Actias NightOrb – Luna Moth (Actias Luna) / The Scorpions
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Actias_NightOrb
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:Blackout
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_moth
https://adoptandshop.org/the-mysterious-connection-between-scorpions-and-moths/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpions_(band)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackout_(Scorpions_album)
Actias NightOrb is a Death’s Head Sorcerer in Melanos Tower. Dyvim Whiteheart needs you to drive him out and gather his Lunar Crystals.
Actias is upset that his Scorpion Grotesque security has let him down. He states he will rock you like a hurricane and is surprised when you use shadow magic against him.
Monstrology Tome Description: Has nothing to do with the Night Orb guarded by Archera DeathsHead. But he really wishes he did.
The Quest name for this fight is Blackout.
The Luna Moth (Actias luna), also called the American Moon Moth, is a Nearctic moth in the family Saturniidae, subfamily Saturniinae, a group commonly named the giant silk moths.
The moth has lime-green wings and a white body. Its caterpillars are also green. Its typical wingspan is roughly 114 mm (4.5 in), but wingspans can exceed 178 mm (7.0 in), ranking the species as one of the larger moths in North America.
Across Canada, it has one generation per year, with the winged adults appearing in late May or early June, whereas farther south it will have two or even three generations per year, the first appearance as early as March in southern parts of the United States.
As defense mechanisms, larvae emit clicks as a warning and can also regurgitate intestinal contents, confirmed as having a deterrent effect on a variety of predators. The elongated tails of the hindwings are thought to confuse the echolocation detection used by predatory bats.
Moths are often associated with death and darkness, and they are often seen as omens of bad news. In some cultures, moths are even believed to be the souls of the dead. In horoscopes, Scorpio is ruled by the planet Pluto. Pluto/Hades is the ruler of the underworld. This connection also gives scorpions an association with death and the afterlife.
The Scorpions are a German rock band formed in Hanover in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker. Since the band’s inception, its musical style has ranged from hard rock, heavy metal and glam metal to soft rock. The lineup from 1978 to 1992 was the most successful incarnation of the group, and included Klaus Meine (vocals), Rudolf Schenker (rhythm guitar), Matthias Jabs (lead guitar), Francis Buchholz (bass), and Herman Rarebell (drums). The band’s only continuous member has been Schenker, although Meine has appeared on all of Scorpions’ studio albums, while Jabs has been a consistent member since 1978, and bassist Paweł Mąciwoda and drummer Mikkey Dee have been in the band since 2003 and 2016 respectively.
The Scorpions are estimated to have sold over 100 million records around the world, making them one of the best-selling hard rock and heavy metal bands. One of their most recognized hits is “Wind of Change” (from Crazy World), a symbolic anthem of the political changes in Eastern Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s and the fall of the Berlin Wall, and it remains as one of the best-selling singles in the world with over 14 million copies. Two of the songs on their ninth studio album Love at First Sting, “Rock You Like a Hurricane” and “Still Loving You”, are regarded as some of the most influential and popular works, both in heavy metal music and among rock ballads, defined as “rock anthem” and “a true hymn of love”.
Blackout is the eighth studio album by the German rock band Scorpions. It was released in 1982 by Harvest and Mercury Records. In the US, the album was certified gold on 24 June 1982 and platinum on 8 March 1984 by RIAA. Rolling Stone ranked Blackout as 73rd on their list of “The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time” in 2017.
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Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages
Actias NightOrb image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.
The female Actias luna image is copyright Shawn Hanrahan and borrowed from Wikipedia. It is shared under the CC BY-SA 2.5 Creative Commons license.
Scorpions in Austrailia image is copyright Ian Robert Laidlaw and borrowed from Wikipedia. It is shared under the Copyrighted free use license.
Blackout album cover art is copyright Mercury Records.
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