# General Info The Aetherion Cycle is [[2-World/Planets/Elandor.md|Elandor]]'s corner of the heavens: its sun, its two moons, and the bright wandering lights that cross its night sky. Every one of those lights is a god's home. Scholars call it a *Cycle* because everything in it turns in one great, slow dance around the sun, a dance the faithful say was set in motion by the gods who made the world. ## Aureon, the sun Elandor's sun is called **Aureon**. It is warm and life-giving, but it has a temper: solar flares are said to cause magical surges. The faithful of [[2-World/People/Deities/Solenne.md|Solenne]] teach that she gave her own fire to light it, which is why it warms but no longer burns as it once did. Every morning her Dawnstar rises just ahead of it, and the [[2-World/Groups/The Dawnward Church.md|Dawnward Church]] says the sun would not dare rise without her. ## The two moons *"Two sisters chase each other through the heavens: Lunara, the pale light of those who gave, and Noctyra, the crimson flame of those who refused. When their paths cross, balance trembles."* - **[[2-World/Planets/Lunara.md|Lunara]], the Pale Moon.** A large, calm, silver-white moon. Most people call her *the Founders' moon*: the faiths teach she was born from what the Founders gave up to make the world. Her light belongs to mercy, rest, healing sleep and the peaceful dead, and the Founder faiths hold their holy nights when she is full. - **[[2-World/Planets/Noctyra.md|Noctyra]], the Crimson Moon.** Smaller and darker, the colour of old rust on most nights. Every so often it turns blood-red, and people call that *the Bleeding*. Noctyra is *the Abstainers' moon*, and old tales say it wasn't in the sky when the world was young. It belongs to war, passion, madness, nightmares and bad bargains. During the Bleeding, sensible folk stay indoors, soldiers grow reckless, dreams turn ugly, and the cults are said to gather. ## The Crossing On rare nights the two moons meet and one passes in front of the other. Nobody agrees how often it happens, and every faith reads it differently. When pale Lunara covers Noctyra, it's called *the Mercy*, and it's a night for weddings and pardons. When Noctyra covers Lunara, it's called *the Red Night*, and even the priests lock their doors. ## The lights of the Founders The eight Founders' realms are worlds of their own, but from Elandor they look like bright stars that don't keep still with the others. Each has a folk name, and most people can point out at least a few of them. | Light | What mortals see | God | Realm | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | The Hourglass | Two linked stars that slowly swap brightness over a century | [[2-World/People/Deities/Anachronix.md|Anachronix]] | [[2-World/Planets/Anachronia.md|Anachronia]] | | The Scaled Star | A steady white light that never flickers | [[2-World/People/Deities/Vesharra.md|Vesharra]] | [[2-World/Planets/Talionne.md|Talionne]] | | The Dawnstar | The first light in the sky before every sunrise | [[2-World/People/Deities/Solenne.md|Solenne]] | [[2-World/Planets/Aurelith.md|Aurelith]] | | The Lantern | A pale blue light low on the horizon; sailors call it "the last star" | [[2-World/People/Deities/Morvaine.md|Morvaine]] | [[2-World/Planets/Velamorre.md|Velamorre]] | | The Green Wanderer | A star that changes colour with Elandor's seasons | [[2-World/People/Deities/Verdessa.md|Verdessa]] | [[2-World/Planets/Sylvarae.md|Sylvarae]] | | The Mariner's Eye | A bright blue star that sailors steer by | [[2-World/People/Deities/Kaelos.md|Kaelos]] | [[2-World/Planets/Thalassor.md|Thalassor]] | | The Ember | A dull red star that dwarves call "the Hearth Above" | [[2-World/People/Deities/Durnhal.md|Durnhal]] | [[2-World/Planets/Khazdurn.md|Khazdurn]] | | The Candle | A small, warm golden star that appears every evening at supper-time | [[2-World/People/Deities/Amarae.md|Amarae]] | [[2-World/Planets/Hearthholm.md|Hearthholm]] | ## The Hollow Eye Somewhere in the night sky is a patch with no stars at all. People call it **the Hollow Eye** and treat it as an omen. Astronomers say it looks out onto [[2-World/Star Systems/The Hollow Beyond.md|The Hollow Beyond]], the dark between the stars where the Abstainers live, and sailors have noticed that Noctyra always rises from the Eye's side of the sky. # Star System Details **Dominant Races:** The mortals of [[2-World/Planets/Elandor.md|Elandor]], and the souls who dwell in the Founders' realms **Sun:** Aureon **Moons:** [[2-World/Planets/Lunara.md|Lunara]] (the Pale Moon) and [[2-World/Planets/Noctyra.md|Noctyra]] (the Crimson Moon) **Worlds:** [[2-World/Planets/Elandor.md|Elandor]] and the eight Founder realms # Planets - [[2-World/Planets/Anachronia.md|Anachronia]] - [[2-World/Planets/Aurelith.md|Aurelith]] - [[2-World/Planets/Elandor.md|Elandor]] - [[2-World/Planets/Hearthholm.md|Hearthholm]] - [[2-World/Planets/Khazdurn.md|Khazdurn]] - [[2-World/Planets/Lunara.md|Lunara]] - [[2-World/Planets/Noctyra.md|Noctyra]] - [[2-World/Planets/Sylvarae.md|Sylvarae]] - [[2-World/Planets/Talionne.md|Talionne]] - [[2-World/Planets/Thalassor.md|Thalassor]] - [[2-World/Planets/Velamorre.md|Velamorre]] # Points of Interest *(none published yet)*