Tychen & Lavas

The two moons of Broplanet are known as Tychen and Lavas. Tychen is called the moon of strength because of its nearness (which makes Tychen seem larger than Lavas) and steady orbit, while Lavas is called the moon of cunning, being larger but further away and following an irregular orbit. Each has a similar gravitational pull on the planet and their combined tugging makes for extreme and unpredictable tides.

There are many legends about Tychen & Lavas. Each country near the Airus Sea has at least two or three. One popular legend is that once upon a time Lavas tricked Tychen into leaving a prized posession in his care and quickly made off with it. Realizing she'd been tricked, Tychen picked up Lavas' trail and followed it to where he had put out to sea. She saw with her keen eyes where he had pulled his boat up on the beach and watched as he reached in to pick up her possession (in Ketral and Machek it is usually a prized plow or hoe, whereas in Le'Equi'Vos they say it was a magic halter). She pushed with all her strength and the ocean ran up that far beach away from her and picked up the boat right off the sand. Then she pulled, and the boat was carried back out to sea. Then Lavas began to pull at the water, and the boat slowed but Tychen was stronger. So Lavas picked up some sand and threw it in her eyes and began to gain headway while Tychen let go to wipe the sand from her eyes. He had it almost in his grasp when she cleared the sand away and began to pull again, twice as hard. So Lavas lost ground again. They are still at it to this day, pulling the seas back and forth and over and around and to and fro, trying to reclaim that boat. But whenever one of them seems to be winning, the other pulls it from their grasp again.