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Moons

Aelros is host to four different moons, each one being distinct in appearance and motion. Three of the four were formed during a great cataclysm in which a stellar object impacted with the world and flung great swaths of the planet into the skies.

Betri and Th'kelo, The Twins

Betri and Th'kelo, the two furthest moons, were formed during the cataclysmic impact eons ago. Both moons travel Northwest to Southeast, crossing the planet slowly over the course of many weeks. Unknown to most people, Th'kelo, the smaller and absolute furthest moon, is escaping its orbit rather rapidly, and will probably become a free floating planetoid within the next 2,000 years.

Betri and Th'kelo appear in the night sky as bright blueish stars that slowly move across the sky. Both moons are misshapen, akin to the moons of Mars.

Humus, The Giant

Easily the largest of the four moons is Humus, though it goes by many names. Humus dominates the skies of Aelros, imposing a brilliant light upon the world when it's waxed full, creating its own monthly day of rest known as the Night of the Endless Day. The giant travels Northwest to Southeast across the celestial sphere rather quickly, completing its journey every 24.243 days.

Being that Humus is larger than Earth's moon, and closer, its visible presence is substantially more pronounced. Additionally, its effects on the tides are incredible, causing much of the Aelrosian coastline to be virtually uninhabitable. Only areas protected by undersea shelves and natural barriers offer any refuge from the fluctuating waves.

Wrelon, the Eye

Closer than all its brethren, Wrelon often imposes itself over the other three, most notably Humus. This constant eclipsing has earned it the nickname, the Eye, in which it looks like the pupil of a larger orb. Believed to be an original moon that somehow escaped disaster during the cataclysm, Wrelon follows the original rotation of the world, that is, East to West.

Wrelon possesses a thin atmosphere of reddish brown dust, causing it to appear as a solid red orb about one quarter the size of Humus.

By the Gods

Which came first, the gods or the moons? The moons, most likely. Since the power of a deity is relative to their volume or worshipers, it makes the most sense that ancient peoples revered the four moons (and the sun), an act that gave birth to the gods themselves.