The moonstone, unlike its sister the sunstone, exists as power given to someone by the gods, not as an object. It allows maji to connect their lifeforces, which gives them significantly more power, but at a price—it requires a blood sacrifice to the moonstone for the connection to be tenable long-term. The nature of connecting via the moonstone also means that if one connected person dies, everyone else does too.
Moonstone Quotes in Children of Virtue and Vengeance
The Children of Virtue and Vengeance quotes below are all either spoken by Moonstone or refer to Moonstone. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter Eighty-One
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I feel the most sacred gift of Oya beneath my hands, the holy magic of life and death. When the last body breathes again, I stare at the glowing tattoos on my hands.
No Reaper or Healer in history has ever been able to do that.
In our magic, I see the answer. What Oya wanted me to understand all along. If we use the moonstone to bind our lifeforces, we can save the maji from the monarchy’s grasp.
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Moonstone Term Timeline in Children of Virtue and Vengeance
The timeline below shows where the term Moonstone appears in Children of Virtue and Vengeance. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter Forty-Three
...tattoos. She scribbles translations and finally says that the tattoos are the mark of the moonstone, the sister of the sunstone. It’s a power that the gods give, rather than a...
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Chapter Seventy-Two
...safe from the blast, but the bombs exploded right above Roën. She calls on the moonstone and dives for Roën’s fading lifeforce. He wears a diving mask. Zélie discovers a heavy...
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Chapter Eighty
...on as Zélie tries to say Roën’s name. She can’t speak to say that the moonstone joined her lifeforce to Roën’s, but they can’t survive without a blood sacrifice. Tzain figures...
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Chapter Eighty-One
Zélie realizes that Oya wanted her to understand that by using the moonstone to combine their lifeforces, they can save the maji from the monarchy and win the...
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Chapter Eighty-Three
...Zélie shares that they brought the victims back to life using the magic of the moonstone and now, they’re going to destroy the monarchy using their combined magic. Amari warns that...
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