Aabahran

The Moons of Aabahran

Encyclopedia Exoterica · by Scholar Livana Arianwen

Three celestial bodies dwell in the night sky of Aabahran, each named for its inherent traits. Nercuros is dubbed 'the Grey' for its barren and scarred landscape. The icy mass of Lysenties purifies the solar rays it reflects into an intense white light, and the brightness of this moon can even challenge the red sun. Dyphrities, the Black, can only be detected with our sight when it eclipses another moon as it sneaks in orbit in the shadow of our planet. Once each year, Dyphrities reigns over the heavens and the True Night occurs.

The relationship and forces of these moons are the source of all magic. Each lunar body presides over a particular domain, or Prime. Lysenties and Dyphrities represent the Primes of Life and Death, respectively. Aligned upon the axis between these two moons is the Plane of Nature, representing the constant cycle and struggle between the two powers. The massive Nercuros maintains the essence of the Prime of Balance. The interaction of Lysenties and this Prime creates the Plane of Order. In direct opposition is the Plane of Chaos, which derives its power from Nercuros and the Prime of Death. It is said that the forces of good and evil wane and wax as the distance between the moons fluctuates as they travel in their orbits. However, every ten thousand years, the lunar bodies form a perfect triad where the distance between each is precisely equal. In this configuration, their power aligns in such a fashion that a gateway is formed into the Nexus, and a war is inevitable between Order and Chaos.