it would be bad. Also, you're her guest; she's
welcomed and trusted you. You aren't the kind of dragon who betrays
someone's trust. I've already been in there for one thing — I know you.
And I've watched you. I saw you put out the fire in the history cave. I
saw you save me and Starflight from your own sister. I think you can
think bigger than just one tribe against another — you can think about
what's best for all the tribes. I guess I just — I trust you.

to Winter, about Glory Winter Turning

119

-----

I told her because it's the right thing to do, and because
there's no way to give her any skyfire, and also because I am hoping
that if she knows I'm listening, she'll try to have less disturbing
thoughts.
to Qibli, about Peril
Escaping Peril
110

-----

Not everyone has to be a scrollworm. For you, other dragons are
like scrolls — you love meeting new ones and trying to read them. You're
always thinking about how other dragons think and what they're like on
the inside. That's what ... I mean, that's one of the interesting things
about you.
to Qibli
Darkness of Dragons
237

-----

Talking to Darkstalker? It's the right thing to do. I want to
see what he says when he's confronted with his lies. And I want to hear
how he's justified the IceWing plague to himself. I think I'm one of the
few dragons left he'll at least try to be honest with — I mean, about
himself and his reasons for what he does — unless I'm completely
delusional about our friendship. But I think he wants me to agree with
him so he can feel like he's doing the right thing.
to Qibli

Darkness of Dragons
264

-----

But that's why she feels wrong to you, Darkstalker. Because
this is wrong, this ... experimenting with other dragons. Trying to
create a perfect dragon for yourself. Trying to change someone to be
exactly what you think you want. That's not love.
to
Darkstalker
Darkness of Dragons
271

-----

We still have to stop the fighting. If I put this down, I can
reach Darkstalker's mind. I'll try to talk him into ending the battle.
It seems kind of fitting that this started with us talking in our minds,
and maybe that's how it'll end, too.
to Qibli, about the
Battle of Jade Mountain
Darkness of Dragons
314

-----

Qibli. How are you so brilliant and such an idiot at the same
time? You are special. You don't need his poisoned magic, or any magic.
You're smart and you're brave and you care and you don't give up and you
take all of that and use it to help other dragons instead of yourself.
That's better than magic. You did the right thing.
to Qibli

Darkness of Dragons
341-342

-----

The future of Pyrrhia is not your own personal scroll, waiting
for you to write it, Darkstalker. The only future you control is yours.
And you have not brought happiness to the dragon tribes. We don't want
that future you see if we have to travel down your dark path to get
there.
to Darkstalker
Darkness of Dragons
350

-----

To Luna about the mission
I know [...] But
remember, we're not going to confront Wasp. Our mission is to find out
what's in the abyss that Queen Snowfall saw with her vision from the
ring. And hopefully it'll be a way to save your friends without needing
any magic or, um...stabbing
25
The Flames of Hope

## Trivia

  - Moonwatcher's favorite scroll genres include history, adventure
    stories, ancient legends, and encyclopedias. She also loves studying
    and reading.
  - Back in the rainforest, Moonwatcher mostly slept during the day.
  - Moonwatcher's visions once saved her from a falling tree.
  - Whenever the thoughts of the NightWings in the rainforest got too
    unbearable, she would escape by hiding up on the tallest tree or
    farthest waterfall.
  - Moon is the youngest protagonist, being only four years old.

## References

TBN Category:Point of views Category:Protagonists Category:Empowered
NightWings Category:Mind readers Category:Seers Category:Jade Mountain
Academy students Category:Jade Winglet Category:Appeared in DoD
TDG Category:Mentioned in TPJ Category:Dragons Category:Appeared in TFoH