Luna

"And I'm hoping she sees that dragons mostly want to take care of each other and love and be loved and not fight all the time or hurt anyone. [...] At least, I hope that's what most dragons are like. Sometimes I'm not sure. I mean... I'm not sure about HiveWings, I guess."

— Luna to Pineapple about Freedom, The Flames of Hope

Luna is a female SilkWing dragonet and the main protagonist of The Flames of Hope. She is a flamesilk dragon and the half-sister of Blue. She lived in Cicada Hive with her two mothers and half-brother. She is in a long-standing relationship with Swordtail and currently resides in the LeafSilk Kingdom. She was formerly under the control of the othermind.

Description

Luna has pale, pearly, bright green scales like those of an elegant caterpillar color that are lined with golden flecks along her back and tail. Prior to her Metamorphosis, she had whorls of cobalt and gold in her wingbuds, and a pale green tail. She now has pale green wings that look beautiful, like cascading petals of green sunlight and has long, furling antennae and scales like sliced gems. From afar, she appears to be a pale green shape with bits of white, gold, and blue, and is described as being smaller and lighter than Pineapple.

Personality

Luna is reckless, unworried, fierce, bubbly, and cheerful. She cares greatly about dragons who are in danger and is not easily frightened. She finds the idea of hurting a real dragon extremely scary and she felt guilty for days when she accidentally hurt Jerboa III with her flamesilk. Luna wants a world where dragons love who they want to love, take care of each other, and are happy. She is sometimes difficult to speak with and can be rude towards dragons she dislikes, and it is unlike her to apologize to them. However, like her half-brother, she does think about and care how her actions affect other dragons. Luna suppresses her upsetting thoughts, and tries to always think optimistically. She believes sad, true stories such as the cause of the Scorching should be told; but she does not want to be the one to share them.

Some days, Luna feels as though she has endless energy, and that she knows how to fix the wrongs of the world. She describes these as "sunny season days". Other times, on her "rainy season days", a kind of fog weaves around her thoughts, making her want to hide away from everyone and "not be a dragon for a while". During those days, she tries to hide what she is really feeling so that those around her do not worry. She calls her neutral expression a "see, I'm smiling, I'm not causing problems, everything is fine" face, claiming that it's similar to Jerboa III's face.

Before her Metamorphosis, Luna had always felt ready for life with her wings and the changes that would come with them. She yearned for change and independence and was aware of how unfairly the SilkWings were treated. She wanted to make tapestries that made others happy.

Blue always thought of Luna as the smartest dragon in their whole family. Sundew described Luna as great and that she gave off a "survivor vibe". The LeafWing also said that Luna is able to take proper care of herself. Moonwatcher noted that Luna's mind is somehow more entangling than other dragons, and that she is slightly intense.

Biography

The Jade Mountain Prophecy

Darkness of Dragons
In the epilogue, Luna was found being tended to by Jerboa III. She had been injured by a storm that blew her all the way from Pantala to Pyrrhia. She was lying on a bed of palm fronds and was seen to have sat up and eyed Moon and Qibli warily as they entered. She was said by Jerboa III to be the first visitor from the lost continent.

