Runes

Moons, their marks and meanings

## Moon-related Books

Before reading further, The following may be learned naturally in game from books found within the library:

## Moon Runes

### Miala

Color
silver
Period
10 days
Impacts
magic stronger when risen
Associated Spirit
Azros

### Gammon

Color
red
Period
4 days
Impacts
fire stronger at peak, ice stronger at minimum, earth and lightning stronger at rise and set (you can vaguely tell by the color of the halo around Gamma when there is one)
Associated Spirit
Elypsus

### Tethrys

Color
blue
Period
5/8 days
Impacts
stealth stronger when risen
Associated Spirit
Gavitar

## Fae Rune

color: light blue
Active when Fae are nearby

## Moons:

Pay close attention to the color and order in the left-hand side of the screen. If one of those dots are lit up it means that moon is above the horizon.

File:Moon indicators.png

## Runes:

When alight, their color matches the color of the moon that is up. Note that the runes are sensitive to the sun, and will not alight under its influence. The runes range from very forgiving of exact time to very finicky, only being active for a few moments in some cases. You can extend this active time by having Moonstones in your inventory (no action required with them.)

Some have dots above or below indicating the position of the sun. These can be hard to see -in no small part due to many runes being obscured by cracks or debris. Having the spell Light active will function as if the sun is up.

Some have brackets around the edges. This means that that requirement is reversed - that rune will only light up when that moon is not in the sky, likely only when in absolute minimum.

Runes are sometimes linked, meaning one may not respond at all to the moons till another meets their requirement, this is where rune-binding becomes very useful.

## Solmaria

Spirit: Baumonus
The heavenly body you woke up on

## Homework

A decent place to test your knowledge is in the rune room in the dark South Hall of Kalindraur. Those are hidden from the sun - allowing them to be active even in the daytime, have wide margins - meaning they are active for long periods of time, and it is possible to camp next to them - speeding time up to watch them light up. Beware of course that Miala takes 10 days to make a full cycle, so you may be waiting around for a while :b

## Passing time

The Inn in Emerisk and the Dormitory in Kalindraur are more comfortable than camping for months at a time waiting for the moons to line up.

Method to get all three in a certain position:

1. Rest till you get Miala in the proper position
2. Rest in periods of 10 nights till Gammon is in position
3. Rest in periods of 20 nights till Tethrys is in position

Note: 40 days pass between each alignment of the four heavenly bodies.

## Rune-Sense

Laszra has the talent Rune-Sense, allowing one to more easily locate moon runes. when distant they give a red dash denoting direction, when they are close, blue. This also highlights moon runes in the area, making it possible to read heavily obscured runes.

## Rune Binding

Skip all that waiting and bind one active rune at a time till they are all bound - at high enough level of the spell Bind Rune you may bind multiple in sequence, making most puzzles trivial.