#moon nexus

[delilahsdrawing]

Rayllum at the Moon Nexus!

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[dragon-susceptible]

I'm . . . ngl I have no idea what to do for the next chapter of Different Path Taken. I want to do Moon Nexus fluff and actually explore some of the time before Soren and Claudia catch up, but like . . . I want the next chapter to be pretty chill and wholesome, give the heavy stuff a break, but I got nothing. Currently the only plot bunnies I have running around are: a conversation between Callum and Lujanne and then Ram (about magic and dreams). Another one between Callum and Skor (what happened with Amaya). Another one between Ezran and Runaan (grief and the difference between losing each parent). Beyond that ???? until the magekids catch up, and then there's some Entertainment planned for their interactions with Soren and some Drama with Claudia.

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[xadianglyphs]

Moon Nexus Temple Runes Collection

I took some time to go over the many, many runes visible in the Moon Nexus temple, comparing the ones I found in this shot:

To the ones in this close-up extreme perspective shot to try to work out more detail:

The entire temple is made up of a set of 24 total runes, which are replicated reasonably accurately in the close-up, though some of them are missing strokes. You can see the breakdown here:

The ones marked in yellow with a * correspond to the six Sunforge blade runes, meaning nearly all the Sunfire elf runes also pull from this set and are not exclusive to a single elf culture.

It seems whoever designed this rune set did it pretty early in the production timeline, because we can see them clearly in Sunny Shah's matte painting concepts for the temple:

Even though the layout and architecture changed, the runes did not. Not sure if this means Mr. Shah designed them or if they were handed over from someone else, since "we're going to need about a bazillion background runes for this series, someone crank some out so we have a pool to draw from" would be a pretty normal thing to do in this situation.

Other appearances I found include the Moonstone path, composed entirely of runes 1 and 13 in various stages of rotation:

Some background detailing of the Sunforge (runes 8, 11, and 12 were the only three I felt confident on, the others make my eyes cross):

And, interestingly, the runes of the oft-reused horizontal runes page from Lost Secrets of Xadia (and every other book whose pages we see) are 4, 12, 13, 14 and 17, with opposite page appearance by rune 1:

One of my primary interests in even beginning all this madness was whether there was a shared rune set or visual language for the primal nexuses, and while the Sun and Moon nexus constructions do share some, I suspect that what we're seeing are (if they're anything) elf runes rather than something connected with the primal sources. We don't see any of these runes in the Storm Spire, and there isn't a single goddamn piece of writing in Umber Tor, so they seem to be exclusive to the nexuses where significant elven construction has been done.

[dannydevitosthiccdog]

If there is not a colouring book for TDP when all 7 seasons are out and every single one of the pictures is Callum's sketches that you see in the on screen or in the credits I'm going to scream.

[beautifulterriblequeen]

LOL I started reading the LOTR series and one edition of Fellowship of the Rings has a cover with two large statues that look like the ones at the Moon Nexus in TDP! do you think LOTR was the influence for TDP there, or is that a common fantasy thing?

You're referring to the Argonath? Big monument, two figures in it, marking Gondor's border?

Massive statuary is very much a thing across many Earth cultures, so the general concept of huge stone figures isn't something that Tolkien invented by any means. That said, such figures are a trope in fantasy. They can be a way to show what a given culture found important/dangerous, what their artistic style is like, fashion/cultural details, a quick intro to a historical figure/event, etc etc.

It's very possible that the Argonath were a specific influence for these warding figures at the Nexus! Maybe they're also marking some particular boundary? Or maybe Moonshadow elves just really love high fours. :)))

[tales-and-creatures-of-xadia]

Phoe-Phoe and Lujanne concept art