'Stonemover' is an adult male NightWing who was introduced in The Brightest Night (book)|The Brightest
Night. As an Animus magic|animus Dragons|dragon, Stonemover enchanted
his magic to affect his scales rather than his soul, causing his body to
gradually turn to stone. He is the father of Sunny and was formerly in a
relationship with Queen Thorn. He resides within Jade Mountain, and is
known by some of Jade Mountain Academy|academy's students as the "Ghost
of Jade Mountain."

## Description

Stonemover has gray and black scales, the color of the desert night sky.
His scales have partly turned to stone, including his back legs, his
shoulders, and the edges of his wings, as well as his tail, which flops
heavily along the ground behind him. The scales on his tail look like
dark pebbles, sinking into the skin beneath. He has deep lines etched
into his face, as if he is in pain, and he has black, unreadable eyes.
His voice is deep, serious, and sounds dust-covered. His mouth almost
does not move when he speaks. He is bigger than Thorn, but not as
enormous as Morrowseer or Burn.

Moon notes that he looks weighted down. The stone across his scales
makes him appear fossilized.

## Personality

Thorn described him as being "always nervous, in a sweet, worried way."
He never pretended to be scarier and meaner than he really was, and was
described to be smart. He cared a lot for his tribe, to the point where
he would give up something large for them. When Sunny met him many years
later, however, she felt somewhat disappointed by his dull and
depressing personality. When Moonwatcher met him in the caves, she
remarked that he does not have much to say and think, lacking motivation
to do most things. He is also described by Moonwatcher to have very slow
thoughts in addition to his slow, halting speech. He often felt hopeless
of his own future and gave up immediately when he felt his soul
deteriorating, petrifying himself as a result instead of taking further
action to solve the main problem. He is also scared about ruining his
soul and harming other dragons through animus power, which is why he
turned himself to stone. Due to his own life experiences, he believed
powers like mind-reading or animus magic will ruin someone for life.
After Darkstalker removed his stone curse, Stonemover immediately tried
to use his magic to harm himself to punish himself, and his thoughts at
that time were enough to give Mindreader a headache.

## Biography

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Pre-Series
After the first eruption
of the NightWing island|NightWings' volcano, Stonemover used his animus
magic to create a series of NightWing tunnels|tunnels. One connected the
NightWing island to the Rainforest Kingdom as a passage for the
NightWings to invade the rainforest, and the other connected the Kingdom
of Sand (later used by the dragonets of destiny to meet Blaze) to the
rainforest as a passage for Blister's SandWings to arrive with backup
forces. It was here where he then met a young SandWing named Thorn. The
two met in secrecy while Stonemover gathered the magic needed to create
the tunnels, and over time they fell in love. However, Stonemover's
animus curse began to take effect, and he left Thorn without her
noticing or knowing about the curse. This prevented him from learning
that they had conceived a single egg. He made his way to Jade Mountain
and managed to turn his animus magic against itself. This way, instead
of losing his soul to insanity, his body would gradually turn to stone.
He tried sending a message to Thorn to tell her how to find him, but the
message was intercepted by Burn's army, and did not reach her until the
events of The Brightest Night.

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### The Dragonet Prophecy

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Prophecy
Kestrel indirectly mentioned Stonemover as the
"dragon of Jade Mountain" who the dragonets of destiny could contact if
they ever needed her.

left The Lost Heir

In the prologue, Webs indirectly mentioned Stonemover as the "dragon in
Jade Mountain" who could possibly help him hide from the Talons.

left The Brightest Night

During the assault on SandWing stronghold|Burn's stronghold,
Sunny and Thorn discovered the message Stonemover had sent with his
location. However, Thorn became mad at him for leaving and refused to
seek him out. Afterwards, Sunny left Thorn to warn her friends of
Scarlet's escape. She had originally planned to head straight to the
rainforest over the mountains, but due to bad weather, she had to stop
at Jade Mountain. As she ventured further into a cave, she encountered
her father on the way. He was at first amazed to learn he had a
daughter, but quickly became somber after hearing Sunny's plan to end
the War of SandWing Succession|war and find the Eye of Onyx. He also confirmed that The Dragonet Prophecy (prophecy)|the Dragonet Prophecy
was fake and explained that no NightWing has had powers in over a
century. Though distraught over this, Sunny was still determined to end
the war and left to go find the Eye of Onyx.

One month after Thorn was crowned queen of the SandWings, she finally
came to Jade Mountain and was reunited with Stonemover.

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### The Jade Mountain Prophecy

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When
Moonwatcher, Sora, and Kinkajou were first visiting the Jade Mountain
library, Kinkajou exclaimed that she heard of a ghost who lived in the
academy. Starflight said that the ghost was really Stonemover, who would
enjoy a polite conversation, which Kinkajou thought sounded boring. When
Moon heard of this, she thought that maybe he was the voice in her head,
which she later found out was wrong. She later visited and asked him
about NightWing powers, but all Stonemover said was that they are long
gone and that they would ruin her life.

