Stonemover

"It's too late. For my soul, I mean."

— Stonemover in The Brightest Night.

Template:Infobox CharacterStonemover is a gray and black NightWing animus with dark black eyes and glossy scales half-covered in stone. He is also known as 'the dragon of Jade Mountain'. He is the father of Sunny and the mate of Queen Thorn, however he ended up turning his animus powers against itself so that he would slowly turn to stone rather than lose his soul.

History

Pre-Series

After the first eruption of the NightWing's volcano, Stonemover was sent to Pyrrhia in order to create a series of portals to allow the NightWings into the Rainforest Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Sand. It was here he met a young SandWing named Thorn. The two met in secrecy while Stonemover gathered the magic needed to create the portals, and over time they fell in love. However, Stonemover's animus curse began to take effect, and he left Thorn without her noticing. This prevented him from learning that they'd conceived a single egg.

He made his way to the Jade Mountain, and managed to turn his 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.

The Dragonet Prophecy

Although Stonemover didn't formally appear, Kestrel told the dragonets and Peril that, if they ever needed her help, there was a dragon in the Jade Mountain who could help locate her. This means Stonemover has had some contact with the Talons of Peace somehow or can use something animus-touched to locate them.

The Brightest Night

During the assault on Burn's stronghold, Sunny and Thorn discovered the message Stonemover had sent with his location. However, she was still mad at him for leaving, and refused to seek him out. Instead, Sunny traveled to the Jade Mountain to ask her father for help. He was at first amazed to learn he had a daughter, but quickly became somber after hearing Sunny's plan to end the war and find the Eye of Onyx. He also confirmed that the Dragonet Prophecy was written by Morrowseer, and explained that no NightWing has had powers in over a century.

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

Moon Rising

When Moon, Sora, and Kinkajou were first visiting the Jade Mountain library, Kinkajou exclaimed that she heard of a ghost who lived in the academy. But 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 highly expected him at first as being the voice in her head, which she later found out was wrong.

Appearance

Stonemover has been described as gray and black, with glossy scales. His eyes are dark and black. Parts of him, such as his back legs, shoulders, and the edges of his wings, look heavier and thicker than regular dragon scales. The scales on a part of his tail and most likely the rest of the mostly-stone areas on him resemble dark pebbles, sinking into the skin beneath. Making his appearance like a statue or apart of the stone around him. 

Personality

Queen Thorn described him as "His scales were like the desert sky at night and he was always nervous, in a sweet, worried way, like no other dragon I'd ever met... He wasn't pretending to be scarier and meaner than he really was. He was just himself. And he was very smart... He really, really cared about saving his tribe." When Sunny met him "She wanted to poke him in the nose. She honestly had no idea how her mother had ever liked this dragon." When Moon saw met him in the caves she remarked "He doesn't have much to say for a dragon who supposedly longs for company." and "He sighs a lot."

Trivia

• He enchanted a fox named Dinner so that it would bring him food every few days so he doesn't die.
• Strongwings thinks that Stonemover did something to the Obsidian Mirror before he disappeared.
• Tui T. Sutherland may do a Winglet about him.
• He suspects he is dying as stated in The Brightest Night. This could just be overdramatizing his situation.
• He is said to sigh a lot by multiple dragons.

Quotes

"I'm always dying"

"It's too late. For my soul, I mean."

Gallery

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• A nightwing
  A nightwing
• A German NightWing
  A German NightWing
• Sunny's Family
  Sunny's Family
• A typical NightWing; art by Joy Ang
  A typical NightWing; art by Joy Ang
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