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Moon
(Cosmos)

Type
Moon
Adjective
Lunar
This article covers the class of celestial bodies. For Golarion's moon, see Moon (Golarion).

A moon is a celestial body that orbits a planet.1

Many moons visibly orbit Bretheda in this diagram of Golarion's solar system.

In Golarion's solar system

Castrovel

Castrovel has one moon.2

Golarion

Golarion has one grey, crater-scarred moon,3 which the Azlanti called "Somal".4 Golarion's moon is tidally locked and always shows the same face to its planet, causing much speculation about what is on its dark side.5 A crescent moon on Golarion is sometimes called a skeleton moon.6

Eox

Many objects orbit Eox, including:7

Liavara

Liavara has many moons, including the five listed below and many smaller ones, collectively known as the Shepherd Moons:89

Bretheda

Bretheda gains its title, the Cradle, from its vast number of moons. Many of Bretheda's moons are inert rock, many are tiny and insignificant, but some are remarkable, such as:8

Other moons

In religion

Cultists worship Groetus, portrayed as a moon high above the ceremony.

There are many religious associations with moons, or with Golarion's moon in particular.

Moon subdomain deities

These deities grant powers of the Moon subdomain to their followers:

Personification

Title

Portfolio

The following deities hold, or held, the moon as one of their portfolios:

Holy symbols

Ceremonies

See also

References

For additional as-yet unincorporated sources about this subject, see the Meta page.

  1. Natural satellite on Wikipedia.
  2. James L. Sutter. “Chapter 1: The Solar System” in Distant Worlds, 11. Paizo Inc., 2012
  3. Erik Mona & Jason Bulmahn. Gazetteer, 18. Paizo Inc., 2008
  4. Richard Pett. The Moonscar, 2. Paizo Inc., 2012
  5. James L. Sutter. “Into the Black” in Children of the Void, 49. Paizo Inc., 2008
  6. Ben Wenham. Skeleton Moon, 6. Paizo Inc., 2009
  7. James L. Sutter. “Chapter 1: The Solar System” in Distant Worlds, 31. Paizo Inc., 2012
  8. 8.0 8.1 James L. Sutter. “Into the Black” in Children of the Void, 51. Paizo Inc., 2008
  9. James L. Sutter. “Chapter 1: The Solar System” in Distant Worlds, 36ff.. Paizo Inc., 2012
  10. James L. Sutter. “Chapter 1: The Solar System” in Distant Worlds, 42. Paizo Inc., 2012
  11. Adam Daigle & Robert G. McCreary. “Continuing the Campaign” in The Witch Queen's Revenge, 67. Paizo Inc., 2013
  12. John Compton, et al. “The End Times” in Concordance of Rivals, 49. Paizo Inc., 2019
  13. Greg A. Vaughan. “The Varnhold Vanishing” in The Varnhold Vanishing, 33. Paizo Inc., 2010
  14. James Jacobs. Demon Lords of Golarion” in Descent into Midnight, 59. Paizo Inc., 2009

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