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The '''moon''' is a prominent celestial body, overseen by the [[God|Goddess]] [[Ourania]], that dominates the night sky of [[ | The nameless Achaean '''moon''' is a prominent celestial body, overseen by the [[God|Goddess]] [[Ourania]], that dominates the night sky of [[Achaea]]. Its powers were once tied to the planet [[Lunastra]]. | ||
==Influence== | ==Influence== | ||
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Further north, the Yriluawe people of [[Aran'riod]] have revered the phases of the moon since time immemorial. Their oracles and spiritualists have raised it to a position of prominence alongside the creation of [[human]]ity, and the Yriluawen shamans take great pains to ensure that the proper rites are enacted at the proper luminosity. | Further north, the Yriluawe people of [[Aran'riod]] have revered the phases of the moon since time immemorial. Their oracles and spiritualists have raised it to a position of prominence alongside the creation of [[human]]ity, and the Yriluawen shamans take great pains to ensure that the proper rites are enacted at the proper luminosity. | ||
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 (statistic)|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 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 | 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 Achaea. | ||
==Phases== | ==Phases== | ||
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;''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. | ||
==Other moons== | |||
Exploring the planar highways of [[Yggdrasil]], [[Achaean]]s discovered the existence of other moons wheeling through the skies of other planets and planes. For instance a single giant moon hangs over the plane of [[Bjarndyr]] whilst the tumultuous vault of [[Drauger]] has a scattering of at least four at a time. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Vanished Moon]] | *[[Vanished Moon]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Moons]] | ||