AFAIK, Red Moon does not rotate. She barely dances her dance of cycles, to prove her theories to unbelievers. "With each dark moon her strenght is renewed to be more powerful than ever...." How come that Mistress of Illusion, also called the Mask and the Mirror, would do something as boring as to rotate? The way you perceive her secrets and understand her truths affects the way you see her. True Illuminates see her in her full glory and agony, both at the same time. Others may see her in cycles, those who are blessed to live in Silver Shadow see her black side as a silvery one (just my idea), and are never in the dark nor without her enlightening shine.
Should she wish, everyone would see her at the same part of the cycle. Or at a different. An orlanthi is asked, what phase the moon is in, and the answer is: "Half-empty." Illuminate is asked the same thing, and the answer is: "Half-full." It depends on the way you perceive her, IMO. BTW: how would telmori see her? Or moon-demons? How does one see her from Kralorela, Pamaltela or from Ygg's Isles? Those areas have never been affected by her current form very much, AFAIK.
Panu Pasanen.
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