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The Lost Continent Prophecy

The Lost Continent

On that morning, Luna shook Blue, while he was still in his hammock and was excited about getting her wings. He told her she technically had a few days until her wings grew, and she responded by turning Blue's hammock over, dumping him onto the webs. The two of them went into Cicada Hive to spend the day, and at a checkpoint they conversed about whether LeafWings were actually extinct. Luna started talking about how Queen Wasp just wanted the two tribes to have a common enemy. Hawker, the checkpoint guard wished Luna good luck with her Metamorphosis, and Blue joked that the guard might have a crush on Luna. They went to get their honey drops, with Luna telling Blue a story about something funny Swordtail had said. Luna and Blue went into The Sugar Dream, where Chafer was quite displeased with SilkWings being in his store. Luna was insistent on getting them honey drops, and eventually got them after Lady Scarab interfered. Luna thought it was a cool power and said that she would have blasted Weevil in the face with it. Luna said she was acting a bit different today because her wrists hurt, and Blue noticed that her silk glands were glowing very brightly. He worried that it was not normal and tried to make her see a doctor. She argued back, saying that every Metamorphosis was a bit different and she did not want to waste her "perfect last day" getting examined by a HiveWing doctor that thought SilkWings were "weird and revolting." Blue relented, and they traveled to the Mosaic Garden, where they visited the Salvation Wall. They had a brief discussion about the mosaic, and played hide-and-seek, and went to an art gallery until Luna said they needed to get to the Cocoon as quickly as possible, because she was starting to enter her Metamorphosis trance. Upon arriving at the Cocoon, they met with Swordtail, Io, and Burnet who all came to support her, but took notice of her glowing glands and became concerned. She was much less rebellious than usual when the guards told her she was late though she was on time, and she began to spin her cocoon with flamesilk, a scarce ability. The HiveWing guards surrounded her immediately, and, despite Swordtail's best efforts, she was taken away. Luna's cocoon was discovered by Blue when he was thrown into the flamesilk factory, and she soon woke up, marveling at her new wings. She used her silk for the first time and accidentally lit a stack of her father's, Admiral's, letters aflame. Shortly after she emerged, Blue notified her that their friends were there to rescue them. After failing to convince Admiral to come, she escaped with Blue, and they, along with Cricket, Sundew, and Swordtail, escaped from the Hive down the LeafWings' tunnel. When they reached the end of the tunnel, she and Swordtail decided to go flying for a bit, only to run into some HiveWing soldiers. They began to fight, and Luna attempted to use her flamesilk on one of the soldiers, only for the wind to catch and tangle it, creating a sail of sorts that got swept up in the winds of the approaching storm, carrying her off over the sea. When Jerboa III found her in the epilogue, Luna had just awoken, injured, and half-covered by sand on a Pyrrhian beach. She asked Jerboa III who she was, and Jerboa III was relieved that Luna could speak Dragon. Jerboa III took Luna to her hut, where she met Moon and Qibli. She was shocked by how much Moon looked like Clearsight and then learned that Moon could see the future, like Clearsight, and says that her tribe needed her. She then thought, "We're coming for you, Queen Wasp. And now we have a dragon who can really see the future. The reign of the HiveWings is over."

The Hive Queen

In the prologue, Luna walked over to sit next to Moon in the sand. Luna was extremely excited about meeting a NightWing, as she thought very highly of their powers. Luna also had very high expectations of what this power could do to the HiveWings and how it would help them on their quest to stop Queen Wasp. She told Moon that in the old language her name meant "moon." She also told her that she was worried about Blue and Swordtail. As Moon talked about The Lost Continent Prophecy, Luna noted that she knew the secret in the Book of Clearsight, and guessed what some of the lines meant. She was also very anxious to get home and was strongly disappointed when Turtle and Tsunami's arrival suggested hesitation towards the next step. Luna also presented many solutions to the problem of Queen Wasp, which were more or less rejected by Moon and the others for their excessive levels of nastiness.

The Poison Jungle
Swordtail asked the PoisonWings if they saw any SilkWings around. Swordtail hoped to find Luna at the SapWing village, but found Io instead. Although he was pleased to be reunited with his sister, he still missed Luna. They also learned from Tsunami and Turtle that Luna had ended up in Pyrrhia.

