Drifting through the skies in orbits similar, yet distinct, the paired moons of Mynochral cast their light, and most believe influence, upon the world as their phases and positions shift and change from day to day. Rarely do they eclipse the face of the sun, but their paths cross each other with regularity.
Shimronanth - The White Face upon the night sky. Her light is commonly thought to calm those inclined to madness, her presence a welcome sight for sailors and travelers upon the open roads in all lands. The glow of Shimronanth shifts from blue-white to almost silvery, depending on the time of year and her phase.
Zaronanth - The Red Eye in the darkness. The moon that was once as white as her sister, yet for ages has borne the red tint that spread across it at the coming of the Gods of Mynochral. The light of Zaronanth's full phase brings forth the feral and more guttural urges of those inclined toward madness or vile intent, making her red visage unwelcome and feared by many.
The Astronomers of the Tower of Sight tell us that these bodies orbit Mynochral in paths like a chain with only two links; their rigid circles drawn together to almost overlapping, instead of stretched to full length, then twisted slightly apart such that they never truly touch.
Within those perfect circles, Mynochral rests at the middle, her tides shifting and flowing in a constant attempt to heed the call and draw of both moons.
The line that one could draw, starting within the world then passing out in opposite directions and finding the two points where the circles traveled by those moons overlap, rotates as well; swinging these intersections around the world in a slow and steady cycle. It is this movement that causes eclipses of the sun to be so rare that generations are born and pass away between such occurrences.
It is the lunar orbits of these bodies that tradition says guided the Knowing Races to see a week as seven days. Shimronanth takes only 26 days to move through a full cycle, while Zaronanth moves more slowly; needing 30. From these, the term "A Moon's Month" came to be the average, or 28 days.