Nyctael Moonwing

The first Moonwing
He's deceased now but he's big part of my story


This is general Nyctael info + his impact on the Moonwing Family

Every tenth child born in the Moonwing family (except Moonwings past the third branch) is a Tenth Moonwing. They can be identified by their highlight of blue in their eyes. (Particularly strong at birth and full moons.) The tenths have enhanced strength and magic connection. The Tenth Moonwings are said to be children that trace back to their very first ancestor,  Nyctael Moonwing, who was a man of unknown background. His magic was a mixture of all kinds. He was said to be a child of Elune, or just blessed by Elune due to losing his parents. He was a man of excellence, a hero to the Kaldorei. In general, Nyctael was a very humble man.
He was named Nyctael after a Snowy owl. Nyctael comes from the Latin for a Snowy owl ‘Nyctea Scandiaca’. The naming technique of naming after birds in Latin applies to the Tenth Moonwings (I.e. Pewarathea, ara comes from the Latin for macaw.)
Nyctael was wounded by trolls while protecting his family, and died in the arms of his wife. A few years after his wife's death, her children found out about the ‘third branch’. This really is just the purity of the family line and the branch works as so: Say we have 1 Moonwing woman marrying, this is the first branch, her children can still become 10ths, then she has a daughter and she too marries, this is a second branch, her children can still be tenths, and her daughter also marries and changes names, this is the third branch and her children don’t count anymore.  If a tenth is born, their branch cancels back to 0, meaning the extinction of the family gene is slightly harder.