The Dangerous Gift

Luna was briefly mentioned by Swordtail, who thought about how he wanted to fly over the ocean to her. She later appeared when Queen Snowfall and the Pantalans arrived at Jerboa III's hut. She first mistook Snowfall for a SilkWing, then noticed Sundew and Cricket and was delighted to see them. She hugged Sundew and then asked where Blue and Swordtail were. When Sundew said that they were not there, Luna put her face in her talons and was about to burst into tears until Willow told her that they are still alive. Sundew added on that they can still save them, and Luna was cheerful again, declaring that she was ready to travel across the ocean to save them. Sundew told her that crossing the ocean was not the hard part of saving them, and Luna then hugged Bumblebee and told Sundew, Cricket, and Willow to tell her about what happened. Luna was later seen using her flamesilk to cut the SilkWings' wristbands off. Some time later, Snowfall came over to Luna and asked her to use her flamesilk on her ring. Luna lifted her chin, asked if she was the one who kicked her tribe out of the Ice Kingdom, and Snowfall replied that the SilkWings would not be here without her. Luna rolled her eyes and used her flamesilk on the ring, which did nothing. Luna said she was sorry that it was not working. During the queens council, Tsunami explained how Luna had came to Pyrrhia, and then Luna had jumped in and explained the political system on Pantala. Luna was mentioned later to have convinced Hazel to let her be the SilkWing representative on the journey to Pantala.

The Flames of Hope

Luna thought about Pantala's injustices when Jerboa III interrupted her thoughts. The Pyrrhia-Pantala Representatives were on a beach near Jerboa III's hut, and were about to leave for Pantala, but they had to wait for Lynx to arrive. Luna gave Jerboa a crude wooden carving of the two of them as a thank you gift, before being requested by Tsunami, who had let Cricket use a dreamvisitor. Tsunami told Luna how to use the dreamvistor and Luna contacted Swordtail with it. She learned that Swordtail was in Cicada Hive and Io has been captured. She agreed to meet with Swordtail at the Mosaic Garden after the mind-control problem has been fixed, and they talked for a while before Swordtail had to wake up. After Lynx arrived, Luna and the other ten representatives flew to Pantala, but two days before they arrived, they found an island with HiveWing guards. Sundew made Luna and most of the ten dragons and Wren invisible to give them an advantage while fighting. A SilkWing under the mind-control soon arrived and Luna did not get caught, but Moon, Qibli, Tsunami, and Pineapple get captured. Most of the HiveWings and the SilkWing leave, except for one named Earwig and four unconscious others. After Earwig was knocked out, on Cricket's request, Luna burned the map into a leaf so that the HiveWings could find their way back to Pantala. The remaining members of the stealth team decided to split off into two teams; one to rescue their captured comrades and the other will wait on Pantala for the others. Luna, Wren, Sky, Bullfrog, and Cricket were all a part of the latter group and headed on their way to Pantala. They waited near a cave where they encountered their first Pantalan human, Axolotl. After three days of waiting for the others, they decided to venture into the underground cavern to find the abyss themselves. Luna and Cricket figured out a way to tell Sundew where to meet if they come looking for them. They are lead further into the underground cavern by Pokeweed where they encounter SilkWings refugees from Bloodworm Hive, Jewel Hive and Mantis Hive. Lady Jewel, Tau and the missing LeafWings were also there. Luna made non-burning flamesilk strands for the refugees there, where she met a nervous dragonet named Dusky, who mentioned hearing voices from the caverns. She later told Tau, Jewel and the LeafWings about what happened in the Poison Jungle and Pyrrhia and explained the different types of flamesilk she could make. Tau told them that they knew that there was a lake where humans visited and offered to show them it tomorrow. Luna met Whitespeck, who explained to Luna that Dusky's mother was missing, and that his father died when he was young. The next day, Tau led Luna, Dusky, Wren, Sky, and several other dragons toward the lake. While on their journey, they were frightened by Vole and they came across pictures depicting the Scorching and the founding of the abyss village. As Luna was discussing the pictures with Cricket, Dusky was abducted by Raven and Mole. In order to get Dusky back, Luna attempted to look threatening as Wren tried to negotiate with the humans; however, Vole threw Dusky into the abyss, causing Luna to jump in after them. At the bottom of the abyss, Luna entered Cottonmouth's throne room before being taken in by the othermind. Luna and Dusky witnessed events from Cottonmouth's life, the Scorching, and Lizard's hatching. Afterward, Luna was brought to the mindspace where she met Cottonmouth and Lizard personally. Luna learned about Cottonmouth's plans with the breath of evil and tried to convince Lizard to help them, but Lizard was reluctant to help her out. Instead, Luna convinced Lizard to check in on Swordtail and Blue in Cicada Hive. Luna sympathized with the controlled dragons, causing Lizard to have an outburst, but the dragon was surprised when Luna claimed that she had the worst life of any dragon. Luna watched Pineapple, Tsunami, and Qibli be questioned in Wasp's throne room. In order to help her friends, Luna made a deal with Lizard to give her memories to the dragon if she helped the Pyrrhian dragons escape from the throne room. When Bryony and Cricket attempted to talk to Luna from the top of the abyss, Cottonmouth used Luna to tell them to bring Sundew to the abyss, causing Luna to get more upset with the human. Before she gave her memories to Lizard, Luna had Lizard take Dusky's memories to make sure that Cottonmouth would not be able to get the map to Pyrrhia from Luna's memories. When she was sure that the secret of the map was safe in her memories, Luna gave Lizard her memories and they watched a memory of Luna, Blue, Swordtail, and Io from before her Metamorphosis. When Pineapple was brought into the mindspace, Luna was brought to where Pineapple was in the real world and watched as Tsunami, Qibli, and Cottonmouth-in-Pineapple reunited with other members of the stealth team. In order to get Lizard to release Luna and Dusky from the vines, Luna made another deal to get Lizard Pineapple's memories. Lizard was distraught by the RainWing's memories, but after seeing the memories of other stealth team members, Lizard told Luna how to destroy the othermind along with Cottonmouth. As a big fight broke out between Cottonmouth and the stealth team, Luna traveled to the large stem of the breath of evil and wrapped her silk around it. She cut the vine between Cottonmouth's and Lizard's heads, hoping that it would keep Lizard alive, but Lizard reassured Luna that she had to die in order for the othermind to stop spreading. Luna and Dusky said their goodbyes to Lizard and at the request of Dusky, gave Lizard a new name, Freedom, before cutting the rest of the vine and killing Freedom. Luna dug up the roots of the breath of evil and burned them with her flamesilk, destroying the othermind and allowing her and Dusky to escape the abyss. They flew out of the abyss and rejoined with the members of the team at the top of the abyss. Together, they exited the cave. The next day, Luna reunited with Swordtail at the Mosaic Garden and flew together to Luna's home in the webs to reunite with Blue. She introduced Cricket to her mothers and Io as a member of their family. In the epilogue, Luna was weaving a tapestry of the LeafSilk Kingdom as she waited for Blue and Cricket to arrive. She reflected on the changes happening in Pantala to Swordtail and expressed her optimism for the future.

