Modern Khajiiti beliefs on the third moon differ from ancient beliefs, with the birth of the Mane being the main purpose of its existence. Furthermore, the spirit Boethra is said to wear the death-shroud of Lorkhaj on nights of the Ghost Moon, and "wages war beyond the Lattice".
On nights of the Ghost Moon, Azurah opens the Void Gate, and the false Lorkhaj, the Moon Beast, will challenge mortals until banished. As the third moon, Lorkhaj shined his light upon the Khajiit, choosing the purest of heart to be part of the "Litter of the Hidden Moon", where they would learn the way of the Moonlight Blade. Sometime before the "first memory" of the Khajiiti people, Azurah used these Twin Lanterns to summon Lorkhaj's true spirit to be a sky-guardian. As a result, it is said Azurah can call upon the "true spirit" of Lorkhaj to appear. Her tears fell upon the pyre and the ashes scattered across the Lattice. She made a funeral pyre before the Varliance gate, and lit it with the Twin Lanterns of Jone and Jode. Īzurah embraced her brother until he died. Thus Lorkhaj represents the duality of Khajiiti souls and their susceptibility to the Bent Dance, which calls them to darkness through the "beating drum of the Dark Heart in moments of deepest sorrow or most anguished regret". From the Dark Heart came the twisted shade of Lorkhaj known as the Moon Beast, the first dro-m'Athra. Azurah cleansed Lorkhaj of the corruption and flung the Dark Heart into the Void, and Lorkhaj perished within Azurah's embrace. Texts that predate the Riddle'Thar Epiphany speak of Lorkhaj surviving this encounter, allowing him to flee to Azurah with the hole in his chest, where she saw Namiira still dwelling within his wound, keeping him alive and corrupting him by imitating his heart. Some managed to escape death and become the stars, and those who remained punished Lorkhaj by tearing out his heart and hiding it deep within Nirni, so that he would be with her whom he had done the most harm. Īfter Fadomai's death, Nirni approached Lorkhaj, whom she asked to create for her children a dwelling he did so, and yet the Great Darkness in his heart influenced him to deceive his siblings so that they were trapped in the new place with Nirni. " Sangiin's Midnight" is another term used for when both moons are dark, and Khajiit may turn to using bright crimson red claw polish during this time. The Crow-Wife Clan of Reachmen sacrifice people at random every two-moons'-dark to Namira upon the Ever-Oozing Altar. New moons are considered the "dark gambol" of the dro-m'Athra. Similarly, Khajiit often exclaim "dark moons" as a form of expression when misfortune occurs. When Jone and Jode are both new, the Khajiit may refer to the sky as having "two dark moons".
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Various accounts exist on how to craft Daedric armaments, but one belief is that it should never be done during an eclipse. One who is born during a dark eclipse may be described by their peers as "born under Dark Moons". ĭepending on the context, the term "dark moons" can vary in meaning. Khajiit deviants may mark themselves with tattoos reminiscent of the dark moon to show their defiance of social conventions. Their steeds, the Rahd-m'Athra, are thought to hail from the Dark Moons. The Bent Cats themselves show reverence to the Dark Moon, and are referred to as Children of the Dark Moon. However, those born under the dark eclipse are sensitive to the moons, and thus are subject to the call of the Dark Heart, which could turn them into dro-m'Athra. On the upside, their spiritual leaders known as Manes are born during this occurrence. This event is significant to the Khajiiti people's spiritual duality. During a dark eclipse, however, both moons eclipse the sun, and this alignment reveals the "third moon" (or "missing moon"). Due to the two moons, solar eclipses can happen in Tamriel several times a year and are known as Vampire Days. The Dark Moon (or Dark Moons), also known as the Dead Moon, the Hidden Moon, the Hollow Moon, the Ghost Moon, and the Den of Lorkhaj, is rumored to be the corpse of the Missing God, Lorkhaj.
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