Theory on the moons.

[Cairdeas]

Currently there is a conversion going on asking whats going on with the size of the moons changing.

I have a Theory.



Hydaelyn only has 1 Moon.


That is right. 1 Moon. Singular.

The secondary Lunar Body that appears to be orbiting Hydaelyn is actually Orbiting Haydaelyn's Moon.


This could point to another neat theory.

One of the Orbiting bodies above Hydaelyn is actually another "Twin" Planet with its own moon.

Yay, Theories.


If it is a Twin Planet, That means it could be inhabited, Which means it could also point to us going there in the future. :3

And in this fictional world it's totally possible that the inhabitants always believed the 2nd moon to be a moon, but may later find out that it is actually something else.. Like a planet, (or meteor).
What Cairdeas said makes sense.
In the lore they're only called moons because the people living on the planet believe them to be moons. They could be wrong. Even with the lore this would make sense. I hope I explained this well enough.

As an example.. we've called Pluto a planet for so long. Now we're being told "oops, we were wrong, it's actually something else." It's not unrealistic to believe that the same could happen in a fictional world.

[Inaaca]

Hydaelyn has twin moons. The lore of Menphina, the lover (one of the Twelve) confirms this.

[Cairdeas]

Hydaelyn has twin moons. The lore of Menphina, the lover (one of the Twelve) confirms this.

Lore of the gods doesn't answer scientifically whats going on up in space.

If it did, we'd use the bible as empirical evidence everywhere.

[Adol]

Lore of the gods doesn't answer scientifically whats going on up in space.

If it did, we'd use the bible as empirical evidence everywhere.

It's a video game. A fantasy video game.

[Inaaca]

Lore of the gods doesn't answer scientifically whats going on up in space.

If it did, we'd use the bible as empirical evidence everywhere.

I guess that's technically true from a "real world" perspective.

But this is a fictional world in a videogame, and for that argument to hold much weight you would need to first assume that the creators of this game have decided to outright lie to us about the world they created in the form of established lore and background. I would say the likelihood of this is very low.

[Nabiri]

Hydaelyn has twin moons. The lore of Menphina, the lover (one of the Twelve) confirms this.

Lore of the gods doesn't answer scientifically whats going on up in space.

If it did, we'd use the bible as empirical evidence everywhere.

I guess that's technically true from a "real world" perspective.

But this is a fictional world in a videogame, and for that argument to hold much weight you would need to first assume that the creators of this game have decided to outright lie to us about the world they created in the form of established lore and background. I would say the likelihood of this is very low.

And in this fictional world it's totally possible that the inhabitants always believed the 2nd moon to be a moon, but may later find out that it is actually something else.. Like a planet, (or meteor).
What Cairdeas said makes sense.
In the lore they're only called moons because the people living on the planet believe them to be moons. They could be wrong. Even with the lore this would make sense. I hope I explained this well enough.

As an example.. we've called Pluto a planet for so long. Now we're being told "oops, we were wrong, it's actually something else." It's not unrealistic to believe that the same could happen in a fictional world.

[Inaaca]

And in this fictional world it's totally possible that the inhabitants always believed the 2nd moon to be a moon, but may later find out that it is actually something else.. Like a planet, (or meteor).
What Cairdeas said makes sense.
In the lore they're only called moons because the people living on the planet believe them to be moons. They could be wrong. Even with the lore this would make sense. I hope I explained this well enough.

As an example.. we've called Pluto a planet for so long. Now we're being told "oops, we were wrong, it's actually something else." It's not unrealistic to believe that the same could happen in a fictional world.

Never said it was impossible or unrealistic, just very unlikely, that they would falsify this kind of information.

From the perspective of a game designer, I don't think they would build the entire basis for an important deity on a chunk of lore that isn't even true to begin with.
I also don't think they would present false information about the basics of the world we're in, when all they've been doing lately in quests is trying to give us more concrete information and/or lore about it.

Also, as far as the Meteor theory, I think this is likely and doesn't conflict with the twin moons, considering a meteor that's been orbiting Hydaelyn can still technically be considered a moon (or satellite, I suppose).

[TirionCrey]

Lore of the gods doesn't answer scientifically whats going on up in space.

If it did, we'd use the bible as empirical evidence everywhere.

Thank god you reminded me that this is a science game, not a fantasy LORE based game!

[Jynx]

Chances are that the second "Moon" is

Meteor.

[Teknoman]

The second moon could be meteor, and it might have just been dormant. Glowing red could mean it's been activated/artificial moon ala FFIV.