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Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)

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AbeoLogos said:
[T]his is speculation, but my guess is this aspect of the moon[...]
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It's an aspect of Winter, not of the moon. The moment the Ice Ladies started really talking in ways that referenced their culture, the Moon has never taken a place of importance, only winter and ice, which suggests that the basic duality of the culture isn't Sun and Moon but rather life and death. Further since this culture seems to revere spirits of cold and ice that feed by stealing warmth from people, the veneration of the Sun might have more to do with the heat it gives off than the light, as that heat would essentially compare to one's own body heat (and thus lifeforce).

Which means glass might be super valuable to them, since well made glass for (modern) homes is designed to trap infrared light within the structure, allowing the energy of sunlight to stay and warm the building rather than leaking out the way it came in.
 
[X] The Young Woman
[X] The Crone

First would be appropriate and fit the situation, second could be interesting IC info about the sublime we know exists plays a heavy role in their culture, either works for me.
 
[X] The Crone
Torn between this and the young woman and since this is behind I'll go for the elder. Loving the religious lore and the peak into cultural and cultivation differences.
 
Zeful said:
It's an aspect of Winter, not of the moon. The moment the Ice Ladies started really talking in ways that referenced their culture, the Moon has never taken a place of importance, only winter and ice, which suggests that the basic duality of the culture isn't Sun and Moon but rather life and death. Further since this culture seems to revere spirits of cold and ice that feed by stealing warmth from people, the veneration of the Sun might have more to do with the heat it gives off than the light, as that heat would essentially compare to one's own body heat (and thus lifeforce).

Which means glass might be super valuable to them, since well made glass for (modern) homes is designed to trap infrared light within the structure, allowing the energy of sunlight to stay and warm the building rather than leaking out the way it came in.
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Ostrik had this to say about Sixiang: "The being behind your eyes is certainly the sign of your pact, as your husbands sun shadow is[...]"

Sixiang is wholly lunar with no cold or winter aspect, but Ostrik identified them as analogous to Gan Guangli's sun spirit as a "sign of your pact". Ling Qi codes as an Emissary, so if a "pact" is being referred to involving her, and as counterpart to Gan Guangli's sun stuff, then it's with the correspondingly appropriate spirit. Sixiang isn't wintery, but is moon.

The natural conclusion is that Winter is Moon. This is backed up by previous lore bits that the mountain folk/southern people worshipped the sun and moon as seasonal manifestations/aspects. Winter and night is just so prevalent in these lands that the typical expression differs quite a bit from what we're used to. The contexts are different.
 
AbeoLogos said:
Ostrik had this to say about Sixiang: "The being behind your eyes is certainly the sign of your pact, as your husbands sun shadow is[...]"

Sixiang is wholly lunar with no cold or winter aspect, but Ostrik identified them as analogous to Gan Guangli's sun spirit as a "sign of your pact". Ling Qi codes as an Emissary, so if a "pact" is being referred to involving her, and as counterpart to Gan Guangli's sun stuff, then it's with the correspondingly appropriate spirit. Sixiang isn't wintery, but is moon.

The natural conclusion is that Winter is Moon. This is backed up by previous lore bits that the mountain folk/southern people worshipped the sun and moon as seasonal manifestations/aspects. Winter and night is just so prevalent in these lands that the typical expression differs quite a bit from what we're used to. The contexts are different.
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Adding to this: the Gravesian maiden/mother/crone was originally postulated as a moon deity, the White Goddess of Birth, Love, and Death. So yeah, "this is a moon shrine" checks out.

(Again: not a real thing that historical peoples actually worshiped, but a cool and resonant thing nonetheless.)
 
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