Princess Luna [Final]

[Lux]

 

Image belongs to Wave Realm

 

Name 
Princess Luna

Sex
Female

Age 
Her true age is unknown, but she appears to be immortal having lived for over a millennia.

Species 
Alicorn

Eye Color 
Varying shades of teal

Coat
Princess Luna’s coat, horn and wings are a deep midnight blue like the night sky. She keeps both her coat and feathers well maintained in order to keep her regal appearance.

Mane and Tail
Princess Luna’s mane and tail reflect her status of Princess of the Night. Both do not appear to be like a typical pony’s mane and tail but two translucent masses revealing a display of the night sky. Both her mane and tail defy the laws of physics, suspended in the air and flow even without wind. All this is an illusion to alter her natural pony hair.

Physical Characteristics 
Princess Luna has a typical regal Alicorn body with the appearance of a young mare. She is taller than almost all the mares in Equestria although she was not nearly as tall as her sister. Apart from her form, the Princess carries herself with the sense of power, nobility, and grace. In addition to her appearance, Princess Luna is often seen wearing her royal regalia. These include a black chest plate with the image of a crescent moon similar to her cutie mark inlaid, a black crown, and silvery shoes.

 

Unique Traits

Being an Alicorn, Princess Luna exhibits a number of unique magical abilities. Her most prominent one is being able to raise and lower the moon. Another is her command of the dream world where she can view a pony's dream and if necessary intervene and manipulate the dream surroundings. She can also create her own dream realms as a means to meditate and contemplate or to help ponies solve problems. Using illusion magic, she can alter her form such as when she became Nightmare Moon during Nightmare Night. She sometimes gets carried away with her magic, but quickly tries to rectify any chaos it causes. 

Residence
Canterlot Castle along with her sister, Princess Celestia

Occupation
Co-ruler of Equestria, Princess and Protector of the Night, and Guardian of Dreams

Cutie Mark
Princess Luna’s cutie mark is a waxing crescent moon against a black background. Although it represents in part her ability to raise and lower the moon this is only part of its meaning. Like the moon, Princess Luna is a light in the darkness, taking a pony’s fears and doubts and revealing a state of comfort and peace. She knows that many ponies fear the night because of what is found within. But Luna sees the beauty in what’s hidden in the night and treasures the beauty that dwells within the blackness. As the Guardian of Dreams she helps ponies to overcome the nightmares, leaving them with pleasant dreams and restful nights.

Luna received her cutie mark not by raising the moon but by simply observing the night. She looked up at the night sky and marveled at the moon and stars. She then turned her attention to the world around her, seeing how things looked differently in the night. The way the moon cast its light over a field, the starry sky reflected in a lake, the way the snowy hillsides glistened; all were wonders in her sight. She watched how there were creatures that only came out in the night. Lastly, she delved into a much more hidden world, the world of dreams, and viewed the deepest desires and wishes of ponies as well as their most fearful nightmares that haunted them.

After examining all these things, Luna came to the realization that she wanted to protect this often unseen world and show others that the night was not something to be feared but enjoyed. She especially wanted to protect those who were dreaming, helping to drive away the nightmares so that ponies could sleep and dream in peace. With this revelation of the night and her desire to protect and share it, her cutie mark appeared in a flash of light. The next day she triumphantly raised the moon, ushering in the beautiful night.

History
Princess Luna was always deeply involved with her sworn duty to protect and share the night. She took pleasure in the evenings to raise the moon, ushering in the beauty of the night. She cared for the creatures that roamed the night and helped ensure that the dreams of the ponies that slept were tranquil. But beyond her duties of the night she loved her sister, Princess Celestia. She knew that her sister was her strongest supporter and treasured her night and that was always how it would be.

As time passed, the Princess of the Night continued to carry on her duties of protecting the night. Her heart, however, began to want something more as she watched the ponies joyfully work, live, and play in Celestia’s sun. She was proud that her sister spread so much happiness and yet at the same time felt saddened that the same ponies who frolicked in the daylight slept at during the night, never seeing the beauty that she saw. Despite her sister’s unwavering love and support, Luna felt that she was being overshadowed by Celesita’s power. Even worse, she began to feel that the ponies respected and loved Celestia more than her! She felt alone and unloved, her presence fading from the world.

