The Bloodmoon

The Bloodmoon is an ancient and powerful mythical being, a once worshipped deity by the now vanished people of the eastern desert of Chak. Currently residing within the Red Realm, in which she and R'Roman Qamari were banished after a second failed Awakening Ritual attempt, both of them intensely invested in returning back to Iaddithis to finally reign over both dimensions at full power.

## Origin

The exact origin of the deity are unclear. Most of the knowledge surrounding the Bloodmoon is derived from ancient Chak'ish scriptures written by the very few individuals that did research on her, including the brother of Chaks Emperor, Nayil Q'mari. After the almost complete vanishing of eastern CHak which resulted in the fall of the entire Nation, many of those scriptures have been lost in the sands of the southern desert. Under the lead of the first Sultan, archeologysts in Qamari found and decrypted the last few existing scrolls from ruins close by to Al Janubia.

### Birth

It is said that the Bloodmoon once itself was a planet, inhabited by people known as the Lunari, in a system far away from that of Iaddithis. The Lunari people flourished on the surface of the object that is now its own entity. Under the Lunari, there was a young and talented sorceress knows as Ar'qraka Mineish'aqu who felt that deep inside their world, was a power so mighty yet dark and perverse that could turn anyone directly contacting it into a being of untold strength. Unsure if that interaction could cause her people to suffer, Ar'qraka worked intensily on how to reach the core of their planet, also known as Lunaros. After years of studies, she was able to get close enough to finally see the actual core of Lunaros, a giant cave with no gravity, with a blood-red glowing gem floating in the centre. FIghting the urge to get closer, curiosity took over and Ar'qraka jumped towards the stone. What then happened is still controversial since Qamari scientists were unable to decrypt certain parts of the recovered scrolls. The only thing known is that the sorceress merged at contact witht he stone, the power that was unleashed during that caused Lunaros to implode and with that, merging together with the Stone and Ar'qraka. Considering the existence of the Red Realm as the home world of the Bloodmoon, it is speculated that the massive energy output after the implosion has somehow created it as an alternate reality.

### First Signs in Iaddithis

The first mention of the Bloodmoon in Iaddithis was in a religious scripture written by a Chak'ish monk around 1145 years ago. It mentions that the monk, and many other members of his local sect, were having horrible nightmares in which they've seen hellish landscapes and a dark red moon in the sky. It is unclear why this specific group was affected by those nightmares but Q'mari scientists assume that it was due to the monks' spiritual way of life. Later scriptures, especially ones written by Nayil Q'mari show that groups that were either spiritual, occult or power-hungry, often became victims of those visions to a point where Nayil was afraid to rest for days on end.

## Powers

With the current knowledge, the Bloodmoon has many different abilities which can vary a lot through factors like the world she currently is in and the amount of sacrifices in her name (only on Iaddithis).

### Red Realm

In her home realm, the Bloodmoon is virtually able to do anything through telekinesis, materialization, mind control, summoning of powerfu monsters (M'Nora), etc. She has unlimited power due to the vast amounts of energy in that world.

### In Iaddithis

While not physically being in Iaddithis, the Bloodmoon is strong enough to corrupt and mind control certain individuals from the Red Realm, even with a barrier existing between the two worlds. It is unclear how far the powers of the Bloodmoon go when in Iaddithis. The only two times where she was physically existing in that realm were during the first and second Summoning Rituals which both failed sooner or later. Following the words of R'Roman Qamari, the Bloodmoon isn't at "full power" after being summoned, since she needs to get used to the different atmosphere. This process can be accelerated by offering as many blood sacrifices as possible. The Bloodmoon was still able to summon the M'Nore to Iaddithis while in a weakened state.

## Following

Over history, the Bloodmoon and a handful of groups that worshipped her as a supreme deity , mostly people which she corrupted in the first place. The three main groups that praised and actively worked towards her release to Iaddithis can all be found in the southern deserts.

### Chak

The first known group to actively follow the Bloodmoon were Nayil Q'mari and a dozen of loyalists which were mostly made up of other previously corrupted individuals.

### Qamari

The most famous group of Bloodmoon believers were the first Sultan of Qamari R'Roman Qamari and and his inner circle. During their reign they've even called out the Nation of Qamari Rouge, the first and only nation to have ever existed that declared the Bloodmoon as its supreme leader.