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Sunny briefly mentioned him when she, Clay, Peril, Turtle, and Ruby were
talking about who Scarlet's animus might be.

left Talons of Power
Stonemover was mentioned by Flame, who said that the animus refused to
heal the scar on his face, left by Viper. However, after Darkstalker
healed it for him, Flame tried and almost succeeded in killing
Stonemover. Stonemover was saved by Darkstalker, who enchanted a
stalactite to heal him and turned him back to a normal dragon. However,
Stonemover started screaming that they were not his talons, perhaps
referencing that Darkstalker was taking control of him, and that his
talons were monsters that should never be set free. Stonemover did not
want his animus magic to do bad things to the world, so Darkstalker had
to turn him back to the way he was. Stonemover later appeared in
Darkstalker's throne room, after Darkstalker had summoned every single
animus dragon in Pyrrhia into his throne room. Darkstalker asked him how
many dragons were in that room since Turtle was hidden, and Stonemover
replied "four," therefore giving away Turtle's presence.

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Darkness of Dragons
While Qibli was searching for Ostrich, he blundered into Stonemover's
cave. Stonemover was shown desperately trying to avert his eyes from
Flame, who was trying to escape the prison Darkstalker made for him.
Qibli noted that it was a worse punishment for Stonemover than for Flame
before moving on.

Qibli also questioned several times throughout the book that he thought
Flame may have been enchanted by Darkstalker to kill Stonemover, either
to get rid of competition or to make himself look good. During the
Battle of Jade Mountain, Starflight mentioned Stonemover while he,
Fatespeaker and Qibli were discussing evacuation plans.

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### The Lost Continent Prophecy

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Stonemover was indirectly mentioned by Jerboa III when she
told Snowfall that animus magic was not working for her or any of the
other animus dragons.

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The Dangerous Gift
Stonemover was
indirectly mentioned by Tsunami when she was telling Sundew that they
have four animus dragons. Stonemover also briefly appeared in Snowfall's
vision as Jerboa III, when Jerboa III was brought into Darkstalker's
throne room. She saw two SeaWings and a NightWing - Anemone, Turtle, and
Stonemover.

## Relationships

### Sunny

Sunny is Stonemover's only dragonet. He expressed surprise at her
existence and noted how he hoped for a daughter. Stonemover seemed
puzzled by Sunny's persistence on ending the war and was pessimistic
about her plan.

### Talons of Peace

It has been hinted that Stonemover has some contact with the
organization, as Kestrel referred to him if the dragonets ever needed
help. He describes them as nosy.

### Thorn

Stonemover is Thorn's first partner. Thorn fell for him first and after
a while, he fell for her too. He also gifted her with the moonstone
necklace before his sudden disappearance, a necklace that Thorn still
wears. Due to Thorn never getting his note, Stonemover believed Thorn
had given up on him and believed he was not the right dragon for Thorn.
They later had an awkward reunion after the end of the war and were
quick to realize how little the two had in common anymore.

## Known Enchantments

Phrasing unknown.
Dinner
To bring him
food every few days.
TBN
175

Phrasing unknown.
A tunnel
For quick
travel between the NightWing island and Rainforest Kingdom.
THK

207

Phrasing unknown.
A tunnel
For quick
travel between the Rainforest Kingdom and the Kingdom of Sand.

THK
77
His animus magic
Phrasing
unknown.
TBN
187
To turn the animus magic-induced
loss of his soul on itself and make the curse appear in his scales
instead.

## Quotes

I turned the magic on itself. […] The curse appears in my
scales now instead of taking my soul. […] Too late anyway.

to Sunny, about his animus curse The Brightest Night (book)|The
Brightest Night
172

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We had eggs? […] I thought she'd given up on me.

to Sunny, about Thorn The Brightest Night (book)|The Brightest
Night
173

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I'm not the right dragon for Thorn. […] Perhaps I never was.
[…] There's nothing I can do. I did all the wrong things … a long,
long time ago … and nothing can change that.
to Sunny, about
Thorn The Brightest Night
174

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I can't believe I have a daughter. […] I used to dream — I
would think about what our dragonets would look like, if Thorn and I
ever — but I thought it was too late.
to Sunny
The Brightest Night
176

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These aren't mine. […] No. No, I gave mine up. My talons are
gone. These are monsters crawling out of the earth and they will rend
the sky and crush the wings of small dragons and I can't let them I
won't I won't I won't let them be used again!
panicking,
after the healing spell took away his stone-scales curse.
Talons of Power
78-79

## Trivia

  - Strongwings thinks that Stonemover did something to the Obsidian
    Mirror before his disappearance.
  - Tui may write a Wings of Fire: Winglets|Winglet about Stonemover.
  - Stonemover suspects that he is dying.