Did it stop time? Although the Gods were able to act, I'm not aware of any reference to time being stopped in the same fashion as the Sunstop. Moreover the rise of the Red Moon came after the Battle for Castle Blue and not at its beginning.
> Ok, but if we look to the south, there is Belintar, who did similar things (raising Loon Island, destroying the Obsidian Palace and the Serpent).
Any fule can destroy a mountain and kill a monster. There is
qualititative difference between that and directly going after another
god's territory, If the Red Goddess had set up a rival sea (say one of
oil), a rival sky (instead of blue it glowed silver) and so forth that
would have been direct infringements on the territory of Magasta and
Dayzatar, also major violations of the Cosmic Compromise.
> In the Hero Wars, either side might ally the Hydra or Hungry Jack.
It's a bit hard for the Sartarites to ally the Hydra or Hungry Jack.
The Ducks for Delecti tactic would have been a better analogy to use.
> Which of the two outrageous acts of the Goddess was it that broke the Compromise - bringing the Bat to the First Battle of Chaos, or raising the Red Moon (as a result of the Battle of Castle Blue) and creating the different realm of the Silver Shadow (the earliest manifestation of the Glowline)?
I would say that the Red Goddess saw the Castle Blue as a potential weak zone where the Compromise could be broken and remade. She fought at Castle Blue to break the Compromise so she could raise the Red Moon.
--Peter Metcalfe
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