Surrounded by the twelve guardians, even in the times of darkness, when the moon blocks it out, they are still safe.

The Sun, the Iahn, will always return safely.

Now hold on, I got one thing I haven't figured out yet.

You've been speakin' a whole lot about how old some of this study is, but I'm to understand Lunism didn't even show up until, well, your god showed up.

Which was only a few hundred years ago.

I can answer that, although it's something that the inner religious circle doesn't like to talk about much.

We've been through enough together. I have no trouble trusting you.

Lunism, in one form or another, is much more old than Lun arriving on Alastere, it was just different.

Lun's arrival brought clarity, and was what led to the Three Books being written, but in reality, Lunism existed beforehand, just without knowing many of the specific truths of how things were.

Lunism, before the arrival of Lun, was mostly a religion about sun worship.

The Festival of the Guardians isn't wholely about the Iahn being protected by the Dragoons, it's also about Lun itself being protected.

The moon, as the opposite of the Sun, actually has some representation of Cael.

The ruler of the night, in direct opposition to the ruler of the day. And what, during an eclipse, comes between us and Lun's light.

But the eclipse always ends, and Lun always returns.

The symbolism of Lun as the Sun was never taught, at least where I grew up.

It's... kind of not talked about much. Having the sun as symbolic of the Iahn makes things easier.

Many on the religious council don't like to accept the idea that Lunism started as Sun worship, but I feel it's an important part of our history.

But after all, we were doing the right thing before Lun showed up, we just didn't have the right names for it.

So this festival, was it from before or after Lun showed up?

I believe it does have its roots in a pre-arrival festival.

That could explain the fascination Lunism has always had in astronomy.

But then, why couldn't I really find any books pre-arrival about astronomical events?