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Field Guides

A Guide to the Dragon World
Luna was depicted in a portrait with Swordtail in the SilkWing chapter of the guide. Later in the chapter, she wrote a recipe for honey drops.

Relationships

Blue

Despite having very different personalities, Luna is shown to love and care about her younger half-brother. On Luna's Metamorphosis Day, Blue is the dragon that she chose to spend her time with. Blue often allowed others to push him around to keep the peace, which was something she loved about him but also drove her up a wall. She also notices almost right away how much Blue had changed during the time she was in her Cocoon, saying, "Wow, [...] It really was a long five days, wasn't it?" When Luna emerged from her Metamorphosis in the Flamesilk Cavern, Blue cried with joy because he had missed her very much. She is affectionate towards him and has always been able to read him.

Cricket

Luna was initially distrustful of Cricket. Though Luna knows that Cricket is a safe HiveWing, she still gets a small shiver at the sight of her. A small part of her was angry that Blue and Swordtail had fallen into Queen Wasp's Hivemind and not Cricket. When Cricket attempted to get close to Luna to try and talk to her, Luna usually found an excuse to fly with the other representatives instead. Luna was surprised when Cricket opened up about her feelings, as it was not a "HiveWing thing" to do. Luna later recognized that Cricket was her own individual dragon, instead of just another HiveWing. At the end of The Flames of Hope, Luna introduces Cricket to her moms as a member of her family.

Dusky

Luna cares for Dusky, enough to fly into the abyss to save him. She allowed Dusky to stay with her so he would not get lost.

