Andrew E. Larsen wrote :
> For Glorantha, darkness, being an element, probably also tends to
> fall, since it started out in the Underworld and naturally seeks to return
> there. Perhaps what makes the Red Moon levitate/hover is that it combines
> these forces, thus reconciling them. Clearly the Red Moon has earth in it,
> since it's physical body was torn from the earth, but it would be difficult
> to say that it has either air or fire in it, especially since the Red Moon
> is in combat with the Air. Perhaps it is a natural tendency of spiritual
> things to rise, and thus by spiritualizing the earth, the Moon hovers
> rather than rising or falling.
If I'm not mistaken, the Moon is in fact a new element (it has an
Element Rune
and you can get elementals from it). Maybe that this element has a
natural
tendancy to rise as well (MoonBoats).
Philippe