Her sadness, pain and fears gave way to jealousy and anger. Soon darkness crept into her heart, poising the Princess. She began to see her sister no longer as her supporter but one who loved the ponies’ attention and was not willing to share with anypony, not even her sister. Eventually these feelings became too strong and the Princess became Nightmare Moon. In her new form possessing an uncanny power fueled by jealousy and hate she appeared during the Summer Sun Celebration, refusing to lower the moon and declaring that the night would last forever. This was not the night that Luna experienced, but a twisted version where fears were made real. But to Nightmare Moon, it was better to be feared than loved. Even more so, her dark side knew that she was free to do as she pleased, knowing that Princess Celestia would never do anything to harm her sister. Her rule would be unopposed, or so she thought.

Princess Celestia managed to save her subjects by wielding the power on the Elements of Harmony and banishing Nightmare Moon to the moon. While there, the nightmarish side gave way leaving Luna alone as she watched the world she once knew change. She could barely hold back the pain that she felt that she had not only lost her rule, she also lost her sister. The centuries that passed gave her time to think about what she had done, especially about how she could so easily give into the darkness. She remembered the night she once loved, not the night that Nightmare Moon sought to last forever, but the beautiful night she wanted to protect and share the moment she first received her cutie mark. She knew that whenever her banishment ended she would return better than she was.

Unfortunately in her mind was still the darkness and when released from her banishment Luna became Nightmare Moon again. The entity sought to bring eternal night once again, but then Luna was saved by the new bearers of the Elements of Harmony. Unlike before when she was banished, the Elements cleansed her of the evil, making Luna awake in her normal, albeit weakened state.

After being freed, Luna spent some time away from the public rebuilding her strength. Her isolation from the ponies for a thousand years and the guilt she felt made her wonder if she could be the Princess she once was, one who was loved and respected. She knew she might never be like her sister, but she wanted to at least return to being the Defender of the Night and Guardian of Dreams. She also knew her time of being a defender of Equestria was now over now that the power of the Elements of Harmony was transferred to others. She resigned herself to assisting her sister as co-ruler working behind the scenes to help promote peace and prosperity.

One day Luna decided to make her first public appearance without her sister at her side by going to Ponyville’s Nightmare Night Celebration. She felt at first out of place and many ponies seemed to still fear her. Yet when all hope seemed lost, Princess Luna found that she could be loved and respected thanks to Twilight Sparkle who helped her that night. After that event Princess Luna felt that she was ready to help rule Equestria as the Princess of the Night once more and that she would take on any new challenges that the kingdom and the ponies within might face.

Character Summary
Princess Luna has complex personality. She is a very wise pony, having an untold number of years’ worth of knowledge to share with others. She tries to keep current with the times, especially after her banishment, by reading anything she could get her hooves on. In terms of magic, Princess Luna exhibits a great ability to wield magic including weather manipulation, animating objects, transformation, and of course raising and lowering the moon. She can also view the dreams of ponies and even step into them to help ponies chase away any nightmares. This dream walking she does selectively so as not to invade a pony’s privacy. Unlike her sister, she tends to use her magic more readily although she uses it with great responsibility. 

Due to her thousand year isolation, she at first reverted back to the traditional decorum which gave the false appearance of being more intimidating than respected. Through time, patience, and practice, Luna has learned to just let her personality shine through rather than resorting to stiff royal decorum. Those who see past her appearance will find that she is a very kind pony, willing to listen to anypony’s thoughts and concerns. She is also a generous pony, willing to give her time and energy to helping others. Her honesty is sometimes blunt as Luna tends to say what is on her mind no matter how hard the truth may be. In this case she tries to temper the truth with guidance in order to lessen the impact. Princess Luna also seemed to have a good sense of humor and has been known to sometimes play harmless pranks on her sister.

The Princess of the Night still at times has some inner conflict due to her time as Nightmare Moon. Although she is trying to put the past behind her, there are times when painful memories return. Her feelings about herself are also based on how ponies act towards her. If ponies are happy and open to receiving her, she feels more apt to have a good time. If ponies feel uncomfortable, she retreats into herself and become less sociable.

There are certain things that Luna does not tolerate. She dislikes it when ponies are not given a second chance as she feels that based on her experience everypony deserves a second chance to redeem themselves. She also dislikes those who take advantage of others, who shun what they do not know, or who are jealous towards each other as they remind her of the time right before she became Nightmare Moon.

Princess Luna is a pony who has seen the best and the worst of herself and knows that if ponies are shown love and respect, then they in turn will spread it to others. She knows that her past was just a memory, and that nothing could be done to undo what has been done other than to learn from her experiences and to not repeat the same mistakes. Above all, Princess Luna seeks to learn all she can about Equestria and the ponies that call it home, protect the night and share it with others, guard the dreams of the ponies, and spread her love and tranquility towards other.

 

The following was an app done around 2012 or so

 

[Rosewind]

Looks good, going to pass this up for final review and stampy.

[RainbowFoxxy]