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In the ancient [[Tsol'aa]]-developed art of [[Tattoos]], the moon is used as a symbol for the passive regeneration of [[mana]]. A similar ideal is found in the city improvement known as the [[Pillar of the Moon]], a monument that bolsters the mental capacity of all who would dwell beneath it.
In the ancient [[Tsol'aa]]-developed art of [[Tattoos]], the moon is used as a symbol for the passive regeneration of [[mana]]. A similar ideal is found in the city improvement known as the [[Pillar of the Moon]], a monument that bolsters the mental capacity of all who would dwell beneath it.


During the [[Eternal Night]], the moon was darkened with the [[sun]] beneath the tidally locked planets [[Noxtra]], [[Somnustra]], and Lunastra. Slivers of errant moonlight empowered the net that found its way onto the dread [[nychtaur]], transforming the beast into its original form as the soul of a [[unicorn]]. When the Supernal Triad was destroyed in the cataclysmic wake of the Eternal Night, the light of the sun and moon was finally restored to Sapience.
During the [[Eternal Night]], the moon was darkened with the [[sun]] beneath the tidally locked planets [[Noxtra]], [[Somnustra]], and Lunastra. Slivers of preserved moonlight empowered the net that found its way onto the dread [[nychtaur]], transforming the beast into its original form as the soul of a [[unicorn]]. When the Supernal Triad was destroyed in the cataclysmic wake of the Eternal Night, the light of the sun and moon was finally restored to Sapience.


==Phases==
==Phases==
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;''Last Quarter'' : The light of the moon is minimised to the left side of the moon’s lunar orb, designating the transition into the Waning Crescent phase.
;''Last Quarter'' : The light of the moon is minimised to the left side of the moon’s lunar orb, designating the transition into the Waning Crescent phase.
;''Waning Crescent'' : Diminished in luminescence, the light of the moon is reduced to a crescent-shaped part on the left hand of the circle in the sky.
;''Waning Crescent'' : Diminished in luminescence, the light of the moon is reduced to a crescent-shaped part on the left hand of the circle in the sky.
==See also==
*[[Vanished Moon]]


[[Category:Astronomy]]
[[Category:Astronomy]]
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