Melting Illusion
The world teems with illusions and mistruths, some known and others completely unsuspected. They can be vast, over entire landmasses, or so small they drown into the whole, never picked out for what they are. Regardless, when the moon is full and one takes a good, focused look at such an apparition, they might just see it flicker, as if melting away under celestial gaze.
In the Northern Woods
The moon lights all that is real, and leaves in the dark all that is not. Both the physical, and even things of the mind, such as dreams and memories.
People in the northern Tenwä, for example, used the light of the moon to discern truth from a lie in situations where plain eye could not tell the difference. Rituals performed under the full moon would reveal the liar from the honest without question or bias.
While within the waking world all immaterial illusions are cast away, the same cannot be said from visions seen in dreams. When discerning truth from lie, belief matters more than not. Deceivers are powerless against moon's brilliance, but those who truly believe something, no matter how far from reality, seem untouched.
Creations of dreamers too, held together by sheer will and belief, remain within the dream realm beneath moon's gaze.
In the Eastern Fields
In the eastern Ēwie the effects of moonlight have been equally noted, and explanations are plenty in both the old faith, as well as in Yuiwia.
In the Yuiwian religion, Nui, the moon, reveals the truth from beneath the cover of the night and its master Kōlye.
Kōlye himself is not so much a liar or a creator of falsehoods, than simply one who hides the truth, while Nui reveals it subtly, and in secret, for those who know what to look for.
To the dreamwalkers of the east, a full moon is a perfect time to study the past, present and the future. To them, the moon is a guide who will keep them from being lost into the dark void between realms that exists between and below.
Localization
Moonlight can melt away lies and reveal the truth only where its gaze reaches. Thus, regions beneath the earth or otherwise sheltered from the divine light are also safe from its effects. Under partial cover, such as pale shadows, the effect may be only partial, though the details depend on multiple factors, none of which have been fully studied.
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