Jerboa III

Jerboa III is the first dragon Luna met when she came to Pyrrhia. Jerboa also helped Luna when she was wounded, so Luna sees her as a friend. At the beginning of The Flames of Hope, Luna gave Jerboa III a gift as a thank you for taking care of her. Jerboa III did not react much to the gift as she was not accustomed to normal dragon interactions, something Luna related to. When Luna tried to take the gift back, Jerboa III batted her away, insisting it was her weird-looking art fail. Luna promised that she would make a better gift for Jerboa III once the world is fixed.

Lynx

Luna thought Lynx was "too smiley." However, she still trusted her enough to rely on her while they were invisible. When they were invisible, they held talons to not get lost during the fight on the island with the HiveWing soldiers, and to ground themselves.

Moonwatcher

She seemed thrilled to learn about Moon's ability to see the future, and believed Moon was the secret weapon the SilkWings and LeafWings needed to destroy the HiveWings. She got startled when she first saw Moon, thinking she was Clearsight. During their flight back to Pantala, Luna thought negatively of Moonwatcher as she did not fit Luna's image of an intimidating, mystic prophet. When Moon revealed that she had mind-reading powers to Luna, Luna did not know whether not to be mad at Moon for keeping it a secret or feel guilty over the mean thoughts she had about Moon.

Pineapple

Luna described Pineapple as her "favorite new Pyrrhia friend." He is physically affectionate towards her. Pineapple found Sky to be delightful, unlike the other Pyrrhian dragons, which made Luna like him even more. After Luna saw Pineapple's memory, Luna wished she would have known about Pineapple's partner, Jambu, before so she could make him feel better. She saw herself in Pineapple as they both understood the feeling of missing someone who they loved dearly. Luna promised to Pineapple that they would try and get him back home to his partner. Luna mentioned she would look forward to Pineapple and Jambu coming to visit them in Pantala soon.

Qibli

Luna found Qibli to be too hilarious and nowhere near serious enough. Qibli reminded Luna of Swordtail in some ways, as they both were funny and talked a lot when they were nervous. She also saw little things about him which reminded her of Blue, as they both wanted to be liked by everyone and make everyone happy.

Sky

Luna described Sky as "her direct opposite" and thought that Sky was mostly likely to bump into a Hive and apologize to it. She also stated that Sky is a very sweet dragon, and reminded her of her younger brother, Blue.

Snowfall

Luna found Snowfall to have been "a flipping terrifying dragon."

Swordtail

Luna is in a relationship with Swordtail and is shown to care a lot about him. Swordtail has always been on her side since the moment they met. Swordtail loves her, and when HiveWing guards took Luna away during her Metamorphosis, he vaulted towards her and tried to protect her. When Swordtail met Luna before her Metamorphosis, she leaned into him as though she had been flying for days and Swordtail was the island she had been searching for. Blue believes that Swordtail puts dangerous ideas in Luna's head, but she claims that she is the one who introduces the ideas to Swordtail. The pair is devastated when they are separated. They never went long without each other in the five years they have been together and she felt strange and untethered without him. Once the othermind was defeated, both Luna and Swordtail happily reunited with each other, and went to live in the LeafSilk Kingdom together with their friends.

Tsunami

Luna believed that Tsunami would be useful for fighting the HiveWings. She thought that Tsunami was sometimes scarier than Sundew.

Wren

Luna thought that Wren was the polar opposite of Sky, and could take down a Hive if she had talons and fire.

Family tree

Silverspot

Admiral

Burnet

Luna

Blue

Quotes

"Don't you 'actually' me. I'm your older sister and I've been to, like, twelve Metamorphosis days, plus I have the highest grade in our class in Silk Studies. I can 'actually' you under the table."

― to Blue

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"No, you lazy banana slug. [...] All my favorite things! That's the correct answer."

― to Blue, about what to do before her Metamorphosis

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"Pffft. What Tussock's uncle saw was just a green SilkWing. He's just hysterical. And that collapse was obviously just shoddy workmanship. The sabotage story was so obviously a cover-up."

