Moon Touched is told through a dual point-of-view that combines first and second person. Unless implied otherwise, "I" refers to Arthur and "you" addresses Creoda.
The reason for this is to emphasize their dynamic as a foil. Arthur represents the human side of kingship, passionate and well-meaning but wracked with flaws, while Creoda represents a cold, detached view of nobility, the soul-poison inherent to the divine right of kings.
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Codices
Almost every codex description is written from Arthur's point-of-view. Creoda's thoughts, marked in red, will sometimes interject at random intervals. Choices that are marked by red text also denote Creoda's thoughts.
On the Minor Characters screen, codex descriptions are fixed. However, on the Major Characters screen, codex descriptions pull from a randomized pool, which change at the click of a button.
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ARTHUR CODEX DESCRIPTIONS
"You've heard of me."
"Have you come to collect? If it's my filthy wealh head you want, do me the courtesy of cutting with the grain."
"I am Prydain's protector and ward. No other man defends this island on his strength alone. No other power but mine breaks shields."
"A red head to stick on a pike, to hear you speak of me."
"Arthur the king is dead. Arthur the ravager yet lives."
[Creoda's comment:] "Show me who you are."
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BEDWYR CODEX DESCRIPTIONS
"For years I've called him friend, commanded him warrior, decried him lembo, whispered him heart's blood; no matter the charge, Bedwyr remains my most steadfast companion."
"Stalwart companion to Cai and I. My finest warrior, prone to dreaming."
"Bedwyr... What mess have we gotten ourselves into?"
"My dear friend and fellow survivor. He fights one-handed, for he needs but one to whip your arse."
[Creoda's comment:] "The gimp has no worth to me."
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CREODA CODEX DESCRIPTIONS
"So you are the one they call moon-touched. Any death-blow dealt to you is in vain. Mysterious, cruel, and short of word, you keep your ambitions well-shrouded."
"Why must Medrawt's eyes mock me through yours?"
"You whom death refuses to keep. You are as reticent and moody as your moon god."
[Creoda's comment:] "I am not your enemy."
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GWENHWYFAR CODEX DESCRIPTIONS
"My wife and queen, if you must call her such things. Now a devoted bride of the carpenter god, she resides in a convent where she prays for my death."
"The queen, sister to Medrawt. She holds little love for me."
"Gwenhwyfar... I'm sorry."
"Medrawt was right. No need for her to see our ugliness."
"Each day, she prays for our sons' souls."
[Creoda has no comment.]
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MORGAN CODEX DESCRIPTIONS
"Your eccentric consort who fancies herself a healer. Best keep an eye on her: her sunshine blinds."
"A budding witch who keeps you for a familiar. Your fondness for her cripples you; you seem to enjoy her hatred just as much as her love."
"Your woman, whom you named after the morning. She hardly acts like a country girl to me."
[Creoda's comment:] "I killed her heart, and pay her wergild with my blood. Ik bium thē morgan, dohtar of thiu sunna endiō thê mâno." [Runes on the Morgen-Leoht knife which read "I am the morning, daughter of the sun and moon."]
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CYNRIC CODEX DESCRIPTIONS
"Your treacherous elder brother, with whom you scrap for ownership of your father's ill-begotten territories like hungry wolves."
"Cerdic's heir, with whom he sailed and began conquering in the name of the Gewisse. A greasy sort, he is."
[Creoda's comment:] "He must die."
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MEDRAWT CODEX DESCRIPTIONS
"Slain prince of Gododdin and brother to Gwenhwyfar. He died beside the River Cam when I twisted a spear I'd found embedded in his back."
"Useless sod drowned himself in uisge after Amr's death in Ergyng. Gwenhwyfar mocked his inebriation, for which he struck her a blow: an insult I repaid in kind."
"Why must his eyes mock me through yours?"
[Creoda has no comment.]
