Moon Town

"'Huh? where ARE you? Did you hit your head or something? This is Moon Town! The world's best source for Moonstone, and the greatest Worshipers of the goddess Bulan! This town is very friendly and tight-knit. There are no rulers or scary kings, but The Priests do hold the highest power here, but don't be too intimidated! The priests are very chill. Exploring in this small town, you find pleasant bakers, cozy taverns, and beautiful gems sprouting around!'"-Anonymous describing Moon Town in the Lore Channel

Moon Town is a small town located in a forest clearing, surrounded by trees. The residents of this town worship the Bulan, the goddess of the moon, and is one of the biggest sources of Moonstone in Aerth. Moon Town is also counted in the Crystal Assembly, and Assembly for places that hold gems and worship gods(No matter how many).

This is also the town where the roleplay started in and where characters were introduced.

Features
Moon Town has physical attributes that can be found only in places rich with magical moonstone. These features include:


 * Purple to blue shades of grass
 * Moonstone crystals growing in clusters or scattered around the town
 * The Night time lasts longer in this place, the implications of how, however, was never told, and is just shrugged off to be a side effect of being under the protection of Bulan.
 * Moon Flowers are most common here. Star Berries are also now have inhabited a small portion of the town, the seed of which have been migrated by one of the town's immigrant citizens.
 * The Eclipse Experiments took place underground the town.

History
The town has existed for over centuries. It is one of the most important towns in the Crystal Assembly, mainly because of it's powerful moonstones, it has managed to make a name for itself, but at the same time, being able to stay in the shadows.

Priests are the most powerful in this town, for they can speak to the goddess through The Book Of Prayers. They are also the ones rich in the ability of the Moon Stone. Priests have always been in Moon Town, ever since it's creation.

Moon Town has also participated in the Eclipse Experiments, being one of the main proprietors of it, as the Moon Town Church had contributed a place underground for the researchers. Though, after the incident and lives being taken and destroyed due to the tests, the church shut down the research and locked the subjects down underground. There have been many who tried to navigate the abandoned laboratories, but most of them never came out, and those who did were severely harassed by the ghosts and monsters underneath.

After that incident, Moon town has been quite peaceful, but ever since the destruction of a nearby kingdom, the terror seemingly slipped through the town's forests and has shaken others quite a bit. The shield that was protecting Moon Town was also conveniently down at that time, and has never came back up ever since.

Geography
The town is, as stated, situated in the middle of a forest clearing and is surrounded by trees. In the fields, the grass is particularly colored purple, but also mixing with the natural green grass. The lakes and rivers often have Moon Stones growing in it, and the ground also has the very same stones growing in clusters and scattered around town, being hazardous for the townsfolk, but the reason why the church has never done anything about it is quite a mystery.

It is also next to it's counterpart, Sun Vale, with a distance of 100 miles. In the middle of the two towns, there is a broken down wall that seems to mark where the sand ends and the grass starts.

Bulan Shrine
The Shrine at the north of the town is where the townsfolk give their offerings to the goddess in order to protect the town. It is also where the Book of Prayers is displayed on when not in use."'Tread with respect, dear friend. this place is lovingly adorned with moonstone-carved decorations and other valuables as offerings to Bulan.'"-Channel Description of Bulan Shrine in the Server

The building of the shrine itself is a gazebo hidden within trees wit moonstones dangling from strings attached tot eh branches. The gazebo has an open ceiling to make way for the large Bulan statue in the room. It is also surrounded by stone tables in which offerings are placed upon; Rams and various other objects carved out of moonstone, as well as food and flowers for the goddess.