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{{Quote
|quote   = That's because I have had excellent training at the side of the most wonderful [[queen]] in [[Pyrrhian]] history.
|speaker = Moray to [[Coral]], ''[[The Lost Heir (book)|The Lost Heir]]''
}}
{{Character
|name      = Moray
|image     = <gallery>
Moray GN Infobox.png|Graphic Novel
MorayTemplateSkyla.png|Reference
</gallery>
|age       = Adult
|gender    = Female
|tribe     = [[SeaWings]]
|powers    = 

|status    = Alive (as of ''[[The Lost Heir (book)|The Lost Heir]]'')

|current   =
[[Princess]] of the [[SeaWings]],<br />
Communication specialist of the [[SeaWing Council]]
|former    = 

|Relation1 = Father
|RName1    = [[Shark]]
|Relation2 = Aunt
|RName2    = [[Coral]]
|Relation3 = Uncle
|RName3    = [[Gill]]
|Relation4 = Cousins
|RName4    = [[Orca]], [[Tsunami]], [[Anemone]], [[Auklet]], [[Fin]], [[Cerulean]], [[Octopus]], [[Turtle]], [[Unnamed characters#SeaWings|twelve unnamed female SeaWings]],{{Ref|ToPp}} [[Unnamed characters#SeaWings|twenty-eight unnamed male SeaWings]]
|Relation5 = Ancestors
|RName5    = [[Pearl (L1)|Pearl]], [[Fathom]], [[Template:Royal SeaWing Family Tree|more]]

|a1App     = ''[[The Lost Heir (book)|The Lost Heir]]''
|a1Men     = 
|a2App     = 
|a2Men     = 
|a2Oth     = ''[[Talons of Power (book)|Talons of Power]]'' (flashback)
|gnApp     = ''[[The Lost Heir (graphic novel)|The Lost Heir]]''
|gnMen     = 
|otFeat    = ''[[A Guide to the Dragon World]]''
}}
'''Moray''' is an adult female [[SeaWing]] [[princess]] who was introduced in ''[[The Lost Heir (book)|The Lost Heir]]''. She serves as [[Queen Coral]]'s [[Literature|scroll]] publisher and communications herald in the [[SeaWing Council]].{{Ref|TLH|92}} She is the daughter of [[Shark]] and currently resides in the [[Kingdom of the Sea]].

== Description ==
Moray is large,{{Ref|TLH|79}} with dull, gray-green scales and small, colorless eyes{{Ref|TLH|93}} that closely resemble those of Shark.

== Personality ==
Moray is smug,{{Ref|TLH|93}} and was described by [[Anemone]] to be a perfect, boring [[dragons|dragon]] that can do no wrong,{{Ref|TLH|103}} as well as drippy, fatuous, and uninteresting.{{Ref|TLH|106}} Anemone also believes her to be strange, like no one could act as worshipful toward Coral as she does all the time and really mean it.{{Ref|TLH|210}} Despite the affection she showed toward Coral, she was not gentle with the injured [[Webs]].{{Ref|TLH|217}}

== Biography ==
=== The Dragonet Prophecy ===
==== ''[[The Lost Heir (book)|The Lost Heir]]'' ====
Moray came to notify Queen Coral of a dead body that had been found near the [[Summer Palace]]. The [[queen]] showed little interest, yawning, until Moray mentioned that it was a [[SkyWing]]. Coral ordered Moray to fetch [[Piranha]] and Shark, and Moray accompanied them to investigate the body, which was revealed to be [[Kestrel]]'s body.

The next morning, Moray was present during a council meeting. While [[Whirlpool]] described how well Coral's newest scrolls were selling, Moray interrupted by mentioning that the underwater editions, which she spent much of her time promoting, were especially popular. She also mentioned that SeaWing schools had adjusted their curriculums to ensure that dragonets had ample time to read more of [[Scrolls#List of Known Scrolls|Coral's scrolls]].
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=== The Jade Mountain Prophecy ===
==== ''[[Talons of Power (book)|Talons of Power]]'' ====
Moray was first mentioned as one of the figures of authority who were able to impose a punishment to the SeaWing [[prince|princes]] when they did something wrong. Later, in [[Turtle]]'s flashback to the [[Talons of Power ceremony]], Moray was shown as one of several SeaWings overseeing the test. She was also the first of the viewers to notice Anemone's newfound [[Animus magic|animus powers]].
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=== Field Guides ===
==== ''[[A Guide to the Dragon World]]'' ====
Moray was mentioned by Coral in her opening letter to [[Starflight]] in the SeaWing chapter.

== Relationships ==
=== [[Coral]] ===
Moray worried about Coral all night after the queen was faced with Kestrel's death,{{Ref|TLH|109}} and later supported her physically after the death of Coral's dragonets.{{Ref|TLH|146}} She spends all of her energy promoting Coral's underwater scrolls.{{Ref|TLH|113}} She adores{{Ref|TLH|150}} and gazes worshipfully toward Coral and seems to resent Anemone, [[Orca]],{{Ref|TLH|145}} and [[Tsunami]], as they are potential challengers to Coral's throne.{{Ref|TLH|115}} She fawns over Coral constantly, and Tsunami once wondered if Moray would even be willing to kill Coral's daughters to keep the queen safe.{{Ref|TLH|145}} Moray has no problem cleaning up Coral's dirty work, as she cleaned [[Tortoise]]'s remains without any complaint.{{Ref|TLH|150}} Moray once stated that she wants Coral to remain queen forever, and would rather die than challenge her.{{Ref|TLH|210}}

== Family tree ==
{{Royal SeaWing Family Tree/Current}}

== Quotes ==
{{SingleQuote
|quote   = That's because I have had excellent training at the side of the most wonderful queen in [[Pyrrhian]] history.
|speaker = to Coral
|book    = [[The Lost Heir (book)|The Lost Heir]]
|page    = 93
}}
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{{SingleQuote
|quote   = Mostly the underwater editions. [...] Those tend to sell the best. Of course, I spend all my energy promoting them —
|speaker = to Coral, about her scrolls
|book    = [[The Lost Heir (book)|The Lost Heir]]
|page    = 113
}}
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{{SingleQuote
|quote   = But everything I do for your scrolls is so terribly important. [...] They're like your other children, really. I couldn't abandon them.
|speaker = to Coral
|book    = [[The Lost Heir (book)|The Lost Heir]]
|page    = 139
}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Moray GN Infobox.png|Moray from  ''[[The Lost Heir (graphic novel)]]'', by [[Mike Holmes]]
MorayTemplateSkyla.png|Reference by {{U|Skyla the Skywing}}
</gallery>

<gallery widths="80" heights="80" caption="Art by [[Mike Holmes]], from the [[:Category:Graphic novels|Wings of Fire Graphic Novels]]">
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== References ==
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