Wings of Stone: MoRoc & Annastara

Baseline MoRoc wings — heavy, stony, and largely ornamental — contrasted with Annastara’s living-stone wings veined with light and true flight potential.

MoRoc Wings (Baseline)

Heavy, stony, jagged — remnants of an older design.

Status Ornamental / Gliding

Structure: Heavy, stony, jagged.
Function: Mostly ornamental or limited gliding; vestiges of an earlier form.
Limitation: At dawn, when MoRoc harden into statues, the wings become immobile stone extensions.

Annastara’s Wings (Unique)

Living stone veined with light — capable of bursts of true flight.

Status Living‑Stone / Flight‑Capable

Living Stone: Not dead weight — they ripple subtly, like molten rock cooling and shifting.
Flight Potential: May enable true powered flight: short lifts expanded into sustained glides.
Veined with Light: Faint luminous veins pulse during transformation, as if animated by inner fire.

Symbolism

Marks Annastara as beyond the MoRoc — not bound by the Edict of Balance, not frozen by day.
A visual echo of Vear’s Skyborn title, tying her destiny to his in mythic symmetry.

Humans’ Perception

Humans call the MoRoc “gargoyles,” seeing them frozen by daylight.
When Annastara transforms — stone body, glowing eyes, and wings that move — they see a “living gargoyle.”
That distinction terrifies them, breaking their understanding of the MoRoc entirely.

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Quick Comparison

Aspect	MoRoc (Baseline)	Annastara (Unique)
Material	Dead stone; rigid mass	Living stone; responsive, shifting
Mobility	Limited; ornamental / brief glides	Active movement; short powered lift possible
Daylight State	Fully petrified with body	Not necessarily frozen; exceptions implied
Visual Cue	Jagged, heavy silhouettes	Veins of light pulsing during transformation
Mythic Reading	Relic of an older design	Echo of Skyborn — destiny in motion