Moonstone Dragons are named after the orb on their tails, which resembles the gem of the same name. They are nocturnal and gather energy through the absorption of moonlight with their orbs. They seem to glow with a lunar light and are a very gentle breed, feeding off of plants and the moons’ power.

Dragons are highly-intelligent reptilian creatures that—from a human perspective, at least—appear to live forever. Many different varieties of dragon exist, each with their own unique qualities, habitats, and behavior. Adolescence in dragons is usually marked by the growth of a hatchling’s wings, although not all breeds of dragons grow wings and some breeds have other traits that indicate the beginning of maturation. In Galsreim, dragons and humans coexist peacefully.

Mooncomplain used to have another name, but she's not allowed to talk about that. Just like she's not allowed to talk about most of her life in the Weyr of the Moon.

First she wasn't supposed to be ungrateful for the mate the Moon gave her, even though his feathers are dull and his wit duller. Then she was told to simply accept that her first egg, the prettiest blue and shiny as she, held no life inside and had been tossed to the river, swept from the Valley, just because the Weyr healers said so.

She's thought about that egg every day since she lost it, but the troubling part to her Weyrmates is the speaking. Smoothstone, leader of the Weyr, has visited her himself to pay his condolences for her loss, to empathize, and most importantly, to ask her to please keep her voice down. The Moon would bless her with another egg soon, he reassured her.

If she was quiet.

He renamed her as a reminder to keep her thoughts on the Moon, but still she thinks of her first egg. Speaks of it, too.