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South Path planets that always move together.

  • They have a cycle of six days.
  • They were recognized after the Sunstop.
  • They may have appeared before then.
  • At first only the Elder Twin Planet was visible.
  • The Younger Twin Planet appeared during the Imperial Age.
  • They were extant in the Golden Age for they appear on the Gods Wall at IV-20
  • Worshipped by the Lunars and the Sable Tribe as the Star Twins
  • The colors of the planets cycle with the phases of the Red Moon:
    • When the Moon is full, one of the stars glows a bright red.
    • It slowly fades to its original yellowish-white color as the Moon enters its Dark and Dying phases
    • It returns to red as the Moon becomes full again.
    • The second star follows the same pattern in reverse, being yellowish-white on Full Moon days and red on Dark and Dying days.
    • Because different lands see the Moon in different phases on a given day of the week, the color of the Twinstars also varies on location.
  • Worshipped by very few in Glorantha.
  • Few myths are known about them because they weren't recognized as planets until after the Sunstop.
  • The planets are always depicted as twins, sometimes male, sometimes female, and sometimes one of each.
  • Orlanth defeated them but different clans have different names for them.
  • The Doraddi know them as Faranar and Aleshmara
  • The Lunars identify them as Verelia and Erelia
  • More conservative Dara Happans know them as Ketreseus the Sage and Anirkestus the Measurer.

Sources: Guide to Glorantha, Glorious ReAscent

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