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Moon Nexus Temple Runes Collection

I took some time to go over the many, many runes visible in the Moon Nexus temple, comparing the ones I found in this shot:

To the ones in this close-up extreme perspective shot to try to work out more detail:

The entire temple is made up of a set of 24 total runes, which are replicated reasonably accurately in the close-up, though some of them are missing strokes. You can see the breakdown here:

The ones marked in yellow with a * correspond to the six Sunforge blade runes, meaning nearly all the Sunfire elf runes also pull from this set and are not exclusive to a single elf culture.

It seems whoever designed this rune set did it pretty early in the production timeline, because we can see them clearly in Sunny Shah's matte painting concepts for the temple:

Even though the layout and architecture changed, the runes did not. Not sure if this means Mr. Shah designed them or if they were handed over from someone else, since "we're going to need about a bazillion background runes for this series, someone crank some out so we have a pool to draw from" would be a pretty normal thing to do in this situation.

Other appearances I found include the Moonstone path, composed entirely of runes 1 and 13 in various stages of rotation:

Some background detailing of the Sunforge (runes 8, 11, and 12 were the only three I felt confident on, the others make my eyes cross):

And, interestingly, the runes of the oft-reused horizontal runes page from Lost Secrets of Xadia (and every other book whose pages we see) are 4, 12, 13, 14 and 17, with opposite page appearance by rune 1:

One of my primary interests in even beginning all this madness was whether there was a shared rune set or visual language for the primal nexuses, and while the Sun and Moon nexus constructions do share some, I suspect that what we're seeing are (if they're anything) elf runes rather than something connected with the primal sources. We don't see any of these runes in the Storm Spire, and there isn't a single goddamn piece of writing in Umber Tor, so they seem to be exclusive to the nexuses where significant elven construction has been done.

[beautifulterriblequeen]

LOL I started reading the LOTR series and one edition of Fellowship of the Rings has a cover with two large statues that look like the ones at the Moon Nexus in TDP! do you think LOTR was the influence for TDP there, or is that a common fantasy thing?

You're referring to the Argonath? Big monument, two figures in it, marking Gondor's border?

Massive statuary is very much a thing across many Earth cultures, so the general concept of huge stone figures isn't something that Tolkien invented by any means. That said, such figures are a trope in fantasy. They can be a way to show what a given culture found important/dangerous, what their artistic style is like, fashion/cultural details, a quick intro to a historical figure/event, etc etc.

It's very possible that the Argonath were a specific influence for these warding figures at the Nexus! Maybe they're also marking some particular boundary? Or maybe Moonshadow elves just really love high fours. :)))

[sunstone-nerding]

Wow!!! :-O

officially done with recreating part of the moon nexus set from the dragon prince!

it took longer than i hoped because i was too busy + there's only so much you can do with limited references and only like.. 2 photos to base yourself off for the design and measurements lmao

i'm proud of it though!! here are some rendered photos i made <3

modeling software: sketchup

rendering software: vray

+ bonus: as for this one, it was more of something i thought i would like to add to the already finished design. i figured that with all the moon magic things they had going on in the nexus they would have some sort of light for the temples, so i added it to the little moon arcanum symbols at the top of each one

if you'd like to see my process (struggles) here is the post where everything started

[flinxypie]

This is why there isn’t a sun and moon show October takeover this year right? Righhttt???

[precisely-42-bees]

A bit of a redraw if you will, about 6 months between these two drawings. How much changes in such little time.

The original drawing:

[damien-candle]

[socksandbuttons]

So we all agree he turns into a baby after this episode right?? Aint no direct proof of death bsvksj Anyway, i still think @thorns-and-rosewings's idea on dark sun getting hit with baby fever like a Sun would is endearing. Also... custody battles sounds VERY funny honestly.

[thatmooncake]

*shakes these two because they make me sad*

[zampop2]

The girls are fighting again...

moon : I had enough of you.

you hot topic rieject!!!!

nex : i will snap you in half

you blueberry Twink!!!

[dxrkl1ght]

okay okay, I've been trying to catch up with TSAMS and god I loved the "What if Solar was revived" video

late to the party but-

[hazard-c-horror]

Concept I really hope gets explored in canon

Ruin gets split!

Right now the idea is that once Nexus doesn’t need Ruin anymore, Dark Sun decides to use him. More specifically Ruin’s Moon. (Bc I still believe he’s just stealing knowledge.)

The Sun part gets left behind/technically not really idk. (I believe Dark Sun has a secret small soft spot for suns) And he’s stays there until…

The October take over! Mid way though Solar get through to Nexus, and Nexus realizes that Dark Sun was going to betray him. So they work together to defeat Dark Sun

On the way they find Ruin Sun

read Right to Left

And that’s all I have. Don’t expect me to expand on this. I’ll probably just do random scenario doodles, idk

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Sunny Shah

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[keplitz]

Hello tumblr I return once more but with an animatic :3 my dark sun and nexus enjoyers shall be very well fed today.

[nn0us3]

BOWS?! BOWS?! BOWS?! BOWS?! HE HAS B O W S?!