Lunar Herald Dragon

Lunar Heralds produce different colors depending on the phases of Valkemare's moons. See this table for more information. Lunar Heralds were released on August 29, 2015, with their release of all variations spanning across a month. This is the first dragon to have variations dependent on Valkemare's moons, Aurax and Cirion. Each Lunar Herald color will only appear in-cave or through breeding on certain moon phase combinations.

Egg
"This metallic egg shows faint iridescence in moonlight."

Hatchling
"Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. When it basks in moonlight, it is surrounded by a faintly glowing aura."

Mature hatchling
"Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. When it basks in moonlight, it is surrounded by a faintly glowing aura. And look! It has grown wings! It must be close to maturing."

Adult
"Lunar Heralds are deeply attuned to the two moons of Valkemare, Aurax and Cirion. Strictly nocturnal, they draw energy from moonlight and will only hunt when the moons have waned. When breeding, the amount of moonlight the parents receive from each moon will determine the color of the egg produced. When a Lunar Herald is struck by direct moonlight, an illusion of multiple wings may appear. Witnessing a Lunar Herald’s illusory wings is commonly believed to be a sign of good fortune."

Sprite artist

 * LadyLyzar (All)

Transparency
Lunar Herald adults are semi-transparent, and will appear slightly different depending on the color of their background.

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Corresponding moon phases
The following table demonstrates what moon phases correspond to which color. The colors will appear in-cave (CB) and during breeding (regardless of the color the parents are). DC's official moon clock can be found here. A forecast calendar has been constructed by a fan to help users plan their breeding ideas better, and can be found here.

Trivia
"Lunar Heralds are deeply attuned to the two moons of Valkemare, Aurax and Cirion. Strictly nocturnal, they draw energy from moonlight and will only hunt when the moons have waned. When breeding, the amount of moonlight the parents receive from each moon will determine the color of the egg produced."
 * The description of the Lunar heralds was updated a few hours after TJ's dragons grew up. The original description was:
 * After 2 of the 4 colors were released, TJ09 realized that the incorrect moon phases were being displayed on the website. This has since been corrected, and a phase tracking post was given to show the correct moon phases up until that point.
 * LadyLyzar responded to a user on the forums who mentioned that Lunar Heralds would have made great Prize dragons, suggesting that the species were originally designated to be Prize dragons themselves before revealing that this was the intention later on. She also later revealed that they were created around the same time as the Shimmer-scale Dragons.
 * LadyLyzar clarified to users that the name "Indigos" for the blue variant is not an official name and that she never really had official names for them. When they were being made as prize dragons though, she did refer to them as "Gold Lunar, Silver Lunar, Bronze Lunar, and Alt Lunar" dragons.
 * This dragon only has 2 wings (or 1 pair)- the other wings are illusory. It was further elaborated on that it is not achieved via an illusion of motion, as per the updated adult description.
 * LadyLyzar commented that the Lunar Heralds' colors happen to have "worked out nicely for the moon phases" of Valkemare's moons, rather than the dragon's or the moon's colors made to suit one or the other.
 * While the description hosts the term "metallic", they are not to be considered as part of the same metals or metallics group as Gold or Silver Dragons. Their description is meant to specify that their scales are metallic, a concept that remained with the dragon when it was originally intended to be a prize.
 * During the release, speculation was raised as to what elemental affinity these dragons would have. While it was not yet added to the site officially, LadyLyzar would have put the Lunar Heralds' elemental affinity as Light.