Brightest night

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The brightest night is a celestial phenomenon occurring once every hundred years, wherein all three of Pyrrhia's moons are full simultaneously.

Description

Brightest nights occur when all three of Pyrrhia's moons are full on the same night.

NightWings in the time of Darkstalker knew that a thrice-moonborn dragonet would be exceptionally powerful, with their powers of prophecy and mind-reading enhanced by the third moon.[1]

Timeline

  • Two brightest nights have occurred in the series — one in approximately 3,007 AS (Darkstalker's hatching night) and one in 5,005 AS (the hatching of the dragonets of destiny).[1][2]
  • A false brightest night occurred in approximately 5,011 AS, during the events of The Brightest Night.[3] This was caused by a comet passing through the sky, acting as a false fourth moon and causing earthquakes on the Pyrrhian continent.[4]

Trivia

  • The NightWings once believed that the third full moon granted animus magic.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Darkstalker, page 10
  2. The Dragonet Prophecy, prologue
  3. The Brightest Night, page 263
  4. Moon Rising, page 127
  5. Moon Rising, page 156