Quote Originally Posted by KiriA500 View Post
Dalamud wasn't red until patch 1.19, which was released on September 29, 2011. Naoki Yoshida (Yoshi-P) made his first Letter From the Producer on January 21, 2011.



LFTP: http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...98e4034b898102
1.19 Patch Notes: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...tch-1.19-Notes

Unless this was a plot device the team already planned on using later in the games life, it was pretty improvised. The moon turned red roughly 8 months after Yoshi-P took charge.
That sounds more accurate. I knew I read somewhere that it was Yoshi-P's evil plot to destroy the copy pasta terrain!