Quote Originally Posted by Catapult View Post
You guys will want to have a gander at this thread:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...estone-s-entry

It also has a few comments from the localisation teams' Ferhawles as well, who together with Eemeefu drops tidbits of lore from time to time.
Catapult is right the Localisation replies give some interesting hints
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Oh boy, this is getting good.

I'm not going to retract anything I said before, but I thought you could use another nudge, as it seems my first attempt was more of a sharp thrust in the kidney. I had a second talk with the lore-masters about the artwork, and after several bouts of poking, prodding, and pleading, they finally broke and here's what they told me I could tell you: the smaller moon with the mysterious "appendages" is, in fact, Dalamud. The reason it is not red, as it has been noted as being in several quests, is supposedly because it is partially shadowed. So, to answer the 100,000 gil question--there is nothing wrong with the art, with the matter of "hue" being left open to interpretation.
So for some reason Menphina is painted red on purpose and the "appendages" are also there by design, so ...