"The different lunar phases alternate in turn. Their cycle is called a synodic month, with each cycle lasting twenty-nine days and twelve to thirteen hours. Unlike the sidereal month in which the moon circles the Present World, it is calculated from the rotational position of the celestial sphere."
"And only one thing remains constant: whatever the lunar phase, there is always a patch of shadow on the moon."
"Its size is difficult to estimate, for it is not unchanging. With every Blood Moon, its edges slowly shift, as though writhing."
"Scholars have no unified name for it, but the long-destroyed Blood Moon Sect called it [Blood of the Moon], or [Blood Lord]. They believed it was another Great Being attached to the moon. Fortunately, this absurd claim has already vanished into history."
-Words of the Stargazer
"My Lord Shengtuo was born of the Primordial Blood, and the Primordial Blood has another master."
-Ascension Record
"The Furnace hates that crimson hue, but He hates Himself even more. This remorse keeps Him burning day and night. Since that being fell, the Furnace's Immortals have had to burn their bodies with fire, enduring unending pain."
-The Nameless Book in the Hollow Cathedral's Chamber of Regrets
"I still don't quite understand why Emperor Trist described the moon as 'sweet and delicious.' This must be some sort of error, which is perfectly normal. The history of the First Era is always fragmentary and illogical."
-Class notes of Vanessa, an outstanding graduate of Miskatonic University's History Department.
"If my calculations are correct, He should mature at the end of the Second Era. If I can get a share then, perhaps I can use it to free myself from Shengtuo... But that will be difficult. The Blood Lord has had His eye on Him for a long