― on the topic of LeafWings

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"To terrorize their enemies! Moons, I sure would. If I had super stink powers, I'd have blasted that Weevil guy right in the snout the moment he got anywhere near our wingbuds! Oooo, that would have been awesome."

― to Blue about Scarab's HiveWing ability

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"Blue, don't you think it's unfair that HiveWings can use their weapons on us anytime they want, but we can't do anything to fight back?"

― to Blue, about HiveWings and SilkWings

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"I am not spending my perfect last day being prodded by some HiveWing who thinks we are all weird and revolting anyway!"

― to Blue about seeing a doctor

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"Of course you did. [...] You have faith in other dragons. Whereas I thought she was a conniving manipulator who deliberately set up her descendants to be the most powerful tribe in Pantala."

― to Blue about Clearsight

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"We're coming for you, Queen Wasp. And now we have a dragon who can really see the future. The reign of the HiveWings is over."

― thoughts about Queen Wasp

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"She can tell us what's going to happen next! She can see everything the HiveWings will do! She can predict Queen Wasp's next move and then the Chrysalis will know how to stop her!"

― thinking about Moonwatcher

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"She's seeing the future RIGHT NOW!"

― thinking about Moonwatcher

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"My name means 'moon' in the old language, did you know that? Now it's a kind of moth."

― to Moonwatcher, about the similarities between their names.

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"I'm so ready! If you know how to cross the ocean, I'll do it right now!"

― to Sundew and Willow, about saving Blue and Swordtail.

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"Maybe Sundew is right, that SilkWings are too soft, too forgiving. But I don't forgive them. I just ... want the punishment to fit, and to go where it's deserved. I don't want to be one of these dragons, burning everything and hurting everyone for revenge."

― thoughts about the HiveWings

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"I'll weave you flying. You'll be with all the dragons who gave you memories."

― To Freedom, promising to honor her by weaving her into a tapestry

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"Hello, all. [...] This is Cricket. She's part of our family now."

― to Io and her mothers, introducing Cricket into their family

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"And LOOK at that rainbow. [...] Nobody would believe it if I put a rainbow that pretty into my tapestry. Everybody would be like, 'Oh, sure, Luna, I bet there was also a perfect rainbow in your perfect scene of dragons from different tribes getting to know each other. VERY subtle metaphor, well done."

― Luna, about her tapestry

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"Dragons and humans, living in peace after all this time, [...] I can't wait to see what that future is like."

― Luna, about the future of the world

Trivia

• Luna's name means "moon" in the old dragon language.
  • She is also confirmed to be named after the luna moth.
• Luna had the highest grade in her silk studies class at Silkworm Hall.
• Before being captured by Queen Wasp, Luna wanted to be a silk spinner who lived with Swordtail in an artist's cell near the sunny heights of the web of Cicada Hive. She wanted one of her tapestries to be given to the queen, or one of her sisters.
• Luna's favorite place in Cicada Hive is the Mosaic Garden.
• Luna is good at remembering faces but struggles with names.
  • She uses a trick of picturing dragons in tapestries with their namesake to recall Pineapple's name. Something similar is when she is in an unfamiliar place; Luna immediately begins to picture the location as a tapestry.
• If she were a ghost, Luna would haunt an art museum.
• Some of Luna's favorite things are honey drops and tapestry weaving.
• Luna has been to twelve Metamorphosis days before her own.

Gallery

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  Luna on the cover of The Flames of Hope, by Joy Ang
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  Luna on the full cover of The Flames of Hope, by Joy Ang
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  Luna and Swordtail on the Barnes & Noble special edition poster from The Flames of Hope, by Joy Ang
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  Luna on the cover of the Official Wings of Fire Stained Glass Art Book, by Brianna C. Walsh
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  Luna fullbody render, edited by SpaceshipEarth
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  Luna from How to Draw, by Brianna C. Walsh (edited by WillowCharlotte1234)
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  Luna on the cover of the Russian version of The Flames of Hope, by Alisa Perkmini
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  Reference by Spirit978
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  Reference by Goosefeathers

References

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