The inspiration for the Moon

[Garett Skott]

I'm pretty sure I found out where Klei got the inspiration for the Moon: fantasy poem of 1516, The Frenzy of Orlando (Orlando Furioso).

Midway through the poem, the main character, Orlando, completely loses his mind because the woman he's in love with, Angelica, instead fell in love with a lowly soldier of the opposing side of the war. His best friend, Astolfo, decides to journey to the Moon to fix his madness.

The Moon is described to be similar to Earth with forests and cities and that it shines of it's own light. On the Moon, there's everything that was lost on Earth, but not material things, rather it's things unfulfilled plans, broken promises and fake looks, all given a physical form. Reason is in the form of a liquid/gas contained in a jar which is labelled with the name of the person who owns it. Astolfo finds his and breathes it, restoring his mind to the fullest. The only thing that isn't present on the Moon is madness, which is "all trapped on Earth".

The Moon in DST has similar biomes to the mainland with forests, plains with wildlife and rocky fields and it shines of it's own light through fissures. Gestalts are gas-like beings with restore sanity and, while on the Moon, characters cannot go insane and shadows can't reach them.

 

Coincidences? I think not! They couldn't have picked a better ambience to counter the shady parts of the Constant!