About the design:

It was DragonaDeMetal 's idea to give her a different look during a lunar eclipse. (Her normal version is on the left. Lunar eclipse version on the right.)



Her horn is meant to be warped by dark magic, but based off Diana's weapon in League of Legends.



Diana's weapon While I suggested we add more horns do show more of her corruption, Dragona had the last say as to what kind of horns.



Dragona shaped the mane and I shaped the tail.



To give her more of a Celestia-like mane, I turned her mane colors to fit the color palette of Nightmare Moon.



All armor designs were created by DragonaDeMetal



To keep her wings the same shape but still more detailed, I added realistic feathers and turned the upper portion translucent like a membrane.



Dragona loves fetlocks and a traditional unicorn's tail.



I decided to turn the sclera in her eye black.

Perhaps one of the oldest things on my checklist is finally checked offEver since Solar Flare made her debut, I have always wanted to recreate Nightmare Moon and give her the same treatment. Finally, I can say she's done! This undertaking was done by myself and my friendsince we now both co-own Solar Flare. I felt it was only fitting that both of us collab our thoughts and ideas into one amazing character.Learning from Solar Flare, we noticed that Celestia's essence was entirely compromised. Solar Flare simply looks far too different to be deemed recognizable without giving the context, much like how nobody would know the difference between Darth Vader and Anakin Skywalker if they knew nothing about Star Wars. Dragona and I went into this with the mindset that we are going to preserve that essence of Nightmare Moon. We literally have spent several days going back and forth with ideas. I think the end result shows the fruit of our labor.I want to especially thank my friend who runs theblog over on Tumblr. He has been my Nightmare Moon expert that I've been consulting to make sure the design still captured that essence of Nightmare Moon.This design of Nightmare Moon is owned by and To support both of us, please also check out's page and watch her if you aren't already!