Moon (Golarion)

Golarion has one large, grey, crater-scarred moon,¹ which was called Somal by the Azlanti.² Golarion's moon is tidally locked, and thus always shows the same face to its planet, causing much speculation about what actually is on the dark side of the moon.³ Size-wise, the moon has a surface just seven percent that of Golarion's.⁴

Moonscar

Main article: Moonscar

From Golarion, the moon is seen to have a shadowy area on its lower quadrant. Astronomers document this as a mountain range or a canyon; they are wrong. The Moonscar was formed over 12,000 years ago during a disaster which led to an invasion of the moon by the Abyss: the Moonscar is an horrific forest home to demons, Abyssal plants, and monsters. The Moonscar is dominated by succubus-mothered half-fiends who are a great threat to the peoples of Golarion. The fiends are capable of travelling from the moon to Golarion to snatch victims to return to the Moonscar, there to corrupt and breed and further the half-fiend population. Even more insidious is the return of some of the victims, after corruption, to twist their earthly homes to chaos and evil.⁵

The Starstone

An ancient rumour exists that when the Starstone plunged to Golarion thousands of years ago, parts of it broke off in the planet's atmosphere and ended up landing on the moon.⁴

Lunar calendar

Golarion has a lunar calendar which follows the phases of its moon. Each full moon is given its own name and, in order through the year, their regular names are:⁶

Long Moon
Fated Moon
Rebirth Moon
Flood Moon
Blossom Moon
Sweet Moon
Lover's Moon
Swarm Moon
Harvest Moon
Hunter's Moon
Black Moon
Cold Moon

Any thirteenth moon occurring is usually called the Spirit Moon.⁷

References

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↑ Erik Mona and Jason Bulmahn. (2008). Gazetteer, p. 18. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-077-3
↑ Richard Pett. (2012). The Moonscar, p. 2. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-426-9
↑ James L. Sutter. (2008). Into the Black. Children of the Void, p. 49. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-127-5
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Ethan Day-Jones, Jim Groves, Jonathan H. Keith, Andrew Romine, David N. Ross, and James L. Sutter. (2014). People of the Stars, p. 11. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-674-4
↑ James Jacobs. (2010). Lords of Chaos, p. 63. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-250-0
↑ Tim Akers, Neal F. Litherland, David R. Ross, and Tork Shaw. (2013). Blood of the Moon, p. inside back cover. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-578-5
↑ Rigby Bendele et al. (2022). "The Stars". Travel Guide, p. 121. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-465-9

[1] Erik Mona and Jason Bulmahn. (2008). Gazetteer, p. 18. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-077-3

[2] Richard Pett. (2012). The Moonscar, p. 2. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-426-9

[3] James L. Sutter. (2008). Into the Black. Children of the Void, p. 49. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-127-5

[PotS11-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Ethan Day-Jones, Jim Groves, Jonathan H. Keith, Andrew Romine, David N. Ross, and James L. Sutter. (2014). People of the Stars, p. 11. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-674-4

[5] James Jacobs. (2010). Lords of Chaos, p. 63. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-250-0

[6] Tim Akers, Neal F. Litherland, David R. Ross, and Tork Shaw. (2013). Blood of the Moon, p. inside back cover. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-578-5

[7] Rigby Bendele et al. (2022). "The Stars". Travel Guide, p. 121. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-465-9

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