“As long as you’re with me, little one, I will always protect you. With a little luck, you’ll be happy and healthy. That’s all I ask.”
 
Lunar Luster is Hollow Shade’s mother and a very quiet unicorn. She and her son are very close, and she tried her very best to understand her son’s weird and “spooky” interests, defending him against anyone who tried to make fun of him or treat him poorly just because he was a little different.
 
She used to be a part of the Canterlot elite before she fell in love with a travelling fortune teller named Sheer Luck, who had set up temporary shop in Canterlot. Her parents did not approve of her relationship with a pony of such unreliable income, but she was tired of stuffy elites who waved their titles around like medals of honor they earned, throwing bits at whatever and whoever they wanted. They gave her the option of staying with them in Canterlot and abandoning Sheer Luck, or continuing her relationship with him and thus being cut off from all of the family’s funds and having her aristocratic title revoked. She chose the latter without a second thought.
 
While Lunar was still pregnant with Hollow, Sheer Luck fell gravely ill and shortly died. They were still very far from the nearest town, so Lunar made a makeshift grave for Sheer Luck, gathered their small travelling caravan, and continued on. She slowly made her way back to civilization, ending up in the little town of Ponyville, where she has stayed ever since. She still does an annual visit to the grave she made for Sheer Luck and takes Hollow Shade with her.